Crisis on Infinite Earths #[nn]
This 1998 collected edition reprints the landmark 12-issue maxi-series 'Crisis on Infinite Earths' from DC Comics, originally published in 1985–1986. Written by Marv Wolfman with art by George Pérez, the story reshaped the DC Universe by merging its multiple parallel Earths into a single continuity, resulting in major character deaths and reboots. It remains a pivotal event in comic book history, setting the stage for decades of DC storytelling.
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The last five surviving Earths are slowly merged together in limbo as the Anti-Monitor attempts to destroy them using a solar machine inside his fortress in the anti-matter universe, which is causing the merging. Harbinger and Pariah explain the old multiverse's origins and their roles in the Crisis. The heroes stop the Anti-Monitor's machine, but at the cost of Supergirl's life. His armor damaged by Supergirl, the Anti-Monitor is forced to retreat while swearing vengeance. Supergirl is given a hero's eulogy and private funeral by her cousin Superman.
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