History YMMV / CRISISONINFINITEEARTHS

* FranchiseOriginalSin: The ComicBook/New52 relaunch of DC was criticized for abandoning the previous continuity in favor of one that, for at least some aspects, was DarkerAndEdgier than the previous one, and didn't ''quite'' give up all the old continuity. When DC did a similar relaunch here, they did away with less continuity, and it was only because of the start of the UsefulNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks (which happened in books that weren't tied into the main DC universe) that the post-''Crisis'' continuity became darker than the pre-''Crisis'' one.

** Psycho Pirate's MadnessMantra ends with "These days... y-you just never know who's going to die... and who's going to live." Hello, UsefulNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks!

** The killing off of A-list heroes - Flash and Supergirl in particular - along with C-list and D-list cannon fodder characters was rare before DC made it a major selling draw.

*** That the Crime Syndicate was trying in vain to defend their world is also affecting, as well as future versions of them never having the same comraderie this team did.

-->'''Psycho-Pirate''': C'mon, Flash. You said you'd save me. You promised you would, you ''promised''. The Anti-Monitor lied to me, but I know you won't. You're one of the good guys. Good guys never lie.
** After Supergirl's death, Clark has to go right back to his reporting job, unable to tell anyone about why he's so affected by it. Though a few people noticed how gloom he's behaving.

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny:
** The concept of an annual Crisis-level crossover event was pretty daring in the early 1980s. Today, the major universe continuities - Marvel and DC - have done so many they've become expected.
** The killing off of A-list heroes - Flash and Supergirl in particular - along with C-list and D-list cannon fodder characters was rare before DC made it a major selling draw.

* TheWoobie: Pariah initially believes he accidentally destroyed his own universe through his pursuit of knowledge and has his torment prolonged by being teleported to every universe being wiped out by the Anti-Monitor during their final moments of existence, unable to do anything beyond warning the worlds' inhabitants that the end is approaching.

%%* TheWoobie: Pariah.

** Earth-D's Robin, who is Batman's son in this Earth, which has become a prediction for Damian Wayne, the first Robin to be Batman's biological son who was introduced at the start of [[ComicBook/BatmanGrantMorrison Grant Morrison's run]].

** Earth-D's Robin, who is Batman's son in this Earth, which has become a prediction for Damian Wayne.

* FranchiseOriginalSin: The ComicBook/New52 relaunch of DC was criticized for abandoning the previous continuity in favor of one that, for at least some aspects, was DarkerAndEdgier than the previous one, and didn't ''quite'' give up all the old continuity. When DC did a similar relaunch here, they did away with more continuity (the only notable holdouts being Power Girl and Donna Troy), and it was only because of the start of the UsefulNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks (which happened in books that weren't tied into the main DC universe) that the post-''Crisis'' continuity became darker than the pre-''Crisis'' one.

* LoveToHate: The ''Anti-Monitor'' could serve as a textbook example of a GenericDoomsdayVillain with little real motivation. However, he is such an ''Epic'' threat to the Multiverse and consistently shown to be a no-nonsense nemesis who goes toe-to-toe with DC's Most Powerful Heroes that it doesn't matter. The Anti-Monitor is the single biggest bad of the entire DC Universe and really lives up to that title, being an EldritchAbomination able to [[SpacetimeEater consume existence itself]]. He has since become one of the most popular Villains in the entire DC Comics Universe.

* EndingFatigue: The comic was a long time ending, particularly because the Anti-Monitor just didn't want to die. When Characters/{{Superman|TheCharacter}} finally kills him, he outright does it saying [[PunctuatedForEmphasis "I'VE HAD ENOUGH!"]]