Infinite Crisis Omnibus

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Recommended if you have a good general familiarity with the DCU and are looking for a really big epic. But if a reader gets acquainted with, at least, CoIE, Identity Crisis, Countdown to Infinity Crisis, The OMAC project, and JLA-Crisis of Conscience, he should really enjoy this.

It all culminates in what is arguably the best DC Crisis, and one of the best examples of how to do a huge superhero crossover.Still, the stories tend to be overbloated sideshows in the Infinite Crisis story whose best feature is highlighting the miniseries that flowed into the Crisis. Even when you think the mystery has been revealed, someone says or does one more thing that adds another layer you need to peel back. The only other stories that are also very important to understanding the main story are: Identity Crisis, which is essential to read before the beginning of this book: and the grandaddy of all big events, Crisis On Infinite Earths Deluxe Edition.

This epic crossover is the DC event with some of the best tie-in issues, making for a mostly consistent, enjoyable read. The emotional twist and turns with the nostalgic feel and artwork—cemented this masterpiece as one of the greatest comic book story ever told. This omnibus brings together those lead up stories and along with the series that wrapped it all up. mostly the Superboy Prime stuff and the fates of the other alternate universe heroes left over from Crisis on Infinite Earths.Of all the Infinite Crisis miniseries, The OMAC Project is the one that most obviously continues on from Countdown to Infinite Crisis. And on the other, Geoff Johns is attempting to do exactly that with any inconsistencies and issues leftover from the classic Crisis On Infinite Earths event from 1985. Okay yes, this world may be darker than what they knew, but considering they’ve never had to face any of the obstacles the heroes on Earth One did (Superman dying fighting Doomsday or Bruce losing Jason) it's inconceivable to hold the heroes to a standard set by their counterparts when their counterparts never experienced some of the dark shit the Earth One heroes did. Each tie-in and prelude is solid on it's own as a stand-alone story but somehow also becomes a necessary component to building up to the main event.