East Coast Blackout (Earth-96)

A blackout occurred on the East Coast.

History

Origin

At one point, after seducing Gertrude Vandeworth, an old heiress, Lex Luthor got out of jail. He then married her and got her mansion when she died. At another point, he stole a Kryptonian crystal from the Fortress of Solitude. During an experiment on Gertrude's train set in her mansion with the crystal, Lex Luthor triggered the blackout.

Occurrence

The uptown grid went dark at 12:36 and midtown 10 seconds before. It caused the near-crash of Boeing 777 until it was rescued by Superman.

Aftermath

Interested in the case, Lois Lane investigated the blackout which led her to the mansion.

Appearances

Appearances
	Superman Returns	Appears

References

Events
Original Multiverse
Earth-X Invasion · Crisis on Infinite Earths
Earth-1
The Undertaking (2013) · Particle Accelerator Explosion (2013) · Starling City Siege (2014) · Outbreak (2015) · Singularity (2015) · Flash Day (2015) · Vandal Savage's Uprising (2015-2166) · Genesis (2016) · Metapocalypse (2016) · Flashpoint (2016) · Dominator Invasion (2016) · Adrian Chase's Campaign (2016-2017) · War with Team Arrow (2017-2019) · Doomworld (2017) · Earth-X Invasion (2017) · Liberation of Mallus (2017-2018) · Enlightenment (2018) · Metahuman Purge (2018-2019) · Reverse Time Hack (2019/2049) · Usurpation of Earth (2018-2019) · Emiko Adachi's Vendetta (2018-2019) · Oliver Queen's Tasks (2018-2019) · Blood Brothers Reign of Terror (2019) · Crisis on Infinite Earths (2019) · Imprisonment of Savitar (2020/2021; erased timeline) · Crisis (2024; erased timeline)
Earth-38
Sabotage of Flight 237 (2016) · Myriad (2017) · Daxamite Invasion (2017) · Project Non Nocere (2019) · J'onzz Family Feud (2019) · Evacuation of Earth-38 (2019; Crisis)
Earth-X
Earth-X Invasion (2018)
UE-20
Return of Black Lightning (2018) · Rise of the Green Light Babies (2018) · War for Freeland (2019)
New Multiverse
Crisis on Infinite Earths
Earth-Prime
The Undertaking (2013) · Particle Accelerator Explosion (2014) Black Hole Uprising (2014-2020) · Invasion of Slade Wilson's Mirakuru Army (2014) · Singularity (2015) · Invasion of Zoom's Army (2016) · Dominator Invasion (2016) · Daxamite Invasion (2017) · Earth-X Invasion (2017) · Usurpation of Earth (2019) · Blood Brother Reign of Terror (2019) · Battle of Earth-Prime (2020; Crisis) · War for Freeland (2020) · Toyman Fiasco (2020) · Death of the Speed Force (2020) · Luthor Conspiracy (2020) · Revenge on Joseph Carver (2020) · Search for Encores (2020) · Loomworld (2020) · Alice's Vendetta (2020-2021) · War on Batwoman (2020) · Mirror Monarch's War (2020) · Search for Sara Lance (2020) · War of the Forces (2020) · Rise of Snakebite (2021) · Tobias Whale's Endgame (2021) · Fall of Star City (2040-2041; erased timeline)
Earth-1
World War I (1914-1918) · War for the Dreamstone (1984) · Kryptonian Attack (2013) · Luthor Conspiracy (2015) · Battle of Midway City (2016) · War for Earth (2017) · War for the Atlantean Throne (2018) · Dr. Sivana's Campaign (2019) · Chase of the Bertinelli Diamond (2020) · Knightmare (possible future)
Earth-2
Golden Age (c. 1941-2010) · Battle of Los Angeles (2010) · Project: New America (2020) · War Against the ISA (2020)
Earth-9
War on the Titans (2014; 2019) · Formation of Titans 2.0 (2018)
Earth-21
Mister Nobody's Campaign (2019) · Liberation of the Candlemaker (2019)
UE-43
War on Superman (2020)