A Guide To The New DC Comics Multiverse, Plus Spoiler To DC Vamps

[superfangirl1]

WildC.A.T.s #2







Dark Crisis: Big Bang #1




Earth 0 —"My" Earth, home to the JLA and others
Earth-I —Younger JLA variants just starting out (Superman: Earth One et al.)
Earth-2 — The Justice Society of America (New 52)
Earth 3 —The Crime Syndicate
Earth-4 —Variants of the Question, Blue Beetle. Captain Atom, et al. (Multiversity Par Americana)
Earth-5 —Variants of the Shazam family (Multiversity: Thunderworld Adventures)
Earth-6 —Wildly alternate variants of Earth-0 heroes (lust Imagine Stan Lee Creating the DC Universe)
Earth-7 —Destroyed; sole survivor. Thunderer (Multiversity #1)
Earth-8 — "Angor." home of the Retaliators
Earth 9 —The "Tangent Heroes" (DC: Tangent Comics)
Earth-10 —The Freedom Fighters
Earth-11 —Reversed-gender variants of Earth-0 heroes and villains
Earth-12 —A future Earth home to a young "Batman Beyond"
Earth-13 —An Earth based on magic rather than science; home of Superdemon
Earth-14 —Justice League of Assassins (deceased) (Superman v4 #15)
Earth-15 —Home of the Cosmic Grail
Earth-16 —Home of celebrity sidekicks the Just (Multiversity The Just)
Earth-17—Ravaged by nuclear war in 1986; home of the Atomic Knights
Earth-18 — Frozen in Old West times; home of the Justice Riders
Earth-19 — Steampunk heroes (Gotham by Gaslight et al.)
Earth-20 —The Society of Super-Heroes, -pulp magazine"-style adventurers
Earth-21 —A ILA created during the Space Race (DC: The New Frontier)
Earth-22 —A future Earth marred by a war that claimed most superheroes (Kingdom Come)
Earth-23 —Home of President Calvin Ellis, a.k.a. Superman (Action Comics v2 u9 et al.)
Earth-24 —Predominantly female heroes fight World War II (DC Comics: Bombshells)
Earth-25 —Adventurer Tom Strong and friends
Earth-26 —The anthropomorphic Zoo Crew
Earth-27 — Dinosaur JLAers (The Jurassic League)
Earth-28 —Heroes fight using mechanized war suns (DO Mech)
Earth-29 —The backward Bizarroverse
Earth-30 —Superman's rocket lands in Soviet Russia (Superman: Red Son)
Earth-31 —Home to Leatherwing and other "pirate heroes" (Detective Annual #7 et al.)
Earth-32 – Random combinations of Earth – 0 heroes (Batman: In Darkest Knight, et al.)
Earth-33 — A world in which all superheroes are fictional (Flash #179 et al)
Earth-34 —The Light Brigade
Earth-35 —The Super Americans
Earth-36 — Optiman and friends
Earth-37 — A grim world of rapid technological advancements (Batman: Thrillkiller et al.)
Earth-38 — Older multi-generational Earth-0 variants (Superman & Batman: Generations)
Earth-39 – Agents of WONDER
Earth-40 – Evil counterprits of Earth-20's heroes
Earth-41 – Spore, Dino-Cop,, Nightcracker, and others
Earth-42 – Cute "chibi" Earth-0 counterparts
Earth-43 — A vampire Justice League (Batman & Dracula: Red Rain)
Earth-44 —Robotic JLA variants
Earth-45 — Creators of Superdoomsday
Earth-46 — A grim young Batman with a unique, unrecognizable rogues' gallery (Batman: The Gargoyle of Gotham)
Earth-47 — The Love Syndicate of Dreamworld, the inferior Five (Pres #1. et al.)
Earth-48 — The Forerunners, genetically engineered warriors
Earth-49 — Lois Lane dies, turning Superman dark (Injustice)
Earth-50 —The tyrannical Justice Lords
Earth-51 —Anaccelerated timeline where Earth met with a Great Disaster and is ruled by talking animals (Kamands, the Last Boy on Earth #41 et al)
Earth-52 —The Primate Legion, sapient metasimians
Earth-54 —Humankind lands on Mars in 1960; Earth of astronaut Tommy Tomorrow
Earth-55 — Zombie versions of Earth-0 heroes (DCeased
Earth-59 —Home of Wonder Woman Tan Terruna (Note• first known parallel Earth) (Wonder Woman v1 #59)
Earth-63 —Overrun with vampire counterparts of Earth-0 heroes (DC vs Vampires)
Earth-66 —Batman and Robin face exceptionally benign villains (Batman '66)
Earth-93 —The Dakotaverse (Icon #1 et al.)
Earth-96 —Teenage students Batgal, Bumblebee, Supergirl, Zatanna, and others (DC Super Hero Girls et al.)
Earth-98 —Home of Green Lantern Tai Pham (Green Lantern: Legacy)
Earth-100 —Home to Teen Titans Raven Roth, Garfield Logan, Damian Wayne, and others (Teen Titans: Raven et al.)
Earth-118 —Medieval versions of Earth-0 heroes (Dark Knights of Steel)
Earth-124 —Home to Wonder Woman. Wonder Girl, and Wonder Tot (Wonder Woman v1 #124)
Earth-148 —Earth-0 counterpart heroes are villains and vice versa (World's Finest Comics v1 # 148 et al.)
Earth-162 —Superman and later, Batman divided into two separate beings (Superman v1 #162)
Earth-183 —Superman raised by apes (Superboy #183 et al.)
Earth-216 —Home of Superman. Jr. and Batman, Jr. (World's Finest Comics #215, et al.)
Earth-387 —No divergences in history other than every inhabitant is a werewolf (Adventure Comics #387)
Earth-789 —Superman and Supergirl are Earth's only powered heroes; Batman's parents killed by the joker. (Superman '78, Batman '89)
Earth-898 —A Justice League without a Superman (JLA: The Nail)
Earth-1956 —A teenage Superman (Superboy) and his dog, Krypto, are Earth's first super-heroes; later, home of the Super Friends
Earth-1996 —Mysterious "amalgamated" (?) heroes; requires further investigation?
Earth-2020 —Three generations of Supermen (Superman v1 #354 et al.)

Comments

[scorntx]

So... is it just the WildCATs have moved to an alternate Earth, or all the Wildstorm lot?


You can tell with that list the bits where Mark Waid ran out of AUs and just went for "hey, remember this? Well, I DO!"

[cainofdreaming]

Amalgam is still part of DCU?

I'm guessing that further investigation will be really on the back burner.

[beyondthefringe]

It actually seems to be a recurring thing that Grifter tells people bullshit stories of alternate universes… that we as readers know are real alternate stories. Last issue he referenced the original Wildstorm Wildcats setup, and the DCeased AU.
No idea why.

[shakalooloo]

Is Earth One specifically stylised as Earth I and not Earth 1?

[agent8]

they really missed the trick when they didn't name Earth 63 as the Reversed-gender variants of Earth-0 heroes and villains

[agent8]

Earth I should be name of the universe with Brother Eye and OMAC

[lordultimus]

Earth-11 was named that because 11+52=63.

[cainofdreaming]

Yeah, but then you'd also have Earth 34.

[blueprintstyles]

I know it was produced by a writer revealed to be a creep, but I really liked that realistic Wildstorm reboot from a few years ago, I hope that gets revisited in the multiverse.

[shakalooloo]

It seemed cool at first, but the story was soooooo decompressed that I gave up halfway through. The character that they chose to have a spinoff from it was not the best to pick, IMO, given the many, many more interesting options available.

[scorntx]

Deathblow (but not actually Deathblow) was an interesting sort of comic book concept, guy who was a corporate killer is dying and gets superpowers. Oh, and realises the secret megacorp are actually... *gasp* bad guys!
And then it turned into him fighting Evil Green Arrow, Evil Flash, Evil Aquaman, Evil Wonder Woman and Eviler Constantine.

There were mentions of a Zealot spin-off, which went nowhere, and the Wild C.A.Ts relaunch that suddenly never happened.

Oh, well.

[super_fly]

'66 Joker: "What's going on behind us, Batman?"
'66 Batman: "Don't look, Joker. Whatever it is, we don't have the budget for it beyond a matte painting."

Meanwhile 789 Joker is giving off some heavy "We couldn't get the likeness rights for Jack Nicholson" energy.

[deh_tommy]

Oh for fudge’s sake, *another one*? What’s the life expectancy of this one this time, half an issue? I suppose I should be grateful that it’s simple enough to understand.

[john_drake1964]

Yeah, the Joker in 89 is actually giving me Mark Hamill vibes for some reason in terms of appearance.

[lbd_nytetrayn]

Always kinda hate it when Batman Beyond is shunted to an alternate universe instead of the near-ish future.

[super_fly]

Ok now I can't unsee it

[blues32]

Oh dear god. That means EVERYTHING. Not just the people. Buildings, objects...everything. Earth would probably be shaped differently...

But I think Earth 34 is the one where everyone and their grandmother knows magic to some degree.

[blues32]

Yes, far too much hair to be Nicholson. Has a very young Hamill vibe though.

[blues32]

It's easier that way. Far less "course correction" involved. Any event that happens in the present time would need to be reflected in the "near-ish future". By making it an alternate universe, they don't need to sweat those details.

[lizard_of_aus]

It bugs me that the monkey earth has been labelled as 52, not 53. I know, pedantic of me, but there's already an Earth-52 established!

Unless Doomsday Clock has fallen into total and utter irrelevance and uncanonicity because DC continuity is a tire fire on a landslide.

[cainofdreaming]

"Is it just me or does the Moon look particularly horny tonight?"

"Oh no!"