Earth-162

Earth-162
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Official Name	Earth-162
Aliases	Superman Red/Blue; Earth 162
Creators	Leo Dorfman · Curt Swan
First Appearance	Superman #162 (July, 1963)

Earth-162 was an alternate dimension in the Pre-Crisis Multiverse.

History

After being scolded by the Kandorians for failing to live up to his many goals (enlarge them, cure Kryptonite, end crime etc.), Superman used a machine he devised powered by the various forms of Kryptonite in order to increase his intellect a hundredfold in order to complete his tasks; it succeeded, but also split him into two near-identical beings, Superman-Red and Superman-Blue. Together, they created a New Krypton from the remains of the old and enlarged Kandor on it, created an anti-evil ray which ended all villainous tendencies — the use of which caused a reformed Lex Luthor to develop a panacea that cured all physical ailments and defects — and transformed their Earth into a paradise. Retiring, Superman-Red married Lois Lane and moved with her to New Krypton, while Superman-Blue wed and remained on Earth with Lana Lang, devoting his life to science and tasking his Superman Robots with solving any future natural disasters.

Superman's friend Batman also split himself into two beings to make his crusade against crime more efficient.

This universe was presumably destroyed during the Crisis on Infinite Earths and then (presumably) retroactively saved from destruction during the Convergence event. If it wasn't restored by Convergence, it was definitely restored in the Dark Crisis when Pariah recreated the infinite Multiverse.

Residents

• Batman Gray/Batman Blue
• Brainiac
• Fidel Castro
• Comet
• John F. Kennedy
• Nikita Khrushchev
• Krypto
• Lois Lane
• Lucy Lane
• Lana Lang
• Lori Lemaris
• Lex Luthor
• Mister Mxyzptlk
• Jimmy Olsen
• Supergirl
• Superman Blue/Superman Red
• Lena Thorul
• Perry White
• Legion of Super-Heroes
  • Bouncing Boy
  • Cosmic Boy
  • Saturn Girl
  • Sun Boy
• Phantom Zoners
  • Dru-Zod
  • Jax-Ur
  • Kru-El

Notes

• The Amazing Story of Superman-Red and Superman-Blue! was originally published as an imaginary story, a story outside of regular continuity. In Crisis on Infinite Earths: The Compendium, it was retconned as having happened on another Earth, .

• The Crisis on Infinite Earths: The Compendium stated this was "revealed as a distinct parallel Earth in The Kingdom #2" making this reality part of hypertime.

Trivia

• The idea of Superman-Red and Superman-Blue was given a post-Crisis twist with Superman Red/Superman Blue #1.

See Also

• Characters from Earth-162
• Other things related to Earth-162
• Earth-162's Comic Appearances
• Reality Gallery: Earth-162