FREE CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS PDF DC Comics | 368 pages | 25 May 2007 | D C Comics (a division of Warner Brothers - A Time Warner Entertainment Co.) | 9781563897504 | English | New York, United States How to Watch 'Crisis on Infinite Earths' Crossover Event on Netflix - What's on Netflix At the beginning of time, the Big Bang occurred, forming the universe. However, where there should have been one universe, there were many, each one a replication of the first, with their own separate histories. The Crisis on Infinite Earths was a Multiversal catastrophe that resulted in the destruction of countless parallel universes, and Crisis on Infinite Earths recreation of a single positive matter universe and an antimatter universe at the dawn of time. At the present time, a great white wall of pure antimatter energy stretches out across the cosmos. It pervades the Multiverse, consuming entire galaxies. On an unknown Crisis on Infinite Earths world, a being named Pariah arrives. He Crisis on Infinite Earths forced to witness the death of multiple worlds in multiple dimensions. He disappears as he is transported to the parallel world known as Earth-Three. On that world, the Crime Syndicate, in a rare demonstration of heroism, strives to save their beleaguered planet. However, even their combined might cannot prevent their deaths at the antimatter wall. The planet's sole hero, Alexander Luthor, retreats to his home where his wife, Lois, holds their infant son, Alexander Jr. Luthor places his son into an experimental rocket capsule and launches him from the planet Earth. As Earth-Three dies, Alexander's capsule pierces the vibrational wall separating dimensions. On board another satellite, a being called the Monitor summons his assistant Lyla also known as Harbinger. He instructs her to travel to various alternate Earths and bring together a select group of super-powered beings. Harbinger uses her power to create replicant versions of herself and sends them to the various Earths. The Monitor, meanwhile, prepares to gather Alexander Luthor, Jr. Another travels to Earth of the 30th century and summons Dawnstar of the Legion of Super-Heroes to her cause. A third replicant journeys to Earth-Two of the year to enlist the aid of Firebrand. However, a Shadow Demon attacks her and takes possession of Harbinger. The possessed replicant finds Arion and brings him back to the Monitor's satellite. When they arrive, they find a room full of heroes and villains from alternate realities. Before the assemblage has a chance to acclimate itself to their foreign environment, a horde of Shadow Demons attacks them. They fight them off until the Monitor arrives. He casts a brilliant burst of light, which dispels the shadows. Introducing himself, he tells the impatient gathering that the Multiverse may soon be destroyed. Anthro the Cave-Boy leads a herd of mammoths away from the village of the Bear Clan tribe. After falling from atop one of the great beasts, he peers through the underbrush where he sees an image of a great futuristic city. He shakes his head and when he looks again, the image is gone. In addition, the herd Crisis on Infinite Earths mammoths that he had corralled is likewise missing. Colossal Boy attempts to scoop them up into his giant arms, but they suddenly disappear. Batman crashes through the window and attempts to Crisis on Infinite Earths the villain, but the Joker keeps him at bay Crisis on Infinite Earths an adhesive-shooting flower. Suddenly, a distraught image of the Flash appears before them, warning about the end Crisis on Infinite Earths the world. Batman tries to talk to Crisis on Infinite Earths Flash, but he disintegrates before his eyes. On board the Monitor's satellite, the Monitor warns his assemblage that a wave of antimatter energy is sweeping through the Multiverse, consuming entire realities. He has established certain devices throughout the various realities designed to halt the antimatter wall. He requires the heroes to travel to each reality and activate each of the devices. Nobody truly trusts the Monitor, but they realize that they have little choice but to heed his warnings. They find the adventurer, Kamandi, scaling the side of an immense golden tower. The heroes realize that this is of the devices that the Monitor spoke of. A horde of Shadow Demons arrives to sabotage the tower, but the heroes manage to drive them away. Arion, Obsidian and the Psycho-Pirate arrive in ancient Atlantis. Suddenly, Pariah arrives, but quickly falls sway to the Psycho-Pirate's emotion manipulation. Arion turns his power against the Psycho-Pirate and frees Pariah of his influence. Psycho-Pirate suddenly disappears and rematerializes in a darkened room. A deep voice bellows forth to him, commanding him to follow his every order. Psycho-Pirate, terrified by this mysterious individual, meekly complies. Meanwhile, back on the Monitor's satellite, the Monitor asks Harbinger to retrieve Alexander Luthor from his nursery. Harbinger is shocked to discover that Alex, formerly an Crisis on Infinite Earths, is now the age of a young child. Suddenly, the dark influence of the Shadow Demon takes control of her, commanding her to betray Crisis on Infinite Earths Monitor. Harbinger Crisis on Infinite Earths into Crisis on Infinite Earths Monitor's sanctum as he continues testing young Alexander Luthor. Luthor is aging at an accelerated rate, and is now Crisis on Infinite Earths physical age of an adolescent boy. The Monitor discovers he is composed Crisis on Infinite Earths both positive matter and antimatter, and believes that this composite life form may hold the key towards stopping the Crisis. Harbinger, still under the influence of a dark, mysterious entity, leaves the Monitor's satellite and reports to her new master. On Earth-One in the 30th century, the Flash races through the streets desperately attempting to halt a series of natural disasters. He sees a wave of pure antimatter spreading outwards in the distance. He vibrates his molecules at super-speed, sending himself backwards through time. In the 20th century, the antimatter wave has reached Earth- One and it slowly begins to dissolve everything in its path. Batman and Superman arrive as well to lend a hand. Suddenly, Batman sees the Flash appear before his eyes. However, before the Flash can respond, he screams in pain and terror as he is pulled into another dimension and disappears. In outer space, Brainiac's brain-ship surveys the progress of the antimatter Crisis on Infinite Earths. He logically deduces that in order to preserve his own life, he must help to save the Multiverse. Brainiac flies off to find his old partner, Lex Luthor. Markovia is currently under Nazi occupation and the Nazis attempt to secure the Crisis on Infinite Earths energy tower. While the heroes engage the Nazis, they must also contend with a horde of Shadow Demons. On Earth-AD, Superman-Two, Dawnstar, Solovar and Crisis on Infinite Earths stand by helplessly as they watch the sky turn the color of blood and lightning storms erupt all around them. Solovar, finally succumbing to his recent injuries, dies in Kamandi's arms. The two disparate groups join forces and locate another one of the Monitor's towers. However, the destructive wave of antimatter that the Monitor warned of strikes the Earth at all time periods simultaneously. While the other heroes fight against more Shadow Demons, Nighthawk is consumed by the antimatter wave. Across time in the 30th century, the Legion of Super-Heroes shares a similar tragedy. While saving innocent civilians in England, Kid Psycho falls prey to the white energy wall. Back on the Monitor's satellite, Harbinger returns. Consumed by the influence of her new master, she releases a blast of energy at the Monitor. As Supergirl joins a despondent Batgirl on top of a city building on Earth-One, trying to encourage her before she is called to rescue a plane that falls apart approaching the antimatter wave, Pariah arrives on Earth-Six where he confronts the royal superhero family of Lord Volt, Lady Quark, and Princess Fern as the antimatter wave destroys their world as well. Lady Quark watches helplessly as both her husband and daughter are consumed in the wave while Pariah transports her safely out of the universe. Meanwhile, the Monitor prepares to create a new hero to help him in his quest. By Crisis on Infinite Earths an ion-based energy ray into an unstable star in the Vegan system in the Earth-One universe, he causes a Crisis on Infinite Earths flare of solar energy to travel to Earth. It reaches the observatory of Dr. Kimiyo Hoshi, who berates her staff as she uses the telescope to observe the destructive phenomenon present. She screams as the flare strikes her and then mysteriously transports her out of the lab, leaving her fellow workers and her father wondering what happened to her. In the dark place where the Psycho-Pirate is taken prisoner, the shadowy figure watches on the screen the Red Tornado in action and uses his Crisis on Infinite Earths to teleport him to the same place. On Earth-Two in the time of CamelotFirestorm and Killer Frost still under the love thrall of Psycho-Pirate get help from the Shining Knight to protect the cosmic tuning fork planted there in that time period, as Vandal Savage watches from a window. The three heroes engage the Shadow Demons in battle, but it is all for naught as they merge and form a giant Shadow Demon. This also happens in the other time periods that the cosmic tuning forks and the Shadow Demons appear.