- And with my Omega Lantern at my side. I control all.
- — Darkseid
Infinite Frontier #5 is an issue of the series Infinite Frontier (Volume 1) with a cover date of October, 2021. It was published on August 31, 2021.
Synopsis for "Infinite Evil"
Darkseid has offered various people around the Multiverse a deal: if they align with him, he will protect their worlds from the coming Crisis. Director Bones agreed to hand over heroes on Earth 0 who originally come from other realities so Darkseid can harness their multiversal energy, while the members of Injustice Incarnate will serve as soldiers.
On Earth Omega, everyone emerges from the crashed Carrier Arks and reunites. X-Tract tells them that they are stranded without the Carrier Arks, and reveals she is the Cameron Chase of the original Earth-Two. They see Barry Allen running in the turbine and when Green Lantern asks X-Tract what is happening, the Psycho-Pirate appears and explains that they will use Barry, the first person to ever cross from one world to another, to crack open the Multiverse, allowing Darkseid access to the power beyond. He opens a portal to summon Injustice Incarnate, along with the imprisoned members of Justice Incarnate, and the two sides battle.
The villains overpower the heroes until President Superman breaks free of his chains and flies towards the turbine. He is stopped by Machinehead, who tells him that Earth 0 is a danger to the multiverse, as every Crisis originates there. He attacks Superman with his one weakness, Meta-Nite, and reveals that the Flashpoint not only affected the history of Earth 0, but also damaged Earth 8. As such, he personally wants revenge against Barry and Thomas Wayne.
Chains of dark energy emerge from the planet's surface, binding the heroes and stretching into space as the other Earths of the multiverse appear in the sky. With them, Darkseid will seal all worlds off from each other, and the multiverse will slow to a state of entropy. Psycho-Pirate offers Roy Harper a deal, if he surrenders to the ring and joins Darkseid, they will leave Earth 0 alone and Lian will be safe. Roy realises that Lian is not on Earth Omega as he assumed and uses the ring to free the other heroes. He asks them all to save the Multiverse and Lian as the ring takes control. They attack the Psycho-Pirate, but Darkseid emerges from a Boom Tube, telling them that with Roy under his control, he now commands all reality.
Appearing in "Infinite Evil"
Featured Characters:
- Black Lantern/Roy Harper (Earth 0) (Zombified)
- Green Lantern/Alan Scott (Earth 0)
- Jade (Earth 0)
- President Superman (Earth 23)
Supporting Characters:
- Batman/Thomas Wayne (Flashpoint Timeline)
- Cameron Chase (Earth 0)
- Justice Incarnate
- Justice Society of America (Earth 0)
- Atom Smasher (Al Rothstein)
- Damage (Grant Emerson)
- Doctor Fate (Hector Hall) (Construct)
- Hawkgirl (Kendra Saunders) (Construct)
- Hawkman (Carter Hall) (Construct)
- Obsidian (Todd Rice)
- Power Girl (Kara Zor-L)
- Starman (Ted Knight) (Construct)
- Wildcat (Ted Grant) (Construct)
- Wildcat (Yolanda Montez)
Antagonists:
- Darkseid (Cameo)
- Captain Atom (Unknown Earth) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- The Flash/Barry Allen (Earth 0) (Possessed)
- Injustice Incarnate (Real name revealed) (First full appearance)
- Dr. Sivana (Earth 5) (Flashback and main story)
- Fate (Earth 13) (Flashback and main story)
- Jokero (Earth 32) (Flashback and main story)
- Lady Quark (Earth 48) (Flashback and main story)
- Machinehead (Earth 8) (Flashback and main story)
- Magog (Earth 22) (Flashback and main story)
- Superdoom (Earth 45) (Flashback and main story)
- Superwoman/Lois Lane (Earth 3) (Flashback and main story)
- Mister Bones/Director Bones (Earth 0) (Flashback and main story)
- Psycho Pirate (Earth 0) (Flashback and main story)
- Shadow Demons
- X-Tract/Cameron Chase (Earth-Two) (Real identity revealed) (Flashback and main story)
- Great Darkness (Behind the scenes)
Other Characters:
- Batman/Bruce Wayne (Earth 0) (Flashback and main story) (Also as a construct)
- Dead Bats (Earth 0) (Zombified) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- Cheshire (Earth 0) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- Flash Family (Earth 0) (As an illusion only) (Cameo)
- The Flash (Avery Ho) (As an illusion only) (Cameo)
- The Flash (Jay Garrick) (As an illusion only) (Also as a construct) (Cameo)
- The Flash/Kid Flash (Wally West) (As an illusion only) (Also as a construct) (Cameo)
- Impulse (Bart Allen) (As an illusion only) (Cameo)
- Kid Flash (Wallace R. West) (As an illusion only) (Cameo)
- Green Arrow/Oliver Queen (Earth 0) (Construct) (Cameo)
- Lian Harper (Earth 0) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- Mister Bones (Earth-Two) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- Solomon Grundy (Earth 0) (Construct)
- Teen Titans (Earth 0) (Construct) (Cameo)
- Robin/Dick Grayson (Earth 0) (Construct) (Cameo)
- Wonder Girl/Donna Troy (Earth 0) (Construct) (Cameo)
- The Batman Who Laughs (Earth -22) (Mentioned only)
- Black Adam (Earth 0) (Mentioned only)
- The Flash/Barry Allen (Earth-Two) (Mentioned only)
- The Flash/Barry Allen (New Earth) (Mentioned only)
- Green Lantern/Hal Jordan (Earth 0) (Mentioned only)
- Lex Luthor (Earth 23) (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
- Nora Allen (New Earth) (Mentioned only)
- Psycho-Pirate (Earth-Two) (Mentioned only)
Locations:
- Infinite Frontier
- Post-Flashpoint Multiverse
- Captain Atom's Earth (Single appearance) (Unnamed) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- Earth 0/Prime Earth/Metalverse (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- Earth
- Washington, D.C.
- D.E.O. Headquarters
- Gotham City
- Arkham Asylum (Mentioned only)
- Washington, D.C.
- Earth
- Earth 3 (Cameo)
- Earth 5
- Earth (Cameo)
- Earth 8
- Angor (Cameo)
- Earth 13 (Cameo)
- Earth 22
- Earth (Cameo)
- Earth 32
- Earth (Cameo)
- Earth's Moon (Cameo)
- Earth 45 (Cameo)
- Earth 48
- Earth (Cameo)
- Earth Omega
- Sphere of the Gods
- Hell (Mentioned only)
- Pre-Crisis Multiverse
- Hypertime
- Flashpoint Timeline (Mentioned only)
- Timestream (Mentioned only)
- Pre-Flashpoint Multiverse
- New Earth (Mentioned only)
- Post-Flashpoint Multiverse
Items:
- Batsuit
- Black Lantern Ring
- Cosmic Staff (Construct)
- Green Lantern Ring (Mentioned only)
- Helmet of Fate (Construct)
- Hermes' Helmet (Also as a construct)
- Lasso of Submission
- Machinehead's Armor
- Magog's Staff
- Medusa Mask
- Meta-Nite (First appearance)
- Nth Metal (Construct)
- Starheart
- Thanagarian Maces (Construct)
- Trick Arrows (Construct)
- Trident of Neptune
- Yellow Power Ring
- X-Tract's Gun
Vehicles:
- Carrier Arks
Concepts:
- The Batman Who Laughs' Invasion (Mentioned only)
- Crisis on Infinite Earths (Mentioned only)
- Flashpoint (Mentioned only)
Notes
- There are multiple references and flashbacks to past events from the DC history:
- Psycho-Pirate remembers Earth-Two being merged into New Earth during the first Crisis and refers to himself as the only one to remember the reality changes due to the various Crises.
- As the heroes discovered a running Barry Allen, Psycho-Pirate repeats once again that his Earth-One counterpart was the first one to travel to another universe.
- Machinehead mentions New Earth Barry Allen creating the Flashpoint Timeline after going back in time to save his mother.
- Power-Girl references Black Adam punching the Psycho-Pirate to death during the Infinite Crisis.
- While speaking to Roy Harper, Psycho-Pirate refers to many events from the hero's past, including his drug addiction and the relationship with the villain Cheshire.
- He later remembers the Batman who Laughs recreating Earth 0 in his image and a Black Lantern Ring-powered Batman resurrecting the dead heroes, including Roy Harper, during the final battle against the Dark Multiverse/Last 52 Multiverse army.
- It is revealed that X-Tract is the counterpart of Cameron Chase from the Pre-Crisis Earth-Two who was brought to Earth 0 after the Hands restored the Multiverse.
- Machinehead acknowledges the Flashpoint creating the cracks in the fabric of reality.
- These cracks are the same ones that, years later, Doctor Manhattan tried to fix before his disappearance.
- He also reveals to President Superman that these cracks also affected his world, presumably causing the war in secret that he mentioned in the previous chapter.
Trivia
- The scene where President Superman frees himself from the chains references the cover of Superman #233
See Also