- "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. Extraterrestrial life was common knowledge on this earth for over a decade as various alien species/races made their way to this planet and lived on it. 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 an evacuation event to Earth-1, making them refugees. Unfortunately, the antimatter wave would later reach Earth-1 as well, killing all of the surviving and original inhabitants of the planet 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 (Earth-38) from humanity's self-destruction.
He and Leviathan have monitored the Earth and kept humanity at bay/to guide them through multiple extinction level events, like Noah's Flood, the destruction of Pompeii, Antioch, the Yellow River flood in China (Earth-38), and the Bhola Cyclone in India (Earth-38).
During this time Leviathan was recorded as myth over time. The Medallion of Acrata (Earth-38) was claimed 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 (Earth-38) 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]
Venture plummets towards this Earth (Earth-38).
A few months later, Barry and Cisco traveled to the Earth of this universe in National City; California, to enlist Supergirl's help[5] in fighting off the Dominators' invasion of Earth-1.[1]
When Vibe 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 this Earth (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]
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 this Earth (Earth-38) from destruction before the quantum tower, the National City (Earth-38) and Oliver Queen himself fell,[9] however, the refugees and Earth-1's population were initially killed when the last Earth (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 this Earth (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.[]
- Big Bang (billions of years ago)
A.D.[]
- Martian Civil War/Green Martian Genocide (c. 1717)
- American Revolutionary War (1775–1783)
- World War I (1914–1918)
- World War II (1939–1945)
- Dominators invade Krypton (pre-1966)[1]
- 1979
- Fort Rozz's arrival on Earth (2003)
- Earthquake in National City (2013)
- Wildfires in National City (2014)
- 2015
- Sun turned red by Lex Luthor
- Lex Luthor is arrested
- Oil spill in National City
- Earthquake in National City
- Myriad (2016)
- Daxamite invasion of Earth (2017)
- 2018
- Superman kills Zod [15]
- Dark Kryptonians' Attack/Terraformation
- Pestilence/Blight prevented from infecting the 31st century
- Children of Liberty's reign of terror against aliens (2018–2019)
- 2019
- The Elite's war against the Children of Liberty and President Baker
- Lex Luthor's war against Supergirl and Lena Luthor
- Leviathan's Uprising
- Malefic J'onzz wages war against his brother, J'onn J'onzz
- Lena Luthor's revenge on Kara Danvers and development of Project Non Nocere
- Anti-Monitor Crisis
- Evacuation of Earth-38 and the complete destruction of the universe (notably the planet Earth-38 and Argo City)
Erased future[]
- L-Corp develops a cure for lead poisoning (25th century)
- Earth suffers a mass extinction (mid-25th century)
- Mon-El becomes founder of the Legion (31st century)
- The Blight infects the universe (31st century; erased)
Notable individuals[]
Former residents[]
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Visitors[]
From Earth-1[]
- Barry Allen/The Flash
- Kate Kane/Batwoman
- Cisco Ramon/Vibe
- Sara Lance/White Canary
- Lyla Michaels/Harbinger
- Ray Palmer/The Atom
- Oliver Queen/Green Arrow (deceased)
- Mia Queen
From Earth-19[]
- Cynthia/Gypsy (deceased)
From Earth-221[]
- Harrison Sherloque Wells (relocated to Harrison Nash Wells' mind)
From Earth-TUD7[]
- Mar Novu/The Monitor (deceased)
From the Fifth Dimension[]
From the Netherverse[]
From an unknown Earth[]
Known locations[]
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Appearances[]
Supergirl[]
The Flash[]
Season 2
Season 3
Season 4
Season 5
Season 6
Season 7
Season 9
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DC's Legends of Tomorrow[]
Season 2[]
- "Invasion!" (breach)
Season 3[]
- "Crisis on Earth-X, Part 4" (breach)
Season 5[]
- "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Five" (vision)
Arrow[]
Season 6[]
- "Crisis on Earth-X, Part 2" (indirectly mentioned)
Batwoman[]
Season 1[]
- "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Two" (video footage)
Comics[]
Adventures of Supergirl[]
Crisis on Infinite Earths Giant[]
- "Infinite Luthor, Part 1" (mentioned)
EARTH-PRIME[]
- "Flesh and Mud" (mentioned)
The Chronicles of Cisco[]
- Post 47 "#AlienMovieNight" (mentioned)
- Post 88 "#Schway" (mentioned)
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 U.S. government knew of them on Earth-1, at least from the 21st-22nd century. Also, unlike Earth-1, there was an unknown number of various alien species and races that were generally well known about, unless the Dominators and the Thanagarians are counted for both earths.
- It was identical to Earth-1 and Earth-90 in many ways such as aesthetics, time, social demographics, the existence of real-life figures such as celebrities, politicians and artists, currency, law enforcement, crime, vigilantism, international government, mass media, fine art, history, historical events, holidays, international politics and political issues, the internet, magic, life and everyday life, physical laws, nature, Greek Mythology, meta-humans, science, popular culture and technology unlike many other Earths.
- There were two known alien species that existed on Earth-1 and Earth-38, they were Dominators and Thanagarians.
- There had been several encounters with genies, including some who may have been Imps, that have been documented for centuries on this earth (Earth-38) and other planets including Daxam and Mars.
- U.S. Government 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 people 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 9.06 billion deaths.
- Earth-38 was a key universe where the Monitor placed a quantum tower on at the dawn of time itself, being part of the center three earths of the original multiverse. The others being Earth-1 and Earth-3.
- 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; It was just a part/piece of the destroyed one that was known as Krypton). Actually it could be considered as the eighth if Earth-90 is counted even though it was destroyed by the Monitor with help from the Book of Destiny and not his counterpart who used a wave of antimatter (assuming anything remained useful to destroy on Earth-90).
- Unlike Earth-1 this Earth (much like Earth-TUD5) 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, even including magical powers.
- 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, or were consumed and destroyed by the wave anyway.
- 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; it connected to a breach projected by an interdimensional extrapolator.
- This Earth had it's own version of Batman much like Earth-1, 99, 2 and various other earths did. Also, Kara stated that he worked with her cousin.
- Thanks to the various alien species and races on this earth as well as their spaceships, this planet was (semi-successfully) evacuated with 3 billion people who made it to Earth-1 alive.
- Next to Earth-1, Earth-90, Earth-X, Earth-2, and Earth-TUD5, this planet had a whole history of events that had occured on it (i.e. The Daxamite invasion, Myriad, Project Non Nocere, Worldkiller Prophecy and the Terraformation etc). This all ended with the Earth's evacuation shortly followed by it and the universe's destruction.
- This Earth was destroyed at the beginning of the Anti-Monitor Crisis in the 5-part crossover event, after a few others (2, 89, 9, X, 66, etc.). it was also shown as the last to be destroyed in "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part One", which is a [Supergirl episode].
- Earth-38 (which was one of the most important earths in the multiverse) was the first to be destroyed in the crisis crossover event, Earth-TUD5 was second and Earth-1 was the last, according to their respective time lines when they were broadcasted or made visible.
- Barry Allen was the first person (as well as meta-human, superhero and person from the original Earth-1) who travelled to this Earth and was the first to Meet and befriend Supergirl in National City; California. Also, he aided her and fighting and defeating Silver Banshee and Livewire before she helped him return to his earth (Earth-1) in Central City (Earth-1).
- Aliens had a very important and pivotal role when it came to the politics of this Earth due to the fact that various species came from across the universe as refugees and made a home here.
- Barry Allen got a quick glimpse of this Earth (Earth-38) and Earth-90 the first time he travelled through the multiverse.
- Next to Earth-1, TUD5, 2, 3, 19, X and 90; Earth-38 was one of the more well known, developed and fleshed out universes before it's semi-successful evacuation and complete destruction.
- It appears that certain individuals on this earth have and had doppelgängers on other parallel earths like/including Earth-1, TUD25, X, 96, 75, 99, 167, the Inverse World (although it is a alternate dimension and not separately a parallel universe per say) and many other various earths as well.
- This universe was the only one known to have temporal disruptions like breaches/wormholes in it.
- It is unlikely but unknown if this Earth had a version of Wells on it (it most likely didn't but he was never seen or mentioned/referenced; his name might have also been spelled differently as well).
- Notably, This Earth (Earth-38) and Argo City were the only two planets (if the last remnant of Krypton (Earth-38) counts after the majority of it was destroyed decades ago) that were shown being vaporized and destroyed by a antimatter wave during the crisis (the former in "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part One" and the latter in "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Two" - if the destruction of National City (Earth-38) counts at all); however, except for the Solar System - including Saturn, (which is the planet where the moon of Titan orbits), Jupiter, Mars (where green and white martians live), Mercury and Venus as well as Earth (Earth-38) itself for example, all the other planets were not shown or even mentioned despite being assumed to be destroyed, along with the rest of the universe shortly after and then the rest of the multiverse; despite the off-hand comment by Alex Danvers that space itself is being erased.
- Earth-38, along with Earth-1, was one of the few universes where the multiverse was not public knowledge. As a result, not even Cat Grant knew that Barry Allen/The Flash was from another universe, that being Earth-1 itself, much less any of his associated heroes, villains, allies, friends, etc.
- Time travel and the Crisis create a contradiction. Unless every time someone went into the future, they slipped into Earth-Prime's timeline.
- The 31st century was visited by Mon-El in his pod, after flying through a temporal disruption wormhole.
- It is where the Legion is active, with the Legionnaires journeying across the universe in their cruiser, to unify the United Planets, at least until various planets including Winath were infected and destroyed.
- Despite the Pestilence/Blight being erased from the 21st century, one of Querl Dox's distant relatives decided to ignite a plague that decimated the future populations of A.I. beings, which forced Winn Schott to occupy Querl Dox/Brainiac 5's place in the Legion to save the species.
- This is likely because in the Timeline of Earth-1#Original timeline, the Crisis occurred in 2024, and it is possible that Earth-Prime never existed in the original Crisis,
- where Earth-38 and its timeline stayed separate in the 31st century. from Earth-1's 22nd-64th centuries and its own year 3000.
- After the defeat of Cicada in 2019 on Earth-1, its timeline changed, Nora was erased, and the Crisis occurred earlier. It is possible that due to this, the timeline altered the outcome of the Crisis, as well, which resulted in the Multiverse's destruction (after the sacrifice of the Flash of Earth-90) and the universe's eventual rebirth into Earth-Prime, so time travel on Earth-38 is unknown to be possible after that point; during said change in the timeline of Earth-1.
- Unlike this Earth (Earth-38), In "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Three", Barry stated that there was no quantum tower on Earth-1 after doing some reconnaissance meaning only this Earth was somehow a keystone Earth unlike Earth-1; It is an unexplained observation given that the latter was the main Earth in the original multiverse as well as the access point to all of the others.
- The antimatter wave that swallowed Earth-1 (and when it stopped) was a partially reused scene from when this Earth (Earth-38) was about to be destroyed by it, before dissipating when the antimatter cannon overloaded itself. Compare these images:
The Earth of Earth-1.
Earth-38 is about to be destroyed by antimatter.
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 and Earth-TUD5, Earth-38 was one of most important universes in the original multiverse as it was the main setting of one of the TV shows of the Arrowverse, Supergirl.
- Also, much like Black Lightning and Earth-TUD5; this earth was the setting of only one of the shows of the arrowverse franchise (Supergirl) while all of the others were set on one earth (which was the default and main continuity) in the original multiverse. However, the crisis and it's effects completely changed all of that by merging the three worlds along with the items and a few individuals of some of the other earths into one at the beginning of time itself.
- Real-life similarities (all of which has been mentioned/referenced or seen) that have been confirmed to have existed in Earth-38 include:
- news personnel such as Julie Chen, Rick Garcia, Sara Gilbert, Leyna Nguyen, Sharon Osbourne, Aisha Tyler, and Sheryl Underwood;
- writers such as Joseph Campbell, Alexandre Dumas, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Gene Wilder;
- musicians and music groups such as Mariah Carey, Beyoncé Knowles, Taylor Swift, Kanye West, and the bands "the Barenaked Ladies", and "NSYNC";
- celebrities such as Harrison Ford, Bill Gates, Caitlyn Jenner, Kim Kardashian, Rob Lowe, Elon Musk, and Keanu Reeves;
- politicians such as Hillary Clinton, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Ike Eisenhower, Abraham Lincoln, Bill O'Reilly, Bernie Sanders, and George Washington;
- the social media platform "Twitter"
- the streaming service "Netflix"
- films such as "Back to the Future", "Matilda", "Ransom", The Wizard of Oz", "The Terminator" (2), and "Young Frankenstein"
- the film franchise "Star Wars" (including The Empire Strikes Back and the Star Wars Holiday Special)";
- television series such as "The Talk"
- video game series such as "Dance Dance Revolution"
- musicals such as "Hamilton", "Singin' in the Rain", and "Wicked",
- plays such as "Romeo and Juliet"
- books such as "The Three Musketeers"
- magazines such as "Vanity Fair"
- groups such as Nazis (which Kara stated that she hated during the events of the Earth-X invasion/Crisis on Earth-X);
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Invasion!"
- ↑ "Pilot"
- ↑ "Versus Zoom"
- ↑ "Worlds Finest"
- ↑ "Medusa"
- ↑ "Dead or Alive"
- ↑ "Nevertheless, She Persisted"
- ↑ "Wake Up"
- ↑ "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part One"
- ↑ "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Three"
- ↑ "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Five"
- ↑ "Rebirth"
- ↑ "The Missing Link"
- ↑ "Prom Night!"
- ↑ "For Good"
| Known Earths | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New multiverse | ||||
| Prime • 2 • 9 • 12 • 19 • 21 • 96 • 4125 • TUD25 | ||||
| Original multiverse | ||||
| 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 • 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 37 • 38 • 43 • 47 • 48 • 51 • 52 • 55 • 66 • 67 • 73 • 74 • 75 • 76 • 85 • 86 • 87 • 89 • 90 • 92 • 96 • 97 • 99 • 167 • 203 • 221 • 260 • 494 • 666 • 719 • 827 • 898 • 1938 • D • F • N52 • X • TUD1 • TUD2 • TUD3 • TUD4 • TUD5 • TUD6 • TUD7 • TUD8 • TUD9 • TUD10 • TUD11 • TUD12 • TUD13 • TUD14 • TUD15 • TUD16 • TUD17 • TUD18 • TUD19 • TUD21 • TUD22 • TUD23 | ||||
| Transmultiversal multiverse | ||||
| ∂ • 1A • 2A • 19A • 27A • 32A • 38A • 43A • 52A • 247A • 666A • XA | ||||