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AJustice Leaguecomic sawDC Comicsaltering its continuity almost a decade beforeCrisis On Infinite Earths . That landmark miniskirt - series , first published in 1985 , redefined the DC Universe , attempting to make it more streamlined and take in to new readers . However , a plot line running through 1972’sJustice League of America # 100 - 102presaged the universe - rattling hijinxof DC ’s firstCrisisby almost a X , differentiate the story of a Golden Age superhero team who saved the world — and then were erased from chronicle .
Crisis on Infinite Earthswas published to mark DC Comics ’ 50thanniversary in 1985 . write by Marv Wolfman andillustrated by George Perez , the serial see the conclusion of DC ’s first multiverse , make a single , incorporate Earth hold all of its characters . As a result of theCrisis , a number of characters were either down , such as Barry Allen and Supergirl , or instantly deleted from account , as if they never existed ; the Golden Age Superman , Batman and Wonder Woman suffered this fate . It was the first time DC , or any publisher for that matter , had perform a major redevelopment of its universe , but a three - part plot line release more than a decade beforeCrisis on Infinite Earthspointed the way to such succeeding events . Titled , “ The Hand that Shook the World , ” the story was write by Len Wein , illustrated by Dick Dillin and inked by Dick Giordano and Joe Giella .
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The issue open on Earth-1.The Justice League is throwinga party to keep their 100thmeeting , but even before they can cut the patty they are whisk away to Earth-2 , home of the Justice Society . The Society has brought the League to Earth-2 to help them disembarrass it of the Iron Hand , who is jeopardize to destroy the reality in 48 hours . Doctor Fate attempt to rule a root , but all he got was a cryptic image of a tombstone commemorating the “ Unknown Soldier of Victory . ” Thanks to the intervention of the mysterious spare - dimensional entity know as Oracle , theLeague and the Societylearn that the cay to overcome the Iron Hand is to find the Seven Soldiers of Victory .
There is a slight job , however : no one on Earth-2 ( the native Earth of the Soldiers ) remembers them . Oracle goes on to discover that the Soldiers were deleted from history due to their final struggle with the vicious Nebula Man . The Soldiers were successful in defeating the Nebula Man , but as a resolution , the fabric of quad - metre was ripped , throw the Soldiers back through account and score out all memory of their beingness from Earth-2.The Justice Leagueand the Justice Society travel through clip and blank space , bringing each Soldier back to the present day . Once the Iron Hand is vanquished and the Soldiers reunite , they are restore to their rightful place in account .
While this event did not have the major , long - lasting ramifications ofCrisis on Infinite EarthsorFlashpoint , it did repoint the way for those stories . The Seven Soldiers ' triumph over the Nebula Man erased all traces of them from Earth-2 , prognosticate how some characters from that Earth would be taken out of persistence a ten later inCrisis . “ The Hand that stir the World ” unify three dissimilar super team from across two earth against a vernacular foe;Crisis on Infinite Earthsinvolvedevery unmarried hero , baddie and supporting character in the company ’s history , bring them together against the Anti - Monitor . Crisis on Infinite Earthswas also a solemnization of DC ’s history , and “ The Hand that Shook the World ” is as well , with the creators go away as far as to thank the author and artists who came before them .
TheCrisis on Infinite Earthswas a major event inDC Comicshistory , but aJustice Leaguestory foreshadowed the continuity - alter landmark over a decade before .
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