{"id":29877,"date":"2024-05-27T08:00:13","date_gmt":"2024-05-27T08:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/?p=29877"},"modified":"2024-05-24T16:26:57","modified_gmt":"2024-05-24T16:26:57","slug":"history-of-the-dc-universe-new-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/2024\/05\/27\/history-of-the-dc-universe-new-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"History of the DC Universe (New Edition)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nBy Marv Wolfman<\/strong>, George Perez<\/strong>, Karl Kesel<\/strong> & various (DC Comics)
\nISBN: 978-1-77952-139-2 (HB\/Digital edition)<\/p>\n

Over the past few years DC have spent a lot of time and effort rationalising and rectifying their multiversal shared continuity, which has been chopped about, excised, reinstalled, revived resurrected and tweaked over and over again since landmark saga Crisis on Infinite Earths<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Now with a revamped cinematic\/TV universe unfolding the company\u2019s editorial ranks have been happily returning prior landmarks to the greater whole and started to sensibly curate past glories, presumably because now the buying public are suitably au fait<\/em> with wild ideas like parallel timelines and alternate realities…<\/p>\n

History of the DC Universe<\/strong> is a fan\u2019s book. The material it contains was originally an early 2-part prestige format miniseries designed to complement and complete the Crisis on Infinite Earths<\/strong> crossover which celebrated 50 years of DC by trashing it all and starting afresh. The magic commences with candid Introduction \u2018Printing the Legend…\u2019<\/em> as author Wolfman grants behind-the-scenes access to how the monolithic task actually happened…<\/p>\n

In HotDCU<\/strong>, The Monitor<\/em>\u2019s devoted assistant Harbinger<\/em> chronicles the new run of cosmic history and universal events for the last remaining reality after the creation-altering events of the Crisis have finally settled. It was a smart and extremely pretty way of telling fans just what was and wasn\u2019t canonical from now on: the \u201creal and true\u201d if you like, in the DC Universe.
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\nIt was ambitious, concise, informative, lovely to read and – creators being what they are -pretty much redundant almost before the ink had dried. As a tool it was useless, but as a tale it still looks and reads very well. As well as setting foundations for all future DC stories, it also linked all prior characters and possible futures, as well as incorporating stars from the company\u2019s numerous genres star-stables into one vast story-scape. It even became source material for major crossover events to come…<\/p>\n

The series was quickly collected into numerous editions – each with different bonus material – and this definitive edition gathers much of it into one bumper \u2018Extras Gallery\u2019<\/em> section incorporating the original covers, 15 pages of original art tableaus by George P\u00e9rez & Karl Kesel and Alex Ross\u2019 un-liveried wraparound cover for the new edition.
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\nThe 1988 Graphitti Designs hardcover included a 3-page gatefold (later made into a poster and mural) crafted by 56 star artists. The list included Neal Adams, Joe Shuster, Dick Sprang, Joe &Adam Kubert, Kurt Schaffenberger, Steve Lightle, Steve Bissette & John Totleben, Jack Kirby & Steve Rude, Ramona Fradon, P\u00e9rez & Frank Miller, and was augmented by a Julius Schwartz piece studded with a dozen pictures by more of DC\u2019s finest artists. The fold-out features 53 of the company\u2019s greatest characters from the first five decades, nestled behind new illustrations of Sugar & Spike<\/strong> by Sheldon Mayer and Space Ranger<\/strong>\u2019s pal Cryll<\/em> by Art Adams. All the component drawings of a signature character were signed and are reprinted here with the final poster in black-&-white and full colour. Thankfully art fans, it all comes with a priceless \u2018Gatefold Directory\u2019<\/em> of Who\u2019s Who and by whom…<\/p>\n

Pure comic book wonderment in a classy timeless package…
\n\u00a9 1986, 1987, 2021, 2023 DC Comics. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Marv Wolfman, George Perez, Karl Kesel & various (DC Comics) ISBN: 978-1-77952-139-2 (HB\/Digital edition) Over the past few years DC have spent a lot of time and effort rationalising and rectifying their multiversal shared continuity, which has been chopped about, excised, reinstalled, revived resurrected and tweaked over and over again since landmark saga Crisis … <\/p>\n

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