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Crisis on Infinite Earths: Every DC Comics event ranked worst to best

By Scott Brown

Supergirl -- "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part One" -- Image Number: SPG509c_0115r.jpg -- Pictured (L-R): Grant Gustin as The Flash, Melissa Benoist as Kara/Supergirl, Tyler Hoechlin as Clark Kent/Superman, Ruby Rose as Kate Kane/Batwoman and Brandon Routh as Ray Palmer/Atom -- Photo: Dean Buscher/The CW -- © 2019 The CW Network, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Supergirl -- "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part One" -- Image Number: SPG509c_0115r.jpg -- Pictured (L-R): Grant Gustin as The Flash, Melissa Benoist as Kara/Supergirl, Tyler Hoechlin as Clark Kent/Superman, Ruby Rose as Kate Kane/Batwoman and Brandon Routh as Ray Palmer/Atom -- Photo: Dean Buscher/The CW -- © 2019 The CW Network, LLC. All Rights Reserved. /
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11. Flashpoint

A world at war. There is no Justice League. Barry Allen has no powers. What has happened to the world?

Since it was released, Flashpoint has become a bit controversial as it is the series that rebooted the DC universe and ushered in The New 52. As a singular story though, it’s a solid entry into the DC canon that effectively displays the dangers of time travel and how much power The Flash truly has. Most everything is slightly off-kilter throughout the story, which makes you feel uneasy while reading it. Basically, Flashpoint is a Twilight Zone version of the DC universe.

The biggest problem with the series is that it is incredibly fast-paced which gives you very little time to breathe as a reader. New information is seemingly thrown at you in most every page and it barely gives you any time to register it before moving on. Admittedly, the plentiful of tie-ins help flesh out the world in a way the main series was never supposed to, but that doesn’t fix the pacing issue of the main series.

10. Final Crisis

Orion is dead and evil is being set loose on Earth. Darkseid is coming and no one can stop it.

Final Crisis is a story that falls into three categories. You either love it, hate it, or have no clue what’s going on. After several reads though, Final Crisis has become something of flawed Grant Morrison masterpiece. It feels like a culmination of Morrison’s work at DC at the time, while diving even farther into the insane metaphysical side of the DC universe. And really, there’s only one proper way to read the series, in the Absolute Final Crisis collected edition, which has recently been re-released as DC Essential Edition.

But, there’s the rub, this series is confusing. Incredibly confusing at times. It’s not a series that one should read without an intimate knowledge of the DC universe and that can be a problem for some newer, or even older readers. There’s a lot happening, much of it unexplained, and that can be very frustrating at times.

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