Crisis on Infinite Earths by Marv Wolfman

Barry explains his situation, and begs Tanaka for help getting back to Earth-One.

Tanaka realizes that Barry Allen is the same Flash that he read about in his earth's comic books. With their attention, Pariah takes the opportunity to warn them that Earth-D is soon to be destroyed by Antimatter.īack in Central City, Barry knocks on Tanaka's door, and introduces himself. The Alliance is outraged, and confronts her. Seeing the Alliance handle Medulla in a somewhat lenient fashion, Lady Quark becomes angry, and blasts him with energy. Meanwhile, Pariah and Lady Quark are transported there, and they watch from afar as the Alliance takes care of things. The tone of the Alliance is significantly more positive and family-oriented than their Earth-One counterpart's. In Earth-D's New York City, the Justice Alliance of America fights with a giant squid controlled by Medulla. The scene reminds Barry that he left Iris to die back in the 30th Century, and he despairs. Without being seen, Barry follows Tanaka home, and watches him meet with his own wife, and embrace happily. He finds himself not in the present of Earth-One, but on an alternate earth known as Earth-D, where Tanaka Rei is the current Flash.

He manages it just as the wave passes over him. Without thinking, he slows his body down so that it will travel back to the present, and he can warn the Justice League. He soon discovers that the world is being consumed by the wave of anti-matter. However, a sudden change in the weather makes him suspicious, and he decides to don his costume, and investigate. From his station in the Antimatter Universe, The Anti-Monitor and the Psycho Pirate watch as Pariah rescues Lady Quark from destruction on Earth-Six.Įlsewhere, in the 30th Century, Barry Allen lives happily with his wife Iris, having somewhat reluctantly retired from superheroism and moved to the future to be with her. Numerous earths of alternate realities are destroyed by a wave of anti-matter controlled by the Anti-Monitor.

Crisis on Infinite Earths by Marv Wolfman