In the course of the DC Comics event Infinite Crisis (the seven-issue limited series, its lead-in stories, and various tie-ins), several events in the DC Universe's past were retroactively altered by either Superboy-Prime or the separation and re-merging of alternate Earths. The following changes were known by the end of Infinite Crisis #7. DC Comics is one of the largest American companies in comic book and related media publishing. ... Infinite Crisis was a seven-issue comic book limited series published by DC Comics. ... The limited series is a term referring to a comic book series with a set finite number of issues. ... Superboy-Prime is a fictional superhero turned supervillain in the DC Universe. ... Infinite Crisis was a seven-issue comic book limited series published by DC Comics. ...

Superboy-Prime's changes

Superboy-Prime altering reality by punching through the walls of reality. From Infinite Crisis: Secret Files (2006).

Superboy-Prime's attempts to punch his way out of the extradimensional space in which he had been trapped since the Crisis on Infinite Earths, along with Kal-L, Lois Lane, and Alexander Luthor, Jr., triggered "ripples" in the fabric of reality, causing events in the present to become undone. These changes were different for each person affected. Changes include: Image File history File links Primepunch. ... Image File history File links Primepunch. ... Crisis on Infinite Earths was a 12-issue comic book limited series (identified as a 12 part maxi-series) and crossover event, produced by DC Comics in 1985 in order to simplify their fifty-year-old continuity. ... Kal-L is the Kryptonian birth name of the Earth-Two Superman, one of the most iconic comic book superheroes in the DC Comics Universe. ... Lois Joanne Lane is a fictional comic book character who appears in DC Comics’ Superman stories. ... Alexander Luthor, Jr. ...

• Booster Gold's comic marital status ^[1] erased ^[2]
• Jason Todd restored to life, even though everyone remembers his death. ^[3][4]
• Elasti-Girl and Negative Man of the Doom Patrol restored to life, the Chief restored to his original body and the team's history rebooted.^[5][6] The team eventually remembered its original history.^[7]
• Inconsistencies in Superman's origin.^[8][9]
• The various incarnations of Hawkman. ^[10]
• The various incarnations of the Legion of Super-Heroes since Crisis on Infinite Earths.^[11]
• The various origins of Donna Troy.^[12]
• Unspecified changes to the Metal Men.^[13]

Booster Gold is a fictional comic book superhero in the DC Comics universe. ... Jason Todd is a fictional character in the DC Comics Universe. ... Elasti-Girl is a superhero of the DC Comics universe and a member of the Doom Patrol. ... Negative Man is a fictional superhero from the DC Comics. ... The Doom Patrol is an idiosyncratic DC Comics superhero team that has been through several incarnations. ... The Chief (Dr. Niles Caulder) is a fictional character from DC Comics and starred in the Doom Patrol comic. ... Superman is a fictional character and one of the most famous and popular comic book superheroes of all time. ... For other meanings of the term, see Hawkman (disambiguation) Hawkman is a fictional DC Comics superhero. ... This is about the DC Comics superhero team. ... Donna Troy is a superheroine in the DC Universe. ... The Metal Men are a team of robot superheroes created by writer Robert Kanigher, pencilled by Ross Andru and inked by Mike Esposito for DC Comics in 1962. ...

Multiverse collapse changes

The Multiverse merging into "New Earth". From Infinite Crisis #6 (2006).

The infinite Earths, which had collapsed into a single world during Crisis on Infinite Earths, diverged again into multiple Earths during Infinite Crisis only to collapse back into a single "New Earth" with a slightly altered history. Examples of the revised history include: Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1024x1608, 577 KB) Summary From Infinite Crisis #6. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1024x1608, 577 KB) Summary From Infinite Crisis #6. ... The Earths of the Multiverse and the different variations of The Flash inhabiting each one. ...

• Joe Chill's arrest for the murder of Thomas Wayne and Martha Wayne, Batman's parents.^[14]
• Rumors of Superman being active before he first appeared in Metropolis.^[15]
• Wonder Woman becoming a founding member of the Justice League.^[16]
• The Justice Society members' memories of the Golden Age Superman were rekindled.^[17]
• The Green Lantern from Earth-97^[18] was found on a beach.^[19]
• Unspecified change involving General Zod.^[20]

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Editorial retcons

Some retcons introduced during Infinite Crisis were the result of editors or writers deciding to revise certain story elements in order to fit a particular story or scenario. Examples include:

• Maxwell Lord retconned to have always been a villain conspiring against metahumans.

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Subsequent continuity changes attributed to Infinite Crisis

Some additional DC Comics continuity changes attributed to Infinite Crisis after the series ended include the following. Whether these changes came about because of Superboy or because of the Multiverse collapse is not known. Also, some continuity glitches caused by Superboy-Prime (e.g., Elasti-Girl's return) may have been corrected furtherly by the Multiverse's collapse into New Earth.

• Elasti-Girl's resurrection attributed to Niles Caulder's experimentation. ^[21]
• New origin for Martian Manhunter's weakness against fire. ^[22]
• Golden Age Batman is restored to continuity as a deceased member of the Justice Society of America (a fact of which only Jakeem Thunder and the Thunderbolt are aware). ^[23]

Deceased prior to Infinite Crisis, alive again as if they never died (ironically, each listed below died shortly after reappearing): Elasti-Girl is a superhero of the DC Comics universe and a member of the Doom Patrol. ... The Chief (Dr. Niles Caulder) is a fictional character from DC Comics and starred in the Doom Patrol comic. ... now. ... The Batman of Earth-Two is a parallel version of the fictional DC Comics superhero, who was introduced after DC Comics created Earth-Two, a parallel world that was retroactively established as the home of characters which had been published in the Golden Age of comic books. ... The Justice Society of America, or JSA, is a DC Comics superhero group, the first team of superheroes in comic book history. ... Jakeem Johnny Thunder (initially called J. J. Thunder, a name he dislikes) is a fictional character published by DC Comics and a member of the current version of the superhero team the Justice Society of America. ...

• Lynx ^[24]
• Magpie ^[25]
• Reactron^[26]
• Ventriloquist and Scarface ^[27]

Lynx is a fictional character in the DC Comics universe. ... Magpie is a fictional super-villainess who made several appearances in the DC Comics-owned Batman comic book series originally created by Bill Finger and Bob Kane. ... The Ventriloquist is a DC Comics villain, an enemy of Batman. ...

See also

• Character changes during Infinite Crisis

In the course of the DC Comics event Infinite Crisis (the seven-issue limited series, its lead-in stories, and various tie-ins), numerous characters died, went missing, returned from death or long absences, took new superhero identities, or underwent other significant changes as individual characters. ...

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