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Oh shit, I suppose I should contribute to Oddman's listup, as there were a few months where I was literally getting pretty much every DC book being put that had even an inkling to do with IC, but honestly, after reading the first ish, it's pretty clear that a whole lot of it isn't essential reading, especially since all the minis sort of hit the reset button before the big show (for example, all those OMAC crossovers? Kind of useless, since they all retreat to Broseph I in OMAC #6 and get new orders.)
Just read all the minis (and, yes, that includes Sacrifice, and Donna Troy) and the Power Gal arc of JSA: Classified. And the last few pages of JLA, I think, #119, whatever the last issue of the Johns/OC book is/was.
Just to dispell the necessity of the crossovers with some detail by example: The Nightwing/Villains United? Only because there's some vague connection to Deathstroke.
Do I regret getting all those crossovers? Not in the least. They might not be impacting the main Infinite Crisis miniseries, but if that's all you're interested in, you can easily follow along just reading those issues. The Countdown minis set the stage, but again, are not essential. The crossovers with those are even less essential, but they all do a really excellent job in pulling the entire universe into a coherent narrative. Which is a worthwhile endeavor in my humble opinion, and which is why I read most of them. A few weren't that great, but not because they were hamstrung by continuity, but rather because the creators involved weren't really my kind of soup. No one stepped on anyone's toes and, surprisingly, none of them were that obligatory. The Countdown minis set up the breadth and scope of all these threats and it only made sense that they would end up affecting other titles.
Continuity Awesomeness Award For Infinite Crisis #1: The Gotham Central Reference. |
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