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Contents 1 History 1.1 Pre-Crisis Earth-97 1.2 Post-Infinite Crisis 1.3 The 52 Multiverse 2 Residents 3 Notes 4 Trivia 5 See Also 6 Links and References 6.1 Recommended Readings 6.2 Related Articles 6.3 External Links

History

Pre-Crisis Earth-97

Earth-97 was once one of a multitude of Earths, separated from each other by differing vibrational frequencies, each in its own unique universe. Like a significant number of its counterparts, Earth-97 was populated with a vast array of super-powered heroes, villains and mystically-endowed personages. Many of these figures adopted heroic aliases similar to heroes found on New Earth, such as the Atom, the Flash, the Green Lantern and Manhunter. Unlike many other Earths, the heroic title was often all an Earth-97 meta shared with their New Earth counterpart, and their origin, costume, powers and secret identity could all differ significantly.

Earth-97's timeline resembled that of Earth-Prime up until the Cuban Missile Crisis: on Earth-97, the crisis erupted into nuclear war, with both Florida and Cuba annihilated. From then on, events diverged significantly: the Vietnam War ended in 1968, President Nixon was assassinated on a visit to China in 1975, and the Soviet Union remained a superpower in global politics up through 1998.

The creation of Earth-97's Ultra-Humanite in 1998 triggered a global electromagnetic pulse, leaving the population, normal and meta alike, struggling to adjust

Post-Infinite Crisis

When Alex Luthor recreated the Multiverse, Earth-97 was among the Earths he brought forth, but when the various Earths collapsed in on each other to form New Earth, it apparently ceased to exist once more. However, the lantern of Earth-97's Green Lantern survived, washing up on a beach on New Earth, where it was found by two boys.

When Earth-97 Flash, Earth-97 Atom and Earth-97 Green Lantern emerged from the lantern, Kyle Rayner, then acting as Ion, confronted them, managing to send them back where they had come. Kyle then gave the lantern to Guy Gardner for safe keeping.

The 52 Multiverse

Following the creation of New Earth, a new Multiverse was formed, made up of 52 different Earths. Earth-9 of the new Multiverse strongly resembles the former Earth-97.

The Monitor responsible for Earth-9 has indicated that, besides the standard methods of traveling between Earths, there is also a unique portal which leads to this Earth. ^[1] The portal appears to be the lantern from Earth-97.

The Flash of Earth-9 found herself stranded on New Earth when the Earth-97 lantern flared to life, ^[2] and turned to her New Earth counterpart, Wally West, and Green Lantern John Stewart, for assistance.

Meanwhile, on Earth-9 itself, its Superman had ruled the planet for a decade. Most of the other superhumans, such as Joker, Green Lantern, and Manhunter, had been imprisoned or driven underground. ^[3]

Residents

Heroic

• Joker (Earth-9)
  
• Lia Nelson (Flash)
  
• Green Lantern (Earth-9)
  
• Manhunter (Earth-9)
  
• Plastic Man (Earth-9)
  
• Spectre (Earth-9)
  
• Atom (Earth-9)
  
• Black Lightening (Earth-9)
  

Villians

• Harvey Dent (Superman)
  
• Power Girl (Earth-9)
  
• Ultra-Humanite (Earth-9)
  

Notes

• Part of the Post-Infinite Crisis Multiverse.
• Presumably, Earth-97's numeric designation corresponds to the year 1997, the year that DC Comics first began publishing comics under the Tangent Comics imprint. Earth-97 was not provided with an official nomenclature until Infinite Crisis #6.
  

Trivia

• No trivia.
  

See Also

• Appearances of Earth-9 (Chronological)
• Appearances of Earth-9 (Unordered)
• Location Gallery: Earth-9
• Fan-Art Gallery: Earth-9

Links and References

Recommended Readings

• Ion #10
• Tangent Comics: Atom #1
• Tangent Comics: Batman #1
• Tangent Comics: Doom Patrol #1
• Tangent Comics: Flash #1
• Tangent Comics: Green Lantern #1
• Tangent Comics: JLA #1
• Tangent Comics: Joker #1
• Tangent Comics: Joker's Wild #1
• Tangent Comics: Metal Men #1
• Tangent Comics: Nightwing #1
• Tangent Comics: Nightwing / Night Force #1
• Tangent Comics: Powergirl #1
• Tangent Comics: Sea Devils #1
• Tangent Comics: Secret Six #1
• Tangent Comics: Superman #1
• Tangent Comics: Tales of the Green Lantern #1
• Tangent Comics: Trials of the Flash #1
• Tangent Comics: Wonder Woman #1

Related Articles

• Tangent Comics

External Links

• Tangent Comics article at Wikipedia
• Tangent Comics solicitation
  

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