DC INDICES
PUBLISHER: Independent
(Eclipse)
RUN: All Star Index 1 issue
1987; Millenium Index 2 issues 1988;
Official...Index: Crisis
on Infinite Earths 1 issue 1986; Crisis on Infinite Earths
Crossover
1 issue 1986; Hawkman 2 issues 1986; Justice League of
America
1986-87; Legion of Super-Heroes 1986-87; Teen Titans
1985-86
KEY CREATORS: Murray Ward (writer
of most titles)
OUTLINE: Various DC titles indexed
with chronology listings and synopsis
STANDOUT ISSUE: Crisis makes a
nice summary of the series, while Millenium discusses each story in
proper order
DUD ISSUES: Weakest were All Star
which got canceled after #1, so most of the issue described the JSA, then
only 5 issues (DC Special 29 and All Star 1-4) get indexed, of which ASC
1-2 are not directly JSA related; Crisis Crossover foregoes full indexing
of titles
EVALUATION: While not as good as
the Marvel indices (except the 1970s Marvel indices), the series does give
some useful info and recaps all related stories to the title.
Unfortunately
in JLA characters that usually have their own title (e.g. Superman) are
not fully indexed in terms of their chronology. Still as a whole the
series
is a useful reference and it's hard to hate a series that (in Titans)
gives
complete info on Marvel and DC Present#1 and drug awareness giveaways,
as well as synopsing the entire original run of Justice League of
America
RECOMMENDED OR NOT? Yes
CONTINUITY NOTES: Not
surprisingly,
a lot of the continuity notes only apply to Pre-Crisis (though there is
also some post-Crisis analysis)