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| Crisis on Multiple Earths - Volume 4 | 
 enlarge | Author: Various
Publisher: DC Comics
Category: Book
List Price: $14.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 714771
Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Young Adult
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 168
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 10 x 6.6 x 0.4
ISBN: 1401209572
EAN: 9781401209575
ASIN: 1401209572
Publication Date: May 1, 2006
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Discover the stories that set the stage for todays groundbreaking comic book and graphic novel event INFINITE CRISIS in this thrilling collection of classic team-ups between the Justice League of America and their legendary counterparts, the Justice Society of America. This volume includes sensational stories featuring Captain Marvel, the Legion of Super-Heroes, and other favorite DC characters
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Barely rates 3 stars June 1, 2006
17 out of 22 found this review helpful
Containing stories written by Cary Bates & Elliot S. Maggin, E. Nelson Bridwell, and Martin Pasko & Paul Levitz, with art by the great Dick Dillin & Frank McLaughlin, CRISIS ON MULTIPLE EARTHS VOLUME 4 continues the interdimensional team-ups that were a staple of DC Comics up to the time of the Crisis on Infinite Earths. This volume collects Justice League of America #123- 124, 135-137, and 147-148. These stories feature 3-way team ups, with the JLA of Earth-1 and JSA of Earth-2 meeting the heroes of Earth-S (Captain Marvel, Bulletman and Bulletgirl, Ibis, Spy Smasher, and Mr. Scarlet and Pinky), the Legion of Super Heroes, and even the aforementioned writers Bates and Maggin (of Earth-Prime, of course)! A beautiful cover by series regular Alex Ross ties the stories together and lets you know exactly what guests to expect.
Okay, now the bad part... I'll admit it: while I enjoyed reading the various multiple Earths crossovers of the `60s and `70s when I was a kiddo, it was mostly because I had no knowledge of DC's golden age characters and was fascinated with these odd-looking doppelgangers of my beloved JLA. Hawkman with a hood? Flash with a dinner plate on his head? Superman with gray hair? What the heck??? I didn't pay much attention to the stories back then, and after reading up through the 4th volume of CRISIS ON MULTIPLE EARTHS, plus one volume of THE TEAM-UPS, I can say that while these stories certainly do have nostalgic value, the majority lack a coherent storyline. In fact, volume 4 really serves as a testament to the sorry state of DC's writing stable in the late `60s and early `70s. Story premises are as thin as the paper they're printed on, plot shifts come out of nowhere, and writers throw in everything but the kitchen sink, possibly hoping the reader will be so overwhelmed that they won't notice how bad the stories are. Bates and Maggin's encounter with the JLA and JSA is an exercise in ego that deserves a big raspberry, and Bridwell's story with the Earth-S heroes is so unfocused and convoluted that I eventually had to write it off. Luckily, the final Pasko/Levitz-penned story with the LOSH saves this book from being a total waste of time. So back to that Alex Ross cover... yes, it's much better than the selection of stories contained within.
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