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Prime Earth, also known as Earth 0, was formed by the temporal merging of the disparate DC, Vertigo, and Wildstorm Universes in an effort by Pandora and the Flash to restore the timeline to its intended nature in the aftermath of the Flashpoint event, though it was later revealed that Doctor Manhattan used the cosmic upheaval to remove ten years from the continuity and cause the birth of the new reality inside a whole new Multiverse.
History
The New 52
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Main article: Darkseid War
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In this newly made universe, costumed crime-fighters were a relatively new phenomenon, with Superman being the first super-powered hero to come to public knowledge. Since then, several other heroes came to the fore, with the formation of the Justice League after the evil New God Darkseid attempted an invasion of Earth. The success of the Justice League's activities inspired the United Nations to create the government-sponsored team Justice League International.
The Rebirth
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Main article: The Button
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The aftermath of the Darkseid War saw the return of Wally West, who was freed from the Speed Force by Barry Allen. Wally appeared stating that this reality was not the fault of Barry's incident, but it was merely used as a tool by an unknown force to change New Earth into Prime Earth. He also revealed that Prime Earth had been robbed of an entire ten years of experiences and memories by the unknown force, and this was the reason that the universe did not revert to the way it was before Flashpoint, and why everyone was ten years younger.[26]
At the same time, a mysterious button fell into the Batcave and was discovered by Batman.
Mysteriously Imra Ardeen, a.k.a. Saturn Girl, appeared on Prime Earth, but she was put in Arkham Asylum as a patient with mental disorders, as she showed knowledge of events to come, and had an unknown agenda.
Superman: Reborn
Main article: Superman: Reborn
According to Mister Mxyzptlk, Superman had been split into two beings (the New Earth and Prime Earth Supermen) by a power beyond even his own.[27] At the end of the battle with Mxyzptlk, his son Jonathan remerged his father and mother with their Prime Earth counterparts. Mister Oz revealed that this action caused the New Earth and Prime Earth realities to merge into a new reality that was both familiar and new.[27]
In the aftermath of his battle with Mxyzptlk, Superman reviewed the records of his life at the Fortress of Solitude, but could not shake the feeling that something was definitely wrong. Superman later confided to Batman and Wonder Woman that he believed that his history had been twisted, shaped and reshaped.[28] He also expressed concern that this had happened not just to him, but to everyone.
The Dark Multiverse Invasion
Main article: Dark Nights: Metal
The Milk Wars
Main article: Milk Wars
The Undoing of Doctor Manhattan's Experiment
Main article: Doomsday Clock
Ozymandias, the most clever man of an alternate reality, came to Earth 0 in order to bring Doctor Manhattan out into the open, letting him fight the most powerful team on Earth, and make him return to their reality to save it again, as it was on the brink of annihilation for the second time. After defeating this reality's heroes, Manhattan focused on Superman, having had a vision about a future deadly clash between them.
Doctor Manhattan faced the Kryptonian hero, who was stopping a metahuman rebellion, revealing him the truth about Earth 0's missing events. In fact, after the New York disaster, the almighty godlike being left his universe for the Multiverse, discovering Earth 0 and its most important hero, Superman, in the process, so he desired to know everything about him.
He had gone back in time and prevented Alan Scott from becoming Green Lantern and forming the Justice Society: this caused a domino effect that erased both Clark's years as Superboy and the death of his parents and furthermore, because Superboy never came into existence, this prevented the creation of the Legion of Super-Heroes in the 30th Century.
These revelations shocked Superman, but they did not stop him from saving Manhattan from being hit by an attacking metahuman, asking him to push the darkness in his heart away and let him become the hero that he was meant to be. The event and his enemy's words enlightened the omnipotent being, who understood Superman's value and purity, and he decided to end his experiment, going again back in time to let Alan Scott become Green Lantern once again, thus putting Earth 0's history back on track.
Doctor Manhattan revealed that Earth 0 was a sentient universe, a sort of Metaverse whose history shaped itself according to the presence of Superman, shifting forward every time that he appeared on Earth as far back as prehistoric times. He discovered that the Multiverse even shaped itself around the Metaverse and expanded itself, creating new realities to preserve every era of Superman. When Superman appeared in 1938, the reality shifted forward, creating Earth-Two. After the First Crisis Earth divided again, changing Earth-One into Earth-1985. After Doctor Manhattan's interventation, Flashpoint, and the Rebirth, it became Earth 52.
He also looked beyond the present time, revealing that Superman will always be born and that Earth 0 will always change until the timeline converges in the Legion of Super-Heroes' era: on July 2nd, 2025, the Time Masters Crisis will erupt and, later, its end will cause the birth of Earth-5G; on July 10th, 2030, an alternate universe will invade Earth 0, starting the Secret Crisis whose end will again shift the timeline forward; in 2038, Superman will appear for the first time, having arrived on Earth 22 years later; the timeline will then again shift forward so that Superman will arrive on Earth in 2038 and he will be found by the Kents and their baby son, Colin; another shift in the timeline will cause Superman's appearance in 2045, still found by the Kents; in 2162, after another shift in the timeline, Superman will be found by the Kents and their daughter, Clara; in 2945, Superman will appear for the first time in Metropolis.[17]
Reality returned to its original state while Doctor Manhattan left Earth 0 for the Multiverse, where he tried to heal its scars which were caused by the previous crises before he chose to return to his home reality, leaving behind connective energy which was harvested by the Quintessence of Earth 0 sometime later.
Later Events
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Due to the actions of Hunter Zolomon, Wally West and Barry Allen, the force barrier was broken and it affected Prime Earth in currently unknown ways. Also, Barry's grandson, Bart, escaped the Speed Force.
The Justice/Doom War
The Last Metal War
The "Metalverse"
Main article: Dark Nights: Death Metal
After the defeat of the Justice League at the hands of Perpetua, the original creator of the Multiverse, the Batman Who Laughs was rewarded for helping her with absolute rule over Prime Earth. He invaded Prime Earth with his Dark Knights, who defeated all of the super-heroes around the world before using everyone who did not side with Perpetua during the Justice / Doom War to give her energy from the Crisis Antennae. He then went about reshaping it into his own twisted vision. Places were either merged, split apart or turned into their own continents in the nightmarish new world.
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The Reboot of the Universe
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After The Hands restored the Multiverse after its destruction in the aftermath of the battle between the Darkest Knight and Wonder Woman, Earth 0 was restored to its Pre-Metalverse state but it was no longer at the center of the Multiverse. In the process, its history was "unknotted" and almost all of its Pre-Flashpoint history was brought back into its continuity.[29]
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Dawn of DC
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Notes
- Despite the similarity in name and being often referred to as "Earth-Prime", this universe bears no relation to the Pre-Crisis universe of Earth-Prime.
- Prime Earth is opposite Earth 33 in the structure of the Multiverse and is directly connected to the Rock of Eternity.
- Prime Earth is one end of the "Axis of Creation" in the local Multiverse, with the other end being Earth 33.
- The merging of the New Earth and Prime Earth Supermen created a new continuity that is a mixture of both New Earth and Prime Earth history.[27]
- The history related for Superman in Action Comics #978 and Hank Henshaw's own memories in Action Comics #980 shows that the new Prime Earth's history is closer to that of New Earth than it originally was.
- Prime Earth is at least 10 billion years old.[30] This makes it far older than the 4.5 billion years that our Earth has existed in real life.
- According to the Green Lantern power rings of 10 billion years ago, Prime Earth was the center of the Universe at one time.[31]
- The history of the Green Lanterns remains mostly unchanged.
- Booster Gold's origins seem to be about the same as his New Earth counterpart.
- Even before the remerging of the Supermen certain major events, like Batman: The Killing Joke and Blackest Night, still happened.
- Prime Earth has been shown to have had its history changed twice, first by Doctor Manhattan,[32] then by the merging of the New Earth and Prime Earth Supermen into one Superman.[27]
Retcons and Continuity
As the New 52 relaunch did not constitute a full reboot, several characters went on with their storylines with very little changes;[33] however, there were some notable changes, including:
- Batgirl is said to have only been crippled for several years after Batman: The Killing Joke and returned to her position as a street-fighting vigilante, having recuperated from her condition.[34] She is also the biological daughter of Jim Gordon instead of being his niece, and his firstborn child.
- The Green Arrow is shown to be a much more corporate figure, running Queen Industries by day and fighting crime using its inventions by night.[35] Also, neither of Oliver's parents died on their safari. Moira Queen became a villain and Robert Queen became the first Green Arrow. He also has a half-sister named Emiko.
- Wonder Woman is now the daughter of Zeus and Hippolyta; the "molded from clay" story is now described as a false story that was intended to protect her from Hera. She also has a twin brother named Jason. After the events of Doomsday Clock, her debut is changed so she debuted in World War II and fought alongside the Justice Society of America. Later on her origin was reverted back to being clay molded as baby, blessed by the Godessess. This reversion make much of her familial origins mute, and is unknown if Jason still exist.
- The Justice League's origin story was initially completely rewritten to involve Batman, Green Lantern, the Flash, Wonder Woman, Cyborg, Aquaman and Superman meeting in one night to fight the minions of Darkseid.[36] Also, Cyborg is a founding member instead of the Martian Manhunter. Eventually, however, the Pre-Flashpoint origin involving an Appellaxian invasion was restored, as was the Martian Manhunter's status as a founder.
- Justice League International were put together for the first time.[37] They were later disbanded.[38] It was later revealed that there were previous versions of Justice League International, as there were in previous continuities.
- Superman's origin story was drastically changed. He visited Metropolis at a much younger age.[39] After the events of Doomsday Clock, his origins changed so that he was Superboy as a child.
- Barry Allen and Iris West are no longer married. In fact, Barry dated his co-worker Patty Spivot for a while.[40] He later dated Meena Dhawan,[41] but ultimately ended up dating Iris.[42] Eventually, their past relationship and children (if not their marriage) was restored to the timeline.
- The West family was heavily affected by the new timeline. Ira West was replaced with William West, who is far darker than Ira ever was. He also has another son named Daniel and a second Wally West. Iris West doesn't seem to be an adoptive child from the far future anymore, but a blood relative of the West family.
- Kara Zor-El recently arrived on Earth at the start of The New 52. Also, her rocket crashed in Kansas this time, not Gotham, and it pierced through the planet until reaching the Siberian steppe. [43] After Dark Nights: Death Metal, it was revealed that she had arrived much earlier in current continuity, chronologically aligning with her arrival on Earth-One.
- Superboy was now cloned by an organization named N.O.W.H.E.R.E.[44] He also got his human genes from Lois Lane instead of Lex Luthor. In the Superman: Reborn continuity, the true Superboy, who has his human and Kryptonian genes come from Lex Luthor, Clark Kent, and Sammy Stryker, was stuck in Gemworld during a reality warp until freed, while the New 52 version took his place as a seperate being.
- Dick Grayson is said to have been taken in and adopted by Bruce Wayne at age 16.[45] This appears to have been changed by the Rebirth.
- Jason Todd was introduced to Batman by the Joker.
- Alan Scott (Earth 2) is now gay and had a boyfriend named Samuel.[46] He is now an avatar of the Green (from which he gets his powers) and his ring is the focus of the Green Flame energy (the embodiment of the Green's power).[46] Meanwhile, Prime Earth's Alan Scott never became Green Lantern; instead, he died in a train crash. This is later contradicted by a video showing Alan with his fellow Justice Society members. After the events of Doomsday Clock, Doctor Manhattan went back and allowed Alan to become Green Lantern. The Prime Earth's version of Alan Scott is also gay, just closeted until coming out to his fellow heroes long after the births of his children: Jade and Obsidian.
- Black Mask's death at the hands of Catwoman was erased from the timeline. In the current timeline, after being shot by Catwoman, he survived and staggered to Arkham Asylum where he willingly turned himself in,[47] though Jeremiah Arkham still became the second Black Mask and the Joker as well.
- On a related note, Magdalene Kyle did not become Sister Zero and is in a mental hospital, dealing with the trauma of what Black Mask did to her. She later left the asylum.
- Ted Kord lives to meet his successor Jaime Reyes and acts as a mentor and field support to him.
- Harley Quinn did not fall for the Joker's lies; instead, she fell for him after he showed her the severed fingers of the drunk driver who killed her father. In addition, she got her toxin immunity from a batch of chemicals instead of an injection from Poison Ivy. Said chemical bath did not give her super-strength or the ability to breathe underwater.
- Aquaman and Mera were never married in the new timeline, but they wed later on and had a daughter. After Infinite Frontier, Aquababy was restored to the timeline, making him the first child of the duo, albeit still murdered by the hands of Black Manta.
- After the events of War of the Green Lanterns, Hal Jordan was removed as Green Lantern of Sector 2814 and his ring was passed to Sinestro.[48] However, Hal eventually returned to his post and Sinestro went back to being a Yellow Lantern.
- Alec Holland was resurrected back into being human after the events of Brightest Day,[49] but he eventually went back to being the Swamp Thing again.
- The Legion of Super-Heroes is recovering from a major battle and several members have become lost in time. Saturn Girl was trapped in Arkham Asylum, but escaped during the events of Doomsday Clock. She appears to have been erased from existence due to the actions of Ozymandias, but later seen again with the orginal Legion. After the events of Doomsday Clock, the actions of Ozymandias and Dr. Manhattan have allowed another Legion to be thrive.
- The accident where Barry became the Flash now has a witness, August Heart, who would later become the villain named Godspeed.
- The Crime Syndicate now has three new members, Deathstorm, the Martian and Atomica.
- The Question's origin has been given a supernatural touch. His origin is connected to the origins of the Phantom Stranger and Pandora. Also, the Question and Vic Sage are completely different characters in Prime Earth. However, Vic Sage seems to have become the Question again after the event of the Rebirth. Rene Montoya has also become the Question in the Rebirth.
- Garfield Lynns was never the Firefly in Prime Earth; instead, he was murdered by the man who would have been his successor, Ted Carson; however, in The War of Jokes and Riddles (set before the New 52), he is shown as the Firefly, not Ted Carson, likely as a change brought about by the Rebirth.
- In Prime Earth, Jean-Paul Valley Sr. wanted his son to become Azrael, unlike his New Earth counterpart. Also, he is the leader of the Order of St. Dumas.
- Highfather and Darkseid are now brothers in Prime Earth. In later continuity changes, it seems ambiguous as if this alteration was undone or not.
- Sam and Lucy Lane never became super-villains in Prime Earth.
Trivia
- "Prime Earth" is the official name that Dan DiDio uses for this continuity.[50]
- Prime Earth was possibly destroyed in DC/Young Animal: Milk Wars.
See Also
- Characters from Prime Earth
- Other things related to Prime Earth
- Prime Earth's Comic Appearances
- Reality Gallery: Prime Earth
Links and References
References
- ↑ https://www.dccomics.com/characters/earth-0
- ↑ Justice League (Volume 4) #31
- ↑ Justice League (Volume 4) #35
- ↑ The Multiversity Guidebook #1
- ↑ Justice League Dark #16
- ↑ Trinity of Sin: Phantom Stranger #11
- ↑ Trinity of Sin: Pandora #7
- ↑ Justice League Dark #27
- ↑ Doom Patrol (Volume 6) #5
- ↑ JLA/Doom Patrol Special #1
- ↑ New Super-Man #12
- ↑ The Odyssey of the Amazons #4
- ↑ The Sandman Universe #1
- ↑ The Dreaming (Volume 2) #1
- ↑ Shazam! (Volume 3) #2
- ↑ The Green Lantern: Season Two #7
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 Doomsday Clock #12
- ↑ Dark Nights: Death Metal #1
- ↑ Justice League (Volume 4) #54
- ↑ Flashpoint Beyond #0
- ↑ Batman/Fortnite: Foundation #1
- ↑ The Dreaming: Waking Hours #5
- ↑ Spirit World (Volume 2) #5
- ↑ Batman/Superman: World's Finest 2024 Annual #1
- ↑ Batman/Superman: World's Finest #28
- ↑ DCU: Rebirth #1
- ↑ 27.0 27.1 27.2 27.3 Action Comics #976
- ↑ Trinity (Volume 2) #8
- ↑ Dark Nights: Death Metal #7
- ↑ Green Lanterns #27
- ↑ Green Lanterns #28
- ↑ Doomsday Clock #10
- ↑ Rogers, Vaneta (June 15, 2011). Harras, Berganza: DCnU Will Keep Much of DC History Intact. Newsarama. Retrieved on September 1, 2011.
- ↑ Batgirl (Volume 4) #1
- ↑ Green Arrow (Volume 5) #1
- ↑ Justice League (Volume 2) #1
- ↑ Justice League International (Volume 3) #1
- ↑ Justice League International (Volume 3) #12
- ↑ Action Comics (Volume 2) #1
- ↑ The Flash (Volume 4) #1
- ↑ The Flash (Volume 5) #5
- ↑ The Flash (Volume 5) #12
- ↑ Supergirl (Volume 6) #1
- ↑ Superboy (Volume 6) #1
- ↑ Newsarama.com
- ↑ 46.0 46.1 Earth 2 #2
- ↑ Detective Comics Annual (Volume 2) #1
- ↑ Green Lantern (Volume 5) #1
- ↑ Swamp Thing (Volume 5) #1
- ↑ DAN DIDIO Explains How Post-CONVERGENCE 'DCYou' Continuity Works