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DC · Copper Age · 1985
Crisis on Infinite Earths #1
DC · 1985
Noted for: Crisis on Infinite Earths begins
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The Crisis on Infinite Earths #1 in context
Why collectors care
The opening issue of Crisis on Infinite Earths, cover-dated April 1985 — the twelve-issue event that collapsed DC's multiverse into a single continuity and reset the entire line. It is the template every publisher-wide crossover since has followed.
How to identify it
Crisis on Infinite Earths #1, April 1985, by Marv Wolfman and George Perez. Confirm the 1985 first printing; the series has been collected and reissued many times.
Common mistakes
Buying a collected edition or later printing as an original. This is also a story key rather than a first appearance, so price it accordingly.
Grade considerations
A mid-80s book with strong high-grade survival, so value concentrates at CGC 9.8. Centering and spine ticks are the usual limiters.
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