In the past couple of years, I’ve read Crisis on Infinite Earths and Identity Crisis. I’ve had Infinite Crisis on my “nightstand” for some time now, and I just am not getting past the first 15 pages or so every time I try. Is it worth bothering?
It’s unbelievably awful. A train-wreck of epic proportions. It’s barely even a coherent story; more like a bunch of stuff that happens held together by slender threads of questionable logic. With poor artwork to boot.
Although, I mean, if you already own the thing, I suppose you might as well read it.
But it is awful; make no mistake about that.
I didn’t care for it either. It definately doesn’t get any better after 15 pages, so unless you are desperate for something to read, I’d just give up on it.
Own it? Oh, hell no. I’ve got it checked out. Sorry, I should’ve made that clear.
Sounds like I won’t miss anything by giving up. Maybe I’ll re-read Dark Knight Returns instead. 
You hate yourself, don’t you?
Checked out the Walking Dead and Black Hole as hardcovers from my Library recently.
Both excellent comic series if you’re looking for a good read. Some mature content.
Can someone summarize it?
Try Wikipedia. They were the only ones who cared enough.
I read it, fortunately borrowed from the library. As was said before absolute rubbish.
With possibly the silliest explanation for continuity errors ever published.
I think it’s okay. Great beginning, lousy ending, for a mediocre overall effect.
I enjoyed it. I agree though that the explanation for continuity errors is utterly ridiculous, even for the context.
At least it’s not “Countdown to Final Crisis.”
Granted, that’s like saying “Yeah, you’re on fire and being dipped into a vat of hydrochloric acid, but at least you’re not doing so with your underwear up your crack.”
It’s an okay bit of fan pandering for DC comics fans but its not something I’d recommend going out of your way for.
I actually thought it was more coherent than Identity Crisis. I thought the lead-in minseries were very well done, and it all added up to make the villain’s plot work. The “explanation of continuity errors” was, as everyone else said, ridiculous, but what’s done is done. The theme of the series was mostly echoing fanboy disappointment at the darker tone of the nineties and forward, and bringing back the original Earth-2 Superman as the perfect vehicle to “remind” modern heroes of how things are “supposed” to be. Geoff Johns, having redeemed Hal Jordan, was certainly the perfect writer for a tale with that theme.
My favorite aspect - which I’d bet many people did not take note of - is when, on Superboy-Prime’s demand, Alexander Luthor “reaches into the multiverse” for Earth-Prime, and, on the page, Alex appears to be reaching directly forward, toward the reader. If only they did that page in 3-D, that would have been awesome.