Manhattan Crisis

### History

The Manhattan Crisis was the event that caused the Multiverse to change. The name came from the actual man behind it, Doctor Manhattan from the Watchmen Universe.

It all began with Doctor Manhattan deciding to actually become God. But to do so, he had to replace the current God. To do so, Manhattan had to travel to Earth 1 where he would summon the Presence. Doctor Manhattan didn't have any normal way to go to another Earth in the Multiverse. To travel to Earth 1, he had to break through Earth 86, where he came from. This caused a multitude of problems in the Multiverse. Even causing a button to appear in the Batcave on Earth 1.

Batman and the returned Flash found this button and started an investigation to find out where it came from. The two soon realized it must be from another world as it vibrated in a whole other way than any other item on Earth. Reverse Flash later appeared and stole the button. He used it as a beacon to find the source. Eobard soon found himself on Mars in front of Doctor Manhattan. As he returned to the Batcave, Thawne yelled out "god" before disintegrating.

Others in the Multiverse also noticed the change. Two of these people were John Constantine and Lucifer Morningstar. John met with his old lover, Zatanna while Lucifer tried to get in contact with God. When God did not give him any help, Lucifer went to Hell and met with its ruler, Mazikeen. Mazikeen did not want to help Lucifer and only told him to leave her realm. Not sure what to do, Lucifer reached out to a man he had met, one man who was nearly as powerful as him, Spectre. Zatanna and Constantine did also reach out to Spectre which led to the four uniting.

Wally West was soon met by the Speed Force itself. It told him about the Multiverse change. This caused him to start investigating the new crisis on his own hand. While doing so, Wally met with Booster Gold and the original Blue Beetle who Booster had saved from dying. The three studied the changes to the Multiverse and got in contact with the Legends of Tomorrow. Doing so, they learned things had changed across the whole timeline. Learning this, they got in contact with the Justice League.

Doctor Manhattan soon realized he could not see the whole future as he had done before. The last thing he now could see was his battle against Superman. Believing Superman would either kill him or destroy the Multiverse, Doctor Manhattan searched for allies who could kill Superman. One of these allies was Trigon who was stuck in a crystal carried by Raven. Going to steal the crystal, Doctor Manhattan killed her boyfriend, Beast Boy. After this, he ripped out the crystal from Raven's head which nearly killed her. She was saved though by John Constantine.

After leaving Raven at the House of Mystery, John and Lucifer went to the Watchmen Universe to find out where everything is coming from. The two talked and Constantine argued they needed the demon army. Lucifer didn't think it was needed at all. But after seeing how Earth 86 looked, the two decided to get as many people with them as they could.

Trigon was let go in Metropolis to kill Superman. Superman, Wonder Woman, and Aquaman teamed up in fighting Trigon. But in the battle, Jimmy Olsen was killed. But with the help of Zatanna, Batman, and The Flash, they were able to beat Trigon. Even though he was able to break Zatanna's back. Manhattan later appeared and was able to break Aquaman's trident even though it is said to be unbreakable. Before leaving, Doctor Manhattan teleported Superman to Mars.

On Mars, Doctor Manhattan and Superman talked. Manhattan explained that if they were to battle, it is fully possible, Superman would destroy the whole universe. Not wanting to take the chance, Clark did not attack Doctor Manhattan.

When John Constantine heard of Zatanna's injury, he forced Lucifer to gather allies. They met with Amenadiel. They also went to Hell. Lucifer took command of the demon army and took them all to Earth. Together, they and Spectre attacked Doctor Manhattan. The Justice League and Wally West also joined the battle. Wally ran so fast he became pure energy and stuck at Doctor Manhattan, injuring the godlike figure. Lucifer, Spectre, and Superman also battled Doctor Manhattan. But they failed.

In the end, the Presence arrived. Everyone got to see God. God used his powers and sent Doctor Manhattan to the end of time. A point where nothing existed. Not even time. After this, he left and let everyone fix the things he had changed.