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"I think you're remembering that from another time. Another Earth, perhaps."
Lex Luthor[src]

Earth-38[1] was one of the many universes in the multiverse. It was the home universe of Superman and Supergirl. During the Anti-Monitor Crisis, the entire universe was engulfed in a wave of antimatter, with 3 billion of Earth's citizens surviving due to evacuation to Earth-1, making them refugees. Unfortunately, the antimatter wave would later reach Earth-1 as well, killing all surviving inhabitants except Supergirl, J'onn J'onzz, and Lex Luthor.

After Oliver Queen died while battling the Anti-Monitor and reformed the universe, Earth-Prime was formed, which contains most elements of Earth-1, Earth-38, and Earth-TUD5. As such, while this Earth may be physically gone, its people live on as part of Earth-Prime.

History[]

The Secret terrorist organization known as Leviathan was formed by the former leaders of Jarhanpur, not long after their arrival on Earth millions of years ago, brought about the extinction of the dinosaurs and the rise of humanity after their ship crashed on this earth. For about 2 million years, one of the leaders, Rama-Khan, was in charge of protecting the Earth from humanity's self-destruction.

He and Leviathan have monitored the Earth and kept humanity at bay through multiple extinction level events, like Noah's Flood, the destruction of Pompeii, Antioch, the Yellow River flood, and the Bhola Cyclone. During this time Leviathan was recorded as myth over time. The Medallion of Acrata was caimed as a legend, lost in history.

By the modern times, they have become a powerful hidden terrorist organization and who's influence reach beyond even Obsidian North and L-Corp.

Alien life was common knowledge for over a decade on the Earth of this universe - in particular, the Kryptonian heroes Superman and Supergirl.[2] Barry Allen of Earth-1 accidentally traveled to National City, California on the Earth of this universe through a breach while testing out his tachyon device; after spending a little time there, he was able to return home with Supergirl's aid (only a few seconds passed for Earth-1.[3][4]

A few months later, Barry and Cisco traveled to the Earth of this universe (National City; California) to enlist Supergirl's help[5] in fighting off the Dominators' invasion of Earth-1.[1]

When Cisco and Gypsy had a duel over the life of H.R. Wells, they crossed the dimensions such as Earth-1 and Earth-2, and landed on this Earth's National City, in the office of James Olsen. They were seen by Eve Teschmacher fighting before vanishing into another breach.[6]

Recently, the atmosphere of Earth-38 had been seeded with a trace amount of lead, making the planet uninhabitable to Daxamites and stopping their invasion.[7] Though by the 2400's of a now-erased future, a cure was invented by L-Corp, allowing said species to stay on Earth without any problems.[8]

Argo City destroyed by antimatter

Argo City being destroyed by antimatter.

An antimatter wave heads towards Earth-38's Earth

Earth (Earth-38) facing the antimatter wave.

In 2019, a wave of antimatter sent by the Anti-Monitor destroyed Argo City, and then this Earth; however, with the help of Lena Luthor and heroes of Earth-1, the heroes of Earth-38 manage to evacuate 3 billion inhabitants to Earth-1 through the transmatter portal. The Monitor predicted that one third of all survivors were saved by Oliver Queen, sacrificing himself to protect the quantum tower protecting Earth-38 from destruction before the tower, the Earth and Queen himself fell,[9] however, the refugees and Earth-1's population were killed when the Earth-1 was swallowed by anti-matter.[10] A month later, with the help of Paragons and the Spectre, the Earths-38, 1, and TUD5 were merged into Earth-Prime.[11]

"You know J'onn J'onzz from Supergirl's Earth?"
"Of course I know J'onn! Wait, go back...Supergirl has her
own Earth?"
"Not anymore.
"
Sara Lance, Ray Palmer, and J'onn J'onzz[src]

The Superfriends retain their knowledge of Earth-38 and use its history as a reference point in many of their adventures,[12] sometimes noting the changes between the past and the present.[13][14]

Events (in chronological order)[]

B.C.[]

A.D.[]

Erased future[]

  • L-Corp develops a cure for lead poisoning (25th century)
  • Earth suffers a mass extinction (2?th century)
  • Mon-El becomes founder of the Legion (31st century)
    • The Blight infects the universe (erased)

Notable individuals[]

Former residents[]


Visitors[]

From Earth-1[]

From Earth-19[]

From Earth-221[]

From Earth-TUD7[]

From the Fifth Dimension[]

From the Netherverse[]

From an unknown Earth[]

Known locations[]

  • Arcturus (star; destroyed by antimatter)
  • AZ336XB12 (star; destroyed by antimatter)
  • Sol (star; destroyed by antimatter)
    • Earth (planet; destroyed by antimatter)
      • Moon (moon; destroyed by antimatter)
    • Mars (planet; destroyed by antimatter)
    • Mercury (planet; destroyed by antimatter)
    • Jupiter (planet; destroyed by antimatter)
    • Saturn (planet; destroyed by antimatter)
      • Titan (moon; destroyed by antimatter)
    • Uranus (planet; destroyed by antimatter)
    • Venus (planet; destroyed by antimatter)
  • Rao (star; destroyed)
  • Almerac (planet; destroyed by antimatter)
  • Barvex (planet; destroyed by antimatter)
  • Colu (planet; destroyed by antimatter)
  • Durla (planet; destroyed by antimatter)
  • Hellgram (planet; destroyed by antimatter)
  • Ikthanol (planet; destroyed by antimatter)
  • Kalanor (planet; destroyed by antimatter)
  • Khundia (planet; destroyed by antimatter)
  • Maaldoria (planet; destroyed by antimatter)
  • Naltor (planet; destroyed by antimatter)
  • Phoria (planet; destroyed by antimatter)
  • Sedenach (planet; destroyed by antimatter)
  • Starhaven (planet; destroyed by antimatter)
  • Thanagar (planet; destroyed by antimatter)
  • Tameran (planet; destroyed by antimatter)
  • Trombus (planet; destroyed by antimatter)
  • Valeron (planet; destroyed by antimatter)
  • Warworld (planet; destroyed by antimatter)
  • Winath (planet; destroyed by the Blight)


Appearances[]

Supergirl[]

Season 1

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6


The Flash[]

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 9


DC's Legends of Tomorrow[]

Season 2[]

Season 3[]

Season 5[]

Arrow[]

Season 6[]

Batwoman[]

Season 1[]

Comics[]

Adventures of Supergirl[]


Crisis on Infinite Earths Giant[]

EARTH-PRIME[]

The Chronicles of Cisco[]

Trivia[]

  • Earth-38's designation number was not revealed until "Invasion!"[1], which aired around a year after Supergirl premiered.
  • Barry Allen went through a series of names from individuals on his Earth-1 and Earth-2, seeing if they existed on Earth-38. After running them by Kara Danvers and looking them up online, it appeared that Harrison Wells, Cisco Ramon, Caitlin Snow, Green Arrow, Black Canary, the Atom, Firestorm, Zoom and even himself, as the Flash, all either did not exist or at the very least didn't share the same names and identities of their counterparts.
  • While Central City still existed on Earth-38, S.T.A.R. Labs did not.
  • The existence of extraterrestrial life was common knowledge on the Earth of Earth-38, whereas only a small number of individuals outside of the government knew of them on Earth-1, at least in the 21st century. Also, unlike Earth-1, there was an unknown number of various alien species and races that were generally well known about.
  • It was identical to Earth-1 in many ways such as aesthetics, time, the existence of real-life figures such as celebrities, politicians and artists, currency, law enforcement, crime, vigilantism, government, mass media, fine art, history, historical events, holidays, politics, political issues, the internet, magic, life, everyday life, physical laws, nature, Greek Mythology, science, popular culture and technology unlike many other Earths.
  • There had been several encounters with genies, including some who may have been Imps, that have been documented for centuries on Earth-38.
  • Authorities such as The F.B.I. (Federal Bureau of Investigation), The United States Army, and the FAA all existed on Earth-38 as well.
  • The Chemical compound "DT Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane" (also known as DDT) existed on Earth-38 before it was banned by the American government who destroyed any remaining stockpiles of it.
  • At the time of its destruction during the Crisis, its Earth was populated by 7.53 billion assorted individuals that included humans, meta-humans, and various alien species, of which 3 billion evacuated the planet. If Argo City and it's own inhabitants (which was a estimated number of 4.53 billion) are included on a larger scale, the total number would be 12.06 billion all together. Ironically, 4.53 billion people did not make it off Earth and that same number were also killed on Argo, leading to 8.06 billion deaths.
  • Earth-38 was a key universe where the Monitor placed a quantum tower.
  • Next to Earth-1, 2 and TUD-5, Earth-38 was one of the universes that was shown being destroyed by antimatter on-screen during the crisis. It was also one of the first few universes that were shown being destroyed during the beginning of the crisis along with a few others, including Earth-9, 66, 89 and X. If counted all together it was the fifth earth destroyed at the start of the crisis (it actually could be counted as the sixth if Earth-2 is included which was destroyed in the episode "Starling City" which is the first episode of Arrow Season 8 or even the seventh if Argo City is included too, even though it is not technically a planet).
  • Unlike Earth-1 this earth did not have a S.T.A.R. Labs or Particle Accelerator, so the meta-humans and other super powered individuals got their powers and abilities through other various methods.
  • Like Earth-1 and Earth-13, magic was a supernatural force that was well known by some of the population of this earth.
  • This Earth's history was akin to a few others including Earth-1, 2 and X except for the outcome of certain events such as World War II.
  • During the crisis, Earth-38 was the only planet shown being evacuated (which unfortunately was only semi successful) while others were just briefly mentioned.
  • Also, unlike the rest of the earths in the multiverse; Earth-38 was the only earth known to have transmatter portals on it including a giant one which was used in it's evacuation.
  • This Earth had it's own version of Batman much like Earth-1, 99, and 2 did. Also, Kara stated that he worked with her cousin.

Behind the scenes[]

  • The number 38 is a reference to 1938, the year Superman debuted.
  • Earth-38 has been referred to as "Earth-CBS" by Marc Guggenheim as the series first aired on CBS before moving to The CW.
  • In the comics, Earth-38 is Home to a Superman that debuted in 1938 and a Batman that first appeared in 1939. Unlike many of the worlds of the Multiverse, time passes on Earth-38 as it does on Earth Prime. Its Worlds Finest team and other heroes aged over the course of passing decades and eventually ceded their roles to their successors and children, beginning a heroic legacy that would continue well into the 30th century itself.
  • Next to Earth-1, Earth-38 was the second most important universe in the original multiverse as it was the main setting of one of the TV shows of the Arrowverse, Supergirl.
  • Real-life similarities (all of which has been mentioned or seen) that have been confirmed to have existed in Earth-38 include:

References[]

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