The Multiversity

The Multiversity

Cover of The Multiversity #1 (October 2014), art by Ivan Reis and Joe Prado.
Publication information
Publisher DC Comics
Schedule Monthly
Format Limited series
Genre
Publication date August 2014 – April 2015
Number of issues 9
Creative team
Writer(s) Grant Morrison
Artist(s) Ivan Reis, Frank Quitely, Cameron Stewart, Chris Sprouse, Karl Story, Ben Oliver, Doug Mahnke

The Multiversity is a limited series of interrelated one-shots set in the DC Multiverse in The New 52, a collection of universes seen in publications by DC Comics. The one-shots in the series are written by Grant Morrison, each with a different artist. The Multiversity began in August 2014 and is expected to run until April 2015.

Background and creation

In the conclusion of the 1985 comic book crossover, "Crisis on Infinite Earths", the Multiverse collapsed with the history of 5 universes being merged into one single new universe. In the 1998–1999 series, The Kingdom, author Mark Waid introduced the concept of Hypertime, co-created by Grant Morrison, a super-dimensional construct that allowed for all publications to be canon or in-continuity somewhere. Hypertime, although infrequently used, was a replacement and explanation for the multiple timelines and histories DC had published through the years.[1]

In the 2005–06 crossover, "Infinite Crisis", the survivors of the first Crisis Alexander Luthor, Jr. from Earth-Three, Superboy-Prime from Earth-Prime, and Kal-L of Earth-Two had attempted to create a perfect world to replace the current DC Universe, with Luthor restoring, merging, and destroying worlds that had once existed in Multiverse or were featured in Elseworlds publications. Luthor failed due to the intervention of the universe's heroes and inadvertently altered the history of the DC Universe. Prior to the publication of Infinite Crisis, editor Dan DiDio revealed that Hypertime no longer exists in the DCU.[2]

Following "Infinite Crisis", the year-long weekly maxi-series 52 (2006–2007) led to the reveal that Multiverse still exists, in the form of 52 alternate universes. Author Grant Morrison mentioned in an interview that the return of the Multiverse was intended to launch new franchises, explaining:

The parallel Earths you see in issue #52 are not the familiar pre-Crisis versions. If you think you recognize and know any of these worlds from before, you'd be wrong. We all wanted to do something new with the multiple Earths so what you've already seen in 52 is simply the tip of the iceberg – each parallel world now has its own huge new backstory and characters and each could basically form the foundation for a complete line of new books. If you like the ongoing soap opera dynamics of New Earth, you can watch Mary Marvel turning to the dark side as her skirt gets shorter and shorter, or you can buy the Earth 5 line of books featuring more iconic versions of the Marvel Family. If you miss Vic Sage as the Question, you should be able to follow the adventures of Vic's counterpart on the Charlton/Watchmen world of Earth 4.

The idea behind the Megaverse is to basically create a number of big new franchise possibilities. It's like having several comics companies and universes under one umbrella, so, as I say, there could be one book or a whole line of books spinning out of the new Earth 10 (I handled that particular revamp, so I can tell you that the original concept of the Freedom Fighters on a world where the Nazis won World War 2 has been greatly reconsidered, expanded and intensified into something that's a bit more Wagnerian and apocalyptic and a bit more adult) That's how I'd like to see the Megaverse played out as we move forward. And no crossovers! Each of the parallel universes should exist in its own separate stream with no contact from the others – not until we have a story worthy of bringing them together.

—Grant Morrison, [3]

In 2007–08, as a follow up to 52 and lead-in to DC's next line-wide crossover, "Final Crisis", another weekly series began publication, Countdown (later retitled to Countdown to Final Crisis) and various spin-off titles featured the new Multiverse. The Multiverse plays a large part in the Final Crisis (2008–2009) series, where a team of Supermen from across the Multiverse are assembled to defeat a rogue Monitor, Mandrakk. The series introduces a new Superman from Earth-23, Calvin Ellis, where he is the President of the United States. Grant Morrison based the character on Barack Obama.[4] The character would later appear in Grant Morrison's Action Comics #9 (July 2012) and is set to be a central character in The Multiversity. "Final Crisis" was described by editor Dan DiDio as the finale in a trilogy of stories about the Multiverse, describing each Crisis: "The death of the Multiverse, the rebirth of the Multiverse, and now the ultimate story of the multiverse."[5]

When asked about his future role in expanding the Multiverse following "Final Crisis", Morrison stated, "I'm in the early stages of putting together material for a Multiverse series but I want to spend a lot of time getting it exactly right, so there are currently no deadlines and I don't anticipate any of this coming out until 2010."[6] Morrison later revealed that he's been working on a new book set on Earth-4, featuring Charlton Comics characters, but inspired by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons's 1986 limited series Watchmen, which in turn was initially proposed as being based on Charlton Comics characters.[7]

In Wizard #212 (April 2009), Morrison detailed his project, The Multiversity, intending for publication in 2010. Morrison states that the series "will pick up a bunch of strands from 52 and Final Crisis." He noted that his work will include a one-shot for each of seven different universes, where they "all link together as a seven-issue story that reimagines the relationship between the DCU and the Multiverse."[8][9]

Morrison gave further detail to Jeffrey Renaud of Comic Book Resources, explaining the reasoning behind the project, "The idea was to do seven books that would be #1 issues for seven different teams on seven different Earths. Each of these would be the bible for what could potentially be an entire comic line for each of these Earths," originally, his co-writers (Geoff Johns, Mark Waid, and Greg Rucka) on 52 would have had a hand in the project.[10]

We were all – that's me and Greg [Rucka] and Geoff Johns and Mark Waid – going to each do a Multiverse book. Waid was going to do the Shazam world. And Greg was going to do the Earth-4, the kind of Charlton world, and I think Geoff was going to do Earth-2 and I was going to do Earth-10. At the end, it didn't work out but I really liked the idea so I came back to it and built this story over it.

Grant Morrison[10]

In 2010, it was revealed that Morrison's frequent collaborators Cameron Stewart and Frank Quitely were, at the time, the only artists chosen for The Multiversity. Quitely would illustrate Pax Americana,[11] featuring Morrison's reworking of the Charlton characters, based on Earth-4. Stewart's one-shot would be Thunderworld,[12] focusing on Captain Marvel of Earth-5.[13] Artist Frazer Irving stated that Morrison "reserved a small part of my soul" to do work on The Multiversity.[14]

In 2011, DC Comics announced that their entire line of publications would be cancelled following "Flashpoint" (2011), leading into a rebooted DC Universe known as The New 52.[15] The finale of Flashpoint #5 (September 2011) saw three distinct universes from the Multiverse—WildStorm Universe, Vertigo and the DC Universe—merge into one universe, designated "Prime Earth". Dan DiDio clarified that there is still a Multiverse, but gave no details on how it has changed and suggested The Multiversity might provide answers.[16] Morrison later revealed that The Multiversity would not be out until 2012,[17] noting that Quitely had just begun working on his issue.[18] Morrison also gave a definitive length for the series, 9 one-shots, where two are book-ends with the other 7 each focusing on a different universe.[19] Tonally, Morrison has described The Multiversity as feeling similar to his work on Seven Soldiers (2005).[20]

In September 2012, as part of MorrisonCon, DC Entertainment officially confirmed The Multiversity, giving the series a publication date in late 2013.[21] It was also revealed that the series would feature 8 one-shots, each 38-pages long along with an 8-page backup.[22] Morrison also confirmed that The Multiversity had not been affected by anything in The New 52, but will still feature a "little sort of wave over to the DC Universe,"[23] and that The New 52 fits "really nicely into the scheme without doing any damage."[24]

In February 2013, Morrison stated that he had created a guide book for DC's Multiverse, incorporating all 52 alternate universes, which other authors work off of when working with multiverse concept. The guide book was included as the sixth installment of The Multiversity and published in January 2015, containing maps and blueprints to the Multiverse, as well as brief descriptions of the metahumans that populate forty-five out of its fifty-two alternate Earths (with details about Earths 14,24,25,27,28,46 and 49 omitted).[25]

Publication history

In April 2014, The Multiversity was announced for publication in August 2014. The announcement also revealed more artists on the series, including Chris Sprouse, Karl Story, Ben Oliver, Frank Quitely, Cameron Stewart, Ivan Reis and Joe Prado.[26] In May 2014, the first issue was officially solicited by DC Comics, with artists Ivan Reis and Joe Prado.[27] Each subsequent one-shot will be published monthly.

In July 2014, during San Diego Comic-Con International, DC Comics held a panel titled "The Multiversity Enrollment", with panelists Grant Morrison, Cameron Stewart, and editor Eddie Berganza. Posters featuring a map of the Multiverse, designed by Morrison and Rian Hughes were handed out to attendees of the panel. DC later included a version of the map as a "Channel 52" exclusive at the end of books published on the week of July 28, 2014.[28]

In February 2015, a director's cut of the Multiversity one-shot will be published, including character designs and pencils, along with a large version of the map of the Multiverse.[29]

Synopsis

The Multiversity features a new story about the DC Comics multiverse being invaded by a race of cosmic parasites known as the Gentry. The Gentry come from beyond the multiverse, and each member is a cultural fear or "bad idea" personified as a living, demonic entity. Intellectron is the immoral genius; Demogorgunn is the mindless, sprawling horde; Hellmachine is pitiless, uncontrollable technology; Dame Merciless is the ultimate extreme of the Femme Fatale; and Lord Broken is insanity and despair.

The Gentry were drawn to the multiverse by the emanations of ruined dreams and dashed hopes. They want to infest every single living mind and remake the multiverse in their own image.

Various heroes from across different universes are forced to band together to face this extra-dimensional threat, initiating the "Battle for All Creation."

Structure

The series contains 9 one-shot issues, with two of them being bookends. The bookends will function as a two-part story, which Morrison describes as an "80-page giant DC super-spectacular story".[30] With each one-shot taking place in a different universe, each publication will also feature different trade dress and a different storytelling approach,[30] Morrison explains, "each comic looks like it comes from a different parallel world, so they're all slightly different."[24]

Morrison stated that when developing the series, he had to think of a way for the featured universes to communicate with each other. He recalled "The Flash of Two Worlds" story line from The Flash #123, where the adventures of the Golden Age Flash, Jay Garrick of Earth-2, were documented as a comic book on Earth-1. He incorporated this device into The Multiversity, stating "they're reading each other's adventures, so there's some way that if a real big emergency arises, they can communicate using comic books. So each world has a comic from the previous world which has clues to the disaster that's coming their way, and they all have to basically start communicating using writers and artists so it's my big, big statement."[31] Morrison further explained how the device is used to create a cohesive story, "it's almost like a baton race or a relay race where each of the worlds can read a comic book that's published in their world but which tells the adventures of the previous world. The characters are actually reading the series along with the readers."

The Multiversity: House of Heroes

The first chapter, illustrated by Ivan Reis, Joe Prado, and Nei Ruffino, The Multiversity features Calvin Ellis, President of the United States and Superman of Earth-23.[26] Morrison describes The Multiversity as a big team book, featuring characters from all over the Multiverse,[10] the team looks "after the welfare of the entire multiverse and they're headquartered in a place called the Multiversity"[23] Morrison compares the team to a Justice League of the Multiverse.[32] The team will include characters such as Captain Carrot, and Thunderer, an Aboriginal version of Marvel Comics' Thor.[33] It was published in August 2014.[26]

The Society of Super-Heroes: Conquerors from the Counter-World

The second chapter, illustrated by Chris Sprouse and Karl Story, The Society of Super-Heroes: Conquerors of the Counter-World ("SOS") featured the Society of Super-Heroes from Earth-20 and their villainous counterparts from Earth-40. The Society of Superheroes is a pulp-style Justice Society of America, led by Doc Fate, who had previously appeared in Superman Beyond,[34] Morrison describes him as "kind of a Doc Savage-come-Doctor Fate guy who teams with the Mighty Atom, the Immortal Man, Lady Blackhawk and her Blackhawks and Abin Sur, the Green Lantern. It's all kind of a 1940s retro thing. As I say, it's a pulp take on superheroes,"[10] along with other recreated "primitive pulp characters".[34] Morrison described this Earth as only having a population of "two billion people, even though it's 2012." There has been a recent global war akin to World War II, albeit directed against a scion of the al-Ghul dynasty and an alliance of Arab/Islamic states, the "Desert Crescent"."[34] Earth-40 invaders devastate Earth-20 as its supervillains wage global war against the Society of Super Heroes in defense of their home alternate. It was published in September 2014.[35]

The Just: #earthme

The third chapter, illustrated by Ben Oliver, The Just features a world of legacy characters and children of superheroes from Earth-16,[36] such as Connor Hawke and the Super-Sons, "this is those guys but they're not the main heroes. There's a whole younger generation of heroes – kind of media brats almost."[10] Morrison describes them as "children of superheroes – a son of Superman, a son of Batman, etc. – who exist in a world where they have incredible abilities, but the previous generation had ushered in a utopia, so they don't really have any notion of where to direct it, and they're very unhappy with the world as is."[37] Morrison cites MTV's The Hills as his inspiration for The Just.[30] Morrison described the idea as "What happens when your mom and dad fix everything? Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman have kind of fixed everything so the kids have nothing to do," instead resorting to battle reenactments, "these kids, they dress up but they've never fought anything."[34] Morrison had originally conceptualized a "Super-Sons" story as part of his All-Star Superman series, where Superman and Batman had stopped all crime, noting "One day, I might get to them or some version of it. There's a little bit of that in the "Multiversity" series that I'm doing".[38] Morrison originally designated this universe as Earth-11.[30] The one-shot was published in October 2014.[36] Dame Merciless is the Gentry member who is assigned to this world, working confusion and disorientation into the lives of Kyle Rayner/Green Lantern, Alexis Luthor and Offspring, appearing in an artwork by Kon-El/Superboy.

Pax Americana: In Which We Burn

The fourth chapter, illustrated by Frank Quitely,[11] Pax Americana: In Which We Burn[39] takes place on Earth-4 and features characters from Charlton Comics. It has been described by Morrison as "if Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons had pitched the Watchmen now, rooted in a contemporary political landscape."[9] Rather than the Cold War focus of Watchmen, the title's focus will be international terrorism and conspiracy in a world of superheroes.[40] The story will be told with an 8-panel grid, similar to Watchmen‍ '​s 9-panel grid layout. The story is based around musical harmonics, as each world in the Multiverse vibrates at a different frequency,[41] with Quitely explaining, "music, and vibration… musical vibrations, the octave, the eight as a repeated motive, and creating patterns leading the eye around the page in a specific way."[42] Morrison describes Pax Americana as his Citizen Kane.[43] The Captain Atom of this universe had been introduced in Final Crisis as his world's analogue to Superman.[9] Morrison describes The Question as "a little bit like Rorschach but absolutely nothing like Rorschach."[44] Peacemaker is described as a good guy, but assassinates the President of the United States.[44] The story revolves around the assassination, and the failures on part of the Charlton characters.[22] The one-shot was published in November 2014.[45]

Thunderworld Adventures: Captain Marvel and the Day That Never Was!

The fifth chapter, illustrated by Cameron Stewart,[12] Thunderworld Adventures[46] takes place on Earth-5 and features characters from the Captain Marvel family. Morrison described this book as "a classic Shazam book but it's done in a way almost like a PIXAR movie or the way we did All Star Superman. It captures the spirit of those characters without being nostalgic or out of date."[10] Morrison noted it as his "attempt to see if you can get the pure note of Captain Marvel, with no irony and no camp and just make it work for everyone. It's like a myth, a little folk tale. It's pure."[37] The one-shot was published in December 2014.[47] It dealt with Doctor Sivana attempting to hijack the Rock of Eternity, which endows the Marvel Family with their supernatural abilities and empower himself and his three children Magnificus, Georgia and Thaddeus Junior. It also enabled Sivana to add an extraneous calendar day to the usual week, but reliance on an alternate-universe "Legion of Sivanas" meant that his alternate versions shortchanged him, leading to only an eight-hour "Sivanaday" and his ultimate defeat at the hands of his nemesis. However, the Legion of Sivanas may be a front for Gentry member Demogorgunn.

Guidebook: Maps and Legends

The sixth chapter, illustrated by various artists, Multiversity Guidebook featured a map showcasing "all known existence", as well a history of the "Crisis" events. The one-shot was published in 80-Page Giant format, in January 2015.[48] It listed 45 out of the 52 alternate Earths within the DC multiverse, while still keeping seven as remaining undisclosed alternate realities. In two companion story sequences, the Batmen of post-apocalyptic Earth 17 and super deformed Earth 42 meet after the League of Sivanas introduced in the previous issue invade Earth 42, slaughtering its inhabitants and metahumans. Earth 17's Batman delays the onslaught from the League of Sivana's robot soldiers so that Earth 42's Batman (Dick Grayson) can get to Earth 17 and relative safety as his world's only surviving hero. Earth 17 Batman arrives at the Hall of Heroes in the centre of the Multiverse. However, the Hall of Heroes is also under attack by the Gentry-more specifically, Hellmachine. On Earth 51, Kamandi and his associates investigate a mysterious tomb that once contained the body of Darkseid, while being observed by the New Gods on New Genesis. The New Gods discuss among themselves that while they are singular entities, their differing "emanations" can live individual existences on different Earths. It is later shown that Nix Uotan is now working alongside the Gentry. As the issue ends, Earth-42's Little League are discovered to be robots—but only Earth 17 Batman is directly aware of this.

Mastermen: Splendour Falls

The seventh chapter, illustrated by Jim Lee and Scott Williams,[29] Mastermen[49] takes place on Earth-10 in 1956,[30] and features characters from Quality Comics as part of the Freedom Fighters and Nazi versions of various heroes. The concept is borrowed from Earth-X, a universe where Nazi Germany won World War II, featured in stories before Crisis on Infinite Earths. Morrison describes this one-shot as a "big, dark Shakespearean story."[10] The members of this world's Freedom Fighters include a Jewish Phantom Lady, a homosexual Ray, and an African Black Condor, with other members also being representative of groups targeted by the Nazis, such as Doll Man and Doll Woman, who are Jehovah's Witnesses.[50] Overman, the Superman of this world landed on Earth in 1938, in a Nazi territory and was raised by Adolf Hitler. The story is set around a utopia built by this world's Superman after he realizes the evil nature of Hitler,[30] and this Superman "knows his entire society, though it looks utopian, was built on the bones of the dead. Ultimately it's wrong and it must be destroyed."[51] The one-shot was published in February 2015.[29]

In this chapter, Kal-L lands in the contested Sudetenland in 1938 and Adolf Hitler discovers his existence. In April 1956, now Overman, Kal-L presides over the fall of the United States amidst the devastation of Washington DC. Sixty years later, in 2016, an apparently immortal Overman is a member of the New Reichsmen, his world's alternate Justice League, which consists of the Valkyrie Brunnhilde, Underwaterman (an alternate Aquaman), Leatherwing (an alternate Batman, whose parents were Nazi collaborators), Blitzen/Lightning (a female speedster), The Martian (an Earth-10 Martian Manhunter) and unnamed alternate versions of Green Lantern and Red Tornado. Overman is having nightmares of Overgirl's death, which include Gentry member Mr.Broken, suggesting that he is at work exacerbating Kal-L's disillusionment with the Nazi regime. His partner Lena seems to be an alternate universe Lana Lang, while Jurgen Olsen, Earth-10's Jimmy Olsen, is his best friend. However, the Legion of Sivanas is at work in this timeline, albeit unexpectedly on the side of virtue- they are assisting the Freedom Fighters resistance movement. The Human Bomb attacks a memorial to Overgirl in Metropolis and is taken prisoner, held captive within the "Eagles Ayrie", Earth-10's New Reichsmen analogue to the Justice League satellite, where he is tortured by Leatherwing. However, his vulnerability is a facade and he uses his abilities to destroy the Ayrie by damaging its navigation system. It then impacts in Metropolis, killing millions, as well as Leatherwing and Underwaterman of the New Reichsmen. The Freedom Fighters also promise to attack Nazi Germany's lunar and Martian colonies. Although Jurgen Olsen survives, he later discovers the extent of Overman's involvement in Hitler's regime and joins the resistance. The destruction of Metropolis is described as the 'beginning of the end' of Nazi Germany in this universe.

Ultra Comics: Ultra Comics Lives!

The eighth chapter, illustrated by Doug Mahnke and Christian Alamy,[52] Ultra Comics takes place on Earth-33, an alternate name for the real world. It features Ultraa, the first superhero of Earth-Prime. Morrison describes this book as "the most advanced thing I've ever done. I'm so excited about this. It's just taking something that used to be done in comics and captions that they don't do anymore and turning it into a technique, a weapon, but beyond that I don't want to say. It's a haunted comic book, actually, it's the most frightening thing anyone will ever read. It's actually haunted—if you read this thing, you'll become possessed."[31] This one-shot was published in March 2015.[52]

The eighth chapter concerns the creation of Ultra Comics: a synthetic, completely fictional comic book superhero created by "memesmiths" to battle and defeat a dangerous idea designated as a Hostile Independent Thought-Form. After exploring the ruins of a bizarre, post-apocalyptic New York City, Ultra Comics is betrayed and the HIT is revealed to be Intellectron of the Gentry. Collaborating with the Gentry are the "Neighbourhood Guard," a group of feral, cannibal children, and other versions of Ultra characters within the DC Multiverse, including Ultra-Man, Ultra the Multi-Alien, and several others. The Ultras all serve Ultraa, consort of Maxima and joint ruler of her world Almerac. Ultra Comics is ultimately destroyed by the Gentry, but not before trapping them on the last page of the comic - effectively sealing it inside the end of the narrative. The final caption ominously warns the reader that their mind has become infected.

The Multiversity #2: Superjudge

The ninth and final chapter, illustrated by Ivan Reis and Joe Prado, The Multiversity #2 features the final battle against the Gentry, as well as featuring the League of Shadows (an alternate Justice League) from the magically inclined Earth-13. With the assistance of the "Blood League" (vampire Justice League analogues) of Earth-43, Vampire Sivana launches a covert invasion of the twilight-shrouded supernatural Earth-13, but reckons without the opposition of Superdemon Etrigan and his "League of Shadows" (supernatural metahuman coalition) on that world. At the Hall of Heroes, the Harbinger AI reboots and sends out a distress call for reinforcements across the Multiverse [53] Much of the action in this final issue occurs on embattled Earth-8 and centres on Nix Uotan, the renegade ex-Monitor, as Earth-23 Superman, Earth-11 Aquawoman and Captain Carrot of Earth-26 combat him as he tries to resolve a rubiks cube device that will trigger the arrival of the Gentry on that world and its prospective destruction. Earth-36's Red Racer calls on assistance from the Multiverse's other speedsters, while Earth-17's Batman uses the Multiversity Guidebook as antiviral software against Hellmachine's hacker attack against the Harbinger AI, enabling the latter to reject the hapless Gentry, leading to its death. Meanwhile, an alien fleet is invading post-apocalyptic Earth-17, Justice 9 fights a zombie Optiman on their native Earth-36, the Society of Super Heroes witness the revival of a Mayan Nix Uotan idol on Earth 20, startled metahumans witness events around them on Earth-48 and the Zoo Crew face off against the Justa Lot of Animals team on Earth-26 as conflict spreads through the Multiverse. Captain Carrot is temporarily decapitated but his cartoon physiology enables him to survive until Red Racer can feed him a cosmic carrot. Freed, Harbinger rallies other metahumans across the Multiverse and uses transmatter cubes to channel them to Earth-8 as Nic Uotan is exorcised of anti-Multiverse influences. With such overwhelming numbers, Intellectron, Dame Merciless and Mr Broken are defeated, leading to a final if inconclusive confrontation with the satanoid leader of the Gentry on Earth-7. Any future conflict is postponed, but one of the consequences of the event is a multiverse-scale Justice League, entitled "Justice Incarnate.' The issue was published in April 2015.[52]

Future

On the future of the Multiverse, Morrison explained, "each one of the episodes also sets up a potential series. You could do a Multiverse range of books out of this. All of them are designed to be issue one of potential long-running series as well as being self-contained. It's been a storytelling challenge, but the whole idea is to set stuff up for future development – not necessarily by me, but by DC in some way."[37]

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