Multiverse

The **multiverse**, briefly referred to as the **manyverse** by Ralph Dibny, is a concept that refers to the existence of infinite universes that comprise everything that exists. Each universe within the multiverse is referred to as a different "Earth," and each vibrates at a different frequency so that they can't normally interact with or be seen by each other. If someone is able to travel fast enough, it is possible to breach the laws of physics and travel between these Earths, although breaches can also be created by Vibers or through technological means.

There were originally 52 known Earths in the multiverse, with an additional two lacking a formal designation due to its horrific state, becoming known as "Earth-X" and "Earth-XX". However, the wider scope of the multiverse included at least 1938 parallel universes, which may or may not have be a part of a "local" 52-multiverse. Theoretically, for every decision a person makes, there was a parallel universe where they didn't act on that decision in the same way. Some universes, like Earth-666 and Earth-18, are known to have been further in the past than other universes. For others, such as Earth-99, the opposite holds true, with their respective timelines being further ahead than other universes.

The creation of the Flashpoint timeline resulted in the splintering of the multiverse into two halves, leading to a version of the multiverse where Flashpoint occurred, and one where it didn't (known as the **transmultiversal multiverse**). The timeline of these two multiverses had a number of differences, with the no-Flashpoint multiverse having a Crisis in 2018 and having an Earth-27 with a significantly changed timeline.

During the Anti-Monitor Crisis, the multiverse was completely destroyed with all lives lost, except for the seven Paragons (who took refuge at the Vanishing Point), Jennifer Pierce (who took refuge in her "safe space") and the planet Earth of one universe (thanks to that world's Brainiac 5 bottling it to save it from the incoming antimatter wave), by the malevolent Anti-Monitor. It was replaced by a single antimatter universe. A month after the destruction of the original multiverse, Oliver Queen and his doppelganger Oliver Queen of Earth-25 after Oliver of Earth-1 was down he fought the Anti-Monitor, and the Paragons from Earth-1, Earth-38, Earth-96, successfully created a new multiverse, with the help of the Paragons from Earth-25, Earth-48, Earth-97. For unknown reasons, some universes from the original multiverse (such as Earth-167 and Earth-666) were restored exactly as they'd been prior to the Crisis, while others (such as Earth-2) were replaced by completely new universes. Aspects of a number of the old universes from the original multiverse were merged into a new single universe, Earth-Prime and Earth-Prime 2.

## History

### Pre-Crisis

#### Birth of the multiverse

"*In the beginning, there was only one. A single black infinitude. Then the infinitude found release, and, finally, the darkness broke, filling it with life. With the multiverse. Every existence multiplied by possibility. And spread out before space and time in infinite measure. Civilizations rose and fell. And rose again across reality's grasping expanse.*"
—Mar Novu[src]
Before the birth of the multiverse, an infinitude of darkness existed. This infinitude found release through the Big Bang, allowing for the creation of the multiverse. This gave rise to infinite universes with infinite possibilities through space and time.[10][11][12][13]

#### Rise of the Old Gods

Finding the power the Loom of Fate granted too great to be possessed, and wishing for mortals to determine their own destiny, Clotho broke it into three[14] pieces and scattered them across the multiverse, disguising them as rings.[15]

#### Age of heroes

"*This is our Earth. Let's call it Earth-1. And this second Earth, let's call it Earth-2. This is where Jay claims to be from. And these other Earths, 3, 4, 5, to infinity, all of them, are nearly identical to ours. And they all exist at the same time, giving us endless alternatives to what we have here. For example, the Joe West on Earth-2, your doppelgänger, he might not be a detective. He could be a Nobel Prize-winning physicist. And you, the Barry Allen here is the Flash, but over there, he could be an electrician.*"
—Martin Stein explaining the multiverse to Team Flash[src]
In January 2015, John Constantine and Ritchie Simpson investigated a case related to the Egyptian dream temple technique. The spell was originally created by priests of Ancient Egypt as a pathway to "the dream temple". It was rediscovered in the twenty-first century by philosophers and researchers of the occult, such as Jacob Shaw. Shaw, who already showed psychopathic tendencies in life by killing his assistant, created an alternate reality, in which he would lure curious students and hunt them down. Ritchie eventually managed to wrestle control over the alternate universe from Shaw, and wished to stay there and make it into something beautiful. However, he was convinced by Constantine to abandon such escapism and come back to his old life on Earth-1.[16]

In early 2015, Barry Allen and the rest of Team Flash accidentally opened a singularity above Central City; though they succeeded in closing it,[17] a series of 52 breaches between Earths-1 and 2 were opened throughout the city as a result of their actions.

Between mid to late 2015 and early 2016, an evil speedster from Earth-2 known as Zoom began exploring the multiverse[18] before using the breaches created between Earths-1 and 2 to launch an assault on Earth-1's Central City in an attempt to steal that world's Flash's speed. Zoom sent numerous meta-humans through the breaches, each tasked with killing The Flash, but none succeeded. Team Flash, in an effort to stop Zoom's onslaught, systematically sealed each of the breaches, leaving only one open on a lower level inside S.T.A.R. Labs. Barry, Cisco Ramon, and Harrison Wells used the breach to travel to Earth-2 in order to rescue Jesse Wells,[19] sealing the breach upon their return.[20]

Attempting to increase his speed, Barry used a tachyon device, which in turn caused him to run so fast that he accidentally created a breach between Earth-1 and Earth-38.[2]

During his travels, Zolomon discovered that Earth-1 happened to be in the center juncture of the entire multiverse and that from there one could travel to any of the other infinite numbers of Earths. Enthralled by the idea of conquering all of existence, in May 2016 he attempted to use the Mercury Labs Magnetar to instantaneously destroy every Earth in the multiverse besides Earth-1; using its central location as a means of targeting every other universe at the same time. Through the sacrifice of his own time remnant, Barry Allen was able to stop the device moments before it destroyed the multiverse, and also managed to defeat Hunter in the process.[18]

#### Crisis on Earth-X

The New Reich from Earth-X organized an invasion on Earth-1 during the wedding of Iris West and Barry Allen in 2017. They were looking for Supergirl so that they could steal her heart for her Earth-X doppelgänger. However, the Team Arrow, the Legends, and the Team Flash, along with Supergirl, and her adoptive sister Alex Danvers, managed to prevent the attack.[21][3][22][23]

#### Coming Crisis

Sometime prior to late 2018, Mar Novu began testing various Earths across the multiverse, stating that he was testing them for an impending crisis. He tested an unknown number of Earths, but after testing and decimating Earth-90, Earth-90's Barry Allen, a speedster known as The Flash, managed flee to Earth-1 to warn its heroes that their universe would be next to be tested.[24]

#### The Crisis begins

Between 2018 and 2019, Jay Garrick detected a number of antimatter signatures throughout the multiverse. By October 2019, he had marked multiple antimatter signatures on his map, as he detected them near Earths-2, 6, 7, 17, 21, 26, 32, and X.[25] In that same time frame, antimatter was unleashed upon Earth-2, killing its population and ultimately destroying the universe.[26]

#### Complete destruction

"*It is done. The infinite Earths are gone. Soon only the antimatter universe will remain.*"
—Mobius[src]
During the Anti-Monitor Crisis, all of the multiverse, as well as all life contained within it, was systematically destroyed by the Anti-Monitor (though the transmultiversal multiverse was unaffected by the Crisis). Moments before her Earth's destruction, Jennifer Pierce unwittingly teleported to her "safe space" and survived the Crisis. On the *Waverider*, at the final moment, Pariah sent Kara Danvers, Kate Kane, Sara Lance, Barry Allen, Ryan Choi, J'onn J'onzz, and Clark Kent to the Vanishing Point; a point outside the space-time continuum, putting them outside the Anti-Monitor's reach. However, Lex Luthor re-wrote the Book of Destiny and replaced Clark as the Paragon of Truth, thus killing him.[27]

### Post-Crisis

#### Rebirth

With the rebirth of the multiverse, some things changed. Earths were now separated by different vibrational frequencies. As such, the residents of Earth-Prime with knowledge of the pre-crisis timeline appear to be unaware of the new multiverse's existence and still believe it is destroyed. Survivors of some universes began popping up on Earth-Prime; a new universe with aspects of Earth-1, Earth-38, and Earth-TUD5.[28]

#### Consequences

*For more information, see List of changes caused by the Crisis.*
"*Thank God J'onn gave me my memories back."* *"Yeah, I know, I wish he could do it for everyone."* *"Well, according to him, restoring the world's collective memories would reconfigure relationships on such a massive scale that everyone's minds would literally be blown.""Ugh, gross.*"
—Alex and Kara Danvers[src]
With the multiverse being reborn, a tremendous number of changes were caused onto the new Earths and while a number of people kept or regained their memories through various means, the majority of the population are not aware of the changes.[28]

A handful of doppelgangers made it to Earth-Prime, including one Beth Kane, Al and Winn Schott Jr, four Brainiac 5s and a trio of Kryptonian Witches.[29][30][31]

Once scattered throughout the multiverse, the rings of the Fates were now on one Earth and able to create the Loom of Fate;[32] the deities were able to rewrite reality as Loomworld,[33] but were ultimately stopped by the Legends.[34]

During the Anti-Monitor Crisis, the Phantom Zone became fractured,[35] but the Superfriends used the Tower as a ship to travel the Phantom Zone and free Supergirl, in which they succeeded.[36]

Possibly, the crisis destroyed Earth-TUD22, causing John Henry Irons and his daughter Natalie to take refuge on Earth-TUD25.[37][38]

#### The Inverse World

Ally Allston wears her family pendant as a way for her followers to go to the Inverse World, a "bizzare" alternate dimension to Earth-TUD25. It differs from Earth in a number of ways, such as having a red sun. After stealing the pendant of the dictator Ally Allston, Bizarre Kal-El went to Earth-TUD25 to destroy her pendant before both versions could merge together.[38][39]

Later, Ally Allston managed to merge with her Inverse World counterpart and she becomes a god-like being. Eventually, Ally began to merge the worlds,[40] but she was defeated by Superman and the worlds were separated.[41]

## Known parallel universes

### Original multiverse

* Earth-2 (destroyed by antimatter)
* Earth-3 (destroyed by antimatter)
* Earth-4 (destroyed by antimatter)
* Earth-5 (destroyed by antimatter)
* Earth-6 (destroyed by antimatter)
* Earth-7 (destroyed by antimatter)
* Earth-8 (destroyed by antimatter)
* Earth-9 (destroyed by antimatter)
* Earth-10 (destroyed by antimatter)
* Earth-11 (destroyed by antimatter)
* Earth-12 (destroyed by antimatter)
* Earth-13 (destroyed by antimatter)
* Earth-14 (destroyed by antimatter)
* Earth-15 (destroyed by antimatter)
* Earth-16 (destroyed by antimatter)
* Earth-17 (destroyed by antimatter)
* Earth-18 (destroyed by antimatter)
* Earth-19 (destroyed by antimatter)
* Earth-20 (destroyed by antimatter)
* Earth-21 (destroyed by antimatter)
* Earth-22 (destroyed by antimatter)
* Earth-23 (destroyed by antimatter)
* Earth-24 (destroyed by antimatter)
* Earth-25 (destroyed by antimatter)
* Earth-26 (destroyed by antimatter)
* Earth-27 (destroyed by antimatter)
* Earth-28 (destroyed by antimatter)
* Earth-29 (destroyed by antimatter)
* Earth-30 (destroyed by antimatter)
* Earth-31 (destroyed by antimatter)
* Earth-32 (destroyed by antimatter)
* Earth-33 (destroyed by antimatter)
* Earth-34 (destroyed by antimatter)
* Earth-35 (destroyed by antimatter)
* Earth-37 (destroyed by antimatter)
* Earth-38 (destroyed by antimatter)
* Earth-43 (destroyed by antimatter)
* Earth-47 (destroyed by antimatter)
* Earth-48 (destroyed by antimatter)
* Earth-49 (destroyed by antimatter)
* Earth-50 (destroyed by antimatter; eventually rebirthed when the Spectres restarted the multiverse)
* Earth-51 (destroyed by antimatter)
* Earth-52 (destroyed by antimatter)
* Earth-55 (destroyed by antimatter)
* Earth-66 (destroyed by antimatter)
* Earth-67 (destroyed by antimatter)
* Earth-73 (destroyed by antimatter)
* Earth-74 (destroyed by antimatter)
* Earth-75 (destroyed by antimatter)
* Earth-76 (destroyed by antimatter)
* Earth-85 (destroyed by antimatter)
* Earth-86 (destroyed by antimatter)
* Earth-87 (destroyed by antimatter)
* Earth-89 (destroyed by antimatter)
* Earth-90 (destroyed by antimatter)
* Earth-91 (destroyed by antimatter)
* Earth-92 (destroyed by antimatter)
* Earth-96 (destroyed by antimatter)
* Earth-97 (destroyed by antimatter)
* Earth-99 (destroyed by antimatter)
* Earth-167 (destroyed by antimatter)
* Earth-203 (destroyed by antimatter)
* Earth-221 (destroyed by antimatter)
* Earth-260 (destroyed by antimatter)
* Earth-494 (destroyed by antimatter)
* Earth-666 (destroyed by antimatter)
* Earth-667 (destroyed by antimatter)
* Earth-668 (destroyed by antimatter)
* Earth-719 (destroyed by antimatter)
* Earth-827 (destroyed by antimatter)
* Earth-898 (destroyed by antimatter)
* Earth-1938 (destroyed by antimatter)
* Earth-D (destroyed by antimatter)
* Earth-F (destroyed by antimatter)
* Earth-N52 (destroyed by antimatter)
* Earth-X (destroyed by antimatter)
* Earth-XX (destroyed by antimatter)
* Earth-TUD1 (destroyed by antimatter)
* Earth-TUD2 (destroyed by antimatter)
* Earth-TUD3 (destroyed by antimatter)
* Earth-TUD4 (destroyed by antimatter)
* Earth-TUD5 (destroyed by antimatter)
* Earth-TUD6 (destroyed by antimatter)
* Earth-TUD7 (destroyed by antimatter)
* Earth-TUD8 (destroyed by antimatter)
* Earth-TUD9 (destroyed by antimatter)
* Earth-TUD10 (destroyed by antimatter)
* Earth-TUD11 (destroyed by antimatter)
* Earth-TUD12 (destroyed by antimatter)
* Earth-TUD13 (destroyed by antimatter)
* Earth-TUD14 (destroyed by antimatter)
* Earth-TUD15 (destroyed by antimatter)
* Earth-TUD16 (destroyed by antimatter)
* Earth-TUD17 (destroyed by antimatter; planet Earth bottled and stored in the Fortress of Solitude on Earth-Prime)
* Earth-TUD18 (destroyed by antimatter)
* Earth-TUD19 (destroyed by antimatter)
* Earth-TUD20 (destroyed by antimatter)
* Earth-TUD21 (destroyed by antimatter)
* Earth-TUD22 (destroyed by antimatter)
* Earth-TUD23 (destroyed by antimatter)
* Earth-TUD26 (destroyed by antimatter)
* An unidentified Earth (home to Jim Corrigan; destroyed by antimatter)
* An unidentified Earth (home to Jim Corrigan; destroyed by antimatter)
* 2 undesignated Earths[25] (destroyed by antimatter)

### New multiverse

* Earth-Prime
* Earth-Prime 2
* Earth-2
* Earth-9
* Earth-12
* Earth-19
* Earth-21
* Earth-50
* Earth-96
* Earth-97
* Earth-668
* Earth-TUD24
* Earth-TUD25

#### Unseen universes

* Earth-66
* Earth-89
* Earth-167
* Earth-203

### Transmultiversal multiverse

* Earth-∂
* Earth-1A
* Earth-2A
* Earth-19A
* Earth-27A
* Earth-32A
* Earth-38A
* Earth-666A (hypothesized)
* Earth-XA

## Known extra-dimensional planes

* Heaven
* Hell
	+ John Constantine's pocket dimension
* Purgatory
* Speed Force
* Negative Speed Force
* Strength Force
* Negative Strength Force
* Sage Force
* Negative Sage Force
* Still Force
* Negative Still Force
* Jacob Shaw's alternate reality
* Juru
* World between worlds
* Dreaming
* Mallus's realm
* The Monitor's realm
* Vanishing Point
* Temporal zone
* Netherverse
* Microverse
* Jennifer Pierce's safe place
* Nexus

### Pocket dimensions

* Unnamed pocket dimension
* Afterlife
* Phantom Zone
* John Constantine's pocket dimension

## Known parallel timelines/realities

* Original Earth-1 timeline
* Pre-Flashpoint timeline
* Flashpoint timeline
* Original post-Flashpoint timeline
* Altered post-Flashpoint timeline
* Doomworld
* Music Meister's movie musical reality
* Elseworlds
* Loomworld
* Reverse-Flashpoint timeline
* Post-Reverse Flashpoint timeline