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We'll all be happy. No matter what. 
- — Pariah
Infinite Frontier #6 is an issue of the series Infinite Frontier (Volume 1) with a cover date of November, 2021. It was published on September 7, 2021.
Contents
Synopsis for "Infinite Multiverses"
On Earth Omega, Justice Incarnate and the JSA battle against Darkseid’s forces. Meanwhile Barry Allen continues to run in the turbine, and once he cracks open the Multiverse, Darkseid will have access to the Great Darkness beyond. To control the Darkness he needs Roy Harper, the Omega Lantern. Roy is seemingly lost to the power of the Darkness by Obsidian, drawing on his own experience, is able to help Roy break free of it.
President Superman tries to reach the turbine but is stopped by Machinehead. Batman distracts him long enough for Superman to truly take him down. Superman smashes the turbine and Barry races out of it. He shoots off into the sky and disappears, leaving cracks in reality. A gigantic explosion from the fender of the cracks destroys Darkseid's energy chains and deactivates the Black Lantern Ring but leaves everyone unharmed. The cracks are gone and the villain is seemingly foiled.
Darkseid announces that his plan has failed, and that they are all doomed. Psycho-Pirate flees, claiming he is "needed in another event". Machinehead claims they can still find the crack in the Multiverse and demands that Darkseid keep fighting. But Darkseid simply executes him and teleports the heroes back to where they came from. At the Hall of Heroes President Superman calls in all members of Justice Incarnate to search for the crack and the Flash.
A few days later on Earth 0, Cameron Chase and Roy Harper meet up in New York City, just across the river from Titans Academy. Cameron is now Director of the D.E.O. and the JSA all made it home safely with seemingly no damage to the time-space continuum, but Earth Omega has disappeared from all sensors and Bones is in the wind. Roy meanwhile is still determined to find Lian, but has decided to reveal himself to his friends and get back to real life.
On Earth Omega, X-Tract and the New Gods of Apokolips pledge loyalty to Darkseid. He reveals that there are many others seeking the power of the Great Darkness and that they will need everyone to play their parts in the coming wars, including the heroes who he spared.
Barry Allen awakens from the illusion and realises what is happening. He stops running and finds himself in the ruins of the Pre-Crisis Multiverse. He is met by Pariah, who tells him that everyone who has meddled with the Multiverse before was wrong and he has found another way. He disintegrates Barry and rematerializes him in a pocket dimension where he will always be happy "No matter what."
Appearing in "Infinite Multiverses"
Featured Characters:
- The Flash/Barry Allen (Earth 0) (Dies) (Resurrected)
- Omega Lantern/Roy Harper (Earth 0)
- President Superman (Earth 23)
Supporting Characters:
- Cameron Chase (Earth 0)
- Justice Incarnate
- Justice Society of America (Earth 0)
- Obsidian/Todd Rice (Earth 0)
Antagonists:
- Darkseid
- Eclipso (Earth 0) (Cameo)
- The Empty Hand (Cameo)
- The Great Darkness (Behind the scenes)
- Nekron (Earth 0) (Cameo)
- Pariah (Pre-Crisis)
- Upside-Down Man (Dark Multiverse) (Cameo)
Other Characters:
- Cameron Chase's dead counterpart (Grave) (Single appearance) (On a TV or computer screen)
- Cameron Chase's insane counterpart (Single appearance) (On a TV or computer screen)
- Cameron Chase's married counterpart (Single appearance) (On a TV or computer screen)
- Cameron Chase's daughter (Single appearance) (On a TV or computer screen)
- Cameron Chase's husband (Single appearance) (On a TV or computer screen)
- Cameron Chase's son (Single appearance) (On a TV or computer screen)
- Cameron Chase's soldier counterpart (Single appearance) (On a TV or computer screen)
- Checkmate (Earth 0) (Cameo)
- Dawn Allen (Earth-Flash.1) (First appearance) (Cameo)
- Don Allen (Earth-Flash.1) (First appearance) (Cameo)
- The Flash/Jay Garrick (Earth-Flash.1) (First appearance) (Cameo)
- Harbinger (Earth 0)
- Iris West (Earth-Flash.1) (First appearance) (Cameo)
- Joe Chill's Earth 32 counterpart (Construct) (Single appearance)
- Kid Flash/Wally West (Earth-Flash.1) (First appearance) (Cameo)
- Nora Thompson (Earth-Flash.1) (First appearance) (Cameo)
- The Totality (Earth 0) (Cameo)
- Wallace R. West (Earth-Flash.1) (First appearance) (Cameo)
- Anti-Monitor (Antimatter Universe) (Mentioned only)
- Alexander Luthor, Jr. (Earth-Three) (Mentioned only)
- Batman (Earth 0) (Mentioned only)
- Damian Wayne (Earth 0) (Mentioned only)
- Darkseid (Earth-One) (Mentioned only)
- Darkseid (New Earth) (Mentioned only)
- D.E.O. (Earth 0) (Mentioned only)
- Dick Grayson (Earth 0) (Mentioned only)
- Duke Thomas (Earth 0) (Mentioned only)
- The Gentry (Mentioned only)
- Jason Todd (Earth 0) (Mentioned only)
- Justice League (Earth 0) (Mentioned only)
- Lian Harper (Earth 0) (Mentioned only)
- Quintessence (Earth 0) (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
- Stephanie Brown (Earth 0) (Mentioned only)
- Tim Drake (Earth 0) (Mentioned only)
Locations:
- The "Omniverse" (Mentioned only)
- Earth-Flash.1 (First appearance)
- Multiverse-2 (Real name revealed)
- The New 52 Multiverse
- The Bleed
- Dead Cameron Chase's unnamed world (Cameo)
- Earth 0
- Earth 7 (Cameo)
- Earth Omega
- Insane Cameron Chase's unnamed world (Cameo)
- Married Cameron Chase's unnamed world (Cameo)
- Soldier Cameron Chase's unnamed world (Cameo)
- Earth 8 (Mentioned only)
- Flashpoint Timeline (Mentioned only)
- Timestream (Mentioned only)
- 52 Multiverse
- New Earth (Mentioned only)
Items:
- Black Lantern Central Power Battery (Cameo)
- Black Lantern Ring (Destroyed)
- Heart of Darkness (Cameo)
- Medusa Mask
- Starheart
- Yellow Power Ring
Vehicles:
- Carrier Ark
Concepts:
- Anti-Life Equation (Mentioned only)
- Crisis on Infinite Earths (Mentioned only)
Notes
- As in the previous chapters, there are many references to past events:
- Darkseid mentions being imprisoned on Earth-Omega by the Quintessence of Earth 0 and killing them all after breaking free from his chains.
- After falling on the Pre-Crisis version of the Antimatter Universe, Barry Allen remembers having already visited this world where he sacrificed himself as it was shown in Crisis on Infinite Earths #8.
- Pariah reminisces the Pre-Crisis Anti-Monitor destroying the Original Multiverse in the first Crisis, Alex Luthor of Earth-Three trying to create a perfect reality during the Infinite Crisis and New Earth Darkseid's attempt to conquer the Multiverse in the Final Crisis.
- It is confirmed that, in the aftermath of the rebirth of the Multiverse, Darkseid merged with his Pre-Crisis and New Earth incarnations, becoming the ultimate version of himself.
- Earth-Omega is revealed to be an extension of the Great Darkness' power.
- Darkseid was seeking its energy in order to conquer the Infinite Frontier and it is now helped again by the New Gods in his quest.
- It is shown that other major supervillains, including the Empty Hand, the Upside-Down Man, Eclipso and Nekron, are searching to gain control of this source of energy.
- The so-called Multiverse-2 is revealed to be the Pre-Crisis version of the Multiverse by a still-alive Kell Mossa/Pariah; it is still in ruins after being destroyed by the Anti-Monitor in the first Crisis.
- Despite having previously claimed to have personally destroyed it, the Empty Hand (and the Gentry) had just fed on the energy of this Multiverse.
- Pariah create an alternate reality, where he traps Barry Allen, and plans to save everyone in the Multiverse.
Trivia
- During Barry Allen's run, the Psycho-Pirate whispers him "Worlds will die... and the Multiverse will never be the same..." which are a reference to his Earth-Two counterpart's iconic lines from Crisis on Infinite Earths #12.
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