Crisis on Infinite Earths #4

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.

  Source ↗
• Newsstand edition75¢ cover

  Newsstand

  A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

  Barcode 0709893266107 · shared with another edition

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

  Canadian

  Printed cover price 0.95 CAD.

  Barcode 0709893266107 · shared with another edition

  This edition’s page

Story arc: Crisis on Infinite Earths

This is part 4 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

• 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...

Publisher’s description

A new hero joins the fight and betrayal looms as the face of the enemy deleting the universe takes shape! Learn the secret past of the Monitor and his connection to the darkness the heroes of the DC Multiverse must confront. You won't want to missthis issue's terrifying ending!

Characters

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)