Price: 0.75 USD; 0.95 CAD; 0.35 GBP
Pages: 36
On-sale Date: 1985-03-12
Editing: Marv Wolfman (credited) (editor); Robert Greenberger (associate editor); Len Wein (consulting editor); Tom Condon (managing editor)
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cover / 1 page

Pencils:
George Pérez (signed)
Inks:
George Pérez (signed)
Colors:
Letters:
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Synopsis:
Pariah watches as Harbinger kills The Monitor.
Reprints (13)
This issue has 2 variants

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from DC Releases #14.

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DC Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

And Thus Shall the World Die!
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comic story / 25 pages

Script:
Marv Wolfman (credited)
Pencils:
George Pérez (credited) (layouts)
Mike DeCarlo (credited) (finishes)
Inks:
Mike DeCarlo (credited)
Colors:
Letters:
John Costanza (credited)
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
All-Star Squadron (DC : Earth-Two (Pre-Crisis)) Easy Company Infinity, Inc. (DC : Earth-Two (Pre-Crisis)) Justice League of America Justice Society of America (DC : Earth-Two (Pre-Crisis)) Legion of Super-Heroes The Outsiders Teen Titans Dr. Jiro Hoshi; Professor Tazu; Shadow demons (villains)
Synopsis:
The beginnings of Earth-1's, Earth-2's, and an unnamed Earth's destructions are at hand as antimatter begins to engulf each world. Harbinger (possessed by the shadow demon in issue 2) attacks the Monitor and kills him as Pariah arrives in shock to see his dead body. But that was what the Monitor needed in order to carry out his plan to save two earths from his foe. To be continued...
Reprints (15)

Indexer Notes

Pariah saves Lady Quark from the destruction of her earth. Story references Omega Men #26.

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Oreo Cookies / advertisement / 1 page

Write Right Now!
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Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System / advertisement / 1 page

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DC Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page

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promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page

DC Heroes Role Playing Game
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DC Heroes Role Playing Game / advertisement / 1 page

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Kmart Stores; Remco Toys / comics-form advertising / 1 page

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Crisis Mail / letters page / 2 pages

Script:
Marv Wolfman (credited)
Pencils:
George Pérez (Monitor illustration)
Inks:
George Pérez (Monitor illustration)
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset
  • Job Number:L-1969
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Letters from: John Ordover, Paul Silver, Craig Paeth, Jeffrey Lowndes, Darryl Osborne-Warner, and Chris Willingham.

Guest Meanwhile... From Abroad
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Meanwhile... / in-house column / 1 page

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Kenner Toys / advertisement / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. ["This is it! The end of the world! Death of the Monitor!"]
  2. ["Thanks to Amazing Heroes"]
    DC Comics
  3. And Thus Shall the World Die!
  4. ["Which way?"]
    Oreo Cookies
  5. Write Right Now!
    Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System
  6. ["50 years in the making!"]
    DC Comics
  7. ["2 more blistering war books!"]
  8. DC Heroes Role Playing Game
    DC Heroes Role Playing Game
  9. ["Cross swords with champions!"]
    Kmart Stores; Remco Toys
  10. [no title indexed]
    Crisis Mail
  11. Guest Meanwhile... From Abroad
    Meanwhile...
  12. ["Get in on the action with power action!"]
    Kenner Toys
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