Giant Size 24: Your World is Going to be Destroyed!

The first part of our intra-show crossover event covering DC and Marvel
crossover events (all of them), starting with DC's "Big Bang" that set
their standard, Crisis on Infinite Earths (1985). We leave you hanging off
the cliff just before Zero Hour (1994). Part 2 posts tomorrow. 

Crossovers Crossover Epic Part 1 of ????

The first part of our intra-show crossover event covering DC and Marvel crossover events (all of them), starting with DC's "Big Bang" that set their standard, Crisis on Infinite Earths (1985). We leave you hanging off the cliff just before Zero Hour (1994). Part 2 posts tomorrow. 

Crossovers Epic Event: Part 1 of 8Brought to you byIDW: Death of Superman architect Louise Simonson's Super Secret Crisis War!, a Cartoon Network Universe crossover (Vol1 now available in TPB, Vol2 in March), and Knightfall's Chuck Dixon is doing new ongoing series of Winterworld, (original volume TPB, and new series Vol1 TPB available now).Series Episode Checklist

The Series Thus Far
Prelude - All-New Secret Age of Infinity Crossover War CrisisPoint Convergence
1 - Your World is Going to be Destroyed! (DC pt1)
Yet to Come
2 - End of the Universe (DC pt2)
2.5 - A Game for Children (Non-Canonical Trivia Game tie-in)
3 - Heroes Punching Each Other (Marvel pt1)
4 - The Experience Has Been Consummated! (Marvel pt2)
5 - Chain Mail and a Bomber Jacket (Marvel pt3)
6 - Doctor Strange Explains It All (Marvel pt4)
tie-in: The Incomparable #140 - The Sublime Magicks of Exposition
tie-in AFTERMATH: The Incomparable #140b - No More Merlins
7 - Beyond Continuity Porn (Marvel pt5)
8 - This Hero Must Die! (Marvel pt6)
Marvel NOW! tie-in: Giant Size ORIGINS 9: Illusion of Beginning/Middle/End
Marvel NOW! tie-in: Giant Size ORIGINS 10: Heavy Metal Album Cover
Epilogue - Infinite Aftermath: Consequences
Show Notes and LinksDC acquired the Charlton characters in 1983Marvel TimeJim Starlin is someone we'll be talking a great deal about very soon

 

Reading ListCrisis on Infinite Earths (1985), by Marv Wolfman and George PérezTPBWolfman/Pérez on The New Teen Titans is still regularly reprinted, and still holds upone of the best things that came from it was the George Pérez run on Wonder Woman (Omnibus coming in August 2015)Pariah is ridiculous

 

Legends (1987), written by John Ostrander & Len Wein, drawn by John Byrne (HIGHLY RECOMMENDED)TPB seems to be out of print, but isn't too hard to findOstrander created and did the great, sadly out of print original run of Suicide Squad, who came out of this seriesJohn's beloved Giffen/DeMatteis/Maguire Justice League run spun out of this event, too

 

Millennium (1988), written by Steve EnglehartTPBweak, and structured like the modern crossovers many of us hateNew Guardians from Millennium is different than what DC did with that trademark or name over the years later

 

Invasion! (1989), written by Keith Giffen & Bill Mantlo, drawn by Todd MacFarlaneTPBgeneric-feeling alien invasion, "Mars Attacks DC"worth reading, even if just because you like the involved creators

 

 

Armageddon 2001 (1991), written by Archie Goodwin and Dan Jurgensno TPB, so you'll have to find the issues in dollar binsthe Waverider is trying to prevent a beloved good guy from becoming bad guy The MonarchThe Venture Bros producers could not be reached for comment

 

Death of Superman (1992)core event TPB, the "Death and Return of Superman" Omnibus reprints from 2007 and 2013 are OOP and go for over $100important, but made enjoyable by the Reign of the Supermen and Return of Superman events that cascaded out of it

 

Eclipso: The Darkness Within (1992)no TPBheroes and villains were...inverted...on their moral..."AXIS"

 

Bloodlines (1993)no TPBaliens bite people and give them superpowersmost notable is the Garth Ennis-written HItman character and series that came out of the Demon Annual part of this eventseven volumes of Hitman begin here

 

Knightfall (1993), written by Chuck Dixon and Doeg MoenchTPBwhen they "broke the bat", it was more important to Batman group titles than the entire universe, as compared to Death of Superman, but was still a major company-wide event that helped define intra-family event series