It seems to contain a vast landscape of solutions, or vacua, each with its own values of the observable physical constants. The main characters featured in Crisis are Oliver Queen ( Stephen Amell ), Barry Allen ( Grant Gustin ), Kara Danvers ( Melissa Benoist ), Kate Kane ( Ruby Rose ), The multiverse is a theory in which universes exist beyond our own, each with its own set of physical laws and realities that are distinct from one another. On this Earth's future, Bruce Wayne lost all hope and became a serial killer; going on to kill Superman as well as various villains like, Appeared, retroactively, as an alternate universe in "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Two". Ben Freivogelis an assistant professor at the University of Amsterdam. The expansion approaches a steady-state behavior, with the expanding high-energy state continually expanding and budding off lower-energy regions. 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A Hypertime version of Earth-Three was seen in, This Earth was introduced at the beginning of, 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). In order to make any of these three options work, I think we will need a revolutionary advance in our understanding of physics. Home to genetically engineered warriors bred to wage war against Lord Darkseid. An alternate version of Wonder Woman named Tara Terruna. Appeared, retroactively, as an alternate universe in, This universe wasn't officially named until the ", Earth-90 Flash would later sacrifice himself to save the multiverse during the events of "Crisis on Infinite Earths". This experiment is unusual even by the standards of theoretical physics. Our own Earth, where superheroes exist only in fiction. Therefore, when you wake up, its reasonable to bet that you most likely took a short nap. DCs mega-event Infinite Crisis saw the destruction of the Trinity, the rise of Alexander Luthor and Superboy-Prime, and the rebirth of the Multiversebut it all started with Ted Kord, the Blue Beetle, who saw it all coming and died with secrets that couldve saved the world. At the next instant our delusions are extremely likely to be shattered, and we will discover that there are no other stars in the universe. The Arrowverse leans hard into the multiverse, which leaves the door open for Amell to play a different Oliver than fans knew for all eight seasons of Arrow. [30] Each of the alternate universes have their own parallel dimensions, divergent timelines, microverses, etc., branching off of them. We will need a revolution in our understanding of physics in order to make sense of the multiverse. Although we cannot possibly keep track of the motion of all the individual molecules, we can make extremely precise predictions for how the gas as a whole will behave. The basic idea of how to make predictions in such a theory is simple. This universe was destroyed by an anti-matter wave in "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Three". For instance, if 10 percent of observers live in regions of the multiverse where dark matter is made out of light particles (such as axions), while 90 percent of 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. In Dark Crisis (2022), Pariah engineers a revival of many Earths from the original Multiverse, and adds them to the current Multiverse, removing the 52-world cap. [31], The Guardians of the Universe serve as protectors of the new Multiverse. So much so that fans had some difficulty pinning down exactly which reality was the true one. A theory of initial conditions would require a profound shift in the way physicists think. Therefore it contains elements of the history of Earth-Two, Earth-One and New Earth, as well as the possible futures of Earth-AD and the Pre-Zero Hour 31st Century. Over the course of several years, persistent work by a relatively small group of researchers succeeded in using these types of tests to eliminate many proposalsand to form something of a consensus in the field on a nearly unique solution to the measure problem. Appeared, retroactively, as an alternate universe in "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Two". Unfortunately, the predictions we arrive at disagree violently with observations. Constantine, Barry Allen, Mia Smoak, and Sara Lance visit this universe's Earth to make use of a Lazarus Pit located in. The Arrowverse leans hard into the multiverse, which leaves the door open for Amell to play a different Oliver than fans knew for all eight seasons of Arrow. As a result, fans and editors would create other Earths to explain things like the Super Friends comic (set on what writers referred to as Earth-B[23]). On this Earth, Kal-L's rocket landed in Germany, where he was raised by Adolf Hitler, and helped Germany win World War II. existed only in fiction. But can we imagine, on the other side, how small a part of the whole universe this world is? For example, "Crisis on Earth-Three!" In many ways, the first option is the most agreeable to physicists, because it extends our well-established statistical techniques. With eternal night blanketing Earth, the world's most powerful magicians united to reignite the Sun, but its new arcane heart forever altered life on Earth. There is no step-by-step process that sculpts it. A spell that was to replace Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman as the Trinity of New Earth was corrupted, resulting in a major alteration of New Earth's history. Writer Grant Morrison mentioned in interviews that "Doc Fate, a combination of Doc Savage and Dr. Then, you had parallel universes (like that of the Extremists) where the counterpart of Earth had a different name, as well as the realities of the Darkstars and Justice League series. "Every Arrow-verse Cameo From The Crisis On Infinite Earths Crossover So Far". Cinema Blend. Archived from the original on December 9, 2019. Retrieved December 9, 2019. ^ a b c d Burlingame, Russ (November 14, 2017). If a theory makes no predictions, it ceases to be physics. For instance, if 10 percent of observers live in regions of the multiverse where dark matter is made out of light particles (such as axions), while 90 percent of observers live in regions where dark matter is made out of heavy particles (which, counterintuitively, are called WIMPs), then we have a 10 percent chance of discovering that dark matter is made of light particles. Appeared, retroactively, as an alternate universe in "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part One", during which it was destroyed by an anti-matter wave. Essentially, rather than narrowing their scope, DC has broadened it so that Pariah and Anti-Monitor's actions allow for the creation of new universes and Elseworlds stories that simply need to be given a number. [159] Characters within this storyline are stated as originating from beyond the core New 52 Multiverse that has been depicted until now and contains Dark Knight Batman analogues of the Flash, Doomsday, Aquawoman, Green Lantern, Wonder Woman, Cyborg and the Joker. Some worlds, like Earth-1 and Earth-23, appear to be entirely untouched, while others, like Earth-0, Earth-2, and Earth-16, have changed drastically. In many ways, the number of Worlds is now infinite. 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. [216], At the end of "Crisis on Infinite Earths", a new multiverse was created, notably merging Earth-1, Earth-38, the Earth of Black Lightning, and the original Earth-2 into the new Earth-Prime as well as creating a new Earth-2. These hopes nowappear to have been hopelessly nave. Taking this argument to an extreme, the most common type of observer in this theory is one that requires the minimal fluctuation away from equilibrium. A key simplification allows us to do this. Boltzmanns proposal was a bold extrapolation from his work on understanding gases. The superheroes of Earth-One, Earth-Two, Earth-Three, Earth-X, Earth-S, etc. For example, in the year 2016, sleepers who went to sleep for a short time in 2015 will wake up, as will sleepers who began a long nap in 1916. But can we imagine, on the other side, how small a part of the whole universe this world is? The Dawnbreaker, an evil Green Lantern version of Batman. Though Crisis on Infinite Earths and Flashpoint are both brilliant stories, their practical fallout was largely reactionary. Before the formal creation of its Multiverse, DC would use the "imaginary story" label to denote stories that did not fit and never were intended to fit into its canona tradition it would continue even after the creation of the Multiverse. It is the third possibility that holds the most promise for yielding sensible predictions. On this universe's Earth, details are similar to that of the world of. Common sense tells us that the odds for such a bet should be 50/50 if the coin is fair. The New 52 and Convergence restored the Pre-Crisis Multiverse; all Pre-Crisis Earths below 52 are spelled out (i.e., Earth-Three), realities from the 52 Multiverse use a hyphen (Earth-3), and realities from the New 52 Multiverse use a space (i.e., Earth 3). For instance, if 10 percent of observers live in regions of the multiverse where dark matter is made out of light particles (such as axions), while 90 percent of observers live in regions where dark matter is made out of heavy particles (which, counterintuitively, are called WIMPs), then we have a 10 percent chance of discovering that dark matter is made of light particles. An Earth created by Superman to see if a world without a Superman, nor any superheroes, could actually work. WebThe ending of Crisis on Infinite Earths had history rewritten so that there never was a multiverse, and instead there was just one universe that incorporated characters from Earths 1, 2, 4, S and X. In a box of gas, this finitude is guaranteed by the uncertainty principle of quantum mechanics. We understand an ordinary box of gas in the same way. (Action Comics #396-397) take place, and some of the Earths seen in Superboy (vol. It is like a swirling cloud that, all of a sudden, just so happens to take the shape of a person. So it might be natural to guess that you are waking from a short nap. In the "With A Vengeance!" WebThe best part is a bunch of our old villains are back with fresh paint jobs! This assumption must be incorrect. The multiverse offers an answer. This Earth is home to the Society of Super-Heroes, a group of 'pulp'-style mystery men led by Doc Fate (an alternate version of, This Earth is visited for some time by Earth-0's, This Earth is home to black versions of DC characters; including Superman (who is President of the United States) and Wonder Woman, and a version of Brainiac called Brainiac: Vathlo Prime, 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, This Earth's Batman is a dark vigilante who fights against crime and corruption, while Superman is a federal agent for the government, Bruce Wayne becomes this Earth's Green Lantern instead of Hal Jordan. Home to this Power Girl who is an alternate version of, Superman of this reality went mad and established the One Earth Regime and ruled over the planet following the death of his wife, unborn son, and the destruction of. After a few decades, though, Elseworlds had become difficult to maintain, so DC once again reduced that number with the Flashpoint crossover marking the point of its compression. By calculating what happens frequently and what happens rarely in the multiverse, we can make statistical predictions for what we will observe. According to Gideon, there are about 3.725 trillion changes to reality as a result of the Crisis. Superman and Supergirl do not exist on this universe's Earth. Well, as coherent as superhero timelines get, anyway. 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If the coin came up heads, the experimenters wake you up after one year. Home to Brigadier Atom and Eve of Shadows. This is not a new situation in physics. In many ways, the first option is the most agreeable to physicists, because it extends our well-established statistical techniques. The end of the Convergence series resulted in the retroactive saving of the Pre-Crisis DC Multiverse. The reality tried to replace Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman, but continued efforts to become the Trinity by the spellcasters made the reality inherently unstable, with a rapidly changing history. Harrison Wolfgang Wells (Harrison Wells' doppelgnger), Wells the Grey (Harrison Wells' doppelgnger), Oliver Queen / Green Arrow, John Diggle, Jr. / Connor Hawke, Grant Wilson, Olivia, and Sara Lance (deceased), Harrison Wells (Harrison Wells' doppelgnger). the Dark Knight, fought against Mordred and Ra's al Ghul until he was ultimately sealed in, Despite the fact that the two stories took place on the same Earth, they did not take place side-by-side, An Earth where Superman was replaced by two clones, Custer was the chief of the Indian Federation, An Earth where Superboy loses his powers in a battle with Luthor, An Earth where Superman married the alien witch Krysalla and had a son, Krys, Superman landed on Mars, but would later arrive on this Earth, Superman fought a final battle with his enemies and disappeared, Home to Captain Leatherwing, a pirate who fought alongside Capitana Felina against the insane pirate the Laughing Man, Despite the similar name, it is a different Earth from the 1970s-1980s, An Earth where a strange energy has removed everyone's superpowers, Some refuse to give in to defeat, while some disappear into the woodwork and others undergo a rebirth as the Phoenix Group, which is trained by Batman, A version of the Justice League that lives in a magical Earth, This Earth's Batman is a dark vigilante who fights against crime and corruption, while Superman is a federal agent for the U.S. government, An Earth where Thomas Wayne, as the result of his wife and son being killed in a robbery, creates the Justice League, An Earth where the Kents' car ran over a nail and got a flat tire, resulting in Kal-El being raised by an Amish couple, Jimmy Olsen was genetically altered into a Bizarro-like creature that threatened the entire superhero community, Earth-898 is a one-panel image of various Western heroes. Appeared as an alternate Earth in the "Crisis on Infinite Earths" tie-in comic, where the Phantom Stranger resides. The Linearverse is based on the concept of comic book time, whereby characters do not appear to age despite the comics being published for decades and the fictional world changing to reflect the real world. It This understanding could take one of three forms. 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. They now defend the Earth from threats within and beyond, particularly the Doom Legion and their villainous assassin robots. This article was originally published onNautilus Cosmosin January 2017. An Earth 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, a.k.a. It allows us to make cosmological predictions in a statistical way within the current theoretical framework of physics. From time to time, people perform these sleeper experiments, except now the subjects sleep either for 1 year or for 100 years. Loki is the Avenger Prime, as his true magical form is revealed as he plays an important role in the greatest fight for the Marvel Multiverse. It is a compelling idea. What is needed in this case is some additional information about how the exponential growth stops. [35] 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". In fact, by the 1980s, dozens of alternative timelines and variants of DC's heroes had been created. (Earth-496)[19]. WebThe so-called "Pre-Crisis Multiverse" consisted on an infinite number of worlds, separated by different vibrational frequencies. 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