Johnny Bravo said:
Not true. Its unreadable if you expect to find out every single detail of whats going on straight away, and you don't accept the fact that there has been two years of build-up for the event. Issue one takes the countdown to a climax, and uses it as a springboard. The subsequent springing and boarding is fine for newbies.
Baxter said:
You know its really not that bad. As long as you've read Crisis on Infinate Earths, wich anyone intrested in DC comics should have anyway, there shouldn't be a problem. If you're really worried about all the vuild-up they had DC has all of the 4 minis in somevery affordable TPBs coming out next month that even include the important tie in issues. Except OMAC. ****ing Sacrafice.
Er... okay. Then shouldn't Infinite Crisis #1 be called Countdown to Infinite Crisis #2?
Y'know, like Seven Soldiers of Victory had #0 come out, then all 7 4-issue minis come out, then Seven Soldiers of Victory #1 comes out.
Wouldn't it make more sense if, as you say, Infinite Crisis #1 is the climax to the countdown, to have had Countdown to Infinite Crisis #1, the four 6-issue minis then release Infinite Crisis #1 as 80 pages, cheap, and call it Countdown to Infinite Crisis #2, THEN start Infinite Crisis as completely stand alone for people who weren't interested in the minis, or for people who couldn't pick 'em up?
I said, "Infinite Crisis is unreadable if you don't know the DC universe inside out."
What you're saying is, "Infinite Crisis is unreadable if you haven't read all the minis leading up to it - and Crisis on Infinite Earths which came out 30 years ago."
It's just a big, fat merchandising gimmick to get you to buy 4 DC titles a month for 2 years, and all the back issues from previous stories so they can re-sell them.
Either way, it strikes me as a ****ty series for someone trying to get 'into' the universe to get.
I'm a big comic geek. IC is the big series DC is claiming will be so important, so I should be able to just read it. Regardless of my past purchases, I should be able to read Infinite Crisis and understand the big impact of the final page. I didn't. It had to be explained to me. Twice. And it still doesn't make sense.