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After the League · 1985–1986

Crisis on Infinite Earths

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Tied to The Flash: an antimatter wave wipes out whole universes and heroes from many Earths unite to stop it; collects the 12-issue miniseries

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Quick recap

A wave of antimatter starts erasing entire universes across the multiverse. The mysterious Monitor and his aide, Harbinger, gather heroes and villains from many Earths to fight back. Behind the destruction is the Anti-Monitor, who wants a universe made only of antimatter. The war takes a heavy toll: Supergirl dies fighting the Anti-Monitor, and Barry Allen's Flash sacrifices himself to destroy the cannon threatening what's left of reality. The surviving Earths are merged into one. In the final battle, the Earth-2 Superman, Superboy-Prime and Alexander Luthor defeat the Anti-Monitor and leave for a paradise outside time. A single Earth remains, with a new history.

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  1. ReferenceThe movie that was next

    The Flash's original ending was setting up a film based on Crisis on Infinite Earths that would reset the DCEU.

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  2. ReferenceTwo Flashes

    Ezra Miller first appeared as the Flash alongside Grant Gustin in the Arrowverse's Crisis on Infinite Earths crossover in 2019–2020.

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  3. Behind the scenesA 50th birthday

    The miniseries marked DC's 50th anniversary and was built to clean up decades of parallel Earths.

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