- If I must choose between The Totality and my family...
Infinite Frontier #2 is an issue of the series Infinite Frontier (Volume 1) with a cover date of September, 2021. It was published on July 13, 2021.
Synopsis for "Infinite Lies"
On Earth 0, Cameron Chase goes to the Hall of Justice to speak to Superman and Batman. She tells them that after the latest Crisis people are afraid, and not content to just trust the heroes will take care of it. An alarm cuts the conversation short and Superman carries Cameron out of the Hall and flies away at superspeed before she can react. Director Bones calls her and tells her to contact the recently returned Captain Atom and recruit him to the D.E.O.
Meanwhile, Justice Incarnate are gathering the pieces of the interdimensional prison ship which Thomas Wayne escaped from. The ship somehow crashed and the debris was scattered across the Multiverse. Wayne remembers being abducted from Arkham Asylum on Earth 0 by X-Tract and managing to fight his way to an escape shuttle, but he doesn't know what happened after that. Harbinger alerts him and President Superman that a large chunk of the ship has been detected on Earth 22, but their contact is not responding. The two head to Earth 22 and are attacked by Magog, who was previously reformed but appears to have been reverted to villainy by the recreation of the Multiverse.
Back on Earth 0, Alan Scott has called in the Totality for help after his daughter's disappearance. Mister Terrific tells Obsidian that many people associated with the JSA or Infinity, Inc. have mysteriously disappeared, something the Totality have been keeping secret from the superhero community. Todd is frustrated by the lack of action and insists on interrogating their old enemy Vandal Savage, who rudely tells Alan to get rid of Todd as he is not part of the Totality. Angered, Alan blasts Savage away and resigns from the Totality, and father and son head off to look for Jennie.
Meanwhile, Roy Harper is trying to figure out how to use his new Black Lantern ring. Remembering some advice Hal Jordan gave him when he was a child, Roy activates the ring and flies into the air. He creates a construct of a bow and some targets shaped like his old enemies and practices his aim, annoyed that one of his shots is slightly off the bullseye. He asks the ring why he was chosen, and in response it creates a huge energy construct, showing the faces of Darkseid, the alternate Thomas Wayne, Barry Allen, Psycho-Pirate and Lian Harper. However the construct shows Lian as a teenager, when she supposedly died as a young child. Roy realises Lian is alive and demands the ring tell him where she is, but suddenly he hears Darkseid's voice in his mind and the ring takes control of him. His face changes to the typical corpselike appearance of a Black Lantern and the Corps symbol on his chest transforms into an Omega, and he flies off to answer Darkseid's call.
At Metropolis Air Force Base, Chase meets with Captain Atom and asks him how he is alive, when he supposedly died during the events of Death Metal. Atom claims to have been restored to life when the Multiverse was remade and declines her offer to join the D.E.O, as he has decided to retire. Chase appeals to him based on their history together, although they have never met before. He reminisces with her about a supposed mission they went on that never actually happened, confirming her suspicions that he is an alternate version of Captain Atom from another reality. When she confronts him he reveals that he is trying to hide out from Darkseid on Earth 0, and now that he has been found he breaches his own containment skin, creating a nuclear explosion that seemingly kills them both.
Appearing in "Infinite Lies"
Featured Characters:
- Batman/Thomas Wayne (Flashpoint Timeline)
- Black Lantern/Roy Harper (Earth 0) (Zombified)
- Cameron Chase (Earth 0) (Apparent Death)
- Green Lantern/Alan Scott (Earth 0)
- Obsidian/Todd Rice (Earth 0)
Supporting Characters:
- Batman/Bruce Wayne (Earth 0)
- Harbinger A.I.
- Justice Incarnate
- Aquawoman (Earth 11) (Cameo)
- Batman (Earth 17) (Cameo)
- Captain Carrot (Earth 26) (Cameo)
- Dino-Cop (Earth 41) (Cameo)
- Green Lantern/Abin Sur (Earth 20) (Cameo)
- Machinehead (Earth 8) (Cameo)
- Mary Marvel (Earth 5) (Cameo)
- President Superman (Earth 23)
- Thunderer (Earth 7) (Cameo)
- Superman/Clark Kent (Earth 0)
- The Totality (Earth 0)
Antagonists:
- Crocodile Man (Earth 5) (Cameo)
- Darkseid (Voice) (Also as a construct)
- Captain Atom (Unknown Earth) (First appearance) (Apparent Death)
- Psycho-Pirate (Earth 0) (Construct)
- Garrison Gorrilla (Earth 26) (First appearance; unnamed) (Cameo)
- Lord Havok (Earth 8) (Cameo)
- Magog (Earth 22)
- X-Tract (Flashback only)
Other Characters:
- Abra Kadabra (Post-Flashpoint) (Construct)
- Batman/Richard Grayson (Earth 42) (In picture only) (Cameo)
- Black Canary/Dinah Drake (Earth 0) (Flashback only)
- Deathstroke/Slade Wilson (Earth 0) (Construct)
- The Flash/Barry Allen (Earth 0) (Construct)
- Green Arrow/Oliver Queen (Earth 0) (Flashback only)
- Green Lantern/Hal Jordan (Earth 0) (Flashback only)
- Justice Society of America (On a TV or computer screen) (Cameo)
- Atom Smasher (Al Rothstein) (On a TV or computer screen) (Cameo)
- Damage (Grant Emerson) (On a TV or computer screen) (Cameo)
- Doctor Mid-Nite (Beth Chapel) (On a TV or computer screen) (Cameo)
- Hourman (Rick Tyler) (On a TV or computer screen) (Cameo)
- Jade (On a TV or computer screen) (Cameo)
- Power Girl (Kara Zor-L) (On a TV or computer screen) (Cameo)
- Wildcat (Yolanda Montez) (On a TV or computer screen) (Cameo)
- Lian Harper (Earth 0) (Construct)
- Mister Bones (Earth 0) (Cameo)
- United States Army (Earth 0)
- Aquaman/Arthur Curry (Earth 0) (Mentioned only)
- The Batman Who Laughs (Earth -22) (Mentioned only)
- Cameron Chase (Unknown Earth) (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
- Captain Atom (Earth 0) (Mentioned only)
- D.E.O. (Earth 0) (Mentioned only)
- Doctor Manhattan (Watchmen Universe) (Mentioned only)
- Hawkgirl (Earth 0) (Mentioned only)
- Jack Knight (Earth 0) (Mentioned only)
- Jakeem Thunder (Earth 0) (Mentioned only)
- Jesse Quick (Earth 0) (Mentioned only)
- Lois Lane (Earth 0) (Mentioned only)
- Perpetua (Sixth Dimension) (Mentioned only)
- Stargirl (Earth 0) (Mentioned only)
- Uncle Sam (Earth 0) (Mentioned only)
- US Government (Earth 0) (Mentioned only)
- Wayne Family (Mentioned only)
Locations:
- Omniverse (Behind the scenes)
- Infinite Frontier
- Multiverse
- The Bleed
- Earth 0
- United States of America
- New Jersey
- Gotham City
- Arkham Asylum (Flashback only)
- JSA Headquarters (In ruins)
- Gotham City
- New York
- Metropolis
- Air Force Base (Destroyed)
- Metropolis
- Texas
- Saint Tecla's Diner (Destroyed) (Mentioned only)
- Washington, D.C.
- New Jersey
- Markovia (Mentioned only)
- United States of America
- Earth 5
- Fawcett City (Cameo)
- Earth 7 (Cameo)
- Earth 8
- Angor (Cameo)
- Earth 11 (Cameo)
- Earth 17 (Cameo)
- Earth 20 (Cameo)
- Earth 22
- Earth 26 (Cameo)
- Earth 41 (Cameo)
- Shadowlands (Cameo)
- Captain Atom's Earth (Unnamed) (Mentioned only)
- Godsphere (Mentioned only)
- Source Wall (Mentioned only)
- Watchmen Universe (Mentioned only)
- Dark Multiverse (Mentioned only)
- Hypertime
- Flashpoint Timeline (Mentioned only)
- Multiverse
- Infinite Frontier
Items:
- Batsuits
- Black Lantern Ring
- Doctor Mid-Nite's Goggles (On a TV or computer screen) (Cameo)
- Green Lantern Ring (Flashback only)
- Machinehead's Armor (Cameo)
- Magog's Staff
- Medusa Mask (Construct)
- The Multiverse Guidebook (Cameo)
- Starheart
- Thunderer's Spear (Cameo)
- Trick Arrows (Flashback only)
- T-Spheres
Vehicles:
- Batwing (Cameo)
- Roy Harper's Motorbike
- Thomas Wayne's Shuttle (Destroyed)
- Ultima Thule (Mentioned only)
Concepts:
- Doctor Manhattan's Time Meddling (Mentioned only)
- Fourth World (Mentioned only)
- Metal Wars (Flashback only)
Notes
- There are multiple references to many events from the past:
- Agent Chase mentions Doctor Manhattan's time meddlings which altered the previous reality; she then stated to know about Perpetua's return and her Multiversal takeover plan which led to the Batman who Laughs' conquer of Earth 0.
- Furthermore, she mentions the sky turning red and being filled with other Earths which are respectively references to the first Crisis and Infinite Crisis.
- During a meeting with the alternate Captain Atom, she remembers that the Nathaniel Adam of Earth 0 was blown up by Dark Knights at the beginning of the Batman who Laughs' second invasion of Earth 0; however, he was resurrected after the Multiverse was rebooted.
- Flashpoint Thomas Wayne tells President Superman how he betrayed Batman and lived in Arkham Asylum as he was recovering from having his back broken by Bane during the events of City of Bane.
- Later, he mentions his original timeline being erased (by Doctor Manhattan) which was shown in The Flash (Volume 5) #22.
- President Superman remembers Magog's redemption that was shown in Kingdom Come #4.
- Agent Chase mentions Doctor Manhattan's time meddlings which altered the previous reality; she then stated to know about Perpetua's return and her Multiversal takeover plan which led to the Batman who Laughs' conquer of Earth 0.
- Like Earth 0 and Earth 3, other realities were affected by the rebirth of the Multiverse:
- On Earth 8, Lord Havok is shown to be alive again as it died back in Justice League of America (Volume 5) #26 during the Rebirth era.
- On the contrary, Earth 7 is shown to still be destroyed as a consequence of the Gentry's attack with Thunderer as its only survivor.
- Roy Harper is confirmed to be a true Black Lantern but his power seems to come from Darkseid instead of being related to Nekron.
- A flashback shows Roy Harper as Speedy interacting with Hal Jordan and Black Canary. This indicates that in the revised timeline Green Arrow and Canary were a couple when Roy was still a teenager, when previously in the New 52/Rebirth continuity they did not get together until he was an adult. Additionally, it appears that the events of Green Lantern/Green Arrow have been restored to continuity.
Trivia
- At the end of the chapter, there is an epilogue which shows Mister Bones monitoring events from Earth 0 and their related questions, which are both references and previews to current DC comics storylines, including:
- Oracle's new team
- The Scarecrow-based Fear State event.
- Superman reassembling the Authority, which will be featured in Superman and the Authority.
- Jonathan Kent succeeding his father as Superman, which will be featured in Superman: Son of Kal-El.
- Wonder Woman's journey into the Sphere of the Gods.
- Roy Harper's resurrection
- The appearance of a new Black Lantern who is in fact Roy Harper.
- Wally West returning to be the "main" Flash.
See Also