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{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Crisis on Infinite Earths''}} |
{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Crisis on Infinite Earths''}} |
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| + | :''For the in-universe event, see [[Anti-Monitor Crisis]].'' |
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==Synopsis== |
==Synopsis== |
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| − | The "[[Anti-Monitor Crisis|Crisis]]" event brings together the heroes from [[Multiverse|multiple Earths]] to battle against the [[Mobius|Anti-Monitor]], a godlike villain who threatens to destroy all reality. |
+ | {{Synopsis|The "[[Anti-Monitor Crisis|Crisis]]" event brings together the heroes from [[Multiverse|multiple Earths]] to battle against the [[Mobius|Anti-Monitor]], a godlike villain who threatens to destroy all reality.|https://comicbook.com/dc/2019/12/23/crisis-on-infinite-earths-arrow-legends-tomorrow-finale-synopsis/}} |
==Plot== |
==Plot== |
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| + | Ten thousand years ago on the planet Maltus, [[Mar Novu]] experiments with time travel to witness the birth of the universe. Instead, Novu is transported to the [[netherverse]] at the dawn of time, leading to the creation of the [[Mobius|Anti-Monitor]]. |
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| − | === [[Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part One|Part One]] === |
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| − | '''[[Earth-89]]''' - [[Gotham City (Earth-89)|Gotham City]] <br> |
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| − | [[Alexander Knox|A man]] is sitting on a park bench reading the ''"[[Gotham City Gazette (Earth-89)|Gotham City Gazette]]"'' with the headline ''"Batman Captures Joker"'' when the sky turns dark red, and the bat-symbol, consisting of a bat surrounded by red light, lights up. |
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| + | In the present, having already destroyed multiple Earths, the Anti-Monitor sends an antimatter wave to [[Earth-38]]. There, [[Querl Dox]] detects a wave approaching [[Argo City]] prompting [[Kara Danvers]] to warn her mother [[Alura Zor-El]], her cousin [[Clark Kent]] and his wife [[Lois Lane]]. Clark and Lois safely send their son [[Jonathan Kent|Jonathan]] to Earth just before the wave erases Argo. [[Lyla Michaels]], now a Harbinger, recruits [[Oliver Queen]], [[Mia Smoak]], [[Barry Allen (Earth-1)|Barry Allen]], [[Kate Kane]], [[Sara Lance]], [[Ray Palmer]] and the Kents to the [[D.E.O.]] on a briefing of the current status of the Crisis as Novu raises a [[Quantum towers|Quantum tower]] to impede the wave. Meanwhile, [[Alex Danvers]] reluctantly works with [[Lena Luthor]] to work a way to evacuate the Earth's inhabitants to [[Earth-1]]. Brainy locates Jonathan's pod on [[Earth-16]], so he, Lois and Sara head to retrieve him while the other heroes fend off the Anti-Monitor's [[Shadow demons|Shadow demon]] army at the tower. Novu teleports the heroes back to Earth-1 but Oliver refuses to leave so he temporarily nullifies Novu's powers. Eventually, a shadow demon injures Oliver and Novu brings back a dying Oliver to Earth-1 where Sara and Barry say goodbye. [[Harrison Nash Wells]], now a "Pariah" for releasing the Anti-Monitor from his chamber beneath [[Central City (Earth-1)|Central City]], warns everyone that events have changed and that they are all doomed. |
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| − | '''[[Earth-9]]''' - [[San Francisco (Earth-9)|San Francisco]] <br> |
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| − | [[Hawk|Hawk]] and [[Jason Todd|Robin]] are also consumed by the same red horizon. |
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| + | In the wake of Oliver's death, which cannot be undone due to the Anti-Monitor's growing power, Novu consults the [[Book of Destiny]], and learns of seven [[Paragons]] who can stop the Anti-Monitor. Novu reveals four known paragons that of Kara - the "Paragon of Hope", Sara - the "Paragon of Destiny", a second kryptonian who has suffered "more than any mortal man" - the "Paragon of Truth" and the "bat of the future" - the "Paragon of Courage". Clark, Lois and [[Iris West-Allen]] travel to [[Earth-96]] where they recruit that Earth's [[Clark Kent (Earth-96)|Superman]] while Kate and Kara travel to [[Earth-99]] where they find an elderly cripped [[Bruce Wayne (Earth-99)|Bruce Wayne]], who Kara discovers he had killed this Earth's [[Clark (Earth-99)|Superman]] leading to a confrontation between the two which results in Bruce-99's death. Meanwhile, Barry, Mia and Sara get help from [[John Constantine]] to revive Oliver's soul. Constantine detects a working [[Lazarus Pit (Earth-18)|Lazarus Pit]] on [[Earth-18]]. There, they revive Oliver but not his soul as the antimatter is blocking them from bringing it back. Later, unbeknownst to everyone, Harbinger is contacted by the Anti-Monitor. |
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| − | '''[[Earth-X]]''' <br> |
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| − | [[Ray Terrill|The Ray]] is in uniform and flying through the air, he can only watch as his entire city is consumed with red and white light. |
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| + | With [[Cisco Ramon]]'s help, Ray's [[Paragon detector]] detects Barry as the "Paragon of Love", Kate as the true "Paragon of Courage", [[J'onn J'onzz]] as the "Paragon of Honor" and [[Ryan Choi]] as the "Paragon of Humanity". Iris, Ray and [[Ralph Dibny]] head to [[Ivy Town]] to recruit a reluctant Choi. Meanwhile, Constantine and Mia, who are joined by [[John Diggle]], travel to [[Earth-666]] to pick up a card from [[Lucifer Morningstar]] that takes them to [[Purgatory]]. When they find Oliver's soul, they are approached by [[Jim Corrigan (Purgatory)|Jim Corrigan]], who passes on the Spectre's powers. After accepting this, Constantine, Mia and Diggle are sent back to Earth-1. After the Monitor restores Cisco's powers, he, Barry, [[Caitlin Snow]] and Nash return to the chamber where they find an [[antimatter cannon]] powered by [[Earth-90]] [[Barry Allen (Earth-90)|Flash]]. Cisco frees Barry-90 prompting the canon to go critical. Nash recruits [[Jefferson Pierce]], from [[Earth-TUD5|another Earth]], to maintain the canon. Barry-1 volunteers to destroy the cannon but Barry-90 steps in to take his place, claiming that Novu didn't state which Flash would die in the Crisis. With the cannon destroyed, the heroes regroup at the ''[[Waverider (Earth-74)|Waverider]]'', where a brainwashed Harbinger appears to wipe out the remaining Earth. Just before she can do so, Nash sends the Paragons to the [[Vanishing Point]] on Novu's orders. |
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| − | '''[[Earth-66]]''' - [[Gotham City (Earth-66)|Gotham City]] <br> |
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| − | [[Dick Grayson|A man]] is walking his large fluffy German Shepherd. He turns around to see his skyline and is completely covered with a red shimmering light. He cries out ''“Holy crimson skies of death!”'' before succumbing to the energy implosion. |
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| + | Months after the multiverse was destroyed, the Paragons struggle to survive at the Point. Back in Purgatory, Corrigan continues to train Oliver to master the Spectre's power. Oliver then contacts the Paragons and unlocks Barry's full potential. With his strengthened speed, Barry takes Kara, Choi and Lex to Moltus in the past but loses the Paragons in the Speed Force after the Anti-Monitor attacks them. On Maltus, Kara, Choi and Lex convince Novu not to go forward with his plan as Barry rescues the other Paragons. The Paragons then battle the Anti-Monitor at the dawn of time until Oliver uses the Spectre's power to defeat the Anti-Monitor and reset the universe by sacrificing himself a second time. |
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| − | '''[[Earth-38]]''' - [[National City]] <br> |
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| − | [[Earth-38 doomsday protestor|A man]] is standing outside [[CatCo Worldwide Media]] holding a sign that reads; "''Prepare to Meet Thy Doom. The End of The World is Nigh''" and is telling everyone that Supergirl herself cannot save them. He is immediately confronted with a giant lizard-like creature over 20 feet tall and breathing fire. The fire is directed towards him and he is saved by [[Kara Danvers|Supergirl]]. She tells him to get to cover, before adding that she ''could'' save him. Supergirl faces the giant dragon-like creatures, cautioning him to calm down. She promises [[Spike]] that his owner [[Alana (National City)|Alana]] is waiting for him and there is nothing to be scared of. Eventually, the giant creature shrinks down, he reverts to his much smaller size, taking on the form of a small iguana. Supergirl picks him up and brings him back to the [[DEO]]. She hands the creature off to an agent upon arrival, bringing attention to the fact that all the animals in the city have begun to stir up trouble and act erratically. She is met with [[Querl Dox|Brainy]] and [[Alex Danvers|Alex]], who are looking into the situation already. They are continuing to be struck by miniature earthquakes, ones that are infecting everyone around the entire world, however, the seismic activity wasn't coming from ''within'' the planet and is concerning leaks coming from ''outside''. [[J'onn J'onzz|J'onn]] arrives to inform everyone [[Mar Novu|The Monitor]] is free, and he is no longer a {{s|f}} and {{s|A}} problem, he is now the problem of every universe. J'onn informed them, last year Mar Novu tested him as well as 8 heroes with [[John Deegan|Dr. Deegan]] and the [[Book of Destiny]]. However, currently, the energy blast is hurtling through space at an impossible speed, Brainy predicts it will reach the edge of their universe in 5.3 hours. They have until tomorrow night, however, in the meantime, the cosmic wave will hit [[Argo City]] first. Supergirl immediately requests to get a message to her cousin and her mother, fearing for her family. |
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| + | Waking up in a newly restored universe, the Paragons discover they are the only ones who can remember the events of the Crisis. They also learn that Earth-1 has merged with Earth-38 and Jefferson's Earth, later designated as [[Earth-Prime]]. J'onn restores their allies' pre-Crisis memories while Sara believes Oliver is still alive, but is indeed dead. Later that night, the shadow demons attack the Paragons. A restored and remorseful Nash discovers the Anti-Monitor is still alive so he, Ray and Ryan create a device that would eternally shrink the Anti-Monitor. During a final battle against the Anti-Monitor, Kara throws the device at him, sending him to the [[microverse]]. In memory of Oliver, Barry, Kara, Sara, Kate, Clark, J'onn and Jefferson hold a memorial service as Barry reveals a new base of operations for the team. |
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| − | '''[[Argo City]]''' <br> |
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| − | [[Lois Lane]] is light-heartedly mocking her husband [[Clark Kent]] while he changes their son [[Jonathan Kent|Jonathan's]] diaper. Their tender moment is soon interrupted with a hologram of Supergirl, she is fading in and out due to Argo City being protected from all outside forces. Lois is able to fix the connection, and Supergirl gives them a quick warning to get off the planet before disappearing. Her warning was almost in vain as their sky quickly darkens to a red hue, and earthquakes began to tremble the city. Everyone is outside in a panic, and they are quickly met with [[Alura Zor-El]]. She ushers them to safety, to their last remaining Kryptonian pod where Alura warns them there is only enough space for one, both Clark and Lois immediately agree to send their son to Earth. They say their goodbyes and send him alone towards Earth, mirroring when Kal-El's own parents had sent him to Earth from an imploding [[Krypton]] all those years earlier. Not long after, the remains of Krypton are destroyed. |
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| − | '''[[Earth-38]]''' - [[D.E.O. National City headquarters|The D.E.O.]] <br> |
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| − | Back on Earth, Supergirl is left devastated after watching Argo get wiped out. As she mourns, Brainy informs her that their planet is next on the energy wave's trajectory. |
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| − | '''[[Earth-1]]''' - [[Lian Yu (Earth-1)|Lian Yu]] <br> |
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| − | [[Oliver Queen]] is on the island with his daughter [[Mia Smoak]]. He was confiding in her about his former hatred for the island. Adding he had come to terms with his time served because without Lian Yu he never would've become the man he was destined to be, and most importantly he never would have had the opportunity to be looking at his daughter. Their tender moment is interrupted by [[Lyla Michaels|Lyla]]. She is surrounded by the same bright red horizon that engulfed the other worlds. She warns them, that the ''[[Anti-Monitor Crisis|Crisis]]'' has begun. |
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| − | '''[[Earth-1]]''' - [[Central City (Earth-1)|Central City]] <br> |
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| − | [[Barry Allen (Earth-1)|The Flash]] is racing around town while in communication with [[Cisco Ramon]] trying to figure out what is happening. He too was surprised to see Lyla before him. She informs him, that she is ''The Harbinger'' now, and is working with ''The Monitor''. She has come to collect him informing him that the ''Crisis'' has begun. |
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| − | '''[[Earth-1]]''' - [[Gotham City (Earth-1)|Gotham City]] <br> |
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| − | [[Kate Kane|Batwoman]] is in the middle of undertaking heavy gunfire. She currently has two would-be criminals down demanding to know where her sister [[Beth Kane|Alice]] is located. He tells her, she is located close to the old sugar factory. But is immediately interrupted by the Harbinger. She ignores the women's warning, but Lyla informs her that the ''Crisis'' has begun and they must leave now. |
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| − | '''[[Earth-1]]''' - [[Star City]] <br> |
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| − | [[Sara Lance]] and [[Ray Palmer]] are playing another night of trivia for beer. They're on the last question ''“What is the name of the last song Janis Joplin ever record it?”'' Sarah immediately guesses ''Mercedes-Benz'', but they are corrected with the answer ''"Little Rocket Man"''. Sarah is furious, but Ray calms her down admitting that he stole a lock of Janis Joplin's hair when they were at [[Woodstock]] last year. Sarah is more anointed at him for losing their trivia beer, then she is at him altering history. Fortunately, they too are interrupted by Lyla. |
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| − | '''[[Earth-38]]''' - [[DEO|The DEO]] <br> |
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| − | Lyla, The Harbinger appears before Supergirl and the DEO. Alex immediately reacts and tells her to put her hands on her head, demanding to know if she is what is behind the phenomenal cosmic activity that is currently plaguing them. Alex calms down with the arrivals of everyone Lyla has collected. She has brought with her eight individuals, including Kara's cousin Superman and Lois Lane. Supergirl is relieved that they survived, and they inform her Lyla was the one who brought them here before Argo exploded. They both bring up the worry that they sent Jonathan to Earth, and he is now no longer with them. Everyone has arrived in their heroes' uniforms and they are ready to do what is necessary. Batwoman is obviously quite apprehensive as to what is happening, but Supergirl promises she can trust everyone here, as she herself would trust them with her life, just as she would trust Batwoman. With that, Kate takes off her mask and introduces herself as Kate, Mia, and Oliver follow suit. |
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| − | Everyone is redirected to a board room where Lyla is able to explain their situation, ''“There is a wave of antimatter sweeping across this universe destroying everything in its path”'' Oliver pipes up admitting he has seen this antimatter wave in action, it already wiped [[Earth-2]] out of existence. Unfortunately for them, [[Earth-38]] is in its path now. Mar Novu has arrived and adds The Flash and the Legends are currently doing reconnaissance. Afterwards, Lois and Clark bring up their concerns about Jonathan again, not sure where his pod is, or if he even landed on Earth yet. Supergirl volunteers Brainy and they are able to tract his trajectory. However, they are interrupted when a giant [[Quantum towers|quantum tower]] begins rising before them just outside the building. The tower is the only thing that can save the people of Earth. Mar Novu explains at the dawn of time The Monitor placed quantum towers on key Earths in a last line of defense. Immediately both Ray and Brainiac begin theorizing a better understanding of the tower. They are interrupted by Brainy, having tracked baby Jonathan, he discovers he is in [[Star City 2046|Star City]] on [[Earth-16]], because he has travelled through a wormhole and is now in the year 2046. Superman immediately tells the room he is going to get his son, but Oliver stops him. Insisting they need his power to protect ''this'' Earth. Lois volunteers to go and Sara decides to accompany her. Brainy says he will come too. Before leaving Sara tells Oliver how proud she is, of the man he has become. Telling him he has always been an amazing guy, now, even more so, now as a father. |
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| − | In another room before leaving, Brainiac and J'onn are discussing how to save and protect Earth. He informs Brainy that Alex is currently coordinating with [[Plastino|the President]] who is, in turn, coordinating with the rest of the world leaders. Their hope is that all aliens that arrived on Earth will allow everyone to use their spaceships to escape. Brainy conscience he is not sure how good of an idea that will be, given last year's events, and the war against aliens. Before leaving Brainy tosses J'onn his keys. |
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| − | Alex and J'onn coordinate their plans, Alex, having just returned from talking with The US President. Even if they can get everyone off the planet and into space itself, it's not safe. They would need a humongous transporter to take them all to another universe. J'onn suggests ''Lena Luthor'' and Alex is hesitant given their new fresh disdain for each other. J'onn reminds her that they have absolutely no other choice, and she was a great help in fighting the [[Daxamite army|Daxamite Army]] years earlier. |
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| − | Outside, Supergirl finds Superman staring off into the distance. She has come to console him given his grievance over his missing son. He immediately apologizes for being unable to save her mother. Clarke confides he thinks he deserves all the horrible things that have happened to him. For so foolishly believing he could have so much only to have it all immediately taken away again. Supergirl tells him not to say things like that, she knows baby Jonathan will be safe and they will save everyone no matter what. Superman is rather surprised at how hopeful she is, Supergirl just insists that's all they can do. When they first thought Krypton was gone, it was Superman that brought the spirit of the planet to everyone on Earth, and they can do it again. |
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| − | In another room, Oliver has a present for Mia. When she opens it she realizes it is a dark emerald suit, just like her father's. She is understandably hesitant to take it, but Oliver insists she is the new Green Arrow. Reminding her that she earned it, and leaves her to try it on. |
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| − | Oliver finds Barry, and Barry brings up that The Monitor informed him things have changed and he is not suspected to make it through what is coming. This immediately upsets Oliver who begins yelling at no one, demanding to talk. |
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| − | Oliver finds himself standing before The Monitor, outside of time and space. Oliver reminds him that they had made the agreement that ''he'' was to die in order to save Supergirl and The Flash. The Monitor reminds him that that deal was ''last year'', and this is a new threat. The Monitor refuses to give any more details, insisting that if they do not know what is coming, his hope was that they would prepare for absolutely every possibility. |
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| − | [[Lena Luthor]] is looking outside [[L-Corp]]. Astonished at the tower now in the city. Alex invites herself into her private office in full DEO uniform. Lena is unthreatened and asked Alex if she has come to accuse her of more crimes and arrest her. Alex takes the bait, and asked Lena what she expects after stealing [[Myriad]], and almost killing Supergirl, just last week. Lena immediately denies the claim, insisting it was [[Eve Teschmacher]], and she has already been arrested. Alex knows she is lying, but this is not the time to argue. Alex brings up how they are all in danger and Lena needs to put her feelings aside to help save the world again. Lena obviously agrees but is upset that the Danvers sisters would think she might not help, considering, once again, that it is ''she'' who is the good guy. |
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| − | Inside the tower, the six heroes are deciding how to handle the situation and determined to keep it safe. GA and Mia arrived, with Mia in her new suit. Arrow instructs Supergirl and Superman to protect the outside, while they run inside, all while the Earth is continuously moved by more and more powerful earthquakes. When inside Arrow casually tells his daughter that no matter what happens to him, it is her job to find [[Felicity Smoak|her mother]]. They are soon attacked by an [[Shadow demons|army of flying spirits]]. Everyone is surprised at such an out-worldly attack. In the chaos, Batwoman agrees to an upgrade from The Atom. While talking to himself he is able to magnetize one of her throwing bats in order for it to come back to her. In the chaos, Mia is even able to send an arrow past her father destroying an unseen enemy behind him. Oliver nods his thanks to his daughter, proud of who she is becoming. Superman, Supergirl and Flash arrived to help, they are quickly able to take care of the situation and destroy all of the spirits that are within the tower. |
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| − | '''[[Earth-16]]''' - [[Star City (Earth-16)|Star City]] - 2046 <br> |
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| − | White Canary, Lois, and Brainiac are all surprised to tract baby Jonathan's signature to Oliver's Earth's secret hideout. Brainiac is rather surprised, but Sara insists he probably found a helpless baby and decided to take it away from the chaos raging outside. Brainiac is immediately hit with a trick arrow that wraps around him, making him fall over. [[Oliver Queen (Earth-16)|Oliver Queen]] appears as Green Arrow and immediately begins fighting White Canary. The two continuously go back and forth while Lois tries to help Brainy, but is quickly distracted when she hears her baby cry. Sara is able to stop him knowing about his bad arm having previously met this Oliver before. He is shocked and astonished to see her, scurrying how it is possible she is standing before him. He wants to know how she got off the [[Queen's Gambit]], and Sara generally asks him if he doesn't remember meeting her on the island. He seems to have not. Oliver immediately begins to apologize to her, he didn't mean to get her killed, having regretted ruining her life. Sarah immediately chimes in, telling him that going with him on the boat was her decision and hers alone. And that what happened to them after changed both their lives for the better, and now she is a space pirate. Lois walks in behind them holding a crying Jonathan, and thanks Oliver for finding her child. Oliver and Sara continue to have a tender moment, and Sara insists her life ended up for the better. They are interrupted by Brainy, insisting they have to go ''now''. Before leaving Sara tells Oliver ''“You're a good man, on every Earth.”'' all three of them head into the transporter and vanish. |
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| − | '''[[Earth-38]]''' - [[National City]] <br> |
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| − | Outside of National City, [[Nia Nal|Dreamer]] and [[Kelly Olsen|Kelly]] are trying to help coordinate people onto spaceships while trying to keep them calm among the chaos. They are extremely surprised and happy when J'onn arrives with the [[The Legion's cruiser|Legion ship]], the ship is capable of putting hundreds-of-thousands of people aboard. |
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| − | Inside the DEO Lena and Alex are still trying to figure out how to transport the ships away, as even space is no longer a viable option. Lena isn't sure how to stop people from evaporating once she transports them to another Earth. Alex suggests ''Galleon's Theory'' of ''“using an inverse variable to help calculate the differential?”'' Lena agrees it is a good idea. Excited to have cracked the puzzle they are able to send the spaceships away to another Earth. Before leaving Lena reminds Alex, that regardless they are still not friends. Outside she helps coordinate people to safety. [[Kelly Olsen]] even saves a woman using [[James Olsen|Jame's]] Shield from when he was Guardian. |
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| − | While outside the tower, the six heroes are again left disappointed when the tower breaks. Oliver tells Superman and Supergirl to see what they can do and they both fly up, Superman realizes the tower is powered by what looks like solar powers and immediately begins blasting it with his x-ray vision, Supergirl follows suit. They continue to blast at the solar panel for as long as they can, Superman is the first to fall having been on Argo for so long, followed soon by Supergirl. Luckily it was enough to power up the tower again. The red skies dissipate but they are still faced with flying angry spirits. Everyone begins fighting them full throttle but The Monitor appears insisting they save their strength, this world is already doomed and he begins vanishing in them away one by one. First Batwoman, followed by Superman, Supergirl, he also takes the Flash, Ray, and Mia. Only Green Arrow is left. Before he can take him, Oliver demands to know how many people are left, and The Monitor admits there are still many that won't be saved. Oliver refuses to leave and shoots The Monitors, disrupting his powers. Oliver is struck by one of the flying spirits and loses his footing, only to realize he is out of arrows. Not wanting to give up, Oliver takes a stand and decides to continue to fight with his bare hands, even if it is in vain, wanting to save as many people as he can. |
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| − | Oliver appears in his lair, extremely bloody and bruised, on the verge of dying. He is immediately surrounded by The Flash, Supergirl and his daughter Mia. There, The Monitor tells the room, Earth- 38 did not survive, but because of Oliver Queen's noble sacrifice, he was able to personally ensure the lives of another billion people. Kara is both devastated at the news of the loss of her planet, along with the reality of Green Arrow's pending demise. |
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| − | They are surprised when [[Harrison Nash Wells|Pariah]] appears before them. He insists he is no longer ''Nash'', admitting ''"Now, I'm simply a man serving his penance. I freed the Anti-Monitor from his confinement only to become a Pariah. Sentenced to bear witness to his actions."'' At this time, Lois, Sara, and Brainy all return to [[Earth-1]]. Superman goes to greet his wife, happy his child is safe, wanting to give the man and his family some space. Oliver confides that he gave it all up sacrificing his life for Kara and Flash. Both are immediately surprised and heartbroken to hear this devastating news. Oliver calls his daughter closer and tells her to promise she will find her mother and to tell [[William Clayton|William]] he loves him, teary-eyed she confirms she will. Oliver dies seconds after this |
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| − | The Monitor admits Oliver ''was'' to die, but it wasn't supposed to be like this, things are different and they are changing quickly. Pariah informs them that they are all most likely doomed. |
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| − | '''[[Earth-1]]''' - [[Central City (Earth-1)|Central City]]<br> |
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| − | Sara pours a drink out for Oliver, while Kate and Kara look on. Sara points out that Oliver died a hero, saving a billion lives in the process. Kara then asks if they aren't going to wait for Barry, but Kate replies that she doesn't think he's ready to say goodbye to his friend just yet. |
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| − | Kara refuses to drink, saying that it feels like giving up, and believes that there's a way to undo the [[Anti-Monitor Crisis|Crisis]]. Sara suggests that they prevent it from happening to every other universe. Harbinger arrives and says that Diggle is with [[John Diggle, Jr.|JJ]] and doesn't know about Oliver dying just yet. She realizes how messed up that is and tells Sara, that she's just trying to find a way to break it to him. |
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| − | Then Ray is heard saying to the Monitor that he can't hijack the ''[[Waverider]]'', because their crew is still there. The Monitor says how if there's any chance of them all surviving the crisis, they need its technology. Sarah however, mentions that she kinda promised their crew that they wouldn't have to do another crossover. Harbinger replies that they don't need Sara's crew; just Ray's lab, and they have an entire [[multiverse]] of Waveriders at their disposal and teleports away to the Waverider. |
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| − | Harbinger appears in a ''Waverider'' and knocks over an alcohol bottle. The AI, Leonard, greets her and says that she's trespassing. Mick steps out wielding his [[Heat Gun]] and Snart's [[Cold gun]], and explains that he took this ''[[Waverider (Earth-74)|Waverider]]'' because no one was using it. Harbinger, for her part, thought that The Legends on [[Earth-74]] had all either retired or died. The Leonard A.I. explains that Mick is trying to become a romance writer, and Harbinger invites Mick to come with her for the beer, stories, and the chance to save the Multiverse. |
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| − | '''[[Earth-1]]''' - ''[[Waverider (Earth-74)|Waverider]]''<br> |
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| − | When the Waverider arrives on Earth-1, the Monitor says that they've suffered a horrible loss. However, there are seven heroes of the purest will. Clark and Kara try to comfort Jonathan, but the baby doesn't settle down until Mick takes him. The Monitor says that the seven heroes are [[Paragons]], and he only learned of them by consulting the [[Book of Destiny]]. When Kate asked The Monitor where he got these names and pseudonyms, he answers that he enlisted the help of [[Felicity Smoak]]. Who earned the wisdom from a second book. He summons the aforementioned Book and explains that he went into the time-stream and retrieved the book. As Mia arrives, Kara asks if the Book can bring back the destroyed Earths. The Monitor warns that it would cause madness, and Mia asks if the Book can bring Oliver back. Mar Novu says that it's impossible and that he grows weaker as the Anti-Monitor grows stronger. The Monitor tells them that Kara is the Paragon of Hope. Sara is the Paragon of Destiny, and one of the others is a Kryptonian who is the Paragon of Truth. Clark and Lois offer to find him, and the Monitor says that the fourth Paragon is of Courage and is known only as the "Bat of the Future". The Tome of the Guardians revealed Kara and Sara's names to him and the descriptions for the other two. |
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| − | They also all collectively find out that [[Bruce Wayne]] is the Dark Knight, with Kate asking if they could all keep that to themselves. Kate then asks the others who wanted to meet [[Bruce Wayne (Earth-99)|Batman]]. |
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| − | Bruce Wayne exists in the future on [[Earth-99]], where he has dedicated himself body and soul to fighting crime. Later, Kara looks at a display of [[Earth-38]] being destroyed, and Lex comes in with the Monitor. Lex is amused at the destruction of his homeworld, and the Monitor tells Kara that even Lex has an important part to play in this crisis. So he resurrected him after he'd been killed. As Kate comes in, the Monitor explains that he had the power to bring Lex back before the Crisis began. Kara refuses to work with Lex as an ally, and Kate meets Lex and introduces herself as new & unfriendly. |
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| − | Kate goes after Kara and they bond over their mutual losses. After a moment, Kate takes out an extrapolator and invites Kara to come with her and save the universe. |
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| − | Harbinger staggers through Waverider, a voice telling her to find the Book and to destroy it. She goes into the study and finds Lex taking the Book. He teleports away with it, and the Monitor comes in. Harbinger warns him that Lex took the Book, and the Monitor says that they all have a part to play. |
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| − | The Monitor brings Iris to reunite with Barry. Barry suggests that they can use the [[Lazarus Pits|Lazarus Pit]] to bring Oliver back, and insists that his friend can't be dead. Iris says that the Monitor gave her a mission to find the Kryptonian Paragon, and they kiss as Iris says that she will take whatever time she has with Barry. |
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| − | Mia tells Sara that they're going to use the Lazarus Pit to bring Oliver back. Sara warns her that exposure to the Pit strips the person of their humanity. Mia says Nyssa told her everything she needs to know about the Pits and about Sara for that matter; making it clear she doesn't trust Sara. |
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| − | '''[[Earth-99]]''' - [[Gotham City (Earth-99)|Gotham City]]<br> |
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| − | Kate and Kara arrive at an old manor and knock at the door. [[Luke (Earth-99)|An alternate version of Luke]] answers the door, and Kate explains that she's Bruce's cousin. Luke slams the door in their faces, and Kate knocks at the door but gets no answer. Kara kicks in the door and the two women go inside. Luke trains a gun on them and tells them to leave, but Bruce walks down in an [[Batman suit (Earth-99)|exoskeleton suit]] and tells Luke not to be rude to their guests. Bruce and Kate recognize each other, and Bruce takes Kate to his study while Luke takes Kara to the library. |
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| − | When Kate says that the Bruce she knew wore a different kind of suit, he replies by saying that it's a product of a lifetime of injuries. He then tells his cousin that she has aged well for a dead girl. This older Bruce tells Kate that on Earth-99, her counterpart died five years earlier. Bruce also mentions [[Clayface (Earth-99)|Clayface]] being a puddle of mud, and that last he checked, [[Jane Doe (Earth-99)|Jane Doe]] was locked up in [[Arkham Asylum]]. |
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| − | '''[[Earth-75]]''' - [[Metropolis (Earth-75)|Metropolis]]<br> |
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| − | Iris radios Clark and Lois and tells them that Lex is alive and killing off the various Supermen across the multiverse. They see a newscast about this Earth's [[Superman (Earth-75)|Superman]] being dead, and that Lex Luthor killed the Man of Steel, only to disappear into thin air. |
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| − | '''[[Earth-1]]''' - ''[[Waverider (Earth-74)|Waverider]]''<br> |
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| − | Barry, Mia, and Sara get Constantine to help them cast a spell to create a map of the multiverse. He realizes that many Earths are gone and more are vanishing and finds one Earth with a functioning Pit. Barry and Mia head out, and Sara makes Constantine promise to bring back Oliver's soul. Constantine reluctantly says that he'll do it... if he can. |
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| − | '''[[Earth-167]]''' - [[Smallville (Earth-167)|Smallville]]<br> |
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| − | Iris, Clark, and Lois find that Earth's Clark chopping wood. Iris asks the other two if they think it's him, and Earth-38 Lois says it's either him or the buff guy from the paper towel rolls. Earth-38 Clark is not impressed and says that he can do that with one bare hand. |
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| − | Lois tells [[Clark Kent (Earth-167)|Clark Kent of Earth-167]] about how their Earth's version of Lex Luthor is going to try and kill him. The trio disappeared, and Lex steps out with the Book and greets his "old friend". Clark says that Lex isn't the [[Lex Luthor (Earth-167)|Lex]] he knows, and Lex explains that he sent the others back to Waverider. He insists that Clark will always be his greatest enemy on any Earth, and he knows that this Clark Kent is Superman. He finds it ironic, as Earth-38's version of Clark Kent is not the Man of Steel. Lex takes out a piece of [[Kryptonite]], and Clark tosses it away and says that kryptonite hasn't affected him since he gave up his powers. |
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| − | Lex is astonished that Clark would give up being a god. He steps on a child's toy, and Clark says that it's worth more than any superpowers. [[Lois Lane (Earth-167)]] calls to Clark, and Lex throws a punch at Clark. Clark easily blocks it, and Lex says that Clark took all the fun out of him and he should enjoy his mediocrity. Lex teleports away, and Lois comes out. Clark tells her what's going on, and Lois assumes that he's making a joke. They go in to see their daughters. |
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| − | '''[[Earth-99]]''' - [[Gotham City (Earth-99)|Gotham City]]<br> |
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| − | Bruce laughs at the thought that he's the Paragon of Courage, and says that Kate is a few years too late. He shows her a newspaper article about a "reign of terror", and explains that he's lost track of all the people he's killed. Bruce admits that he had a code, but the first time he took a life, it was easy to take another and another. He says that Kate will see, and his Kate put on the cape thinking she'd succeed where he failed, but all she did was get herself killed. Kate insists that she's not Bruce's Kate, and tells Bruce that he's needed and she's giving him the chance to be a hero again to the whole damn universe. |
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| − | '''[[Earth-1]]''' - ''[[Waverider (Earth-74)|Waverider]]''<br> |
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| − | Ray works in his lab on a Paragon detector while Mick comforts Jonathan and reads his romance novel to the baby. It calms the baby down despite the fact it's not kid-friendly. |
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| − | '''[[Earth-96]]''' - [[Metropolis (Earth-96)|Metropolis]]<br> |
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| − | Iris, Lois, and Clark arrive at the [[Daily Planet (Earth-96)|Daily Planet]] where they've tracked Lex. They bump into that world's Clark Kent, who looks like Ray Palmer. [[Clark Kent (Earth-96)]] and Clark-38 admire each other's glasses, and Clark says that they're there about Lex Luthor. |
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| − | '''[[Earth-99]]''' - [[Gotham City (Earth-99)|Gotham City]]<br> |
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| − | Kara is with that Earth's counterpart of Luke who asks her who she knows Kate. She tells him that she's still getting to know her. All while using her x-ray vision to do some subtle investigating. She then asks “what are those?” and he replies by saying they are mementos of Batman's greatest victories. One of them was a Joker card with blood on them. Kara then sees a pair of broken glasses, and Earth-99 Luke says that those belonged to this Earth's Superman. He also mentions that this Earth's Bruce killed [[Clark (Earth-99)|Clark]], who also put him in that exoskeleton he's in. |
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| − | '''[[Earth-96]]''' - [[Metropolis (Earth-96)|Metropolis]]<br> |
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| − | Clark-96 is the editor-in-chief, and he assures the others that he can handle Lex. The trio warns that the Book allows Lex do anything. Lois notices dozens of plaques on the wall. He confesses that [[Lois Lane (Earth-96)]], [[Jimmy Olsen (Earth-96)]] and [[Perry White (Earth-96)]] all died because the Joker felt that The Daily Planet wasn't covering him enough, so he gassed the place and killed the people inside. Thus, this Clark lost everyone in one fell swoop. |
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| − | During that moment, the trio realizes this Earth's Clark is a Paragon, and Iris asks Clark-96 to come back with them. Clark-96 puts on his costume, and so does [[Clark Kent|Clark Kent (Earth-38)]]. The two of them promise to stop Lex, but then Lex comes in and puts the two Supermen against one another. Superman-96 punches Superman from Earth-38 and says that he doesn't care about saving the universe. He tells them that he serves Lex Luthor and throws the other Superman out the window. The two Supermen battle across the city and Superman tells Superman-96 that he has to get Lex out of his head. Superman-96 flies at Iris and Lois, but Superman knocks him away while Lois knocks Lex out. The two women pry the Book open and picture the Clark-96 that they met. |
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| − | The two Superman slam into the office and Lois tells Superman-96 that he's not the Superman that his Lois loved. Superman blocks Superman-96's heat vision, and Lois tells Superman-96 to remember who he is. Superman-96 breaks Lex's spell and helps his counterpart up. |
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| − | '''[[Earth-18]]''' - [[North Dakota (Earth-18)|North Dakota]]<br> |
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| − | Constantine takes Barry, Sara, and Mia to the mine beneath an Old West ghost town. Barry and Constantine go to get Oliver's body, and Mia insists that she wants to resurrect Oliver. They find the Lazarus Pit that is being hoarded by the [[Hex|Jonah Hex]] of this Earth. Jonah fights back and Sara finally takes his knife and cuts his face until he yields. |
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| − | They put his body in the pit, but it's not working apparently. Shortly after Barry parrots that sentiment, Oliver pops out of the pit very rabbid like Sara did a while back. He's ready to attack John, but Barry saves him just in time. Mia calls to him saying Dad, but Oliver is still out of it and looks to be ready to attack his own daughter before Sara tranquilizes him. She says to Mia that she tranquilized his body, but this isn't Oliver yet, they still need to get his soul back. |
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| − | '''[[Earth-99]]''' - [[Gotham City (Earth-99)|Gotham City]]<br> |
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| − | Bruce and Kate go to the Batcave, and Bruce figures that it's for the best if everyone dies. He insists that there's no hope for the world. Supergirl comes in and says that Bruce killed the Superman of this Earth. Bruce tells Kate that Superman gave the authorities too much power, and his parents taught him that life only makes sense if they make it. He punches Supergirl with a Kryptonite gauntlet, knocking her across the floor. |
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| − | Bruce is surprised that Kate trusts a [[Kryptonians|Kryptonian]], and says that it can all end for all he cares because the world isn't worth saving. Kate tells him that he'll have to kill her then, and he attacks her. She accidentally throws him into a generator and he collapses after being electrocuted. She wants to go to him and save him, but Kara stops her saying it will kill her too. As he lays dying, Bruce tells Kate that there is no hope. |
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| − | '''[[Earth-1]]''' - ''[[Waverider (Earth-74)|Waverider]]''<br> |
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| − | Ray and Clark-96 chat with each other while an imprisoned Lex sulks. Mick gives [[Jonathan Kent]] back to Lois, who introduces him to Clark-96. The Monitor congratulates them on finding the Paragon of Truth and how Lex led them to him. Kara and Kate get back on the ''Waverider'' and proceed to explain to the others that the Bruce Wayne from Earth-99 tried to kill Kara and now he's dead. So they are all doomed. Kara also initially mistakes Earth-96 Clark with Ray and says he's looking quite jacked. But then her own cousin says to her that this isn't Ray, but her cousin; sort of. |
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| − | The Monitor says that Ray's work is finished. Ray turns on the detector and locates one Paragon on Waverider. The Monitor says that it's the Paragon of Courage: Kate, the Bat of the Future. |
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| − | '''[[Earth-18]]''' - [[North Dakota (Earth-18)|North Dakota]]<br> |
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| − | Constantine has put Oliver's body in a pentagram and is reciting a spell, but it doesn't work. He says that something is wrong. John mentions that with all the [[antimatter]] in the system, he's lost his [[magic]]. Barry then points out the obvious; that if they can't get Oliver's soul back, he will be a monster forever. |
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| − | '''[[Earth-1]]''' - ''[[Waverider (Earth-74)|Waverider]]''<br> |
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| − | In the cargo bay, Kara brings Kate some liquor telling her she looked like she needed a drinking buddy. Kate wonders how she, of all people, can be a Paragon. Kara points out that Kate has saved all of them, and says that how hard Kate tries is what makes her a hero. She assures her friend that she has heart and bravery, and Kate wonders if she'll end up like Bruce. Kara assures her that she'll make her own destiny, and gives Kate a photo from Bruce's library of [[Kate Kane (Earth-99)]] and [[Beth Kane (Earth-99)]]. Kate says she wishes that she had met her Beth like this, Kara then tells her that maybe she still can. After Kara has told Kate she plans to use the Book of Destiny to bring back Earth-38, Kate tells her that is really dangerous according to The Monitor. She says that she knows, but what good is being the Paragon of Hope if she doesn't have any. As Kara walks away, Kate holds onto the Kryptonite she took from the older Bruce from Earth-99 they visited earlier. |
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| − | Harbinger continues to hear the voice in her head and begs it to stop. A figure steps out of the shadows addresses Lyla by name and says that his strength grows stronger as Earths' die. He says that he is the [[Mobius|Anti-Monitor]], and tells Harbinger that there is work to be done. |
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| − | A pink hue has completely engulfed the sky and all surrounding areas, as far as the eye can see. A tall woman with dark hair dressed in all black with a long black trench coat is running from rooftop to rooftops while trying to speak with someone through her earpiece. She is desperately trying to get a hold of [[Barbara Gordon|Oracle]], who through the static communication insists she is sending all relative information. A brilliant white light begins to consume the city, taking over a tall building that resembles ''Wayne Enterprise''. The dark-haired woman, [[Huntress (Earth-203)|Huntress]] is devastated to lose contact with her friend before she too vanishes. |
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| − | '''[[Earth-1]]''' - ''[[Waverider (Earth-74)|Waverider]]'' <br> |
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| − | Inside the ''[[Waverider (Earth-74)|Waverider]]'', seven people remain including both Supermen. [[Mar Novu]] reminds them they have only located four out of the three missing [[Paragons]]. [[Ray Palmer|Raymond]] is off to the side, insisting what he is doing is a very difficult and time-consuming task. The room lights up with the arrival of the rest of ''Team Flash''. Ray is excited to have [[Cisco Ramon|Cisco]] join them, please to have someone he can talk out the math with. [[Ralph Dibny|Ralph]] is very surprised to see a doppelgänger of Superman, [[Caitlin Snow|Frost]] tells everyone to ignore him, as he is new, and this is his first crossover. Novu interrupts, reminding everyone that the wave is moving rapidly, and Earth-1 will be the final world to be destroyed. [[Kara Danvers|Supergirl]] informs them that [[Alex Danvers|Alex]] and [[Querl Dox|Brainy]] are still safe and everyone from [[Earth-38]] is still present and accounted for, regardless of the continuing distractions of all the other universes. They decide to bring as many people as they can to Earth-1, trying to save whoever they can across the [[Multiverse]]. J'onn tells everyone he can use his psychic abilities to keep everyone connected within the Waverider. [[Lois Lane|Lois]] decides to return to the legion ship, because parallel Earth Marie still has baby [[Jonathan Kent|Jonathan]], and she will keep everyone updated from her end. |
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| − | Everyone is interrupted with the excitement from Ray and Cisco, having finished working on finding out who the remaining Paragons are. Batwoman asks what's taking so long and Cisco tells her to wait as the machine is some buffering. It is revealed that ''[[Barry Allen (Earth-1)|The Flash]]'' is the ''"Paragon of Love"'', ''"[[J'onn J'onzz]]"'' is the ''"Paragon of Honor"'' and ''[[Ryan Choi|Dr. Ryan Choi]]'' is the ''"Paragon of Humanity"''. Which means the only person they don't have a location on is Dr. Ryan Choi. Luckily he is in Raymond's hometown at [[Ivy University]]. Ray, Ralph, and Iris all decide to go collect him. The Monitor confirms now that the final Paragons have been identified, they next must determine how to stop the antimatter wave. They are interrupted with [[Leonard]] announcing Diggle's arrival. |
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| − | '''[[Earth-1]]''' - ''[[Waverider (Earth-74)|Waverider]]'' <br> |
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| − | In the infirmary, [[John Diggle|Dig]] is furious to find an unconscious and debatably decease Oliver. [[Sara Lance|Sara]] tries to calm him, but Dig insists he should have been there to protect him. Sara reveals they are looking to bring him back, the same way Olly brought her back. Though he doesn't like it, Dig insists he is coming with them. The Monitor arrives and unceremoniously informs Dig that Harbinger is missing. Dig loses his temper and insists he is not losing his wife or his best friend. Both of them team up against The Monitor, and he admits the Harbinger could possibly be with his adversary, the ''Anti-Monitor''. |
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| − | The Monitor explains to the room, now in front of the rest of the heroes who their real enemy is. He informs them all that he has been preparing them and testing them to learn their limits for a long time now. He needed their courage and honor as well as their strength and everything else the Paragon stands for. Because he needed the greatest heroes, in order to defeat their greatest threat. The Anti-Monitor's goal is to eliminate the [[Multiverse]] and replace it with his own design. Supergirl isn't surprised, insisting he is like every other megalomaniac. The Monitor admits he should have seen that his connection with the Harbinger could be used against him. Dig doesn't care and just wants to know how to get his wife back, their interests to find her falls on deaf ears. He cannot rewrite history, he can only attempt to save what remains. Supergirl is upset with the conversation and leaves to cool her head. [[Kate Kane|Batwoman]] watches her go, taking out the [[Kryptonite]] [[Bruce Wayne (Earth-99)|Bruce Wayne]] gave her, and questioning if she will have to use it. Sara promises to watch over Oliver's body while Dig, takes Mia to find Ollie's soul. |
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| − | Frost and Cisco are both in the control room and Cisco is excited when he announces he is trying to determine where the antimatter Wave-Particle is on Earth, to locate the source of the waves and he has discovered its located at a subterranean region very close to them. Excited, he tells Frost to meet him in the cargo bay. On his way there he is startled to run into The Monitor, having just left him in the control room. Their The Monitor informs him it is time for him to become ''Vibe'' again. Against Cisco's protest, he immediately transforms him into Vibe, giving him his powers back. |
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| − | [[Barry Allen (Earth-1)|Flash]] and [[Iris West-Allen|Iris]] are saying their goodbyes to each other, Iris is still worried of the prophecy about losing her husband in the ''[[Anti-Monitor Crisis|Crisis]]''. Iris asks him if he's sure he still wants her to go to [[Ivy Town]], and Flash insists she must. They share a tender moment before Flash goes with Frost and Cisco. |
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| − | '''[[Earth-1]]''' - [[Central City (Earth-1)|Central City]] <br> |
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| − | Cisco is able to vibe the three of them to the underground bunker, Barry immediately leaves to run a perimeter search. Something he learned from Green Arrow, long ago. There the two of them make it to the end of the hallway and they are standing before a wall encrypted with multiple symbols. A total of seven hieroglyphics. Both of them are interrupted by the presence of [[Harrison Nash Wells|Pariah]] he re-introduces himself to the group, insisting he is no longer Nash and has only arrived to bear witness to tragedy. Cisco is neither surprised or impressed with his new name and look. When pressed as to what happened to him, Pariah admits he was searching these tunnels for ''Mar Nova'' in order to kill him, expose him as a false God, only to be controlled by another God, the ''Anti-Monitor''. He had laid the perfect track for him, manipulating him to gain a foothold into this universe. They ask Pariah if he remembers how to open the door, but he does not. Pariah then reminds Cisco he can now vibe Nash's old memories. It works and Cisco is able to unlock the door behind the hieroglyphics. |
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| − | '''[[Earth-1]]''' - ''[[Waverider (Earth-74)|Waverider]]'' <br> |
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| − | Supergirl and Batwomen are in the holding cell with [[Lex Luthor]] who is entertained with their predicament. Supergirl questions on whether or not it's possible to bring back Earth-38, and he declines to give a clear answer. Batwoman has become annoyed with Lex and takes down the force shield holding the man, and slams him against the wall, demanding answers. Lex again makes a joke, but Batwoman twists his arm harder behind his back. Lex admits in order to use the [[Book of Destiny]] you must focus on what you want without hesitation, when question what he focuses on, Supergirl answers that it is his hatred for Superman. Lux confirms she got it on her first try. Lex Luther surprisingly cautions them, killing someone is easy, but trying to bring back an entire universe or world would drive the person insane. Just like [[John Deegan|Deegan]]. Kate puts Lex back in his invisible cell, concoctions Kara against using the book, as they don't know what kind of effect it could have. She questioned since she is the ''Paragon of Hope'' maybe she is supposed to do this, in order to bring back [[Earth]] and [[Argo City]], upset Kara leaves the room. |
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| − | [[John Constantine]], [[Mia Smoak|Mia]] and Dig are all traveling together down the dimly lit alleyway with bright neon lights in the ''City of Angels''. John knocks on a door only to have his old friend [[Lucifer Morningstar|Lucifer]] answer. He has two beautiful women on either side of him, who he graciously sends away in order to conduct business. It is clear the two have a history, and after introducing himself, he hypnotizes Mia and seductively asking her what she wants. She confirms she's only here to find her father. John briefly explains it is of the utmost importance, and that Lucifer owes him. Never one to be in debt, Lucifer hands him card with the devil on it. He warns they have until the card fades, in order to find their friend. Happy to have finished his business, he closes the door on them. Mia is annoyed that he never told them how to get to Purgatory, but John assures them he already knows how. He says a quick incantation, while the card lights up, sending them all away. |
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| − | '''[[Purgatory (Limbo)|Purgatory]]''' <br> |
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| − | The three of them have found themselves on a replica of the [[Lian Yu]] island. Dig is surprised at their arrival, but Mia reminds them that the island's name ''is'' Mandarin for purgatory. John cautions them; a man without a soul is not easy to deal with, and will most likely not remember them. |
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| − | ''Team Arrow'' is quickly losing time while looking for Oliver as their card has already begun to fade. They are all extremely surprised when a depressingly dressed [[Oliver Queen]] emerges from the forest attacking them, knocking out Dig and putting John in a headlock. Frantic, Diggle begins to try to talk down his long-time friend. Apologizing for not being there to help save him, but that no matter what they are brothers until the end. This seems to connect with the angry man before them, who puts John down and hugs his friend with both arms. He breaks away to hug his daughter as well. |
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| − | John reminds them it's time to immediately leave. Before they can, the group is interrupted with the presence of another man. His name is [[Jim Corrigan (Purgatory)|Jim Corrigan]]. He is an older man with dark hair and a slim trim. He informs them that he used to be a decorated police officer, but was eventually called to a higher purpose to become a ''specter'', he says this while his eyes briefly glow green. Mai is unimpressed and tells him to leave. Jim turns to Oliver, informing him, it is now ''his'' turn, to serve a higher purpose. And that his destiny is to save everyone, otherwise all the universes and everyone he loves will perish. Oliver seems to know he can believe and trust this man and agrees. His daughter and friends are sent away, leaving Oliver alone once again. |
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| − | '''[[Earth-1]]''' - [[Central City (Earth-1)|Central City]] <br> |
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| − | Barry returns, confirming there are no [[Quantum towers]] around. They all enter the hidden room together. Having left the old dingy brick laid halls, they enter a very clean and chic, futuristic-looking room. Cisco says the room has an intense amount of vibrational frequency surging through it. Pariah tells them that this is the ''nexus'' between the antimatter universe and their own. In the middle is a bright white light beaming up towards the sky and the energy is surrounded by red lights with a darker red vibrating in the front of it. Which just so happens to be the anti-matter's source of the wave. Frost questions if the blur is alive. Barry uses his speed to run forward, only to be very shocked and surprised to see [[Barry Allen (Earth-90)|Barry Allen]] from [[Earth-90]] continuously running at light speed on a treadmill. The Earth-90 Flash warns him to stop, but Barry doesn't react in time and hits the force field surrounding the older man. Pariah reminds them that the last time they faced off against The Monitor the speedster disappeared in a puff of smoke and had been missing ever since. All part of the greater plan. The anti-Monitor corralled his speed and used it to build his ''Antimatter cannon,'' which he tested by destroying the first earth, [[Earth-2]]. It is only then, that they realize both [[Harrison Wells (Earth-2)|Harry]] and [[Jesse Wells|Jesse]] are now gone. It is during this time they realize Pariah is missing. |
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| − | Flash insists they have to get their old friend off of the treadmill. He convinces Vibe that this is why The Monitor gave him his powers back, so he opens a portal directly in front of The Flash who unwillingly is forced through. Earth-90 Barry thanks them after hitting a wall, but insists he must go back. The canon begins to erupt as it powers down. Earth-90 Barry insists, unless he continues to power it, it will just immediately destroy all the remaining Earths as a countermeasure to keep him running. |
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| − | ''Team Flash'' is incredibly surprised to see a man dressed in black with two gold lightning bolts down his body entered the room. He demands to know where he is and who the people before him are, he then strikes at them with one of his lightning attacks. Before he can do it again, the Flash steps forward and sends his own attack back, but is sent flying against a monitor and crashes it. Pariah re-appears before them again introducing [[Jefferson Pierce]] as ''Black Lightning''. Jefferson reluctantly informs them he was brought here to help as his world has been destroyed. Black Lightning cries Pariah should've saved his family instead of him. Earth-1 Barry Allen tells him he understands how he feels, but right now they have to try and save the Earth they are currently on, as it will be the final Earth and all the multi-verses will be destroyed. They asked Black Lightning for his help which he agrees to, absorbing the electricity from the machine, giving Team Flash more time. |
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| − | Realizing they are quickly running out of time, both Barry Allens use their super speed to begin communicating. Earth-1 Barry confesses how worried he is, the more time they waste another world dies, and he can't lose his wife. Earth-90 Barry reveals to him he was married once too. Her name was [[Tina McGee|Tina]] and her purpose in life was to keep him running, and he's been doing that for the past 30 years. This caused something in Earth-1 Barry to click, finally understanding what The Monitor meant that day in the [[Time Vault]]. Realizing that this is what he has been running towards all these years. Insisting it's time the Flash of ''Vanished in Crisis''. Cisco informs them, ''"reversing the trail mellows directional velocity could make the anti-matter wave received and funneled back into the speed canning, destroying the machine, once and for all"'' |
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| − | Realizing it must be him, Barry begins to say his goodbye to his friends. Commenting that Caitlin and Cisco were the first people he ever saw after becoming/when he opened his eyes that day in the hospital. Insisting he couldn't have been a hero without them. He adds to tell his wife and [[Joe West|Joe]] how much he loves them and they both promised to do so. He is interrupted by the older Flash apologizes before momentarily stealing his speed. Telling him that when you've been a speedster as long as he has, you pick up some neat tricks. Earth-1 Barry cries out wanting to know why, Earth-90 Barry says The Monitor said ''The Flash'' had to die during Crisis, but he never said ''which'' Flash. Wanting the younger man to live a longer life. He takes a moment to tell Jefferson how amazing a hero he is too. He then instructs Cisco to open the breach. Cisco is hesitant, but the older man reminds him that this way his friend won't have to die, while Earth-1 Barry pleads for his friend not to do it. Reluctantly, Cisco opens the breach allowing Earth-90 Barry through. Once on the treadmill he begins running at super speed again, Cisco opens another breach for them to escape through, everyone leaves as Cisco forces Barry to come with them. Now that Earth-90 Barry is left alone in the room, he holds onto his final moments of remembering his wife Tina. Before the energy destroys him. He managed to stop Earth-1's immediate destruction, saving everyone. All that is left behind is the lightning bolt symbol from his chest. |
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| − | '''[[Earth-1]]''' - [[Ivy Town]] <br> |
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| − | with the anti-cannon down, the entire skyline of Earth-1 has turned the same daunting red as all the other worlds prior to it. Ray, Iris, and Ralph all find [[Ryan Choi|Dr. Ryan Choi]] alone in his laboratory on the phone to his wife. He immediately gets off the phone when he realizes his hero, ''Dr. Ray Palmer'' is standing before him. He is incredibly shocked and surprised, and begins gushing over him, insisting his second paper on ''subatomic density manipulation'' was the foundation for his work on ''miniaturization''. Iris interrupts them insisting they need him to come with them immediately. Ray quickly explains they're hero's, and the doctor for obvious reasons does not believe that. Elongated Man takes this time to stretch out his arm across the room and give the man a Kleenex. They insist Ryan is a Paragon and they need him to help save the universe, quite freaked out by everything Ryan backs out of the room, wanting to spend his final moments with his wife and child. |
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| − | Ryan is frantically packing his things at his office but takes a moment to look at a photo of his wife and child. He is interrupted by the arrival of Iris who congratulates him on his beautiful family. Ryan tells her that she is not like her, and he is a normal human being. Iris informs him that she is ''also'' a regular human being. The doctor notices her ring and asks if she doesn't also want to be with her husband. She mentions that her husband is not like them, and he is a hero. But it is them, who reminds the heroes what they are fighting for. He mentions his daughter, and Iris asks if he wants to hold his daughter knowing he did everything he could. He reluctantly agrees as Ray and Ralph come to stand behind her. Ray tells Iris that Lois just informed them that six more Earths have van to come with them. |
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| − | Iris reminisces saying goodbye to her husband back on the Waverider. The two shared a tender goodbye, both believing it might possibly be their last. Barry promises Iris that no matter what he will always come running home to her. |
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| − | '''[[Earth-1]]''' - ''[[Waverider (Earth-74)|Waverider]]'' <br> |
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| − | Lois Lane is watching a monitor and is devastated to watch [[Earth-73]] be destroyed by the wave. The Monitor is beside her and she informs him that there are only seven remaining worlds. Lois brings up how ironic the situation is, the biggest event in history to ever happen and no one will ever read the story. The Monitor brings up how these Earths were not the only ones destroyed, his world also died and he lost his family. He reminisces his life and how they meant everything to him. He now wishes he had spent more time with them and not been so focused on his work. They are interrupted by [[Clark Kent (Earth-96)|Superman]] returning from somewhere. He smashes his fist down against the floor, devastated at having not been able to save what was most likely Earth 73. She asked her husband's counterpart if he wishes to take a break. He ignores her and begins a speech about why he wears his family's crest, because it is to save people, and that he would never give up fighting. Lois asks why he turned the blue that used to surround the 'S' into black. He tells her it is because even in the darkest times, hope cuts through. ''"Hope is the light that lifts us out of the darkness."'' he asked to be sent back, to another Earth to try and save them. He disappears and Lois comments on his bravery, only to realize The Monitor has also disappeared and she is alone. |
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| − | '''[[Earth-1]]''' - ''[[Waverider (Earth-74)|Waverider]]'' <br> |
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| − | Supergirl is in the ship's office looking at the Book of Destiny, debatably getting ready to open it. She is stopped by Kate. Her friend asks her what she is doing, and Kara insists she has to do whatever she can to bring her world back, and all the other worlds and she can fix it. Kate insists that is not the answer, Kara is thoroughly becoming more annoyed and asks what else can be done. She can't stand by while all those people are dying. Batwoman says she doesn't like it, but using the book will destroy her. Supergirl says it's what she has to do, and Batwoman says that she will stop her. Kara promises that Kate will not be able to. Kate is unsure how she would bear in a fight even with the kryptonite, and tries her best to talk her friend down. Rationalizing that if she does this and it doesn't work they can't risk having something happened to her because she is the ''Paragon of Hope'', and without her, they will all be doomed. Annoyed at her reasoning, Supergirl reluctantly leaves. Kate lets out a breath of air she didn't realize she had been holding. |
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| − | Later Kate takes a moment to track down Kara. Telling her she understands why Kara wanted to bring those people back, and how she has the biggest heart of anyone she's ever met, but she can't get hurt, it would open them to danger. Kara complements her for being the ''Paragon of Courage'', admitting it took a lot to stand up against a Kryptonian. Kate sees how good of a person Supergirl is, and decides to give her the Kryptonite that she took off Bruce. Believing her friend is a good person, Kara tells her to keep it and ''“have the courage that you'll never have to use it”'' |
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| − | Both Supermen and Lois Lane are in the controlled rooms when they are surprised to find John Constantine, Dig and Mia all appear before them. They are defeated and say Oliver would not come back with them. Dig apologizes to Sara and asks how everyone else did. They are told how Barry was able to stop that antimatter, and Earth-1 is all that remains. |
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| − | In another room Barry Allen finds Jefferson. He tries to console the older man, but he believes nothing is going to be okay again. The Flash tells them how Earth-90's Flash died, and he coincidentally looked exactly like his father [[Henry Allen]]. A man who was imprisoned for most of Barry's life after one of Barry's [[Eobard Thawne|enemies]] framed him from murdering [[Nora Allen|his mother]]. Jefferson opens up that his father asked ''Lynn Pierce'' was also a good man and a reporter. But he was murdered when he was 12. He made sure to carry on the lessons his father taught to his children. They agree that neither of their fathers' were quitters, so they must honor their memories and ''“rage against the dying of the light”''. Having first had a rocky start, the two men shake hands and re-introduce themselves with their full names. |
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| − | The Waverider announces Iris, Ralph and Raymond have returned with Dr. Choi. Iris runs to her husband, relieved he is alive. Barry tells her that, Allen from Earth 90 sacrificed himself. Iris isn't all that phased, as long as she has her husband. They introduce everyone to Black Lightning who immediately takes note of both Supermen and is astonished that they are not just stories. They also announced they have the ''paragon of humanity'' and introduce Ryan, as he is going to help them save the world. Jefferson and Dig briefly locked eyes with a nod of acknowledgment at each other. |
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| − | Now that everyone is back together, they began discussing, what to do next, but are interrupted with the arrival of [[Lyla Michaels|Lyla]]. She appears before them and Dig immediately goes to hug and kiss his wife. She tells them with all the worlds disappearing her powers were not working how they should be, she also admits she doesn't know where exactly she has been. Team Flash is concerned why the anti-Monitor would want the Harbinger back on the ship, as he's possibly been controlling her the entire crisis. They become further concerned when Pariah appears, as he is only to arrive before great tragedy. |
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| − | The Harbinger turns around to everyone with her eyes glowing white. She is possessed by the [[Mobius|Anti-Monitor]] and announces ''“it's time to end the age of heroes and everything you hold close”'' before throwing Dig against a wall. Superman and Black Lightning both try to fight her, but are both quickly overpowered. Not wanting to waste anymore time, the anti-Monitor forces everyone to the ground unable to move. There he tells Novu how foolish he has been for trying to stop him. The Monitor tells Mobius it was foolish to allow his creation in the first place. The two begin to attack each other with their power in the form of bright energy being forced in the other's direction. Unfortunately, Mobius wins and is able to destroy Novu, and take his powers. However, before he dies Novu is able to tell Pariah, that he will know what to do when the time comes. |
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| − | The Waverider interrupts them with an alert that Earth-1 has been destroyed. The anti-Monitor quotes that he will be victorious in a matter of seconds. The Waverider informs them that they have exactly 28 seconds. In that moment, Pariah realizes what he must do. Before that wave can hit them, he vanishes the seven Paragons away. J’onn tries to alert everyone before he too is banished, followed by Sara in the med bay beside Oliver's body. The Prior proudly announces that he has sent them away. Superman, Lois, Black Lightning, Iris, and Ralph all remain on the ship determined to go down standing. Before disappearing [[Clark Kent|Superman]] gives a final nod to Iris, still believing everything is going to be okay. |
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| − | Batwoman and Superman find themselves close together both wondering where they are. Sara explains they are at the Vanishing Point. A point outside of space and time. She remembered from her last visit many years earlier, it was still destroyed from when [[Leonard Snart]] blew it up. They all quickly realize Pariah sent them there knowing the anti-Monitor could not follow. Barry begins to panic, telling everyone they have to go back, but he is stopped when Superman starts to have red glowing shards coming from his body. He feels something is wrong, while Supergirl holds him, begging him not to leave. He disappears and is replaced by Lex Luthor to everyone's horror. He exclaims how happy he is that his plan work, and he replaced Superman as the ''"Paragon of Truth."'' Admitting he had the Book of Destiny and decided to write his name in over Superman's. He is now one of seven people in the entire universe that is left. All seven paragons are trapped together. |
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| − | === [[Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Four|Part Four]] === |
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| − | '''[[Maltus]]''' - 10,000 Years Ago...<br> |
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| − | Mar Novu is bantering with his wife Xneen as he suits up and is getting ready to travel to the dawn of time. He affectionately calls her The Monitor as she's monitoring his time travel. He steps into the portal and arrives at the dawn of time but something goes horribly awry as [[Antimatter|antimatter]] begins to corrupt the temporal zone. A hole in the universe is subsequently created, and Mar Novu ends up being sent to a different universe all together, the anti-universe in fact, where he meets [[Mobius|The Anti-Monitor]] for the first time. |
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| − | Through the speaker comms, he apologizes to his wife, saying that because of his ambition,he has subsequently doomed them all. |
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| − | Months have passed, and The [[Paragons]] are struggling with the stark reality of their situation; that everyone, save for them, is dead. Ryan Choi writes a letter to his now deceased wife, to give him some semblance of comfort. He explains how he just don't see why he was chosen as paragon. He then goes on to explain how "the so-called [[Sara Lance|Paragon of Destiny]] doesn't even believe in tomorrow anymore. That the [[Kate Kane|Paragon of Courage]] spends everydays working herself to the bone, training for a fight that will never come. Then there's the [[J'onn J'onzz|Paragon of Honor]], who just meditates, for hours and hours on end. Dr. Choi goes further writes that the [[Kara Danvers|Paragon of Hope]] has lost hers, and as for him, he spends his days trying to re-purpose the broken technology lying around this place trying in vain to find a way out. In his letter, he doesn't have the nicest things to say about Lex Luthor, who used the [[Book of Destiny]] to rewrite reality and take the place of [[Clark Kent (Earth-96)]], the real Paragon of Truth. Ryan goes onto say that there are a lot of ways to describe Lex Luthor...But that he personally finds douchebag to be the most descriptive. He finishes his letter by saying that as for Barry Allen, AKA The Flash, AKA the Paragon of Love is just gone. Missing. |
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| − | Lex and Ryan reveal to the other Paragons that they have come up with a teleportation device and Supergirl volunteers Lex to try it out, but it doesn't work. Lex admits that it was a long shot anyway. |
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| − | Shortly thereafter, Barry reappears, and looks to be a bit disoriented. Kate tells him that he has been gone for months. Barry is shocked to learn that, because to him he had just left them two seconds ago. He tells them that there's no way of here, and that not even the [[Speed Force]] can get them out. |
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| − | '''[[Purgatory (Limbo)|Purgatory]]'''<br> |
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| − | Oliver is still with [[Jim Corrigan (Purgatory)|Jim Corrigan]], the current Spectre as he relives the fights with some of his greatest foes, which include [[Malcolm Merlyn]], [[Ra's al Ghul]] and [[Damien Darhk]]. Oliver's eyes flash a bright emerald green, and a moment later, Jim asks him what he saw. Oliver answers that he sees everything. |
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| − | Jim explains that every punch Oliver threw, every kick he landed, and every arrow he fired all led him here, to this very moment. The ultimate fight. He goes onto explain that The Anti-Monitor is more than just The Monitor's adversary, but rather, is the being that stands between all that ever was and all that ever will be. Jim describes The Anti-Monitors as the apocalypse itself given life and form, and terrible purpose. |
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| − | He goes onto tell Oliver that he can defeat the Anti-Monitor, but only if he has some help on his side, and the two go get the Paragons. |
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| − | '''[[Vanishing Point]]'''<br> |
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| − | Kara is telling Barry that he needs to rest since he's not looking too good, but the distraught scarlet speedster says that he can't, and that he needs to try going into the Speed Force again. Sara then tells Barry that it's a bad idea, and that the effort alone could kill him. Barry refuses to listen to the other, and says that anything is better than just staying here in the Vanishing Point. |
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| − | Kate also interjects, and says that they’re not going to let him kill himself, but a distraught Barry tells her to get out of his way. |
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| − | Sarah doesn’t budge, and tells Barry that they aren’t letting him go anywhere in the condition that he is currently in and manages to physically push him back. |
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| − | An angry Barry, taunts Sara, asking her to try and stop him, to which Sara replies that in the current condition he is in, it wouldn’t be that hard. |
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| − | Unable to take the fighting any longer, Kara tells the two other heroes to cut it out, because whatever is going to happen, won’t include them turning on each other. |
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| − | Kara tries to reason with Barry, saying that maybe, just maybe the Speed Force is their last hope. |
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| − | Oliver then shows up at the Vanishing Point and reveals that the Speed Force is, in fact, the key to saving everyone. |
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| − | The heroes are surprised to see Oliver and he explains his new situation as Spectre after Sara says “Oliver?” to which he replies by saying, “Yes and no. It’s complicated.” He explains that he is Oliver Queen, but has also become something more. When Barry asks for clarification, Oliver replies by saying that some may call him a ghost or a spectre that is attuned to the entire [[Multiverse]]. |
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| − | He also confirms that the Multiverse is gone and the antimatter universe waits to replace it. Oliver reveals to the Paragons that the Anti-Monitor is at the dawn of time trying to make his antimatter universe permanent, and that they need to go and stop him. |
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| − | He warns the Paragons that the Anti-Monitor is extremely powerful and that the eight of them might not be enough to put a stop to him. Thus, they need a back up plan, which turns out to be that they need to split up. Some of them will go to the dawn of time, while the other will go to Maltus, to try and stop Mar Novu from unintentionally creating the breach that started it all from ever happening in the first place. |
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| − | Barry asks Oliver that if being attuned to the entire multiverse also includes him being attuned to the Speed Force. Olives says yes, but warns Barry that it’s very dangerous. But Barry tells his friends that he needs a boost because everyone’s lives depend on them. |
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| − | Oliver touches Barry’s forehead, and says that it’s done, but that he needs to use this newfound power with caution. |
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| − | Oliver asks Barry if he trusts him, to which Barry asks him if he really is Oliver Queen. Oliver answers by simply saying yes. So Barry nods, and says he trusts Oliver with every cell of his body. |
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| − | Oliver then tells Barry to run, and he subsequently goes into the Speed Force. |
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| − | Kara, Ryan and Lex end up on Maltus, and she tells Ryan to focus, when he wonders why the alien planet doesn’t look alien enough. |
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| − | Kara says they need to look for Mar Novu, and it’s not like they can do an internet search on him. |
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| − | Ryan says that maybe they can and points to the city in the distance. He goes on to say that any city that large has to be a bureaucracy, and bureaucracies require some form of central data bank to function. So if they find that, they find Mar Novu. |
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| − | Around that same time Ryan is coming up with a plan to find Mar Novu, Lex vanishes. |
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| − | '''[[Speed Force|Inside the Speed Force]]'''<br> |
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| − | Elsewhere, as Barry is running through the Speed Force, The Anti-Monitor hand is reaching through it, and looks to be close to catching Barry. But he narrowly manages to avoid being caught. However, Barry gets separated from Oliver and the other Paragons and runs headlong into some boxes. |
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| − | Once he takes a closer look, he finds the [[Queen Consolidated]] logo on them, and hears his the echo of his own voice apologizing to Oliver, Felicity and the others for being late.<ref>{{Ep|The Scientist}}</ref> |
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| − | He then sees Oliver, who is now wearing a suit, and tells Barry that he is still in the Speed Force. Oliver explains that The Anti Monitor attacked them, and as result, they all got separated. He adds that this includes him too, and that he’s somewhere in the Speed Force as well, using various pieces of his essence to keep himself, Sara, J’onn together. |
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| − | Oliver also adds that there are fewer things more powerful in the universe than memory and connection. So he’s using their memories of their friends and closest allies to keep all of them from falling out of the Speed Force. Because if they do fall out of the Speed Force, they will be consumed by antimatter like everyone else before them. |
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| − | Oliver explains that he can buy Barry time but that he needs to get to each of them before it’s too late. Barry argues that the Speed Force is infinite, and he wouldn’t know where to look. |
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| − | Oliver tells him before he disappears, to remember what he just said about memories and connections. He goes on to say that he needs to take into account their greatest victories, their most crushing defeats, and the moments when the bonds between them were forged. |
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| − | '''[[Earth-TUD13]]''' - [[S.T.A.R. Labs]] <br>Barry runs and ends up on S.T.A.R. Labs located in an unknown parallel Earth somewhere in the Multiverse, where he meets [[Barry Allen (Earth-TUD13)|another Barry Allen]] who doesn’t seem to know anything about the Speed Force or is even calling himself The Flash yet. |
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| − | The other Flash asks what the hell is this, and the Flash from [[Earth-1]] says he’s asking himself the same question. Earth-1 Barry says that this can’t be happening, and asks the other Flash what he’s doing here. The other Flash tells him that he’ll tell him that when Earth-1 Barry tells him where here is. |
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| − | He asks The Flash from Earth-1 if this is his cosplay and asks him if he wants a selfie. Barry says no, that he's The Flash, but the other Barry Allen has no idea what Earth-1 Barry is even talking about. |
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| − | Earth-1 Barry says it's complicated. The other Flash tells Earth-1 Flash that he likes his outfit and that it looks very comfy. Earth-1 Barry tells the other Flash, he likes his suit too and says that it seems safe and cool. Amazed,the other Flash says that Earth-1 Flash’s outfit looks very breathable. |
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| − | They then introduce themselves and both say they’re Barry Allen. The other Barry asks what does that even mean. Whereas Earth-1 Barry says that this should be impossible now. |
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| − | He then begins to ask the other, Barry if he doesn't know about the...But ends up not finishing that sentence. The other Barry pleads with Earth-1 Barry to not do this to him. But then he begins to disappear, as he says that he told Victor this was possible. |
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| − | '''[[Maltus]]'''<br>Back on the Planet Maltus, Kara finally catches up with Lex, and asks him what he is doing. |
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| − | He replies by saying that he’s doing what she should have done from the get-go; getting the lay of the land, and that he's looking for any potential hidden dangers because they’re in an alien world and that any number of predators could be waiting to pounce. |
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| − | Lex then asks Kara if either her or Superman have ever even watched a movie to know this common sense stuff. |
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| − | He tells Kara to ask him what he’s up to, she acquiesces and asks him just that, to which he replies that he’s after universal domination and blasts her; thus knocking her out. |
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| − | Meanwhile Kate finds herself in a memory of Oliver at [[Palmer Technologies]], where the man in question is telling [[Ray Palmer]], that he didn’t kill those people. Oliver then turns around after telling Ray he has no idea what he’s up against, and notices Kate; immediately asking her who she is.<ref>{{Ep|Suicidal Tendencies}}</ref> |
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| − | In another memory inside the Speed Force, a TV screen is showing the [[Dominators]] on [[Earth-1]], and the headline for the Channel 52 news reads, “ Invasion! Extraterrestrials Attack Earth". J'onn J'onzz finds himself in the memory where Oliver finds out about a multiverse existing and meeting Kara for the first time. The two are not off to a good start, but J'onn tells the Kara and Oliver he sees about the Anti Monitor, and how eventually they will be close friends.<ref>{{S|L}} [[Invasion! (DC's Legends of Tomorrow)|episode]]</ref> |
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| − | '''[[Maltus]]'''<br>Back on the Planet Maltus again, Ryan Choi wakes up after also being knocked out by Lex and checks up on Supergirl. She in turn checks him for injuries with her x-ray vision and says he’ll be fine as she didn't see any broken bones. The two paragons then talk about how Lex is such an asshat, and that knowing him, Kara thinks he will likely mess with Mar Novu’s experiments to alter history to his advantage. She then stops midway, and asks Ryan if he has ever flown on an alien planet, Ryan says he never has flown period. Kara tells him to not be nervous, that it’s just up, up, and away! |
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| − | Barry continues working his way around looking for Oliver and the other paragons, and in turn ends ups in a moment that he, Barry, didn't participate in. He approaches Oliver, who remembers everything. Barry confronts Oliver and asks him why he made a devil’s bargain with the Monitor the year before.<ref>{{Ep|Elseworlds, Part 3}}</ref> Oliver disagrees, and says it wasn’t a devil’s bargain, and that he’d make the same choice again in a heartbeat. Barry says that in choosing to save him and Kara from dying in this crisis, he lost his family and his life in the process. |
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| − | Oliver tells his friend that, “dying is the easy part, the dead are at peace. The real heroes are the ones who have to keep going". |
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| − | Still in the Speed Force, Barry then finds himself interrupting [[Laurel Lance (Earth-1)|Laurel Lance]] and [[John Diggle]] talking about the Canary legacy by Sara's dead body. Barry touches Sara’s corpse and she wakes up; with Laurel saying it's a miracle but Barry whisks Sara away.<ref>{{Ep|Sara}}</ref> At a much faster rate, he collects J'onn, and then Kate from the where they were in the Speed Force. |
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| − | '''[[Maltus]]'''<br>Lex shows up as Mar is about to make his jump and tries to team up with him for his own benefit, explaining what goes wrong, but then Supergirl shows up. Ryan gets Mar out of the way so that Supergirl and Lex can fight. Ryan tries to convince Mar that he can't open the portal, pleading with him. On their way out, Mar Novu sees his wife unconscious on the floor. Ryan manages to convince Mar Novu not to go through with his experiment as the cost would be too great. |
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| − | He then tells Kara and Lex they need to stop fighting, and Lex remarks how Ryan just ruined a perfectly good bad guy plan. The 7 paragons and Oliver then end up on the antimatter universe, home of the Anti Monitor after Barry whisked them all there. |
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| − | Ryan says it’s impossible that they arrived here, because he knows he got through Mar Novu, and he didn't go through with the experiment. However,the Anti-Monitor is already there waiting for them. The Anti Monitor tells the Paragons that some fates are inescapable, that they may have stopped one version of Mar Novu from going through the experiment, but that another version of him did go through with. He then begins to unleash his army of [[Shadow demons]]. |
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| − | Oliver then shows up, and tells them to listen to him, that this is why they were selected as Paragons. When Ryan says he’s still unclear on what that all means, Oliver answers that it means they are all powerful enough to hold the line; to buy them the time they need to rebirth the universe. He explains that the dawn of time is the only place where this do over can happen. He goes onto say that he will light the spark, but they need to fan the flame. When Lex asks how they will do that, Oliver replies that they’ll know when it’s time. |
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| − | The Anti Monitor tells Oliver that it’s too late and that after 10,000 years he will finally be victorious. Oliver says that no he won’t win, and that he believes his entire life has prepared him for this fight. The Anti Monitor says that all life ends, and that only death is eternal. |
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| − | When he says that only he is eternal, Oliver takes off his hood, and tells the Anti Monitor that “we’ll see about that.” |
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| − | Oliver and The Anti Monitor engage in a fight, and as they’re fighting, Oliver tells hims that he has failed this universe and unleashes a surge of power. |
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| − | Their clash provided the spark, and it was up to the Paragons to fan the flame. They focused on Hope, Destiny, Humanity, Love, Truth, Courage, and Honor. The resulting blast makes the Anti-Monitor disappear. With Oliver dying, Barry brings Sara to him, and he makes both of them promise to watch over his family, as he passes away. |
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| − | Above them, the new universe grew as Oliver died; finally at peace. |
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| − | '''[[National City (Earth-Prime)|National City]]''' |
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| − | Kara wakes up and punches nothing but air shortly after seeing various memories of her fighting in [[Anti-Monitor Crisis|the crisis]] flash before her eyes. She's back in [[Kara Danvers' apartment|her apartment]] after appearing to have fallen asleep on her couch. |
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| − | Alex is also there and talks about how she’s finally up. Startled, Kara ends up inadvertently using her [[List of alien powers|heat vision]] on the wall near their fridge. She asks Kara if she had a bad dream, and Kara answers that she doesn’t really know. |
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| − | Alex confesses that Kara just looked so peaceful, that she didn’t have the heart to move her to the bed. Kara then goes onto repeat “the Dawn of time” several times, which makes Alex wonder if that was what she was watching before she nodded off. Kara pulls the curtains and says how this isn’t right. |
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| − | A worried Alex mentions how the [[White Martians|white martian]] really did a number on her last night. She asks Kara once again if she’s sure she’s fine, and Kara says she is. Before she leaves, Kara tells Alex she loves her, and Alex also says it back. |
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| − | Kara then gets a call from Nia, asking her where she is because the ceremony for the 2020 ''Nobel Peace prize'' is about to start. Nia tells Kara not to worry though, that she saved her a seat, but a lady from The Gazette is giving her angry eyes. |
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| − | Nia warns her friend that if Kara misses this, [[Andrea Rojas|Andrea]] is going to blow a gasket, and in the blink of an eye, Kara manages to get there. Nia laughs telling Kara she has some good timing. She tells Nia that she had a really weird dream last night, and was wondering if she could help her interpret it. |
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| − | Kara goes on to explain to Nia, that she thinks she dreamt of the world ending, but it was all the worlds, not just theirs. Nia laughs saying how, "that's dramatic, even for us". Everyone aside from Kara stands up to clap when it’s announced that Lex Luthor was the winner for the 2020 Nobel Peace prize. Kara asks if she's still dreaming. To which an oblivious Nia, says that she's glad this award is going towards someone who truly deserves it. |
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| − | Lex winks at Kara before starting his speech by saying that, "we live in dangerous times; [[Earth]] is a dangerous place". He goes onto say that he supposes that’s why people love superheroes so much; the power; the Chutzpah of someone who can fly faster than a speeding bullet. |
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| − | Lex then says that it’s why getting this award is so special to him; because he doesn’t have superpowers. He reiterates that he can't leap tall buildings in a single bound, but goes onto say that he has dedicated his entire life to fighting on the side of humanity. He says that to be recognized for that, is more than he can ever put into words, so he finishes his speech by saying that he stands with mankind. |
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| − | '''[[D.E.O. (Earth-Prime)|D.E.O.]]''' |
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| − | Kara as Supergirl is back at HQ, still trying to make sense of everything as she is rewatching the speech from Lex. She mentions how she’s still disoriented. |
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| − | Alex tells her sister how everybody just keeps throwing awards at Lex, but that he never accepts them in person. However, this one, in particular, meant a lot to him. Kara still can’t believe what she’s hearing, and wonders how people can think he’s a good guy; to which Alex says that Lex Luthor is the best guy. |
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| − | Frustrated, Kara tells her sister, that he’s not in fact a good guy, that instead, he’s a psychopathic lunatic. Alex then reveals to Kara that Lex is their boss, and his number one supporter; besides Lena of course. |
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| − | Alex tells Kara about all the times the two Luthors defended her to [[President of the United States (Earth-Prime)|the president]]. J'onn then comes to Kara as she begins to freak out, and reveals that they're the only ones that remember the changes because they’re [[Paragons]]. |
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| − | J'onn suspects the first of many big changes that will reveal themselves to them in time. An alarm beeps, and Alex says that something seems to be going on downtown. She says she will send a team there, but Kara says that's not necessary, that she needs to punch something and leaves. |
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| − | '''[[National City (Earth-Prime)|Downtown National City]]''' |
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| − | At the docks, [[joslyn Jackam|Weather Witch]] is causing havoc with her staff that's spewing electricity from it. |
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| − | Some police cars arrive at the scene, but just as she hits the two police cars with electricity, Supergirl shows up. Weather Witch looks behind her and smirks, saying “look who finally decided to join the fun". |
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| − | Kara asks her who she is, and Weather Witch introduces herself and tells the [[Kryptonians|Kryptonian]], that she is no match for Weather Witch as she begins to create a funnel cloud with her staff. Barry arrives not too long after throwing Weather Witch into the air; apologizing by saying that's one of [[Young Rogues|his]]. Initially wondering what each other is doing on [[Earth-1|their]] [[Earth-38|Earth]], both realize that they seem to be on a [[Earth-Prime|composite]] of their Earths. |
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| − | After they have stopped the [[Meta-humans|meta-human]], an unnamed older man gets close to Flash and Supergirl and tells the two superheroes that he loves it when they team up. The aforementioned older man then asks the two heroes for their respective autographs. |
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| − | Kara and Barry use this opportunity to gather intel and ask him if it’s normal to see the two of them teaming up to take down bad guys like today as one example. The older man reveals that normally they have [[Oliver Queen|Green Arrow]] and a [[Legends (Earth-Prime)|Legend]] or two to help them out. He continues on by saying that last year, even Batwoman joined in. He then tells Barry to make it out to [[Marv]], and reveals that all the heroes have been working together since "forever", confirming to them what has happened. |
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| − | In some underground tunnels of the city, two workers find an unconscious Nash Wells exactly where he had previously made contact with [[Mobius|the Anti-Monitor]]. One of them checks for a pulse and tells the other to call for help. He flashes a light where Nash is by, and all he sees is a cement wall. |
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| − | Sara is also a bit disoriented as she walks the streets of Star City, and wonders how she got back here. |
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| − | She gets a headache, as she recalls certain moments she lived through during the Anti Monitor Crisis. Sara almost ends up getting hit by a car, and with cars honking at her in the middle of the road, she reaches for her phone and calls Ray; asking him where he is. |
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| − | She ends up at a bar, where Ray calls to her, and she hugs him upon seeing him again. |
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| − | Confused, Ray asks Sara if she’s okay. Sara asks Ray what is the last thing he remembers and is perplexed to have Sara asking him if he doesn’t remember coming to this very same bar for trivia night, and then getting magically transported to [[Waverider (Earth-74)|an alternate Waverider]]. She then goes onto tell him they were called to help stop the [[Multiverse]] from getting destroyed. |
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| − | Ray then asks Sara if there was a crossover and if they had won. J'onn chooses to show up at the bar right then, and his eyes flash red as he’s using his telepathic powers to communicate with the two Legends. |
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| − | J'onn admits that it’s good to see that the two of them are safe. Sara asks Ray how he knew J'onn from [[Earth-38|Supergirl's Earth]], but Ray is confused at the idea that Supergirl has her own Earth. J'onn reveals that this is not the case anymore because when they restarted the multiverse, their worlds combined, and only the Paragons have any previous knowledge that things used to be different. |
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| − | J'onn then tells Sara that he has been going around from city to city, restoring the memories of their compatriots. Sara asks him about Oliver, but J'onn reveals that there hasn't been any sign of him. She leaves J'onn and Ray behind and goes in search of Oliver. |
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| − | '''[[Arrowcave (Earth-Prime)|Arrowcave]] - [[Star City (Earth-Prime)|Star City]]''' |
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| − | When she gets to the Arrowcave, Sara calls out for Oliver multiple times but finds no sign of him. Sara then notices Oliver’s suit is missing from the cases and finds Diggle, Dinah and Rene looked rather solemn. |
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| − | They reveal to her that they already know everything that happened because J'onn had previously been there to restore their memories, and gave them a splitting headache in the process. John cries, saying how Oliver died twice and that he wasn’t there for either time and that both times he failed him. |
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| − | John tearfully says how Oliver was his brother, to which Sara nods and says, "I know" tearfully as well. Sara says that they all died, that the entire Multiverse perished, but now everyone is back, so there’s a chance Oliver could be too. |
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| − | Rene explains that after the brain dump, they had [[Felicity Smoak|Felicity]] run a global search for Oliver, but found nothing. Sara and John hug after she realizes that Oliver really is gone. |
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| − | '''[[S.T.A.R. Labs (Earth-Prime)|S.T.A.R. Labs ]] - [[Central City (Earth-Prime)|Central City]]''' |
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| − | Back at S.T.A.R. Labs, Caitlin is using some sort of device that is scanning a still unconscious Nash, who is now laying on a bed in the med bay. |
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| − | Caitlin notices J'onn is there and asks him if something is wrong, J'onn, who is a bit angry says "not anymore; no thanks to him" as he looks in Nash's direction. She asks him if he knows why Nash is in the state he’s in, and he proceeds to do a brain dump of all the memories from before the [[Antimatter|antimatter wave]] hit and destroyed [[Earth-1]]. J'onn tells Caitlin that Nash paid a heavy price for his misjudgement, but not as much as some of the others. |
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| − | J'onn yells out to Nash that he nearly damned them all to hell when the latter wakes up. Nash then gets his memories back and apologizes profusely for what he did. |
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| − | '''[[Star City (Earth-Prime)|Star City]]''' |
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| − | Back in Star City, Barry and Kara arrive at the Arrowcave, wanting to double-check that her Earth had merged with theirs. |
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| − | Kara tells Sara, Diggle and the others that [[National City]], along with [[CatCo Worldwide Media]], the [[D.E.O.]] and even [[Argo City]] is now part of this [[Earth-Prime|Earth]]. |
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| − | Sara and John then break the news to Barry and Kara that Oliver didn't make it. Kara wonders why Oliver gave everyone a fresh start but not himself. John thinks that maybe, the only way he could do it was if he sacrificed his life for everyone else's. An alarm beeps, and when the other asks who’s attacking, John says they wouldn’t believe him if told them. Downtown, [[Beebo|a Giant Beebo]] is causing havoc saying he's hungry. |
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| − | '''[[Washington, D.C. (Earth-Prime)|Washington, D.C.]] - [[Waverider (Earth-Prime)|Aboard the Waverider]]''' |
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| − | Sara contacts Ava and Nate who are aboard the Waverider asking them if they know anything about why a giant Beebo is running around the streets of Star City. |
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| − | They ask Sara if she needs their help, but she tells them to stay in D.C. She goes onto say that she doesn’t want any more of her people getting roped into this mess. Ava and Nate reveal that Mick is already in Star City, doing a book signing. |
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| − | '''[[Star City (Earth-Prime)|Star City]]''' |
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| − | The Atom, the Flash and Supergirl team up and Mick also shows up to help stop Beebo. Batwoman shows up shortly after, and along with White Canary, deduces that perhaps this Beebo is nothing more than a diversion. |
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| − | The Flash and White Canary show up at a bank, where a robber is stealing money. Nash then shows up at the Arrowcave to warn everyone that there’s been a massive surge of Antimatter in the Star City area. He thinks that this is just the beginning and that their fight with the Anti Monitor is starting all over again. |
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| − | At night, Sara and Barry talk, where she tells him that Oliver was the last tether to her old life and that he was the only person that was left who knew her as just herself. But now that he’s gone, she feels as though she’s out of place in this new world. Barry comforts her by saying he knows what it’s like to lose family, and how it feels like life wouldn't be the same. He goes onto say that while that is true, family isn’t just the people you grew up with, but the people you found along the way. |
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| − | Sara confesses that The Legends are her family, that they have been for a while. But that she always thought she’d at least have one person that knew what she was like before she got on the [[Gambit]] with Oliver. They are then attacked by the [[shadow demons]] and are telepathically told by J'onn that the Paragons are being hunted down. |
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| − | Sara realizes that Ryan is also in danger, and goes to rescue him. She gets there after Ryan has been running around with his baby trying desperately to keep them safe from the shadow demons. When he's subsequently rescued by Sara, he is taken to the Arrowcave, where they all deduce that the Anti Monitor is still alive, and Oliver’s sacrifice didn’t kill him. |
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| − | Ryan and Ray realize that while they can’t kill nor destroy the Anti Monitor because he’s made of antimatter, they can destabilize his form, and have him shrinking for eternity. A horde of shadow demons began to make their way to Star City. Dinah stays behind on Comms, while the other heroes gather to fight the army of Shadow Demons. |
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| − | Alex sees J'onn's new suit; to which he replies that it's a new world. The Anti-Monitor then shows up using the shadow demons and tells the heroes gathered that it is time to meet their end. All the way from the Arrowcave, Dinah contacts Nash, Ray, and Ryan who are busy trying to make the device that they will use to put a stop to the Anti Monitor once and for all. |
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| − | '''[[S.T.A.R. Labs (Earth-Prime)|S.T.A.R. Labs]] - [[Central City (Earth-Prime)|Central City]]''' |
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| − | Ryan mentions that they will need a reinforced core to contain the chemical reaction properly. Ray suggests titanium, but Nash says it would be too heavy. Instead, he comes across depleted promethium. |
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| − | '''[[Arrowcave (Earth-Prime)|Arrowcave]] - [[Star City (Earth-Prime)|Star City]]''' |
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| − | Dinah warns Frost and Heatwave that they have a horde of shadow demons coming their way. |
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| − | '''[[S.T.A.R. Labs (Earth-Prime)|S.T.A.R. Labs ]] - [[Central City (Earth-Prime)|Central City]]''' |
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| − | As their walking, Mick says that it’s been a while and that she looks great. Frost thanks him, and says he read his book and proceeds to call him by the name he used to publish his book. |
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| − | When one shadow demon shows up, Frost asks Heatwave if he wants to take the shadow demon, Rory says "ladies first" to which Frost replies by saying "age before beauty". Ultimately, the shadow demon is then taken care of by Black Lightning who shows up to help. |
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| − | '''[[Star City (Earth-Prime)|Star City]]''' |
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| − | The Anti-Monitor tells the heroes that they are nothing but insects fated to be crushed by his heel. |
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| − | He goes to tell them that fighting is useless and asks them to surrender. White Canary says not today, and not ever. She then tells the Anti-Monitor that Oliver died so they could keep fighting. She continues by saying that Oliver sacrificed everything for this new world, and they will not fail him. |
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| − | The Anti Monitor then makes himself grow to an unprecedented height, and he yells out that the Age of Heroes ends now. Martian Manhunter, Supergirl, and Superman all launch attacks from the sky at the giant version of the Anti-Monitor trying to buy Ryan, Ray, and Nash some time with building the bomb that will take care of the Anti-Monitor. |
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| − | '''[[S.T.A.R. Labs (Earth-Prime)|S.T.A.R. Labs ]] - [[Central City (Earth-Prime)|Central City]]''' |
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| − | Black Lightning, Heat Wave, and Frost continue to fight the shadow demons, with Heatwave calling Black Lightning sparkles after asking him where's from. |
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| − | Black Lightning reveals that it’s been a weird day after Martian Manhunter came to him in [[Freeland (Earth-Prime)|Freeland]] and gave him his memories of the old multiverse. |
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| − | Using his super-speed, Flash goes back to Central City and assembles the bomb. Nash tells him that now all they need to do is get it in direct contact with the Anti-Monitor once they've activated it. The Flash then speeds back to Star City and takes Ray with him to help out in the final fight with the Anti-Monitor. |
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| − | '''[[Star City (Earth-Prime)|Star City]]''' |
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| − | The Atom arrives just in time and saves Superman from being crushed, and gives the bomb to Supergirl; telling her to throw it like a girl. |
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| − | Supergirl throws it and it makes contact with the Anti- Monitor. Kara then asks where Kal is, and he tells his cousin he's right there, just tiny because The Atom shrunk him in order to help him escape the tight grip that the Anti-Monitor had him in. |
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| − | '''[[White House (Earth-Prime)|White House]] - [[Washington, D.C. (Earth-Prime)|Washington, D.C.]]''' |
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| − | [[President of the United States (Earth-Prime)|The president of the United States of America]] is giving a speech where she tells everyone in this televised speech that their way of life and their world almost came to an end. |
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| − | She reveals that an entity known as the Anti-Monitor attacked Earth and this was stopped thanks to Oliver Queen, also known as the Green Arrow. John and Lyla are shown watching the news with JJ coloring in a nearby table. But then a little bit older version Sara Diggle comes from behind and hugs her father. |
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| − | Meanwhile, Clark is flying around at night, when he gets a call from Lois, who tells him that he needs to get to [[Metropolis (Earth-Prime)|Metropolis]] to take care of his sons. The President then asks everyone to join her in a moment of silence to honor Oliver’s sacrifice. |
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| − | Unbeknownst to everyone, Oliver's voice is heard, talking about the new beginning of this Multiverse, and a [[Earth-2 (new multiverse)|new Earth-2]] is shown to be the home of [[Stargirl (Earth-2)|Stargirl]] and the Justice Society of America. |
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| − | Then a new version of [[Earth-12 (new multiverse)|Earth-12]] shows the Green Lantern Corps as one of their own is shown to be patrolling space. |
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| − | On [[Earth-19 (new multiverse)|the new version of Earth-19]], an [[Earth-19 entity]] is shown in a swamp. Meanwhile on this new version of [[Earth-9 (new multiverse)|Earth-9]] is shown to be the home of the Titans. |
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| − | Whereas, [[Earth-21 (new multiverse)|Earth-21]] is now the home of the Doom Patrol. On [[Earth-96 (new multiverse)|Earth-96]], that world’s Superman is flying out in space, now back to his original crest, and not the darker one from before. |
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| − | '''[[S.T.A.R. Labs hall (Earth-Prime)|S.T.A.R. Labs hall]] - [[Central City (Earth-Prime)|Central City]]''' |
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| − | At an old S.T.A.R. Labs research facility, Martian Manhunter, Batwoman, White Canary, The Flash, Black Lightning, and Superman are all gathered as they look at Oliver’s [[Green Arrow suits|Green Arrow suit]] now on display in front of a U.S. flag hanging there. |
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| − | Kara thanks Oliver and says that the world has hope again and that she does too. She promises that they will never forget him. |
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| − | Barry moves up front, he then thanks Oliver for believing in him, even when he didn’t believe in himself, and that he just had this way about him that brought the best in all of them. |
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| − | Barry tells Oliver that he will miss him. Sara says that she has lost a lot of people that she loves, but that she had never imagined her life without him in it. She says he was always there for her, and that he changed her fate for the better. |
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| − | Kara then uses her heat vision to light a fire being contained in an arrowhead-shaped container. Jefferson tells Barry that while he didn’t ever meet Oliver, that he must have been a good dude. Jefferson then asks Barry why he brought them all to a condemned building. |
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| − | Barry says this isn't a condemned building at all, but an old STAR Labs research facility that nobody uses. He mentions that what’s even better is the fact that no one knows it exists, and this is good for them in the long run. He tells the other heroes that he figured they could all use this place to gather if anything ever happens again. |
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| − | Superman tells Barry that it’s a great idea. Martian Manhunter agrees, saying it’s a better option than all of them dropping by the DEO with Lex running things now. Jefferson asks why they even need it and wonders how often the world comes to an end. |
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| − | Kate tells Jefferson not to worry because she was the new kid last year. A giddy Barry tells the other heroes that he hasn’t even shown them the best part and takes off the cloth covering what looks to be a large round table with a crest that has a large star in its center. |
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| − | Each of the chairs has their own respective symbols associated with their suits. An empty 8th seat is left to honor Oliver's memory that has an arrowhead symbol on it. |
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| − | The seven heroes all smile at one another once they have sat down. But then some screeching noises are heard up above. Sara says it looks like they need to call pest control, and a cage labeled GLEEK is shown to have been opened. |
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==Cast== |
==Cast== |
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| − | *[[Tiahra Allen]] |
+ | *[[Tiahra Allen]] as [[Sara Diggle]] |
*[[Stephen Amell]] as [[Oliver Queen|Oliver Queen/Green Arrow/Spectre]] and [[Oliver Queen (Earth-16)|Oliver Queen/Green Arrow]] |
*[[Stephen Amell]] as [[Oliver Queen|Oliver Queen/Green Arrow/Spectre]] and [[Oliver Queen (Earth-16)|Oliver Queen/Green Arrow]] |
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*[[Audrey Marie Anderson]] as [[Lyla Michaels|Lyla Michaels/Harbinger]] |
*[[Audrey Marie Anderson]] as [[Lyla Michaels|Lyla Michaels/Harbinger]] |
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| − | *[[Brec Bassinger]] as [[Stargirl (Earth-2)|Stargirl]] |
+ | *[[Brec Bassinger]] as [[Stargirl (Earth-2 (new multiverse))|Stargirl]] |
*[[Manu Bennett]] as [[Slade Wilson]] <small>(archive footage)</small> |
*[[Manu Bennett]] as [[Slade Wilson]] <small>(archive footage)</small> |
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*[[Melissa Benoist]] as [[Kara Danvers|Kara Danvers/Supergirl]] |
*[[Melissa Benoist]] as [[Kara Danvers|Kara Danvers/Supergirl]] |
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*[[April Bowlby]] as [[Rita Farr (Earth-21)|Rita Farr]] |
*[[April Bowlby]] as [[Rita Farr (Earth-21)|Rita Farr]] |
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| − | *[[ |
+ | *[[Katie Cassidy]] as [[Laurel Lance (Earth-1)|Laurel Lance]] |
*[[Tom Cavanagh]] as Dr. [[Harrison Nash Wells|Harrison Nash Wells/Pariah]] |
*[[Tom Cavanagh]] as Dr. [[Harrison Nash Wells|Harrison Nash Wells/Pariah]] |
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*[[Osric Chau]] as Dr. [[Ryan Choi]] |
*[[Osric Chau]] as Dr. [[Ryan Choi]] |
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*[[Camrus Johnson]] as [[Luke (Earth-99)|Luke]] |
*[[Camrus Johnson]] as [[Luke (Earth-99)|Luke]] |
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*[[Pam Kearns]] as [[Doris]] |
*[[Pam Kearns]] as [[Doris]] |
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| − | *[[Katrina Law]] as {{F|Nyssa al Ghul|( |
+ | *[[Katrina Law]] as {{F|Nyssa al Ghul|(archive fotage)}} |
*[[Chyler Leigh]] as Dr. [[Alex Danvers]] |
*[[Chyler Leigh]] as Dr. [[Alex Danvers]] |
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*[[Stephen Lobo]] as [[Jim Corrigan (Purgatory)|Jim Corrigan]] |
*[[Stephen Lobo]] as [[Jim Corrigan (Purgatory)|Jim Corrigan]] |
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*[[Neal McDonough]] as [[Damien Darhk]] <small>(archive footage)</small> |
*[[Neal McDonough]] as [[Damien Darhk]] <small>(archive footage)</small> |
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*[[Katie McGrath]] as [[Lena Luthor]] |
*[[Katie McGrath]] as [[Lena Luthor]] |
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| − | *[[Katherine McNamara]] as [[Mia |
+ | *[[Katherine McNamara]] as [[Mia Queen|Mia Smoak/Blackstar]] |
*[[Derek Mears]] as [[Earth-19 entity]] |
*[[Derek Mears]] as [[Earth-19 entity]] |
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*[[Melanie Merkosky]] as [[Xneen]] |
*[[Melanie Merkosky]] as [[Xneen]] |
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**Where the title of the crossover was revealed at the end of the previous crossover <small>({{Cross|Elseworlds}})</small>. |
**Where the title of the crossover was revealed at the end of the previous crossover <small>({{Cross|Elseworlds}})</small>. |
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**To consist of five episodes. |
**To consist of five episodes. |
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| − | **To have a one-month break between some of the episodes. |
+ | **To have a one-month break between some of the episodes. |
***The break was accounted for within the crossover.<ref>[https://twitter.com/mguggenheim/status/1199426476312915968 Marc Guggenheim (@mguggenheim) - Twitter]</ref> |
***The break was accounted for within the crossover.<ref>[https://twitter.com/mguggenheim/status/1199426476312915968 Marc Guggenheim (@mguggenheim) - Twitter]</ref> |
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**To have major tie-ins with episodes of {{S|F}} and {{S|A}} that aired before the crossover. |
**To have major tie-ins with episodes of {{S|F}} and {{S|A}} that aired before the crossover. |
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*All currently airing [[Arrowverse]] television series will deal with the fallout from this crossover in the remainder of their current seasons.<ref>[https://collider.com/crisis-on-infinite-earths-part-2-explained/ "Crisis on Infinite Earths” EPs Break Down Part 2 and How the Crossover Impacts the Individual Shows" - Collider]</ref><ref>[https://www.dccomics.com/blog/2019/11/11/black-lightnings-china-anne-mcclain-flirts-with-destruction "Black Lightning's China Anne McClain Flirts with Destruction" - DC]</ref> |
*All currently airing [[Arrowverse]] television series will deal with the fallout from this crossover in the remainder of their current seasons.<ref>[https://collider.com/crisis-on-infinite-earths-part-2-explained/ "Crisis on Infinite Earths” EPs Break Down Part 2 and How the Crossover Impacts the Individual Shows" - Collider]</ref><ref>[https://www.dccomics.com/blog/2019/11/11/black-lightnings-china-anne-mcclain-flirts-with-destruction "Black Lightning's China Anne McClain Flirts with Destruction" - DC]</ref> |
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*Both [[w:c:smallville:Michael Rosenbaum|Michael Rosenbaum]] and [[Alan Ritchson]] were offered the chance to reprise their roles as [[w:c:smallville:Lex Luthor|Lex Luthor]] and [[w:c:smallville:Arthur Curry|Aquaman]] respectively from the television series ''[[w:c:smallville:Smallville (TV series)|Smallville]]'' in this crossover. However, Rosenbaum declined<ref>[https://twitter.com/michaelrosenbum/status/1176526751461019648 Michael Rosenbaum (@michaelrosenbum) - Twitter]</ref> and Ritchson had to decline due to scheduling issues.<ref>[https://collider.com/titans-season-2-alan-ritchson-interview-smallville/ "Alan Ritchson on ‘Titans’ Season 2, ‘Smallville’, and Why He’s Not in 'Crisis on Infinite Earths'" - Collider]</ref> |
*Both [[w:c:smallville:Michael Rosenbaum|Michael Rosenbaum]] and [[Alan Ritchson]] were offered the chance to reprise their roles as [[w:c:smallville:Lex Luthor|Lex Luthor]] and [[w:c:smallville:Arthur Curry|Aquaman]] respectively from the television series ''[[w:c:smallville:Smallville (TV series)|Smallville]]'' in this crossover. However, Rosenbaum declined<ref>[https://twitter.com/michaelrosenbum/status/1176526751461019648 Michael Rosenbaum (@michaelrosenbum) - Twitter]</ref> and Ritchson had to decline due to scheduling issues.<ref>[https://collider.com/titans-season-2-alan-ritchson-interview-smallville/ "Alan Ritchson on ‘Titans’ Season 2, ‘Smallville’, and Why He’s Not in 'Crisis on Infinite Earths'" - Collider]</ref> |
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+ | **Similarly, [[w:c:krypton:Cameron Cuffe|Cameron Cuffe]] was offered the chance to reprise his role as [[w:c:krypton:Seg-El|Seg-El]] from the television series ''[[w:c:krypton:Krypton|Krypton]]''. However, like Ritchson, he had to decline due to scheduling issues.<ref>[https://twitter.com/mguggenheim/status/1174732833341853696 Marc Guggenheim (@mguggenheim) - Twitter]</ref> He would have portrayed a Kryptonian elder on [[Argo City|Argo]] during the evacuation in {{Ep|Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part One}}.<ref>[https://www.comicbookmovie.com/tv/dc/krypton/krypton-star-cameron-cuffes-unfilmed-crisis-on-infinite-earths-cameo-has-finally-been-revealed-a174160 "KRYPTON Star Cameron Cuffe's Unfilmed CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS Cameo Has Finally Been Revealed" - ComicBookMovie]</ref> |
**[[wikipedia:Nicolas Cage|Nicolas Cage]] was also reached out to, presumably to portray a version of Superman, a role he was set to portray in the canceled film ''[[wikipedia:Superman in film#Superman Lives|Superman Lives]]''.<ref>[https://www.indiewire.com/2019/12/marc-guggenheim-interview-crisis-on-infinite-earths-arrow-cw-1202194754/ "‘Crisis on Infinite Earths’: Showrunner Marc Guggenheim on Plotting The CW’s Six-Show Crossover Event" - IndieWire]</ref> |
**[[wikipedia:Nicolas Cage|Nicolas Cage]] was also reached out to, presumably to portray a version of Superman, a role he was set to portray in the canceled film ''[[wikipedia:Superman in film#Superman Lives|Superman Lives]]''.<ref>[https://www.indiewire.com/2019/12/marc-guggenheim-interview-crisis-on-infinite-earths-arrow-cw-1202194754/ "‘Crisis on Infinite Earths’: Showrunner Marc Guggenheim on Plotting The CW’s Six-Show Crossover Event" - IndieWire]</ref> |
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| − | **Ritchson did ultimately appear in the crossover, albeit in an uncredited cameo as [[w:c:Titans:Hank Hall|Hank Hall]] from the television series ''[[w:c:Titans:Titans|Titans]]''. |
+ | **Ritchson did ultimately appear in the crossover, albeit in an uncredited cameo as [[w:c:Titans:Hank Hall|Hank Hall]] via archival footage from the television series ''[[w:c:Titans:Titans|Titans]]''. |
| − | *Despite [[Eobard Thawne]] playing a huge role in [[Anti-Monitor Crisis|Crisis]] in the original timeline, he did not appear in this crossover. Regarding his absence, [[Marc Guggenheim]] said: ''"I guess what it really comes down to is |
+ | *Despite [[Eobard Thawne]] playing a huge role in [[Anti-Monitor Crisis|Crisis]] in the original timeline, he did not appear in this crossover. Regarding his absence, [[Marc Guggenheim]] said: ''"I guess what it really comes down to is not being beholden to a headline from six years ago that was not written by any of the showrunners involved in the crossover. A lot of things drive our stories, and a lot of things determine what choices we make. To me, tracking toward a headline written six years ago is literally the definition of ‘the cart driving the horse.’ We’ve had Reverse-Flash so prominent in the Arrowverse over the years, including in last year's crossover and the crossover before that. I love the character and I love Tom [Cavanagh] as a person, and I certainly love Matt Letscher's version, but you have to make choices."''<ref>[https://tvline.com/gallery/crisis-on-infinite-earths-burning-questions-answered/the-flash-season-5-photos-16-2/ "'Crisis on Infinite Earths' Burning Qs Answered!" - TVLine]</ref> |
| + | *Originally, there were plans to include [[Roger Hayden|Psycho Pirate]]<ref>[https://ew.com/tv/2020/01/15/crisis-on-infinite-earths-marc-guggenheim-earth-prime-ezra-miller-mia/ "'Crisis on Infinite Earths' boss answers burning questions about Earth-Prime, Ezra Miller, and more" - Entertainment Weeky]</ref> and the [[w:c:dc:Wonder Twins (Prime Earth)|Wonder Twins]]<ref>[https://variety.com/2020/tv/features/crisis-on-infinite-earths-ezra-miller-cameo-marc-guggenheim-interview-1203467952/ "How ‘Crisis on Infinite Earths’ Pulled Off Its Ezra Miller Cameo" - Variety]</ref> in this crossover. However, those plans were eventually scrapped. |
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| + | *A team-up between Swamp Thing and [[John Constantine]] nearly occurred, but did not happen "for a variety of different reasons".<ref>[https://www.comicbookmovie.com/tv/dc/swamp_thing/crisis-on-infinite-earths-almost-included-a-constantine-swamp-thing-team-up-a174172 "CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS Almost Included A Constantine/Swamp-Thing Team-Up" - ComicBookMovie]</ref> |
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*So far, this crossover had the most series regulars absent as there were 16 series regulars who were absent. The series regulars who didn't appear in the crossover were: |
*So far, this crossover had the most series regulars absent as there were 16 series regulars who were absent. The series regulars who didn't appear in the crossover were: |
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**{{S|S}} - {{F|Andrea Brooks|([[Eve Teschmacher]] and [[Hope]])}}, {{F|Julie Gonzalo|([[Andrea Rojas|Andrea Rojas/Acrata]])}}, and {{F|Staz Nair|([[William Dey]])}}. |
**{{S|S}} - {{F|Andrea Brooks|([[Eve Teschmacher]] and [[Hope]])}}, {{F|Julie Gonzalo|([[Andrea Rojas|Andrea Rojas/Acrata]])}}, and {{F|Staz Nair|([[William Dey]])}}. |
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**''Arrow'' - {{F|Ben Lewis|([[William Clayton]])}} and {{F|Joseph David-Jones|([[Connor Hawke]])}} |
**''Arrow'' - {{F|Ben Lewis|([[William Clayton]])}} and {{F|Joseph David-Jones|([[Connor Hawke]])}} |
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**{{S|L}} - {{F|Maisie Richardson-Sellers|([[Charlie]])}}, {{F|Tala Ashe|([[Zari Tarazi]])}}, {{F|Courtney Ford|([[Nora Darhk]])}}, {{F|Olivia Swann|([[Astra Logue]])}}, and {{F|Amy Pemberton|([[Gideon (Waverider)|Gideon]])}}. |
**{{S|L}} - {{F|Maisie Richardson-Sellers|([[Charlie]])}}, {{F|Tala Ashe|([[Zari Tarazi]])}}, {{F|Courtney Ford|([[Nora Darhk]])}}, {{F|Olivia Swann|([[Astra Logue]])}}, and {{F|Amy Pemberton|([[Gideon (Waverider)|Gideon]])}}. |
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Revision as of 22:34, 27 June 2020
- For the in-universe event, see Anti-Monitor Crisis.
Crisis on Infinite Earths is the name of the sixth annual Arrowverse crossover event between Supergirl, Batwoman, The Flash, Arrow, and DC's Legends of Tomorrow. Additionally, events in the Black Lightning episode "The Book of Resistance: Chapter Four: Earth Crisis" and a two-issue comic, Crisis on Infinite Earths Giant, tie into the crossover. It began over three nights in December 2019 from December 8 to December 10 and concluded on January 14, 2020.
Synopsis
| The "Crisis" event brings together the heroes from multiple Earths to battle against the Anti-Monitor, a godlike villain who threatens to destroy all reality.[src] |
Plot
Ten thousand years ago on the planet Maltus, Mar Novu experiments with time travel to witness the birth of the universe. Instead, Novu is transported to the netherverse at the dawn of time, leading to the creation of the Anti-Monitor.
In the present, having already destroyed multiple Earths, the Anti-Monitor sends an antimatter wave to Earth-38. There, Querl Dox detects a wave approaching Argo City prompting Kara Danvers to warn her mother Alura Zor-El, her cousin Clark Kent and his wife Lois Lane. Clark and Lois safely send their son Jonathan to Earth just before the wave erases Argo. Lyla Michaels, now a Harbinger, recruits Oliver Queen, Mia Smoak, Barry Allen, Kate Kane, Sara Lance, Ray Palmer and the Kents to the D.E.O. on a briefing of the current status of the Crisis as Novu raises a Quantum tower to impede the wave. Meanwhile, Alex Danvers reluctantly works with Lena Luthor to work a way to evacuate the Earth's inhabitants to Earth-1. Brainy locates Jonathan's pod on Earth-16, so he, Lois and Sara head to retrieve him while the other heroes fend off the Anti-Monitor's Shadow demon army at the tower. Novu teleports the heroes back to Earth-1 but Oliver refuses to leave so he temporarily nullifies Novu's powers. Eventually, a shadow demon injures Oliver and Novu brings back a dying Oliver to Earth-1 where Sara and Barry say goodbye. Harrison Nash Wells, now a "Pariah" for releasing the Anti-Monitor from his chamber beneath Central City, warns everyone that events have changed and that they are all doomed.
In the wake of Oliver's death, which cannot be undone due to the Anti-Monitor's growing power, Novu consults the Book of Destiny, and learns of seven Paragons who can stop the Anti-Monitor. Novu reveals four known paragons that of Kara - the "Paragon of Hope", Sara - the "Paragon of Destiny", a second kryptonian who has suffered "more than any mortal man" - the "Paragon of Truth" and the "bat of the future" - the "Paragon of Courage". Clark, Lois and Iris West-Allen travel to Earth-96 where they recruit that Earth's Superman while Kate and Kara travel to Earth-99 where they find an elderly cripped Bruce Wayne, who Kara discovers he had killed this Earth's Superman leading to a confrontation between the two which results in Bruce-99's death. Meanwhile, Barry, Mia and Sara get help from John Constantine to revive Oliver's soul. Constantine detects a working Lazarus Pit on Earth-18. There, they revive Oliver but not his soul as the antimatter is blocking them from bringing it back. Later, unbeknownst to everyone, Harbinger is contacted by the Anti-Monitor.
With Cisco Ramon's help, Ray's Paragon detector detects Barry as the "Paragon of Love", Kate as the true "Paragon of Courage", J'onn J'onzz as the "Paragon of Honor" and Ryan Choi as the "Paragon of Humanity". Iris, Ray and Ralph Dibny head to Ivy Town to recruit a reluctant Choi. Meanwhile, Constantine and Mia, who are joined by John Diggle, travel to Earth-666 to pick up a card from Lucifer Morningstar that takes them to Purgatory. When they find Oliver's soul, they are approached by Jim Corrigan, who passes on the Spectre's powers. After accepting this, Constantine, Mia and Diggle are sent back to Earth-1. After the Monitor restores Cisco's powers, he, Barry, Caitlin Snow and Nash return to the chamber where they find an antimatter cannon powered by Earth-90 Flash. Cisco frees Barry-90 prompting the canon to go critical. Nash recruits Jefferson Pierce, from another Earth, to maintain the canon. Barry-1 volunteers to destroy the cannon but Barry-90 steps in to take his place, claiming that Novu didn't state which Flash would die in the Crisis. With the cannon destroyed, the heroes regroup at the Waverider, where a brainwashed Harbinger appears to wipe out the remaining Earth. Just before she can do so, Nash sends the Paragons to the Vanishing Point on Novu's orders.
Months after the multiverse was destroyed, the Paragons struggle to survive at the Point. Back in Purgatory, Corrigan continues to train Oliver to master the Spectre's power. Oliver then contacts the Paragons and unlocks Barry's full potential. With his strengthened speed, Barry takes Kara, Choi and Lex to Moltus in the past but loses the Paragons in the Speed Force after the Anti-Monitor attacks them. On Maltus, Kara, Choi and Lex convince Novu not to go forward with his plan as Barry rescues the other Paragons. The Paragons then battle the Anti-Monitor at the dawn of time until Oliver uses the Spectre's power to defeat the Anti-Monitor and reset the universe by sacrificing himself a second time.
Waking up in a newly restored universe, the Paragons discover they are the only ones who can remember the events of the Crisis. They also learn that Earth-1 has merged with Earth-38 and Jefferson's Earth, later designated as Earth-Prime. J'onn restores their allies' pre-Crisis memories while Sara believes Oliver is still alive, but is indeed dead. Later that night, the shadow demons attack the Paragons. A restored and remorseful Nash discovers the Anti-Monitor is still alive so he, Ray and Ryan create a device that would eternally shrink the Anti-Monitor. During a final battle against the Anti-Monitor, Kara throws the device at him, sending him to the microverse. In memory of Oliver, Barry, Kara, Sara, Kate, Clark, J'onn and Jefferson hold a memorial service as Barry reveals a new base of operations for the team.
Cast
- Tiahra Allen as Sara Diggle
- Stephen Amell as Oliver Queen/Green Arrow/Spectre and Oliver Queen/Green Arrow
- Audrey Marie Anderson as Lyla Michaels/Harbinger
- Brec Bassinger as Stargirl
- Manu Bennett as Slade Wilson (archive footage)
- Melissa Benoist as Kara Danvers/Supergirl
- April Bowlby as Rita Farr
- Katie Cassidy as Laurel Lance
- Tom Cavanagh as Dr. Harrison Nash Wells/Pariah
- Osric Chau as Dr. Ryan Choi
- Kevin Conroy as Bruce Wayne
- Jon Cryer as Lex Luthor
- Erica Durance as Alura Zor-El and Lois Lane
- Tom Ellis as Lucifer Morningstar
- LaMonica Garrett as Mar Novu/The Monitor and Mobius/Anti-Monitor
- Rick Gonzalez as Rene Ramirez/Wild Dog
- Marcello Guedes as John Diggle, Jr.
- Diane Guerrero as Crazy Jane
- Grant Gustin as Barry Allen/The Flash
- Reina Hardesty as Joslyn Jackam/Weather Witch
- David Harewood as J'onn J'onzz/Martian Manhunter
- Juliana Harkavy as Dinah Drake/Black Canary
- Raul Herrera as Sargon the Sorcerer
- Tyler Hoechlin as Clark Kent/Superman and Superman (John Deegan)
- Benjamin and Elias Hogewoning as Jonathan Kent
- Camrus Johnson as Luke
- Pam Kearns as Doris
- Katrina Law as Nyssa al Ghul (archive fotage)
- Chyler Leigh as Dr. Alex Danvers
- Stephen Lobo as Jim Corrigan
- Caity Lotz as Captain Sara Lance/White Canary
- Jes Macallan as Ava Sharpe
- Nicole Maines as Nia Nal/Dreamer
- Neal McDonough as Damien Darhk (archive footage)
- Katie McGrath as Lena Luthor
- Katherine McNamara as Mia Smoak/Blackstar
- Derek Mears as Earth-19 entity
- Melanie Merkosky as Xneen
- Dina Meyer as Oracle (voice)
- Ezra Miller as Barry Allen
- Wentworth Miller as Leonard (voice)
- Matt Nable as Ra's al Ghul (archive footage)
- Griffin Newman as Trivia host
- Danielle Panabaker as Dr. Caitlin Snow/Frost
- Candice Patton as Iris West-Allen
- Amanda Pays as Dr. Tina McGee (archive footage)
- Eileen Pedde as President of the United States
- Dominic Purcell as Mick Rory and Mick Rory/Heat Wave
- David Ramsey as John Diggle/Spartan
- Jesse Rath as Querl Dox/Brainiac 5
- Alan Ritchson as Hawk
- Ruby Rose as Kate Kane/Batwoman and Kate Kane
- Brandon Routh as Dr. Ray Palmer/The Atom and Clark Kent/Superman
- Matt Ryan as John Constantine
- Hartley Sawyer as Ralph Dibny/Elongated Man
- Johnathon Schaech as Hex
- Ashley Scott as Huntress
- John Wesley Shipp as Barry Allen/The Flash
- Azie Tesfai as Kelly Olsen
- Russell Tovey as The Ray
- Elizabeth Tulloch as Lois Lane and Lois Lane's Earth-75 doppelgänger
- Carlos Valdes as Cisco Ramon/Vibe
- Joivan Wade as Victor Stone
- Curran Walters as Jason Todd/Robin
- Burt Ward as Dick Grayson
- Tom Welling as Clark Kent
- Wil Wheaton as Earth-38 doomsday protestor
- Cress Williams as Black Lightning
- Marv Wolfman as Marv
- Robert Wuhl as Alexander Knox
- Nick Zano as Dr. Nate Heywood
Trivia
- The title of this crossover, Crisis on Infinite Earths, is also the title of a limited series published by DC Comics from 1985 to 1986.
- Following "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part One" and "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Three", The CW aired a set of TV specials to promote the crossover and reveal behind the scenes details titled Crisis Aftermath.
- This was the first crossover:
- Where the title of the crossover was revealed at the end of the previous crossover (Elseworlds).
- To consist of five episodes.
- To have a one-month break between some of the episodes.
- The break was accounted for within the crossover.[1]
- To have major tie-ins with episodes of The Flash and Arrow that aired before the crossover.
- To have a tie-in comic book series. The series is titled Crisis on Infinite Earths Giant.[2] It was two issues long and both issues contained "an in-canon story that ties directly into the crossover narrative" and "characters and concepts that couldn’t be included in the crossover."[3]
- To have an aftershow. The aftershow was titled Crisis Aftermath.
- Brandon Routh reprised his role as Superman, having previously portrayed the character in the 2006 film Superman Returns. The iteration of Superman that Routh portrayed is the same character but is now based on the Kingdom Come storyline.
- All currently airing Arrowverse television series will deal with the fallout from this crossover in the remainder of their current seasons.[4][5]
- Both Michael Rosenbaum and Alan Ritchson were offered the chance to reprise their roles as Lex Luthor and Aquaman respectively from the television series Smallville in this crossover. However, Rosenbaum declined[6] and Ritchson had to decline due to scheduling issues.[7]
- Similarly, Cameron Cuffe was offered the chance to reprise his role as Seg-El from the television series Krypton. However, like Ritchson, he had to decline due to scheduling issues.[8] He would have portrayed a Kryptonian elder on Argo during the evacuation in "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part One".[9]
- Nicolas Cage was also reached out to, presumably to portray a version of Superman, a role he was set to portray in the canceled film Superman Lives.[10]
- Ritchson did ultimately appear in the crossover, albeit in an uncredited cameo as Hank Hall via archival footage from the television series Titans.
- Despite Eobard Thawne playing a huge role in Crisis in the original timeline, he did not appear in this crossover. Regarding his absence, Marc Guggenheim said: "I guess what it really comes down to is not being beholden to a headline from six years ago that was not written by any of the showrunners involved in the crossover. A lot of things drive our stories, and a lot of things determine what choices we make. To me, tracking toward a headline written six years ago is literally the definition of ‘the cart driving the horse.’ We’ve had Reverse-Flash so prominent in the Arrowverse over the years, including in last year's crossover and the crossover before that. I love the character and I love Tom [Cavanagh] as a person, and I certainly love Matt Letscher's version, but you have to make choices."[11]
- Originally, there were plans to include Psycho Pirate[12] and the Wonder Twins[13] in this crossover. However, those plans were eventually scrapped.
- A team-up between Swamp Thing and John Constantine nearly occurred, but did not happen "for a variety of different reasons".[14]
- So far, this crossover had the most series regulars absent as there were 16 series regulars who were absent. The series regulars who didn't appear in the crossover were:
- Supergirl - Andrea Brooks (Eve Teschmacher and Hope), Julie Gonzalo (Andrea Rojas/Acrata), and Staz Nair (William Dey).
- Batwoman - Meagan Tandy (Sophie Moore), Nicole Kang (Mary Hamilton), Elizabeth Anweis (Catherine Hamilton-Kane), and Dougray Scott (Jacob Kane)
- While Rachel Skarsten (Beth Kane/Alice) did not make a physical appearance in the crossover, she did portray Beth Kane of Earth-99 in a photo.
- The Flash - Danielle Nicolet (Cecile Horton) and Jesse L. Martin (Joe West)
- Arrow - Ben Lewis (William Clayton) and Joseph David-Jones (Connor Hawke)
- DC's Legends of Tomorrow - Maisie Richardson-Sellers (Charlie), Tala Ashe (Zari Tarazi), Courtney Ford (Nora Darhk), Olivia Swann (Astra Logue), and Amy Pemberton (Gideon).
Gallery
Logos Final logo Concept artwork Mobius/Anti-Monitor Promotional images First look at Brandon Routh as Superman.    First look at Audrey Marie Anderson as Harbinger.  First look at Tom Cavanagh as Pariah.  First look at LaMonica Garrett as the Anti-Monitor.  "It's the end...of the worlds"  "Stream the first 3 episodes"   Textless variant   Textless variant   Textless variant  "Their worlds will never be the same" |
Videos
DCTV Crisis on Infinite Earths Crossover Teaser (HD) DCTV Crisis on Infinite Earths Crossover Arrow Teaser Full HD-1  Crisis On Infinite Earths Trailer  Crisis On Infinite Earths Extended Trailer  DCTV Crisis on Infinite Earths Crossover Sneak Peek - Heroes Assemble (HD)  CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS "Making-Of" Featurette HD Stephen Amell, Grant Gustin, Tyler Hoechlin Crisis on Infinite Earths Teaser Promo Crisis on Infinite Earths Teaser Promo "Save the Multiverse"  Crisis on Infinite Earths Promo "Infinity Ends" Crisis on Infinite Earths Teaser Promo "Pariah" Crisis on Infinite Earths Teaser Promo "Lex Luthor Recruited by The Monitor" Crisis on Infinite Earths Crossover Teaser Promo "The Beginning"  Crisis on Infinite Earths Hour Four and Five Promo  DCTV Crisis on Infinite Earths Crossover 'Take Back The Worlds' Promo Crisis On Infinite Earths No Way Out Teaser The CW Crisis On Infinite Earths Oliver Teaser The CW Crisis On Infinite Earths The Monitor Teaser The CW Crisis On Infinite Earths Lex Teaser The CW  DCTV Crisis on Infinite Earths Crossover Final Trailer Crisis On Infinite Earths Dawn Of Time Teaser The CW |
References