Top Comic
By Daily Bruin Staff
Dec. 10, 2006 9:00 p.m.
“Infinite Crisis”
DC Comics
In a year full of comic book craziness ““ Marvel
Comics’ epic “Civil War” pitted Iron Man against
Captain America and unveiled Spider-Man’s secret identity to
the world, and DC Comics’ “52” told a year-long
story every week in real time, “24”-style ““ the
best major event was DC’s “Infinite Crisis.”
Aside from providing the company with a much-needed creative
reboot for characters such as Superman and Batman, the story also
played to DC’s strengths: Batman’s inner turmoil and
brilliance as a detective, Superman’s nobility and sense of
purpose and Wonder Woman’s torn allegiance to humanity and to
her mythic heritage.
It was a space opera on a grand scale, with unexpected deaths,
destruction and plot twists, but one that never felt forced or done
for shock value.
With things looking good for DC in 2007, here’s to
“Infinite” and beyond.
““ David Greenwald
