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HISTORY OF THE DC UNIVERSE #2
Cover Date: 1986
Cover Price: $4.99
Publisher: dccomics.com
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Credits
"History of the DC Universe - Book One" (49 pages)
writer:
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Marv Wolfman
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art:
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George Perez
Karl Kesel
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colors:
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Tom Zuiko
Bill Wray
Bob LeRos
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letters:
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N/A
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editor:
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Mike Gold
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George Perez painted History of the DC Universe #1 Page 2
posted Dec 9, 2018, 7:54 AM by Vu Sleeper
From comics.ha.com
HISTORY OF THE DC UNIVERSE #1 (1986)
DC Comics
George Perez History of the DC Universe #1
Page 2 Harbinger Painted Original Art (DC, 1986). After Marv
Wolfman and George Perez created the game-changing Crisis on
Infinite Earths 12-page maxi-series, DC decided to produce a
history of their new retrofitted universe. They again used writer
Marv Wolfman and artist George Perez. From the first issue of this
2-issue tome, we have a page of Perez' own pencils, which he has
very skillfully painted in gouache after the book was published.
(Published color work was by Tom Ziuko.) This page features
Harbinger and the image area on the Bristol board measures 11.75" x
17.75". Signed by Perez in the lower blank area of the image. In
Excellent condition.
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From DECIMITE
October 9, 2003 | Wray Original Color Pages |
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From Kirk
Pages are air brushed by Bill Wray.
History of the DC Universe Color Reproduction Page
art by Perez, air brushed by Bill Wray.
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January 8, 2003 | Byrne Turned Down Crisis |
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From Slush Factory, thanks to ES
IMO: Dominos
01.06.03
By John Byrne
(excerpt)
And the end result of all this? At DC, it was Crisis on Infinite Earths (a job I turned down, when it was just called The History of the DC Universe) -- and to this day there are people who say Crisis did not go far enough, or Crisis went too far -- or, somewhat after the fact, that Crisis wasn't really "necessary."
And still the dominoes fall. Crisis begat Man of Steel, and Man of Steel begat a whole syndrome. Now it seems a writer cannot begin a run on an existing series without blowing it all up and starting over. (Mea culpa? Not really. I would have been perfectly happy to do the reboot slowly, over several months, within existing continuity.)
So now we find ourselves where we are -- with DC on the verge of "needing" another Crisis,
according to many fans (simply ignoring bad stories being no longer an
option, apparently), and the current regime at M*rv*l trundling as fast
as their pudgy little legs will let them toward the kind of morass that
makes the "need" for the original Crisis seem like smoke and fairy dust.
December 31, 2002 | HOTDCU Time Line Reply |
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From Marv Wolfman
Re: History of the DC Universw
12/30/02 04:49:10 PM
Wow, I don't remember it being 3 issues
at all, but I do have a vague memory of the timeline. Why that went
away, who knows? Originally, the History was supposed to be the last two
issues (11&12) of Crisis (The History of the DC Universe was
Crisis' original name, by the way). But Crisis expanded in size - though
not content. It just took more pages than originally planned to tell
the story I had previously outlined for ten issues. By the time we
realized that we'd need all twelve issues and that History would have to
be a separate book, Crisis was selling so well the approval of the
History spinoff was instantly approved.
As for why the timeline never happened, as I say, I don't remember.
December 31, 2002 | HOTDCU Time Line |
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From Davie Simms, via Marv Wolfman
Subject: History of the DC Universw
12/30/02 12:04:23 PM
Love the site Marv. Now on to business.
When DC originally solicited History of the DC Universe, I remember it
was to be a three issue series that featured, among other promised
content, a fully painted time-line by George Perez. Could you shed some
light on how the book changed from three issues to two, and what content
changes were made? By the way, as much as I love HOTDCU, I am very
annoyed by the inevitable retroactive changes that have occured since
it's writing...sigh.
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December 11, 2002 | Comicart-Ltd.com |
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From Ilke Hincer
SUPERMAN, interior art from HISTORY OF THE DC UNIVERSE #2, currently being sold for $4,500. Signed "To Bob, with Best Wishes - George Pérez".
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I can't remember if this piece has appeared on your site before, but just in
case it hasn't, there's a nice Superman drawing by Perez at
http://www.comicart-ltd.com
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