Crisis on Infinite Earths 1985 #1 Direct ed. - back issue - $5.00
A man known as Pariah is destined to watch helplessly as he is drawn from one Earth to another to watch as a wave of anti-matter destroys their universes. Earth-3's universe is the next to fall to the anti-matter wave and the Crime Syndicate is helpless to stop it. Meanwhile, the Monitor orders Lyla to become Harbinger to gather heroes and villains. Taken to the Monitor's satellite, these heroes and villains are attacked by shadow demons until the Monitor drives them away.
No ads in this comic. On-sale date from DC Releases (DC, 1984 series) #11 (April 1985).
- - Wraparound cover.
- Crisis Beginnings - Describes the beginnings of the DC Multiverse and this series; no letters. Located on the inside front and inside back covers. The "First Line of Dialogue or Text" quotation is from The Flash (DC, 1959 series) #123 (September 1961) as Barry Allen speaks to Jay Garrick.
- The Summoning! - First appearance of Alex Luthor, Jr. and Pariah. Death of Earth-3 and Crime Syndicate. First DC appearance of Blue Beetle [Ted Kord], a character recently acquired by DC from Charlton Comics. The other Charlton "action heroes" -- Peacemaker, Nightshade, Question [Vic Sage], Judomaster, and Peter Cannon, Thunderbolt -- will appear in issue #6.
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