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Crisis on Infinite Earths #4

DC · Series began 1985 · July 1985

first appearance of Doctor Light and Lady Quark

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WHY COLLECTORS WANT IT

Doctor Light (Kimiyo Hoshi) — introduction, origin
Lady Quark (Tashana) — introduction, origin
Lord Volt (Karak) — introduction, death
Princess Fern (Liana) — introduction, death

Dates

Cover date: July 1985
On sale: March 12, 1985
Pages: 36

Editions and covers (3)

Copies of #4 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.
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Newsstand edition75¢ cover

Newsstand

A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

Barcode 0709893266107 · shared with another edition
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Canadian price edition0.95 CAD cover

Canadian

Printed cover price 0.95 CAD.

Barcode 0709893266107 · shared with another edition
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Facsimile reprints exist

Crisis on Infinite Earths 4 (Facsimile Edition) (2024). A facsimile reproduces this issue with a modern cover price and barcode; check before buying.

Creators

pencils: George Pérez, Mike DeCarloinks: George Pérez, Mike DeCarlocolors: Anthony Tollinletters: Gaspar Saladino, John Costanza, Todd Kleinscript: Marv Wolfman, Paul Butler

Stories

And Thus Shall the World Die! · 25 pages
The beginnings of Earth-1's, Earth-2's, and an unnamed Earth's destructions are at hand as antimatter begins to engulf each world. Harbinger (possessed by the shadow demon in issue 2) attacks the Monitor and kills him as Pariah arrives in shock to see his dead body. But that was what the Monitor needed in order to carry out his plan to save two earths from his foe. To be continued...

Characters

Bruce WayneBatmanClark KentSupermanDick GraysonPrincess DianaWonder WomanNightwingBarbara GordonDonna TroyVictor StoneCyborgKara Zor-ElSupergirlGarfield LoganKoriand'rStarfireBatgirlKatar HolHawkmanAlan ScottZatannaGreen LanternJohn StewartWonder GirlMetamorphoRex MasonJonah HexJohn ConstantineFirestorm

Reprinted in

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), Crisis on Infinite Earths 4 (Facsimile Edition) (2024), DC Finest: Events: Crisis on Infinite Earths Part One (2025)