there shall come a crisis...

It's been a while since I posted a pair, so I thought I'd reach back for some real classics.

Justice League of America 21 has the first crossover with the Justice Society of America in "Crisis on Earth-2!" This event went on to become an annual occurrance and eventually expanded to include crises on New Genesis, Earth-X, Earth-S, and many others. Although Earth-2 was introduced in Flash 123, it was through the JLA-JSA team-ups that the idea of the multiverse was truly brought to fruition.

Green Lantern 40 depicts the origin of the multiverse and has become a cornerstone of such events as Crisis on Infinite Earths, Infinite Crisis, and several Green Lantern events. Krona, a Guardian of the Universe, pursues forbidden knowledge with disastrous results. Also, the first crossover between Hal Jordan and Alan Scott, despite the fact that their rings are totally different.

Both of these were bought raw on eBay in the 2004-6 range, and were part of my first coupon submission after joining the Collector's Society. I had expected they would be in the 8.0 range, but won't complain about being that close with such landmark books.

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