Reality names were reused several times. See also Earth-50.
Earth 1956 is the universe where the adventures of the Super Friends take place.
History
1941
- On Paradise Island, Diana wins a competition between the Amazons to come to America as a champion and becomes Wonder Woman.[3]
1957
- Time-traveling from 1983, the Phantom Zoners Hul, Logar and Rom-Lok try to destroy Superboy.
Years before JLA debut
- Bruce Wayne's parents are murdered by a robber in the Crime Alley. The youngster devotes his life to make criminals pay for their crimes, training his body and mind by years and becoming the Batman. [4]
- In Smallville, when saving Lex Luthor from a fire, Superboy acidentally spreads unknown substances on Luthor's head, causing him to lose hair. An enraged Luthor vows to use his intellect to destroy Superman from now on.[5]
- The pilot Hal Jordan is chosen by the dying alien Abin Sur as the next Green Lantern.[3]
JLA Debut
- After joining forces on a mission, several heroes unite to form the Justice League of America. In answer, several supercriminals band together as the Legion of Doom, establishing their headquarters in Slaughter Swamp[5].
1973
- Hermes 20 is presented as America's 20th manned launch to the moon.[6]
1978
- The World Trade Center is attacked by the Legion of Doom using a powerful monolith that they located in the Molten region of the center of the Earth.[7]
1979
- Superman and his counterpart from a Universe of Evil temporarily switch places.[8]
1984
- Darkseid comes to Earth for the first time. [9]
- Brainiac appears in a new, metallic-skeleton look. [10]
3978
- A time-traveling Legion of Doom conquers the whole galaxy.[11]
11978
After wandering into a library's ruins, Flash, Green Lantern and Superman find a book describing history of the year 2000 to 7000, and how the Legion of Doom conquered the world in 3978.
Residents
Notes
- This universe was first shown existing in the Post-Flashpoint Multiverse in Cave Carson Has a Cybernetic Eye #1 during the DC Rebirth era. However, it was only named in Dark Crisis: Big Bang #1.
Trivia
- In the Tomorrowverse Multiverse, an alternate version of this reality is known as Earth-508.[2]
- The Earth designation of this reality is inspired by Earth-508, an Hypertime universe that is the setting of DC Super Friends (Volume 1) which, however, has no connection to the Super Friends continuity.
- In the My Adventures with Superman series, another version of this universe is referred to as Earth-50.[1]
- 1956 is the year of Barry Allen's debut as the Flash, often considered the beginning of the Silver Age of comics.
See Also
- Characters from Earth 1956
- Other things related to Earth 1956
- Earth 1956's Comic Appearances
- Reality Gallery: Earth 1956
Links and References
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 My Adventures with Superman: "Kiss Kiss Fall in Portal"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths, Part Three
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Super Friends: "Secret Origins of the Super Friends"
- ↑ Super Friends: "The Fear"
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Super Friends: "History of Doom"
- ↑ Super Friends: "The Androids"
- ↑ Super Friends: "Monolith of Evil"
- ↑ Super Friends: "Universe of Evil"
- ↑ Super Friends: "The Bride of Darkseid (Part I)"
- ↑ Super Friends: "The Wrath of Brainiac"
- ↑ Super Friends: "Conquerors of the Future"