Mainstream comics have traditionally featured superheroes or, more recently, anti-heroes. Whether it’s Batman, Starfire, Captain Marvel, or Iron Man, the characters that inhabit most of the comics published by the Big Two – and, to a certain degree, smaller publishers as well – feature someone (or a team of someones) who beats up the bad guys to protect the innocent. What drives someone to put on a costume and use his or her powers for good, though? ...
Events and crossovers are a longstanding tradition in the world of comics. They provide a means of telling a larger story than can normally be told, and they give a reason for characters who normally don’t interact a chance to do just that. They’ve been around since the very beginning of comics, and they’re not going anywhere at this point. Given the prevalence of events and crossovers, it stands to reason that some of them are more well-planned and better received than others. DC’s 2005-2006 Infinite Crisis event impacted the entire DC universe, with tie-ins to every major title published at the time. Love it or hate it, Infinite Crisis was an important crossover, with effects that resonated until the reboot in 2011. ...