Arrowverse's Crisis On Infinite Earths Ending Doesn't Matter Anymore
Warning: Spoilers for Superman & Lois season 2, episode 15
The Superman & Lois season 2 finale proves that the ending to the Arrowverse’s “Crisis on Infinite Earths” event doesn’t matter anymore. As the biggest crossover in the history of the Arrowverse, “Crisis on Infinite Earths” was always meant to be a game-changing story for The CW’s shows. And, true to form, the implications of the ending were just as huge as they were expected to be.
In the 1980s, DC Comics accomplished one major goal by publishing Crisis on Infinite Earths, a story that reshaped and streamlined the DC Universe. The number of alternate timelines and different versions of characters that existed in DC’s multiverse had made things confusing for readers, so erasing all the other worlds and leaving room for only one solved this problem for DC. The Arrowverse’s take on the Crisis fulfilled a similar purpose by creating Earth-Prime. As a result, the divide that separated Supergirl, Superman, and Black Lightning was eliminated, presumably for good, thus allowing all of these characters to co-exist with Team Arrow, the Flash, the Legends, and Batwoman on a single Earth.
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Due to a reveal in theSuperman & Lois season 2 finale, it’s become apparent that despite how massive this change was supposed to be for the Arrowverse, its impact is no longer relevant. A remark from Sam Lane provided confirmation that Superman exists on his own Earth, separate from all other metahuman heroes like the Flash and Supergirl. In isolating Superman, the Arrowverse has set things back to what they were before the Crisis happened. Prior to the event, a character like Superman and Supergirl would have to
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