Life, The Multiverse, and Everything: How Crisis on Infinite Earths Changed DC Comics

Published from 1985 to 1986, DC Comics’ Crisis on Infinite Earths created the expectation that each crossover will result in numerous deaths and alter the structure or history of the DC Universe. Since many of these changes, such as the death of a popular or iconic character, cannot be sustained long term, the success and influence of Crisis on Infinite Earths led to the erosion of the very elements that made it shocking. Entire worlds can be destroyed, but superreaders eventually suspect that no change is ever permanent and, as more iconic characters are revived or rebooted, death is no longer meaningful.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

English

Year dc:date.available

2012

Author dc:creator

• Simonsen, Kate

Contributors dc:contributor

• Tom De Haven

• superhero comics
• Crisis on Infinite Earths
• Arts and Humanities
• English Language and Literature

Statement dc:rights

• © The Author

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https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/317

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oai:scholarscompass.vcu.edu:etd-1316