Crisis on Infinite Earths #1

Dates

Cover date

April 1985

On sale

December 11, 1984

Pages

36

Editions and covers (3)

Copies of #1 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

• Direct edition75¢ cover

  Direct

  No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.

  Barcode 0709893266104 · shared with another edition

  Source ↗
• Newsstand edition75¢ cover

  Newsstand

  A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

  Barcode 0709893266104 · shared with another edition

  This edition’s page
• Canadian price edition0.95 CAD cover

  Canadian

  Printed cover price 0.95 CAD.

  Barcode 0709893266104 · shared with another edition

  This edition’s page

Story arc: Crisis on Infinite Earths

This is part 1 of 51. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.

1. Crisis on Infinite Earths (1985) #1
2. Crisis on Infinite Earths (1985) #2
3. Crisis on Infinite Earths (1985) #3
4. Crisis on Infinite Earths (1985) #4
5. Crisis on Infinite Earths #5
6. The Losers Special (1985) #1
7. Infinity, Inc. (1984) #18
8. Wonder Woman (1942) #327
9. Crisis on Infinite Earths #6
10. Blue Devil #17
11. Infinity, Inc. (1984) #19
12. All-Star Squadron (1981) #50
13. The Omega Men #31
14. Crisis on Infinite Earths #7
15. DC Comics Presents #86
16. Justice League of America (1960) #244
17. The Fury of Firestorm (1982) #41
18. Batman (1940) #389
19. Blue Devil #18
20. Green Lantern (1960) #194
21. All-Star Squadron (1981) #51
22. Detective Comics (1937) #556
23. Crisis on Infinite Earths #8
24. DC Comics Presents #87
25. Superman #413
26. Batman (1940) #390
27. All-Star Squadron (1981) #52
28. Detective Comics (1937) #557
29. The Omega Men #33
30. Crisis on Infinite Earths #9
31. Green Lantern #195
32. Justice League of America #245
33. The Fury of Firestorm #42
34. Crisis on Infinite Earths (1985) #10
35. Batman (1940) #391
36. Detective Comics (1937) #558
37. All-Star Squadron #53
38. Superman #415
39. Amethyst: Princess of Gemworld #13
40. All-Star Squadron #54
41. Crisis on Infinite Earths #11
42. Crisis on Infinite Earths #12
43. Green Lantern #198
44. Swamp Thing #46
45. Deadman: Dead Again #1
46. DC Universe #0
47. DCU: Legacies #5
48. DCU: Legacies #6
49. Crisis on Infinite Earths Companion Deluxe Edition (2018) #1
50. DC Finest: Justice League of America: The Return (2025) #nn
51. DC Finest: Events: Crisis on Infinite Earths Part One (2025) #nn

Creators

Stories

• The Summoning! · 32 pages

  A man known as Pariah is destined to watch helplessly as he is drawn from one Earth to another to watch as a wave of anti-matter destroys their universes. Earth-3's universe is the next to fall to the anti-matter wave and the Crime Syndicate is helpless to stop it. Meanwhile, the Monitor orders Lyla to become Harbinger to gather heroes and villains. Taken to the Monitor's satellite, these heroes and villains are attacked by shadow demons until the Monitor drives them away.

Publisher’s description

Literally all the greatest DC Universe heroes from across time and space join forces to stop a being more powerful than any they've ever faced! But with existence crumbling around them, this may be a fight that no one walks away from. Don't miss theclassic story that altered the DCU forever!

Characters

Reprinted in

Millennium Edition: Crisis on Infinite Earths 1 (2000), Crisis on Infinite Earths (1998), Crisis on Infinite Earths (2000), Crisis on Infinite Earths The Absolute Edition (2005), Crisis on Infinite Earths Deluxe Edition (2015), Crisis on Infinite Earths: 35th Anniversary Deluxe Edition (2019), Dollar Comics: Crisis on Infinite Earths 1 (2019), Crisis on Infinite Earths Giant (2019), Crisis on Infinite Earths 1 (Facsimile Edition) (2024), DC Finest: Events: Crisis on Infinite Earths Part One (2025)