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came three months out before the first issue of so the retroactive saving of the Pre-Crisis multiverse didn't need to be formally addressed.

However, "DiDio explained that there are 52 earths, and then alternate dimensions within each universe, as well as alternate timelines and microverses within each."

Moreover John King stated "Post-Convergence, every character that ever existed, in either Continuity or Canon, is now available to us as storytellers." (Burlingame, Russ (27 May 2015). "Decoding Convergence With Jeff King: The Finale". ComicBook.com)

The closest thing to an explanation comes from combining elements of, , and

Brainiac states the observed Flashpoint and survived it and decided to "travel to the edge of the Source and beyond it" He says that he was able to "go back in time" to get more power. We know from that hypertime still exists and what its range is in.

tells us "events of importance often cause divergent "tributaries" to branch off the main timestream." Well Crisis fits into the "events of importance" category. So there were hyptertimes where Crisis happened differently.