The more we explored Earth-S, the more it felt like a reminder of what superhero stories used to celebrate. Do modern comics need more wonder?
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The Monitor Tapes: A Crisis on Infinite Earths Podcast – Tape #17: Crisis on Infinite Earths #4
The Seventeenth Tape: DC Dave and Doug Adamson discuss Crisis on Infinite Earths #4 with special guest Mike Atchison from Mike’s Comic Shop Roadshow. The Monitor is dead. Earth-1 and Earth-2 are consumed by the anti-matter wave. And for the first time in Crisis on Infinite Earths, the stakes truly feel impossible. Dave, Doug, and Mike dive deep into one of the defining issues of the entire maxiseries — from the emotional rooftop conversation between Supergirl and Batgirl, to the destruction of Earth-6, the debut of the new Doctor Light, the shocking murder of The Monitor, and why this issue changes the scale of Crisis forever.
The Batgirl/Supergirl conversation might be one of the most emotionally grounded scenes in all of Crisis. Do you agree?
Doctor Light II, having just made her first appearance last month in Crisis on Infinite Earths #4, appears in Who's Who #6, released on May 23, 1985. Dawnstar, who featured in the first arc of Crisis, also appears this issue.
Facsimile Edition of Crisis on Infinite Earths #2 released on May 21, 2024, with standard, foil, and blank/sketch covers available.
The first appearance of Lyla! New Teen Titans Annual #2 on sale May 17, 1983. The second appearance of the mysterious Monitor!
Marv Wolfman didn’t just write a crossover.
He helped define the moment DC decided continuity itself could become the story.
Without Crisis on Infinite Earths, does the modern “event comic” even exist in the form we know it today?
Happy 80th birthday to Marv!
