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word of advice ! Spoilers ahead for Absolute Power # 4 and DC All In Special # 1!An enormous change has come to theDC Universethat redefines everything for the iconic multiverse . Absolute Powerreaches itsdramatic last issue and the only manner to turn back Amanda Waller ’s king grab is by doing something that has a striking effect on DC ’s substitute Earths .
Waller succeeded in stealing powersfrom every superhuman on Earth and incarcerated most of them . But it was n’t enough to just take down the heroes of Prime Earth as Waller set her batch on every Earth in the DC multiverse . An army of heroes rises to give up Waller ’s foreign mission , only to totally commute the intact DC cosmogeny .
Flash Cuts Off DC’s Prime Earth from the Multiverse
Amanda Waller is Stopped, But a High Price is Paid
InAbsolute Power # 4by Mark Waid , Dan Mora , Alejandro Sánchez , and Ariana Maher , the hoagie have reassemble after being broken out of Amanda Waller ’s prison and are armed with weaponry good manners of Green Lantern . However , as the army scrap ’s Waller ’s force up top , the Flash ( gratefully still in self-will of his powers ) is alone as he fight down several speedsters from across the multiverse . Waller has recruited hundreds of villain as part ofa large military campaign to institute the entire DC Universe under her control .
Waller expose she had even recruited the Crime Syndicate among other evil multiversal variants inAbsolute Power : Task Force VII # 5 ( 2024 ) .
gratefully , Green Lantern comes into assistance Flash . While Hal takes maintenance of the United States Army , Flash bet at the multiversal gate Waller has constructed . Barry speedily analyzes the auto and admits that the physics of the gate completely confuse him . Green Lantern acquire a boost of self-control from Jay Garrick and Wally West , but they implore Barry to turn it off as tight as possible . Flash warn them if he does this , Prime Earth will be turn out off from the multiversepermanently . With no other option , the Scarlet Speedster pushes his magnate to the limitation and destroy the logic gate .
… the Scarlet Speedster push his power to the limit and destroys the gate .
The hero successfully vote down Amanda Waller and retrieve their powers by demolish the Amazos that direct their abilities in the first place . The monolithic result even winds up with some torpedo gaining young , unexpected mogul . As the dust settles , Jay , Wally , and Flash discuss the fallout . Garrick confirm that Barry was proper and that the vibrational access speedsters had to the alternate worldly concern is gone . Wally also confirms that he ’s stress everything and even he ca n’t find a way to another Earth in DC ’s multiverse .
DC’s Multiverse Has Expanded and Contracted Over the Years
From Infinite to One to 52 and Beyond
Over the last hundred , the DCU has been through a number of changes , especially as reboots and break to continuity have fare into play . The multiverse began in sincere in the Silver Age when Barry Allen accidentally traveled to another human race by vibrating his molecules at the frequency of a neighboring Earth . The Flash traveled to Earth-2 , home of DC ’s older Golden Age heroes , chip in the stories of yesteryear a home plate in DC continuity . Over the next few geezerhood , other Earths would be established in the greater DC multiverseto the period where it contained an infinite act of worlds .
Barry ’s trip to the Earth-2 can b see in the classic " Flash of Two Worlds " story inThe Flash # 123 !
However , the countless universe were eliminated in the iconic result seriesCrisis on Infinite Earth , which watch the Anti - Monitor destroy thousands of alternate macrocosm . Several Earths survived and were combined into one integrated timeline and that was the state of the DC Universe for rough two decades . It was n’t untilInfinite Crisisthat Alexander Luthor revive the multiverse in an endeavor to find a perfect world . But unlike the former , boundless structure , this young multiverse was limited to 52 world . Though it would n’t be longbefore DC ’s multiverse changed yet again .
As ofDark Crisis on Infinite Earths , the stock multiverse take back to its original limitless state …
TheConvergenceevent revealed that all timelines that had ever been seen still live . afterward , the eventDark night : Death Metalsaw the multiverse destroyed , though it was recreated and revealed to be part of a smashing ' omniverse ' composition of multiple multiverses that make up the Divine Continuum . As ofDark Crisis on Infinite Earths , the stock multiverse returned to its original limitless land after Pariah , a actor inCrisis on Infinite world , fit disturbed and nigh destroyed reality . Thankfully , the Justice League stopped him and Barry Allen began charting this newfangled multiverse and its new worlds .
DC Now Only Has Two Worlds That Matter: Prime and Absolute
DC Has Already Replaced Its Multiverse with a Strange New World
abbreviate the DC Universe off from the cracking DC multiverse is big , but what find inAbsolute Poweronly tells half the story . The same workweek thatAbsolute exponent # 4came out , DC All In Special # 1hit the shelves , which ascertain Darkseid ’s strong-arm form being demolish and unleash his energy out into the universe . With nowhere else to go , Darkseid ’s energy tore a mess through realness and traveled to the young , impressionable Elseworld , where the Department of Energy imprinted on itand creating the new Absolute Universe .
Be sure to break up up a written matter ofDC All In Special # 1by Scott Snyder , Joshua Williamson , Daniel Sampere , Wes Craig , and Dan Mora , on sale now !
While DC Comics is currently exploring some of its alternative worlds in book likeBatman : Gotham by Gaslight : The Kryptonian AgeandDC vs. Vampires : World War V , none of them are going to have any real impact on the Prime Earth . With Flash destroying the multiversal gate , there ’s no way for any hero from any alternate earth to travel . The only connexion the Prime DCU has properly now is with the Absolute Universeand with it radiating the same energy as Darkseid , DC ’s bomber might not be so piercing to just bug out in for a sojourn .
… the only neighbour the Prime Earth has is the one make by Darkseid .
The multiverse is often a reflection of the state of the Divine Continuum at any given consequence . During the Infinite Frontier and Dawn of DC eras , it feel like anything could happen . Now the multiverse has been seal away and the only neighbour the Prime Earth has is the one create by Darkseid . While fans have n’t had the chance to see much of this new world , Scott Snyder has talk about just how dangerous this new gain the Absolute Universe is . Whatever come about next , DC ’s heroes are on their own and ca n’t turn to the multiverse for assistance .
What Does the Future Hold for DC’s Multiverse?
When Will DC’s Multiverse Return?
The good matter is that unlike Crisis on Infinite Earths , the multiverse is n’t move , it ’s just closed off . Of of course , it ’s not known how recondite Amanda Waller ’s damage is so it might be some time before fans see it . But as long as the Absolute Universe exists , there is still a multiverse for fans to enjoy . It ’s just minor and more manageable to follow . Though fans will have to make do with a simplified multiverse for now , it ’s still out there waiting for the PrimeDC Universeto rejoin it .
Absolute Power # 4is usable now from DC Comics .
