Crisis On Infinite Earths Issue 1 CGC 8.0

*Graded an 8.0 by CGC

1st appearance of Blue Beetle (Ted Kord) in the DC Universe

1st appearance of Alex Luthor, Jr. (from Earth-3).


"The Summoning!" - (32-page story) - 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.

"Crisis Beginnings" - (2-page feature, inside front and back covers) - Describes the beginnings of the DC Multiverse and this mini-series.


NOTE: Blue Beetle is the first of the recently acquired Charlton super-heroes to appear in the DCU. The other Charlton characters -- Peacemaker, Nightshade, the Question (Vic Sage), Judomaster, and Peter Cannon, Thunderbolt - will appear in the sixth issue of this maxi-series.

NOTE: The antagonist of this story - the Anti-Monitor - does not make his first full appearance until issue #6.

NOTE: Alexander Luthor's exodus from Earth-3 is reminiscent of Superman leaving Krypton in Action Comics #1.