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Crisis on Infinite Earths #8

DC · Series began 1985 · November 1985

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Dates

Cover date: November 1985
On sale: July 9, 1985
Pages: 36

Values

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Editions and covers (3)

Copies of #8 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 0709893266111 · shared with another edition
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Canadian price edition0.95 CAD cover

Canadian

Printed cover price 0.95 CAD.

Barcode 0709893266111 · shared with another edition
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Facsimile reprints exist

Crisis on Infinite Earths 8 (Facsimile Edition) (2020). A facsimile reproduces this issue with a modern cover price and barcode; check before buying.

Story arc: Crisis on Infinite Earths

This is part 15 of 43. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.

Creators

pencils: George Pérez, José Luis García-Lópezinks: George Pérez, Jerry Ordwaycolors: Anthony Tollinletters: Todd Klein, John Costanzascript: Marv Wolfman, Arnaldo Lopez Jr.

Stories

A Flash of the Lightning! · 25 pages
The 5 earths and their universes are temporarily safe, as a captive Flash and Psycho Pirate witness the reemergence of the Anti-Monitor with a new plan to create an antimatter cannon. Using the Pirate to emotionally control the Anti-Monitor's Qwardian Thunderers as a diversion, Flash enters the cannon and runs counterclockwise to cause its energies to build up, thus exploding and destroying the cannon. The Anti-Monitor throws Flash throughout time (accounting for the images seen in issues 2, 3, and 12), killing him, and absorbs the entire energy of the anti-matter universe for a final attack.

Publisher’s description

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 anddestroy that machine—even if it means his own death!

Characters

Bruce WayneBatmanJokerBarry AllenWally WestThe FlashJ'Onn J'OnzzMartian ManhunterVictor StoneCyborgJohn StewartRay PalmerThe AtomGreen LanternJim CorriganKid FlashThe SpectreImra ArdeenSaturn GirlFirestormDarkseidQuerl DoxGarth RanzzBrainiac 5Lightning LadJo NahVixenMari McCabeRed TornadoReep Daggle

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), Flash: A Celebration of 75 Years (2015), Crisis on Infinite Earths Giant (2019), Crisis on Infinite Earths: 35th Anniversary Deluxe Edition (2019), Crisis on Infinite Earths 8 (Facsimile Edition) (2020)