That damn Multiverse is nothing but trouble.
- — Mr. Ellis (Earth 23)
Infinite Frontier #1 is an issue of the series Infinite Frontier (Volume 1) with a cover date of August, 2021. It was published on June 22, 2021.
Synopsis for "Infinite Mystery"
On Earth 23, a space capsule crash lands in the middle of a field. An elderly couple find it and discover a wounded and unconscious Batman inside, but not the Batman of their world. Realising he must come from another world in the Multiverse they call their son Calvin Ellis, aka Superman, the President of the United States and leader of Justice Incarnate.
Meanwhile on Earth 0 the Totality are fighting Extant, who is trying to manipulate the timeline. Newest member Alan Scott hits him with an energy construct of a train before he can do any damage. Alan has to rush off as he is already late to an appointment with his children. In Gotham City he meets up with his son Obsidian, who is also running late, and they head to the old JSA headquarters where Jade is waiting for them. Just before they go in, an explosion of green energy rips through the building. The two switch into their costumes and run in looking for her, but Todd’s psychic link to Jennie has been severed and he has no idea where she has gone.
In Paris, Director Bones tracks down Cameron Chase to reactivate her. Now that the Multiverse is common knowledge the DEO has been reinstated and is working to prevent another trans-dimensional event. Chase initially refuses but is forced to accept when Bones shows her something on his phone.
At the Hall of Heroes, Batman wakes up. He is an alternate version of Thomas Wayne from a timeline accidentally created by the Barry Allen of Earth 0. He needs to talk to Barry but he is currently away on a mission, trying to use his superspeed to travel to the new reality Earth Omega. Barry races across the known 52 realities and eventually manages to jump to Earth Omega, where he finds the dead bodies of the Quintessence. Before he can investigate he is attacked by the Psycho-Pirate, who has been granted new powers by Darkseid. Psycho-Pirate tells Barry that another crisis is coming, and Barry will help them find the person Darkseid needs.
Back on Earth 0, Roy Harper is eating in a diner. He overhears a young woman arguing with her parents, as she remembers the recent crisis but they do not, believing it is mass hysteria. A young man in the next booth interjects and says that he also remembers and his parents do not, it seems that only young people can remember what happened to reality. An agitated middle aged man begins shouting at them, he refuses to believe the Multiverse is real and thinks it is a conspiracy concocted by the superheroes. Roy tries to remove the man, but before he can a new villain called X-Tract blasts through the wall of the diner. X-Tract says Roy does not belong in the new reality, and plans to capture him and kill any witnesses.
Roy fights off X-Tract’s henchmen while the bystanders escape but the conspiracy theorist is frozen with fear. X-Tract attempts to shoot the man and Roy tackles him to the ground, taking a bullet in the arm. Roy passes out but mysterious figures appear and fight off the attackers. Roy regains consciousness and realises to his shock that he is wearing a Black Lantern uniform and power ring, and the “people” who saved him are actually energy constructs of himself from various points in his life.
Appearing in "Infinite Mystery"
Featured Characters:
- Batman/Thomas Wayne (Flashpoint Timeline)
- Black Lantern/Roy Harper (Earth 0) (First appearance as Black Lantern)
- Speedy/Roy Harper (Earth-One) (Construct)
- Red Arrow/Arsenal/Roy Harper (New Earth) (Construct)
- Justice Incarnate
Supporting Characters:
- Cameron Chase (Earth 0)
- Mister Bones (Earth 0)
- The Totality (Earth 0)
- Mr. Ellis (Earth 23)
- Mrs. Ellis (Earth 23)
Antagonists:
- Darkseid (Behind the scenes)
- Extant/Hank Hall (Earth 0) (First appearance as Extant)
- X-Tract (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Bane (Earth 0) (Cameo) (Flashback only)
- Batgirl (Earth 0) (Cameo) (Flashback only)
- Batman (Earth 23) (Mentioned only)
- D.E.O. (Earth 0) (Mentioned only)
- Green Lantern/John Stewart (Earth 0) (Cameo) (Flashback only)
- Jade (Earth 0) (Flashback only)
- Justice League (Earth 0) (Mentioned only)
- Justice Society of America (Earth 0) (Mentioned only)
- Mister Freeze (Earth 0) (Flashback only)
- Nightwing (Earth 0) (Cameo) (Flashback only)
- Obsidian (Earth 0) (Flashback and main story)
- The Quintessence (Earth 0) (Appear only as corpses)
- Shazam (Earth 0) (Cameo) (Flashback only)
- Superman (Earth 0) (Cameo) (Flashback only)
- Wonder Woman (Earth 0) (Cameo) (Flashback only)
- The Batman Who Laughs/The Darkest Knight (Earth -22) (Cameo) (Flashback only)
- Groblins (Earth -22) (Cameo) (Flashback only)
- Robin King (King of Pain) (Cameo) (Flashback only)
- The Last Sun (Last 52 Multiverse) (Cameo) (Flashback only)
- Huntress (Earth 2) (Cameo)
- Wonder Woman (Earth 6) (Cameo)
- Flash (Earth 9) (Cameo)
- Green Lantern (Earth 9) (Cameo)
- Superman (Earth 9) (Cameo)
- Superdemon (Earth 13) (Cameo)
- Flash (Earth 22) (Cameo)
- Superman (Earth 22) (Cameo)
- Superman (Earth 30) (Cameo)
- Little League (Earth 42) (Cameo)
- Kamandi (Earth 51) (Cameo)
- Tuftan (Earth 51) (Cameo)
- Batman (Earth 23) (Mentioned only)
- Demons (Mentioned only)
- Doctor Manhattan (Watchmen) (Mentioned only)
- Kal-El (Flashpoint Timeline) (Mentioned only)
Locations:
- Infinite Frontier (Flashback and main story)
- Multiverse (Flashback and main story)
- The Bleed
- Earth 0 (Flashback and main story)
- France
- United States of America (Flashback and main story)
- Gotham City (Flashback and main story)
- Arkham Asylum (Mentioned only)
- JSA Headquarters
- New York City
- Gotham City (Flashback and main story)
- Earth 2 (Cameo)
- Earth 6 (Cameo)
- Earth 9 (Cameo)
- Earth 13 (Cameo)
- Earth 22 (Cameo)
- Earth 23
- Earth 30 (Cameo)
- Earth 42 (Cameo)
- Earth 51 (Cameo)
- Earth Omega
- Earth 5 (Mentioned only)
- Earth 8 (Mentioned only)
- Earth 11 (Mentioned only)
- Earth 26 (Mentioned only)
- Flashpoint Timeline (Mentioned only)
- Watchmen Universe (Mentioned only)
- Dark Multiverse (Mentioned only)
- Multiverse (Flashback and main story)
Items:
Concepts:
Trivia
- Mister Bones mentions knowing about Doctor Manhattan, who he referred to as a Super-God, and the alterations he caused to the reality.
- Cameron Chase replies Which one? to him, presumably referring to the Super-Celestial, Perpetua.
- Helena seemingly returned to being Huntress, after becoming Batman in Earth 2: Society #22. She was also depicted in the costume worn by her Earth-Two counterpart.
- The past versions of Roy which appear as energy constructs include him in his pre-Flashpoint Red Arrow costume and his nineties Arsenal costume, indicating that those events have been restored to his history following the “unknotting” of the timeline.
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