- "When we restarted the universe, our worlds combined, and only we Paragons know it was ever any different."
- —J'onn J'onzz to Sara Lance and Ray Palmer[src]
Earth-Prime is one of the many universes in the new multiverse created during the Anti-Monitor Crisis. It, along with the new multiverse, was created by the Spectre and the Paragons after the Anti-Monitor destroyed the previous multiverse, though at the cost of Oliver's life. It was composed of elements from various previous Earths, such as Earth-1, Earth-2, Earth-38, and Earth-TUD5 in an amalgamation that forms this new reality. A team was later assembled as this Earth's guardians.
History
Earth-Prime heroes.
The Spectre created a new multiverse, with this universe being part of it after all of the original multiverse was erased from existence.[1]
Due to the vibration frequencies being different in this multiverse, this Earth currently has no access to the rest of the new multiverse by normal means nor do its occupants appear to be aware of the new multiverse's existence.[2]
The history of Earth-1, Earth-38, and Earth-TUD5 seem to have all still happened with minuscule differences.[2]
Also, certain events have happened differently on this Earth. So far though, only the Paragons and a select few are aware of the changes.[2]
Events (in chronological order)
Timeline of Earth-Prime written by Cisco Ramon
B.C.
A.D.
- French Revolution (1793)[4]
- Reign of Terror (1793)[4]
- World War II (1940)[5]
- Hindenburg disaster (prior to 1947)[6]
- Mallus defeated by the Legends (1873) [7]
- Euro 2004 Football Tournament (2004)[8]
- Hong Kong Alpha-Omega release (2009)[2]
- The Undertaking (2013)[2]
- S.T.A.R. Labs particle accelerator explosion (2014)[2]
- Invasion of Slade Wilson's Mirakuru army in Starling City (2014)[2]
- Creation of The Singularity and Zoom's meta-human group (2015) [2]
- Invasion of Zoom's army in Central City (2016)[2]
- Dominator invasion (2016)[2]
- Daxamite Invasion (2017)[9]
- Time traveling Nazis' invasion (2017)[2]
- Battle of Heyworld (2019)[3]
- Ramsey Rosso's reign of terror in Central City (2019)[10]
- Anti-Monitor Crisis (2019–2020)[11][2]
- Battle on Earth-Prime (2020)[11]
- Foundation of the Crisis team (2020)[11]
- The disbandment of Team Arrow (2020)[12]
- The Black Hole conspiracy (2020)
- The War for Freeland (2020)[13]
- The Death of the Speed Force (2020)[14]
- The Superfriends, Luthor Corp, and Leviathan at war (2020)
- Worldwide Unity Festival (2020)[15]
- England Zombie Apocalypse (2020)
Possible future
- Fall of Star City (2040–2041; presumably prevented by the Canaries)[16]
- Anti-Internet trolling Legislation was approved world-wide (circa 2126)[17]
Timeline alterations
- Anachronisms (formerly; timeline fixed by the Legends)[18]
- Flashpoint (briefly; due to Barry's restoration of the timeline)[19]
- Loomworld (briefly; due to the Legends' intervention)[20]
Notable individuals
Residents
Refugees from the original multiverse
From Earth-2
From Earth-13From Earth-221From Earth-TUD12From Earth-TUD14
From Earth-TUD15
From Earth-TUD16
From Earth-TUD17
From Earth-TUD18
From Earth-TUD19
From Earth-TUD20 |
Visitors
From Netherverse
- Mobius/Anti-Monitor (shrinking for eternity)
- Shadow demons
From the Fifth Dimension
From Earth-TUD7
From Hell
Known locations
A map of Earth-Prime's Earth drawn by Cisco
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Appearances
Arrow
Season 8
DC's Legends of Tomorrow
Batwoman
Supergirl
Black Lightning
Season 3
- "The Book of Markovia: Chapter One: Blessings and Curses Reborn"
- "The Book of Markovia: Chapter Two"
- "The Book of Markovia: Chapter Three"
- "The Book of Markovia: Chapter Four"
- "The Book of War: Chapter One: Homecoming"
- "The Book of War: Chapter Two"
- "The Book of War: Chapter Three: Liberation"
The Flash
Mr. Parker's Cul De Sac
- "Mr. Parker Painting"
- "Mr. Parker Mad Moves"
- "Mr. Parker After 5"
- "Mr. Parker Fish Food"
- "Mr. Parker Goodnight"
The Chronicles of Cisco
Trivia
- It is unknown why so many refugees from the original multiverse were allowed to remain on Earth-Prime. They were presumably needed on Earth-Prime, their Earth wasn't restored, or The Spectre simply made errors during the creation of the new multiverse. However, in the case of Laurel Lance (Earth-2), he could've done this on purpose.
- The lack of Oliver's body on Earth-Prime is an anomaly. Despite the fact he did exist there; no corpse was found after the multiverse reboot.
- Due to an anomaly in the new multiverse, under normal circumstances, Earth-Prime will only allow a single version of one person to exist on it, or "Highlander" rules, in Cisco terms. However, so far it was only shown to apply to individuals from the old multiverse.
- This applies to surving worlds, as if Earth-TUD17 was released from it's Brainiac 5's bottle, it would destroy both it and Earth of the Prime universe.
- Encores seem to remember Earth-1, the previous version of Earth-Prime, due to being in Hell (a plane of existence unaffected by antimatter) at the time of Crisis.
Behind the scenes
- Interestingly in the original comic Crisis, five earths survive the event and get merged into New Earth.
- It seems that due to Earth-1's importance as where the portal to the Nexus is, the histories of the refugees/suvivors got mingled together with it during the reboot.
- At the same time, this also hints Earth-96 was originally meant to merge with these Earths as well; until Superman was replaced by Lex Luthor as a paragon.
- While not stated, it's likely the people of Earth-Prime are fusions of the versions of themselves of the Earths that fused into the new reality.
- Supergirl mentioned J'onn restoring pre-Crisis memories would alter too many relationships. This implies such an idea is possible.
- Nash Wells is a unique case, as he litteraly has the personalities of the other Harrison Wells in his head.
- This universe shares the same name as the keystone "real world" in the comics, also designated as Earth-33.
- The name could also be a nod to Prime Earth, which is the mainstream reality after Flashpoint.
- Real-life similarities (all of which has been mentioned and seen) that have been confirmed to exist in this universe include people such as Marie Antoinette, John Carpenter, Chris Evans, John Hughes, Nazis, Grigori Rasputin, Ryan Reynolds, the Romanov family, Benjamin Siegel, the band Toto (who made the song "Africa"), Marv Wolfman, as well as mass media such as the magazine "The Advocate", the film Frost/Nixon, and the Mario Kart video game series.
Reference
- ↑ "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Four"
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 "Marathon"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Meet the Legends"
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "A Head of Her Time"
- ↑ "The Book of War: Chapter One: Homecoming"
- ↑ "Miss Me, Kiss Me, Love Me"
- ↑ ""Mr. Parker's Cul-De-Sac"
- ↑ "Slay Anything"
- ↑ "The Bottle Episode"
- ↑ "Grodd Friended Me"
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Five"
- ↑ "Fadeout"
- ↑ "The Book of War: Chapter Three: Liberation"
- ↑ "Death of the Speed Force"
- ↑ "Immortal Kombat"
- ↑ "Green Arrow & The Canaries"
- ↑ "Back From the Future - Part One"
- ↑ "I Am Legends"
- ↑ "So Long and Goodnight"
- ↑ "Swan Thong"
| 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 • 666A • XA | ||||