Justice League, Superman II, Flash II (Barry Allen). Largely identical in history to the real world. Almost all post-Golden Age comics through the Crisis took place here, beginning between 1945 (first appearance of Superboy) and 1955 (first appearance of the Martian Manhunter).
First defined in Flash v1#123 (1961), first named in JLA v1#21 (1963). Merged with Earths 2, 4, S, and X in Crisis.
Earth-2
The Golden Age.
Justice Society, Superman I, Flash I (Jay Garrick). Largely identical in history to the real world up through the mid-70s, at which point minor differences creep in (such as South Africa becoming free decades early). Only a few post-Golden Age comics were ever set there, notably Infinity Inc., the second run of All-Star Comics, and All-Star Squadron.
First defined in Flash v1#123 (1961), first named in JLA v1#21 (1963). Merged with Earths 1, 4 S, and X in Crisis.
Earth-3
"Reversed" Earth. Crime Syndicate, Ultraman, Johnny Quick II.
"On Earth-3, a parallel world vibrating on a slightly different plane than the world we know, history had chosen a strange, opposing path. There, it was the American Christopher Columbus who discovered Europe; colonial England that won her freedom from the United States during the Revolutionary War; and actor Abraham Lincoln who shot president John Wilkes Booth..."
This world contains only 6 superhumans; 5 evil alternates of JLA members who make up the Crime Syndicate, and L3, the only superhero. Though it's not mentioned here, L3 had released the Syndicate from captivity for their aid in preventing the destruction of their world just prior to the series' start
First suggested in JLA v1 #22, first appeared in JLA v1 #29, destroyed in Crisis #1.
Previous appearances of the Crime Syndicate include Justice League of America #29-30, All-Star Squadron #15-17, Secret Society of Super-Villains #14-15, and DC Comics Presents Annual #1. Destroyed in Crisis #1.
Earth-4
The Earth on which the heroes formerly published by Charlton Comics in the 1960s live. Captain Atom, Blue Beetle, Nightshade, Question, Peacemaker, Thunderbolt, Judomaster, Fightin' Five, Son of Vulcan, etc.
First DC appearance and named in Crisis #1. Merged with Earths 1, 2, S, and X in Crisis.
Earth-5
Proposed name for the world seen only on pages 2 and 3 of Crisis #1. No apparent superheroes.
Earth-6
"A cosmic anomaly." Lady Quark, Lord Volt, Princess Fern.
Only appearance, and destroyed, in Crisis #4.
Earth-D
The Earth that appears in - and is destroyed in - Legends of the DC Universe: Crisis on Infinite Earths (1998). It features an ethnically diverse range of heroes.
Earth-Prime
In theory, the "real world". In actuality, merely a variant Earth with very few superbeings, in which most DC Comics characters are just comic book characters. Devastated by nuclear war in the late 80s.
First appearance in Flash v1#179 (1968), named in JLA v1#123 (1975). Destroyed circa Crisis #10.
Earth-S
Fawcett Comics. Captain Marvel (Billy Batson).
First appearance in Whiz Comics #2 (1940), first DC appearance in Shazam! #1 (1973), first named in JLA v1#135 (1976). Merged with Earths 1, 2, 4, and X in Crisis.
Qward
The antimatter universe which contains the planet Qward is usually called "Qward" itself. It is the home of the Anti-Monitor.
First appearance in Green Lantern #2 (1960).
Earth-X
Quality Comics. Freedom Fighters, Uncle Sam, the Ray. Noteworthy in that World War II continues into the 1970s, until defeated in 1973 by heroes from two others Earths.
First DC appearance and named in JLA v1#107 (1973). Merged with Earths 1, 2, 4, and S in Crisis.
Earth-K
The name given to the future timeline of Earth-1 which Kamandi inhabited, to distinguish it from the "real" timeline which led to the Legion of Super-Heroes.
First appearance in Kamandi #1, last appearance in Crisis #4.
Earth-Omega
Proposed name for Pariah's home universe, the first one destroyed by the anti-matter wave.
Only appearance in flashback in Crisis #7.
Earth-Sigma
Proposed name for the post-Crisis, pre-Zero Hour universe. "Sigma" for "the sum of what came before". Merger of Earths 1, 2, 4, S, and X, with characters from at least 2 others present.
First appeared in Crisis #11, destroyed in Zero Hour #1.
Earth-A
An alternate version of Earth-1 where the criminal Johnny Thunder of Earth-1 meddled with the past. Lawless League of America.
First appeared in JLA vol1#37. No longer in existance.
Earth-B
An Earth where many DC stories which could not have happened in regular DC continuity take place. (For instance, BRAVE AND THE BOLD NO.131, which shows Catwoman commiting murder, probably happened on Earth-B.) Its continued existence is debatable.
Earth-C
A world of antropomorphic animals. Captain Carrot and the Zoo Crew. Actually an alternate dimension, rather than a parallel Earth, and thus still in existence.
First appeared in the New Teen Titans vol1#16.
Earth-C minus
Another world of antropomorphic animals, where heroes who only appear in comic books on Earth-C actually exist. Justa Lotta Animals.Actually an alternatre dimension, rather than a parallel Earth, and thus still in existence.
First appeared in Captain Carrot and his Amazing Crew #14.
Earth-12
An Earth where the children of the 1940s super-heroes known as the Freedom Brigade have banded together as the Inferior Five. Merryman, the Blimp, Awkwardman, White Feather, and Dumb Bunny.
First appeared in Showcase #62. Named in Oz-Wonderland War #3. Its continued existence is debatable.
Alternate Earth-2
An Earth-2 in which Clark (Superman) Kent worked for the Daily Planet under editor Perry White in the 1940s and 1950s. (On Earth-2, Clark Kent worked for the Daily Star and his editor was George Taylor, until Taylor's death. Perry White was merely a reporter.) This has never appeared as a distinct Earth, but was posited to exist by E. Nelson Bridwell in the letters page of SUPERMAN FAMILY as a rationale for the inconsistencies in 1940s Superman stories.
Crossover-Earth
This is the Earth in which superheroes published by DC coexist with super-heroes published by Marvel. Characterized by the team-ups between Superman and Spider-Man, the Batman and the Hulk, and the X-Man and the Teen Titans. First appeared in Superman vs The Amazing Spider-Man.
Other Parralel Earths
There are many other parallel Earths wich have appeared, usually in only one story apiece. Some of these are actually misnamed alternate dimensions, and as such were unaffected by the Crisis. These undisturbed dimensional worlds probably include Phantom Girl's homeworld of Bgtzl and the realms of Mr Mxyzptlk, his counterpart Mxyzpltk, and Bat-Mite.
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