List of DC Multiverse Worlds

List of DC Multiverse Worlds
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_DC_Multiverse_worlds)
The DC Multiverse is a fictional continuity construct that is used in DC Comics publications. The Multiverse has
undergone numerous changes and has included various universes, listed below between the original Multiverse and
its successors.
Original Multiverse
Cataloged
Originally there was no consistency regarding "numbered" Earthsthey would be either spelled out as words or use
numbers even within the same story. For example, "Crisis on Earth-Three!" (Justice League of America (vol. 1) #29,
August 1964) uses "Earth-3" and "Earth-Three" interchangeably. However, a tradition of spelling out the numbers
emerged in "The Most Dangerous Earth" (Justice League of America (vol. 1) #30, September 1964). This
convention was disregarded in Crisis on Infinite Earths, and it became common practice to refer to the various
Earths with numerals instead. Infinite Crisis reverted to the original practice, but 52 and Countdown have referred to
the alternate universes with numerals.
Designation
Era
Inhabitants
Notes
Earth-Zero
Earth-One
Earth-Two
Infinite
Crisis
Pre-Crisis
Pre-Crisis
Earth-Zero is populated by
Bizarro versions of various DC
characters.
DC's Silver Age heroes,

including the original Justice
League of America: Police
scientist Barry Allen as the
Flash; test pilot Hal Jordan as
Green Lantern; Thanagarian
Katar Hol as Hawkman;
scientist Ray Palmer as the
Atom; and Clark Kent (Kal-El),
who as a teenager became
Superboy before his career as
Superman.
DC's Golden Age heroes,

including the Justice Society of
America, whose careers began
at the dawn of World War II
(concurrently with their first
appearances in comics):
Chemistry student Jay Garrick
as the Flash; radio engineer
Alan Scott as Green Lantern;
archaeologist Carter Hall as
Hawkman; pint-sized
Earth-Zero's only appearance was in a single panel

in Infinite Crisis #6. It is an homage to Bizarro World,
with its population of Bizarros and cubical shape. The
original Bizarro World was not a parallel Earth, but
another planet that existed in the same universe as EarthOne.
This was one of the proposed names for the postZero Hour DC Universe after a somewhat definitive
timeline was established.[1]
The default Earth for most of DC's comics during

the time the original Multiverse construct was in use,
Earth-One was by far the most populated and widely
explored, and it retained dominance over the other four
worlds which merged with it during the Crisis on Infinite
Earths storyline. The DC Universe's "official" continuity
post-Crisis took place on a merged Earth-One, as the
Crisis revealed that this universe had been the core
reality until the rogue Guardian Krona fractured reality
at the dawn of creation, creating both the Multiverse and
the Antimatter Universe.
First
Appearance
Infinite Crisis #6
(May 2006)
More Fun
Comics #101
(January 1945)
First described as a distinct Earth in Flash (vol. 1)

#123 (September 1961), first named in Justice League of
America (vol. 1) #21 (August 1963)
Politically, Earth-Two was different from the EarthOne template modeled after Earth-Prime. For example,
Quebec was an independent nation autonomous from
Canada, South Africa had abolished apartheid sooner,
and the Atlantean countries of Poseidonis and Tritonis
were ruled by a queen, not a king, their inhabitants
displaying surface-dweller features and no capacity for
underwater survival, as the Atlantis continent had been
raised to the surface (the model was the Atlantis seen in
Golden Age Wonder Woman stories).
New Fun Comics

#1 (February
1935)
powerhouse Al Pratt as the

Atom; and Clark Kent (Kal-L),
who began his career as
Superman as an adult.
EarthThree
Earth-Four
Pre-Crisis
Crime Syndicate of America,

evil versions of the Earth-One
heroes (Ultraman,
Superwoman, Owlman, Power
Ring, Johnny Quick); the
heroic Alexander Luthor; and
briefly, Alexander Luthor, Jr.
Crisis on
Infinite
Earths
The former Charlton Comics

heroes: Captain Atom, Blue
Beetle, Nightshade,
Peacemaker, The Question,
Thunderbolt (Peter Cannon),
and Judomaster
First described as a distinct Earth in Flash (vol. 1)

#123 (September 1961), first named in Justice League of
America #21 (August 1963)
History was "backwards": American Christopher

Columbus discovered Europe; Britain won its freedom
from the United States; President John Wilkes Booth was
assassinated by actor Abraham Lincoln; the United
States flag's colors were reversed: black stars on a red
field, with alternating blue and black stripes; and all
superheroes are supervillains and vice versa.
This Earth was introduced at the beginning of

Crisis, and disappeared less than a year later.
Earth-Five
Pre-Crisis
Bruce Wayne
Earth-Six
Crisis on
Infinite
Earths
Lady Quark, Lord Volt, and

their daughter Princess Fern
EarthSeven
Infinite
Crisis
Dark Angel, an evil analogue of

Donna Troy
Earth-Eight
Infinite
Crisis
EarthEleven
EarthTwelve
Yellowjacket #1
(1944)
Named in Crisis on Infinite Earths #1 (Apr. 1985)

Transported by the Phantom Stranger to a universe
with no Krypton and no superheroes, the Earth-One
Batman prevents the murders of the Earth-Five versions
of his parents and inspires this Earth's Bruce Wayne to
grow up to become Batman.
"To Kill a
Legend"Detectiv
e Comics#500
(March 1981)
Named in Absolute Crisis On Infinite Earths (2006)

Earth-Six is apparently ruled by a royal family of
superheroes (Lord Volt is referred to as the king, and he
mentions his family's reign over Earth). On this Earth,
America lost the Revolutionary War, and technology
appears to have advanced more rapidly than on EarthOne. Earth-Six was destroyed in Crisis with only Lady
Quark surviving.
Crisis on Infinite
Earths #4 (June
1985)
The Anti-Monitor saved Dark Angel, just as the

Monitor had saved her counterpart Harbinger. The only
known survivor of Earth-Seven, Dark Angel escaped the
compression of the Multiverse to torment Donna Troy
across several lifetimes.
DC Special: The
Return of Donna
Troy #4 (October
2005)
Breach (Tim Zanetti),

Firestorm (Jason Rusch),Green
Lantern (Kyle Rayner), and
Huntress(Helena Bertinelli)
Home to DC characters created after Crisis on

Infinite Earths, as mentioned in an interview with
Infinite Crisis writer Geoff Johns.[2]
Infinite Crisis #5
(April 2006)
Pre-Crisis
"Tin"
Home to "Tin," a robot. A nuclear war devastated

this Earth in 1966.
Pre-Crisis
The Inferior Five:

Awkwardman, Blimp, Dumb
Bunny, Merryman and White
Feather
This Earth may have been home to other comedic

superheroes published by DC. Additionally, references
within the series pointed to versions of Justice League
members having existed in that universe.
EarthFourteen
Justice League
of America (vol.
1) #29 (August
1964)
Pre-Crisis
Showcase #62
(June 1966)
Named in Oz-Wonderland War #3 (March 1986)
New Gods
Teen Titans
Spotlight #11
(June 1987)
The world where all pre-Crisis non-Kirby Fourth

World tales took place according to Mark Evanier's
First Issue
Special #13
(April 1976)
speculation in the text page of New Gods (1984 reprint

series) #1.
EarthFifteen
EarthSeventeen
Earth-25G
EarthTwenty
Seven
EarthThirty Two
Earth-61
Pre-Crisis
PostCrisis
Infinite
Crisis
PostCrisis
Pre-Crisis
Elseworld
s
Stone Giants
An Earth-based around the "grim n' gritty" stories of

the 1980s, the heroes of this universe were actually part
of an experiment created by the government. The
inhabitants of this Earth were Overman (Superman's
counterpart), who went mad and destructive after
contracting an STD; a black and muscular Wonder
Woman; an unnamed Flash; and a punk-style Green
Lantern.
Overman
Unknown
Angel Mob, Animal Man,

Batman, B'wana Beast,
Envelope Girl, Front Page,
Green Cigarette, Human
Vegetable, Notional Man, and
Nowhere Man
Almost exact counterparts of

Green Lantern (Hal Jordan),
Carol Ferris, and others
Barbara Gordon
(Batgirl/Robin), Detective
Duell (Two-Face), Hayley
Fitzpatrick (Harley Quinn),
Richart Gruastark/Dick
Grayson (Robin), Bianca
Steeplechase (Joker), and Bruce
Wayne (Batman)
Mentioned in Animal Man, where purple butterflies

are an "Earth-14 species".
Overman made an appearance in Infinite Crisis #5

(April 2006).
One of three Earths named by Alexander Luthor in

Infinite Crisis in his search for the perfect Earth; no
information is provided.
Home of variant versions of Animal Man, Batman,

and B'wana Beast and historical divergences such as
Hitler's hanging for his war crimes and Edward
Kennedy's drowning at Chappaquiddick. The American
government is corrupt and extremely right-wing.
The Buddy Baker of the Post-Crisis Earth could

only exist in this universe in the body and mind of that
universe's Buddy Baker, and could only leave by killing
his parallel self.
Named in Absolute Crisis on Infinite Earths (2006)
After Carol Ferris professed her love for Hal Jordan

instead of Green Lantern and accepted his marriage
proposal, he eventually figured out that he had somehow
shifted into a parallel universe, which he compared to the
home of the JSA and labeled Earth-32.
A world where Barbara Gordon and her boyfriend

Richart Graustark become Batgirl and Robin in 1961 and
fight against corrupt cops and other establishment types
led by the white-faced Bianca Steeplechase, who later
kills Richart. Gotham Police Detective Bruce Wayne,
who has been framed for murder, then becomes Batman
and Barbara later assumes the Robin mantle while
seeking revenge for her lover's death.
Bruce Wayne's family lost their fortune during the

Great Depression, and Wayne Manor is now owned by
Barbara Gordon.
Justice League
of America (vol.
1) #15
(November
1962)
Animal Man
(vol. 1) #23
(May 1990)
Infinite Crisis #6
(May 2006)
Animal Man #27

(September
1990)
Green Lantern
(vol. 2) #32
(October 1964)
Batgirl & Robin:

Thrillkiller #1
(January 1997)
Earth-85
Earth-86
PostCrisis
Pre-Crisis
Designated canon in Absolute Crisis on Infinite

Earths (2006)
Home to the version of Shade, the Changing Man

from the Vertigo series by Peter Milliganand Chris
Bachalo
Shade, the Changing Man
The Atomic Knights, Hercules,

Kamandi, and One-Man Army
Corps (OMAC)
An Earth that was ravaged by an atomic war in the

year 1986.
Earth-95
Earth-96
Pre-Crisis
Elseworld
s
Jor-El, Lara Lor-Van, Superboy
A future timeline, in which Superman has been

retired for ten years, following events which severed his
ties to humanity. In order to deal with a new, often
lawless generation of heroes, Superman reforms the
Justice League, a gathering of power which concerns a
non-powered group of humans led by Lex Luthor. He
later settles down with Wonder Woman and they have a
son.
Older versions of the PostCrisis heroes
Earth-97
Elseworld
s
Characters shown in the

"Tangent Comics" 1997 event
Earth-124.2
Earth-149
Earth-154
Pre-Crisis
Pre-Crisis
Pre-Crisis
Superboy
Strange
Adventures #117
(June 1960)
Superboy #95
(March, 1962)
Kingdom Come
#1 (May 1996)

The Tangent characters were radically re-envisioned
solely on the basis of the existing DC trademark.
DC's "Tangent
Comics" fifth
week event
Named in Infinite Crisis #6 (May 2006)

In order to better conceal his identity as Superboy,
this world's version of Clark Kent masqueraded as a
bully.
Designated canon in Absolute Crisis of Infinite

Earths (2006)
A universe in which Lex Luthor succeeded in killing

Superman.

Earths (2006)
The son of Clark Kent and Lois Lane and the son of
Bruce Wayne and Kathy Kane try to live up to or surpass
their fathers' legacies, but usually end up arguing or
causing trouble. Their final appearance in World's Finest
(#263) claimed the Super-Sons stories were merely
computer simulations. The Super-Sons also appeared in
Superman, Lex Luthor
Superman Jr. (Clark Kent Jr.)

and Batman Jr. (Bruce Wayne
Jr.), the Super-Sons, younger
versions of their superhero
fathers
Jor-El and Lara enlarged their rocketship so they

could all go to Earth.
Shade the
Changing Man
#1 (July 1990)
Superboy #124
(October, 1965)
Superman #149
(November,
1961)
World's Finest
Comics #154
(December 1966)
the 1999 Elseworlds 80-Page Giant one-shot.
This Earth is also identified as Earth-E and its name

was given by Mark Gruenwald in Omniverse #1, 1977,
and it was also used to explain transitional elements in
Superman and Batman stories of the 1950s.[3]
Merged with Earth-462 by Alexander Luthor during

Infinite Crisis.
Earth-162
Pre-Crisis
Superman Red/Superman Blue
Earth-172
Earth-178
Pre-Crisis
Pre-Crisis
Batman, the Legion of SuperHeroes, and Superman
Superman as Nova
Earth-247
Post-Zero
Hour
An Earth where Superman lost his powers and

adopted the identity of Nova.
Karkan, lord of the Jungle
Home to the 1994 incarnation

of the Legion of Super-Heroes
An Earth where Bruce Wayne was adopted by the

Kents and became Clark's brother, soon joining him as
the crimefighting team of Superboy and Batboy, later
emigrating to Gotham where Clark Kent becomes
employed at the Gotham Gazette. As Batman, Wayne
eventually relocates to the Legion of Super-Heroes' 30th
century.
Nova made a post-Crisis appearance in Infinite

Crisis #5 (April 2006).
World's Finest
(vol. 1) #172
(December 1967)
World's Finest
#178 (September
1968)
Named in Absolute Crisis on Infinite Earths

The Superman of this reality was raised by apes in
Africa as Karkan, lord of the Jungle.
Home to a version of the Legion that had updated,

modern names like "Live Wire" instead of "Lightning
Lad", and interacted with the inhabitants of the 20th and
21st Century post-Zero Hour Earth.
This universe was destroyed by several alternate

versions of the Fatal Five and Superboy-Prime's
tampering.[citation needed] It later reappeared in Infinite Crisis
#6.
Superman (vol.
1) #162 (July
1963)
Named in Absolute Crisis on Infinite Earths

Earths (2006)
Pre-Crisis
An Earth home to Superman Red, who married

Lana Lang and Superman Blue, who married Lois Lane.
They were created when a device Superman made to
increase his intelligence a hundredfold split him into two
beings.
Earth-183
Superboy #183
(March, 1972)
Legion of SuperHeroes (vol. 4)

#0 (October
1994)
Earth-276
Pre-Crisis
Named after Adventure Comics (vol.1) #247 (April

1958), the comic which features the Legion's first
appearance.
Home of Captain Thunder, a thinly veiled copy of

Captain Marvel that Superman fought soon after DC's
1970's Captain Marvel revival (this story helped lay the
groundwork for the eventual Superman vs. Shazam
oversized tabloid comic of 1978).
Captain Thunder
Earth-387
Earth-395
Earth-410
Pre-Crisis
Elseworld
s
Pre-Crisis
Kal, Sir Bruce of Waynesmoor,

King Arthur, Merlin, Morgan
La Fey, Mordred, Lady Loisse,
Jamie, Talia al Ghul, Ra's al
Ghul, and Baron Luthor
An Earth where no divergences in history have

occurred, except that every inhabitant of the planet Earth
is a lycanthrope.

Earths (2006)
An Earth where Kal-El landed in medieval England

and forged the sword Excalibur from the metal from his
spacecraft.
Sir Bruce of Waynesmoor, a.k.a. the Dark Knight,

fought against Mordred and Ra's al Ghul until he was
ultimately sealed in Avalon alongside King Arthur until
they were awakened in World War II.
Despite the fact that the two stories took place on

the same Earth, they didn't take place side-by-side.
Designated canon in Absolute Crisis of Infinite

Earths (2006)
An alternate world where Superman married the

alien witch Krysalla and had a son, Krys.
Superman
Earth-417
Pre-Crisis
Superman
Earth-462
Infinite
Crisis
Supergirl
Wonder Woman, Per Degaton,

Baron Blitzkrieg, Captain Nazi,
and the original Teen Titans
(Robin, Speedy, Kid Flash,
Aqualad, and Wonder Girl)
Superman #276
(June 1973)
Adventure
Comics(vol. 1)
#387 (December
1969)
Superman:
Kal(1995)
Action Comics
#410 (March,
1972)

Superman landed on Mars, but would later arrive on
Earth.
Superman #417
(March, 1986)

A Golden Age planet still locked in World War II. In
very obscure cameos, Wonder Woman is Cathy Lee
Crosby (who starred in the Wonder Woman pilot movie)
and Wonder Girl is Debra Winger (who appeared as
Wonder Girl on the 1970s television series). The
remaining Teen Titans (Speedy, Robin, Aqualad, and Kid
Flash) were all depicted in militaristic uniforms.
Merged with Earth-154 by Alexander Luthor during
Infinite Crisis.
Infinite Crisis #6
(May 2006)
Earth-494
Earth-898
Earth-1099
Earth-1191
Elseworld
s
Alfredo, Capitana Felina,

Captain Leatherwing, the
Laughing Man, and Robin
Redblade
Infinite
Crisis
Western heroes Jonah Hex, Bat

Lash, Scalphunter, El Diablo,
Nighthawk I, and Cinnamon I
Elseworld
s
Catwoman, Batman, Two-Face

(Darcy Dent), Killer Croc, and
Commissioner James Gordon
Elseworld
s
Batman, Dracula, James

Gordon, Alfred Pennyworth,
the Joker, Two-Face, Killer
Croc, and Catwoman
Home to Captain Leatherwing, a pirate who fought

alongside Capitana Felina against the insane pirate the
Laughing Man.

Earths (2006)
Earth-898 is the reality that Jonah Hex was

transported to during the events of Infinite Crisis, after
spending much of his career on Earth-One in the 19th
century.
While traveling through time the Legion of SuperHeroes briefly met Hex while he lived in a 21st-century
post-apocalyptic Earth, but Hex was returned to his
normal timeline at some point (as vaguely detailed in
1987's Secret Origins #21). To date, Jonah Hex's time
spent in the future apocalyptic world has never gotten
official closure and remains open to interpretation.
An Earth where a heroic Catwoman fought crime in

Gotham City and married Bruce Wayne, unaware that he
is actually the evil murderer Batman.

Earths (2006)
An Earth where Batman fought against Dracula and

was subsequently turned into a vampire. He would later
go insane and try to kill all his enemies, until finally
being killed by James Gordon and Alfred Pennyworth.
Earth-1198
Earth-1289
Elseworld
s
PostCrisis
Darkseid and Kal-El
Earth-1863
Elseworld
s
The rocketship containing the infant Kal-El diverted

from its path to Earth and landed on Apokolips, where
the tyrant Darkseid raised him and used him to help
destroy New Genesis and conquer Earth, until Kal-El
rebelled against him.
Designated as canon in Absolute Crisis on Infinite
Earths (2006)
An Earth where Batman and Robin fought the

Riddler on their first formal case and where Harvey
"Two Face" Dent was ultimately rehabilitated.
Infinite Crisis #6
(May 2006)
Catwoman:
Guardian of
Gotham #1
(August 1999)
Batman and
Dracula: Red
Rain(1991)
Batman, Robin, the Riddler,

and Harvey Dent
Detective
Comics Annual
#7 (October
1994)
Superman: The
Dark Side #1
(August 1998)
Comics Revue
#41.

Earths (2006)
Abraham Lincoln, Superman
An Earth where Kryptonian Atticus Kent, a.k.a. KalEl, a.k.a. Superman, ended the American Civil War in
the year 1863 and prevented the assassination of
President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre.
This Earth has ties to the Lone Ranger.[citation needed]
Superman: A
Nation
Divided(1999)
Earth-1889
Elseworld
s

Earths (2006)
An Earth where Batman began his career in 1889

and fought against Jack the Ripper, who turns out to
have been the one who orchestrated the deaths of his
parents.
Batman, Jack the Ripper
Earth-1927
Earth-1938
Earth-3181
Earth-3898
Earth-A
Elseworld
s
Elseworld
s
Infinite
Crisis
Elseworld
s
Pre-Crisis
Clarc Kent-Son (the SuperMan), Lutor, Bruss Wayne-Son

(the Nosferatu), and Diana (the
Blue Amazon)

Earths (2006)
Home of the clockwork city of Metropolis where

the Super-Man once fought Lutor and Bruss Wayne-Son
took the alias of the Nosferatu.
Inspired by three classics of pre-WWII German

expressionist cinema: Fritz Lang's Metropolis, F.W.
Murnau's Nosferatu, and Josef von Sternberg's The Blue
Angel.
An Earth where Clark Kent died to save the world

from the invading forces of Mars in the year 1938.
World War II never occurred on this Earth, as Adolf

Hitler was killed by the Martians in 1938.
The Clark Kent of this universe has the powers and

costume of the Golden Age Superman.

Earths (2006)

Infinite Crisis in his search for the perfect Earth; no
information is provided.
A world where Superman and Batman started their

careers in the 1930s, and started families that would
follow in their superhero footsteps all the way to the 30th
Century.
Clark Kent, Lois Lane, Lex

Luthor, and Martians
Unknown
Superman and Batman
The Lawless League: alternate,

evil versions of Superman,
Batman, the Flash, Green
Lantern and the Martian
Manhunter
The first published Elseworlds story

Earths (2006)
Johnny Thunder's evil Earth-One counterpart

created Earth-A when he used Johnny's Thunderbolt to
alter the origins of the Justice League, replacing them
with his own henchman, whom he granted powers and
skills identical to the Justice League's. "A" stood for
"alternate", since it was an alternate timeline of EarthOne.
Batman: Gotham
by Gaslight #1
(February 1989)
Superman's
Metropolis
(1996)
Superman: War
of the Worlds #1
(1999)
Infinite Crisis #6
(May 2006)
Superman &
Batman:
Generations #1
(January 1999)
Justice League
of America (vol.
1) #37 (August
1965)
Earth-B
Earth-C
Pre-Crisis
Versions of various Earth-One

and Earth-Two characters
Pre-Crisis
Captain Carrot and His

Amazing Zoo Crew: Captain
Carrot, Alley-Kat-Abra,
Fastback, Little Cheese, PigIron, Rubberduck, and Yankee
Poodle
Earth-CMinus
Pre-Crisis
Earth-D
PostCrisis
retcon of
Crisis on
Infinite
Earths
itself.
Earth-I
Earth-M
EarthPrime
Pre-Crisis
Pre-Crisis
Pre-Crisis
Just'a Lotta Animals: SuperSquirrel, Wonder Wabbit, the

Batmouse, Green Lambkin,
Aquaduck, and the Crash
This world is populated with anthropomorphic

animals. The population included the characters from
many of DC's Golden and Silver Age funny animal
comics (The Dodo and the Frog, Peter Porkchops,
Funny Stuff, etc.). Historical heroes included the Golden
Age superhero the Terrific Whatzit and the 17th
century's the Three Mouseketeers.
This Earth (like Earth-C) is populated by
anthropomorphic animals. Events and characters on this
world paralleled those of Earth-One; additionally, events
and characters on Earth-C-Minus were considered
fictional on Earth-C (with Captain Carrot's alter-ego
employed as the cartoonist of the Just'a Lotta Animals
comic book series), in the vein of Earth-Two heroes' only
appearing as comic book characters on Earth-One and
Earth-Prime. Earth-C's Terrific Whatzit also existed as a
fictional comic character that the Crash had read as a
youth, paralleling the relationship of Earth-One's Barry
Allen enjoying comics about Earth-Two's Jay Garrick.
Debatable
New Teen Titans

#16 (February
1982)
Captain Carrot
and His Amazing
Zoo Crew #14
(April 1983)
Earth-D featured a more ethnically diverse version

of several Earth-One heroes, such as an Asian Flash, a
black Superman, and an American Indian Green Arrow.
The Earth-D heroes had never experienced major
tragedies in their lives. It was a combination of modern
multi-cultural sensibilities combined with Silver-Agestyle innocence.
Legends of the
DC Universe:
Crisis on Infinite
Earths(February
1999)
A world created by Despero that was populated by

insect lifeforms.

Earths (2006)
Justice League
of America (vol.
1) #26 (March
1964)
A world created by Despero that was populated by

aquatic lifeforms.

Earths (2006)
The keystone Earth from which all the other Earths

within the Multiverse originate. Earth-Prime had few
superheroes. The superheroes of Earth-One, Earth-Two,
Justice Alliance of America
Insect lifeforms
Aquatic lifeforms
Ultraa, Superboy-Prime, and

DC editor Julius Schwartz
This Earth was never specifically depicted, but was

suggested to exist in a letters column by DC editor/writer
Bob Rozakis as a possible explanation for certain noncontinuity stories or character traits (for example, stories
that showed Catwoman committing murder with no
qualms, despite being established that she did not engage
in that kind of activity); tongue-in-cheek, Rozakis
designated it "Earth-B" in "honor" of writer Bob Haney,
whose Brave and the Bold stories were then-notorious
examples of such continuity errors. ICG's Official Crisis
Crossover Index theorized that DC Challenge took place
on this Earth which given the involvement of Oan
Guardians would make it an alternate Earth-One
timeline.
Justice League
of America (vol.
1) #26 (March,
1964)
Flash (vol. 1)
#179 (May 1968)
Earth-S, etc. existed only in fiction.
Earth-Q
(All Star
Superman)
Earth-Q
EarthQuality
Earth-R
Earth-S
Infinite
Crisis
Regular Humans
Infinite
Crisis
Unknown
Pre-Crisis
Characters from Quality

Comics as well some characters
done by Will Eisner
Pre-Crisis
Pre-Crisis
Earth-Q would later become the sentient universe

known as Nebula Man, a frequent enemy of the Seven
Soldiers of Victory.
The International Ultramarine Corps briefly became

heroes in this universe after they failed to save Superbia
from an attack from Gorilla Grodd and the Sheeda.

Infinite Crisis in his search for the perfect Earth;
Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Robin, Superboy,
and Supergirl are Aztec warriors with the "Superman
Family" (Superman, Supergirl, and Superboy) and the
"Batman Family" (Batman, Robin, and Wonder Woman)
fighting against each other.
Earth where stories published by Quality Comics

occurred but the Allies won WWII, unlike Earth-X.
Named in ICG's Official Crisis on Infinite Earths
Crossover Index. It was theorized by ICG that the Spirit,
Lady Luck, and Mr. Mystic also resided on this Earth.
An Earth created by Despero that was populated by

reptilian lifeforms.

Earths (2006)
Fawcett Comics publications of the 1940s and

1950s took place on this planet, with its predominant
heroic teams being the Marvel Family, the Crime
Crusader Club, and the Squadron of Justice, while the
main team of supervillains were the Monster Society of
Evil.
Reptilian lifeforms
Shazam, Captain Marvel, Mary

Marvel, Captain Marvel, Jr.,
Bulletman and Bulletgirl,
Mister Scarlet and Pinky,
Minute-Man, Ibis the
Invincible, Spy Smasher,
Commando Yank, and Isis
Jimmy
Olsen's
Earth-X
Pre-Crisis
Steelman, The LUTHAR

League (League Using Terror,
Havoc And Robbery)
A world created by Superman to see if a world

without a Superman, nor any superheroes, could work. It
is revealed at the end of the issue that Earth-Q is a real
world Earth, as Friedrich Nietzsche is seen creating his
famous bermensch, or "Superman", concept, and Joe
Shuster is shown drawing the first modern Superman on
the cover of Action Comics(vol. 1) #1 (June 1938).
JLA: Classified
#1 (January
2005)
Infinite Crisis #6
(May 2006)
Justice League
of America (vol.
1) #26 (March,
1964)
Whiz Comics #2
(February 1940)
Named in Shazam! #1 (February 1973)

An Earth visited by the Earth-One Jimmy Olsen.
Perry White is a retired Matador, Professor Potter is a
cranky boss at the World's Fair, and Clark Kent is a
science-fiction writer and secretly a Joker-masked villain
that leads the LUTHAR League. Jimmy gains
Superman-like powers and becomes Steelman, a
superhero wearing a combination of Superman and
Batman's costumes. Designated Earth-X on the cover
and in the story title, but not in the story itself.
Superman's Pal
Jimmy Olsen #93
(June 1966)
Earth-X
Pre-Crisis
Freedom Fighters (retconned to

have migrated from EarthTwo):[4][5] Uncle Sam, the
Human Bomb, Miss America,
The Ray, Black Condor, Doll
Man, Phantom Lady, and
Firebrand
EarthCrossover
Pre-Crisis
All main-continuity DC
Comics and Marvel Comics
characters
Dreamworl
d
PostCrisis
Love Syndicate of Dreamworld

(Sunshine Superman, Speed
Freak, and Magic Lantern)
(unnamed)
Pre-Crisis
Alternate Wonder Woman

named Tara Terruna and Duke
Dazam
(unnamed)
Infinite
Crisis
Aztec versions of Superman,

Batman, and Wonder Woman
(unnamed)
Crisis on
Infinite
Earths
Pariah
Antimatter
Universe
Pre-Crisis
Pre-Crisis
Named in Justice League of America (vol. 1) #107

(October 1973)
An Earth where Earth-1 and Marvel Comics

Universe characters coexisted. It is notable for having its
own Phoenix Force and Darkseid. (Uncanny X-Men and
The New Teen Titans Vol 1 #1, 1982) Named in The
Official Crisis on Infinite Earths Index and Official
Crisis on Infinite Earths Crossover Index.
Superman vs. the

Amazing SpiderMan (January
1976)
A world based on drug culture that appeared briefly

in Grant Morrison's Animal Man comic series.
Dreamworld is not an official designation, but is
assumed from the name of this world's premier
superhero team.
Animal Man
(vol. 1) #23
(May 1990)
The first parallel Earth to be featured in DC Comics

was visited by the Earth-2 Wonder Woman, who worked
with her counterpart to battle the conqueror Duke
Dazam. This Earth appeared to be technologically less
advanced than Earth-2, with Dazam's navy using oarpowered ships. "Tara Terruna" translates from that
Earth's language to mean "Wonder Woman".
This Earth was created by Alexander Luthor during

Infinite Crisis, when he merged Earth-154 with Earth462, which equals 616, the number used to identify the
Marvel Universe.
The Earth that Pariah comes from was never

officially named. Fans often dubbed it "Earth-Omega"
as it was the site of the "beginning of the end". [6]
Qward's universe has been described as a "universe

of evil". Qwardian society seems to be dominated by a
philosophy of selfishness and greed. This could be the
effects of millennia of inescapable rule by the
Weaponers.
Anti-Monitor, Weaponers of
Qward, the Thunderers
King Arthur, Merlin, Simon

Magus, Saturna the "Lord of
Misrule" and the "Troll King"
The Comics
Magazine #1
(1936)
Magic-Land
On this world, Nazi Germany won World War II,

and the Freedom Fighters, originally from Earth-Two,
fought to defeat it. Most Quality Comics publications
chronicled adventures from this Earth.
The Antimatter Universe held a special place in the

Multiverse: there was an infinite number of "positivematter universes" separated from each other by
vibrational planes, and there was a single Antimatter
Universe.
In this medieval universe, magic works within its
laws of physics. It appears to be pre-industrial in terms
of its technological base. Its continents are named
"Olympus" (Asia), "Asgard" (North and South America)
and Oceania (Australia). Camelot exists as a significant
population centre.
Wonder
Woman(vol. 1)
#59 (May 1953)
Infinite Crisis #6
(May 2006)
Crisis on Infinite
Earths #7
(October 1985)
Green Lantern
(vol. 2) #2
(October 1960)
The Secret of the

Sinister
Sorcerers:
Justice League
of America (Vol
1) No 2 (May
1962)
Transposed with Earth-One. Justice League, Merlin

and Arthur resolved the situation and restored Earth-One
and Magic-Land to their respective original universes.
Unclassified
Before the formal creation of its Multiverse, DC would use the "imaginary story" label to denote stories that did not fit
and were never intended to fit into its canona tradition it would continue even after the creation of the Multiverse.
Alan Moore's "What Ever happened to the Man of Tomorrow?" (Action Comics vol. 1 #583 and Superman vol. 1
#423) in 1986 was the last pre-Crisis story to use the label.
By contrast, other stories were clearly intended to be canonical, but various details were wrong or there were stories
told in other media that were never said not to be canonical. As a result, fans and editors would create other Earths
to explain things like the Super Friends comic (set on what fans referred to as Earth-1A). Also there were many "one
shot" Earths (such as the reality shown in "Superman, You're Dead, Dead, Dead" in Action Comics vol. 1 #399),
which were never named and for which few details were provided.
After the first Crisis, several new universes appeared despite DC's intentions to the contrary. These included parallel
universes in the Darkstars and Justice League series. In addition, DC ran a number of crossovers with other
companies that involved travel between different realities. Technically, none of these worlds were ever part of the
Multiverse.
This was until the Infinite Crisis mini-series retroactively labeled the Tangent Comics universe and many Elseworlds
as Earths of the Multiverse, even though they had been published long after the Multiverse was destroyed. Infinite
Crisis did the same with many pre-Crisis Imaginary Tales.
In the "With A Vengeance!" storyline in Superman/Batman, the Multiverse is visited by Bizarro and Batzarro. The
Joker and Mr. Mxyzptlk summon Batmen and Supermen from various realities, both previously established worlds
as well as unexplored ones.
[7]
Designation
Post-Crisis
Earth
Red Son
Era
Post-Crisis
Elseworlds
Inhabitants
All residents of the reconstituted

Earth formed following Crisis on
Infinite Earths
Soviet versions of Superman,

Batman, and Wonder Woman,
along with an alternate version of
the Green Lantern Corps
Notes
This universe has various derivations explained as

manifestations of Hypertime and influenced by the actions
of Superboy-Prime. This world blends elements of the last
five universes existing prior to the Crisis.
This world existed until the events of Infinite Crisis

and the creation of New Earth.
This world is dubbed "Earth 2" by the Antimatter Lex

Luthor who dubs his own world "Earth 1".
Fans have often called this "Earth-Sigma," as Sigma

means summationin this case, the summation of five
other universes.[8]
An Earth where Superman landed in a Soviet

commune instead of Smallville.
Bizarro visited this Earth during the

Superman/Batman "With A Vengeance!" storyarc.[7]
Although debuted in Superman: Red Son #1, an early

cameo appearance of this Earth's Superman is seen in
1999's The Kingdom #2.
First
Appearanc
e
Crisis on
Infinite
Earths #11
(February
1986)
Superman:
Red Son #1
(June 2003)
Anti-Matter
Universe
Post-Crisis
Crime Syndicate of America:

Ultraman, Superwoman, Owlman,
Power Ring, and Johnny Quick;
Justice Underground: Alexander
Luthor, Sir Solomon Grundy,
General Grodd, Q-Ranger, Lady
Sonar, Star Sapphire, and the
Quizmaster
A post-Crisis Antimatter Earth with a Crime

Syndicate whose motto is "Cui Bono?" ("Who profits?"),
inspired by the pre-Crisis Earth-Three. Originally, the
Luthor of the CSA Earth, upon discovering the positivematter Earth, named his world "Earth 1" and the positivematter Earth "Earth 2" (no hyphens). Subsequent
appearances revised the naming convention and simply
referred to it as the Antimatter Universe's Earth, and also
established that the CSA's Earth existed in the same
Antimatter Universe as Qward.
The Fourth
World
Pre- &
Post-Crisis
The Fourth World is a continuum inhabited by the

New Gods. Its two main worlds, New Genesis and
Apokolips, are mirror reflections of each other: New
Genesis, the bright, glorious home ruled by Highfather,
and Apokolips, the fiery, horrific home of the evil warlord
Darkseid and his minions. Inhabitants of these worlds have
been frequent visitors to the Earth-One and post-Crisis
Earth, but it has been shown that they could venture into
any number of alternate worlds. The Fourth World was not
affected by the events of Crisis on Infinite Earths.
Darkseid, Orion, Mister Miracle,

and Big Barda
The
Dakotavers
e
Pre-Zero
Hour
In 1993, word of a gang war on Paris Island resulted

in Mayor Jefferson ordering enforcement officials to spray
every gang member present with an experimental tear gas
laced with a radioactive marker that would allow the
police to track the participants down later. Survivors then
became known as "bang babies" and were given
mutagenic abilities.
Icon, Rocket, Static, Hardware,

and the Blood Syndicate
Following the death of Darkseid (as chronicled in

Final Crisis in 2009), the space-time continuum was torn
asunder, threatening the existence of both the Dakotaverse
and the mainstream DC universe (containing New Earth).
Dharma was able to use energies that he harnessed from
Rift (upon that being's defeat) to merge the two universes,
creating an entirely new continuity.[9]
JLA: Earth
2(January
2000)
Superman's
Pal, Jimmy
Olsen #133
(October
1970)
Hardware
#1 (April
1993)
The 52[edit]
A new Multiverse was revealed at the end of the 52 weekly limited series. Unlike the original Multiverse, which was
composed of an infinite number of alternate universes, this Multiverse is composed of a predetermined number of
alternate universes, which were originally referred to as New Earth and Earths 1 through 51, although erroneously in
Tangent: Superman's Reign #1, New Earth is referred to as Earth-1; however, in Final Crisis: Superman Beyond #1,
New Earth is instead designated Earth-0. Dan Didio has since explicitly denied that New Earth is Earth-1. The
alternate universes were originally identical to New Earth and contained the same history and people until Mister
Mind "devoured" portions of each Earth's history, creating new, distinct Earths with their own histories and people,
such as the Nazi-themed version of the Justice League that exists in Earth-10. Each of the alternate universes
have their own parallel dimensions, divergent timelines, microverses, etc., branching off them.
[10]
[11]
[12]
[13]
[14]
The Guardians of the Universe serve as protectors of the new Multiverse. Each universe within the Multiverse is
separated by a Source Wall, behind which Anti-Life keeps the universes apart. The Bleedpermeates the Anti-Life in
unpredictable places behind the Source Wall, allowing for transport between the universes. The destruction of
New Earth would set off a chain reaction that would destroy the other fifty-one alternate universes at the same time,
leaving only the Antimatter Universe in existence. As a consequence of Alexander Luthor's attempts to recreate
the Multiverse, fifty-two new Monitors were created to oversee the fifty-two universes created afterwards. The
Monitors seek to protect the Multiverse from people who crossover from one alternate universe to another, through
the Bleed or through innate ability, who the Monitors have labeled "anomalies".
[15]
[16]
[16]
[15]
[15]
[17]
[18]
[19]
A partial list of some of the alternate universes that make up the new Multiverse was revealed in late November
2007.
[20]
Designation
Era
Inhabitants
Notes
First Appearance
New Earth[21]
(also known as
Earth-0)[22]
Earth One
(also known as
Earth-1)
Infinit
e
Crisis
Post52
Characters from DC
Comics' main continuity
Modernized interpretations
of the various DC Comics'
characters
After the destruction of Alexander Luthor's

Multiverse Tower in Infinite Crisis, the parallel
Earths that had been created were merged into a new
single world dubbed "New Earth". New Earth
remained the core reality of the DC Multiverse until
the events of Flashpoint.
New Earth is a composite of the pre-Crisis

Earth-One, the pre-Crisis Earth-Two, the pre-Crisis
Earth-Four, the pre-Crisis Earth-S, the pre-Crisis
Earth-X, and the Dakotaverse.
Merged with Earth-13 and Earth-50 in the wake

of the Flashpoint event and had its history rewritten
as a result, creating The New 52.[23]
A world reflective of the 21st century.

This Earth is featured in the Superman: Earth
One and Batman: Earth One graphic novels.[24]
Earth-2
Post52
An alternate version of the

Justice Society of America
known as Justice Society
Infinity
Infinite Crisis #6 (May

2006)
Superman: Earth
One(December 2010)
Resembles the pre-Crisis Earth-Two.
This Earth's Justice Society of America has

merged with its Infinity, Inc. and is now known as
Justice Society Infinity.
This Earth's Superman is missing, and this

Earth's Power Girl went and searched for him
following a Crisis event before returning in Justice
Society of America Annual #1 (2008).
The Flash of this Earth was picked by Monarch

and is considered missing after the events of
Countdown: Arena.[25]
A world of reversed moralities that resembles

the pre-Crisis Earth-Three and the Antimatter Earth.
52 Week 52 (May 2007)
[27]
Earth-3
Earth-4
Post52
Post52
Villains include the Crime

Society of America. The
Jokester and the Quizmaster
rank among the heroes.[26]
Alternate versions of the

Charlton Comics heroes,
including Captain Allen
Adam (an alternate version
of Captain Atom), and
alternate versions of Blue
Beetle, Nightshade,
Peacemaker, The Question,
and Judomaster
This Earth contains evil counterparts of

characters from Earth-2.[28]
Retconned as the home of Duela Dent, a

character that first appeared in 1976.
Heroic versions of the Joker and Riddler appear

in the Countdown maxi-series and its spin-off
Countdown Presents: The Search for Ray Palmer.
52 Week 52 (May 2007)

(cameo), Countdown #32
(September 2007) (full)
52 Week 52 (May 2007)
Resembles the pre-Crisis Earth-Four.
A condensed universe where the laws of physics

are different.
Described as a film noir world which uses story

elements from the Watchmen limited series and is
populated by alternate versions of characters

acquired from Charlton Comics.[29]
Earth-5
Earth-6
Earth-7
Earth-8
Earth-9
Post52
Alternate versions of
characters acquired from
Fawcett Comics, such as the
Marvel Family, and an
alternate Hal Jordan
Post52
An alternate version of the

Atom (Ray Palmer), who
after an accident developed
light-powers and called
himself the Ray, and
alternate versions of Rex
Tyler and Ted Kord[30]
Post52
An alternate version of
Stargirl (Courtney
Whitmore), known as
Starwoman, and alternate
older versions of Jakeem
Thunder and The Wonder
Twins
Post52
Post52
Lord Havok and the

Extremists, Crusaders, and
Meta Militia

"Tangent Comics" 1997
event
Captain Allen Adam, (a.k.a. "Captain Allen

Atom"), the "Quantum Superman", appears in Final
Crisis: Superman Beyond and is depicted as an
amalgamation of Captain Atom and Doctor
Manhattan.[22]
Resembles the pre-Crisis Earth-S.
Unlike the pre-Crisis Earth-S, alternate versions
of DC Comics characters such as Green Lantern also
exist on this Earth.[13]
The Captain Marvel of Earth-5 appears in

Superman Beyond, where his Earth is described as "a
simpler, kinder universe".[22]
This Earth is glimpsed in Final Crisis:

Superman Beyond, where characters including
versions of Etrigan the Demon and Offspring are
seen.[22]
52 Week 52 (May 2007)
Countdown: Arena #2
(February 2008)
Countdown: Arena #2
(February 2008)
A pastiche of the setting shown in Marvel

Comics' publications. This version of Earth is called
Angor by its inhabitants.[31]
The Meta Militia are a group of heroes based

upon the "Champions of Angor", who were a
pastiche of the Marvel Comics superhero team the
Avengers in pre-Crisis continuity. Angor appears to
be a US-based republic and empire, ruled by a
president and committed to global expansionism. It
has already fought a war in Iran and presided over
the nuclear devastation of (Tsarist) Imperial Russia. [31]
Resembles the pre-Crisis Earth-97.

On this Earth an African-American Superman
with vast mental powers has conquered the entire
planet and has outlawed all superpowered beings
save for those who work under his command. This
world's political relationships were affected by the
escalation of the Cuban Missile Crisis into a fullyfledged US/Soviet nuclear exchange in 1962, which
incinerated Florida and Cuba. The United States
provided covert operations in Czechoslovakia in
1968, and the Soviet Union still exists as a
superpower in the 1990s.
Countdown #29 (October

2007)
Countdown: Arena #2
(February 2008) (cameo),
Tangent: Superman's
Reign #1 (March 2008)
(full)
Characters from this Earth appeared in Ion #9 &

10, Justice League of America(vol. 2) #16 and the
subsequent Tangent: Superman's Reign limited
series.[32][33]
Resembles the pre-Crisis Earth-X.
On this Earth, the Axis Powers won World War

II. This Earth's Justice League reflect their Earth's
values, and as such are composed of Nazi
counterparts.
This Earth's Superman, called Overman and

resembling Earth-0's Superman with a Nazified
uniform, appears in Final Crisis: Superman Beyond.
[22]
Earth-10
Earth-11
Earth-12
Earth-13
Post52
Post52
Post52
Post52
characters from Quality
Comics publications, such
as the Freedom Fighters,
and Nazi-themed versions
of several DC characters
Matriarchal world of
reversed-gender
superheroes such as
Superwoman, Batwoman,
and Wonderman.
Characters and settings

shown in the DC animated
universe, such as the
Batman Beyond television
series[33]
It is revealed in Final Crisis: Superman Beyond

that English is a dead language on Earth-10. [22]
This Earth's Justice League consists of

Overman, Brunhilde (an alternate Valkyrie version of
Wonder Woman), Leatherwing (an alternate version
of Batman), Underwaterman (an alternate version of
Aquaman), and others.
This Earth's version of Supergirl, called

Overgirl, is a human girl who was injected with
genetic material from Overman and gained his
superpowers.[34] Overgirl later crossed over to Earth0, where she died from injuries sustained during her
crossing of the Multiverse's interstitial Bleed
medium.[35]
This Earth has been shown at war as

Wonderman leads his male Amazons against the
Justice League in retaliation for his expulsion from
the League, following the killing of Maxine Lord.
Maxine Lord killed this Earth's version of

Booster Gold instead of Blue Beetle.
The Green Lantern of Earth-12 is a descendant

of Hal Jordan.[36] In Countdown: Arena #1, it is
explained that seven Green Lanterns patrol the
"seven primary galaxies" and that Hal Jordan's
descendant patrols the Milky Way Galaxy.[37]
The existence of this reality is based on

information from an interview with Keith
Champagne. Champagne claimed to have a vague
recollection of Dan Didio's list of alternate worlds
and said that Earth-13 was "Vertigo, sort of". [13]
Resembles the settings of

some Vertigo Comics titles
Earth-15
Post52
52 Week 52 (May 2007)

(cameo), Countdown To
Adventure #2 (November
2007) (full)
Countdown: Arena #1
(February 2008) and
Countdown Presents: The
Search for Ray Palmer Superwoman/Batwoman#
1 (February 2008)
Countdown #21
(December 2007) and
Countdown: Arena #1
(February 2008)
Countdown: Arena #1
(February 2008)
Merged with Earth-0 in the wake of the

Flashpoint event.[23]
A near-Utopian world of highly evolved

2007)
peaceful heroes, where crime has been virtually

eliminated by efficient superheroes.[38]
Earth-16
Earth-17
Post52
Post52
Young Justice (TV series)

Episode 1:"Independence
Day" (January 7, 2011)

Young Justice TV series.[33]
Alternate versions of the

Atomic Knights, Kamandi,
Starman, and an alternate
version of Etrigan the
Demon known as
Superdemon.
After a nuclear World War III was fought in its

alternate 1987, this world became a post-apocalyptic
wasteland.
Resembles the Earth of the pre-Crisis Atomic

Knights stories.
Simians make up much of the Earth's

population. As such, an ape is this Earth's Starman. [30]
Earth-19
Earth-20
Post52

Justice Riders one-shot[33]
Post52

Gotham by Gaslight
graphic novel
Post52
'Pulp' versions of various

DC characters
52 Week 52 (May 2007)
[41]
Earth-18
According to the Countdown: Arena website,

Earth-15 is referred to as a place where heroes "have
evolved to become nearly perfect beings".[39] Before
being destroyed by Superboy-Prime,[40] this Earth was
home to a humanitarian Lex Luthor, a semi-retired
Superman (an alternate version of General Zod) and
a long-deceased Joker. Several heroes, such as
Batman and Wonder Woman, had been succeeded by
their protges. Martian Manhunter and Cyborg were
also Justice League members.
This Earth's Etrigan is a demon from the planet

Kamelot who was sent to Earth by the wizard Merlin.
Etrigan bonded with Jason Blood, the son of a
Midwestern preacher, who uses the demon's powers
and physical form to fight crime.
Magic and science co-exist.[34]
This Earth's Justice League is composed of

marshals operating in the Wild West.
In Countdown #40, a Monitor identifies his

universe as being "in the throes of the Industrial
Revolution."
This Earth's Blue Beetle (Daniel Garrett), and

Man-Bat (Robert Langstrom) were shown in
Countdown Presents: The Search for Ray Palmer Gotham by Gaslight#1.
Writer Grant Morrison mentioned in interviews

that "Doc Fate, a combination of Doc Savage and Dr.
Fate" would appear, and that he had written a great
deal of backstory for this Earth. It has slightly over
two billion inhabitants, although the reason for this
slower global population growth is unclear.[42]
This Earth is home to the Society of SuperHeroes, a group of 'pulp'-style mystery men led by
Doc Fate (an alternate version of Doctor Fate), which
includes alternate versions of Lady Blackhawk,
Countdown: Arena #1
(February 2008)
Countdown Presents: The

Search for Ray Palmer Gotham by Gaslight #1
(January 2008)
Final Crisis: Superman

Beyond #1 (August 2008)
(cameo)
Immortal Man, the Mighty Atom, the Green Lantern,

and the Bat-Man.[34]
Earth-21
Post52

DC: The New Frontier
limited series[33]
Countdown: Arena #1
(February 2008)
Earth-22
Earth-23
Earth-26
Post52
Final
Crisis
Post52

Kingdom Come limited
series[33]
This world is visited for some time by Earth-0's

Thom Kallor (Star Boy of the Legion of SuperHeroes and the third person to join the Justice
Society under the name Starman).[44]
This universe is home to black versions of DC

characters; including Superman (who is President of
the United States) & Wonder Woman, and a version
of Brainiac called Brainiac: Vathlo Prime. [45]
The Wonder Woman of this Earth is named

Nubia, hailing from the island of Amazonia, where
its inhabitants, the Wonder Women, have brought
anti-war technology to the world.
Black versions of several

DC characters
The Superman of this world is from Vathlo

Island on Krypton and wears a reversed version of
the normal Superman shield, with a yellow-S on a
red shield. The Wonder Woman of this world is an
alternate version of Nubia, a supporting character
from the Wonder Woman comic book. Recent
interviews with Grant Morrison state this world will
reappear in the Multiversity limited series.[citation needed]
Featured in the Captain Carrot and the Final

Ark limited series, Earth-26 is rendered
uninhabitable, and the Zoo Crew are stranded on
Earth-0 by means of a New Dogs' kaboom tube
where they take on normal animal appearances and
find themselves unable to communicate with the
humans of Earth-0.
Intelligent anthropomorphic
animals, led by superheroes
Captain Carrot and the Zoo
Crew, and the Scarab, a
being made up of millions
of carnivorous blue beetles
Earth-30
Post52

Superman: Red Son limited
series
Earth-31
Post52
Characters shown in Frank

Miller's The Dark Knight
Returns and its spin-off
titles[47]
This Earth's Superman traveled to Earth-0 and

joined the Justice Society of America. He later
returned to Earth-22 and settled down with his
Earth's Wonder Woman, raising a super-powered
family and living into the 31st century, the era of the
Legion of Super-Heroes.[43]
52 Week 52 (May 2007)

(cameo)
Final Crisis #7 (March,

2009)
Captain Carrot And The

Final Ark #1 (December
2007)
The renegade Monitor Nix Uotan later manages

to restore their original forms and powers.[45]
In Countdown #40, a Monitor identifies his

universe as one where "the last Kryptonian became a
representative of the Soviet empire." Superman's
craft landed in the Soviet Union's Ukraine and he
succeeded Josef Stalin as Soviet Premier upon the
latter's death in 1953. Under his influence, the Soviet
Union almost won the Cold War on this Earth.[46]
Countdown #32
(September
2007);Countdown
Presents the Search for
Ray Palmer: Red Son #1
(February 2008)
This Earth's Batman is a dark vigilante who

fights against crime and corruption while Superman
is a federal agent for the government.[38]
Countdown: Arena #1
(February 2008)
Earth-32
Earth-33
Post52
Post52

Batman: In Darkest Knight
one-shot[33]
Bruce Wayne becomes this Earth's Green

Lantern instead of Hal Jordan.
A magical version of the DC Universe which is

home to characters such as "Batmage, master of the
Dark Arts, Kal-El, wielder of Kryptonian magics,
and Lady Flash, keeper of the Speed Force",[48] as
well as Black Bird (an alternate version of
Hawkgirl), an alternate version of Starman, heroic
versions of Weather Wizard and the Shade, and an
anthropomorphic blue beetle called Ted.[30]
Magical versions of several

DC characters
This Earth's ruler is the mystical Oracle, who

can perceive and foresee events from across the
Multiverse.
Countdown: Arena #1
(February 2008)
Countdown to Adventure
#3 (February 2008)
Earth-34
Post52

Wonder Woman: Amazonia
one-shot[33]
A world in which the British Empire is under the

reign of the sadistic and misogynist King Jack after
he murdered Queen Victoria and most of the rest of
the Victorian British royal family.
Countdown to Adventure
#1 (October 2007)
Earth-37
Post52

Batman: Thrillkiller trade
paperback[33]
Also home to an alternate version of the original

Firestorm (Ronnie Raymond) who has merged with
his Earth's Captain Atom to become Quantum-Storm.
Countdown: Arena #1
(February 2008)
[30]
Earth-38
Post52
Unknown
Earth-39
Post52
Unknown
Earth-40
Post52

JSA: The Liberty Files
collection
Home to an alternate version of Captain Atom

who is the leader of the Atomic Knights.
Home to a teenage version of the original Blue

Beetle, Daniel Garrett, who has bonded with his
scarab in the same manner that Jaime Reyes has
bonded with his scarab.[30]
A world in which superheroes are depicted as

covert government operatives.
The existence of this reality is based on

comments made by Dan Didio about the Countdown
Arena limited series at Wizard World 2007.[13]
Earth-43
Earth-44
Post52
Final
Crisis

Tales of the Multiverse:
Batman - Vampire
collection[33]
Alternate version of the

Metal Men who are
composed of robotic
versions of the Justice
League, and their leader
"Doc" Tornado
Countdown: Arena #2
(February 2008)
Countdown: Arena #2
(February 2008)
Countdown: Arena #1
(February 2008)
The Batman of this Earth is known as "The Bat".
A world in which this Earth's Batman has

become a vampire.
In Countdown #40, Monitor Rox Ogama

identifies his universe as being "a world of vampires
and the supernatural".
This world is mentioned in Final Crisis #7, with

a shard of Earth-44 colliding with Earth-0 and being
used by the heroes as a last-ditch base of operations.
The Metal Men of this world are robotic

versions of the Justice League, consisting of robotic
Countdown #40 (July

2007)
(cameo),Countdown
Presents: The Search for
Ray Palmer - Red Rain #1
(January 2008) (full)
Final Crisis #7 (March,
2009) (cameo)
counterparts of Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman,

Hawkman, the Flash, and Green Arrow. Their leader,
"Doc" Tornado is human and apparently an
amalgamation of Red Tornado and Will Magnus.[45]
Earth-48
Earth-50
Post52
Post52
The Forerunners,[30]
The Wildstorm Universe,

featuring characters such as
Mister Majestic, Gen,
WildC.A.T.s and the
Authority. These
metahumans are strongly
interventionist.
While humanity is extinct in this universe,

alternate versions of extraterrestrial characters such
as General J'onzz,[49] Jemm, and Starman also exist.[41]
Numbered in 52 Week 52 (May 2007), this Earth

supposedly correlated with the Wildstorm Comics
titles following their internal continuity reboot
entitled "Worldstorm".
Merged with Earth-0 in the wake of the

Flashpoint event.[23]
A utopian world where secret identities are no

longer needed by superheroes. Libby LawrenceChambers is President of the United States, Zatanna
is a therapist, and Ray Palmer was replaced by his
counterpart from Earth-0.[51] This Earth owes its peace
to a Batman who went on a one-man crusade and
eliminated all of the world's supervillains in
retaliation for the Joker's murder of Jason Todd.[52]
Utopian society where

many deceased characters
are still alive
Earth-51
The entire universe was wiped out by a battle

between Monarch and Superboy-Prime, save for its
Monitor, Nix Uotan, and a lone plant sprout on an
unknown planet.[53]
Nix Uotan successfully recreated his universe, at

first making it resemble Earth-0, except that certain
people, including the Challengers from Beyond, had
never existed there. Solomon, the Monitor of Earth8, conspired for it to be infected by the Morticoccus
virus, triggering the Great Disaster which
transformed this Earth into the setting of Kamandi:
The Last Boy on Earth.
By the time of the events of Final Crisis, Earth51 has become a "graveyard universe" devoid of life.
[22]
At the end of Final Crisis, it becomes the home of
the resurrected New Gods.[45]
Countdown: Arena #1 features counterparts of

Aquaman, Martian Manhunter, Hawkgirl and the
Atom who are all referred to as coming from the
Earth seen in the JLA: The Nail limited series.[54]
Post52
The setting of Kamandi,

The Last Boy on Earth.
(unknown)
Post52

JLA: The Nail limited series
Native home of the Forerunners, creatures bred

by the Monitors from all the alien races of the
inhabited solar system after the destruction of all
human life on Earth (now called War World) in a war
against the rest of the solar system.[49]Forerunners are
matriarchal, telepathic through their eldest living
female, living in a society that kills off the weakest
of its kind, and unaware of what happens outside of
their solar system.[50]
Countdown #46 (June

2007)
Wildcats (vol. 4) #1
(September 2006)
Countdown #19
(December 2007)
Countdown: Arena #1
(February 2008)

(unknown)
Post52
"Super deformed" versions

of DC characters
(unknown)
Post52
Doc Savage, Batman, the

Spirit, Rima the Jungle Girl
and other pulp characters[55]
Earth-Prime
Post52
Superboy-Prime and the

2004 incarnation of the
Legion of Super-Heroes[56]
Antimatter
Universe
PostZero
Hour
The Anti-Monitor, the

Crime Syndicate of
Amerika,[27] the Sinestro
Corps, the Warlock of Ys,
and the Weaponers of
Qward
PostCrisis
"Forgotten" characters such

as Merryman of the Inferior
Five and Hard Hat of the
Demolition Team
Superman/Batman #51
(October 2008)
A world of pulp characters, both derived from

classic DC characters and also drawing on classic
literary pulp characters. It is said that this world lacks
a Superman as not to devalue Doc Savage.
Batman/Doc Savage
Special (January 2010)
Similar to our world, superheroes exist only in

fiction, outside of Superboy-Prime and the 2004
incarnation of the Legion of Super-Heroes.
Final Crisis: Legion of 3

Worlds #5 (July 2009)
The Antimatter Universe is a "universe of evil".

It survived the events of Crisis on Infinite Earths and
Infinite Crisis and exists alongside the fifty-two
positive-matter alternate universes.
Green Lantern (vol. 2) #2

(October 1960)
Limbo
This universe is a bright, optimistic place where

no one ever dies (including the inhabitants of
Krypton and Thomas and Martha Wayne). Mr
Mxyzptlk and Bat-Mite brought characters from this
universe to Earth-0 to see how they fared. This led to
the death of this Earth's Superman.
Exists outside of the Multiverse.
The first DC Universe appearance of "Limbo"

was in Grant Morrison's "Animal Man" series, in
which Morrison takes the concept of "comic book
limbo" (where forgotten characters go when they're
not being published) and makes it literal.[57]
First post-Infinite Crisis appearance is in Final

Crisis: Superman Beyond.[22]
Not only is all memory of the inhabitants

removed from the Multiverse, but even they
eventually forget who they are.
The "Library of Limbo" contains only one book,

The Infinite Book, which contains the story of all
existence and has been described as the one story that
contains all other stories.
Animal Man (vol. 1) #25

(July 1990)
Multi-Multiverse
The New 52
The Flashpoint story arc ended with a massive change to the Multiverse; to what extent it's entirely new, and to what
extent it's as it was formed in the wake of 52, has not fully been established. Some worlds, like Earth-1 and Earth23, appear to be entirely untouched, while others, like Earth-0, Earth-2, and Earth-16, have changed drastically. A
number of worlds from the previous Multiverse were also reassigned; for example, Earth-31, originally the alternate
Earth where Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns and All-Star Batman is set, is now occupied by post-apocalyptic
waterworld analogues of Batman and other DC staples. In July 2014, a map of the Multiverse was released, in
promotion of Grant Morrison's The Multiversity series.
[58][59]
There are 52 Earths in the local Multiverse home to the DCU Prime Earth, though due to the time-traveling
interventions of Brainiac, the Hal Jordan of the pre-Zero Hour New Earth DCU, and Superman of the pre-Flashpoint
New Earth altering the course of the Crisis on Infinite Earths, an infinite number of universes from previous
incarnations of the Multiverse exist beyond these 52. This new model of creation involves multiple incarnations of
the Multiverse suspended within a "Multi-Multiverse", with individual Multiverses existing as 'bubble' sets of grouped
universes such as the local 52.
Designation
Inhabitants
Notes
First appearance
Orrery of Worlds[59]
Earth-0[60] (also
known as Prime
Earth and New
Earth[61])
Characters from DC
Comics' main continuity
Earth-1
A superhero community just

starting out on a
contemporary Earth
Earth-2
Earth-3
Younger versions of DC's

pre-Crisis Golden Age
characters[64]
Home of true evil and the

Crime Syndicate
Shares a similar history with the previous

amalgamated Earths.
This Earth was created by merging Earth-0,
Earth-13, and Earth-50 from the previous Multiverse
in the wake of the Flashpoint event.[23]
Flashpoint #5 (August
2011)[62]
The setting of the Earth One graphic novel series.

[61]
Only known heroes so far are Batman, Superman,

Wonder Woman, and the Teen Titans (corresponding
with announced Earth One graphic novels so far)[61]
This world mainly features modernised versions

of DC's heroes from the Golden Age of Comics and
characters associated with later Justice Society and
Infinity Inccomics.
Notable character differences among many

include a younger, gay version of Alan Scott, the
Golden Age Green Lantern, who leads the Wonders;
Superman is succeeded by Val-Zod, a black-skinned
Kryptonian pacifist; Aquawoman (Marella) is the
Queen of Atlantis; Terry Sloan, formerly known as Mr
8, is a universe-hopping villain; and Oliver Queen is
the Red Arrow.
The backstory for Earth 2 stories is that

Apokolips invaded five years prior to Earth 2#1,
killing Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman. The
ensuing Earth 2 (20122015) and Earth 2: World's
End (20142015) stories depict the formation of a new
group of heroes ("Wonders") who try and fail to save
the Earth from Darkseid's second invasion attempt.
This world's Supergirl and Robin were

transported to Prime Earth during the war, where they
assumed the identities of Power Girl and Huntress;
they later relocate to Earth 2 in World's End.
Following the destruction of Earth 2 by Darkseid,

the assembled heroes restart human civilisation on a
new planet in Earth 2 Society (2015).
This Earth includes evil counterparts to members

of the Justice League and Prime Earth inhabitants.
They include: Ultraman (Superman), Superwoman
(Wonder Woman), Owlman (Batman), Johnny Quick
(The Flash), Power Ring (Green Lantern), Sea King
Superman: Earth One

(December 2010)[61][63]
Earth 2 #1 (July 2012)[65]
Justice League #23 (October

2013)
(mentioned)
Justice League #23.4
(November 2013)[66]
(Aquaman), Deathstorm (Firestorm), Atomica (Atom),

The Outsider (Alfred Pennyworth) and a version of
Martian Manhunter.
Earth-4
Versions of the Charlton

Comics line of DC
characters presented in the
style of the graphic novel
Watchmen
Earth-5
Earth-6
Earth-7
Earth-8
Earth-9
The Multiversity: Pax

Americana #1 (November
2014)[67][68][69]
This world resembles the Pre-Crisis Earth-Four

and 52's Earth-4. It also draws from Watchmen, the
Alan Moore graphic novel depicting gritty analogues
of the Charlton heroes.
Versions of the Fawcett

Comics line of DC
characters. Also known as
"Thunderworld."[61]
This world resembles the Pre-Crisis Earth-S and

52's Earth-5.
The Multiversity:
Thunderworld #1
(December 2014)[70][71][72]
Superman, Green Lantern,
Flash, and others.
Marvel Comics editor Stan Lee's Just Imagine...

Universe
The Multiversity:
Guidebook #1 (January
2015)[73][74]
This world was somewhat similar to Earth-8, but

has been destroyed by the Gentry in what is called
"The Essential Genocide Crossover" at least on Earth16.
A pastiche of Marvel Comics' Ultimate Universe

setting and imprint, here called the "Essential
Universe".
A hero named Thunderer, based on Thor, is the

last survivor of this Earth.
A pastiche of the main setting (Earth-616) shown

in Marvel Comics' publications. These stories are
known in comic books put out by "Major Comics" on
the other Earths of the Multiverse.
Pastiches of characters
featured in Marvel Comics'
Ultimate Comics line of
superhero stories
Pastiches of characters
featured in rival publisher
Marvel Comics' mainstream
line of superhero stories
Characters depicted in the

Tangent Comicsline.
This version of Earth is called "Angor" by its

inhabitants.
The Retaliators are the main superhero team,

opposing Lord Havok and his extremists.
The "Tangent Comics" Universe.
This world resembles the Pre-Crisis Earth-X.
Earth-10
Destroyed by the Anti-Monitor
The New Reichsmen and the

Freedom Fighters
On this world, baby Kal-L's rocket landed in

Germany, where he was raised by Adolf Hitler, and
helped Germany win World War II. He grew up to
become Overman, leader of the New Reichsmen,
alongside Leatherwing, Brnhilde, Blitzen, and
Underwaterman.
They are opposed by the Freedom Fighters, led by
Uncle Sam, along with The Ray, Black Condor, The
Human Bomb, Phantom Lady, Doll Man, and Doll
Woman.
The Multiversity #1 (August

2014)[75]

2014)[76]
The Multiversity:
2015)[59][77]
The Multiversity:
Mastermen #1 (February
2015)[74][78][79][80]

Earth-11
Reversed-gender versions of
DC Comics characters,
including Superwoman,
Batwoman, Wondrous Man,
[61]
and Aquawoman
Earth-12
Earth-13
Explained in The Multiversity to have an altered

history as well; the Amazons of Themiscyra shared
their technology with the world, changing it forever
and inspiring women to take a lead in its history. Jesse
Quick and Star Sapphire feature on the Justice Guild
in place of Flash and Green Lantern.[61]
The Justice League Beyond
The universe depicted in the Batman Beyond

comics.
The League of Shadows
A magic-based earth, where an occult version the

Justice League is led by Superdemon, a combination
of Superman and Etrigan.
Earth-14
One of seven worlds deliberately left as unknown.
A "perfect" universe that was destroyed by

Superboy Prime during the Countdown to Final Crisis.
[61]
Earth-17
The Just, a team of celebrity

youngsters
Captain Adam Strange and

the Atomic Knights of
Justice.[61]
Earth-18
The Justice Riders,

consisting of several of DC's
western characters,
including Super-Chief, BatLash and El Diablo
(comics).
Earth-19
Steampunk heroes based on

the setting of Gotham by
Gaslight
Earth-20
The Society of Superheroes,

pulp versions of DC heroes
Batman Beyond #1
(February 2012)[59][82]
The Multiversity:
2015)[59][83]

2007)[59][85]
The only remnant of this universe is a powerful

object known as the Cosmic Grail.[61]
Also known as "Earth-Me".
Originally envisioned as Earth-11[79] as well as

Earth-22[86] through various incarnations of The
Multiverse.
A world where the Justice League did such a good

job of fighting crime, their children and sidekicks have
nothing really to do. Residents include Chris Kent,
Kon-El, Damian Wayne, Offspring, Arrowette, and
Donna Troy.
Designed to have the feel of "The Hills".
This world suffered a nuclear war in 1963.
The Atomic Knights struggle to rebuild the ruined

world of 21st century Novamerika.
The Time Trapper froze technology and culture in

the late 19th century of the Old West. Modern
conveniences such as air travel and the internet had to
be created with 19th century resources.
Batman, Accelerated Man, The Wonder Woman

and The Shrinking Man live here

2014) (mentioned)[81]
[74][84]
Earth-15
Earth-16
A world of reversed-gender characters.
The S.O.S. includes Doc Fate, Immortal Man,

Lady Blackhawk, Green Lantern Abin Sur, and The
The Multiversity: The Just

#1 (October 2014)[87][88]
The Multiversity:
2015)[59][89]
The Multiversity:
2015)[74][90]
The Multiversity:
2015)[59][91]
The Multiversity: The
Society of Super-Heroes:
Conquerors of the Counter-
Atom (Al Pratt).[92]
Earth-21
This world is in a 1930s/1940s style, while taking

place in 2014.[93]
[74][94][95]
This world is a "binary universe" with Earth-40,

and has been at war with them for five years.
Earth-22
World #1 (September 2014)
The universe depicted in DC: The New Frontier
The Multiversity:
2015)[59][96]
The Universe depicted in Kingdom Come
The Multiversity:
2015)[59][97]
This world resembles the one seen in Final Crisis

#7.
Earth-23
Home to a black Superman,

with the Black superheroes
of this universe being more
prominent than white
heroes.
Earth-24
Earth-25
Earth-26
Intelligent anthropomorphic
animals, led by superheroes
Captain Carrot and the Zoo
Crew
Earth-27
Earth-28
Earth-29
Bizarro versions of DC
Comics characters.
Earth-30
Earth-31
Pirate versions of DC
Comics characters.
On this world, Superman is a black man named

Kalel, originally from Krypton's Vathlo Island. In his
secret identity of Calvin Ellis, he serves as President of
the United States, and has inspired a generation of
black superheroes to rise to prominence.
This world's Wonder Woman is a black woman

named Nubia. Superman leads a prodominately
African American Justice League.
According to Grant Morrison, this world's

Superman is based on Barack Obama and Wonder
Woman is based on Beyonc Knowles.[98]
[74][84]
One of seven worlds deliberately left as unknown
[74][84]
This Earth was temporarily destroyed by Starro

the Conqueror, but its inherent "cartoon physics"
allowed it to survive and bounce back.

2014) (Captain Carrot
appears)[100][101]
[74][84]
[74][84]
Also known as the Bizarroverse.
The universe depicted in Superman: Red Son
Features a Soviet symbol.[74]
Action Comics (vol. 2) #9

(July 2012)[99]
On this world, Leatherwing (Batman) and Robin

Redblade (Robin) are pirates on the Seven Seas in a
post-apocalyptic waterworld.[61]
The Multiversity:
2015)[59][102]
The Multiversity:
2015)[59][103]
The Multiversity:
2015)[59][104]
Earth-32
Earth-33 (also
known as EarthPrime)
Merged versions of DC
Comics characters.
Our own world, where superheroes exist only in

fiction. Thus, its sole superhero only exists in the form
of a comic book.
The Multiversity:
2015)[59][105]
The Multiversity: Ultra

Comics #1 (March 2015)[74]
[106]
Earth-34
Earth-35
Supremo, Majesty,[61] and

analogues of Rob Liefeld's
Justice League analogues.
Earth-36
Home to Red Racer,

Optiman, Iron Knight, and
Flashlight of Justice 9.[61]
Earth-37
Ironwolf, Tommy
Tomorrow, Space Rangers,
Manhunter 2015, Batgirl,
Robin, and Joker.
Earth-38
Earth-40
Every superhero of this world is an amalgam of

two characters from the regular DC Universe. As in
Batman: In Darkest Knight, Batman is Green Lantern,
but there is also a Black Arrow, Wonderhawk,
Aquaflash, and other DC amalgam heroes.[61]
Us, and Ultra Comics
Savior, Ghostman,[61] and

other analogues of Kurt
Busiek's DC Comics
analogues.
Earth-39
The Agents of
W.O.N.D.E.R.[61]
This world resembles the Pre-Crisis/52 EarthPrime.
Grant Morrison defines Earth-34 and Earth-35,

and possibly other neighbouring Earths, as homes to
"copies of copies," home to analogues to Justice
League analogues produced by writers Kurt Busiek
and Rob Liefeld for rival publishing houses. Earth-34
is the Busiek pastiche universe.[107]
Grant Morrison defines Earth-34 and Earth-35,

and possibly other neighbouring Earths, as homes to
"copies of copies," home to analogues to Justice
League analogues produced by writers Kurt Busiek
and Rob Liefeld for rival publishing houses. Earth-35
is the Liefeld pastiche universe.[107]
This world is a pastiche of Big Bang Comics,

which itself featured homages of Golden Age and
Silver Age superheroes from DC Comics.
This world is based on the works of Howard

Chaykin, including Batman: Thrillkiller and Twilight.
Described as a grim, lawless world of rapid

technological advancement in the 60s, 70s and 80s.
A real-time Earth where Batman and Superman

debuted in the 1930s, as in Superman & Batman:
Generations. Their descendants are today's heroes.[61]
A pastiche of the T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents
This world is a "binary universe" to Earth-20,

containing evil counterparts of those characters,
including Vandal Savage, Lady Shiva, Blockbuster,
Felix Faust, and Count Sinestro.
This world went to war against Earth-20 five

years ago.
Characters on this Earth are based on characters

published by Image Comics, such as Spawn and
Savage Dragon.[107]
The Society of Super

Villains
The Multiversity:
2015)[59][108]
The Multiversity:
2015)[59][109]

(July 2012) (characters
named)[110]
The Multiversity:
2015)[59][111]
The Multiversity:
2015)[59][112]
The Multiversity:
2015)[59][113]
The Multiversity: The

Society of Super-Heroes:
Conquerors of the CounterWorld#1 (September 2014)
[95][114]
Earth-41
Home to Spore, Dino-Cop,

the Nimrod Squad,
Nightcracker, the Scorpion,
Sepulchre[61]

2014) (Dino-Cop appears)[101]
[115]
Earth-42
This world contains Chibi versions of DC Comics

characters.
This world had no evil, death, or violence until

Earth-45's Superdoomsday showed up and killed their
Superman.
The Lil' Leaguers
Dick Grayson is this world's Batman.[61]
This world hides a great and terrible secret.

(July 2012)[59][116]
Earth-43
The Blood League, vampire

League.
Inspired by Batman & Dracula: Red Rain, but

where the entire Justice League and evil villains like
Doctor Sivana have succumbed to and embraced the
vampire curse.[61]
The Multiversity:
2015)[74][117]
Earth-44
The Metal League, robotic

League
Doctor Will Tornado invented a metal Justice

League to be heroes for his world, such as Platinum
Wonder Woman, Gold Superman, Lead Green Arrow,
etc.
The Multiversity:
2015)[59][118]
On this world, Clark Kent, Lois Lane, and Jimmy

Olsen tried to create their own superhero using
thought-powered technology. The business executives
of Overcorp corrupted their creation, turning it into the
monstrous Superdoomsday, which went on a rampage
through the Multiverse.
Earth-45
Superdoomsday and the

corporation Overcorp
Earth-46
Earth-47
The Love Syndicate of

Dreamworld, including
Sunshine Superman, Brother
Power the Geek, Prez
Rickard, and other
counterculture-inspired
heroes.[61]
Earth-48
Also known as Warworld.

Home to genetically
engineered warriors bred to
wage war against Lord
Darkseid.[61]
[74][84]
This world is home to characters that first

appeared in Animal Man vol. 1 #23 (May 1990),
including Sunshine Superman, Speed Freak, Magic
Lantern, and the Love Syndicate of Dreamworld.
Home to the Forerunner race, Lady Quark,

Brother Eyes and other members of the Royal
Family[61]

(July 2012)[59][119]
The Multiversity:
2015)[59][120]
The Multiversity:
2015)[59][121]
One of seven worlds deliberately left as unknown.
Earth-49
[74][84]
Earth-50
The Justice Lords,

consisting of alternate
versions of Superman,
Batman, Wonder Woman,
the Martian Manhunter,
Hawkgirl, and Green
Lantern.[61]
Earth-51
A world of Jack Kirby's
Listed as being the "most mysterious" of the

seven unknown worlds.
Based on the Justice Lords universe depicted in

the Justice League animated series.[61]
On this earth, diverging from a common early

history with Earth-12, United States President Lex
Luthor killed the Flash, leading to his murder by
Superman and inspiring a cruel dystopian regime
enforced by the Lords.[61]
Justice League Beyond 2.0

#17 (April 2014)[59][122]
The Multiversity:
creations, including
Kamandi the Last Boy on
Earth, BiOMAC, and the
New Gods.
2015)[74][123]
Super Buddies
Justice League
3000
Unknown
Similar to the pre-Infinite Crisis DC Earth;

however, Blue Beetle Ted Kord was not killed by Max
Lord here.
Home to Keith Giffen and J. M. DeMatteis's

Justice League International, Super Buddies, and
Justice League 3000.
Contains updated versions of characters and

storylines present in Milestone Comics, including
Static Shock, Icon, and Hardware.
The Hall of Heroes
Located at the center of the Orrery of Worlds, site

of the Multiversity.
The Rock of
Eternity
Appears to surround the Rock of Eternity
The Bleed
The medium within the Orrery of Worlds that

separates the various Earths
Unknown
Earth-M
Justice League 3000 #1

(December 2013)[124]
??? [125]
[59]
[59]
[59]
Between the Orrery of Worlds and the Sphere of the Gods

Speed Force Wall
Wonderworld [59]
Kwyzz
Serves as boundary between Orrery of Worlds and

Sphere of the Gods.
Orbits the Orrery of Worlds.
Home of KRAKKL the Defender[59]
A world where fragments of past DC Comics

continuities are collected and preserved.
Telos
Represented on the Multiverse map as the tiny

question mark just below Earth-29 and above the
Chaos.[126]
Sphere of the Gods[59]
Dream
Halls of the Endless, Courts

of Faerie, Houses of
Gemworld.[59]
Nightmare
Goblin Market, Land of

Nightshades[59]
New Genesis
New Gods, Forever

People[59]
Apokolips
Darkseid and the evil New

Gods[59]
Heaven
Zauriel, the Spectre[59]
Hell[59]
Convergence #0 (April
2015)
Skyland
Underworld
Godrealms of various pantheons[59]
Underworlds of various Pantheons, including

Kryptonian Phantom Zone[59]
Beyond the Sphere of the Gods
Limbo
Home of the Lost and

Forgotten of the Orrery
Monitor Sphere
Former home of the

Monitors[59]
Source Wall[59]
Situated on the border between the Sphere of the

Gods and the Monitor Sphere[59]
Separates Monitor Sphere from Source
Multiverse-2
As it was mentioned in The Multiversity, this multiverse was destroyed by the Empty Hand.
Other media
Animated properties
The following list is for the multiverse worlds that appear in the DC animated universe, the DC Universe Animated
Original Movies and other animated properties.
Designation
Inhabitants
Notes
Earth-Prime
This world is shown to be a desolate barren

wasteland of a planet, with ruins as far as the eye can see.
It is unknown what exactly caused its desolation, though
Owlman reasons that it was mankind who destroyed
itself.
First appearance
Justice League: Crisis

on Two Earths(February
2010)
DC Universe Animated Original Movies / DC Showcase

(unnamed)
Superman: Doomsday
(September 2007)
(unnamed)
Justice League: The New

Frontier(February 2008)
(unnamed)
Batman: Gotham Knight

(July 2008)
(unnamed)
Wonder Woman (March

2009)
(unnamed)
Green Lantern: First

Flight (July 2009)
(unnamed)
Characters from the films

Superman/Batman: Public
Enemies and Superman/Batman:
Apocalypse
(unnamed)
Characters from the films Justice

League: Crisis on Two Earths and
Justice League: Doom
(unnamed)
The Crime Syndicate, President

Slade Wilson and Lex Luthor.
(unnamed)
Superman/Batman:
Public
Enemies(September
2009)
Justice League: Crisis
on Two Earths(February
2010)
DC Showcase: The
Spectre (February 2010)
(unnamed)
Batman: Under the Red

Hood (July 2010)
(unnamed)
DC Showcase: Jonah
Hex (July 2010)
(unnamed)
DC Showcase: Green
Arrow(September 2010)
(unnamed)
Superman/Shazam!: The
Return of Black Adam
(November 2010)
(unnamed)
All-Star Superman
(February 2011)
(unnamed)
Green Lantern: Emerald

Knights(June 2011)
(unnamed)
Characters from the films

Batman: Year One, Batman: The
Dark Knight Returns, and the
short film DC Showcase:
Catwoman.
Batman: Year One

(October 2011)
(unnamed)
Superman vs. The Elite

(June 2012)
(unnamed)
Superman: Unbound
(May 2013)
(unnamed)
Justice League: The
Flashpoint Paradox
(July 2013)
(unnamed)
DC animated
movie universe
(unnamed)
Characters from the film Justice

League: Gods and Monsters and
the web series Justice League:
Gods and Monsters Chronicles
Justice League: Gods

and Monsters(July 2015)
Arrowverse and other television series

Main article: Arrowverse
Designation
Earth-1
Inhabitants
Characters from the television

series Arrow, The Flash
(2014), Legends of Tomorrow,
the animated web series Vixen
and related media.
Notes
First appearance
Known as the Arrowverse.[127]

Matt Ryan's version of John Constantine, as seen in
the series Constantine, also exists on this earth. He
appeared in an Arrow episode per a "one-time-only-deal".
"Pilot" (Arrow - 1.01)
[128]
Earth-2
Hunter Zolomon / Zoom and

doppelgngersof the
inhabitants in the Arrowverse.
A conflict called the War of the Americas happened

sometimes during the 20th Century, where Zolomon's
father fought.
Paper money is printed on square notes.
Gorilla City and Atlantis exist.
Robert Queen is the Arrow while his son, Oliver

Queen, died in the shipwreck instead.
The S.T.A.R. Labs Particle Accelerator secretly

exploded underground rather than above.
"Flash of Two
Worlds" (The Flash2.02)
One of the Snarts (Leonard, Lisa or Lewis) is Mayor

of Central City.
Jay Garrick is the Flash on this Earth, not Barry
Allen.[129]
Earth-3
Jay Garrick
(unnamed)

series Supergirl.
[130][131]
(unnamed)

series The Flash (1990).
"The Race of His

Life" (The Flash
2.23; mentioned)
"Pilot" (Supergirl 1.01)
Appeared, retroactively, as an alternate Earth in The

Flash (2014) episode, "Welcome to Earth-2".[132]
"Pilot" (The Flash 1.01)
Infinite Crisis
Main article: Infinite Crisis (video game)
Designation
Description
Prime (Earth-0)
Home to legends like Superman, Wonder Woman, and Batman, this universe is where hundreds of heroes and villains
originate. The keystone upon which the Multiverse rests, and so the Monitor has great interest in maximizing the fighting
potential of its populace to better defend it from extra-dimensional threats.
Arcane (Earth-13)
The Shadow League, a cabal of twisted sorcerers, lusted for absolute rule over Earth. Blinded by ambition, the Shadow
League performed a ritual that extinguished the Sun. With eternal night blanketing the Earth, the world's most powerful
magicians united to reignite the Sun, but its new arcane heart forever altered life on Earth. Heroes and villains have since
adapted to their magically infused environment, developing strange new abilities.
Atomic (Earth-17)
As the Cold War was brewing between the worlds superpowers, a mysterious object from space crashed into Kansas.
Mistaking the crash for a first strike, the United States unleashed its full nuclear arsenal against the Soviet Union, who
retaliated. The ensuing nuclear war instantly vaporized 97% of all life Earth. The survivors hope the Earth can be healed, but
the nuclear aftermath has left them with scars that never will.
Gaslight (Earth-19)
The Victorian era has swept the Earth and a prosperous Age of Invention has revolutionized society through powerful steam
technology, and this amazing progress is only the beginning. Heroes and villains have begun to emerge from all corners of
society, and with them bring new sources of power and problems far stranger than steam and gas lights.
Nightmare (Earth43)
Tales of horrors prowling the night were once just legends on this Earth - until the darkness returned. Ancient and terrible
powers beyond comprehension awoke and brought with them an army of monsters. In fighting these creatures, some heroes
have fallen, twisting into monsters themselves. Heroes and villains have set aside old rivalries and are united in fighting
darkness that threatens to engulf their world forever.
Mecha (Earth-44)
In this universe, there were no heroes, until a league of scientists known as the Justice Consortium created them. Technology
had always been advanced on this Earth, but these new robotic creations were able to think and feel, and wielded powers
beyond anything yet seen. They now defend the Earth from threats within and beyond, particularly the Doom Legion and
their villainous assassin bots.
Smallville
Designation
Inhabitants
Notes
First
Appearance
Earth-1
Earth-2
Characters of the television series

Smallville.
The main universe of Smallville, where Superman's adventures

take place. Its designation is unknown but it was indicated that it
is not the Prime Earth. It remains unclear if this comment will
turn out to be true or not. This Earth has also been referred to as
"Earth-1."
"Pilot"
(1.01)
Different counterparts of the

characters
This Earth is probably mistakenly referred to as Earth-2, as its

real designation is unknown. When shown, it was always in grey
and dull colors. Operating as a metaphorical mirror, all of its
residents appeared to be similar and yet different from those of
their Earth-1 counterparts. The main difference of this Earth from
the other universes is that Kal-El of Krypton was raised by Lionel
Luthor instead of the Kents, like on the main Smallville Earth,
and as a result he became his world's most powerful super villain,
Ultraman. Travel between Earth-2 and the main Earth of
Smallville was achieved through the Kryptonian mirror box, or
through Jor-El's Fortress of Solitude. It was revealed that Earth-2
was destroyed by the Monitors. Its last survivor was Chloe
Sullivan, who succeeded to travel to the main Earth of Smallville
but was later killed there by the Monitors.
"Luthor"
(10.10)
Earth-9
This Earth was destroyed when it was torn asunder by collision

with Earth-37, toppling into one another, because of a Bleed
quake caused by a Monitor who did not follow the protocol.
Earth-13
This Earth was a parallel universe that co-existed as one with the
Earth of the main Smallville universe. Not much is known about
this universe as it was never shown, only merely mentioned. Its
main feature was that its version of Clark Kent was a normal
human and a wannabe hero, rather than a Kryptonian with super
powers, and Bruce Wayne instead of being a superhero is actually
a psychopathic killer. Like many other universes, this Earth was
also decimated. Earth-13 was destroyed when Earth-9 and 37
were torn asunder by collision, toppling into one another and
shattering reality on Earth-13, because of a Bleed quake caused
by a Monitor who did not follow the protocol. Its version of Clark
managed to travel to the main Earth of Smallville. Unfortunately,
he was followed by Bruce and he was killed by him there. Bruce
Wayne remains the last survivor of his Earth, as he is held
prisoner on Mars.
Earth-37
This Earth was destroyed when it was torn asunder by collision

with Earth-9, toppling into one another, because of a Bleed quake
caused by a Monitor who did not follow the protocol.
EarthApocalypse
An alternate timeline where Clark's ship did not arrive on Earth.

As a result, Lex Luthor, as the President of the United States,
orders a nuclear war that ends most of the world.
Earth-Majestic
It is referred to as Earth-Majestic and its designation is unknown.

It derives this name from its greatest superhero Mister Majestic,
the alternate version of Superman. This Earth is the latest target of
the Monitors, as they have already started the process to decimate
it. It was later destroyed like the other Earths before it with the
consciousness of Jor-El being the last survivor of this universe.
"Apocalypse
" (7.13)
It is referred to as Earth "Omega" and its designation is unknown.

It derives this name from the Omega symbol, which is used by
Darkseid. This Earth was attacked and seized by Apokolips and
the two planets have collided with each other. Among the ruins
are several fallen ships that belonged to the Monitors, wrecked
Manhunters and skeletons of dead people. This Earth hasn't been
destroyed entirely yet because when the Monitors arrived there,
Darkseid had already conquered that world. A catastrophic battle
followed between the two parts, destroying almost everything
around them. However the Monitors, who even though suffered
many casualties, succeeded to break Darkseid. After Superman
made a deal with Darkseid, he gave him the crystal shard that
contains the presence of Jor-El from Earth-Majestic. Darkseid
threw the shard into the distance and a fortress of solitude formed,
with Darkseid saying it could be a new beginning, a "New
Genesis."
Earth-Omega
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The Multiversity (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Multiversity#The_Multiversity_.232)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Multiversity
Cover of The Multiversity #1 (October 2014), art by Ivan Reis and Joe Prado.
Publication information
Publisher
DC Comics
Schedule
Monthly
Format
Limited series
Genre
Superhero
Publication date
August 2014 April 2015
Number of issues
9
Creative team
Writer(s)
Grant Morrison
Artist(s)
Ivan Reis, Frank Quitely,Cameron Stewart, Chris Sprouse, Karl Story,

Ben Oliver,Doug Mahnke
Collected editions
Deluxe Edition
ISBN 978-1401256821
The Multiversity is a limited series of interrelated one-shots set in the DC Multiverse in The New 52, a collection of
universes seen in publications by DC Comics. The one-shots in the series were written by Grant Morrison, each with
a different artist. The Multiversity began in August 2014 and ran until April 2015.
Background and creation

In the conclusion to the 1985 comic book crossover, "Crisis on Infinite Earths", the DC Multiverse collapsed with the
history of five universes being merged into one single new universe. In the 19981999 series, The Kingdom, author
Mark Waid introduced the concept of Hypertime, co-created by Grant Morrison, a super-dimensional construct that
allowed for all publications to be canon or in-continuity somewhere. Hypertime, although infrequently used, was a
replacement and explanation for the multiple timelines and histories DC had published through the years.
[1]
In the 200506 crossover, "Infinite Crisis", the survivors of the first Crisis Alexander Luthor, Jr. from Earth-Three,
Superboy-Prime from Earth-Prime, and Kal-L of Earth-Two had attempted to create a perfect world to replace the
current DC Universe (DCU), with Luthor restoring, merging, and destroying worlds that had once existed in
Multiverse or were featured in Elseworlds publications. Luthor failed due to the intervention of the universe's heroes
and inadvertently altered the history of the DC Universe. Prior to the publication of Infinite Crisis, editor Dan DiDio
revealed that Hypertime no longer exists in the DCU.
[2]
Following "Infinite Crisis", the year-long weekly maxi-series 52 (20062007) led to the revelation that Multiverse still
exists, in the form of 52 alternate universes. Author Grant Morrison stated that the return of the Multiverse was
intended to launch new franchises, explaining:
The parallel Earths you see in issue #52 are not the familiar pre-Crisis versions. If you think you recognize and know
any of these worlds from before, you'd be wrong. We all wanted to do something new with the multiple Earths so
what you've already seen in 52 is simply the tip of the iceberg each parallel world now has its own huge new
backstory and characters and each could basically form the foundation for a complete line of new books. If you like
the ongoing soap opera dynamics of New Earth, you can watch Mary Marvel turning to the dark side as her skirt
gets shorter and shorter, or you can buy the Earth 5 line of books featuring more iconic versions of the Marvel
Family. If you miss Vic Sage as the Question, you should be able to follow the adventures of Vic's counterpart on the
Charlton/Watchmen world of Earth 4.
The idea behind the Megaverse is to basically create a number of big new franchise possibilities. It's like having
several comics companies and universes under one umbrella, so, as I say, there could be one book or a whole line
of books spinning out of the new Earth 10 (I handled that particular revamp, so I can tell you that the original
concept of the Freedom Fighters on a world where the Nazis won World War 2 has been greatly reconsidered,
expanded and intensified into something that's a bit more Wagnerian and apocalyptic and a bit more adult) That's
how I'd like to see the Megaverse played out as we move forward. And no crossovers! Each of the parallel universes
should exist in its own separate stream with no contact from the others not until we have a story worthy of bringing
them together.
[3]
In 200708, as a follow up to 52, and lead-in to DC's next line-wide crossover "Final Crisis", another weekly series
began publication, Countdown (later retitled Countdown to Final Crisis) and various spin-off titles featured the new
Multiverse. The Multiverse plays a large part in the Final Crisis (20082009) series, where a team of Supermen from
across the Multiverse assemble to defeat a rogue Monitor, Mandrakk. The series introduced a new Superman from
Earth-23, Calvin Ellis, who is the President of the United States. Grant Morrison based the character on Barack
Obama. The character would later appear in Grant Morrison's Action Comics #9 (July 2012) and was a central
character in The Multiversity. "Final Crisis" was described by editor Dan DiDio as the finale in a trilogy of stories
about the Multiverse, describing each Crisis: "The death of the Multiverse, the rebirth of the Multiverse, and now the
ultimate story of the multiverse."
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When asked about his future role in expanding the Multiverse following "Final Crisis", Morrison stated: "I'm in the
early stages of putting together material for a Multiverse series but I want to spend a lot of time getting it exactly
right, so there are currently no deadlines and I don't anticipate any of this coming out until 2010." Morrison later
revealed that he had been working on a new book set on Earth-4, featuring Charlton Comics characters, but
inspired by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons's 1986 limited series Watchmen, which in turn was proposed initially as
being based on Charlton Comics characters.
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In Wizard #212 (April 2009), Morrison detailed his project, The Multiversity, intended for publication in 2010.
Morrison states that the series: "will pick up a bunch of strands from 52 and Final Crisis." He noted that his work
would include a one-shot for each of seven different universes, where they: "all link together as a seven-issue story
that re-imagines the relationship between the DCU and the Multiverse."
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Morrison provided Jeffrey Renaud of Comic Book Resources with further details, explaining the reasoning behind
the project: "The idea was to do seven books that would be #1 issues for seven different teams on seven different
Earths. Each of these would be the bible for what could potentially be an entire comic line for each of these Earths."
Originally, his co-writers (Geoff Johns, Mark Waid, and Greg Rucka) on 52 would have had a hand in the project.
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We were all that's me and Greg [Rucka] and Geoff Johns and Mark Waid going to each do a Multiverse book. Waid was going to do the Shazam world. And
Greg was going to do the Earth-4, the kind of Charlton world, and I think Geoff was going to do Earth-2 and I was going to do Earth-10. At the end, it didn't work
out but I really liked the idea so I came back to it and built this story over it.
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In 2010, it was revealed that Morrison's frequent collaborators Cameron Stewart and Frank Quitely were, at the
time, the only artists chosen for The Multiversity. Quitely would illustrate Pax Americana, featuring Morrison's
reworking of the Charlton characters, based on Earth-4. Stewart's one-shot would be Thunderworld, focusing on
Captain Marvel of Earth-5. Artist Frazer Irving stated that Morrison "reserved a small part of my soul" to do work on
The Multiversity.
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In 2011, DC Comics announced that its entire line of publications would be cancelled following "Flashpoint" (2011),
leading into a rebooted DC Universe known as The New 52. The finale of Flashpoint #5 (September 2011) saw
three distinct universes from the MultiverseWildStorm Universe, Vertigo, and the DC Universemerge into one
universe, designated "Prime Earth". Dan DiDio clarified that there is still a Multiverse, but gave no details on how it
has changed and suggested The Multiversity might provide answers. Morrison later revealed that The Multiversity
would not be out until 2012, noting that Quitely had just begun working on his issue. Morrison also gave a
definitive length for the series, 9 one-shots, where two are book-ends with the other 7 each focusing on a different
universe. Tonally, Morrison has described The Multiversity as feeling similar to his work on Seven Soldiers (2005).
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In September 2012, as part of MorrisonCon, DC Entertainment officially confirmed The Multiversity, giving the series
a publication date of late 2013. It was also revealed that the series would feature 8 one-shots, each 38-pages long
along with an 8-page backup. Morrison also confirmed that The Multiversity had not been affected by anything in
The New 52, but would still feature a "little sort of wave over to the DC Universe," and that The New 52 fits: "really
nicely into the scheme without doing any damage."
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In February 2013, Morrison stated that he had created a guide book for DC's Multiverse, incorporating all 52
alternate universes, which other authors work off of when working with the multiverse concept. The guide book was
included as the sixth installment of The Multiversity and published in January 2015, containing maps and blueprints
to the Multiverse, as well as brief descriptions of the meta-humans that populate forty-five out of its fifty-two alternate
Earths (with details about Earths 14, 24, 25, 27, 28, 46 and 49 omitted).
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Publication history
In April 2014, The Multiversity was announced for publication in August 2014. The announcement also revealed
more of the series' artists including: Chris Sprouse, Karl Story, Ben Oliver, Frank Quitely, Cameron Stewart, Ivan
Reis and Joe Prado. In May 2014, the first issue was officially solicited by DC Comics, by artists Ivan Reis and Joe
Prado. Each subsequent one-shot will be published monthly.
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In July 2014, during San Diego Comic-Con International, DC Comics held a panel titled "The Multiversity
Enrollment", with panelists Grant Morrison, Cameron Stewart, and editor Eddie Berganza. Posters featuring a map
of the Multiverse, designed by Morrison and Rian Hughes were handed out to attendees of the panel. DC later
included a version of the map as a "Channel 52" exclusive at the end of books published in the week of July 28,
2014.
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Synopsis
The Multiversity featured a story arc about the DC Comics multiverse being invaded by a race of cosmic parasites
known as the Gentry. The Gentry come from beyond the immediate DC "local" multiverse, and each member is a
cultural fear or "bad idea" personified as a living, demonic entity. Intellectron is the immoral genius; Demogorgunn is
the mindless, sprawling horde; Hellmachine is unchecked, uncontrollable technology; Dame Merciless is the
ultimate extreme of the Femme Fatale; and Lord Broken is insanity and despair.
The Gentry were drawn to the multiverse by the emanations of ruined dreams and negative ideas. They want to
seize ownership of every single mind in existence, and in doing so, control all thoughts and stories. To this end, they
use Ultra Comics #1 as a vector to infect the multiverse, and they simultaneously launch an attack on every earth in
the Orrery of Worlds.
Various heroes from across different universes are forced to band together to face this extra-dimensional threat,
initiating the "Battle for All Creation."
Structure
The series contained nine issues and consisted of six one-shots, a guidebook containing a map of the multiverse
and entries describing each earth, and a two-part story serving as a prologue and conclusion - which Morrison
described as an: "80-page giant DC super-spectacular story." Each one-shot took place on a different universe,
and each publication featured different trade dress and a different storytelling approach. Morrison explains: "each
comic looks like it comes from a different parallel world, so they're all slightly different."
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Morrison stated that when developing the series, he had to think of a way for the featured universes to communicate
with each other. He recalled the "Flash of Two Worlds" storyline from The Flash #123, where the adventures of the
Golden Age Flash, Jay Garrick of Earth-2, were documented as a comic book on Earth-1. He incorporated this
device into The Multiversity, stating: "they're reading each other's adventures, so there's some way that if a real big
emergency arises, they can communicate using comic books. So each world has a comic from the previous world
which has clues to the disaster that's coming their way, and they all have to basically start communicating using
writers and artists so it's my big, big statement." Morrison further explained how the device was used to create a
cohesive story: "[I]t's almost like a baton race or a relay race where each of the worlds can read a comic book that's
published in their world but which tells the adventures of the previous world. The characters are actually reading the
series along with the readers."
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The Multiversity #1
The first chapter, illustrated by Ivan Reis, Joe Prado, and Nei Ruffino, The Multiversity featured Calvin Ellis,
President of the United States and Superman of Earth-23. Morrison described The Multiversity as a big team book,
featuring characters from all over the Multiverse, the team looked: "after the welfare of the entire multiverse and
they're headquartered in a place called the Multiversity." Morrison compared the team to a Justice League of the
Multiverse. The team includes characters such as Captain Carrot, and Thunderer, an Aboriginal version of Marvel
Comics' Thor. It was published in August 2014.
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The Society of Super-Heroes: Conquerors from the Counter-World

The second chapter, illustrated by Chris Sprouse and Karl Story, The Society of Super-Heroes: Conquerors of the
Counter-World ("SOS") featured the Society of Super-Heroes from Earth-20 and their villainous counterparts from
Earth-40. The Society of Superheroes is a pulp-style, Justice Society of America, led by Doc Fate, who had
previously appeared in Superman Beyond. Morrison describes him as: "kind of a Doc Savage-come-Doctor Fate
guy who teams with the Mighty Atom, the Immortal Man, Lady Blackhawk and her Blackhawks and Abin Sur, the
Green Lantern. It's all kind of a 1940s retro thing. As I say, it's a pulp take on superheroes," along with other
recreated "primitive pulp characters". Morrison described this Earth as having a population of only "two billion
people, even though it's 2012." There has been a recent global war akin to World War II, albeit directed against a
scion of the al-Ghul dynasty, and an alliance of Arab/Islamic states, the "Desert Crescent"." Earth-40 invaders
devastate Earth-20 as its super villains wage global war against the Society of Super Heroes in defense of their
home alternate. It was published in September 2014.
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The Just
The third chapter, illustrated by Ben Oliver, The Just features a world of legacy characters and children of
superheroes from Earth-16, such as Connor Hawke and the Super-Sons: "this is those guys but they're not the
main heroes. There's a whole younger generation of heroes kind of media brats almost." Morrison describes
them as "children of superheroes a son of Superman, a son of Batman, etc. who exist in a world where they
have incredible abilities, but the previous generation had ushered in a utopia, so they don't really have any notion of
where to direct it, and they're very unhappy with the world as is." Morrison cites MTV's The Hills as his inspiration
for The Just. Morrison described the idea as: "What happens when your mom and dad fix everything? Superman,
Batman and Wonder Woman have kind of fixed everything so the kids have nothing to do," instead resorting to
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battle reenactments, "these kids, they dress up but they've never fought anything." Morrison had originally
conceptualized a "Super-Sons" story as part of his All-Star Superman series, where Superman and Batman had
stopped all crime, noting: "One day, I might get to them or some version of it. There's a little bit of that in the
"Multiversity" series that I'm doing". Morrison originally designated this universe as Earth-11. The one-shot was
published in October 2014. Dame Merciless is the Gentry member who is assigned to this world, working
confusion and disorientation into the lives of Kyle Rayner/Green Lantern, Alexis Luthor and Offspring, appearing in
an artwork by Kon-El/Superboy.
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Pax Americana
The fourth chapter, illustrated by Frank Quitely, Pax Americana: In Which We Burn takes place on Earth-4 and
features characters from Charlton Comics. It has been described by Morrison as: "if Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons
had pitched the Watchmen now, rooted in a contemporary political landscape." Rather than the Cold War focus of
Watchmen, the title's focus is on international terrorism and conspiracy in a world of superheroes. The story is told
with an 8-panel grid, similar to Watchmen's 9-panel grid layout. The story is based around musical harmonics, as
each world in the Multiverse vibrates at a different frequency, with Quitely explaining: "music, and vibration
musical vibrations, the octave, the eight as a repeated motive, and creating patterns leading the eye around the
page in a specific way." Morrison describes Pax Americana as his Citizen Kane. The Captain Atom of this
universe had been introduced in Final Crisis as his world's analogue to Superman. Morrison describes The
Question as: "a little bit like Rorschach but absolutely nothing like Rorschach." Peacemaker is described as a good
guy, but assassinates the President of the United States. The story revolves around the assassination, and the
failures on part of the Charlton characters. The one-shot was published in November 2014.
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Thunderworld Adventures
The fifth chapter, illustrated by Cameron Stewart, Thunderworld Adventures takes place on Earth-5 and features
characters from the Captain Marvel family. Morrison described this book as: "a classic Shazam book but it's done in
a way almost like a PIXAR movie or the way we did All Star Superman. It captures the spirit of those characters
without being nostalgic or out of date." Morrison called it his "attempt to see if you can get the pure note of Captain
Marvel, with no irony and no camp and just make it work for everyone. It's like a myth, a little folk tale. It's pure."
The one-shot was published in December 2014.
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In this chapter, Doctor Sivana reads a copy of The Society of Super-Heroes: Conquerors of the Counter-World, and
the comic book inspires him to recruit an army of alternate versions of himself from across the multiverse. Sivana
and the Legion of Sivanas pool their resources to develop synthetic, crystallized time called Suspendium, and they
use their invention to create an eighth day of the calendar week called Sivanaday. Sivana then pilots a gigantic,
technological copy of the Rock of Eternity into the heart of the Multiverse and captures the wizard Shazam.
Sivana's machinations result in time distortions all over Fawcett City. While reporting for WHIZ Media, Billy Batson
sees a vision of himself from the future - warning his past self to keep careful track of time. Billy is suddenly attacked
by Doctor Sivana's children: Magnificus, Thaddeus Sivana Jr., and Georgia, all of whom have been given
superpowers to rival the Marvel Family. Billy transforms into Captain Marvel and battles the Sivanas and the
Monster Society of Evil with assistance from Mary Marvel, Captain Marvel Jr., the Lieutenant Marvels, and Mister
Tawky Tawny.
Captain Marvel journeys through the Multiverse to the Rock of Eternity to put a stop to Sivana's scheme. He
discovers that Sivana has stolen the secret of Shazam's magic lightning, and Sivana becomes a hulking,
musclebound brute called Black Sivana. Black Sivana appears to be winning the fight, but Captain Marvel
transforms back into Billy Batson and uses the Suspendium crystals to transmit a message back through time. The
meaning of the message is revealed: each member of the Legion of Sivanas stole Suspendium from the group,
depriving Sivanaday the full 24-hours to last a complete day. Sivanaday runs out of time and Sivana loses his
powers. Having saved the day, Captain Marvel and the Marvel Family fly off to the next big adventure.
Guidebook
The sixth chapter, illustrated by various artists, featured the Multiversity Guidebook, consisting of detailed entries on
all 52 Earths, a map showcasing "all known existence", and a history of the "Crisis" events. The one-shot was
published in 80-Page Giant format in January 2015.
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In this chapter, the Little League of the Chibi Earth-42 is attacked by the Legion of Sivanas. The Batman of Earth-42
must team up with the displaced Batman of post-apocalyptic Earth-17 to escape from the Sivanas' army of killer
robots. While the Batmen attempt to activate the device used by the Sivanas for crossing from earth to earth, the
Batman of Earth-42 learns about events transpiring on Earth-51 by reading about them in the Multiversity
Guidebook comic, where they appear as fictional characters.
On Earth-51, Kamandi, Prince Tuftan, and Ben Boxer investigate a mysterious tomb on the Island of the GodWatchers. They are observed from afar by New Gods of Supertown, who identify the tomb as the place where
Darkseid was caged and contained. It is revealed by the New Gods of Earth-51 that they can exist across the
multiverse as "emanations." It is also revealed that Darkseid has been freed from his tomb by Nix Uotan - unleashed
to assume new forms and spread evil across reality.
The Batman of Earth-17 escapes to the House of Heroes with the Multiversity Guidebook, only to arrive just as
Gentry member Hellmachine launches an all-out assault. The slain members of the Little League return to life,
commanded to live and die over and over again by the unseen master of the Gentry - the all-powerful "Empty
Hand."
Mastermen
The seventh chapter, illustrated by Jim Lee and Scott Williams, Mastermen, takes place on Earth-10 in 1956,
and features characters from Quality Comics as part of the Freedom Fighters and Nazi versions of various heroes.
The concept is borrowed from Earth-X, a universe where Nazi Germany won World War II, featured in stories before
Crisis on Infinite Earths. Morrison describes this one-shot as a: "big, dark Shakespearean story." The members of
this world's Freedom Fighters include a Jewish Phantom Lady, a homosexual Ray, and an African Black Condor,
with other members also being representative of groups targeted by the Nazis, such as Doll Man and Doll Woman,
who are Jehovah's Witnesses. Overman, the Superman of this world, landed on Earth in 1938 in Nazi territory and
was raised by Adolf Hitler. The story is set around a utopia built by this world's Superman after he realizes the evil
nature of Hitler; this Superman: "knows his entire society, though it looks utopian, was built on the bones of the
dead. Ultimately it's wrong and it must be destroyed." The one-shot was published in February 2015.
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In this chapter, Kal-L landed in the contested Sudetenland in 1938 and his ship was discovered by the Nazis. Kal-L
is dubbed Overman by Adolph Hitler and is raised to be a living super-weapon and a symbol of Nazi supremacy. In
April 1956, Overman presided over the fall of the United States amidst the devastation of Washington DC. Sixty
years later, in 2016, Overman is a member of the New Reichsmen, his world's version of the Justice League, which
consists of the Valkyrie Brunnhilde (an alternate Wonder Woman), Underwaterman (an alternate Aquaman),
Leatherwing (an alternate Batman whose parents were Nazi collaborators), Blitzen/Lightning (an alternate version of
the Flash, who is a female speedster), The Martian (an alternate Martian Manhunter) and unnamed alternate
versions of Green Lantern and Red Tornado. The world is a technologically advanced utopia, built on the genocide
of millions. The guilt-ridden Overman is haunted by the death of his cloned sister, Overgirl, and has recurring
nightmares of a towering, ruined house - Lord Broken of the Gentry.
After The Human Bomb attacks an Overgirl memorial in Metropolis, Overman and the Reichsmen attempt to
uncover the truth behind a new terrorist organization called the Freedom Fighters and their leader, the mysterious
figure known only as "Uncle Sam." Uncle Sam warns of a terrible revenge for the Nazi atrocities of the past, and the
Reichsmen suspect that they have a traitor on the team. Overman has growing doubt about his cause, but prepares
to attend a performance of Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen with his wife, Lena.
Uncle Sam carries out his masterplan, and the Human Bomb detonates on board the Reichsmen's orbiting satellite
base. The damaged satellite falls to earth, and Overman is unable to stop it from crashing into the city of Metropolis.
Millions die and the city is utterly destroyed. Overman is the only survivor - left alone in a crater of ash. The
destruction of Metropolis marks "the beginning of the end" of the Nazi empire.
Ultra Comics
The eighth chapter, illustrated by Doug Mahnke and Christian Alamy, Ultra Comics takes place on Earth-33, an
alternate name for the real world. It features Ultraa, the first superhero of Earth-Prime. Morrison describes this book
as: "the most advanced thing I've ever done. I'm so excited about this. It's just taking something that used to be
done in comics and captions that they don't do anymore and turning it into a technique, a weapon, but beyond that I
don't want to say. It's a haunted comic book, actually, it's the most frightening thing anyone will ever read. It's
actually hauntedif you read this thing, you'll become possessed." This one-shot was published in March 2015.
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The eighth chapter concerns the creation of Ultra Comics: a synthetic, completely fictional comic book superhero
created by "memesmiths" to battle and defeat a dangerous idea designated as a Hostile Independent ThoughtForm. After exploring the ruins of a bizarre, post-apocalyptic New York City, Ultra Comics is betrayed and the HIT is
revealed to be Intellectron of the Gentry. Collaborating with the Gentry are the "Neighbourhood Guard," a group of
feral, cannibal children, and other versions of Ultra characters within the DC Multiverse, including Ultra-Man, Ultra
the Multi-Alien and several others. The Ultras all serve Ultraa, consort of Maxima and joint ruler of her world
Almerac. Ultra Comics is ultimately destroyed by Intellectron, but not before trapping it on the last page of the comic
- effectively sealing it inside the end of the narrative. The final caption ominously warns the reader that their mind
has become infected.
The Multiversity #2
The ninth and final chapter, illustrated by Ivan Reis and Joe Prado, The Multiversity #2 features the final battle
between the Gentry and the combined superheroes of the DC Comics Multiverse. The issue was published in April
2015.
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The corrupted Nix Uotan opens doorways across the multiverse that allow the Gentry to complete their invasion,
warding off attacks from: Aquawoman, Thunderer, President Superman, Captain Carrot, Red Racer, and the
Retaliators of Earth-8. Ultimately, Nix Uotan is freed from Gentry control by the Red Racer, working in tandem with
every speedster superhero in existence. Uotan reveals that he resisted the Gentry while under their control, and he
arranged for the same doorways that summoned the Gentry to summon the champions of the Multiverse. The
Harbinger AI from the House of Heroes transmits a cosmic SOS across every earth, calling on all superheroes
everywhere to rise to the defense of their worlds.
The Gentry are defeated and driven back. A small group of superheroes pursue the Gentry to the ruined world of
Earth-7, where they discover that the members of the Gentry that they fought were merely part of a vast legion of
Gentries. The Gentries labor to complete a Multiverse-destroying doomsday weapon called the Oblivion Machine.
They are watched over by their master a shadowy, unknowable entity known as "The Empty Hand." The Empty
Hand informs the gathered heroes that the assessment of the Multiverse is finished, and it then effortlessly banishes
the heroes from Earth-7.
At the House of Heroes, the assembled super-beings of the Multiverse vow to work together to protect their worlds
from future threats to reality. Organized by President Superman of Earth-23, they form a pan-universal superteam
called Justice Incarnate. The superheroes offer to reward Nix Uotan for his role in the rescue of multi-trillions of
lives. At first, Nix Uotan declines, but then he remembers something and asks for a small favor. The story ends with
Nix in his human form, waking from a dream. He now has the $800.00 he owes to his landlord, and he pays in full.
Collected editions
The series has been collected into a single volume:
The Multiversity Deluxe Edition (collects all issues of The Multiversity, 448 pages, hardcover, October 21,
2015, ISBN 978-1401256821)
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Future
On the future of the Multiverse, Morrison explained, "each one of the episodes also sets up a potential series. You
could do a Multiverse range of books out of this. All of them are designed to be issue one of potential long-running
series as well as being self-contained. It's been a storytelling challenge, but the whole idea is to set stuff up for
future development not necessarily by me, but by DC in some way." At San Diego Comic-Con International 2015,
Morrison announced a series of original graphic novels under the title Multiversity Too. The series will continue to be
written by Morrison, with the first entry, Multiversity Too: The Flash scheduled to debut in 2016.
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DC's Silver Age heroes,

DC's Golden Age heroes,

Earth-Zero's only appearance was in a single panel

The default Earth for most of DC's comics during

First described as a distinct Earth in Flash (vol. 1)

New Fun Comics

powerhouse Al Pratt as the

Crime Syndicate of America,

The former Charlton Comics

First described as a distinct Earth in Flash (vol. 1)

History was "backwards": American Christopher

This Earth was introduced at the beginning of

Lady Quark, Lord Volt, and

Dark Angel, an evil analogue of

Named in Crisis on Infinite Earths #1 (Apr. 1985)

Named in Absolute Crisis On Infinite Earths (2006)

The Anti-Monitor saved Dark Angel, just as the

Breach (Tim Zanetti),

Home to DC characters created after Crisis on

Home to "Tin," a robot. A nuclear war devastated

The Inferior Five:

This Earth may have been home to other comedic

Named in Oz-Wonderland War #3 (March 1986)

The world where all pre-Crisis non-Kirby Fourth

speculation in the text page of New Gods (1984 reprint

Named in Absolute Crisis On Infinite Earths (2006)

An Earth-based around the "grim n' gritty" stories of

Angel Mob, Animal Man,

Almost exact counterparts of

Mentioned in Animal Man, where purple butterflies

Overman made an appearance in Infinite Crisis #5

One of three Earths named by Alexander Luthor in

Home of variant versions of Animal Man, Batman,

The Buddy Baker of the Post-Crisis Earth could

Named in Absolute Crisis on Infinite Earths (2006)

After Carol Ferris professed her love for Hal Jordan

A world where Barbara Gordon and her boyfriend

Bruce Wayne's family lost their fortune during the

Animal Man #27

Batgirl & Robin:

Designated canon in Absolute Crisis on Infinite

Home to the version of Shade, the Changing Man

Shade, the Changing Man

The Atomic Knights, Hercules,

Named in Absolute Crisis on Infinite Earths (2006)

An Earth that was ravaged by an atomic war in the

Named in Absolute Crisis on Infinite Earths (2006)

Jor-El, Lara Lor-Van, Superboy

Named in Absolute Crisis on Infinite Earths (2006)

A future timeline, in which Superman has been

Older versions of the PostCrisis heroes

Characters shown in the

Named in Absolute Crisis on Infinite Earths (2006)

Named in Infinite Crisis #6 (May 2006)

Designated canon in Absolute Crisis of Infinite

A universe in which Lex Luthor succeeded in killing

Designated canon in Absolute Crisis on Infinite

Superman, Lex Luthor

Superman Jr. (Clark Kent Jr.)

Jor-El and Lara enlarged their rocketship so they

the 1999 Elseworlds 80-Page Giant one-shot.

This Earth is also identified as Earth-E and its name