Infinite Crisis: Fight for the Multiverse #1 is a chapter in the digital-first series Infinite Crisis: Fight for the Multiverse (Volume 1 (Digital)) with a cover date of May, 2014.
Synopsis for "Chapter One"
Nix Uotan records that the the multiverse consists of 52 universes in delicate balance. It will however be endangered by the "Infinite Crisis", which is bound to happen, and can only be stopped by a great effort. Nix adds that crises have occurred in the multiverse before too and the multiverse once consisted of infinite realities. They were protected by the race called Monitors on the world called "Nil", which was located outside the multiverse, in the Overvoid. Eventually however, one who came to call himself the "Anti-Monitor" betrayed them and started destroying the infinite multiverse. The Monitors sacrificed themselves to stop him, while only 52 universes of the once vast multiverse survived.
Nix was the sole monitor to survive the destruction, being in hibernation at that time, and though he would like to believe it was because he cared for the betterment of its people unlike the other Monitors, he knows it's foolish to think so since the multiverse is non-sentient. He however has realized a new crisis is coming, after seeing an unknown force armed with modified Monitor weapons attacking Earth-48, causing immense destruction. Though he helped in fighting back, he knows he needs an army of champions - regardless of whether they're good or evil, human or metahuman. After finishing his statement, he tells his artificial intelligence Construct to give it to any champion who might agree to assist him.
Nix tells Construct that they must stop their enemy from gaining artifacts that will strengthen him, and asks her to show him the progress of his champion Harbinger, whom he recruited from Earth-48. Harbinger jumps from universe to universe through the Bleed, using her orb made from Monitor technology. She secures artifacts on Earth-20 and Earth-41, before arriving on Earth-17, where she is ambushed by wastelanders but escapes. Harbinger then travels to Earth-19, where she asks a figure to not attack her and states she needs help. As they reject it, she states that the multiverse is in danger and explains to them its structure, before stating that a great effort will be required to safeguard it when the Infinite Crisis comes.
Appearing in "Chapter One"
Featured Characters:
- The Monitor (Nix Uotan) (First appearance)
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Anti-Monitor (Flashback only) (First appearance)
- Mutie Men (Unnamed) (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Black Racer of unknown world (In dream sequence only)
- Earth-0 characters:
- Aquaman (In dream sequence only) (First appearance)
- Batman (In dream sequence only) (First appearance)
- Blue Beetle (In dream sequence only) (First appearance)
- Cyborg (In dream sequence only) (First appearance)
- Deathstroke (In dream sequence only) (First appearance)
- Doomsday (In dream sequence only) (First appearance)
- The Flash (In dream sequence only) (First appearance)
- Hawkgirl (In dream sequence only) (First appearance)
- Sinestro (In dream sequence only) (First appearance)
- Supergirl (Dies in flashback) (First appearance)
- Superman (In flashback and dream) (First appearance)
- Elongated Man of an unknown world (In dream sequence only)
- Firestorm of an unknown world (In dream sequence only)
- Gaslight Batman (In dream sequence only) (First appearance)
- Gaslight Catwoman (Unnamed) (First appearance)
- Kilowog of an unknown world (In dream sequence only)
- Monitors (Flashback only)
- Nightmare Batman (In dream sequence only) (First appearance)
Locations:
- Overvoid
- Multiverse (Flashback and main story)
- Earth-0 (Flashback only) (First appearance)
- Earth-17 (First appearance)
- Earth-19 (First appearance)
- Earth-20 (First appearance)
- Death Pits (First appearance)
- Earth-41 (First appearance)
- Spyre-Tops (First appearance)
- Earth-48 (First appearance)
- Nil
- Axis Tower
- The Bleed
- Multiverse (Flashback and main story)
Items:
- Harbinger's orb (First appearance)
- Khaji Da (First appearance)
Notes
- This issue is reprinted in Infinite Crisis: Fight for the Multiverse #1 and Infinite Crisis: Fight for the Multiverse Vol. 1.
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