Earth-22

Earth-22 is a planet that features in DC Comics.

History

Origin

Earth-22 was an alternate reality version of the Earth that was located within the Multiverse.

On this Earth in the early 21st century, after the Justice League of America disbanded, no organization stepped up to follow on their role as an examples to the younger heroes, but the examples of individual heroes was enough... until the arrival of a man known as Magog. This violent superhuman vigilante killed the Joker in revenge for his massacre of the entire Daily Planet staff. At his trial for the murder of the Joker, Magog was acquitted by the jury of all charges, as the public began to see Superman's moral code as old-fashioned and unable to face up to the challenges of the modern world. His subsequent public pardoning shattered Superman's idealistic beliefs towards justice and his faith in humanity, and for ten years he went into seclusion at the Fortress of Solitude while younger heroes followed the example of Magog, becoming little different from the criminals they fought. Soon after his self-imposed exile, many of Superman’s peers were deeply shaken by the Man of Steel's decision to abandon his lifelong mission (as well as being equally disturbed by the public's overwhelmingly positive reception towards Magog's actions) before later joining his lead and retreated themselves out of the public eye. For some heroes, they either withdraw from society or traveled into the far distant future, as was the case with of Green Lantern (who now resides in a giant 'Emerald City" above the surface of Earth to wait for signs of extraterrestrial threats) and Aquaman (who has since surrendered his title to his former protege Aqualad to become the ruler of Atlantis).

Post-Flashpoint

Following the Flashpoint, a new version of reality was created with a different history of events.

Overview

Locations on this Earth included:

• Planet Krypton :
• Gulag :

Organizations and groups that operated on this Earth included:

• Justice League :
• Justice Battalion :
• Silent Cavalry : founded by Batman after he was approached by Superman in order to join his new Justice League. Bruce declines and states humanity must determine its own path, outside of the realm of super-powered beings. He, Ted Kord, Oliver Queen, and Dinah Lance are the first among a team of old allies and children of members of the Justice League and Teen Titans. They are briefly allied with the Mankind Liberation Front until Billy Batson's brainwashing is revealed, at which point the Cavalry attacks the members of the MLF and subdue them, sans Batson whom, under Lex Luthor's influence, transforms into Captain Marvel and flies towards the Gulag.
• Mankind Liberation Front : a secretive criminal organization founded by billionaire industrialist and longtime archenemy to Superman Lex Luthor to combat the rising tide of metahuman violence and their increasing hold on society.
• Brain Trust :

Inhabitants

• Superman :
• Batman :
• Wonder Woman :
• Flash :
• Green Lantern :
• Fate :
• Gog :
• Magog :
• Captain Marvel :
• Ibn al Xu'ffasch :
• Nightstar :
• Norman McCay :

Notes

• Earth-22 was created by Mark Waid and Alex Ross where it made its first appearance in Kingdom Come v1 #1 (May, 1996).

Appearances

• Kingdom Come v1: (1996)

External Links

• DC Database Entry

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