Earth-1 (2024)

"Terra Prime" redirects here. For the universe in the new multiverse, see Earth-Prime.

"This Earth is at the center of the multiverse. It's the access point to every other Earth in existence."

—Hunter Zolomon^[src]

Earth-1, name coined by Martin Stein, was a universe parallel to a plethora of others, supposedly located at the center of the multiverse. To Earth-2 citizens, or at least that Earth's Harrison Wells, Earth-1 was initially thought of as Earth-2.^[1][2] Also, to Earth-17's citizens, it is known as Terra Prime.^[3] Grodd has referred to this universe as First Earth.^[4] After a massive exodus during the Crisis, it became home to 3 billion refugees from Earth-38 after that universe was destroyed by a wave of antimatter. Shortly after, however, the antimatter wave hit Earth-1 as well, vaporizing its population and destroying the entire multiverse with no Earths remaining. It was also the final Earth to be destroyed.

After Oliver Queen died while defeating the Anti-Monitor and reformed the universe, Earth-Prime was formed, which contained most elements of Earth-1, Earth-38, and Earth-TUD5. As such, while this Earth may be physically gone, its people live on as part of Earth-Prime.

Earth-1 was particularly important in that it was a central junction in the original multiverse, being the middle intersection from which one could travel to any other alternate universe.^[5]

History

After learning of the existence of parallel worlds, Martin Stein coined the world's name, "Earth-1", to describe Team Flash's relative position in regards to all of the other worlds.^[6] Beginning in the early 21st century, the universe became home to numerous groups of extraordinary protectors, such as the vigilante unit Team Arrow, the scarlet speedster known as the Flash and his team of allies who emerged after the explosion of the S.T.A.R. Labs particle accelerator that gave rise and prominence to super powered meta-humans, and John Constantine's group of mystical allies. Even in other times, similar such heroes operated, such as the secret mid-20th century alliance the Justice Society of America, and the time-traveling Legends, who were associated with the top-secret organization of the Time Bureau.

In 2019, during the Anti-Monitor Crisis, a wave of antimatter sent by the Anti-Monitor destroyed this universe, however, with the help of Paragons and the Spectre, parts of Earths-1 were merged with Earth-38 and Earth-TUD5 to form Earth-Prime.^[7]

Events (in chronological order)

B.C.

• Big Bang(billions of years ago)
• Cretaceous(69,997,983)
• Pleistocene(768,000–10,000)
• Trojan War(1258–1248)
• Gallic Wars(before 49)
• Caesar's Civil War(49)

A.D.

• Damien Darhk's assault on Camelot(507)
• Viking exploration of North America/Vinland (1000)
• Founding of League of Assassins by Al-Fatih (1013)
• Founding of the Ninth Circle (between 1301-1400)
• Salem Witch Trials(1692–1693)
• American Revolutionary War(1775–1783)
• American Civil War(1861–1865)
• Belle Époque(1871–1914)
• Launch and destruction of the Titanic (1912)
• World War I(1914–1918)
  • Battle of the Somme(1916)
• Launch of the Spirit of St. Louis (1927)
• Spanish Civil War(1936–1939)
• World War II(1939–1945)
  • Battle of Saint-Lô(1944)
• Cold War(1947–1991)
  • Vietnam War(1955–1975)
  • Gulf War(1990–1991)
• Redmond Dominator Invasion(1951)
• Woodstock(1969)
• Somali Civil War(1991–present)
  • Battle of Mogadishu(1993)
• Defeat of Mallus by the Legends (1992)
• Afghan War(2001–2019)
• Hong Kong Alpha-Omega release(2010)
• The Undertaking(2013)
• S.T.A.R. Labs particle accelerator explosion(2013)
• The Siege(2014)
• Star City Alpha-Omega release(2015)
• Genesis(2016)
• Metapocalypse(2016)
• Dominator Invasion(2016)
• Earth-X Nazi Invasion(2017)
• Enlightenment(2018)
• Cicada and Cicada II's war against meta-humans (2018–2019)
• Emiko Adachi and the Ninth Circle's war against Oliver Queen and Star City (2018–2019)
• The Monitor's preparation for the coming crisis (2019)
• Bloodwork's reign of terror in Central City (2019)
• Founding of the League of Heroes (2019)
• Anti-Monitor Crisis(2019)
  • Immigration of Earth-38 denizens
  • The end of the original multiverse

Erased future

• Liberation of Star City and The Glades from Eden Corps by the Canaries (2040)
• Second Blitz(2166)
• Thanagarian Invasion of Earth (2175)

Timeline alterations

• Flashpoint (briefly; erased due to Barry's restoration of the timeline)
• Doomworld (briefly; erased due to the Legends' intervention)
• Anachronisms (formerly; timeline fixed by the Legends)
• Elseworlds (x2)(briefly; erased due to the loss of the Book of Destiny's powers)
• The original Anti-Monitor Crisis (2024; erased and advanced to 2019 due to time aberration)

Notable individuals

Residents

Visitors

From Earth-2

From Earth-3

• Jay Garrick/The Flash
• Joan Williams

From Earth-19

• Cynthia/Gypsy (deceased)
• Josh/Breacher
• Harrion "H.R." Wells (became permanent resident; deceased)

From Earth-38

• Alex Danvers
• Kara Danvers/Supergirl
• Querl Dox/Brainiac 5
• Mon-El
• J'onn J'onzz/Martian Manhunter
• Clark Kent/Superman
• Jonathan Kent
• Lois Lane
• Lex Luthor
• About 3 billion inhabitants/refugees following the Evacuation of Earth-38

From Earth-74

• Mick Rory

From Earth-90

• Barry Allen/The Flash (deceased)

From Earth-96

• Clark Kent/Superman

From Earth-221

• Harrison Sherloque Wells

From Earth-X

• Kara/Overgirl (deceased)
• "The Ray" (deceased)
• Laurel Lance/Siren-X
• Tommy Merlyn/Prometheus (deceased)
• "Metallo" (deceased)
• Oliver/Dark Arrow (deceased)
• Leo Snart

From Earth-TUD5

• Jefferson Pierce/Black Lightning

From Earth-TUD7

• Mar Novu/The Monitor (deceased)

From Earth-TUD12

• Harrison Nash Wells/Pariah

From an unknown universe/dimension

• "Music Meister"

Known locations

This list addresses locations at a universal scale, such as stars and planets. For locations on Earth, see its' page.

• Asgard(realm; destroyed by antimatter)
  • Valhalla(landmark; destroyed by antimatter)
• Sol(star; destroyed by antimatter)
  • Earth(planet; destroyed by antimatter)
    • Moon(moon; destroyed by antimatter)
• Thanagar(planet; destroyed by antimatter)

Appearances

Arrow

Blood Rush

• "Mr. Queen Is Unavailable"
• "Roy to the Rescue"
• "Down the Rabbit Hole"
• "The Sample"
• "Closing In"
• "Heroic Deeds"

The Flash

Constantine

John Con Noir

• "Trash"(non-canon)

Vixen

DC's Legends of Tomorrow

Supergirl

Chronicles of Cisco

• "Episode 1"
• "Episode 2"
• "Episode 3"
• "Episode 4"​

Stretched Scene

• "Stretched Scene #1"
• "Stretched Scene #2"​
• "Stretched Scene #3"​

Freedom Fighters: The Ray

Season 1

• "Episode Three"
• "Episode Four"​
• "Episode Five"​
• "Episode Six"

Batwoman

Black Lightning

Season 3

• "The Book of Resistance: Chapter Four: Earth Crisis"

Novels

• Arrow: Vengeance
• The Flash: The Haunting of Barry Allen
• Arrow: A Generation of Vipers
• The Flash: Hocus Pocus
• Arrow: Fatal Legacies
• The Flash: Johnny Quick
• The Flash: Climate Changeling
• The Flash: The Tornado Twins
• The Flash: Green Arrow's Perfect Shot

Comics

Arrow

Arrow: Season 2.5

The Flash: Season Zero

Arrow: The Dark Archer

Crisis on Infinite Earths Giant

• "Crisis on Infinite Earths, Part 1"
• "Infinite Luthor, Part 1"

EARTH-PRIME

• "Flesh and Mud"(indirectly mentioned)
• "Phantom Punch"(flashbacks)

The Chronicles of Cisco

Gallery

Trivia

• Earth-1 vibrated at a lower frequency than Earth-2 before the universes were destroyed by antimatter.
• Earth-1's vibrational frequency is calibrated at a molecular level. ^[8]
• Earth-1, along with Earth-38, was one of the few universes where the multiverse was not public knowledge. As a result, King Shark and Black Siren (from Earth-2) were mistaken for their Earth-1 counterparts.
• Only a small number of individuals outside of the government knew of extraterrestrial life on Earth-1; whereas the existence of it was common knowledge on the Earth of Earth-38, at least in the 21st century. Also, unlike Earth-1, there were a unknown number of various alien species and races that were generally well known about; that might not have existed on Earth-1 (besides Dominators and Thanagarians; see below).
• It was identical to Earth-38 in many ways such as aesthetics, time, the existence of real-life figures such as celebrities, politicians and artists, currency, law enforcement, crime, vigilantism, government, mass media, fine art, history, historical events, holidays, politics, political issues, the internet, magic, life, everyday life, physical laws, nature, Greek Mythology, science, popular culture and technology unlike many other Earths.
  • There were two known alien species that exist in Earth-1 and existed in Earth-38, they were Dominators and Thanagarians.
• Authorities such as The F.B.I. (Federal Bureau of Investigation), The United States Army, and the FAA all existed on Earth-1 as well.
• Earth-1 was the last universe to be destroyed during the Anti-Monitor Crisis, and thus was the last universe of the original multiverse to exist.
• Time travel and the Crisis create a contradiction. Unless every time someone went into the future, they slipped into Earth-Prime's timeline.
  • Eobard and Nora came from post-Crisis (then happened in 2024) eras.
  • The year 3000 was visited by the Waverider.
  • Vandal Savage took over the world in 2166, to prevent the Thanagarian Invasion.

    • 

      When Barry attempted to go to December 11, 2019, the timeline possibly didn't exist.
  • This is likely because in the original timeline, the Crisis occurred in 2024, and it is possible that Earth-Prime never existed in the original Crisis. After the defeat of Cicada in 2019, the timeline changed, and the Crisis occurred earlier. It is possible that due to this, the timeline altered the outcome of the Crisis, as well, which resulted in the Multiverse's destruction and eventual rebirth, so time travel on Earth-1 was no longer possible after said change in the timeline.
• In "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Three", Barry stated that there was no quantum tower on Earth-1 after doing some reconnaissance meaning it was not a keystone Earth like Earth-38 was. It is an unexplained observation given that it was the main Earth in the original multiverse as well as the access point to all of the others.
• The antimatter wave that swallowed Earth-1 (when it stopped) was a partially reused scene from when Earth-38 was about to be destroyed by it, before dissipating when the antimatter cannon overloaded itself. Compare these images:

  

  THe Earth of Earth-1.

  

  Earth-38 is about to be destroyed by antimatter.

Behind the scenes

• Real-life similarities (all of which has been mentioned or seen) that have been confirmed to have existed in Earth-1 include:
  • writers such as Jane Austen, Lewis Carroll, Arthur Conan Doyle, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, William Shakespeare, Bram Stoker, J.R.R. Tolkien, and H.G. Wells;
  • musicians and music groups such as Steve Aoki, Beyoncé, Blue Ivy, Mariah Carey, Jerry Garcia, Jimi Hendrix, Billy Joel, Janis Joplin, Lady Gaga, Elvis Presley, Rihanna, Sting, Kanye West, the music group "Destiny's Child", and the bands "Black Sabbath", "Led Zeppelin", "The Beatles";
  • celebrities such as Angela Bassett, Sandra Bullock, Laurence Fishburne, Bill Gates, Alfred Hitchco*ck, Harry Houdini, Peter Jackson, Hedy Lamarr, Heath Ledger, Bruce Lee, George Lucas, Marilyn Monroe, Carrie-Anne Moss, Elon Musk, John Noble, Shaquille O'Neal, Michael Phelps, Keanu Reeves, Steven Spielberg, and Hugo Weaving;
  • politicians such as Ike Eisenhower, Benjamin Franklin, Mikhail Gorbachev, Ulysses S. Grant, L.B. Johnson, John F. Kennedy, Richard Nixon, Barack Obama, Ronald Reagan, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and George Washington;
  • royalty such as Queen Anne, Prince Charles, Queen Elizabeth II, King George III, King Louis XIII, Queen Mary I, Ramesses II, and Tutankhamun;
  • scientists such as Marie Curie, Albert Einstein, Mileva Maric, Isaac Newton;
  • the social media platforms "Facebook" and "LinkedIn";
  • the streaming service "Netflix";
  • films such as "Back to the Future", "Die Hard", "Groundhog Day", "Jurassic Park", "Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King", "Speed", "Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back", "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan", "The Matrix", "The Princess Bride", "The Shining", and "The Terminator";
  • television series such as "American Horror Story", "Doctor Who", "Friends", "Game of Thrones", "Orange Is the New Black", "Star Trek: Voyager", "Supernatural", and "The Walking Dead";
  • video games such as "Pokémon, The Legend of Zelda";
  • musicals such as "Singin' in the Rain";
  • plays such as "A Midsummer Night's Dream, Richard III, Hamlet", and "Romeo and Juliet";
  • books such as "Alice in Wonderland, Dracula, The Hobbit", and "The Lord of the Rings";
  • songs such as "Poker Face";
  • groups such as ISIS and Nazis;
  • government agencies and organizations such as ASIS, the CDC, the FBI, NASA, the NSA, the UN, the US Army, the US Department of Homeland Security, the US Postal Service;
  • businesses such as UPS and FedEx;
  • and universities such as MIT, UCLA, the University of Chicago, the University of Oxford, and Yale University;
• Like Earth-13 and Earth-38, magic was a supernatural force that was well known by some of the population of this earth.
• This Earth's history was akin to a few others including Earth-2, 38 and X except for the outcome of certain events such as World War II.

References