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Perez at his best - Crisis "Legacies" connected cover.

Location: DC Fan Boy
Artist: George Perez (All)

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Colors by Allen Passalaqua

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Artwork Details
Location: DC Fan Boy
Title: Perez at his best - Crisis "Legacies" connected cover.
Artist:  George Perez (All)
Media Type: Pen and Ink
Art Type: Cover
For Sale Status: Not in my lifetime
Views: 484
Likes on CAF: 33
Favorited on CAF: 2
Comments: 35
Added to Site: 11/27/2025

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On the return leg of my 800-mile June road trip to pick this up, I stopped to show this to a friend and fellow CAF member. After examining it for a moment, he looked up and said, "You could be done."

I’m posting this on Thanksgiving to express my gratitude for this stunning example of what George Pérez did best – which has somehow found its way into my collection.

George revisited "Crisis" as part of the 2010 series "DC Universe Legacies," a ten-issue comic written by Len Wein that retold the history of DC through the perspective of an ordinary man. George penciled issues #5 and #6 and drew the connected covers on a single, 17x22-inch CrossGen-branded Bristol board.

While perhaps not as well-known as some of George's other jaw-dropping covers, this piece is no less impressive in detail and impact.

It features 78 DC characters (listed below) battling each other and the Anti-Monitor while the heroes try desperately to save people from the antimatter wave that will end the multiverse.

Damn you, Krona.

And while I am not “done" after adding this piece, it certainly has had impact on what comes next.

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Accompanying images featuring the stunning color work by Allen Passalaqua.

ROLL CALL

Left Cover:

1. Thunderbolt / Johnny Thunder
2. Pariah
3. Firestorm
4. Hawkman
5. Captain Atom
6. Wildcat (Ted Grant)
7. Sargon
8. Human Bomb
9. Lightning Lad
10. Halo
11. Cyborg
12. Jade
13. Ultra Boy
14. Mary Marvel
15. Bouncing Boy
16. Superman
17. Shrinking Violet
18. Green Lantern Alan Scott
19. Metamorpho
20. Brainiac 5
21. Plastic Man
22. Star Boy
23. Nightwing
24. Uncle Sam
25. Batman
26. Ray
27. Donna Troy
28. Red Tornado
29. Dr Light
30. Flash (Jay Garrick)
31. Jericho
32. Johnny Quick
33. Kid Flash
34. Air Wave
35. Harold Jordan (Maser)
36. Martian Manhunter

Right Cover:

37. The Anti-Monitor
38. Green Lantern (John Stewart)
39. Vigilante
40. Deathstroke
41. Geo Force
42. Dr Double X
43. Dr Polaris
44. Dr Fate Kent Nelson
45. Starman (Ted Knight)
46. Tempest (Doom Patrol)
47. Star Sapphire
48. Parasite
49. Power Girl
50. Dr Regulus
51. Captain Marvel
52. Lex Luthor
53. Supergirl
54. Plasmus
55. Black Canary
56. My Arrow
57. Kanjar Ro
58. Starfire
59. Anthro
60. Negative Woman
61. Starro
62. Javelin
63. Batgirl
64. Scarecrow
65. Hyena
66. Elongated Man
67. Cosmic Boy
68. Mist
69. Black Adam
70. Wonder Woman
71. Peacemaker
72. Obsidian
73. Shadow Thief
74. Aquaman
75. Sun Boy
76. Platinum
77. Atom (Ray Palmer)
78. Beast Boy


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Chris Snorek Member Since 2009
1    
Posted On 11/27/2025

Ok but you COULD be done ;)

Love poring over these Perez masterpieces and plucking out the most obscure characters. Brilliant addition, Tom.

Rick W Member Since 2017
1    
Posted On 11/27/2025

78 characters of DC on the wall, 78 characters of DC!

Take one down, pass it around......     :)  major congrats!

Brian Norton Member Since 2006
1    
Posted On 11/27/2025

I am going to be studing this for a long time. george was a master at squeezing the max characters into one piece.

Mark Geier Member Since 2013
1    
Posted On 11/27/2025

Beautiful piece of art.  Truly Perez at his best!

Steve Lawrence Member Since 2016
1    
Posted On 11/27/2025

What an awesome piece. Huge congrats. 

1    
Posted On 11/27/2025

An INCREDIBLE reason to give thanks!

Posted On 11/27/2025

I'm sorry, but I HAVE to comment twice!  Congrats Tom!  I am soooooooooooooooooooooooo happy for you!

Tom McDonald Member Since 2019
1    
Posted On 11/28/2025

Nick - Barry - Matt - Hal - Namor wrote:
"  I'm sorry, but I HAVE to comment twice!  Congrats Tom!  I am soooooooooooooooooooooooo happy for you!
 "

Thank you, Nick. After years of gawking at online images and comics featuring some of George’s epic wraparound covers, having one in my collection is pretty amazing.

Derek Crabbe Member Since 2020
2    
Posted On 11/28/2025

Now this is Pod Racing!

(Now that you have a Perez Air Wave cover, I suspect your collection focus shifts to a different Hal Jordan!)

Tom McDonald Member Since 2019
Posted On 11/28/2025

Well, being that I have the cover to Green Lantern 144, I think I have all the versions of Hal Jordan in a Perez cover now.
Marcus Wai Member Since 2005
Posted On 11/28/2025

A fantastic two point perspective layout to bring depth from two streets at once!  It's great that Perez did the fisheye lens effect tooso everything can be wrapped within this incredible view!

Tom McDonald Member Since 2019
1    
Posted On 11/28/2025

Marcus Wai wrote:
"  A fantastic two point perspective layout to bring depth from two streets at once!  It's great that Perez did the fisheye lens effect tooso everything can be wrapped within this incredible view!
 "

Thanks for pointing out the perspective and the amazing depth that resulted.

F M Member Since 2005
1    
Posted On 11/28/2025

Insanely good

Ron S Member Since 2007
1    
Posted On 11/28/2025

That's amazing!  It really is Perez at the top of his game.  Congrats!

* bronze-is-gold Member Since 2007
1    
Posted On 11/28/2025

This one is a beauty! A prize for any Perez fan for sure.

Miki Annamanthadoo Member Since 2003
1    
Posted On 11/28/2025

What a bonanza!

Patrick R Member Since 2017
1    
Posted On 11/28/2025

This is fantastic Tom! Congrats. Be prepared to share the backstory when I see you at OAX.

Tom McDonald Member Since 2019
Posted On 11/28/2025

Patrick R wrote:
" This is fantastic Tom! Congrats. Be prepared to share the backstory when I see you at OAX. "
For sure.
Kavi H Member Since 2018
1    
Posted On 11/28/2025

Absolutely epic Perez piece brother, very happy  for you - congrats!

Tom McDonald Member Since 2019
1    
Posted On 11/28/2025

Thanks Kavi.
Joe Murray Member Since 2006
Posted On 11/29/2025

wow, WOW, absolutely awesome Pérez wraparound cover, I've still got some study time left on this one (hmph, no OMAC, I'm gonna need to see the Manager), congrats!

Tom McDonald Member Since 2019
1    
Posted On 11/29/2025

Joe Murray wrote:
"  wow, WOW, absolutely awesome Pérez wraparound cover, I've still got some study time left on this one (hmph, no OMAC, I'm gonna need to see the Manager), congrats!
 "

Hey, you are right, Joe . . .  no OMAC. But then again, the Kirby incarnation was not in the original "Crisis."

However, you should take comfort in the fact that DC Comics Presents #61 with OMAC is some of George's finest work, from which you have the best pages.

Robert Binkley Member Since 2011
1    
Posted On 11/30/2025

Absolutely Amazing Cover !!  Good Thing You Included A List....It's Like "Where's Waldo?" Trying To Find Everyone!   Congrats Tom !

M L Member Since 2015
1    
Posted On 11/30/2025

Incredible! Congrats! 

Kin W Member Since 2007
1    
Posted On 12/1/2025

For a Perez DC collector, you can't do much better than this.  Congrats on the epic pickup!

Rob T Member Since 2018
Posted On 12/2/2025

I can't even proces how you come up with a layout for this haha. What a great centerpiece to your collection! 

Tom McDonald Member Since 2019
Posted On 12/2/2025

Rob T wrote:
" I can't even proces how you come up with a layout for this haha. What a great centerpiece to your collection!  "
Logic says there was a prelim, but he was so good at these kinds of massive scenes, maybe he just winged it?
Adam Martin Member Since 2008
1    
Posted On 12/5/2025

Wow!  with price points now and that there is only so, much George's work out there on market I would be mostly done :) but where's the fun in that.

Chris K. Member Since 2008
1    
Posted On 12/12/2025

How did I miss the posting of this! My word - absolutely as good as it get as it relates to Mr. Perez. What a beauty!

Tom McDonald Member Since 2019
Posted On 12/28/2025

Chris K. wrote:
" How did I miss the posting of this! My word - absolutely as good as it get as it relates to Mr. Perez. What a beauty! "
Thanks. If we meet up next Saturday, I will give you a closer look.
Corey Rust Member Since 2023
1    
Posted On 12/28/2025

Almost too much to look at..almost

Congrats Tom 

Tom McDonald Member Since 2019
Posted On 12/28/2025

Thanks Corey. I am blown away every day by it.
Shelton  Bryant Member Since 2005
1    
Posted On 12/29/2025

Love The Powerful perspective and Cut-Throat Detail!!! Major Congrats!!!!

 

Tom McDonald Member Since 2019
1    
Posted On 12/29/2025

Good observation. The unique perspective was something I did not appreciate until it was pointed out in the comments.
Michael  McIsaac Member Since 2020
1    
Posted On 3/6/2026

Perez was something more than human.  No normal person could have created something like this.  Absolute magic!

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