And the end result of all this? At DC, it was Crisis on Infinite Earths (a job I turned down, when it was just called The History of the DC Universe) -- and to this day there are people who say Crisis did not go far enough, or Crisis went too far -- or, somewhat after the fact, that Crisis wasn't really "necessary."
And still the dominoes fall. Crisis begat Man of Steel, and Man of Steel begat a whole syndrome. Now it seems a writer cannot begin a run on an existing series without blowing it all up and starting over. (Mea culpa? Not really. I would have been perfectly happy to do the reboot slowly, over several months, within existing continuity.)
So now we find ourselves where we are -- with DC on the verge of "needing" another Crisis, according to many fans (simply ignoring bad stories being no longer an option, apparently), and the current regime at M*rv*l trundling as fast as their pudgy little legs will let them toward the kind of morass that makes the "need" for the original Crisis seem like smoke and fairy dust.
December 11, 2002 | Comicart-Ltd.com
From Ilke Hincer
SUPERMAN, interior art from HISTORY OF THE DC UNIVERSE #2, currently being sold for $4,500. Signed "To Bob, with Best Wishes - George Pérez".
I can't remember if this piece has appeared on your site before, but just in
case it hasn't, there's a nice Superman drawing by Perez at
http://www.comicart-ltd.com
History of the DC Universe Color Reproduction Page
art by Perez, air brushed by Bill Wray.
