The destruction of New Earth would set off a chain reaction that would destroy the other 51 alternate universes at the same time, leaving only the Antimatter Universe in existence. Complex structures, including life, arise only when there are weird fluctuations. Gases that start off clumpy for some reason will spread out, for a simple reason: It is statistically far more likely for their molecules to be uniformly distributed rather than clustered. Yet our intuition about gases must be altered when we consider huge spans of time. Thus, its sole superhero only exists in the form of a comic book. According to Gideon, there are about 3.725 trillion changes to reality as a result of the Crisis. A crucial assumption in Boltzmanns argument is that there are only a finite (if very large) number of molecular configurations. Johns, Geoff(w),Jimenez, Phil; Perez, George; Reis, Ivan; Ordway, Jerry; Bennett, Joe(p). Home to genetically engineered warriors bred to wage war against Lord Darkseid. A problem we thought we had eliminated came rushing back in. Infinite Crisis: Fight for the Multiverse Vol. While humanity is extinct in this universe, alternate versions of extraterrestrial characters such as, This entire universe was wiped out by a battle between the, Nix Uotan successfully recreated his universe, at first making it resemble Earth-0, except that certain people, including the Challengers from Beyond, had never existed there. An Earth where, since the Justice League did such a good job of fighting crime, their children and sidekicks have nothing really to do. A lot more experiments started a year ago than 50 billion years ago, so most of the people waking up today were asleep for a short time. Taking this argument to an extreme, the most common type of observer in this theory is one that requires the minimal fluctuation away from equilibrium. This Earth's Etrigan is a demon from the planet Kamelot who was sent to Earth by the wizard Merlin. This gives us a way to calculate how likely it is to find the box in a given coarse-grained state, or macrostate: We simply count the fraction of microstates consistent with what we know about the macrostate. Physicists have always hoped that once we understood the fundamental laws of physics, they would make unambiguous predictions for physical quantities. "Crisis on Infinite Earths Part 2", Marv Wolfman and Marc Guggenheim(w),Tom Grummett(p),Danny Miki(i),Chris Sotomayor(col),Wes Abbott(let),Katie Kubert(ed). Any proposal that predicts that we are Boltzmann brains must perforce be wrong. You can understand the problem by thinking about a simpler scenario that is mathematically identical. Also (archaic): crise This Earth may have been home to other comedic superheroes published by DC. So the number of sleeper experiments beginning at any given time is always increasing. This Earth's timeline was akin to Earth-1, Earth-2, and Earth-38's to a certain degree, such as its Oliver Queen becoming a trained archer, Kara Zor-El's arrival after the planet Krypton's apocalyptic demise, and. This universe is a bright, optimistic place where no one ever dies (including the inhabitants of Krypton and Thomas and Martha Wayne). The reason is that all our theories in physics are dynamical: The fundamental physical laws describe what will happen, given what already is. The same can be said for Gypsy, as she took bags of coffee back with her when she returned to Earth-19. Marvel/DC: Crisis In The Multiverse is an upcoming video game that connects the Marvel: Ultimate Alliance Universe with the Injustice: Gods Among Us Dini, Paul; Bedard, Tony(w),Garcis, Manuel(p),McKenna, Mark(i). science and spotlight its ripples in our lives and cultures. It later appeared in "Crisis on Infinite Earths" when. It just isnt a sensible problem to calculate probabilities under the assumption that the human population grows exponentially forever, and indeed it is impossible for the population to grow forever. What are we to conclude? You will find that in option one, half of all observers who ever wake up do so from short naps, while in option two, most observers who ever wake up do so from short naps. [29] The alternate universes were originally identical to New Earth and contained the same history and people until Mister Mind "devoured" portions of each Earth's history, creating new, distinct Earths with their own histories and people, such as the Nazi-themed version of the Justice League that exists in Earth-10. "Tara Terruna" translates from this Earth's language to mean "Wonder Woman". Dark Crisis led DC in a very different direction than most readers expected, as what was initially sold as the death of the Justice League wound up becoming the birth The multiverse is a theory in which universes exist beyond our own, each with its own set of physical laws and realities that are distinct from one another. He can be found most days actively dismantling the rules of a local TTRPG and can be reached at ben.b@cbr.com. After the destruction of Alexander Luthor Jr.'s Multiverse Tower in, Merged with Vertigo Earth and Earth-50 in the wake of the, Originally an Earth populated by blue-skinned humanoids who worshiped the now-deified Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman of New Earth; it was reshaped into an Earth reflective of the 21st century, The original version of this Earth appeared in, Hal Jordan calls the Marvel Universe's Earth-616 "Earth-2" in, An Earth of reversed moralities that resembles the Pre-, This Earth contains evil counterparts of characters from Earth-2, Heroic versions of the Joker and the Riddler appear in the, A condensed universe where the laws of physics are different, Captain Allen Adam (a.k.a. The ensuing nuclear war instantly vaporized 97% of all life on this Earth. It is said that this Earth lacks a Superman, so as not to devalue Doc Savage. And though Oliver Queen is dead, the mantle of Arrow has been passed down to his daughter, who will also be getting her own spin-off show. One of three Earths named by Alexander Luthor in, Home of variant versions of Animal Man, Batman, and B'wana Beast and many historical divergences, such as. Why should Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn get all the attention? This assumption must be incorrect. The first option for making statistical predictions in cosmology goes back to a paper by the Austrian physicist Ludwig Boltzmann in 1895. DC's decision regarding how to handle the fallout from Dark Crisis has set it on a path to thrive on the power of its greatest asset, the multiverse. Loki is the Avenger Prime, as his true magical form is revealed as he plays an important role in the greatest fight for the Marvel Multiverse. Suppose that the population of Earth doubles every 30 yearsforever. [215] Ezra Miller's Barry Allen from the DC Extended Universe makes a cameo appearance in "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Four". The major problem we faced is that, since the volume of space grows without bound, the number of observers observing any given thing is infinite, making it difficult to characterize which events are more or less likely to occur. ", Superman and Lois Lane are married on this Earth, An Earth where Superman and Batman have sons, but Superman's son appears to be misusing his powers, Sir Bruce of Waynesmoor, a.k.a. Physicists have always hoped that once we understood the fundamental laws of physics, they would make unambiguous predictions for physical quantities. More importantly, though, it set the precedent that is the inverse of DC's previous major franchise restructures. A singular totality consisting of a massive compilation of universes where mankind, engineering and artificial intelligence have blended together into one massive mind hive. Then you are put into a cryogenic freezer. Crisis on Infinite Earths did exactly what Wolfman intended: by the end of the 12-issue series in 1986, DCs multiverse was no more, collapsed down to one reality, one Earth, and one coherent timeline. In fighting these creatures, some heroes have fallen, twisting into monsters themselves. Although we cannot possibly keep track of the motion of all the individual molecules, we can make extremely precise predictions for how the gas as a whole will behave. The CW and Warner Bros. TV actually told a live-action version of Crisis on Infinite Earths that not only managed to touch on the vast majority of DC TV history, but In Boltzmann and Schuetzs theory, it would be far, far more likely to produce our solar system without bothering to make all of the other stars in the universe. With this insight, Boltzmann launched into his cosmological speculations. First, the multiverse, though very large, might be able to explore only a finite number of different states, just like an ordinary box of gas. Right now, we dont have one. It is a homage to Htrae, the Bizarro World, with its population of Bizarros and its cubical shape.The original Bizarro World was not a parallel He works on fundamental questions in gravity and cosmology. For instance, if 10 percent of observers live in regions of the multiverse where dark matter is made out of light particles (such as axions), while 90 percent of observers live in regions where dark matter is made out of heavy particles (which, counterintuitively, are called WIMPs), then we have a 10 percent chance of discovering that dark matter is made of light particles. Earth-13's Bruce Wayne remains its last survivor and is held prisoner on Mars in the main universe of, This Earth was destroyed when it was torn apart in a collision with Earth-9, due to a Bleed quake caused by one of the Monitors, Real designation unknown, this Earth derives its name from the superhero Mister Majestic, the alternate version of Superman, Real designation unknown, this Earth derives its name from the Omega symbol used by Darkseid. At the end of the crisis, only 52 universes remained. This universe was accidentally uncovered by Iris West-Allen while investigating Eva McCulloch, who disappeared in the first particle accelerator explosion. Dark Crisis Makes DC's Best Alternate Timelines Part of the Mainstream Multiverse Recent Elseworlds Are Confirmed To Be In The Multiverse. It is revealed at the end of the issue that Earth-Q is a real world Earth, as Friedrich Nietzsche is seen creating his famous bermensch, or "Superman", concept and Joe Shuster is shown drawing the first modern Superman on the cover of, Earth-Q would later become the sentient universe known as, Had several large-scale international wars before its World War II, There was no Freedom Fighters team formed and a few heroes (such as Doll Man, Plastic Man and the Blackhawks) continued their careers after the war fighting crooks and Communists, Fawcett Comics publications of the 1940s and 1950s took place on this Earth, with its predominant heroic teams being the, Another Hypertime version of Earth-S was seen in, An Earth where Superman and Lois Lane married and had a son named Jor. This strange effect occurs because the volume of space is exponentially expanding and never stops. The planet is cube shaped and "Bizarre" versions of the inhabitants of the. This Earth features a Superman who turns evil and kills Lois Lane. After another decade, though, DC once again has a massive number of parallel earths, with the Jurassic League, DC vs Vampires and more. Observers in distant parts of spacetime are too far apart and accelerating away from each other too fast to be able to send signals to each other, so they cannot synchronize their clocks. ". They include: This Earth was somewhat similar to Earth-8, but has been destroyed by the Gentry in what is called "The Essential Genocide Crossover", at least on Earth-16, This version of Earth is called "Angor" by its inhabitants, The Retaliators are the main superhero team, opposing. This Earth consists of inhabitants from the previous. Once we realized this, it became clear that this end-of-time effect was an inherent characteristic of the recipe we were using to calculate probabilities, and it is there whether or not anyone actually decides to undertake these strange sleeper experiments. He was a Ph.D student of Leonard Susskind at Stanford University and a postdoc under the guidance of Raphael Bousso at U.C. This Harrison Wells, known as H.R., has a hipster style and is recruited to Earth-1 to become a member of Team Flash. Suppose that every day 1 percent of the population takes part. This is not an April Fool story. Tempus Fuginaut. We understand an ordinary box of gas in the same way. The CW television series Arrow received its first spin-off The Flash in 2014 with both set in the same fictional universe (Earth-1). But can we imagine, on the other side, how small a part of the whole universe this world is? But in the dark, he became his world's greatest villain. Perry White is a retired matador, Professor Potter is a cranky boss at the World's Fair and Clark Kent is a science fiction writer and secretly a Joker-masked villain that leads the LUTHAR League. Appeared, retroactively, as an alternate universe in "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Two". With this insight, Boltzmann launched into his cosmological speculations. So much so that fans had some difficulty pinning down exactly which reality was the true one. WebTALES FROM THE DARK MULTIVERSE CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS #1, DC Comics 2020 . Then we calculate what happens when the time becomes arbitrarily large. The universe has an infinite number of states available, avoiding the Boltzmann brain problem, yet approaches a steady-state behavior, allowing for a straightforward statistical analysis. If the coin came up tails, the experimenters instruct their descendants to wake you up after 50 billion years. They now defend the Earth from threats within and beyond, particularly the Doom Legion and their villainous assassin robots. In this context, we can only make statistical predictions. Some worlds, like Earth-1 and Earth-23, appear to be entirely untouched, while others, like Earth-0, Earth-2, and Earth-16, have changed drastically. Now, a map of the multiverse exists, but with the full knowledge that there is quite a bit left to explore and many universes yet to be created. Sherloque and his partner Watsune battled this Earth's Mad Hatter; Watsune died facing him alone. Common sense tells us that the odds for such a bet should be 50/50 if the coin is fair. Suppose that the population of Earth doubles every 30 yearsforever. However, a tradition of spelling out the numbers emerged in "The Most Dangerous Earth" (Justice League of America #30 (September 1964)). The "Library of Limbo" contains only one book, Shares a similar history with the previous amalgamated Earths, This Earth was created by merging Earth-0, the Vertigo Universe hypertimeline, and the Wildstorm Universe hypertimeline from the previous Multiverse in the wake of the, The only known heroes so far are Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern and the Teen Titans (corresponding with announced, This Earth mainly features modernized versions of DC's heroes from the Golden Age of Comics and characters associated with later, Notable character differences among many include a younger, gay version of Alan Scott, the Golden Age Green Lantern, who leads the Wonders; Superman is succeeded by Val-Zod, a black-skinned Kryptonian pacifist; Aquawoman (Marella) is the Queen of Atlantis; Terry Sloan, formerly known as Mr. 8, is a universe-hopping villain; and Oliver Queen is the Red Arrow, This Earth's Supergirl and Robin were transported to Prime Earth during the war, where they assumed the identities of, Following the destruction of Earth-2 by Darkseid, the assembled heroes restart human civilization on a new planet in. Instead, the point is that our recipe for calculating probabilities accidentally injected a novel type of catastrophe into the theory. Has the theory lost its mooring to observation? The Justice League, Merlin and King Arthur resolved the situation and restored Earth-One and Magic-Land to their respective original universes, This universe has various derivations, explained as manifestations of, This Earth is dubbed "Earth 2" by the Antimatter Universe's Lex Luthor, who dubs his own Earth "Earth 1", This Earth was destroyed and then recreated due to the events of, In 1940, various female DC heroes and villains are enlisted to fight in World War II, Was visited by Prime Earth's Harley Quinn, who drove that reality's Hitler to commit suicide, An Earth formed out of the Atom's dreams by Dr. Destiny, where the JLI were militaristic fascists, An Earth where the entire continent, except for Gotham City (renamed "the Garden"), is a wasteland, There are many contradictions within and between the animated TV series and comic books, The Fourth World is a continuum inhabited by the New Gods. 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