I got the hard cover a few days ago, and I'm on page 60 now.

Is this one of the most confusing comics ever, or is it just that I haven't read enough about the DCU?

Don't get me wrong, cause I'm loving it, I just have to read it slowly, and take breaks about every 10 pages to wrap my head around the whole concept of everything.

Intervener says:

"I got the hard cover a few days ago, and I'm on page 60 now. Is this one of the most confusing comics ever, or is it just that I haven't read enough about the DCU? Don't get me wrong, cause I'm loving it, I just have to read it slowly, and take breaks about every 10 pages to wrap my head around the whole concept of everything."

What book?

Does the hardcover have any tie-in issues included? Probably not, huh? Some of the regular titles (like Superman and Teen Titans) really help with fleshing out missing details.

Infinite Crisis, that's the forum it's posted in.

No, just the core issues (7 I believe)

I like it, but it's confusing because they keep talking about how things used took part in separate universes, but were later combined and all kinds of stuff.

Which titles would would help it the most?

Intervener says:

"No, just the core issues (7 I believe)I like it, but it's confusing because they keep talking about how things used took part in separate universes, but were later combined and all kinds of stuff.Which titles would would help it the most?"

Ah, it's been a while since I read it. Like I said, just about any of the Superman volumes and Teen Titans would help some. Along with JLA and JSA.

But, for what is specifically bothering you continuity wise sounds like all the references back to the old "Crisis on Infinite Earths" crossover. If you can get ahold of the hard cover of that story arc, then you might be able to make better sense of the mess.

I think that my friend has it, so should I stop reading Infinite Crisis until I finish Crisis on Infinite Earths?

No you don't have to read Crisis on Infinite Earth. Infinite Crisis is just basically cleaning up the mess that Crisis on Infinite Earth left over, if you want a broader picture of whats going on you just need to read a quick summary of Crisis on Infinite Earth to know what the problem is. Because what had happened was there used to be a multiverse(multiple parallel universes), Crisis on Infinite Earth cleaned that up and made only 1 universe in the DCU. Now in Infinite Crisis, the last survivors from the multiverse(superboy-prime, earth 2 superman and lois) try to bring the multiverse back.

It failed though, but we lost Wally West.

lol spoil the book for 'em.

WHY DID YOU DO THAT!!!

LOL

Good thing I already knew about that because my brother likes the Teen Titans and has to tell me everything he reads.

i didnt get the thing with spectre

I'm really into the DCU and had read Crisis on Infinite Earths and found Infinite Crisis confusing. You aren't alone. It's because so much is going on. It would also help if they had the old 'Don't read this untill you have read Somethingelse#23' signs, just to keep you in continuity. I found that a couple of times in Civil War, they would refer to something important that happens in another comic I hadn't read yet.

Well it helps to know that I'm not alone in my confusion.

Thanks for the suggested back reading, and I think that this thread is just about finished.

im still confused

I just went on wikipedia and read up on all of these; I just can't beeleev how many books and arcs there are to this story line; I mean, I know they're separate arcs but...there's a lot of information there. I'm probably gonna spend about $300 to $400 on all of these. BTW, this site is the shizzit!!!

Help!

is there a stinkin reading guide for this thing????

You need to read Coundown to Infinite Crisis 1, OMAC 1 - 6, Day of Vengence 1 - 6, Villians United 1 - 6 and Rann Thanagar War 1 - 6. After which there are issue of OMAC, Day of Venegence, Villians United, and Rann Thanagar war that explain how those stories connect to Infinite Crisis.

I read it while back with no other info and it was just fine......