{"id":712,"date":"2009-04-03T07:00:10","date_gmt":"2009-04-03T12:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/?p=712"},"modified":"2010-02-15T09:22:59","modified_gmt":"2010-02-15T14:22:59","slug":"universe-crisis-on-infinite-earths-advertisement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2009\/04\/03\/universe-crisis-on-infinite-earths-advertisement\/","title":{"rendered":"Universe: Crisis on Infinite Earths advertisement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Universe: Crisis on Infinite Earths ad\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/crisis_ad.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"510\" height=\"746\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This advertisement ran in comics cover dated March 1985.\u00a0 You can see the title promoted was UNIVERSE: CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS. As originally planned, it was to be a 10 issue series entitled HISTORY OF THE DC UNIVERSE.\u00a0 It was quickly expanded to 12 issues and the name changed to what you see in the advertisement above.\u00a0 Finally, the word UNIVERSE was dropped before #1 hit the stands a month after this ad ran.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Many modern-day fans of CRISIS don&#8217;t realize that the Monitor appeared in several DC comics the year leading up to CRISIS.  He was initially a faceless character who supplied villains with equipment in order to test heroes for the Crisis ahead. As a result, the character was seen to be a villain himself and his real reasons were not revealed to the reader until CRISIS #1.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">DC did a really good job building anticipation for CRISIS.\u00a0 I remember reading about the Monitor in Firestorm and Blue Devil wondering just who this guy was.\u00a0 It was neat to run across this advertisement while re-reading some old comics.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Tell the world about ONCE UPON A GEEK:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-712\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2009\/04\/03\/universe-crisis-on-infinite-earths-advertisement\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-712\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2009\/04\/03\/universe-crisis-on-infinite-earths-advertisement\/?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2009\/04\/03\/universe-crisis-on-infinite-earths-advertisement\/?share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email this to a friend\"><span>Email<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#\" class=\"sharing-anchor sd-button share-more\"><span>More<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"sharing-hidden\"><div class=\"inner\" style=\"display: none;\"><ul><li class=\"share-reddit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-reddit sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2009\/04\/03\/universe-crisis-on-infinite-earths-advertisement\/?share=reddit\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Reddit\"><span>Reddit<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-linkedin\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-linkedin-712\" class=\"share-linkedin sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2009\/04\/03\/universe-crisis-on-infinite-earths-advertisement\/?share=linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on LinkedIn\"><span>LinkedIn<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This advertisement ran in comics cover dated March 1985.\u00a0 You can see the title promoted was UNIVERSE: CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS. 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