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Crisis on Infinite Earths 8

CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS #8

Cover Date: November 1985
Cover Price: $.75
Publication Date: 1985-07-09

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Cover Credits:
Art: George Pérez (signed)
Colors: Anthony Tollin


Story: "A Flash of the Lightning!" (25 Pages)

Credits:

StoryMarv Wolfman
PencilsGeorge Pérez
InksJerry Ordway
LetteringJohn Costanza
ColorsAnthony Tollin
Consulting editingLen Wein
Associate editingRobert Greenberger
EditingMarv Wolfman

Guest Star(s):

Atom (Ray Palmer; last in issue #5)
Blue Devil (in between Blue Devil #17 and #18)
Cyborg (last in New Teen Titans Vol. 2 #14, pages 1 through 7)
Firehawk (last in issue #5)
Firestorm (Ron Raymond and Martin Stein; next in Justice League of America Annual #3)
Flash (Barry Allen; dies; last in issue #6; next as a human thunderbolt in Secret Origins Annual Vol. 2 #2)
Green Lantern (John Stewart; appearance same as Blue Devil #17; next in Green Lantern Vol. 2 #196)
Martian Manhunter (next in Justice League of America Annual #3)
Proty II (last in Legion of Super-Heroes Vol. 3 #16; next in Legion of Super-Heroes Annual Vol. 4 #3/2)
Red Tornado (last in issue #5; next in Justice League of America Annual #3)
Spectre (next in issue #10)
Vixen (last in Justice League of America #244; next in Justice League of America Annual #3)
Challengers of the Unknown:
Ace Morgan (last in DC Comics Presents #84; next in issue #11)
Rocky Davis (last in DC Comics Presents #84; next in issue #11)
Red Ryan (last in DC Comics Presents #84; next in issue #11)
Prof Haley (last in DC Comics Presents #84; next in issue #11)
June Robbins (last in Showcase #100; next in issue #11)
Green Lantern Corps:
Arisia Rrab (last in issue #5; next in Green Lantern Vol. 2 #198)
Ch'p (last in issue #5; next in Green Lantern Vol. 2 #198)
Tomar-Re (last in issue #5; next in Green Lantern Vol. 2 #198)
Xax (last in issue #5; next in Green Lantern Vol. 2 #198)
Numerous unidentified Green Lanterns (some presumably deceased)
Guardians of the Universe (last in issue #5; next in Green Lantern Vol. 2 #195, page 21)
Legion of Super-Heroes:
Blok (last in Legion of Super-Heroes Vol. 3 #18; next in issue #10)
Brainiac 5 (last in Legion of Super-Heroes Vol. 3 #18; next in issue #10)
Chameleon Boy (last in Legion of Super-Heroes Vol. 3 #17; next in issue #10)
Colossal Boy (last in Legion of Super-Heroes Vol. 3 #16; next in issue #10)
Dawnstar (last in Legion of Super-Heroes Vol. 3 #18; next in issue #10)
Dream Girl (last in Legion of Super-Heroes Vol. 3 #18; next in issue #10)
Element Lad (last in Legion of Super-Heroes Vol. 3 #16; next in issue #10)
Lightning Lad (last in Legion of Super-Heroes Vol. 3 #16; next in issue #10)
Lightning Lass (last in Legion of Super-Heroes Vol. 3 #18; next in issue #10)
Mon-El (last in Legion of Super-Heroes Vol. 3 #18; next in issue #10)
Phantom Girl (last in Legion of Super-Heroes Vol. 3 #16; next in issue #10)
Saturn Girl (last in Legion of Super-Heroes Vol. 3 #16; next in issue #10)
Shadow Lass (last in Legion of Super-Heroes Vol. 3 #18; next in issue #10)
Shrinking Violet (last in Legion of Super-Heroes Vol. 3 #16; next in issue #10)
Star Boy (last in Legion of Super-Heroes Vol. 3 #18; next in issue #10)
Sun Boy (last in Legion of Super-Heroes Vol. 3 #18; next in issue #10)
Ultra Boy (last in Legion of Super-Heroes Vol. 3 #16; next in issue #10)
White Witch (last in Legion of Super-Heroes Vol. 3 #18; next in issue #10)
Wildfire (last in Legion of Super-Heroes Vol. 3 #18; next in issue #10)
Omega Men:
Doc (last in Omega Men #31; next in Blue Devil #18)
Rynoc (last in Omega Men #31; next in Blue Devil #18)
Shlagen (last in Omega Men #31; next in Blue Devil #18)
Zirral (last in Omega Men #31; next in Blue Devil #18)

Villain(s):

Anti-Monitor (in a new costume)
Darkseid (last in Justice League of America #185; next in issue #12)
Desaad (last in Adventure Comics #460/3; next in issue #12)
Psycho-Pirate of Earth-2 (next in issue #12)
T.O. Morrow (last in Red Tornado #4)
Weaponers of Qward

Location(s):

Earth-1:
Challengers Mountain, CO
Los Angeles, CA
Pittsburgh, PA
Wyoming (T.O. Morrow's mountain base)
Metropolis (30th Century)
Legion Headquarters III
JLA Satellite
Oa:
Green Lantern Central Power Battery;
Apokolips
Vega Star System
Antimatter Universe of Qward: (said to stretch for more than 32 zillion light years, with 53 million worlds, more than two million containing sentient life)
Qward

Comment(s):

This story takes place in July 1985.
For the purposes of the Unofficial Guide to the DC Universe, unless listed otherwise, characters listed above are from the Earth-1 reality.

Story Reprinted in:

Crisis on Infinite Earths ([December] 1998)
Crisis on Infinite Earths ([December] 2000)
Crisis on Infinite Earths The Absolute Edition (2005)

Solicitation:

The Anti-Monitor nears completion on a massive weapon calculated to destroy the Multiverse, and Earth's heroes are helpless! The villain has held the Flash captive since the Crisis began, but now The Fastest Man Alive is ready to battle back and destroy that machine--even if it means his own death!


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