
Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths, the latest release direct to DVD from DC Comics and Warner Brothers came out last week. Interviews with the cast and creators have been featured at numerous web sites leading up to the release. Here are a few that covered the event:
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There was even a premiere which was attended by our own Cesar "Masked Avenger" Zamora. See his blog about the premiere here!.
The story is basically the main JLA dealing with their evil counterparts. This story was first told in the Silver Age of Comics, in JLA issues 29 and 30, which introduced readers to Earth 3 and the Crime Syndicate. The story has been revised and updated a number of times, most recently in the Morrison/Quiety JLA:Earth 2 graphic novel. In that retelling, a good Lex travels to ‘our’ earth to find help fighting the Syndicate. Since he came from his earth to a second one, he calls ‘our’ earth, "Earth 2". For why JL/JLU fans should care, read on …
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