And the final week of Convergence mini-series has been announced, with characters from the ancient Pre-Crisis on Infinite Earths world, with a little oddball stuff like the Crime Syndicate. Announcements were made at EW and Newsarama. The previous weeks of COnvergence—the two issue moving fill-in event that will help ease DC’s staff into their new West Coast home—focused on different eras. Week one was pre New 52; week 2 was the 90s, and week three was the 80s. And now we’ve gone back to the protean slurry.
Notable creators this time…well I like the Jeff Parker-Evan Shaner team and it’s always nice to see Len Wein, Denys Cowan and Bill Sienkiewicz working together.
PRE-CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS, Earth 2
JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA
Writer: Dan Abnett
Artists: Tom Derenick and Trevor Scott
Colorist: Monica Kubina
Older and in full retirement under the dome, members of the Justice Society get the chance to regain their youths to stave off forces from the Qward Universe. But the promise of youth comes with a deadly price.
INFINITY INC.
Writer: Jerry Ordway
Artist: Ben Caldwell
Colorist: Jordie Bellaire
The young heroes of Infinity Inc. must choose between the path set for them by their parents or the one they’ve set for themselves as they face post-apocalyptic Jonah Hex.
DETECTIVE COMICS
Writer: Len Wein
Artists: Denys Cowan and Bill Sienkiewicz
Colorist: Felix Serrano
Helena Wayne and Dick Grayson fight side by side in memory of Bruce Wayne as they decide who will become the next Batman.
ACTION COMICS
Writer: Justin Gray
Artists: Claude St-Aubin and Sean Parsons
Colorist: Lovern Kindzierski
Superman teams up with Power Girl, but can they stop a nuclear strike from Lex Luthor and Stalin of Red Son Moscow?
WORLD’S FINEST COMICS
Writer: Paul Levitz
Artists: Jim Fern and Joe Rubinstein with cartoons by Shannon Wheeler
Colorist: Paul Mounts
The Seven Soldiers of Victory regroup to defend their city against the Qward invasion, while cartoonist Scribbly Jibbet transcribes their adventures.
PRE-CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS Earth 3
CRIME SYNDICATE
Writer: Brian Buccellato
Artist: Phil Winslade
Colorist: Lovern Kindzierski
The Crime Syndicate’s absolute control of their city is challenged when the dome comes down and changes everything. Now, Superwoman is on death row while the rest of the team fights One Million Universe’s Batman and Superman!
PRE-CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS, EARTH 4
BLUE BEETLE
Writer: Scott Lobdell
Artist: Yishan Li
Colorist: Dave McCaig
Hub City is on the brink of collapse and anarchy! But its heroes—Blue Beetle, Captain Atom, and Question—find inspiration and strength from the most unlikely source.
PRE-CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS, EARTH S
SHAZAM
Writer: Jeff Parker
Artist: Evan “Doc” Shaner
Colorist: Jordie Bellaire
It’s Shazam versus Steampunk, as the world of Gotham By Gaslight takes on the Captain Marvel family and friends.
PRE-CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS, EARTH X
PLASTIC MAN AND THE FREEDOM FIGHTERS
Writer: Simon Oliver
Artist: John McCrea
Colorist: John Kalisz
Plastic Man and the Freedom Fighters are on the gallows in a New York taken over by Nazis, when robot super-heroes attack from Futures End and enemies become allies.
MULTIPLE EARTHS
BOOSTER GOLD
Writer: Dan Jurgens
Artists: Alvaro Martinez and Raul Fernandez
Colorist: Chris Sotomayor
Trapped with Rip Hunter and other time travelers, Booster and his future self must work together to get out of prison and off the planet.
DC has finally given Doc Shaner a freaking Shazam book. There are indeed things right in the universe!
And the next month, all the regular DC books should de-boot back to their pre-Flashpoint Universe and numberings with the Eww 52 banished to where it belongs: to nothingness.
If that Shazam book isn’t in the top five sales for the month, can we FINALLY declare the “Waaaa why aren’t DC books fun/for kids anymore, there are totally thousands of people out there who want them” folks full of shit? They’re already on thin ice with GOTHAM ACADEMY.
I’m not generally the sort to buy a book based on its cover, but the art from Earth S looks spectacular, and it’s hard to go wrong with Jeff Parker writing.
There’s some fairly interesting stuff in this Convergence event, shame that it’s only a two month reprieve from the godawful New 52.
“And the next month, all the regular DC books should de-boot back to their pre-Flashpoint Universe and numberings with the Eww 52 banished to where it belongs: to nothingness.”
Yes! You’re my hero, Rob. Preach it!
“And the next month, all the regular DC books should de-boot back to their pre-Flashpoint Universe and numberings with the Eww 52 banished to where it belongs: to nothingness.”
I’d go further. Let’s reset back to the Swanderson/Julius Schwartz/Denny O’Neil era, at least for Superman. Clark Kent with sideburns and wide lapel suits, Lois in mini-skirts, Jimmy in a jumpsuit with goggles.
It is interesting that the ramshackle notions of continuity (at both companies) which made sense which have become insane are now treated so lightly. We’re getting some good comics out of it.
…and, yes, props to Rob J.
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