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    'Elseworlds', or 'Imaginary Stories' are tales where a fresh concept or idea is tried on an existing character or storyline. This often leads to a new and fresh take on existing characters. 'Elseworlds' is also when the narrator give characters new story lines, and concepts.

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    #1  Edited By Methos

    ok, so i'm trying to guage a proper map of the DCU Miltiverse now...

    can anyone else help me out here?

    1 = ?

    2 = Alternate JSA (Powergirl's home dimension?)

    3 = Crime Syndicate of America

    4 = Unnamed - Described as a film noir world populated by alternate versions of the Charlton Comics characters that uses story elements from the Watchmen limited series

    5 = Marvel Earth & Alternate Green Lanterns

    6 = ?

    7 = ?

    8 = Lord Havok and the Extremists.

    9 = ?

    10 = JL-Axis Earth (Hitler ruled Earth X)

    11 = ?

    12 = Batman Beyond Earth

    13 = Vertigo Earth

    14 = ?

    15 = Evolved Earth - Highly evolved heroes, including Superman (Zod), Wonder Woman (Donna Troy), Green Lantern (Kyle Rayner), Batman (Jason Todd), and the Atom (Jessica Palmer)

    16 = ?

    17 = Atomic Knights Earth

    18 = Justice Riders, Wild West Earth

    19 = Batman: Gotham by Gaslight Earth

    20 = ?

    21 = DC: The New Frontier Earth

    22 = Kingdom Come

    23 = ?

    24 = ?

    25 = ?

    26 = Captain Carrot and the Zoo Crew Earth

    27 = ?

    28 = ?

    29 = ?

    30 = Superman: Red Son Earth

    31 = Unnamed: showing "darker" versions of the DC heroes.

    32 = Batman: In Darkest Knight Earth

    33 = Conjurors Earth

    34 = Forerunners Earth

    35 = ?

    36 = ?

    37 = ?

    38 = ?

    39 = ?

    40 = JSA: The Liberty Files Earth

    41 = ?

    42 = ?

    43 = Batman - Vampire Earth

    44 = ?

    45 = ?

    46 = ?

    47 = ?

    48 = The Forerunners, General J'onzz

    49 = ?

    50 = Wildstorm Universe

    51 = ?

    52 = ?

    can anyone help me fill in a full map?

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    #2  Edited By acewasp23

    not sure where it fits in but there is Tangent Comics, they have a lot of Dc characters with entirely different looks and powers.

    example: Superman is a normal human that is evolving superpowers and the Green Lantern is a girl that has a magical Lantern that can bring people back from the dead.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tangent_Comics

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    #3  Edited By Methos

    i'm not sure if Tangent has been given an official "52" designation yet

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    #4  Edited By Methos

    ahhh, that fills in a few gaps

    thanks Fesak

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    #6  Edited By Iron Apollo

    wish I could help, but since I don't read much from DC or at least havn't in ten years, I know nothing, by the Summer of 2008, I plan to read more DC, maybe this will help me understand the DC Universe.

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    #7  Edited By Methos

    got quite a few of them filled in now...

    hopefully by the end of 52 i'll have the full multiverse mapped out

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    #8  Edited By Supreme Marvel

    i think they say a few in Inite Crisis #1

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    #9  Edited By gmanfromheck

    Last month's Wizard had a two page article. The ones listed were New Earth (as the main DCU), then 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 10, 17, 22, 34, and 50 like in the link that fesak gave. Not sure if the other ones are 100% accurate by DC's standards. Wizard made a point to say that without those 11, that leaves 41 universes yet to be explored. To me that sounds like the Vertigo universe, etc may not be set in stone.

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    #10  Edited By Methos

    i'm just flicking through the old Infinite Crisis stuff to see if any are mentioned...

    think i've got all the ones that are mentioned now

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    #11  Edited By Methos

    G-Man says:

    "Last month's Wizard had a two page article. The ones listed were New Earth (as the main DCU), then 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 10, 17, 22, 34, and 50 like in the link that fesak gave. Not sure if the other ones are 100% accurate by DC's standards. Wizard made a point to say that without those 11, that leaves 41 universes yet to be explored. To me that sounds like the Vertigo universe, etc may not be set in stone."

    i know 34 and 22 were detailed in the last issue of JSA...

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    #12  Edited By Supreme Marvel

    What one was Earth-S?

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    #13  Edited By Methos

    Lord Shazam says:

    "What one was Earth-S?"

    Earth 5

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    #15  Edited By Akira Overdrive

    Di you count Milestone universe?Not sure what number it is

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    #16  Edited By Akira Overdrive

    Di you count Milestone universe?Not sure what number it is

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    #18  Edited By Methos

    gah... i was just about to leave...

    i'll bookmark it and check it tomorrow

    cheers Shazam

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    #19  Edited By Nighthunter

    methos just that you know it has been announces that vertigo won't be another dc's earth

    also instead of earth one it is new earth

    booster gold will also explore the multiverse in his series, I know that because in the cover of issue one you can see dick grayson from earth two

    you can check some of them in dccomics.com in the part of battle arena

    Oh and if you want I can tell you if another is revealed in booster gold since I read the comic

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    #20  Edited By Supreme Marvel

    Methos says:

    "gah... i was just about to leave...i'll bookmark it and check it tomorrowcheers ShazamM"

    :D No Problem

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    #21  Edited By Methos

    right... keeping up with the latest 52 issues, and trying to figure out which ones have been distroyed by Superman-Prime...

    here's the updated map of the 52...

    from what i know, this is how the map has been confirmed as so far...

    1 = Earth Prime

    2 = Alternate JSA (Powergirl's home dimension?)

    3 = Crime Syndicate of America

    4 = Unnamed - Described as a film noir world populated by alternate versions of the Charlton Comics characters that uses story elements from the Watchmen limited series

    5 = Marvel Earth & Alternate Green Lanterns

    6 = ?

    7 = ?

    8 = Lord Havok and the Extremists.

    9 = Tangent Universe

    10 = JL-Axis Earth (Hitler ruled Earth X)

    11 = World of reversed genders (Elseworlds finest?)

    12 = Batman Beyond Earth

    13 = Vertigo Earth

    14 = ?

    15 = Evolved Earth - Highly evolved heroes, including Superman (Zod), Wonder Woman (Donna Troy), Green Lantern (Kyle Rayner), Batman (Jason Todd), and the Atom (Jessica Palmer)

    16 = Home of the Super-Sons

    17 = Atomic Knights Earth

    18 = Justice Riders, Wild West Earth

    19 = Batman: Gotham by Gaslight Earth

    20 = ?

    21 = DC: The New Frontier Earth

    22 = Kingdom Come

    23 = ?

    24 = ?

    25 = ?

    26 = Captain Carrot and the Zoo Crew Earth

    27 = ?

    28 = ?

    29 = ?

    30 = Superman: Red Son Earth

    31 = Unnamed: showing "darker" versions of the DC heroes.

    32 = Batman: In Darkest Knight Earth

    33 = Conjurors Earth

    34 = World of Elseworld’s Amazonia

    35 = ?

    36 = ?

    37 = World of Elseworld’s Thrillkiller

    38 = ?

    39 = ?

    40 = JSA: The Liberty Files Earth

    41 = ?

    42 = ?

    43 = Batman - Vampire Earth

    44 = ?

    45 = ?

    46 = ?

    47 = ?

    48 = The Forerunners, General J'onzz

    49 = ?

    50 = Wildstorm Universe

    51 = ?

    52 = ?

    So far, the only 'earth' i know for definite as have being destroyed is Earth-15 which was destroyed in Countdown #24.

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    #22  Edited By Nighthunter

    I remember reading somewhere that the DCAU will be a parallel earth don't know which one(ones) tough

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    #24  Edited By Nighthunter

    methos have you seen this weeks's DC's national page?

    there are written some of the parallel earths

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    #25  Edited By Maverick_GL5.0

    Maybe this will help. I found over on DC Countdown Boards. Credit goes to Munkeypunk:

    New Earth All currently published superheroes and villains.

    * After the destruction of Alexander Luthor's Multiverse Tower in Infinite Crisis, the parallel Earths that had been created merged into a new single world, "New Earth." New Earth is currently the core existence of the DC Universe.

    Infinite Crisis #6 (2006)

    Earth-1 Unknown.

    * In 52 Week 52 (2007), Rip Hunter mentions that New Earth and Earth-1 are separate universes.

    Pending publication.

    Earth-2 An alternate version of the Justice Society of America.

    * Resembles the pre-Crisis Earth-Two.* This Earth's Power Girl and Superman are missing.

    52 Week 52 (2007)

    Earth-3 Post-52 The Crime Society of America and the Jokester.

    * Resembles the pre-Crisis Earth-Three and the Antimatter Earth.* Solicitations referred to it as the "Crime Syndicate", but later it is referred to as a "Golden Age" "Crime Society" which coexists with the Anti-Matter Earth's Crime Syndicate.* Other comments refer to it as being a "world full of evil doppelgängers of Earth-2."

    52 Week 52 (2007) (cameo) Countdown #32 (2007) (full)

    Earth-4 Alternate versions of the characters purchased from Charlton Comics such as Captain Atom, Blue Beetle, Nightshade, Peacemaker, The Question and Judomaster.

    * Resembles the pre-Crisis Earth-Four.* Described as a film noir world populated by alternate versions of the Charlton Comics characters and includes elements of the Watchmen limited series.

    52 Week 52 (2007)

    Earth-5 Alternate versions of the Marvel Family and an alternate Green Lantern.

    * Resembles the pre-Crisis Earth-S.

    52 Week 52 (2007)

    Earth-8 Lord Havok, The Extremists

    * The existence of this reality is based on early solicitation information released through comics news websites, and DC's site.

    First appearance pending publication.

    Earth-10 Alternate versions of the characters acquired from Quality Comics such as Uncle Sam and the Freedom Fighters, and an alternate Nazi version of the Justice League known as the JLAxis.

    * Resembles a more apocalyptic version of the pre-Crisis Earth-X.* On this Earth, Adolf Hitler is still alive and controls the entire world through the Nazi Party. People are separated by genetics and those with the strongest genes are taken away and made to breed with others while those with the weakest genes are killed.

    52 Week 52 (2007) (Cameo) Countdown To Adventure #2 (2007) (Full)

    Earth-12 Characters shown in Batman Beyond.

    * Existence of this reality based solely on information from interview involving Keith Champagne. Champagne claimed a vague recollection of Dan Didio's complete Multiverse. Asked "what is Earth-8?" (the Lord Havok universe), Champagne responded "Batman Beyond... maybe? I'd have look them up to be sure." The Countdown: Arena website later suggested the official designation to be Earth-12.* Batman Beyond is a part of the DC animated universe, a cohesive universe of several animated series based on DC Comics properties, such as Batman: The Animated Series, Superman: The Animated Series, Justice League Unlimited and others.

    Pending publication.

    Earth-13 Alternate versions of characters shown in some Vertigo Comics titles.

    * Existence of this reality based solely on information from interview involving Keith Champagne. Champagne claimed a vague recollection of Dan Didio's complete Multiverse and said that Earth-13 was "Vertigo, sort of"* Notable is that some Vertigo stories and characters take place in standalone continuity (such as V for Vendetta) and others are part of the main DC Universe (such as Swamp Thing, Hellblazer and Black Orchid) but rarely appear in mainstream publications.

    Pending publication.

    Earth-15 World where the next generation of heroes have taken up their mentor's mantles. Home to Superman (Lor-Zod), Wonder Woman (Donna Troy), Green Lantern (Kyle Rayner), Batman (Jason Todd), and the Atom (Jessica Palmer).

    * The Countdown: Arena website refers to Earth-15 as a place where heroes "have evolved to become nearly perfect beings." The Superman of this Earth will appear in Countdown: Arena.

    Countdown #30 (2007)

    Earth-17 The Atomic Knights.

    * Resembles the Earth of the pre-Crisis "Atomic Knights" stories.

    52 Week 52 (2007)

    Earth-18 Characters shown in Justice Riders.

    * This world's Justice League is composed of marshals operating in the Wild West.

    Pending publication.

    Earth-19 Victorian-era Batman.

    * In Countdown #40, a Monitor identifies his universe as being "in the throes of the Industrial Revolution." A figure resembling the Batman from Batman: Gotham by Gaslight is shown in the background.

    Countdown #40 (2007)

    Earth-21 Characters shown in DC: The New Frontier.

    * Referred to by Dan Didio in DC Nation #77.

    Pending publication.

    Earth-22 The characters featured in the Kingdom Come mini-series.

    * Resembles the Earth of the Kingdom Come mini-series.

    52 Week 52 (2007)

    Earth-26 Captain Carrot.

    * Confirmed as Earth-26 at Wizard World 2007.

    Pending publication.

    Earth-30 Russian Superman.

    * In Countdown #40, a Monitor identifies his universe as one where "the last Kryptonian became a representative of the Soviet empire." A figure resembling the Superman from Superman: Red Son is shown in the background. First depicted, designated as Earth-30 in Countdown #31.

    Countdown #31 (2007)

    Earth-31 "Darker" versions of the DC universe heroes.

    * The Countdown: Arena website describes this world as a darker version of the future seen in the Superman/Batman series.

    Pending publication.

    Earth-32 Characters shown in Batman: In Darkest Knight.

    * Bruce Wayne becomes the Green Lantern of Earth instead of Hal Jordan.

    Pending publication.

    Earth-34 Characters shown in Wonder Woman: Amazonia.

    Pending publication. Earth-40 The characters shown in the JSA: Liberty Files and JSA: The Unholy Three mini-series.

    * The existence of this reality is based on comments made by Dan Didio about the Countdown Arena mini-series at Wizard World 2007.

    Pending publication.

    Earth-43 Vampire Batman.

    * In Countdown #40, a Monitor identifies his universe as being "a world of vampires and the supernatural." A figure resembling the Batman from Batman and Dracula is shown in the background.

    Pending publication

    Earth-48 The Forerunners, General J'onzz.

    * Native home of the Forerunners, creatures bred by the Monitors from all the alien races of the solar system after the destruction of all human life on Earth in a war against other planets. Forerunners are matriarchal, telepathic through their eldest living female, living in a society that kills off the weakest of its kind, and unaware of what happens outside of their solar system.* This universe's counterpart of J'onn J'onzz is a general in the Martian army.* Referred to as "Earth-34" in Countdown, a Monitor refers to it as the "forty-eighth Earth" in Countdown to Adventure.

    Countdown to Adventure #1 (2007)

    Earth-50 Characters from the Wildstorm Universe, including Mr. Majestic, Zealot, Voodoo, Maul, Grifter, Fairchild, Burnout and Freefall.

    * Resembles the WorldStorm material published by Wildstorm.* Named in 52 Week 52 (2007)

    Wildcats (vol. 4) #1 (Sept. 2006)

    (unknown) The characters created for the Tangent Comics event.

    * In Countdown #41, a picture showing characters from the various alternate universes shows the Tangent Universe's Atom and Green Lantern.* In Countdown #40, the female Monitor is revealed as the Monitor assigned to this specific Earth.

    Pending publication

    (unknown) The characters shown in the JLA: The Nail mini-series.

    * The official Countdown: Arena website mentions the world of JLA: The Nail as a universe in the current Multiverse.

    Pending publication.

    (unknown) Characters shown in the Conjurors mini-series, including Batmage and Lady Flash.

    * Existence of this reality based solely on solicitation information from DC Comics.Details solicited include that it is a world populated by characters such as "Batmage, master of the Dark Arts, Kal-El, wielder of Kryptonian magics, and Lady Flash, keeper of the Speed Force."

    Pending publication.

    (unknown) Characters shown in Thrillkiller: Batgirl & Robin mini-series and one-shot.

    * Existence of this reality based solely on solicitation information from an issue of Previews.* In a world where Bruce Wayne's parents were murdered by their servants and his inheritance is denied by debts, Barbara Gordon is a wealthy heiress following the death of her mother and partners with Richard "Dick Grayson" Greystark to fight crime in Gotham City.

    Pending publication.

    (unknown) Gender reversed world featuring Superwoman and Batwoman.

    * Existence of this reality based solely on solicitation information from DC Comics.

    Pending publication.

    Antimatter Universe Anti-Monitor, Sinestro Corps, Crime Syndicate of Amerika.

    * Qward's universe has been described as a "universe of evil" and has a special place in the Multiverse: there were an infinite number of "positive-matter universes" separated from each other by vibrational planes, and there was a single antimatter universe. The antimatter universe has survived the first and second Crises and still exists alongside the 52 positive-matter Earths.

    Green Lantern #2, (1960)

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    #26  Edited By Methos

    I'm trying to incorporate that into the map at the moment...

    lol, something to work on while i've got about 18 submissions of my own on the go, and god knows how many in the sub queue to check lol

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    #28  Edited By Knightwing

    Don't want to confuse anyone but there is a Batman Beyond universe in the new Multiverse. Also there is a possibility of a Dark Knight Returns universe which has well: All Star Batman, Batman/Spwan, Holy Terror Batman and other issues written by Frank Miller. It's just speulation but I did see a comic panel with Batazrro and Batman Beyond Terry McGinnis.

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