If you’ve spent much time reading DC’s comic books, you’ve probably encountered the word “Crisis.” Whenever there’s a crisis in the DC Universe, worlds are destroyed and reborn and the entire fabric of the multiverse is changed.

With DC recently having revealed a very different sort of Crisis story in the form of Heroes in Crisis, we figured now was a good time to explore the history of these stories and the many ways they’ve affected the DCU.

Heroes in Crisis is a new miniseries from Batman writer Tom King and artist Clay Mann that introduces Sanctuary, a place where DC’s most troubled heroes go to recover from the pressures of the job. Click here to learn more about this upcoming DC crossover.

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Source: IGN.com A History of DC's Crisis Comics