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News: Crisis Commentary Part Two |
CRISIS COUNSELING: Wizard Universe presents Crisis On Infinite Earths Director’s Commentary Bonus Materials Part Two!
CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS (TPB) (Dec 2000)
October 27, 2005
For the exclusive commentary on the major moments of DC’s 1985-86 mini-series Crisis on Infinite Earths, pick up Wizard #170 on sale now! In the meantime, enjoy these extra scenes with commentary by co-creators Marv Wolfman and George Pérez that we couldn’t fit into the magazine!
Crisis On Infinite Earths #7, pg. 14
THE ORIGIN OF PARIAHWOLFMAN: Pariah’s origin mirrors Krona’s to some degree. They are two sides of a triangle starting at one point and going in opposite directions. The common point is an arrogant scientist trying to do something he thinks will change the course of the universe. One goes in one direction becoming corrupt and evil as a result of what he’s done, Krona, while the other, Pariah, turns to self-loathing for what he thinks he did and the horrors he created.
PÉREZ: Also, we’ve now established him as the last survivor of his dead planet, which between Superman, Alexander Luthor, Lady Quark and now Pariah is proving to be a trend.
WOLFMAN: The Monitor and Anti-Monitor as well. When you create mirror images you get the beginning of really good character development because you have two characters against each other but at the core the same. That’s what we did in Titans with the creation of Starfire and Raven, the two extreme sides of Wonder Girl. We did it again with Monitor and Anti-Monitor and again with Pariah and Krona.
