Talk:Multiverse (DC Comics)/Archive 2

message: John Wells' designation from the Crisis Compendium were foreshadowed from this webboard, many of the list reproduced verbatim there.
http://obscure.dcuguide.com/Board/BatmanChars4.htm
And now, here's a few Batman-related parallel worlds, starting and ending with ones that were named by DC -- 
EARTH-12: 
A somewhat demented variant of Earth-1, whose residents include most of Earth-1's heroes as well as the Inferior Five. Its first definite appearance was in SHOWCASE # 62 (May-June, 1966) and it was named in THE OZ-WONDERLAND WARS # 3 (March, 1986). 
Appearances:
THE ADVENTURES OF BOB HOPE # 94
THE ADVENTURES OF JERRY LEWIS # 92, 97, 105, 112, 117
All-NEW COLLECTORS' EDITION # C-53, C-60
CANCELLED COMIC CAVALCADE # 1 (GREEN TEAM # 2-3), 2 (PREZ # 5)
FIRST ISSUE SPECIAL # 2
THE INFERIOR FIVE # 1-10
LIMITED COLLECTORS' EDITION # C-33, C-42
THE OZ-WONDERLAND WARS # 3 (mention)
PLASTIC MAN [second series] # 1-10
RUDOLPH, THE RED-NOSED REINDEER [first series] # 1-12; [second series] C-20, C-24, C-50
SHOWCASE # 62-63, 65
SUPERGIRL [first series] # 10/1
SUPERMAN MEETS THE QUIK BUNNY
SWING WITH SCOOTER # 5 
"EARTH-27*" (named after ANIMAL MAN # 27): 
Home of variant versions of Animal Man, Batman, and B'wana Beast and historical divergences such as Hitler's hanging for his war crimes and Edward Kennedy's drowning at Chappaquiddick (ANIMAL MAN # 27-32). 
"EARTH-32" (named after GREEN LANTERN # 32): 
An Earth similar to Earth-1 but with numerous variances. Among the deviations, Hal Jordan married Carol Ferris early in his Green Lantern career and characters such as Luthor, Robin, Speedy, and the Flash II had origins that differed from their Earth-1 and Earth-2 counterparts. First revealed as a distinct world in GREEN LANTERN [second series] # 32 (Oct 1964). 
Appearances:
ACTION COMICS # 279/1
ADVENTURE COMICS # 209/3
THE AMAZING WORLD OF DC COMICS # 11
THE AQUATEERS MEET THE SUPER FRIENDS
BATMAN # 32/2
BATMAN (Power Records) # 27, 30
BATMAN: BELT 'EM FOR SAFETY
BATMAN: THE JOKER'S LAST LAUGH
BATMAN: THE LAST ANGEL
BATMAN: THE PERIL OF THE PENGUIN
BLACKHAWK [first series] # 203, 242-250
THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD [first series] # 90, 99, 131
CANCELLED COMIC CAVALCADE # 1 (FIRESTORM # 6), 2 (THE VIXEN # 1)
DC CHALLENGE # 1-12
DC SUPER-STARS # 14/1
THE FLASH [first series] 167/1
THE FLASH VS. DR. POLARIS
THE GOLDEN AGE # 1-4
GREEN LANTERN # 32/1
HAWKMAN [first series] # 22-27
JUSTICE LEAGUE AMERICA VS. AMAZO
SUPERBOY # 59/2, 158
SUPERGEAR COMICS
SUPERGIRL (American Honda) # 1-2
SUPER HEROES: PRISONERS OF THE STARS
SUPER HEROES: THE SECRET OF THE SINISTER LIGHTHOUSE
SUPERMAN [first series] # 78/3, 330
SUPERMAN (Power Records) # 28, 34
SUPERMAN AT BLOOMINGDALES
SUPERMAN: LUTHOR'S IMPOSSIBLE CRIME
SUPERMAN SPECIAL [first series] # 2
SUPERMAN: TERRA-MAN'S SKYWAY ROBBERY
SUPERMAN: THIS ISLAND BRADMAN
SUPERMAN VS. METALLO
SUPERMAN'S GIRL FRIEND, LOIS LANE # 59
SUPERMAN'S PAL, JIMMY OLSEN # 36/2, 109
SUPER POWERS [first series] # 1-5; [second series] 1-6; [third series] 1-4
SUPER POWERS COLLECTION # 1-23
VIEWMASTER MINI COMICS # 1-9
Wonder Woman [first series] # 167/1, 170/1
WONDER WOMAN (Power Records) # 35
WONDER WOMAN AND THE STAR RIDERS VS. PURRSIA
WONDER WOMAN: THE ANGLE MENACE
WONDER WOMAN: THE CHEETAH'S JEWEL CAPER
WORLD'S FINEST COMICS # 223, 227 
"EARTH-40" (home of non-canonical Golden Age stories and named after the 1940s): 
A world on which Billy Batson became a hero named Captain Thunder. Also the home of a Superboy who was raised in Metropolis and a Wonder Woman who was active during World War Two and participated in several adventures that were similar to those of Earth-2's Diana. By the early 1960s, Bruce Wayne had retired to make way for "the second Batman and Robin team." First seen in BATMAN [first series] # 32/2 and revealed as a distinct parallel world in THE KINGDOM # 2 (February, 1999). 
Appearances:
ADVENTURE COMICS # 120/1
BATMAN # 32/2, 131, 135, 145, 159, 163
BATMAN: THE DAILIES # 1-3
BATMAN: THE SUNDAY CLASSICS
THE LEGEND OF WONDER WOMAN # 1-4
THE SHAZAM! ARCHIVES # 1
SUPERMAN [first series] # 46/3
WONDER WOMAN [first series] # 50/1, 156, 159-165, 168 
"EARTH-61*" (named after the year in which the story begins -- 1961): 
A world where a female Joker named Bianca Steeplechase killed Robin in 1961 and where Bruce Wayne was inspired to become Batman and join Batgirl in 1962 (THRILLKILLER # 1-3; THRILLKILLER '62). 
"EARTH-85" (home of post-Crisis stories that later fell from grace and named after the year the Crisis took place -- 1985): 
An Earth where Batman had a child with Talia (BATMAN: SON OF THE DEMON), a murderous Catwoman owned a nightclub (ACTION COMICS # 611-614) and Captain Marvel operated out of San Francisco (SHAZAM!: A NEW BEGINNING # 1-4), among other deviations. 
Appearances:
ACTION COMICS # 588
ACTION COMICS WEEKLY # 611-614, 623-626
BATMAN: BRIDE OF THE DEMON
BATMAN: BROTHERHOOD OF THE BAT
BATMAN: LEAGUE OF BATMEN # 1-2
BATMAN: SON OF THE DEMON
CREATURE COMMANDOS # 1-8
DETECTIVE COMICS # 569-570
HAWKMAN [second series] # 1-17
POWER OF THE ATOM # 4
SHADE, THE CHANGING MAN [second series] # 1-70
SHAZAM!: THE NEW BEGINNING # 1-4 
"EARTH-96*" (named after the year KINGDOM COME was published -- 1996): 
An Earth whose metahuman population ran out of control, culminating in a catastrophic nuclear strike (KINGDOM COME # 1-4. Revealed as a distinct parallel world in THE KINGDOM # 2 (February, 1999). 
Appearances:
GOG (VILLAINS) # 1
THE KINGDOM # 1-2
THE KINGDOM: KID FLASH # 1
THE KINGDOM: NIGHTSTAR # 1
THE KINGDOM: OFFSPRING # 1
THE KINGDOM: PLANET KRYPTON # 1
THE KINGDOM: SON OF THE BAT # 1
KINGDOM COME # 1-4
KINGDOM COME: COLLECTED EDITION
KINGDOM COME: REVELATIONS (text)
THE TITANS # 22-25 
"EARTH-97*"(named after the year TANGENT COMICS debuted -- 1997): 
A world that was radically changed by Arthur Thompson's emergence as the Atom during the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 (TANGENT COMICS/THE ATOM # 1). Revealed as a distinct parallel world in THE KINGDOM # 2 (February, 1999). 
Appearances: 
TANGENT COMICS/ THE ATOM# 1
TANGENT COMICS/ THE BATMAN # 1
TANGENT COMICS/ DOOM PATROL # 1
TANGENT COMICS/ THE FLASH # 1
TANGENT COMICS/ GREEN LANTERN # 1
TANGENT COMICS/ JLA # 1
TANGENT COMICS/ THE JOKER # 1
TANGENT COMICS/ THE JOKER'S WILD # 1
TANGENT COMICS/ METAL MEN # 1
TANGENT COMICS/ NIGHTWING # 1
TANGENT COMICS/ NIGHTWING: NIGHT FORCE # 1
TANGENT COMICS/ POWERGIRL # 1
TANGENT COMICS/ SEA DEVILS # 1
TANGENT COMICS/ SECRET SIX # 1
TANGENT COMICS/ THE SUPERMAN # 1
TANGENT COMICS/ TALES OF THE GREEN LANTERN # 1
TANGENT COMICS/ THE TRIALS OF THE FLASH # 1
TANGENT COMICS/ WONDER WOMAN # 1 
"EARTH-136" (named after WORLD'S FINEST # 136): 
An Earth without a Batman. Its population included Bruce (Superman) Wayne and a Lois Lane double named Vicki Vale (WORLD'S FINEST COMICS # 136). 
"EARTH-148" (named after WORLD'S FINEST # 148): 
A world characterized by heroic counterparts of Clayface, Luthor, and Mirror Master and villainous versions of Batman, Flash, and Superman. Existence revealed in WORLD'S FINEST COMICS # 148. Also seen in THE FLASH [first series] # 174 and SUPER FRIENDS # 23. 
"EARTH-153" (named after WORLD'S FINEST # 153): 
An Earth whose Batman, ultimately killed by Luthor, had wrongly blamed Superman for the deaths of his parents (WORLD'S FINEST COMICS # 153). 
"EARTH-154*" (named after WORLD'S FINEST # 154): 
Home of a married Clark Kent & Lois Lane and Bruce Wayne & Kathy Kane and their heroic sons (WORLD'S FINEST COMICS # 154, 157). 
"EARTH-167*" (named after WORLD'S FINEST # 167): 
Home of Lex (Superman) Luthor and Clark (Batman) Kent (WORLD'S FINEST COMICS # 167). 
"EARTH-172*" (named after WORLD'S FINEST # 172): 
A world where Bruce Wayne was adopted by the Kents and became Clark's brother. As Batman, he relocated to the Legion of Super-Heroes' 30th century (WORLD'S FINEST COMICS # 172). 
"EARTH-178*" (named after WORLD'S FINEST # 178): 
Home of a Superman who lost his powers and adopted the costumed identity of The Nova (WORLD'S FINEST COMICS # 178, 180). Revealed as a distinct parallel world in THE KINGDOM # 2 (February, 1999). 
"EARTH-184*" (named after WORLD'S FINEST # 184): 
A world whose Robin was caretaker for a mentally impaired Batman and a blind Superman (WORLD'S FINEST COMICS # 184). 
"EARTH-216" (named after WORLD'S FINEST # 216): 
A world where Superman and Batman each had namesake offspring who often operated as the Super-Sons (WORLD'S FINEST COMICS # 215). Revealed as a distinct parallel world in THE KINGDOM # 2 (February, 1999). 
Appearances:
WORLD'S FINEST COMICS # 215-216, 221-222, 224, 228, 230-231, 233, 238, 242, 263 
"EARTH-353*" (named after SUPERMAN # 353): 
A world on which Kal-El was adopted by Thomas and Martha Wayne, eventually becoming Superman and, as Bruce Wayne, marrying Barbara Gordon (SUPERMAN [first series] # 353, 358, 363). 
"EARTH-391*" (named after ACTION COMICS # 391): 
An world on which Superman and Batman each fathered heroic sons and on which Superman, Jr. eventually succeeded his father (ACTION COMICS # 391-392). 
"EARTH-395" (named after the month and date -- March, 1995 -- that KAL was published): 
An Earth where the Kryptonian known as Kal fought and died as an armored knight and where a bat-man known as the Dark Knight fought on behalf of Merlin during King Arthur's final days. First seen in SUPERMAN: KAL and revealed as a distinct parallel world in THE KINGDOM # 2 (February, 1999). 
Appearances:
BATMAN: DARK KNIGHT OF THE ROUND TABLE # 1-2
SUPERBOY [third series] # 61-62, 64
SUPERMAN: KAL 
"EARTH-494" (named after the month and date -- April, 1994 -- that DETECTIVE ANNUAL # 7 was published): 
A world where a pirate Leatherwing fought alongside allies such as Alfredo, Robin Redblade and Felina hundreds of years in the past. First seen in DETECTIVE COMICS ANNUAL # 7 (April, 1994): 
Appearances:
THE BATMAN CHRONICLES # 11
DETECTIVE COMICS ANNUAL # 7 
"EARTH-500" (named after DETECTIVE # 500): 
A world with no Paradise Island or Krypton that contained a young Bruce Wayne training to be become his Earth's Batman (DETECTIVE COMICS # 500). 
"EARTH-898" (named after the month and date -- August, 1998 -- that THE NAIL was published): 
A world where a genetically-altered Jimmy Olsen threatened Earth's entire metahuman population until the hero destined to be known as Superman rose up to stop him (JLA: THE NAIL # 1-3). Revealed as a distinct parallel world in THE KINGDOM # 2 (February, 1999). 
"EARTH-1098" (named after the month and date -- October, 1998 -- that ELSEWORLD'S FINEST: S & B was published): 
A world whose preeminent costumed champions are Supergirl and Batgirl, members of a Justice Society that also included Ambush Bug, Barda, Interceptor, Revenant, Vectron and others (ELSEWORLD'S FINEST: SUPERGIRL & BATGIRL). Revealed as a distinct parallel world in THE KINGDOM # 2 (February, 1999). 
Appearances:
ELSEWORLD'S FINEST: SUPERGIRL & BATGIRL
SUPERBOY [third series] # 61-62, 64 
"EARTH-1099" (named after the month and date -- October, 1999 -- that GUARDIAN OF GOTHAM was published): 
A world where Gotham City's greatest heroine was the Catwoman and its most notorious villain was The Batman (CATWOMAN: GUARDIAN OF GOTHAM # 1-2). Revealed as a distinct parallel world in THE KINGDOM # 2 (February, 1999). 
"EARTH-1191" (named after the month and date -- November, 1991 -- that RED RAIN was published): 
Home of a Batman who was transformed into a vampire by Dracula. First appearance in BATMAN & DRACULA: RED RAIN (November, 1991). 
Appearances:
BATMAN & DRACULA: RED RAIN
BATMAN: BLOODSTORM
BATMAN: CRIMSON MIST. 
"EARTH-1289" (named after the month and date -- December, 1989 -- that the Batman comic strip debuted): 
An Earth where Batman and Robin fought the Riddler on their first formal case and where Harvey "Two Face" Dent was ultimately rehabilitated. First seen in COMICS REVUE # 41. 
Appearances:
COMICS REVUE # 41-66. 
"EARTH-1889" (named after the year that GOTHAM BY GASLIGHT took place): 
A world on which Bruce Wayne began his career as Batman in 1889. First appearance in GOTHAM BY GASLIGHT. Also seen in BATMAN: MASTER OF THE FUTURE. Revealed as a distinct parallel world in THE KINGDOM # 2 (February, 1999). 
"EARTH-1927" (named after the year the "Metropolis" had its theatrical release): 
Home of the clockwork city of Metropolis where the Super-Man once fought Lutor and Bruss Wayne-Son took the alias of the Nosferatu. First seen in SUPERMAN'S METROPOLIS. 
Appearances:
BATMAN: NOSFERATU
SUPERMAN'S METROPOLIS 
"EARTH-3839" (named after the years that Superman and Batman debuted -- 1938 and 1939): 
A world where Superman and Lois Lane were the parents of children named Joel and Kara and where Batman was succeeded by Dick Grayson and, later, his own son. First seen in BATMAN/CAPTAIN AMERICA and revealed as a distinct parallel world in THE KINGDOM # 2 (February, 1999). 
Appearances:
BATMAN/CAPTAIN AMERICA
BATMAN: GOTHAM KNIGHTS # 2, 9, 12
SUPERMAN & BATMAN: GENERATIONS # 1-4
SUPERMAN & BATMAN: GENERATIONS II # 1-4
Enda80 20:43, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: John Wells' designations

message: In the Compendium, John Wells states that the Wonder Woman from WW#175 was from Earth-148. Aside from that, he set 'Tec#500 as Earth-5, not Earth-500. Earth-15 also confirmed. Earth-146 was confirmed. Earth-1889 for Gotham By Gaslight and Master of the Future. Earth-54 for earlier Tommy Tomorrow stories. Earth-216 for the 1970's published Super-Sons.
:I have no idea if the Compendium is considered canon, but if it is, have you thought about including some of this in the article and not just the talk page? CovenantD 00:32, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: John Wells designates in Crisis Compendium

message: is earth Qward official?
earth-zero is the proposed name of post zero hour earth?  can anyone cite this.  we know for a fact that earth-zero was shown in ic5 with the bizzaros i'm gonna go ahead and change that.24.127.233.230 09:03, 7 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: As far as I know, Earth-Zero's only been used by fans. As far as Earth-Qward, I'd just call it Qward. It's the counterpart to Oa, not to Earth. The Earth introduced in Morrison's "Earth 2" is seperate from Qward, as shown by JLA/Avengers (yes, it's in-continuity) and issues of JLA. It chafes me, but I suppose Htrae is now known as Earth-Zero. --DoctorWorm7 09:58, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

text: In Green Lantern Corps (I forget which issue), it's referred to as "Sector -1." --Joe Sewell 17:51, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Earth- Zero and Earth-Qward 

message: In his fanzine Omniverse (published in the early '80s, although I no longer have a copy from which to make a formal citation), the late Mark Gruenwald postulated that "Earth-B" was not only the "Brave and the Bold" universe, but also that of the Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman stories published in the 1950s whose characterizations and histories matched neither the Golden Age/1940s nor Silver Age/1960s versions of the characters -- the smiling Batman with multiple and multi-colored versions of his costume who time- and space-traveled;  the Superman who frequently had other surviving Kryptonians visit for single stories; and so forth.  This may also have been the universe of the Lois Lane who appeared in her own comic who was constantly trying to find out Superman's secret identity, and acted nothing like the Lois Lane in Action or Superman comics.
 
Some time in '89 or thereafter there was an issue of a Batman or Detective comic which involved Batmen from multiple time-periods and universes; the cover depicted a couple of dozen Batmen whom you could differentiate by their cowls.  One was clearly the Adam West television cowl, one looked like Michael Keaton's, and some others could have been the cowls from the two motion picture serial versions.  Presumably these exist in their own unnamed universes -- and the same would be true of the live-action Supermen, Superboy, and Flash.
 
Davidkevin 00:53, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Earth-B and Other Possibilities 

message: Can we come to a final decision on wether or not Earth-616 belongs in this list? --Veemonkamiya 05:21, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  Keep I just remembered that it's not the Marvel Earth I am against being here, only the Marvel alternate realities that have been listed here several times. Because JLA/Avengers has affected continuity, it should be kept alongside the Wildstorm universe. I can't think of any other such examples, although the Superman Madman Hullabaloo stayed in Madman continuity. --Chris Griswold 07:00, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Keep, JLA/Avengers was in current continuity and i think Marvel vs DC was, although only JLA/Avengers was later specifically mentioned in storylines (Syndicate Rules). Exvicious 07:43, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  I don't believe Marvel Vs. DC is in continuity, but DC's co-ownership with Marvel of the character Access lends itself to Marvel's staying on the list. --Chris Griswold 09:09, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

text: Keep albeit reluctantly, as it technically is not part of the DC Multiverse, but rather part of its own distinct multiverse. However, due to the two publishers' predication towards frequent crossovers in the last few years, I can concede the reason to allow this entry. NetK 23:47, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

text: Although it is not official, marvunapp.com  has a detailed write-up on marvunapp.com (an unofficial index to the Marvel Universe, yet is consistantly the main source for Marvel Index publications.  The main Marvel Earth-616 does not have DC (or other publisher) characters in existance or knowledge and should not be the main location of these stories.--RedKnight 14:36, 26 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Earth--616 

message: what's a good picture to represent the Multiverse?  ross/perez crisis cover?  IC#5 with the supermen fighting? Exvicious 04:45, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Multiverse Pic 

message: Where might be a good place to put the fanon theory of retroversing? The belief among some fans that not the DC multiverse is only temporarily destroyed? In Crisis on Infinite Earths the writer Marv Wolfman claimed Anti-Monitor destroyed all of the infinite alternate realities except five, and those five were merged eventually into one. However, it's mathematically impossible to destroy something that is infinite. If something that was infinite can be subtracted to a one or a zero, by definition it must have always been finite. 
Fans of retroversing propose that while even Anti-Monitor may have thought he destroyed millions of alternate realities, he actually didn't destroy any more alternate realities than those he could see, and that unbeknownst to everyone, there's actually a time before the "Dawn of Time" that the great battle against the Anti-Monitor occurred in the Crisis. Even if there are mere nanoseconds, it means there was time before the point where realities were merged into one, so there's points of time before the point at the Dawn of Time where Spectre & Anti-Monitor had that test of wills. I submit that time actually diverged from the DC multiverse for purposes of its storytelling not when the climax of the DC reality began, but at the nanosecond that Anti-Monitor appeared in the past. Time moved forward for him and all the heroes who followed after him to the beginning of time. So what makes the DC universe different from all other alternate realities is that some of that alternate time's own inhabitants went back in time to change it, and for that reality it will always and has always been that way. 
If one were to go back before the nanosecond where Anti-Monitor appeared in the dawn of time, thus changing time for that reality, one would find oneself in an alternate reality, in which Anti-Monitor may or may not appear, and in that instant, one would either create a new alternate timeline, or appear in an alternate timeline in which one was always destined to appear. Fans of retroversing think of all the DC universe alternate realities as strands of time weaved together comprising of the metaphorical equivalent of one strand of hair on a large furry creature, or one grain of sand on a very long beach. Anti-Monitor may have gone back in time to destroy all reality, but he only managed to almost destroy one tributary of a much larger river; a tributary that was not necessarily meant to never split again beyond that, into it's own multiverse of millions of alternate realities, slightly different from one another sometimes in subtle ways and sometimes dramatic, but every possible thing that could have happened after the moment Anti-Monitor appeared, did has and will happen. Eventually the multiverse will be repositioned into DC continuity, and every story that was ever written and published by DC will become accepted. No more retconning. No more selective amnesia about the parts of the past that are deemed inappropriate now. It all happened somewhere, somewhen. 
...
Where's that go in this thing? ZachsMind 05:11, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Due to Wikipedia's policy of WP:NOR you'll have to reference this theory with some published work, either hardcopy or from an internet resource (not including any discussion boards or fandom websites). Thanks. NetK 05:24, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

text: Wow, man. Just wow. Is this supernerdy thing actually written anywhere? Or is it just a message board thing? I notice it doesn't even have an entry.  --Chris Griswold 06:10, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Retroversing  

message: A fb to ancient Sumer shows that Vandal Savage was informed of the presence of 
alternate Earths (including Earth-1) by a seer. See Action Comics#516
The Crisis Compendium was published by DC to go with the Absolute Edition of the 
Crisis.
Other than that, the Starheart that forms a part of the origin of Alan Scott
originated in the Earth-1 universe and travelled to Earth-2 per Green Lantern#
108-109, thousands of years before Uncle Sam.
15:23, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Vandal Savage note, also Crisis Compendium 

message: Enda80, please reenter your most recent addition after the above. Somehow when you entered it, all the spacing and context of the above contributions was garbled within your response causing it to be unreadable.  Thanks. NetK 04:59, 30 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Enda80 

message: Regarding Earth-8 discussion, see http://blaklion.best.vwh.net/retcon.html ... although I never finished the page, maybe all of these characters ought to be on Earth-8 ... what do we know about its Golden Age? Currently I have them scattered around the multiverse as so noted. 
    
Are there scans available of the three Aztek/Mayan characters?  
    
I also need scans of some of the one-page or one-panel Earths shown in INFINITE CRISIS, and designations if available.  15:23, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Holy pajamas. This is from an e-mail? --Chris Griswold 04:17, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Blacklion chimes in 

message: Hi, Michael!
Here's the list that ran in the Compendium. Bob cut a few of my
entries, like those referencing DC/Marvel crossovers and film adaptations
(though he let Earth-988 slip through).
All the best,
John
************
EARTH-1:
Home of most of the DC action hero stories published from the mid-1950s
to 1985.
Early representations of Earth-1 include Superboy, Tommy Tomorrow, and
Captain Comet. Revealed as a distinct parallel world in THE FLASH [first
series] #123 (September, 1961) and named in JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #21
(August, 1963).
EARTH-2:
Home of most of the DC and Quality action hero stories published from
1935 to the mid-1950s.
The first appearance of a hero known to be from Earth-2 was Doctor
Occult in NEW FUN COMICS #6 (October, 1935). Revealed as a distinct
parallel world in THE FLASH [first series] #123 (September, 1961) and
named in JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #21 (August, 1963).
EARTH-3:
An Earth whose past contained several sharp deviations from our history
and whose present included a metahuman population made up primarily of
villains rather than heroes. Its universe also contained a Krypton, whose
Jor-El escaped to its Earth-1 counterpart.
Existence revealed in JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #29 (Aug., 1964).
Appearances:
ACTION COMICS #320
ALL-STAR SQUADRON #14-15
CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS #1
DC COMICS PRESENTS ANNUAL #1
JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #29-30, 207, 209, 232
THE SECRET SOCIETY OF SUPER-VILLAINS #13-14
THE SUPERMAN FAMILY #194
SWAMP THING [second series] #155
EARTH-4:
Home of the Charlton action heroes of the 1960s. Revealed as a distinct
parallel world and named in CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS #1. First definite
appearance in Captain Atom story in SPACE ADVENTURES [first series] #33
(March, 1960).
"EARTH-5":
A world with no Paradise Island or Krypton that contained a young Bruce
Wayne training to be become his Earth's Batman (DETECTIVE COMICS #500).
EARTH-6:
Home of Lord Volt, Lady Quark, and Princess Fern. Existence revealed
CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS #4.
"EARTH-11":
An Earth where men landed on the moon in 1952. A nuclear war took place
here in 1966. (TEEN TITANS SPOTLIGHT #11)
EARTH-12:
A somewhat demented variant of Earth-1, whose residents include most of
Earth-1's heroes as well as the Inferior Five. Its first definite
appearance was in SHOWCASE #62 (May-June, 1966) and it was named in THE
OZ-WONDERLAND WARS #3 (March, 1986).
Appearances:
THE ADVENTURES OF BOB HOPE #94
THE ADVENTURES OF JERRY LEWIS #92, 97, 105, 112, 117
All-NEW COLLECTORS' EDITION #C-53, C-60
CANCELLED COMIC CAVALCADE #1 (GREEN TEAM # 2-3), 2 (PREZ # 5)
FIRST ISSUE SPECIAL #2
THE INFERIOR FIVE #1-10
LIMITED COLLECTORS' EDITION #C-33, C-42
THE OZ-WONDERLAND WARS #3 (mention)
PLASTIC MAN [second series] #1-10
RUDOLPH, THE RED-NOSED REINDEER [first series] #1-12; [second series] C-20,
C-24, C-50
SHOWCASE #62-63, 65
SUPERGIRL [first series] #10/1
SWING WITH SCOOTER #5
"EARTH-15":
An earth populated by stone giants (JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #15).
"EARTH-19*":
Home of a married Clark and Lois Kent, the parents of super-twins, Larry
and Carole (SUPERMAN'S GIRL FRIEND, LOIS LANE #19-20, 23, 60).
"EARTH-20":
An Earth without a Superman that was visited by Earth-1's Superman in an
attempt at a lifestyle change (SUPERMAN'S GIRL FRIEND, LOIS LANE #20).
"EARTH-23":
A world created by the Time Trapper for the purpose of manipulating the
Legion of Super-Heroes. Its residents included a Superboy and, years
later, a Supergirl and a heroic Luthor. First appeared in LEGION OF
SUPER-HEROES [third series] #23 (June, 1986).
Appearances:
ACTION COMICS #677
ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN #444
LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES [third series] #23, 37-38; [fourth series] 61
SUPERMAN [second series] #8, 21-22
VALOR #22-23
"EARTH-25*":
Home of a married Superman and Lois Lane, the parents of super son,
Larry (SUPERMAN'S GIRL FRIEND, LOIS LANE #25, 39).
"EARTH-26*":
A world on which Superman married Lana Lang and bequeathed her with
super-powers (SUPERMAN'S GIRL FRIEND, LOIS LANE #26).
"EARTH-27*":
Home of variant versions of Animal Man, Batman, and B'wana Beast and
historical divergences such as Hitler's hanging for his war crimes and
Edward Kennedy's drowning at Chappaquiddick (ANIMAL MAN #27-32).
"EARTH-32":
An Earth similar to Earth-1 but with numerous variances. Among the
deviations, Hal Jordan married Carol Ferris early in his Green Lantern
career and characters such as Luthor, Robin, Speedy, and the Flash II had
origins that differed from their Earth-1 and Earth-2 counterparts. First
revealed as a distinct world in GREEN LANTERN [second series] #32 (Oct.,
1964).
Appearances:
ACTION COMICS #279/1
ADVENTURE COMICS #209/3
THE AMAZING WORLD OF DC COMICS #11
THE AQUATEERS MEET THE SUPER FRIENDS
BATMAN #32/2
BATMAN (Power Records) #27, 30
BATMAN: BELT 'EM FOR SAFETY
BATMAN: THE JOKER'S LAST LAUGH
BATMAN: THE LAST ANGEL
BATMAN: THE PERIL OF THE PENGUIN
BLACKHAWK [first series] #203, 242-250
THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD [first series] #90, 99, 131
CANCELLED COMIC CAVALCADE #1 (FIRESTORM # 6), 2 (THE VIXEN #1)
DC CHALLENGE #1-12
DC SUPER-STARS #14/1
THE FLASH [first series] #167/1
THE FLASH VS. DR. POLARIS
THE GOLDEN AGE #1-4
GREEN LANTERN #32/1
HAWKMAN [first series] #22-27
JUSTICE LEAGUE AMERICA VS. AMAZO
SUPERBOY #59/2, 158
SUPERGEAR COMICS
SUPERGIRL (American Honda) #1-2
SUPER HEROES: PRISONERS OF THE STARS
SUPER HEROES: THE SECRET OF THE SINISTER LIGHTHOUSE
SUPERMAN [first series] #78/3, 330
SUPERMAN (Power Records) #28, 34
SUPERMAN AT BLOOMINGDALES
SUPERMAN: LUTHOR'S IMPOSSIBLE CRIME
SUPERMAN SPECIAL [first series] #2
SUPERMAN: TERRA-MAN'S SKYWAY ROBBERY
SUPERMAN: THIS ISLAND BRADMAN
SUPERMAN VS. METALLO
SUPERMAN'S GIRL FRIEND, LOIS LANE #59
SUPERMAN'S PAL, JIMMY OLSEN #36/2, 109
SUPER POWERS [first series] #1-5; [second series] 1-6; [third series] 1-4
SUPER POWERS COLLECTION #1-23
VIEWMASTER MINI COMICS #1-9
WONDER WOMAN [first series] #167/1, 170/1
WONDER WOMAN (Power Records) #35
WONDER WOMAN AND THE STAR RIDERS VS. PURRSIA
WONDER WOMAN: THE ANGLE MENACE
WONDER WOMAN: THE CHEETAH'S JEWEL CAPER
WORLD'S FINEST COMICS #223, 227
"EARTH-34*":
An Earth where Lois Lane and Lex Luthor married and became the parents
of a son who ultimately married Superman and Lana Lang's daughter
(SUPERMAN'S GIRL FRIEND, LOIS LANE #34, 46).
"EARTH-36*":
A world where Lana Lang left the twentieth century to marry one of
Superman's descendants after the present day Superman and Lois married and
became the parents of super-twins (SUPERMAN'S GIRL FRIEND, LOIS LANE #36).
"EARTH-39":
A world devastated by pollution and war characterized by, among others,
Jonathan and (a non-super) Clark Kent (NEW ADVENTURES OF SUPERBOY #39).
"EARTH-40":
A world on which Billy Batson became a hero named Captain Thunder
(SHAZAM! ARCHIVES #1). Also the home of a Superboy who was raised in
Metropolis and a Wonder Woman who was active during World War Two and
participated in several adventures that were similar to those of Earth-2's
Diana. By the early 1960s, Bruce Wayne had retired to make way for “the
second Batman and Robin team.” First seen in BATMAN [first series] #32/2
and revealed as a distinct parallel world in THE KINGDOM #2 (February,
1999).
Appearances:
ADVENTURE COMICS #120/1
BATMAN #32/2, 131, 135, 145, 159, 163
BATMAN: THE DAILIES #1-3
BATMAN: THE SUNDAY CLASSICS
THE LEGEND OF WONDER WOMAN #1-4
THE SHAZAM! ARCHIVES #1
SUPERMAN [first series] #46/3
WONDER WOMAN [first series] #50/1, 156, 159-165, 168
"EARTH-43":
An Earth on which Superman and Luthor died in battle unbeknownst to the
general public. A replacement Superman was groomed in Kandor but he
eventually traded places with the Kal-El of Earth-215. The latter's Lois
Lane had been killed, leading him to propose to the Lois on this world.
Evil counterparts of the Legion of Super- Heroes existed in the 30th
century of this world's timeline. Existence revealed in SUPERMAN'S GIRL
FRIEND, LOIS LANE #43. Also seen in SUPERBOY [first series] #117/3 and
SUPERMAN [first series] # 215.
"EARTH-47*":
A world whose greatest heroine was Krypton Girl, alias Lois Lane, the
last survivor of the doomed planet. (SUPERMAN'S GIRL FRIEND, LOIS LANE
#47)
"EARTH-51*":
A world on which Superman married Lois Lane, Lana Lang, and Lori
Lemaris, all of whom died soon after their respective weddings.
(SUPERMAN'S GIRL FRIEND, LOIS LANE #51)
"EARTH-54":
A technologically advanced Earth, whose Tommy Tomorrow became the first
man on Mars in 1960. First seen in REAL FACT COMICS #6 (Jan.-Feb., 1947).
Appearances:
ACTION COMICS #127-147
REAL FACT COMICS #6, 8, 13, 16
"EARTH-57":
An Earth on which bigamy is legal, where Superman is married to both
Lois Lane and Lana Lang and Supergirl is married to Jimmy Olsen. First
seen in SUPERMAN'S PAL, JIMMY OLSEN #57 and revealed as a parallel Earth
in SUPERMAN'S GIRL FRIEND, LOIS LANE #57)
"EARTH-61*":
A world where a female Joker named Bianca Steeplechase killed Robin in
1961 and where Bruce Wayne was inspired to become Batman and join Batgirl
in 1962 (THRILLKILLER #1-3; THRILLKILLER ‘62).
"EARTH-64*":
A world where concert pianist Lex Luthor posed as Lexo and married Lois
Lane before his death. (SUPERMAN'S GIRL FRIEND, LOIS LANE #64-65)
"EARTH-72":
Appearances:
SANDMAN [second series] # 54
VERTIGO VISIONS: PREZ # 1
"EARTH-85":
An Earth where Batman had a child with Talia (BATMAN: SON OF THE DEMON),
a murderous Catwoman owned a nightclub (ACTION COMICS #611-614) and
Captain Marvel operated out of San Francisco (SHAZAM!: A NEW BEGINNING
#1-4), among other deviations.
Appearances:
ACTION COMICS #588
ACTION COMICS WEEKLY #611-614, 623-626
BATMAN: BRIDE OF THE DEMON
BATMAN: BROTHERHOOD OF THE BAT
BATMAN: LEAGUE OF BATMEN #1-2
BATMAN: SON OF THE DEMON
CREATURE COMMANDOS #1-8
DETECTIVE COMICS #569-570
HAWKMAN [second series] #1-17
POWER OF THE ATOM #4
SHADE, THE CHANGING MAN [second series] #1-70
SHAZAM!: THE NEW BEGINNING #1-4
"EARTH-86":
An Earth that was devastated by an atomic war in October, 1986. Its
heroes included the Atomic Knights and Hercules. First appeared in STRANGE
ADVENTURES #117 (June, 1960) and revealed as a distinct parallel world in
WHO'S WHO '85 #10 (Dec., 1985).
Appearances:
HERCULES UNBOUND #1-9
STRANGE ADVENTURES #117, 120, 123, 126, 129, 132, 135, 138, 141, 144, 147,
150, 153, 156, 160
"EARTH-89*":
A world where Lois Lane and Bruce Wayne married and had a son
(SUPERMAN'S GIRL FRIEND, LOIS LANE #89).
"EARTH-91*":
Home of a blind Lois Lane and a disfigured Superman who married and
became parents of a super-daughter (SUPERMAN'S GIRL FRIEND, LOIS LANE
#91).
"EARTH-95*":
A world on which Jor-El, Lara, and Kal-El sought refuge after Krypton's
explosion, which they eventually abandoned for Krypton II (SUPERBOY [first
series] #95).
"EARTH-96*":
An Earth whose metahuman population ran out of control, culminating in a
catastrophic nuclear strike (KINGDOM COME #1-4. Revealed as a distinct
parallel world in THE KINGDOM #2 (February, 1999).
Appearances:
GOG (VILLAINS) #1
THE KINGDOM #1-2
THE KINGDOM: KID FLASH #1
THE KINGDOM: NIGHTSTAR #1
THE KINGDOM: OFFSPRING #1
THE KINGDOM: PLANET KRYPTON #1
THE KINGDOM: SON OF THE BAT #1
KINGDOM COME #1-4
KINGDOM COME: COLLECTED EDITION
KINGDOM COME: REVELATIONS (text)
THE TITANS #22-25
"EARTH-97*":
A world that was radically changed by Arthur Thompson’s emergence as the
Atom during the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 (TANGENT COMICS/THE ATOM #1).
Revealed as a distinct parallel world in THE KINGDOM #2 (February, 1999).
Appearances:
TANGENT COMICS/ THE ATOM #1
TANGENT COMICS/ THE BATMAN #1
TANGENT COMICS/ DOOM PATROL #1
TANGENT COMICS/ THE FLASH #1
TANGENT COMICS/ GREEN LANTERN #1
TANGENT COMICS/ JLA #1
TANGENT COMICS/ THE JOKER #1
TANGENT COMICS/ THE JOKER’S WILD #1
TANGENT COMICS/ METAL MEN #1
TANGENT COMICS/ NIGHTWING #1
TANGENT COMICS/ NIGHTWING: NIGHT FORCE #1
TANGENT COMICS/ POWERGIRL #1
TANGENT COMICS/ SEA DEVILS #1
TANGENT COMICS/ SECRET SIX #1
TANGENT COMICS/ THE SUPERMAN #1
TANGENT COMICS/ TALES OF THE GREEN LANTERN #1
TANGENT COMICS/ THE TRIALS OF THE FLASH #1
TANGENT COMICS/ WONDER WOMAN #1
"EARTH-116":
Home of a Superboy who sports an emblem whose colors are the reverse of
his Earth-1 counterpart. (SUPERBOY [first series] #116)
"EARTH-117":
An Earth on which Jor-El, Lara, and Kal-El escaped Krypton's explosion.
Capes were a status symbol on this world (SUPERMAN'S PAL, JIMMY OLSEN
#117).
"EARTH-124.1*":
An Earth where Wonder Woman, Wonder Girl and Wonder Tot existed as
separate entities. First appeared in WONDER WOMAN [first series] #124 and
revealed as a distinct parallel world in THE KINGDOM #2 (February, 1999).
Appearances:
WONDER WOMAN [first series] #124, 128-129, 133, 135, 138, 140, 142,
144-145, 147, 149-155
"EARTH-124.2*":
An Earth where Superboy portrayed Clark Kent as a delinquent (SUPERBOY
[first series] #124).
"EARTH-132*:"
An Earth whose astronauts accidentally landed on an intact planet Krypton,
home of the hero Futuro (SUPERMAN [first series] #132).
"EARTH-134*:"
An Earth which was abandoned by Superboy on the day of his debut when
red kryptonite temporarily turned him into a villain (SUPERBOY [first
series] #134).
"EARTH-136":
An Earth without a Batman. Its population included Bruce (Superman)
Wayne and a Lois Lane double named Vicki Vale (WORLD'S FINEST COMICS
#136).
"EARTH-146":
A world where Earth-1's Superman prevented the sinking of Atlantis and
helped evacuate Krypton's citizens to Earth among other feats (SUPERMAN
[first series] #146).
"EARTH-148":
A world characterized by heroic counterparts of Clayface, Luthor, and
Mirror Master and villainous versions of Batman, Flash, Superman and
Wonder Woman. A unique quality of this planet’s Paradise Island causes
visitors from other parallel worlds to revert to childhood for the
duration of their stay there. Existence revealed in WORLD'S FINEST COMICS
#148. Also seen in THE FLASH [first series] #174, SUPER FRIENDS #23 and
WONDER WOMAN [first series] #175.
"EARTH-149*":
A world on which Superman was slain by Luthor (SUPERMAN [first series]
#149)
"EARTH-153*:
An Earth whose Batman, ultimately killed by Luthor, had wrongly blamed
Superman for the deaths of his parents (WORLD'S FINEST COMICS #153).
"EARTH-154*":
Home of a married Clark Kent & Lois Lane and Bruce Wayne & Kathy Kane
and their heroic sons (WORLD'S FINEST COMICS #154, 157).
"EARTH-159*":
An Earth that was destroyed when its sun went nova. Its sole survivor, Lois
Lane, was rocketed to an intact Krypton (saved through Jor-El's scientific intervention) through a 'powerbeam' that provided her with superpowers and a career as Supermaid. Kal-El grew to adulthood and battled Len Landor (an alternate Kryptonian male Lana Lang) for her affections, while her nemesis was a villainous female scientist named Lu Thoria. She was vulnerable to fragments of her shattered homeworld, named "Earthite" by Jor-El (SUPERMAN [first series] #159).
"EARTH-162*":
A utopian Earth whose miracles came courtesy of an experiment that split
Superman into two beings (SUPERMAN [first series] #162). Revealed as a
distinct parallel world in THE KINGDOM #2 (February, 1999).
"EARTH-166*":
A world whose Superman was the father of twins, one with powers and one
without (SUPERMAN [first series] #166).
"EARTH-167*":
Home of Lex (Superman) Luthor and Clark (Batman) Kent (WORLD'S FINEST
COMICS #167).
"EARTH-170":
A world where Lex Luthor traveled to Krypton's past in an unsuccessful
attempt to prevent Jor-El and Lara from marrying (SUPERMAN [first series]
#170).
"EARTH-172*":
A world where Bruce Wayne was adopted by the Kents and became Clark's
brother. As Batman, he relocated to the Legion of Super-Heroes' 30th
century (WORLD'S FINEST COMICS #172).
"EARTH-175*":
Home of Clark and Lex (Luthor) Kent, adopted sons of Jonathan and Martha
Kent. As adults, Lex died saving Superman's life (SUPERMAN [first series]
#175).
"EARTH-178*":
Home of a Superman who lost his powers and adopted the costumed identity
of The Nova (WORLD'S FINEST COMICS #178, 180). Revealed as a distinct
parallel world in THE KINGDOM #2 (February, 1999).
"EARTH-183*":
An Earth on which Kal-El was raised by apes and where he ultimately
became known as Karkan (SUPERBOY [first series] #183, 188; [third series]
61-62, 64). Revealed as a distinct parallel world in SUPERBOY [third
series] #61 (April, 1999).
"EARTH-184*":
A world whose Robin was caretaker for a mentally impaired Batman and a
blind Superman (WORLD'S FINEST COMICS #184).
"EARTH-192*":
A world where Lois Lane died, survived by her husband, Clark Kent, and
son, Clark, Jr. (SUPERMAN [first series] #192, 194).
"EARTH-200*":
Home of Hyperman (Kal-El) and Superman (Knor-El), champions of a
Kryptonopolis that survived Krypton's explosion thanks to Brainiac's
having bottled it instead of Kandor (SUPERMAN [first series] #200).
"EARTH-215*":
A world where a married Superman and Lois Lane became parents of
daughter, Laney. After Lois' death, Superman and Laney moved to Earth-43,
where he married that world's Lois while its Superman moved to Earth-215
(SUPERMAN [first series] #215).
“EARTH-216”:
A world where Superman and Batman each had namesake offspring who often
operated as the Super-Sons (WORLD’S FINEST COMICS #215). Revealed as a
distinct parallel world in THE KINGDOM #2 (February, 1999).
Appearances:
WORLD’S FINEST COMICS #215-216, 221-222, 224, 228, 230-231, 233, 238,
242, 263
"EARTH-224*":
Home of a married Superman and Lois Lane, whose infant son was
temporarily transformed into a super-genius (SUPERMAN [first series]
#224).
"EARTH-230*":
Home of a Kryptonian Luthor, who became Superman on Earth and fought the
villainous Clark Kent (SUPERMAN [first series] #230-231).
"EARTH-238*":
A world that is the mirror reverse (including printed matter) of other
Earths (ACTION COMICS #238).
"EARTH-265":
A world whose population evolved from cetaceans (FLASH [first series]
#265).
"EARTH-270":
A world whose Steve Trevor vanished while testing a jet and landed on
Earth-1 (WONDER WOMAN [first series] #270).
"EARTH-276":
Home of Willie Fawcett a.k.a. Captain Thunder (SUPERMAN [first series]
#276).
“EARTH-295”:
An Earth whose futuristic society was destroyed in a “great disaster”
that gave human intelligence and dominance to mutated animals. First
appearance in KAMANDI, THE LAST BOY ON EARTH #1 (October-November, 1972)
and revealed as a distinct parallel world in SUPERMAN [first series] #295
(January, 1976).
Appearances:
THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD #120
CANCELLED COMIC CAVALCADE #2
CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS #2-5, 10
DC COMICS PRESENTS #61, 64
KAMANDI, THE LAST BOY ON EARTH #1-59
KARATE KID #15
OMAC [first series] #1-8
SUPERMAN [first series] #295
WARLORD #37-39, 42-47
"EARTH-300":
A world on which Kal-El arrived in 1976, eventually becoming known as
Skyboy and Superman (SUPERMAN [first series] #300).
"EARTH-300.6":
An Earth whose Superboy gave up space and time travel following the
death of his foster parents (LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES [second series] #300).
"EARTH-332*":
Home of Superwoman and Superboy, who arrived here in the reverse order
of Earth-1's Superman and Supergirl (ACTION COMICS #332-333).
"EARTH-353*":
A world on which Kal-El was adopted by Thomas and Martha Wayne,
eventually becoming Superman and, as Bruce Wayne, marrying Barbara Gordon
(SUPERMAN [first series] #353, 358, 363).
"EARTH-377":
A magic-based Earth, whose populace included an alternate Terra Man.
Existence revealed in SUPERMAN SPECTACULAR #1. Also seen in SUPERMAN
[first series] #377.
"EARTH-383":
A "negative world" where, "when a person dies on our Earth, his negative
double on their world becomes a normal, positive being ... unseen by the
negative people and mourned by them as dead." Supergirl's appearance here
caused her counterpart to blip out of existence only to return after she
left. Otherwise identical to Earth-1 (ADVENTURE COMICS #383).
"EARTH-387":
A world characterized by feral counterparts of Earth-1 residents
(ADVENTURE COMICS #387).
"EARTH-388":
A world discovered (and possibly created) by Professor Farlow Nurd that
boasted white oceans and day-glo continents. Residents included a married
Superman and Lois Lane and deranged counterparts of numerous Earth-1
characters (ACTION COMICS #388).
"EARTH-391":
An world on which Superman and Batman each fathered heroic sons and on
which Superman, Jr. eventually succeeded his father (ACTION COMICS
#391-392).
“EARTH-395”:
An Earth where the Kryptonian known as Kal fought and died as an armored
knight and where a bat-man known as the Dark Knight fought on behalf of
Merlin during King Arthur’s final days. First seen in SUPERMAN: KAL and
revealed as a distinct parallel world in THE KINGDOM #2 (February, 1999).
Appearances:
BATMAN: DARK KNIGHT OF THE ROUND TABLE #1-2
SUPERBOY [third series] #61-62, 64
SUPERMAN: KAL
"EARTH-399":
A world on which Superman died and was replaced twice by clones, both of
whom were also killed in battle (ACTION COMICS #399).
"EARTH-404*":
An Earth whose Superboy lost his powers at the age of sixteen during a
battle with Luthor. As adults, Clark Kent and Lana Lang were married
(SUPERMAN [first series] #404).
"EARTH-410*":
Home of a widowed Superman, whose wife, Krysalla, left him with a son,
Krys (ACTION COMICS #410).
"EARTH-417*":
An Earth whose Superman was raised on Mars before relocating as an adult
(SUPERMAN [first series] #417).
"EARTH-423*":
An Earth whose Superman fought a final battle with his greatest foes and
vanished from public view. First appearance in SUPERMAN [first series]
#423. Also seen in ACTION COMICS #583.
“EARTH-494:”
A world where a pirate Leatherwing fought alongside allies such as
Alfredo, Robin Redblade and Felina hundreds of years in the past. First
seen in DETECTIVE COMICS ANNUAL #7 (April, 1994):
Appearances:
THE BATMAN CHRONICLES # 11
DETECTIVE COMICS ANNUAL # 7
“EARTH-898:”
A world where a genetically-altered Jimmy Olsen threatened Earth’s
entire metahuman population until the hero destined to be known as
Superman rose up to stop him (JLA: THE NAIL #1-3). Revealed as a distinct
parallel world in THE KINGDOM #2 (February, 1999).
“EARTH-901:”
A world that’s home to a Batman named Wayne Williams and a Superman
named Saldan, among many others. First appearance in JUST IMAGINE STAN LEE
WITH JOE KUBERT CREATING BATMAN (September, 2001).
Appearances:
JUST IMAGINE STAN LEE … SECRET FILES AND ORIGINS #1
JUST IMAGINE STAN LEE WITH CHRIS BACHALO CREATING CATWOMAN
JUST IMAGINE STAN LEE WITH DAVE GIBBONS CREATING GREEN LANTERN
JUST IMAGINE STAN LEE WITH GARY FRANK CREATING SHAZAM!
JUST IMAGINE STAN LEE WITH JERRY ORDWAY CREATING JLA
JUST IMAGINE STAN LEE WITH JIM LEE CREATING WONDER WOMAN
JUST IMAGINE STAN LEE WITH JOE KUBERT CREATING BATMAN
JUST IMAGINE STAN LEE WITH JOHN BUSCEMA CREATING SUPERMAN
JUST IMAGINE STAN LEE WITH JOHN BYRNE CREATING ROBIN
JUST IMAGINE STAN LEE WITH JOHN CASSADAY CREATING CRISIS
JUST IMAGINE STAN LEE WITH KEVIN MAGUIRE CREATING THE FLASH
JUST IMAGINE STAN LEE WITH SCOTT McDANIEL CREATING AQUAMAN
JUST IMAGINE STAN LEE WITH WALTER SIMONSON CREATING SANDMAN
"EARTH-988":
A world whose only super-hero was a college-age Superboy. First
appearance in SUPERBOY [second series] #1.
Appearances:
THE ADVENTURES OF SUPERBOY #19-22
SUPERBOY [second series] #1-18
SUPERBOY SPECIAL # 1
“EARTH-1098”:
A world whose preeminent costumed champions are Supergirl and Batgirl,
members of a Justice Society that also included Ambush Bug, Barda,
Interceptor, Revenant, Vectron and others (ELSEWORLD‘S FINEST: SUPERGIRL &
BATGIRL). Revealed as a distinct parallel world in THE KINGDOM #2
(February, 1999).
Appearances:
ELSEWORLD’S FINEST: SUPERGIRL & BATGIRL
SUPERBOY [third series] #61-62, 64
“EARTH-1099:”
A world where Gotham City‘s greatest heroine was the Catwoman and its
most notorious villain was The Batman (CATWOMAN: GUARDIAN OF GOTHAM #1-2).
Revealed as a distinct parallel world in THE KINGDOM #2 (February, 1999).
"EARTH-1191":
Home of a Batman who was transformed into a vampire by Dracula. First
appearance in BATMAN & DRACULA: RED RAIN (November, 1991).
Appearances:
BATMAN & DRACULA: RED RAIN
BATMAN: BLOODSTORM
BATMAN: CRIMSON MIST.
EARTH-1198:
Part of a universe where the infant Kal-El was raised on Apokolips
before rebelling during Darkseid’s occupation of Earth (SUPERMAN: THE DARK
SIDE #1-3). Revealed as a distinct parallel world in THE KINGDOM #2
(February, 1999).
“EARTH-1289”:
An Earth where Batman and Robin fought the Riddler on their first formal
case and where Harvey “Two Face” Dent was ultimately rehabilitated. First
seen in COMICS REVUE # 41.
Appearances:
COMICS REVUE #41-66.
EARTH-1863:
A world on which the Kryptonian Kal-El (as Atticus Kent) ended the Civil
War in little over a month during 1863 (SUPERMAN: A NATION DIVIDED).
Revealed as a distinct parallel world in THE KINGDOM #2 (February, 1999).
"EARTH-1889":
A world on which Bruce Wayne began his career as Batman in 1889. First
appearance in GOTHAM BY GASLIGHT. Also seen in BATMAN: MASTER OF THE
FUTURE. Revealed as a distinct parallel world in THE KINGDOM #2 (February,
1999).
“EARTH-1890”:
A world where heroes such as Diana Prince, Katar Johnson and Kid Kon-El
operated in the western United States during the late 19th Century. First
appearance in JUSTICE RIDERS and revealed as a distinct parallel world in
SUPERBOY #61 (April, 1999).
Appearances:
JUSTICE RIDERS
SUPERBOY [third series] #61-62, 64
“EARTH-1927”:
Home of the clockwork city of Metropolis where the Super-Man once fought
Lutor and Bruss Wayne-Son took the alias of the Nosferatu. First seen in
SUPERMAN’S METROPOLIS.
Appearances:
BATMAN: NOSFERATU
SUPERMAN’S METROPOLIS
WONDER WOMAN: BLUE TRINITY
EARTH-1938:
An Earth whose Superman sacrificed his life at the dawn of his career to
save his adoptive planet from Martian invaders (SUPERMAN: WAR OF THE
WORLDS). Revealed as a distinct parallel world in THE KINGDOM #2
(February, 1999).
“EARTH-2020”:
Home of a Superman whose son and grandson -- Jorel and Kalel Kent --
carried on his heroic legacy. First seen in SUPERMAN [first series] #354.
Appearances:
SUPERMAN [first series] #354-355, 357, 361, 364, 368, 372
“EARTH-3839”:
A world where Superman and Lois Lane were the parents of children named
Joel and Kara and where Batman was succeeded by Dick Grayson and, later,
his own son. First seen in BATMAN/CAPTAIN AMERICA and revealed as a
distinct parallel world in THE KINGDOM # 2 (February, 1999).
Appearances:
BATMAN/CAPTAIN AMERICA
BATMAN: GOTHAM KNIGHTS #2, 9, 12
SUPERMAN & BATMAN: GENERATIONS # 1-4
SUPERMAN & BATMAN: GENERATIONS II #1-4
SUPERMAN & BATMAN: GENERATIONS III #1-12
EARTH-A:
Created by Earth-1's Johnny Thunder, this world's population included
evil counterparts of the Justice League (JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA
#37-38).
"EARTH-B":
See "Earth-12" and "Earth-32."
"EARTH-B2":
See "Earth-40."
EARTH-C:
An earth populated by DC's funny animal characters, including the Zoo
Crew. The first appearance of Earth-C was in NEW COMICS #9 (October,
1936). Revealed as a distinct parallel world in THE NEW TEEN TITANS [first
series] #16 and named in CAPTAIN CARROT AND HIS AMAZING ZOO CREW #14.
EARTH-C-MINUS:
An earth characterized by Just'a Lotta Animals. Existence revealed in
CAPTAIN CARROT AND HIS AMAZING ZOO CREW #14-15. Also appeared in THE
OZ-WONDERLAND WARS #2.
"EARTH-C-PLUS":
An Earth populated by Fawcett's funny animals, including Hoppy the
Marvel Bunny. First appeared in FAWCETT'S FUNNY ANIMALS #1 (December,
1942).
EARTH-D:
Home of a racially diverse mix of heroes and heroines, including the
Flash (Tanaka Rei), Green Lantern (Jose Hernandez) and a black husband and
wife team known as Superman and Supergirl. First appeared, revealed as a
distinct parallel world and named in LEGENDS OF THE DCU: CRISIS ON
INFINITE EARTHS #1.
EARTH-I [one]:
An Earth created by Despero populated by insect life-forms (JUSTICE
LEAGUE OF AMERICA #26).
EARTH-I [two]:
An Earth where advances in health and science have led to a world of
immortals (WONDER WOMAN [first series] #293).
EARTH-M:
An Earth created by Despero populated by aquatic life-forms (JUSTICE
LEAGUE OF AMERICA #26).
EARTH-PRIME:
An Earth whose population includes several DC Comics staffers who have
the ability to control the lives of heroes on other Earths. Two
super-heroes (Ultraa and Superboy) eventually came into existence here.
First appeared in GREEN LANTERN [second series] #29 (June, 1964), revealed
as a distinct world in THE FLASH [first series] #179 (May, 1968) and named
in JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #123 (October, 1975).
Appearances:
ALL-STAR SQUADRON #14
BATMAN: SCAR OF THE BAT
THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD [first series] #124
DC CHALLENGE #2
DC COMICS PRESENTS #87
DC SPECIAL #5
DETECTIVE COMICS #343, 347, 482
DOOM PATROL [first series] #121
THE FLASH [first series] #179, 228; [second series] 159
GREEN LANTERN [second series] #29, 45
JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #123-124, 153, 207-208
THE NEW TEEN TITANS [first series] #20
SUPERBOY [first series] #182
SUPERMAN [first series] #411
SUPERMAN ANNUAL [first series] #9/2
EARTH-R:
An Earth created by Despero populated by reptilian life-forms (JUSTICE
LEAGUE OF AMERICA #26).
EARTH-S:
A world characterized by the Fawcett comic heroes, notably the Marvel
Family, as well as Isis and Kid Eternity. First appeared in WHIZ COMICS #1
(Feb., 1940), revealed as a distinct parallel world in SHAZAM! #15
(Nov.-Dec., 1974), and named in JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #135 (Oct.,
1976)
EARTH-TERRA:
Home of a married Lois Lane and Superman and their infant son
(SUPERMAN'S GIRL FRIEND, LOIS LANE #94, 96).
EARTH-X [one]:
Home of a villainous Clark Kent (SUPERMAN'S PAL, JIMMY OLSEN #93).
EARTH-X [two]:
An Earth where the Nazis won World War II, despite Freedom Fighters
recruited by Uncle Sam from Earth-2 during the 1940s and 1950s. First
appeared in JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #107 (Sept.-Oct., 1973).
Appearances:
ALL-STAR SQUADRON #32-35, 50
FREEDOM FIGHTERS #1, 10, 12
JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #107-108
WONDER WOMAN [first series] #292
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replies: text: Holy pajamas. This is from an e-mail? --Chris Griswold 04:17, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: From John Wells

message: Why? Whoever put in the merger tag should make a case, eh? I would tent to  feel we should not merge. j-beda 17:51, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Merge DCU and DCMU?

message: [this is in reference of post-COIE and post-IC being listed seperately.
What I got from Infinite Crisis, was that the post-COIE Earth was that "last" 5 worlds put together.  During Infinite Crisis, the Tower split apart the current earth into all the earths that merged with it, apparently consisting of more than the last 5.  The destruction of the Tower collapsed the resurrected multiverse back into New Earth.  New Earth is the same as post-COIE Earth remerged, but altered.
I think it's the same because of the way Alexander Luthor and Superboy-Prime were refering to it in the last issue of IC.
"This Earth isn't Earth-One.  It never was." and stuff like that.
If you consider them seperate Earths, then by that logic, i think we might need a post-Zero Hour earth entry.
Opinions? -- Exvicious 06:09, 23 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  New Earth 

message: :The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion. 
The result of the move request was: withdrawn. After taking a more thourgh look at this I believe a standalone article would be better after all.   Colonestarrice (talk) 19:38, 13 February 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Multiverse (DC Comics) →  – Nowadays, DC has almost countless different shared universes and continuities (e.g. DCU, DCEU, DCAMU, Arrowverse…). Hence I believe that an article that gives the readers a gross, general overview of all DC media (comic book, film, television, and video game) shared continuities is warranted at this point. Despite its current name, this article has already been covering many of the DC film, television, and video game shared universes, so I suggest we just move this article instead of creating a new one. Colonestarrice (talk) 11:39, 13 February 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move 13 February 2022 

message: Depending on your definition, "Multiverse" may or may nor include every alternate dimension ever to show up in a DC comic.  In particular, if you define the Multiverse in terms of "timelines separated from each other by vibrational barriers", then the Anti-Matter Universe (both pre- and post-Crisis versions), the Fourth World, and the Pocket Universe (of post-Crisis LoSH fame) were never "Earths" of the Multiverse: 
The pre-Crisis Anti-Matter Universe was explicitly a world that existed in parallel to the Infinite Earths (after Krona looked at the beginning of time, the matter universe split into the Multiverse, while the anti-matter universe remained untouched).  
It's likely that each "Earth" in the Multiverse was actually a collection of related dimensions instead of a single physical reality; for example, the Fourth World may well have been a parallel dimension within "Earth-One".  Other examples of this sort of thing would include Bgtzl (the homeworld of the pre-Zero Hour Phantom Girl), the Phantom Zone, the Fifth Dimension, and Gemworld.  
Post-Crisis, the Multiverse had been compressed into a single timeline.  As such, any worlds, dimensions, or timelines created after CoIE #10 cannot have been Multiversal Earths (save for the retroactive "these would have been Multiversal Earths had the Multiverse survived" concept of Elseworlds and Hypertimelines, and Earth-D).  In particular, the Pocket Universe of the LoSH's Superboy and the Matrix Supergirl falls into this category, as does Zauriel's Heaven.  Likewise, the Post-Crisis Earth and New Earth aren't really Multiversal Earths; rather, they're two iterations of a condensation of the entire Multiverse into a single timeline.  
Dataweaver 16:29, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Non-Multiverse dimensions 

message: I added the copyedit box because there are too many places in here where capital letters appear as though a new sentence is being started, but isn't.  I've made a start at fixing things up, but I just don't have the time right now. --Joe Sewell 21:29, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Random Capitalization of Words 

message: Earth-D was not introduced until over a decade after Crisis on Infinite Earths #12 was published; as such, it arguably belongs to the Post-Crisis era (and possibly even post-Zero Hour).  OTOH, it was introduced in "Crisis on Infinite Earths #4 1/2", a "missing chapter", so a case could be made for declaring it to belong to the Crisis on Infinite Earths Era, much like Earth-Six does - depending on whether or not you consider the "missing chapter" to actually be part of CoIE.  Regardless, it does not belong to the Pre-Crisis Era.  69.225.139.115 04:40, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I disagree. Earth-D was one of the "infinite Earths" that was destroyed during Crisis on Infinite Earths, albeit via a post-Crisis retcon. Thus it existed pre-Crisis, even though it wasn't introduced until afterward. --Joe Sewell 21:30, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Earth-D: which Era? 

message: Anyone want to help with an Earth-One article?  There's already and Earth-Two article and Earth-One redirects here.
I think it should mostly be on significant events (Silver Age to pre-Crisis) that leads into specific multiverse issues, otherwise there wouldn't even be an article.  For example interaction with other dimensions, cross overs with Marvel etc.  --Exvicious // + @ 03:26, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Earth-One article 

message: I haven't seen the source material - is this accurate? Does "Earth-eleven" have the Belgin (not French) Tintin character in it? j-beda 17:04, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Tintin?

message: The existing text is nonsense.  It might be missing a "not", but I don't know what it is supposed to say.  Somebody who does know the material needs to check the description. —Długosz
: I just stumbled across this while looking something up.  I'm not much interested in coninuity issues -- but I'm familiar with Batman and the story this is a reference to.  As far as I know, the first and only appearence of this story is in Dectective Comics #500 -- "To Kill A Legend."  I do not recall it appearing in Crisis and I believe the Earth-5 marking is an error.  I'm going to repair the information regarding this story and slap a fact tag on the Earth-5 designation until someone can clarify.
:: Earth-5 is named and numbered in the Absolute Crisis hardcover. 68.54.171.237 04:17, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I might also add, while I'm here, that I'm skeptical of a number of the Earth-names after... about Earth-6 on our list.  Obviously none of us have read every comic out there that pertains to this topic -- but I'm unsure where some of these Earth-#'s are coming from.  Citations would be helpful. ~CS 00:58, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Check Description of Earth-Five 

message: Earth-Eleven is stated as being first named in Absolute Crisis On Infinite Earths HC, 2006.  Where would this Earth first appeared?  Any subsequant issues?--RedKnight 15:18, 26 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I just got Absolute Crisis, and checked on the comic it referenced as a source (Teen Titans Spotlight #11). The character in question is a strong Tintin homage, but considering his world was devastated in a nuclear war, I think saying it IS Tintin is a stretch. 68.54.171.237 04:22, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Earth-Eleven 

message: The current table of DC Comics universes is becoming extremely large and warrants its own page. I feel this would delineate the minutiae and raw data from the substantive information. With the creation of the Post-52 Multiverse, I think now is the right time to move the tables.--sigmafactor 00:16, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposal of "[[List of DC Comics universes]]" 

message: Both stories are reprinted in volume 3 of the LEGION ARCHIVES. The first originally appeared in ADVENTURE #325, “Lex Luthor Meets The Legion of Super-Heroes.” There, Lex uses a "time-and-space super-console" to view various Legionnaires. "Chameleon Boy and his pet, Proty II, are visiting their parallel-world doubles, in another dimension." The panel shows two apparently identical Chams shaking hands, with identical looking Protys (which, given that Proty was a white blob, ain't that significant) on their shoulders. As far as I know, this was the only reference to said parallel world.
http://www.silverbulletcomicbooks.com/bobro/96986520063259.htm
Enda80 14:04, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Another Alternate Earth

message: Wonder Woman actually travelled to yet another parallel Earth before Flash#123 came out. See this link.
http://www.jakanapes.com/Alternity/world.php?worldId=2571
Enda80 22:51, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Wonder Woman#89

message: The edit based on the assumption "Earth-3 originally was Earth-Silver Age" ignores the internal story logic. From the story: All 52 Earth were identical prior to Mr. Mind's feast. If the JLA looked "Silver Age", the story logic follows that it is because Hunter has moved to a point in the time-line where the JLA was just starting. - J Greb 08:33, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  ''52'' "Earth-3" revert... 

message: Do we really need to distinguish between "Post-Crisis", "Post-Zero Hour", and "Infinite Crisis"?  
Also, Earth-D first appeared Post-Crisis.  The fact that the story that it appears in claims to be a "lost chapter" of the Crisis is irrelevant, as the story is generally [i]not[/i] considered to be part of the official Crisis on Infinite Earths story (evidenced by the fact that it doesn't appear in any "Crisis on Infinite Earths" collections that were put together after its publication).  Earth-D should be labeled as "Post-Crisis", with a note indicating the "lost chapter" nature of the story that it appeared in.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.229.226.130 (talk • contribs) 
:I would argue that it is necessary to distinguish between "Post-Crisis," "Post-Zero-Hour" and "Infinite Crisis" (or possibly "Post-Infinite-Crisis") because these represent events which may have caused such Earths to be created and/or destroyed.—Preceding unsigned comment added by  (talk • contribs) 
::I disagree.  All of the Earths on the first table are ones that (at least in theory) existed prior to Crisis on Infinite Earths.  The only distinction the Era makes is when they first appeared in print.  The second table is for those Earths that were created after the first Crisis and before the 52 in Infinite Crisis #6.  (Incidently, this is why the "Aztec Earth" that showed up in IC#6 more properly belongs on the second table rather than the first: Alex created it right then and there; it had never existed before that moment.) --Dataweaver 03:18, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Excessive Era-splitting 

message: Strange. DonMEGĂ|60645 19:36, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Why was this article blanked?

message: At this point one of the 52 writers, Grant Morrison, has given an on record tidbit about the new multiverse:
And the parallel Earths you see in issue #52 are not the familiar pre-Crisis versions. If you think you recognize and know any of these worlds from before, you'd be wrong. We all wanted to do something new with the multiple Earths so what you've already seen in 52 is simply the tip of the iceberg - each parallel world now has its own huge new backstory and characters and each could basically form the foundation for a complete line of new books.
"THE 52 EXIT INTERVIEWS: GRANT MORRISON" at Newsarama about 1/2 way down the page.
If this doesn't nail down that the new Earths are not the pre-Crisis ones returned, just based on them, I don't know what will.
This also means there is going to need to be a lot of re-jigging in a lot of character articles...
- J Greb 17:32, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Morrison on the new 52... 

message: The Countdown Arena website has expanded information on twelve of the 52 earths. --Basique 22:18, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Countdown Arena website 

message: The section on parodies spends a lot of time on the alternate universe episode of Futurama. However, nothing in that episode was specific to DC's multiverse. Everything pointed out in the article is a staple of sci-fi interdimensional stories.
Does anyone else think that perhaps the section on the Futurama episode should be removed?
: Removed seems a bit harsh, but perhaps it could be compressed. I'm honestly not that bothered by it, though. JEB215 02:30, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I think it should be removed: it seems like a parody of alternate universes in general. There's no evidence to support the idea that it parodies the DC multiverse. 203.17.70.161 03:50, 14 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Parody section seems forced 

message: :Unless Ingles is doing two CSA-related one-shots I'm assuming that Countdown Presents The Search for Ray Palmer: Crime Syndicate is the "Crime Society" one-shot discussed in the footnotes.
:However, since that's uncitable opinion, I've left both versions in there.  So if someone finds a source for the name change I guess we're a little stuck with it.
:Duggy 1138 01:39, 17 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: <shrug> A good chunk of that should become clearer in October when the primary sources actually see print. - J Greb 06:28, 17 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The Crime Syndicate and Crimes Society are definitely different groups, the Crime Society does not remember meeting the the Justice League before the Search for Ray Palmer issue.--RedKnight 01:55, 14 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Um... that's the Crime Society (Earth-3, Post-52). As of now, the old Crime Syndicate material (Earth-3, pre-Crisis) seems to be out of continuity.  As an odd side note, given the Crime Society one shot, that Owlman seems to have used both the pre-Crisis and Morrison costumes. - J Greb 03:16, 14 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: When dealing with DC there is no 'out of continuity', but simply continuity in relation to major DC events (but I understand your point)--RedKnight 22:22, 21 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Earth-3 Crime Syndicate vs Crime Society 

message: I had two questions about the theory that all of the post-Kirby "Fourth World" tales are from a hypothetical "Earth 17."  One was whether or not this classification was ever used within the story of a comic (as opposed to the letter column) and the other was whether these tales took place on Earth at all.
:: I can't speak to official designations, but whether they took place on Earth at all isn't an issue.  Earth-whatever is an Earth-centric naming system, but it's the one we use, flawed though it is.
:: Duggy 1138 01:41, 17 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: This is a concept that Marvel is attempting to correct.  They have been using designations such as Universe-# and Reality-#, though I doubt it will stick with readers.--RedKnight 22:24, 21 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Earth 17 (New Gods) 

message: One very important note: Earth-One and Earth-Two first appeared as distinct but linked realities in Flash #123 (1961), but were not given there specific designations until Justice League of America #21 (1963).  Not sure how to best change the wording as Flash #123 (1961) still should be included.--RedKnight 15:28, 4 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: On second thought, I think I've got it--RedKnight 23:33, 4 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Naming of Earth-One and Earth-Two 

message: Due to the excessive length of this article, I have copied the tables of Earths to their own page and begun trimming down the number of entries on this page.  For a first cut, I eliminated every entry on the first table with an era other than pre-Crisis or Crisis on Infinite Earths.  For the second cut, I'm figuring on removing all entries that were first given catalog numbers in Absolute Crisis.  I'm not sure what to do with the post-Crisis tables.  When all is said and done, the only entries on the Catalogued table that I am absolutely certain must stay are Earths One, Two, Three, Four, S, X, Prime, and the Antimatter Universe.  That said, there may be some others worth keeping in the main article; I'd be inclined to keep any Earth that appeared in more than one pre-Crisis story.  --Dataweaver 05:58, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Trimming 

message: This article claims:
:"After the publication of Infinite Crisis and 52, the Multiverse is again being used in print by DC Comics and consists of fifty-two alternate universes which are referred to by the numeric designations of the alternate Earths within them ("New Earth", "Earth-1", "Earth-2", "Earth-3", etc.). The numeric designation is used to distinguish the newer fictional Multiverse from the previous one, in which its alternate universes used alphabetic designations, such as "Earth-One", "Earth-Two", and "Earth-Three", instead."
Can somebody give a source for this claim, either an issue number or a published interview with DC editors? —Lowellian (reply) 16:06, 11 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Alphabetic vs. numerical designations

message: I believe this story was published in the Superman Family comic book during the late Seventies. Does anyone besides me remember this crossover meeting between the Superboy of Earth-One and his 1930's non-costumned counterpart on depression era Earth-Two ?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dca5347 (talk • contribs) 07:45, 10 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Meeting of Superboy(Earth-One) and the teenaged Clark Kent(Earth-Two)

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message: Can anybody find reliable sources on these two? 90.136.139.222 (talk) 18:26, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Earth-H? Earth-U? 

message: In one of the last pages of Final Crisis #7 it seems that the general public is now aware of the multiverse as a radio jockey is talking about "Those newly discovered parallel worlds and how they could change our lives forever."  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 143.132.197.109 (talk) 18:37, 30 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Public Awareness of Multiverse in FC#7 

message: This section is incredibly messy and hard to follow. I think a lot of it is punctuation and grammar based, but as I'm not familiar with the material, I don't think I can make many valuable changes - 99.232.67.92 (talk) 18:07, 14 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Other Media : Lois & Clark 

message: The article currently states that Roman numerals are used for naming the Earths in the new Multiverse such that you have "Earth-1" "Earth-2" and so on.  However, these aren't Roman numerals, but Arabic numerals.  Roman numerals are I, II, III, IV, V etc. whereas Arabic numerals are 1, 2 ,3 ,4, 5 etc.  I would change it, but I don't know if there's already been a discussion or if there's a good reason for it saying that.3mln (talk) 14:50, 14 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Roman vs Arabic Numerals 

message: "After the publication of Infinite Crisis and 52, the Multiverse is again being used in print by DC Comics and consists of fifty-two alternate universes which are referred to by their Arabic numeral designations of the alternate Earths within them ("New Earth", "Earth-1", "Earth-2", "Earth-3", etc.). The idea that the numeric designation is used to distinguish the newer fictional Multiverse from the previous one because the older one used spelled-out numeric designations, such as "Earth-One" and "Earth-Two", is disproved by the fact that Earth-3 used the Arabic numeric designation upon its creation in 1963, switched to a spelled-out numeric designation in 1964, and then back again with its destruction in 1985."
Is it just me or does that paragraph make no sense?  If it does, it is very hard to understand.  What is this arabic thing?  It seems like 1,2,3,4 (regular chronological order) and what is the argument in the second part (about switching to a spelled out numeric designation) and why is it relevant for an intro?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Relakit (talk • contribs) 21:55, 6 March 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: The intro explains this.--BruceGrubb (talk) 18:03, 18 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Intro is Confusing

message: Earth-14 (one of the 7 unknown Earths) got shown in Superman #15 post-Rebirth. Home of the "Justice League of Assassins," who look very reminiscent of 90's-era gun-toting characters. Harley Quinn appears to be both on the league and to have a two-face situation going on.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hollowgolem (talk • contribs) 05:18, 23 January 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Earth-14 in Rebirth 

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message: This may or may not be canon, but the joint DC/KFC comic book published in 2016, "The Colonel Corps: Crisis of Infinite Colonels," refers to "Earth-3 (the evil-twin one)... Earth-1 (the one we live on)... Earth-19 (the steampunk one)... Earth-22 (the Kingdom Come one)... Earth-51 (the post-apocalypse one)... Earth-29 (the Bizarro one)." WaxTadpole (talk) 22:42, 28 April 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  DC and KFC 

message: Because DC has three universes (Pre-Crisis, 52, and New 52) which have three different realities with the same name fans have created their own naming convention:
* Pre-Crisis realties below 52 are spelled out ie Earth-Three.
* Realties of the 52 multiverse use 'Earth, hypen, number' ie Earth-3
* Realties of the New 52 (Post Flash: Flashpoint) multiverse use 'Earth, space, number' ie Earth 3.
This allows fans to write about how the Crime Syndicate of Earth-Three were wiped out in Crisis, we didn't really see the Crime Syndicate of Earth-3, and the Crime Syndicate of Earth 3 were wiped out during the Forever Evil storyline without confusion...provided one understand this convention.
It should be noted that realties of the Dark Multiverse use the New 52 naming convention but use negative numbers ie Earth -44 and Earth -52 and this is an official naming method.--2606:A000:7D44:100:641B:7CD7:EFE7:C036 (talk) 22:16, 1 October 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fan and official naming conventions 

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thread_title:  External links modified (January 2018) 

message: I'm fairly certain that designation is entirely fanmade and in fact the whole section is outdated information and presumptuous. At this point, with Didio being fired and comments from Scott Snyder, the 5G event is very likely not happening. Although Snyder has said we are getting a new timeline, with the first part already released (Wonder Woman debuting at the World Fair). --Biccy (talk) 22:05, 30 May 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Earth-5G

message: "1) Black Canary of Earth-One being the daughter of the original Black Canary of WWII even though the original Black Canary was a resident of Earth-Two,"
Wasn't this explained long before the Crisis as Green Arrow having brought the "Earth-One" Black Canary from Earth-Two to Earth-One? --Scottandrewhutchins (talk) 14:32, 6 June 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Black Canary

message: Text and references copied from Hypertime to Multiverse (DC Comics).  See former article's history for a list of contributors.  7&6=thirteen (☎) 12:29, 7 July 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Text and references copied from Multiverse (DC Comics) to Hypertime.  See former article's history for a list of contributors.  7&6=thirteen (☎) 15:18, 7 July 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Attribution