Crisis on Infinite Earths #10 is an issue of the series Crisis on Infinite Earths (Volume 1) with a cover date of January, 1986.
Contents
Synopsis for "Death at the Dawn of Time!"
After destroying Brainiac's shell, Psimon turns his attention towards Lex Luthor. He plans on taking over the united villains after killing Luthor. What Psimon doesn't realize however is that Brainiac's consciousness is downloaded into the circuitry of his ship. He forges a new body for himself and blasts the top off of Psimon's crown with a beam of energy.
On Earth-One at the dawn of mankind, Anthro continues to see wild streaks of red lightning flashing across the sky. He ponders whether he should tell the rest of the tribe, but fears that they may find him crazy.
On Earth-Four, Chemo stands next to the ruins of the Statue of Liberty. All about him, the waters surrounding Manhattan island are bubbling with deadly poisonous fumes. Negative Woman flies about him, ensnaring the gigantic villain with bands of shadow energy. The bands constrict until they eventually succeed in destroying Chemo's artificial shell. In Manhattan, Black Adam fights up against Robotman and Dove. Kole of the New Teen Titans flies up behind him and turns his body into solid crystal. Robotman is prepared to shatter him, but Dove holds him back. Meanwhile, Cyborg and Celsius tackle Quakemaster.
Meanwhile, Aqualad races back to Atlantis carrying Aquagirl's body. He hands her over to the city's medical specialists, but there is nothing they can do. Aquagirl is dead.
In the frozen wastelands of Earth-S, Doctor Sivana, Doctor Cyber, Per Degaton, Houngan, Phobia, Despero, Deathbolt, Hector Hammond and Professor T.O. Morrow keep watch over the captured members of the Marvel Family. While Sivana is in the midst of gloating, the Martian Manhunter burrows through the ice and attacks them. He blasts at Deathbolt with his Martian vision. The Atom and Platinum of the Metal Men arrive to give him back-up. Phobia tries to use her powers on Platinum, but they fail, enabling the Atom enough time to loose the gag around Billy Batson's mouth. Billy shouts the magic word, "Shazam" and transforms into Captain Marvel.
On Earth-X , Batman and the original Atom fight up against Calendar Man while the Outsiders and Infinity, Inc. take on the Dummy. Hawkwoman and Tin fight Lightning Lord, and Firestorm and Vixen fight up against Captain Cold and Icicle. Green Arrow of Earth-Two assists Changeling and Mento in combating the Shaggy Man. Green Arrow defeats the Shaggy Man with an explosive-tipped arrow.
Suddenly, the Spectre makes his presence known across the five partially merged Earths. He warns all of the heroes that the Anti-Monitor is still alive and that he has retreated into the past to change the course of history at the dawn of time itself.
The heroes migrate to Earth-One to coordinate their efforts. They form their teams and develop a strategy using the time-traveling capabilities of the Time Masters, the Legion of Super-Heroes and the Lord of Time. Flash (Jay Garrick) and Kid Flash are outfitted with converter technology to help bridge the gap. With the aid of Magno Lad, Cosmic Boy and Gold, the team creates a large magnetic conductor, which shunts the assemblage backwards in time.
Meanwhile, Lex Luthor and his allies travel backwards in time ten billion years to the planet Oa. They arrive on the fateful day when the scientist Krona is destined to witness the hand of creation and inadvertently create the Multiverse. They burst into his laboratory, but Krona is ready for them. He kills Icicle, Mirror Master and Maaldor.
At the dawn of time, the heroes face the Anti-Monitor. They channel all of their energy into him, but this only serves to make the Anti-Monitor more powerful. He requires their energy so that when Krona opens the doorway between the positive matter universe and the antimatter universe, the Anti-Monitor will then be able to obliterate the positive matter universe entirely.
The Spectre appears before the Anti-Monitor, channeling all of the mystical energy of Earth's most powerful sorcerers. He attacks the Anti-Monitor directly and their fight unleashes an explosion of energy, which appears to consume all reality.
Appearing in "Death at the Dawn of Time!"
Featured Characters:
- All-Star Squadron/Justice Society of America
- Atom (Al Pratt)
- Doctor Fate (Kent Nelson)
- Doctor Mid-Nite (Charles McNider)
- Flash (Jay Garrick)
- Green Arrow (Earth-Two)
- Hawkman (Carter Hall)
- Hourman (Rex Tyler)
- Robin (Earth-Two)
- Sargon (John Sargent)
- Spectre (Jim Corrigan)
- Starman (Ted Knight)
- Superman (Earth-Two)
- Thunderbolt (Yz)
- Wonder Woman (Earth-Two)
- Doom Patrol
- Freedom Fighters
- Infinity, Inc.
- Justice League of America / Justice League Detroit
- Legion of Super-Heroes
- Marvel Family
- Captain Marvel
- Captain Marvel, Jr. (Cameo)
- Fat Marvel (Cameo)
- Hill Marvel (Cameo)
- Mary Marvel
- Tall Marvel (Cameo)
- Uncle Marvel (Cameo)
- Tawky Tawny (Cameo)
- Metal Men
- New Teen Titans
- Outsiders
- Time Masters
Supporting Characters:
- Adam Strange
- Alexander Luthor
- Animal Man
- Amethyst
- Anthro
- Atomic Knight
- Blue Beetle (Ted Kord)
- Blue Devil
- Captain Atom
- Captain Comet
- Chris KL-99
- Creeper (Jack Ryder)
- Cryll
- Dale Gunn
- Doctor Light (Kimiyo Hoshi)
- Dolphin
- Firehawk
- Harlequin (Molly Mayne)
- Immortal Man
- Jemm
- Judomaster
- Kamandi
- Lady Quark
- Lightning
- Lois Lane (Earth-Two)
- Lori Lemaris (Earth-One)
- Madame Xanadu
- Magnetic Kid
- Magno Lad
- Mento
- Mera
- Nimbus
- Peacemaker
- Phantom Stranger
- Robin (Jason Todd)
- Sgt. Rock
- Space Ranger
- Starman (Prince Gavyn)
- Superboy (Earth-Prime)
- Swamp Thing
- Thunderbolt (Peter Cannon) (Cameo)
- Tommy Tomorrow
- Wildcat (Yolanda Montez)
- Will Magnus
- Zatara (John Zatara)
- Forever People
Antagonists:
- Anti-Monitor
- Black Adam
- Blockbuster (Mark Desmond)
- Bolt
- Brainiac (Earth-One)
- Calendar Man
- Captain Cold
- Chameleon Chief
- Chemo (final Earth-One appearance)
- Clayface (Matt Hagen)
- Cosmic King
- Deadshot
- Deathbolt
- Despero
- Doctor Cyber
- Doctor Destiny
- Doctor Double X
- Doctor Polaris
- Doctor Regulus
- Doctor Sivana
- Doctor Spectro
- Dummy
- Electrocutioner
- Enforcer
- Esper Lass
- Faceless Hunter
- Ghost
- Hector Hammond
- Huntress (Paula Brooks Crock)
- Icicle (Joar Mahkent) (Dies)
- Insect Queen
- Kanjar Ro
- Krona
- Lex Luthor (Earth-One)
- Lightning Lord
- Lord of Time
- Satanis
- Maaldor (Dies)
- Mirror Master (Sam Scudder) (Dies)
- Multiplex
- Per Degaton
- Radiation Roy
- Rainbow Raider
- Shaggy Man
- Silver Ghost
- Silver Slasher
- Sinestro
- Star Sapphire (Carol Ferris)
- Sun Emperor
- Tyr
- Quakemaster
- Time Trapper
- T.O. Morrow
- Typhoon
- Ultra-Humanite
- Brotherhood of Evil
- Fatal Five
- Fearsome Five
Other Characters:
- Amazons (Flashback only)
- Halk
- Harbinger (Cameo)
- Jennifer Morgan
- Jero
- Pariah
- Ronal
- Titania
- Vulko
- X'Hal
- Losers (Cameo) (Flashback only)
Locations:
- Big Bang
- Multiverse (Destroyed)
Items:
Vehicles:
Synopsis for "The Monitor Tapes..."
Appearing in "The Monitor Tapes..."
Featured Characters:
- Harbinger
- Immortal Man
- Kamandi
- Lady Quark
- Alexander Luthor
- Monitor (Flashback only)
- Pariah
- Superboy (Earth-Prime)
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
Locations:
- Thanagar (Cameo)
Items:
Vehicles:
Notes
- A presentation of the Monitor's recordings is displayed along the bottom of each page.
- This issue reveals that Pariah is not responsible for the destruction of Lady Quark's home world as he previously believed. He merely opened the doorway, which enabled the Anti-Monitor to unleash his antimatter wave.
- Post-Crisis recordings about the "War of the Villains" (this issue and prior) are unclear. For example, Brainiac only began his criminal career after Crisis and the version of Brainiac seen here was deleted from existence; Luthor is a mega-entrepreneur in the Post-Crisis, not a public criminal, and according to Crisis 11 he has no memories of having participated. Most likely, Psimon led the battle, and was betrayed and killed by his villainous cohorts. Chemo, destroyed by Negative Woman in this issue, would revive in Action Comics Vol 1 590, and Aquagirl would remain dead.
Trivia
- Green Arrow (Earth-Two) is accidentally colored like Speedy in one panel of this issue.
See Also
- Cover gallery for the Crisis on Infinite Earths series
- Images from Crisis on Infinite Earths Vol 1 10
Recommended Reading
Links and References
- Dick Giordano/Executive Editor
- George Pérez/Cover Artist
- Marv Wolfman/Writer
- George Pérez/Penciler
- Jerry Ordway/Inker
- Anthony Tollin/Colourist
- John Costanza/Letterer
- Len Wein/Editor
- Robert Greenberger/Editor
- Marv Wolfman/Editor
- Lyla Michaels (Pre-Crisis)/Quotes
- All-Star Squadron (New Earth)/Appearances
- Albert Pratt (New Earth)/Appearances
- Kent Nelson (New Earth)/Appearances
- Charles McNider (New Earth)/Appearances
- Jason Garrick (New Earth)/Appearances
- Oliver Queen (Earth-Two)/Appearances
- Carter Hall (New Earth)/Appearances
- Rex Tyler (New Earth)/Appearances
- Richard Grayson (Earth-Two)/Appearances
- John Sargent (New Earth)/Appearances
- Aztar (New Earth)/Appearances
- Theodore Knight (New Earth)/Appearances
- Kal-L (Earth-Two)/Appearances
- Yz (New Earth)/Appearances
- Diana of Paradise Island (Earth-Two)/Appearances
- Doom Patrol (New Earth)/Appearances
- Arani Desai (New Earth)/Appearances
- Valentina Vostok (New Earth)/Appearances
- Clifford Steele (New Earth)/Appearances
- Joshua Clay (New Earth)/Appearances
- Freedom Fighters (Earth-X)/Appearances
- Roy Lincoln (Earth-Two)/Appearances
- Langford Terrill (Earth-Two)/Appearances
- Sandra Knight (Earth-Two)/Appearances
- Uncle Sam (New Earth)/Appearances
- Infinity, Inc. (New Earth)/Appearances
- Hippolyta Trevor (New Earth)/Appearances
- Helena Wayne (Earth-Two)/Appearances
- Jennifer-Lynn Hayden (New Earth)/Appearances
- Norda Cantrell (New Earth)/Appearances
- Albert Rothstein (New Earth)/Appearances
- Todd Rice (New Earth)/Appearances
- Kara Zor-L (Earth-Two)/Appearances
- Hector Hall (New Earth)/Appearances
- Sylvester Pemberton (New Earth)/Appearances
- Justice League of America (New Earth)/Appearances
- Justice League Detroit (New Earth)/Appearances
- Orin (New Earth)/Appearances
- Raymond Palmer (New Earth)/Appearances
- Bruce Wayne (Earth-One)/Appearances
- Ralph Dibny (New Earth)/Appearances
- Ronald Raymond (New Earth)/Appearances
- Cynthia Reynolds (New Earth)/Appearances
- Katar Hol (Earth-One)/Appearances
- Shayera Thal (Earth-One)/Appearances
- J'onn J'onzz (Earth-One)/Appearances
- Kal-El (Earth-One)/Appearances
- Mari McCabe (New Earth)/Appearances
- Diana of Paradise Island (Earth-One)/Appearances
- Zatanna Zatara (New Earth)/Appearances
- Legion of Super-Heroes (Pre-Zero Hour)/Appearances
- Blok (Pre-Zero Hour)/Appearances
- Querl Dox (Pre-Zero Hour)/Appearances
- Reep Daggle (Pre-Zero Hour)/Appearances
- Gim Allon (Pre-Zero Hour)/Appearances
- Rokk Krinn (Pre-Zero Hour)/Appearances
- Nura Nal (Pre-Zero Hour)/Appearances
- Jan Arrah (Pre-Zero Hour)/Appearances
- Jacques Foccart (Pre-Zero Hour)/Appearances
- Garth Ranzz (Pre-Zero Hour)/Appearances
- Ayla Ranzz (Pre-Zero Hour)/Appearances
- Lar Gand (Pre-Zero Hour)/Appearances
- Tinya Wazzo (Pre-Zero Hour)/Appearances
- Imra Ardeen (Pre-Zero Hour)/Appearances
- Projectra Wind'zzor (Pre-Zero Hour)/Appearances
- Salu Digby (Pre-Zero Hour)/Appearances
- Thom Kallor (Pre-Zero Hour)/Appearances
- Dirk Morgna (Pre-Zero Hour)/Appearances
- Ganglios (Pre-Zero Hour)/Appearances
- Brin Londo (Pre-Zero Hour)/Appearances
- Jo Nah (Pre-Zero Hour)/Appearances
- Mysa Nal (Pre-Zero Hour)/Appearances
- Drake Burroughs (Pre-Zero Hour)/Appearances
- Marvel Family (Earth-S)/Appearances
- Billy Batson (Earth-S)/Appearances
- Frederick Freeman (Earth-S)/Appearances
- Billy "Fat Marvel" Batson (Earth-S)/Appearances
- Billy "Hill Marvel" Batson (Earth-S)/Appearances
- Mary Batson (Earth-S)/Appearances
- Billy "Tall Marvel" Batson (Earth-S)/Appearances
- Dudley (Earth-S)/Appearances
- Tawky Tawny (Earth-S)/Appearances
- Metal Men (New Earth)/Appearances
- Gold (New Earth)/Appearances
- Iron (New Earth)/Appearances
- Lead (New Earth)/Appearances
- Platinum (New Earth)/Appearances
- Tin (New Earth)/Appearances
- Teen Titans (New Earth)/Appearances
- Garth (New Earth)/Appearances
- Tula (New Earth)/Appearances
- Garfield Logan (New Earth)/Appearances
- Victor Stone (New Earth)/Appearances
- Donald Hall (New Earth)/Appearances
- Wally West (New Earth)/Appearances
- Kole Weathers (New Earth)/Appearances
- Roy Harper (New Earth)/Appearances
- Donna Troy (New Earth)/Appearances
- Outsiders (New Earth)/Appearances
- Jefferson Pierce (New Earth)/Appearances
- Gabrielle Doe (New Earth)/Appearances
- Tatsu Yamashiro (New Earth)/Appearances
- Rex Mason (New Earth)/Appearances
- Time Masters (Earth-One)/Appearances
- Bonnie Baxter (Earth-One)/Appearances
- Corky Baxter (Earth-One)/Appearances
- Jeffrey Smith (Earth-One)/Appearances
- Ripley Hunter (Earth-One)/Appearances
- Adam Strange (Earth-One)/Appearances
- Alexander Luthor, Jr. (Earth-Three)/Appearances
- Bernhard Baker (New Earth)/Appearances
- Amy Winston (New Earth)/Appearances
- Anthro (New Earth)/Appearances
- Gardner Grayle (New Earth)/Appearances
- Theodore Kord (Earth-Four)/Appearances
- Daniel Cassidy (New Earth)/Appearances
- Allen Adam (Earth-Four)/Appearances
- Adam Blake (New Earth)/Appearances
- Christopher Ambler (New Earth)/Appearances
- Jack Ryder (New Earth)/Appearances
- Cryll (New Earth)/Appearances
- Dale Gunn (New Earth)/Appearances
- Kimiyo Hoshi (New Earth)/Appearances
- Dolphin (New Earth)/Appearances
- Lorraine Reilly (New Earth)/Appearances
- Molly Mayne (New Earth)/Appearances
- Klarn Arg (New Earth)/Appearances
- Jemm (New Earth)/Appearances
- Rip Jagger (Earth-Four)/Appearances
- Kamandi (Earth-AD)/Appearances
- Tashana (Earth-Six)/Appearances
- Tavis Williams (New Earth)/Appearances
- Lois Lane (Earth-Two)/Appearances
- Lori Lemaris (Earth-One)/Appearances
- Nimue Inwudu (New Earth)/Appearances
- Pol Krinn (Pre-Zero Hour)/Appearances
- Kort Grezz (Pre-Zero Hour)/Appearances
- Steven Dayton (New Earth)/Appearances
- Mera (New Earth)/Appearances
- Nimbus (New Earth)/Appearances
- Christopher Smith (Earth-Four)/Appearances
- Phantom Stranger (New Earth)/Appearances
- Jason Todd (Earth-One)/Appearances
- Franklin Rock (New Earth)/Appearances
- Richard Starr (New Earth)/Appearances
- Gavyn (New Earth)/Appearances
- Kal-El (Earth-Prime)/Appearances
- Swamp Thing (New Earth)/Appearances
- Peter Cannon (Earth-Four)/Appearances
- Thomas Tomorrow (Earth-One)/Appearances
- Yolanda Montez (New Earth)/Appearances
- William Magnus (New Earth)/Appearances
- Giovanni Zatara (New Earth)/Appearances
- Forever People (New Earth)/Appearances
- Beautiful Dreamer (New Earth)/Appearances
- Big Bear (New Earth)/Appearances
- Mark Moonrider (New Earth)/Appearances
- Serifan (New Earth)/Appearances
- Anti-Monitor (Antimatter Universe)/Appearances
- Teth-Adam (Earth-S)/Appearances
- Mark Desmond (New Earth)/Appearances
- Lawrence Bolatinsky (New Earth)/Appearances
- Vril Dox (Earth-One)/Appearances
- Julian Day (New Earth)/Appearances
- Leonard Snart (New Earth)/Appearances
- Jall Tannuz (Pre-Zero Hour)/Appearances
- Chemo (New Earth)/Appearances
- Matthew Hagen (New Earth)/Appearances
- Laevar Bolto (Pre-Zero Hour)/Appearances
- Floyd Lawton (New Earth)/Appearances
- Jake Simmons (New Earth)/Appearances
- Despero (New Earth)/Appearances
- Cylvia Cyber (Earth-One)/Appearances
- John Dee (New Earth)/Appearances
- Simon Ecks (New Earth)/Appearances
- Neal Emerson (New Earth)/Appearances
- Zaxton Regulus (Pre-Zero Hour)/Appearances
- Thaddeus Sivana (Earth-S)/Appearances
- Doctor Spectro (Earth-Four)/Appearances
- Dummy (New Earth)/Appearances
- Electrocutioner I (New Earth)/Appearances
- Mica Love (New Earth)/Appearances
- Meta Ulnoor (Pre-Zero Hour)/Appearances
- Chun Yull (New Earth)/Appearances
- Alec Rois (Earth-Four)/Appearances
- Hector Hammond (New Earth)/Appearances
- Paula Brooks (New Earth)/Appearances
- Joar Mahkent (New Earth)/Appearances
- Lana Lang (Earth-Two)/Appearances
- Kanjar Ro (New Earth)/Appearances
- Krona (New Earth)/Appearances
- Alexis Luthor (Earth-One)/Appearances
- Mekt Ranzz (Pre-Zero Hour)/Appearances
- Epoch (New Earth)/Appearances
- Satanis (Earth-One)/Appearances
- Maaldor (Earth-One)/Appearances
- Samuel Scudder (New Earth)/Appearances
- Danton Black (New Earth)/Appearances
- Per Degaton (New Earth)/Appearances
- Roy Travich (Pre-Zero Hour)/Appearances
- Roy G. Bivolo (New Earth)/Appearances
- Shaggy Man (New Earth)/Appearances
- Raphael Van Zandt (Earth-X)/Appearances
- Ki-Lan (Pre-Zero Hour)/Appearances
- Thaal Sinestro (New Earth)/Appearances
- Carol Ferris (New Earth)/Appearances
- Nigal Douglous (Pre-Zero Hour)/Appearances
- Tyr (Pre-Zero Hour)/Appearances
- Robert Coleman (New Earth)/Appearances
- Time Trapper (Pre-Zero Hour)/Appearances
- Thomas Oscar Morrow (New Earth)/Appearances
- David Drake (New Earth)/Appearances
- Ultra-Humanite (New Earth)/Appearances
- Brotherhood of Evil (New Earth)/Appearances
- Jean-Louis Droo (New Earth)/Appearances
- Angela Hawkins III (New Earth)/Appearances
- Otto von Furth (New Earth)/Appearances
- Emil LaSalle (New Earth)/Appearances
- Fatal Five (Pre-Zero Hour)/Appearances
- Sarya (Pre-Zero Hour)/Appearances
- Mano (Pre-Zero Hour)/Appearances
- Nyeun Chun Ti (Pre-Zero Hour)/Appearances
- Tharok (Pre-Zero Hour)/Appearances
- Garridan Ranzz (Pre-Zero Hour)/Appearances
- Fearsome Five (New Earth)/Appearances
- Baran Flinders (New Earth)/Appearances
- Simon Jones (New Earth)/Appearances
- Selinda Flinders (New Earth)/Appearances
- Amazons of Paradise Island/Appearances
- Halk (Earth-One)/Appearances
- Lyla Michaels (Pre-Crisis)/Appearances
- Jennifer Morgan (New Earth)/Appearances
- Jero (Earth-One)/Appearances
- Kell Mossa (Pre-Crisis)/Appearances
- Ronal (Earth-One)/Appearances
- Titania (Pre-Zero Hour)/Appearances
- Nuidis Vulko (New Earth)/Appearances
- X'Hal (New Earth)/Appearances
- Losers (New Earth)/Appearances
- William Storm (New Earth)/Appearances
- Gunner MacKay (New Earth)/Appearances
- Sarge Clay (New Earth)/Appearances
- Pooch (New Earth)/Appearances
- Big Bang/Appearances
- Multiverse/Appearances
- Adon/Appearances
- Gemworld/Appearances
- Kuraq/Appearances
- Mibrannu/Appearances
- Oa/Appearances
- Takron-Galtos/Appearances
- Earth-AD/Appearances
- Earth-One/Appearances
- Atlantis/Appearances
- California/Appearances
- Feithera/Appearances
- Mount Olympus/Appearances
- Paradise Island/Appearances
- S.T.A.R. Labs/Appearances
- Earth-Two/Appearances
- Earth-Four/Appearances
- New York City/Appearances
- Manhattan/Appearances
- Statue of Liberty/Appearances
- Earth-S/Appearances
- Earth-X/Appearances
- Atomic Axe/Appearances
- Batrope/Appearances
- Legion Flight Ring/Appearances
- Lex Luthor's Warsuit/Appearances
- Brainiac's Skull Ship/Appearances
- Time Bubble/Appearances
- Super-Cycle/Appearances
- Time Sphere/Appearances
- Monitor (Earth-One)/Appearances
- Thanagar/Appearances
- Monitor's Satellite/Appearances
- Comics
- 1986
- 1986, January
- 1985, November (Publication)
- Crisis on Infinite Earths Vol 1
- Modern-Age
- Synopsis Written
- Crisis on Infinite Earths