East Coast Blackout (Earth-96: Pre-Crisis)

A blackout occurred on the East Coast of the United States.

History[edit source]

Origin[edit source]

Lex Luthor's experiment

During an experiment on Gertrude Vanderworth's train set in her mansion with a Kryptonian crystal, trying to grow land, Lex Luthor triggered the blackout.

Occurrence[edit source]

Superman rescuing Boeing 777

The first grid to be hit was the mansion, located at 6 Springwood Drive. 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[edit source]

Interested in the blackout, Lois Lane investigated it which led her to the mansion. She ended up getting abducted by Lex in his boat The Gertrude along with Jason White, whom she had brought to the residence.

Appearances[edit source]

Appearances
	Superman Returns	Appears

References[edit source]

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-14
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) · Nazi 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) · Invasion of Central City (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-32
War on Superman (2020)