- "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 is 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, which included this universe, following the destruction of the original multiverse by the Anti-Monitor.[1]
Due to vibrational 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]
Major 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]
- Mallus defeated by the Legends (1873) [5]
- World War II (1940)[6]
- Hindenburg disaster (prior to 1947)[7]
- Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)
- 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]
- Obsidian North bankruptcy (2020)[16]
- The downfall of Leviathan (2020)[17]
- Worldwide Unity Festival (2020)[15]
- Phantom invasion of National City (Mid or late 2020)
- Birth of the Forces of Nature (Mid or late 2020)
Possible future
- Fall of Star City (2040–2041; presumably prevented by the Canaries)[18]
- Putin ousted from office (2044)
- Anti-Internet trolling Legislation was approved world-wide (circa 2126)[19]
Timeline alterations
- Anachronisms (formerly; timeline fixed by the Legends)[20]
- England Zombie Apocalypse (2020; potentially prevented by the Legends)
- Flashpoint (briefly; due to Barry's restoration of the timeline)[21]
- Loomworld (briefly; due to the Legends' intervention)[22]
Notable individuals
Residents
Refugees from the original multiverse
From Earth-2From Earth-13
From Earth-19
From Earth-221
From Earth-TUD12
From Earth-TUD14
From Earth-TUD15
From Earth-TUD16
From Earth-TUD17From Earth-TUD18
From Earth-TUD19
From Earth-TUD20
From Earth-TUD22 |
Visitors
From Earth-TUD7
From the Netherverse
- Mobius/Anti-Monitor (shrinking for eternity)
- Shadow demons
From the Fifth Dimension
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
Season 5
Season 6
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Black Lightning
The Flash
Season 6
Season 7 |
Mister Parker's Cul De Sac
- "Mr. Parker Painting"
- "Mr. Parker Mad Moves"
- "Mr. Parker After 5"
- "Mr. Parker Fish Food"
- "Mr. Parker Goodnight"
Superman & Lois
Season 1 |
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 Earth-2 Laurel Lance, he could've done this on purpose.
- Luke Fox compared it to putting the Earths in a blender.
- 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.
- His friends mentioned that they were burying momentos in place of him.
- 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 original multiverse; but only when they get too close to each other, sparking a countdown til they expire unless one dies.
- This applies to surviving worlds, as if the Earth of Earth-TUD17 was released from its Brainiac 5's bottle, it would destroy both it and Earth of the Prime universe.
- However, Brainy and Winn didn't suffer this when next to their counterparts (with Brainy having four), possibly due to time travel acting as a kind of temporary buffer.
- 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.
- 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 or seen) that have been confirmed to exist in this universe include;
- writers such as William Shakespeare and Marv Wolfman;
- musicians and music groups such as Adele, Julie Andrews, David Bowie, Mariah Carey, Johnny Cash, Patsy Cline, Marvin Gaye, Whitney Houston, Mick Jagger, Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, Bob Marley, Idina Menzel, Freddy Mercury, George Michael, Stevie Nicks, Dolly Parton, Ben Platt, Elvis Presley, Prince, Frank Sinatra, Barbara Streisand, Jazmine Sullivan, Taylor Swift, James Taylor, Amy Winehouse, Stevie Wonder, and the band "Toto";
- celebrities such as Blue Ivy Carter, John Carpenter, John Cena, Chris Evans, John Hughes, Dwayne Johnson, Alexander McQueen, Ryan Reynolds, and Steven Spielberg
- politicians and political figures such as Fidel Castro, Shirley Chisholm, C. Douglas Dillon, Ike Eisenhower, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Dolores Huerta, Saddam Hussein, John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, Abraham Lincoln, Robert McNamara, Barack Obama, Franklin Roosevelt, and Joseph Stalin;
- historical figures such as Marie Antoinette, "Black Caesar", Prince Charles, Cleopatra, Henry VIII, Genghis Khan, "Martin Luther King Jr.", Grigori Rasputin the Romanov family, Benjamin Siegel, and Vlad the Impaler;
- the social media platforms "Facebook", "Instagram", and "LinkedIn";
- mass media such as the magazine "The Advocate";
- films such as "Beetlejuice", "Black Panther", "Frost/Nixon", "Ghostbusters", "Ghostbusters II", "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade", and "Thor: Ragnarok";
- television series such as "Jeopardy!" and "Supernatural";
- video games such as "Injustice 2", "Killer Instinct", and the "Mario Kart" series;
- musicals such as "Singin' in the Rain";
- comic books such as "Claw the Unconquered", "DC Super-Stars of Space", "Green Lantern Corps: Edge of Oblivion", "Jonah Hex Spectacular", "Kamandi", "Looney Tunes", "Secrets of Haunted House", and "Star Hunters";
- songs such as "9 to 5", "Africa", and "I'm Too Sexy";
- groups such as Nazis;
- government agencies and organizations such as the NSA and the US Army;
- businesses such as DC Comics;
- universities such as MIT and Yale;
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"
- ↑ ""Mr. Parker's Cul-De-Sac"
- ↑ "The Book of War: Chapter One: Homecoming"
- ↑ "Miss Me, Kiss Me, Love Me"
- ↑ "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"
- ↑ "Rebirth"
- ↑ "Rebirth"
- ↑ "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 | ||||