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Thomas, Clark, Jones
Occurs during
Crisis #1, and the 1940s. The JSA are captured by
Nazi spies and launched into space, where the dimensional influence of Harbinger
causes them to end up on alternate-dimensional "hyperspace" versions
of the eight other planets of the Solar System. This dimension-shifting also
occurs at the rocket's control center in Berlin, where Commander Steel is
rescuing a friend. He is transported permanently to Earth-1. Phantom Lady and
Plastic Man, attending an All-Star bond rally, are contacted by Uncle Sam, and
join him and the Freedom Fighters on Earth-X. At the same rally, Harbinger's
recruitment of Firebrand II is recapped. Green Lantern I, Liberty Belle, and
Johnny Quick I attempt to intercept Harbinger, and end up getting dumped in
another dimension (unrevealed until #52, below).
Thomas, Clark, Jones
Occurs during
Crisis #2 and #3, and
the 1940s. Sandy, Doctor Fate, Hourman I, and Hawkgirl battle Mister Mind's
prototype Monster Society of Evil, including Oom, Mister Who, Ramulus, and
Nyola. Not much Crisis relevance.
Thomas, Jones, Alcala
Occurs approximately during
Crisis #3, and the 1940s. Liberty Belle, Johnny
Quick I, and GL1, who have traveled cross-dimension looking for Firebrand II,
find themselves on Earth-S. They help Captain Marvel battle shadow demons,
exchange gossip, and Shazam helps them return to Earth-2. Also, Hawkman's
adventure in hyperspace is told.
Thomas, Clark, Jones
Occurs during
Crisis #5, and the 1940s. The young Superman I
fights the Monster Society, who succeed in breaking the Dummy out of prison.
Mister Mind is kicked out of the society, and journeys on to Earth-S. The
Monster Society becomes the Society of Oom. The All-Star Squadron assembles to
discuss the disappearances, and search parties are sent out. Liberty Belle and
Johnny Quick I are "grabbed" by Harbinger for the meeting on the
Monitor's satellite. Wildcat I's accident is told again from a different
perspective.
Thomas, Clark, Jones
Occurs during
Crisis #5, and the 1940s. The Society of Oom
attacks the Trylon & Perisphere headquarters of the Squadron, and is
defeated. Amazing Man and the Tarantula are snatched by Harbinger for the
satellite meeting. After that meeting, Firebrand II is assigned to lead a team
of time-lost heroes (including the Black Pirate and Justin, the Roving Ranger,
Miss Liberty, Viking Prince, Golden Gladiator, Don Caballero, the Trigger Twins,
Silent Knight, and the Iron Maiden) to defend Cape Canaveral.
Thomas, Jones, Burgard
Occurs during
Crisis #5. Firebrand II's grouping of "History's
Heroes" fights against, and then beside Super Chief, Strong Bow, and Arak
against the Ultra-Humanite, who manages to steal a space shuttle. Cyclotron is
briefly snatched away from the moment of his death in 1942 to save his adult
daughter's life. Also, Sandman I's hyperspace adventure is told.
Thomas, Clark, Harris
Occurs approximately during
Crisis #5, and the 1940s. This is only a crossover
in the very loosest sense. The red skies are referred to, but the plot has to
do with the Seven Soldiers foiling a criminal mastermind. Also, Doctor
Mid-Nite's adventure in hyperspace is told.
Thomas, Clark, Colletta, Hoberg, Jones, Alcala, Howell
Not an official
Crisis crossover. Occurs after the Crisis, in the year 1942. Liberty Belle,
Johnny Quick I, Firebrand II, Amazing Man, and the Tarantula are returned to
their proper times, but their memories are wiped. Doctor Fate and Doctor Occult
pool their resources to locate three of the missing JSAers. Some mysterious
effect is preventing the complete end of the Crisis, as the skies are still red
and Superman I, et al, still exist. The letter column contains an extensive
discussion of the various policy-shifts DC Editorial had regarding the Crisis.
Thomas, Jones, Clark
Not an official Crisis crossover. Occurs after the
Crisis, in the year 1942. The All-Stars are repairing their HQ when Mekanique
appears. She seems confused, and Robotman I orders his teammates to leave her
alone. He takes her to his lab to repair her. The skies are still red. Plus,
Johnny Thunder I in hyperspace.
Thomas, Jones, Harris
Not an official Crisis crossover. Occurs after
the Crisis, in the year 1942. Virtually the entire All-Star Squadron - over 35
heroes - gather to discuss the missing JSAers, and what to do about Mekanique.
Robotman refuses to turn her over to the Squadron, and a brief fight breaks out
before Mekanique recovers. The full effects of the Crisis contiune to be held
at bay. Plus, the Spectre in hyperspace.
Thomas, Jones, Clark
Not an official Crisis crossover. Occurs after the
Crisis, in the year 1942. The JSA return from hyperspace, and roust some
Nazis. Mekanique explains that she has come from the future, and that if two
lives are saved, an evil timeline will be avoided. GL1 and Firebrand II do so.
Robotman I almost discovers the truth about Mekanique - that she intended to
cause the evil timeline - but she uses her time-bending powers to
make him forget. She then releases Homee of inertia that kept the full effects
of the Crisis from happeneing, and Superman I, Batman I, et cetera, vanish. A
group picture of the Squadron was taken just before the "vanishing".
The effects are as follows:
Before: Johnny Quick I, Liberty Belle, Robotman
I, Doctor Fate, Atom I, Wonder Woman I, Aquaman (I), Superman I, Batman I,
Robin I, Flash I, Hawkgirl, Hawkman I, Green Lantern I, Spectre, Amazing Man,
Green Arrow I, Speedy I, Manhunter I, Doctor Mid-Nite, Wildcat I, Guardian,
Sandy, Sandman I, Dyna-Mite, TNT, Mr. Terrific, Sargon, Mr. America, Doctor
Occult, Star-Spangled Kid, Stripsey, Crimson Avenger, Wing, Tarantula, Hourman,
Firebrand II, Shining Knight, Starman I, Air-Wave I, Vigilante I, Johnny
Thunder, Whip, Zatara.
After: Subtract Wonder Woman I, Aquaman (I),
Superman I, Batman I, Robin I. Add Phantom Lady, Black Condor, Uncle Sam, Ray,
Plastic Man, Human Bomb, Jester (formerly of Earth-X). Green Arrow I and
Speedy I probably should have been subtracted, also.
Giffen, Fleming, Colon, Kesel
Occurs during
Crisis #11. Amethyst's origin is retold by Doctor
Fate. No Crisis relevance.
Cohn, Mishkin, Kupperberg, Farmer
Occurs approximately during
Crisis #8. Blue Devil battles the Fisherman. No
notable relevance to the Crisis save for GL3 coming to gather Blue Devil at the
end.
Kupperberg, Hoberg, Hunt
Occurs during
Crisis #4. Supergirl's rooftop discussion with
Batgirl is recapped, then she and Superman team up to investigate a double black
hole, which they believe may be causing the Crisis. Instead, they encounter
the villain Blackstarr. There is a brief battle, then the three of them ally
to stop a universe-shrinking effect of uncertain origin.
Maggin, Swan, Williamson
Occurs just after
Crisis #7. Superman is mourning Supergirl when he
is zapped cross-dimension by the Superman Revenge Squad. He winds up on
Earth-Prime, where he meets the Earth-Prime Superboy. They foil an alien
invasion, then Superman returns home. The Superboy of Earth-Prime exists in a
world nearly identical to our own. The fact that he's Kryptonian, and named "Clark
Kent", is just a coincidence. He even reads DC Comics, including Crisis
#7.
Conway, Kayanan, Akin, Garvey
Occurs during Crisis
#1. Harbinger's departure from Monitor's satellite is recapped. Harbinger
and PP2 go to recruit Firestorm. PP2 finds him first, and inadvertently
manipulates his emotions so that he attacks Harbinger. Harbinger then orders
PP2 to undo the effects, and she takes him to recruit Killer Frost.
Conway, Kayanan, Akin, Garvey
Occurs during Crisis
#9. Firehawk and Wonder Girl, searching for FH's father and WG's husband,
get caught up in the time-distortion around parts of New York and end up in the
American Revolutionary War, where they help Tomahawk and Dan Hunter against the
British.
Englehart, Staton, Patterson
Occurs during Crisis
#1 and
#2. Green Arrow II and Black Canary II are
rescuing people from the natural disasters when GL3 and Katma Tui (also of the
GLC) arrive to lend a hand. They are comparing notes when Harbinger arrives to
recruit GL3. After a brief tussle - in which Harbinger proves unstoppable -
GL3 agrees to go with her. His arrival on the Monitor's satellite, the battle
with the Shadows, and the Monitor's speech are recapped. Meanwhile, Katma goes
to Oa to warn the Guardians of Harbinger's message of doom. She find them
agitated and uncertain, which shakes her faith. She then goes to warn another
GL, only to find his world inaccessible (presumably destroyed by anti-matter).
Following her visit to Oa, the Guardians there are incapacitated by the
Anti-Monitor. Katma feels this through her ring, and goes to consult Hal Jordan
(formerly GL2, but currently retired and moping about it). He's unable to
help, and he ends up going up to the grave of Abin Sur (his predecessor).
There, he finds the brain-damaged Guy Gardner digging through the grave,
looking for his ring (which isn't there). They fight briefly, then a Guardian
arrives to bring Gardner back to Oa, where he will be given a ring. Jordan is
snubbed.
Englehart, Staton, Patterson
Occurs either during
Crisis #2, or just before #9,
or possibly across 2 through 9. Guy Gardner's origin is retold, and he gets
his ring. Hal Jordan makes his way across the deserts of Oa to the Guardians,
and they tell him the universe can't be saved.
Thomas, McFarlane, Marcos
Occurs during
Crisis #1. We learn the origins of Helix, and the
Infinitors fight them. We also see Harbinger recruit Obsidian.
Thomas, McFarlane, Hernandez, Montano, Thomas, Roy, Tollin
Occurs
approximately during
Crisis #4. The JSA and Infinity Inc. deal with
collapsing buildings, earthquakes, et cetera. Hourman II and Doctor Midnight
begin the road to herodom.
Thomas, Harris, McFarlane, DeZuniga, Giordano, Alcala, Howell
Occurs
during
Crisis #4. Obsidian is returned to Earth-2. Jade,
Obsidian, Harlequin, and GL1 battle Thorn I and much uniquely Roy Thomas-ish
backstory about how they're all related is told (some of which is true, some of
which isn't). GL1 and Harlequin get married. Only marginal importance to the
Crisis.
Thomas, McFarlane
Occurs just before
Crisis #5. GL1 and Harlequin's wedding reception
takes place (with over two dozen heroes in attendance), but all of the JSA and
Infinity Inc. are snatched away for the big meeting on the Monitor's satellite.
Hourman II and Doctor Midnight debut.
Thomas, McFarlane, Clark
Occurs during
Crisis #5. The satellite meeting is recapped from
the Infinitors' point of view (including a brief tussle with Helix). Hourman II
and Doctor Midnight battle time-displaced Union Soldiers from the American
Civil War. Some mildly interesting comments on racism are made.
Thomas, McFarlane, Harris
Occurs during
Crisis #7. Wildcat II's debut is recapped, some
subplots advance, and Jade, Brainwave Jr., Northwind, and Solomon Grundy visit
Northwind's homeland.
Thomas, McFarlane, Harris
Occurs during
Crisis #7. Various Infinitors discuss the assault
on the Anti-Monitor's citadel. The villain team Helix announces a truce until
the Crisis is resolved. Jonni Thunder and the Star-Spangled Kid deal with the
time-switches and Knodar, the Last Criminal.
Conway, Staton, Machlan
Occurs approximately during
Crisis #3. The League, fleeing a battle with
Infinity Inc. (see Infinity Inc. #19) returns to the wrecked JLA satellite, and
uses the transmatter to journey to Earth-2. On the surface, the Infinitors
begin to wonder if they weren't tricked into attacking heroes by Commander
Steel. They discover him and Mekanique torturing the Leaguer Steel, and are
defeated by him. The JLA returns to the scene, bringing the JSA with them.
Steel defeats Commander Steel, Mekanique vanishes, and the combined JLA, JSA,
and Infinity Inc. go to confront the storms of the Crisis.
Conway, McDonnell, Machlan
Occurs during
Crisis #9. Steel (having been sent through time by
Warp) finds himself in the year AD1,000,000,000, where he meets the Lord of
Time and his daughter, and battles his sons. The rest of the League cleans up
their HQ and lectures Commander Steel.
Mishkin, Hobers, Gustovich
Occurs during Crisis
#8. The original and current Justice Leagues team up to deal with the
crash of the League satellite, and the debut of the new Red Tornado II, now a
crazed wind elemental.
Levitz, LaRocque, Mahlstedt
Occurs after Supergirl's death in
Crisis #7, but some plot elements seem to place it
during the anti-matter wave of Crisis #1-4. [shrug] We learn that the Infinite Man has been
protecting the 30th Century from the worst effects of the Crisis, with the side
effect that no one can remember the Crisis. This latter effect
increases in strength as one gets further from the Time Institute's time beacon,
so (unaware of the Infinite Man's involvement), Brainiac 5 and Rond Vidar boost
the beacon's power to "normalize" things. This frees the Infinite
Man, who is subdued by the Legion. Also, the prison planet Takron-Galtos is
destroyed by anti-matter, and the Legion has to rescue many of the inmates -
those who are not recruited by Luthor II and Brainiac. One of the better
crossovers.
Wolfman, Barreto, Tanghal
Occurs during Crisis #1-9. Many and varied
details of the Titans' personal lives are covered. Cyborg is recruited by
Harbinger after an extensive fight (Crisis #1).
The Titans-Outsiders meeting at the Empire State Building is recapped (Crisis #3), as is all of the Crisis through
Crisis #9. An envoy from Starfire II's homeworld
requests she return.
Wolfman, Barreto, Tanghal
Occurs during Crisis
#9. Various non-Crisis subplots are advanced; Raven's mother searches for
her, Changeling's father goes insane, and Azrael returns to the fold of Brother
Blood. Starfire II, Nightwing, and Jericho agree to travel to Tamaran.
Klein, McManus, Colón
Occurs during Crisis
#8. Very little mention of the Crisis. This issue is essentially just a
bunch of advancing subplots. The space-warp mentioned in Crisis #8 appears in a
one-panel cliffhanger.
Maggin, Swan, Williamson
Occurs during, or just before,
Crisis #8. Follows immediately from
DC Comics Presents #87. Superman battles
some aliens who have enslaved New Krypton, then brings Supergirl's body to
Kandor.
Bates, Swan, Williamson
Occurs approximately during
Crisis #8. Superman learns of how Supergirl,
during a bout of amnesia, married an alien champion by the name of Salkor. A
somewhat contrived story intended to serve as coda to her death.
Moore, Bissette, Totleben
Occurs during
Crisis #5. "Something was eating the sky."
The Swamp Thing is escorted by John Constantine to the big meeting on the
Monitor's satellite, where he is assigned to the protection of the spiritual
dimensions during the Crisis. A neatly-integrated part of Moore's "American
Gothic" story arc, which terminated in the near-legendary Swamp
Thing #50. Probably one of the best Crisis crossovers.
I don't yet own every Crisis crossover, but I'm working on it. The following is a complete list of crossovers, including the ones mentioned above. The ones in boldface have the "Special Crisis Cross-Over" banner, the rest don't but are important to an understanding of the Crisis. Thanks to Martin Smith and Art Lortie for this data.
Moore, Bissette, Alcala
Reprinted in Essential Vertigo: Swamp Thing
#10, August '97. Page 12 shows the Monitor and Lyla observing Arcane's
manifestation on the Earth below. His neatly categorized information on
superbeings is mentioned, as is his non-interference.
Moore, Veitch, Totleben
Reprinted in Essential Vertigo: Swamp Thing
#11, September '97. Page 9 shows the Monitor and Lyla still observing. The
Monitor comments, "I am attempting to suppress for the first time
in my life... the uncontrollable urge to look away."
The Monitor made many other appearances before Crisis #1. A near-complete list:
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