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LYING IN THE GUTTERS VOL 2 COLUMN 29Related
Monday December 5, 2005
written by Rich JohnstonCRISIS ON INFINITE INDEXES
What is it with collected volumes of Crisis? Are they cursed?
CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS: ABSOLUTE EDITION (Nov 2005)
The "Absolute Crisis" volume has a "Crisis Compendium" to guide you through this landmark DC project.
The content includes a reprint of the "Crisis Of Infinite Earths Index" from 1986. They originally credited editor Murray Ward, and writers Lou Mougin, Mark Waid, with assistance credits to Chuck Huber, Mike Tiefenbacher, Andy Mangels and Andrew McLaney.
Their level of contribution seems to differ, but the Crisis Compendium has removed the assistance credit. I understand the individuals concerned will not receive any payment or sample copies of "Absolute Crisis." It seems DC's contract is with Murray Ward, Lou Mougin and Mark Waid, who have not stated anyone else was involved in the project, nor requested that anyone else be credited, comped or paid.
It's not the only issue... a few George Perez websites point out that on page 35, the "Crisis Compendium" identifies a photo as being of "Jerry Ordway and George Pérez with an unidentified friend at the 1986 Kirby Awards."
The "unidentified friend" is Carol Flynn. George Perez' wife.
The Compendium photo
The George Perez Magazine photo
I wonder if DC will reprint the slipcase collection, as they did the "Crisis" Hardcover those years ago? Probably not...
One other irony is that when the Index was initially published, the indicia fell off during printing and so a book containing "appearances" by virtually every DC character extant came out with no copyright notice… though DC were very understanding at the time.
