Crisis on Infinite Earths (Event)


 * For the crossover event, see Crisis on Infinite Earths.

"Worlds will live. Worlds will die. And the universe will never be the same."

- Psycho Pirate's prophecy

Crisis on Infinite Earths, also known as the World Wide Crisis and Crisis on Infinite Worlds, often shortened as the Crisis, is a multiversal apocalyptic event that destroyed every single universe in the Original Multiverse and killing countless people, leaving only the seven Paragons to survive.

Oliver Queen eventually became the Spectre, recreating Multiverse with multiple changes on Earth-Prime, the main universe in the New Multiverse with elements of Earth-1, Earth-38 and an undesignated universe combined together.

The Monitor's Origins
"I'm sorry, my love. My towering ambition has doomed us all."

- Mar Novu to Xneen

10,000 years ago on Maltus, Mar Novu and Xneen started their experiments on time travel. Novu then travelled to the Big Bang, witnessing the birth of the universe. However, he travelled to the Antimatter Universe, creating his Antimatter counterpart and realizing his mistake. Over the course of thousands of years, Novu learnt about the Crisis and started preparing individuals for the upcoming cataclysmic event. Later, Novu acquired the Book of Destiny, bestowing the power of reality warping to certain individuals in order to test the heroes of respective universes with Elseworlds.

Elseworlds
"I'm testing universes to find one. I hope stand strong enough against him."

- The Monitor

In 2018, Novu completed his unsuccessful test on Earth-90 and nearly annihilated the entire universe, leaving The Flash as its only survivor and allowed his escape. Novu then travelled to Earth-1, bestowing the Book of Destiny to Dr. John Deegan. However, the heroes were able to steal the Book of Destiny, which impressed Novu. Novu then returned the book to Deegan, ordering him to think bigger. Despite Deegan's effort, the heroes were able to defeat him and revert the reality, with Oliver Queen entering Novu's realm and confronting him. Novu was impressed and respected the heroes, making a deal with Queen and altered the destinies of both Barry Allen and Kara Zor-El. As a part of the bargain, Queen promised to assist Novu in time of the Crisis.

Prophecy of The Flash
In May 2019, Barry Allen, with the help of his future daughter and the manipulation of Eobard Thawne, destroyed Cicada's dagger. This action caused multiple changes to the timeline and moved the Crisis from 2024 to 2019. As a result, Novu was required to speed up his preparation process, recruiting Oliver Queen to his mission mere months after they bargained. Novu also looked into the future, revealing to Oliver that his death is imminent. He then destroyed the Time Vault's plinth, preventing Team Flash to discover the timeline changing the date of the Crisis.

Four months later, Novu returned and informed Barry Allen about his prophecy to die during the Crisis, confirming the news article headline he has been seeing for 6 years. Barry then proceed to tell the news to his team, preparing them for his death and how they should move on while fighting Bloodwork.

Oliver Queen's Missions
With Oliver Queen under his orders, Novu sent him to Earth-2 in order to retrieve the Dwarf Star particles. However, they faced setbacks by Tommy Merlyn as he attempted to destroy the Glades with the particles. Despite the successful retrieval, the tampering of Earth-2's fate led to its total annihilation, killing billions in the process.

Disappointed by Oliver's judgement, Novu still sent the trio to Hong Kong and tasked them to search for Dr. Robert Wong. However, Oliver did not trust Novu and sent Wong to A.R.G.U.S., who was led by Lyla Michaels, a long-term ally of Novu.

Novu was not worried about Oliver's possible of defying him and rewarded his determination by sending his kids and Connor Hawke to the present. Novu then continued his tests and offered to restore Earth-2 in exchange for Laure Lance's betrayal of Oliver Queen. However, she refused the offer, passing her test. In reward, Novu created a dreamworld for her to say goodbye to Quentin Lance and to teach Oliver that he could not alter his fate.

Once they broke out of the dream, Novu sent them to Lian Yu where they built a device which can only be activated by Lyla Michaels. With her touching the device, she teleported away and returned as Harbinger while the skies turned crimson red.

Martian Manhunter's Test
Concurrent to Oliver's tasks, Novu released Malefic J'onzz from the Phantom Zone and resurrected Lex Luthor. With Luthor by his side, they monitored J'onn J'onzz's reaction to Malefic and how he overcame his test. With J'onn now forgave from his past, he befriended his long-lost brother and was approached by Novu, who informed him that he was ready for the Crisis.

Nash Wells' Mistake
On December 9, 2019, Central City was attacked by the Blood Brothers with Nash Wells trapped in his worksite investigating the carvings of the Paragons. He was then attacked by multiple victims of Bloodwork before Allegra Garcia spread a cure across the city, restoring the minds of countless people and prevented Nash's death.

"I'm simply a man serving his penance. Penance for what? I've freed the Anti-Monitor from his confinement only to become a...Pariah. Sentenced to bear witness to his actions."

- Pariah and Superman

At 11:58 pm, Nash was told by a voice similar to Mar Novu that he would reveal the "truth" in exchange for his help to stop the Crisis. Nash was convinced that he should not kill "The Monitor" as he has longed to discover the truth. He then asked the voice to show him, with it responding that he already has the "knowledge". As he entered a code using the carvings, the rock door opened with a bright ray of light, forcing Nash to enter the realm and slamming shut once more. Unfortunately, the voice was in fact not Mar Novu, but rather the Anti-Monitor. Nash was then transformed into Pariah and forced to witness tragedies all across the Multiverse when the Crisis attacks respective universes.

Death and Destruction
On December 10, 2019, all universes in the Multiverse were starting to be erased by Antimatter one by one, causing crimson red skies to happen on their respective Earths. Harbinger then started recruiting the champions of Earth-1, bringing Oliver Queen and Mia Smoak from Lian Yu, The Flash, who was patrolling Central City and asking Cisco Ramon if the phenomenon was worldwide, Batwoman, who was questioning a member of the Wonderland Gang, with Sara Lance and Ray Palmer from Star City to Earth-38.

"Whatever it is, it is hurtling through space at an impossible speed. I calculate it will reach the edge of the universe in exactly 5.3 hours, at which point, it will boomerang back. Once it intersects again with our solar system, the results will be, in a word, cataclysmic...If this wave isn't stopped by tomorrow night...there will be no more "us". No more future. No more anything."

- Querl Dox

Meanwhile, Earth-38 was experiencing quakes from beyond the planet and animals living were frightened. The Superfriends then worked extensively to calm the people of their home planet. Querl Dox later discovered a wave of Antimatter approaching Argo City and established a communication link to let Supergirl warn them. However, it was too late as the Antimatter wave destroys the final Kryptonian foundation as Superman's son gets sent to Earth-16 through a wormhole. Fortunately, Superman and Lois were rescued by Harbinger, bringing them alongside the champions of Earth-1 to the D.E.O. National City Headquarters.

Evacuation of Earth-38
"We might lose the planet, but we can still save the people!"

- Supergirl

With the required heroes on Earth-38, they discussed their next moves to stop the Antimatter wave. They were then interrupted by the sudden construction of the Quantum Towers, which caused the vanishing of the crimson skies. The Legends and Barry then arrived, stopping the remaining heroes from destroying their only possible way of surviving. However, the towers were only able to slow down the wave instead of stopping it once and for all.

Lyla informed of everyone of the Crisis, coordinating a plan as Ray and Brainy theorizes about the functions of the Quantum Towers. The latter then brought Sara and Lois to Earth-16 in hope of finding baby Jonathan Kent. The heroes on Earth-38 soon coordinated with the President and started recruiting alien spacecrafts for the evacuation, with Alex asking for Lena's assistance to create a Transmatter Portal for travelling to Earth-1.

While everyone else were on their respective tasks, The Flash, Supergirl, Superman, The Atom, Green Arrow and Blackstar went to the Quantum Towers to guard them from being attacked. As they expected, an army of Shadow Demons attacked the heroes and they were able to disintegrate them easily.

"Everything we know, everything there is, and everything there ever was, is doomed."

- Pariah

With a plan prepared, Kelly Olsen, Alex Danvers, Lena Luthor and Dreamer led civilians on spacecrafts for evacuation as J'onn arrived on the Legion Cruiser. The six heroes then fought the army of Shadow Demons in order to buy time for the evacuation. However, The Monitor arrived and teleported the heroes away. Oliver refused to leave and shot Novu with an Antimatter arrow as he fought countless Shadow Demons as hard as he could. Eventually, he ran out arrows and was assaulted by the demons. Recovered from the injury, Novu brought Oliver's dying body back to the Bunker. The heroes then spent his last moments with him, with Novu revealing that Oliver's sacrifice allowed the escape of the survival of a billion people (3 billion of out 7.53 billion in total) and it was not he had foreseen. Nash Wells arrived, now as a man serving his penance, revealing that they are doomed.

Appearances
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