In the latest issue of Wizard, COIE creators, writer Marv Wolfman and artist George Perez, provide DVD-style commentary for the series, providing page-by-page, panel-by-panel insights into their work and influences. The issue is out now and probably worth checking out just for that, but you can get a taste for free. Wizard's website has extra commentary that didn't make it into the current issue. You can check out the extras here and here.
Wolfman talks more about the impact of Crisis, and his upcoming Secret files project for DC that bridges the the past Crisis with the current one, in an interview at Newsarama. Here's what he says about the new project:
All I'll say is it answers nearly all the questions that have been asked about DC continuity for the past 20 years and more. So it's somewhat crucial to the entire Infinite Crisis series. And it provides a link between George and my story and this one. Let me say that Dan Didio, Geoff Johns and Eddie Berganza have been wonderful to work with, especially Geoff who not only was great and helpful in many, many ways to numerous to fully detail, but he also very patiently had to keep explaining things to me so I didn't screw up some of the very carefully worked ideas they had come up with.I'm re-reading COIE now, and after reading Marv's recent Crisis novel, and the first issue of infinite Criris, it's like I'm reading the story for the first time. The story and art are still phenomenal. For further proof that Perez is still the master, check out his covers for Infinite Crisis:
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Issue #2 hits comic stores next week.
