Earth-Three

Earth-Three

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publisher= DC Comics
debut= "Justice League of America" #29 (1964)
creators= Gardner Fox
Mike Sekowsky
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residents= Alexander Luthor, Jr.
Crime Syndicate of America
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Earth-Three is a fictional alternate universe set in the DC Universe. It is the Earth of an alternate reality in the DC Multiverse. It first appeared in "Justice League of America" #29 (1964).

Pre-Crisis

Its history is a mirror image to the Earth we know. ["Justice League of America" vol. 1 #29 (1964)] . On Earth-Three, Christopher Columbus was an American who discovered Europe; England, a colony of America, won freedom in a reversed form of the Revolutionary War (with Washington surrendering his sword to Cornwallis); President John Wilkes Booth was assassinated by actor Abraham Lincoln; and Lex Luthor (here called Alexander Luthor) is the only superhero on an Earth otherwise occupied entirely by villains, most of whom are reversed analogues of heroes on other DC Earths. ["Crisis on Infinite Earths" #1 (1985)] . The Earth-Three analogue to the Justice League is the Crime Syndicate of America ["Justice League of America" vol. 1 #29 (1964)] .

Earth-Three is destroyed by waves of antimatter in the opening scenes of the "Crisis on Infinite Earths". The sole survivor is the son of Alexander and Lois Lane Luthor, Alexander Luthor, Jr. ["Crisis on Infinite Earths" #1 (1985)] .

Antimatter Earth

In post-"Crisis", pre-"52" DC continuity, the multiverse has been merged into one single universe. Most of Earth-Three's history survives in the form of a similar antimatter Earth of "" in the antimatter universe of Qward. There are some new departures, however. At the end of their re-introduction, Amerika had launched a nuclear strike on London, against Britain's independence movement.

In "Superman/Batman Annual" #1, three members of this Crime Syndicate of Amerika -- Ultraman, , and Superwoman -- appear on the main DC Earth, along with an unnamed antimatter doppelganger of Deathstroke hired to protect Bruce Wayne. The story supposedly takes place as the first time Superman and Batman figure out each other's identities and matches Batman, Superman, and Deathstroke against their respective antimatter selves. It should be noted however, that the story is being told by Mr. Mxyzptlk, and may therefore be completely untrue.

Despite the return of the DC Multiverse and the creation of a new Earth-3, the Antimatter Earth still exists in Qward, acting as an inverted microcosm of New Earth.

New multiverse

In the final issue of "52", a new Multiverse is revealed, originally consisting of 52 parallel realities. Among the parallel realities shown is one designated "Earth-3". As a result of Mister Mind "eating" aspects of this reality, it takes on visual aspects of the pre-Crisis Earth-Three ["52" Week 52 (2007)] . The name of the Earth 3 Crime Syndicate analogue has been revealed to be the "Crime Society of America". The Crime Society are considered to be evil versions of the heroes of Earth-2, acting as a new Golden Age counterpart to the Antimatter Earth. [ [http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=11396 Comic Book Resources - CBR News: CCI: DC New World Order ] ] A hero known as the Jokester operates in this universe, as later do the Riddler, Three-Face (Evelyn Dent), and Duela Dent.

In Countdown #31 the version of Zatanna (Annataz Arataz) from this world was used by Superman Prime to keep Mister Mxyzptlk in check.

Based on comments by Grant Morrison, this alternate universe is not the pre-Crisis Earth-Three. [cite web
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