In the end, there was only one, a single black infinitude. Then the infinitude found release. And finally, the darkness broke, filling it with life. With the Multiverse. Every existence multiplied by possibility. And spread out before space and time in infinite measure. Civilizations rose and fell. And rose again across reality's grasping expanse. Life, a precious gift, persevering in the face of every obstacle. Until, finally, the age of heroes was born. 
Appearing in "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Five"
Featured Characters:
- Justice League (Earth-Prime) (First appearance; unnamed)
- Black Lightning (Jefferson Pierce) (Resurrected) (Joins Team)
- Superman (Clark Kent) (Flashback and main story) (Resurrected) (Joins Team)
- The Legends (Earth-Prime)
- The Atom (Ray Palmer) (Flashback and main story) (Resurrected)
- Ava Sharpe (Bishop's Future)
- Heat Wave (Mick Rory/"Rebecca Silver")
- Nate Heywood
- The Paragons (Multiverse) (Flashback and main story)
- Batwoman (Kate Kane) (Flashback and main story) Joins Justice League (Earth-Prime)
- The Flash (Barry Allen) (Flashback and main story) Joins Justice League (Earth-Prime)
- Lex Luthor (Flashback and main story)
- Martian Manhunter (J'onn J'onzz) (Flashback and main story) Joins Justice League (Earth-Prime)
- Ryan Choi (Flashback and main story)
- Supergirl (Kara Danvers) (Flashback and main story) Joins Justice League (Earth-Prime)
- White Canary (Sara Lance) (Flashback and main story) Joins Justice League (Earth-Prime)
- The Spectre/Oliver Queen (Earth-Prime) (Voice only) (Resurrected)
Supporting Characters:
- Department of Extranormal Operations (Earth-Prime) (Flashback and main story)
- Director Alex Danvers (Flashback and main story) (Resurrected)
- Harrison Nash Wells (Unknown Earth) (Resurrected)
- Lois Lane (Earth-Prime) (Flashback and main story) (Resurrected) (Cameo)
- Superfriends (Earth-Prime)
- Dreamer (Nia Nal) (Resurrected)
- Team Arrow (Earth-Prime)
- Dinah Drake (Resurrected)
- Spartan (John Diggle) (Resurrected)
- Wild Dog (Rene Ramirez) (Resurrected)
- Team Flash (Earth-Prime)
- Frost (Caitlin Snow) (Resurrected)
Antagonists:
- Mobius the Anti-Monitor (Antimatter Universe) Revealed to be alive (Flashback and main story)
- The Shadow Demons (Antimatter Universe) (Flashback and main story)
- Sargon the Sorcerer (Earth-Prime) (Single appearance)[1]
- Beebo Construct (Destroyed in this issue)
- Weather Witch/Joss Jackham (Earth-Prime) (Resurrected)
- The White Martian (Earth-Prime) (Unnamed) (On a TV or computer screen) (Cameo)
Other Characters:
- CatCo Worldwide Media (Earth-Prime)
- Channel 52 (Earth-Prime) (On a TV or computer screen)
- Cliff Steele (Post-Crisis Earth-21) (Cameo)
- Crazy Jane/Kay Challis (Post-Crisis Earth-21) (Cameo)
- Cyborg/Vic Stone (Post-Crisis Earth-21) (Cameo)
- Doris (Rebecca Silver's fan) (Earth-Prime) (Single appearance)[1] (Cameo)
- Gleek (Earth-Prime) (First appearance) (Voice only) (Cameo)
- Gotham City Gazette (Earth-Prime) (Cameo)
- Green Lantern Corps (Post-Crisis Earth-12) (Cameo)
- Green Lantern (Hal Jordan) (Cameo)
- J.J. Diggle (Earth-Prime) (Resurrected)
- Justice Society of America (Post-Crisis Earth-2) (First appearance; unnamed) (Cameo)
- Doctor Mid-Nite (Beth Chapel) (First appearance; unnamed) (Cameo)
- Hourman (Rick Tyler) (First appearance; unnamed) (Cameo)
- Stargirl (Courtney Whitmore) (First appearance; unnamed) (Cameo)
- S.T.R.I.P.E. (Pat Dugan) (First appearance; unnamed) (Cameo)
- Wildcat (Yolanda Montez) (First appearance; unnamed) (Cameo)
- Larry Trainor (Post-Crisis Earth-21) (Cameo)
- Lyla Michaels (Earth-Prime) (Resurrected) (Cameo)
- Marv (The Flash and Supergirl's fan) (Earth-Prime) (Single appearance)[1]
- The Monitor (Mar Novu) (Voice only) (Cameo)
- National City Police Department (Earth-Prime) (Cameo)
- Rita Farr (Earth-21) (Cameo)
- Sara Diggle (Earth-Prime) Rebirth (Cameo)
- Simone Turner-Choi (Earth-Prime) (First full appearance)
- Star City Police Department (Earth-Prime) (Cameo)
- Superman/Clark Kent (Post-Crisis Earth-96) (Resurrected) (Cameo)
- Superman/Clark Kent (Pre-Crisis Earth-96) (Dies in flashback) (Cameo)
- The Swamp Thing (Post-Crisis Earth-19) (Cameo)
- Titans (Post-Crisis Earth-9) (Cameo)
- Dove (Dawn Granger) (Cameo)
- Hawk (Hank Hall) (Cameo)
- Jason Todd (Cameo)
- Raven (Rachel Roth) (Cameo)
- Starfire (Cameo)
- U.S. Government (Earth-Prime)
- President Shaw (First appearance; unnamed)
- Andrea Rojas (Earth-Prime) (Mentioned)
- Batman/Bruce Wayne (Pre-Crisis Earth-99) (Mentioned)
- Batman/Bruce Wayne (Earth-Prime) (Mentioned)
- Behrad Tarazi (Post-Heyworld Zari's Future) (Mentioned)
- Demons (Mentioned)
- Malice (Mentioned)
- Henry Allen (Earth-Prime) (deceased) (Mentioned)
- Felicity Smoak (Earth-Prime) (Mentioned)
- God (Mentioned)
- Green Martians (Mentioned)
- Jonathan Kent II (Earth-Prime) (Mentioned)
- Jonathan Kent's brother (Earth-Prime) (Unnamed) (Mentioned)
- Kelly Olsen (Earth-Prime) (Mentioned)
- Laurel Lance (Earth-Prime) (deceased) (Mentioned)
- League of Assassins (Earth-Prime) (Mentioned)
- Lena Luthor (Earth-Prime) (Mentioned)
- LuthorCorp (Mentioned)
- Nora Allen (Earth-Prime) (deceased) (Mentioned)
- Rao (Earth-Prime) (Mentioned)
- Rory Regan (Earth-Prime) (Mentioned)
- Wally West (Earth-Prime) (Mentioned)
Locations:
- Omniverse (Behind the scenes)
- Multiverse (Flashback and main story)
- Antimatter Universe (Appears in flashback and main story) (Cameo)
- "Infinite Earths" (Unnamed) (Flashback and main story) Rebirth
- Pre-Crisis Earth-1 (Erased) (Appears in flashback and main story)
- Earth (Appears in flashback and main story) (Destroyed in this issue)
- United States of America
- Ivy Town
- Ivy University (Appears in flashback and main story) (Cameo)
- Ivy Town
- United States of America
- Earth (Appears in flashback and main story) (Destroyed in this issue)
- Post-Crisis Earth-2 Rebirth
- United States of America
- Nebraska
- Blue Valley (First appearance) (Cameo)
- United States of America
- Post-Crisis Earth-9 Rebirth
- United States of America
- San Francisco (Cameo)
- Washington, D.C. (Cameo)
- United States of America
- Post-Crisis Earth-12 Rebirth
- Earth
- Earth's Moon (Cameo)
- Oa (Cameo)
- Pre-Crisis Earth-16 (Appears in flashback and main story)
- United States of America
- Star City
- The Bunker (in ruins) (Appears in flashback and main story) (Cameo)
- Star City
- United States of America
- Post-Crisis Earth-19 Rebirth
- United States of America
- Louisiana
- Marais (Cameo)
- Louisiana
- United States of America
- Post-Crisis Earth-21 Real name revealed
- United States of America
- Ohio
- Cloverton
- Doom Manor (Cameo)
- Cloverton
- Ohio
- United States of America
- Pre-Crisis Earth-38 (Erased) (Appears in flashback and main story)
- Argo City (Appears in flashback and main story) (Destroyed in this issue) (Cameo)
- Earth
- United States of America
- National City (Appears in flashback and main story)
- D.E.O. HQ (Appears in flashback and main story) (Cameo)
- National City (Appears in flashback and main story)
- United States of America
- Post-Crisis Earth-96 Rebirth
- Earth (Cameo)
- Pre-Crisis Earth-96 (Erased) (Appears in flashback and main story)
- United States of America
- Metropolis
- Daily Planet (Appears in flashback and main story) (Cameo)
- Metropolis
- United States of America
- Earth-Prime Real name revealed (First full appearance)
- 2020
- Earth
- United States of America
- Central City
- Central City Sewers
- S.T.A.R. Labs
- The Cortex
- S.T.A.R. Labs Hall
- Ivy Town
- Choi House (First appearance) (Cameo)
- Metropolis (Cameo)
- National City
- D.E.O. HQ
- Kara Danvers' Apartment
- Star City
- The Bunker
- Diggle House (Cameo)
- Gardner Pier (Single appearance)[1]
- Perez Landing (Single appearance)[1]
- Washington, D.C.
- Freeland (Mentioned)
- Gotham City (Mentioned)
- Central City
- Colombia
- Bogota (Mentioned)
- United States of America
- Argo City (Mentioned)
- The Sun (Mentioned)
- Earth
- 2020
- Mar Novu's Earth (Unnamed) (Appears in flashback and main story)
- 80th Century BCE
- Maltus (Appears in flashback and main story) (Cameo)
- 80th Century BCE
- Pre-Crisis Black Lightning's Earth (Unnamed) (Erased) (Mentioned)
- Pre-Crisis Earth-74 (Mentioned)
- Pre-Crisis Earth-1 (Erased) (Appears in flashback and main story)
- Microverse/"Atomverse" Real name revealed (Behind the scenes)
- The Nexus (Cameo)
- Speed Force (Behind the scenes)
- Temporal Zone (Flashback and main story)
- Dawn of Time (Appears in flashback and main story) (Cameo)
- Vanishing Point
- Time Masters' Headquarters (in ruins) (Appears in flashback and main story) (Cameo)
- Heaven (Mentioned)
- Hell (Mentioned)
- The Void Before Creation (Appears in flashback and main story)
- Multiverse (Flashback and main story)
Items:
- The Anti-Monitor's Armor
- A.T.O.M. Exosuit
- Batarang
- Batsuit
- Black Lightning's Suit
- Central Power Battery of Oa (Cameo)
- Cosmic Staff (First appearance; unnamed) (Cameo)
- Doctor Mid-Nite's Goggles (First appearance) (Cameo)
- Green Lantern Ring (Cameo)
- Heat Wave's Heat Gun
- Hourman's Hourglass (First appearance) (Cameo)
- Miraclo (Behind the scenes)
- Meta-Tech
- Nash Wells' Antimatter Gauntlet
- Nash Wells' Pack
- Oliver Queen's Bow (Cameo)
- Trick Arrows (Cameo)
- Paragon Detector (Appears in flashback and main story) (Cameo)
- Promethium
- Rebecca Silver novels
- "Carjacked" (Single appearance)[1]
- Shrink Bomb (Single appearance)[1]
- Spartan's Helmet
- Stargate (Appears in flashback and main story) (Cameo)
- S.T.R.I.P.E. Armor (First appearance; unnamed) (Cameo)
- Totems of Zambesi (Mentioned)
- Air Totem (Mentioned)
Vehicles:
- Earth-74's Waverider (Destroyed in this issue) (Appears in flashback and main story)
- Earth-Prime's Waverider (First appearance)
- Jason Todd's Motorcycle (Cameo)
- Legion Cruiser (Appears in flashback and main story)
- S.T.A.R. Labs Mobile Research Unit (Cameo)
Events:
- The Anti-Monitor Crisis
- Battle at the Dawn of Time (Appears in flashback and main story)
- The Elseworlds (Mentioned)
- The Rebirth of the Multiverse
Concepts:
- Antimatter
- Big Bang (Appears in flashback and main story)
- Emotional Electromagnetic Spectrum
- Flashtime
- Magic
- Time Travel (Mentioned)
Synopsis for "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Five"
- Synopsis not yet written.
Trivia
- Similar to other realities, Swamp Thing's Earth-19 designation is a nod to 2019 which is its year of release.
- Stargirl's Earth-2 designation is a homage to the JSA that first appeared on Earth-Two in the comics.
- Earth-12 was previously shown to be a Green Lantern-based reality in the Pre-Crisis Multiverse.[2]
- Doom Patrol, Stargirl and Swamp Thing were originally meant to be featured in the Pre-Crisis continuity.[3]
- There are some callbacks to the original Crisis on Infinite Earths in this episode:
- The episode opens with Kara Danvers waking up in her bedroom on a new world which mirrors Earth-Two Clark Kent doing the same in the first pages of Crisis on Infinite Earths #11;
- The Anti-Monitor becoming a giant version of himself is a a nod to his comic counterpart's appearance as well the Anti-Life version of the Post-Flashpoint Anti-Monitor/Mobius;
- The all-out battle between the heroes of Earth-Prime and Mobius' army mirrors the ultimate battle against the Anti-Monitor from Crisis on Infinite Earths #12.
- The Spectre/Oliver Queen's monologue about the rebirth of the Multiverse is once again a callback to the first pages of Crisis on Infinite Earths #1 and the opening scene of "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part One".
- Oliver Queen's sacrifice inspires his friends to create a new team of heroes that can defend Earth from future menaces. In a possible future, this team will be known as the Justice League.[4]
- Roger Hayden's prophecy that "Worlds will live. Worlds will die. And the universe will never be the same"[5] is finally fulfilled as some Earths were destroyed while a new Earth rose in their places.
- President Shaw, who is first introduced in this episode, was originally mentioned in the Black Lightning episode, "The Book of Resistance: Chapter Four: Earth Crisis".
- It is revealed that, on Earth-Prime, Clark and Lois have two sons instead of one.
- This concept is eventually explored in the TV series Superman & Lois which is set on whole other universe of the Post-Crisis Multiverse.[6]
- Gardner Pier and Perez Landing are respectively homages to Gardner Fox and George Pérez.
- The Super Friends theme is heard as Gleek escape his imprisonment in the S.T.A.R. Labs hall.
- Crisis on Infinite Earths writer, Marv Wolfman, cameos in the episode as a fictional version of himself.
- Earth-12's cameo was also originally meant to be a reference to the unproduced HBO Max's Green Lantern TV show.
See Also
- Images from DC's Legends of Tomorrow (TV Series) Episode: Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Five
- Episodes of DC's Legends of Tomorrow (TV Series)
- Images from DC's Legends of Tomorrow (TV Series)
- Gallery for the DC's Legends of Tomorrow (TV Series) series
Recommended Media
- None.
Links and References
- Crisis on Infinite Earths (Arrowverse) at Wikipedia.org
- "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Five" at the Arrowverse Wiki
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 First and only known appearance to date besides flashbacks
- ↑ Crisis on Infinite Earths Giant #2
- ↑ http://twitter.com/mguggenheim/status/1420443877513773058
- ↑ Earth-Prime #6
- ↑ Supergirl: "Elseworlds, Part 3"
- ↑ Superman & Lois: "Waiting for Superman"
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