I will watch this because I admire the effort that they put into these giant storylines. I remember the comic book mini-series at the time with amazing art by George Perez. It was the first of the great DC storylines that touched nearly every character DC ever invented. Major heroes died in ways that make their loss seem permanent and in the 80s it was a hugely risky thing to remove any popular characters and replace them with an entirely new person as the new version of a character we had known for decades.
The collected edition is the best way to read the entire story.
You local library for sure has it.
Click to Enlarge this gorgeous piece by Alex Ross
George Perez was a master at drawing these huge character battles and his are alone is the reason that this collection is must reading if you are a fan of DC Comics.
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Until Crisis, I barely touched DC comics except for Batman, Detective and New Teen Titans. After Crisis, I bought everything they put out. Everything was exciting, innovative and fresh, whether they totally revamped a character or just streamlined their history. It was a great time to be a comic book fan!
And yes, Perez is a Hall of Fame comics artist and deservedly so. He was a great writer as well. His post-Crisis Wonder Woman is, for me, the definitive version of the character and that book was a joy to read, especially when he was doing both the story and art.
His recent retirement was a sad moment for me. I'm glad he will still do the odd cover (mostly for Kickstarters like the recent Dreadstar anthology). But it's a shame when our heroes become too old to practice their craft anymore.
They really unified their whole Universe so they could tell some great interconnected stories for at least a decade then they broke their own rules post Crisis. Perez had just came off Teen Titans too with the Judas Contract so he was at his best.
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