Infinite Frontier Vol 1 2
Infinite Frontier #2 is an issue of the series Infinite Frontier (Volume 1) with a cover date of September, 2021. It was published on July 13, 2021.
Synopsis for "Infinite Lies"
On Earth 0, Cameron Chase goes to the Hall of Justice to speak to Superman and Batman. She tells them that after the latest Crisis people are afraid, and not content to just trust the heroes will take care of it. An alarm cuts the conversation short and Superman carries Cameron out of the Hall and flies away at superspeed before she can react. Director Bones calls her and tells her to contact the recently returned Captain Atom and recruit him to the D.E.O.
Meanwhile, Justice Incarnate are gathering the pieces of the interdimensional prison ship which Thomas Wayne escaped from. The ship somehow crashed and the debris was scattered across the Multiverse. Wayne remembers being abducted from Arkham Asylum on Earth 0 by X-Tract and managing to fight his way to an escape shuttle, but he doesn't know what happened after that. Harbinger alerts him and President Superman that a large chunk of the ship has been detected on Earth 22, but their contact is not responding. The two head to Earth 22 and are attacked by Magog, who was previously reformed but appears to have been reverted to villainy by the recreation of the Multiverse.
Back on Earth 0, Alan Scott has called in the Totality for help after his daughter's disappearance. Mister Terrific tells Obsidian that many people associated with the JSA or Infinity, Inc. have mysteriously disappeared, something the Totality have been keeping secret from the superhero community. Todd is frustrated by the lack of action and insists on interrogating their old enemy Vandal Savage, who rudely tells Alan to get rid of Todd as he is not part of the Totality. Angered, Alan blasts Savage away and resigns from the Totality, and father and son head off to look for Jennie.
Meanwhile, Roy Harper is trying to figure out how to use his new Black Lantern ring. Remembering some advice Hal Jordan gave him when he was a child, Roy activates the ring and flies into the air. He creates a construct of a bow and some targets shaped like his old enemies and practices his aim, annoyed that one of his shots is slightly off the bullseye. He asks the ring why he was chosen, and in response it creates a huge energy construct, showing the faces of Darkseid, the alternate Thomas Wayne, Barry Allen, Psycho-Pirate and Lian Harper. However the construct shows Lian as a teenager, when she supposedly died as a young child. Roy realises Lian is alive and demands the ring tell him where she is, but suddenly he hears Darkseid's voice in his mind and the ring takes control of him. His face changes to the typical corpselike appearance of a Black Lantern and the Corps symbol on his chest transforms into an Omega, and he flies off to answer Darkseid's call.
At Metropolis Air Force Base, Chase meets with Captain Atom and asks him how he is alive, when he supposedly died during the events of Death Metal. Atom claims to have been restored to life when the Multiverse was remade and declines her offer to join the D.E.O, as he has decided to retire. Chase appeals to him based on their history together, although they have never met before. He reminisces with her about a supposed mission they went on that never actually happened, confirming her suspicions that he is an alternate version of Captain Atom from another reality. When she confronts him he reveals that he is trying to hide out from Darkseid on Earth 0, and now that he has been found he breaches his own containment skin, creating a nuclear explosion that seemingly kills them both.
Appearing in "Infinite Lies"
Featured Characters:
- Batman/Thomas Wayne (Flashpoint Timeline)
- Black Lantern/Roy Harper (Earth 0) (Zombified) (First appearance as Black Lantern)
- Green Lantern/Alan Scott (Earth 0)
- Justice Incarnate (Multiverse)
- Aquawoman (Earth 11) (Cameo)
- Batman (Earth 17) (Also in a comic book) (Cameo)
- Captain Carrot (Earth 26) (Cameo)
- Dino-Cop (Earth 41) (Cameo)
- Green Lantern/Abin Sur (Earth 20) (Cameo)
- Machinehead (Earth 8) (Cameo)
- Mary Marvel (Earth 5) (Cameo)
- President Superman (Earth 23)
- Thunderer (Earth 7) (Cameo)
- Obsidian/Todd Rice (Earth 0)
Supporting Characters:
- Black Canary/Dinah Drake (Earth 0) (Flashback only)
- Green Arrow/Oliver Queen (Earth 0) (Flashback only)
- Green Lantern/Hal Jordan (Earth 0) (Flashback only)
- Harbinger A.I. (Post-Flashpoint) (Hologram)
- Justice League (Earth 0)
- The Totality (Earth 0)
Antagonists:
- Black Lantern Ring constructs
- Abra Kadabra (Post-Flashpoint) (Construct)
- Deathstroke/Slade Wilson (Earth 0) (Construct)
- Crocodile Man (Earth 5) (Cameo)
- Darkseid (Post-Flashpont) (Voice) (Also as a construct)
- Captain Atom/Nathaniel Adam (Unknown Universe) (First appearance) (Apparent death) (Impersonates Captain Atom (Nathaniel Adam))
- Psycho-Pirate (Earth 0) (Construct)
- D.E.O. (Earth 0)
- Director Bones (Cameo)
- Cameron Chase (Apparent death)
- Garrison Gorrilla (Earth 26) (First appearance; unnamed) (Cameo)
- Lord Havok (Earth 8) (Resurrected) (Cameo)
- Magog (Earth 22)
- X-Tract (Unknown Earth) (Flashback only)
- X-Tract's henchmen (Unnamed)
Other Characters:
- Batman/Richard Grayson (Earth 42) (In a comic book only) (Cameo)
- The Flash/Barry Allen (Earth 0) (Construct)
- Justice Society of America (Hologram) (Cameo)
- Lian Harper (Earth 0) (Construct)
- U.S. Air Force (Earth 0) (Cameo)
- U.S. Army (Earth 0)
- Aquaman/Arthur Curry (Earth 0) (Mentioned only)
- The Batman Who Laughs (Earth -22) (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
- Brimstones (Mentioned only)
- Cameron Chase (Unknown Universe) (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
- Captain Atom (Earth 0) (Mentioned only)
- D.E.O. (Earth 0) (Mentioned only)
- Doctor Manhattan (Watchmen Universe) (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
- Kid Flash/Iris West (Earth 22) (Unnamed) (Mentioned only)
- Hawkgirl (Earth 0) (Mentioned only)
- Jack Knight (Earth 0) (Mentioned only)
- Jakeem Thunder (Earth 0) (Mentioned only)
- Jesse Quick (Earth 0) (Mentioned only)
- Lois Lane (Earth 0) (Mentioned only)
- Perpetua (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
- Stargirl (Earth 0) (Mentioned only)
- Uncle Sam (Earth 0) (Mentioned only)
- Supermen of the Dark Multiverse (Mentioned only)
- U.S. Government (Earth 0) (Mentioned only)
- Wayne Family (Flashpoint Timeline) (Mentioned only)
Locations:
- Greater Omniverse (Behind the scenes)
- Infinite Frontier
- Multiverse
- The Bleed
- Orrery of Worlds
- Earth 0
- United States of America
- New Jersey
- Gotham City
- Arkham Asylum (Flashback only)
- Old JSA Headquarters (In ruins)
- Gotham City
- New York
- Metropolis
- Air Force Base (Destroyed)
- Metropolis
- Texas
- Saint Tecla's Diner (Destroyed) (Mentioned only)
- Washington, D.C.
- New Jersey
- Markovia (Mentioned only)
- United States of America
- Earth 5
- United States of America
- Fawcett City (Cameo)
- United States of America
- Earth 7 (In ruins) (Cameo)
- Earth 8
- Angor (Cameo)
- Earth 11 (Cameo)
- Earth 17
- Novamerika (Cameo)
- Earth 20 (Cameo)
- Earth 22
- Earth 26 (Cameo)
- Earth 41 (Cameo)
- Captain Atom's Earth (Unnamed) (Mentioned only)
- Earth 23 (Mentioned only)
- Earth 0
- Shadowlands (Cameo)
- Godsphere (Mentioned only)
- Source Wall (Mentioned only)
- Watchmen Universe (Unnamed) (Mentioned only)
- Dark Multiverse (Mentioned only)
- Hypertime
- Flashpoint Timeline (Erased) (Mentioned only)
- Multiverse
- Infinite Frontier
Items:
- "The Art of War" (Mentioned only)
- Batsuits
- Black Diamond (Replica) (Cameo)
- Black Lantern Ring
- Doctor Mid-Nite's Goggles (On a TV or computer screen) (Cameo)
- Green Arrow's Bow
- Trick Arrows (Flashback only)
- Green Lantern Ring (Flashback only)
- Machinehead Armor (Cameo)
- Magog's Staff
- Medusa Mask (Construct) (Also as a replica)
- "The Multiversity Guidebook" (Cameo)
- Starheart
- Thunder-Lance (Cameo)
- T-Spheres
Vehicles:
- Batwing (Cameo)
- Big Bill's Motorbike
- Thomas Wayne's Shuttle (In ruins)
- Ultima Thule (Mentioned only)
Events:
- The Batman Who Laughs' Invasion (Flashback only)
- Doctor Manhattan's "Time Experiment" (Mentioned only)
- Rebirth of the Multiverse (Mentioned only)
Concepts:
- Emotional Electromagnetic Spectrum
- Fourth World (Mentioned only)
- Time Travel (Mentioned only)
Notes
- Roy's Speedy flashback implies that, as a consequence of the unknotting of the timeline, Oliver and Dinah have been a couple since their early years, like in the Pre-Flashpoint timeline, while in the Post-Flashpoint continuity they became engaged only in the Rebirth era.
- Furthermore, it is implied that the events of Green Lantern/Green Arrow have also been restored to the continuity.
- Similarly to other characters from Earth 0 and Earth 3, as a consequence of the rebirth of the Multiverse, Lord Havok of Earth 8 has been resurrected despite his death back in Justice League of America (Volume 5) #26 during the Rebirth era.
Trivia
- At the end of the issue, there is an epilogue which shows Bones monitoring events from Earth 0 and their related questions, which are both references and previews to current DC comics storylines, including:
- Barbara Gordon forming the Batgirls;
- The Scarecrow-based Fear State event;
- Superman reassembling the Authority, which will be featured in Superman and the Authority;
- Jonathan Kent succeeding his father as Superman, which will be featured in Superman: Son of Kal-El;
- Wonder Woman's journey into the Sphere of the Gods from Wonder Woman #770;
- Roy Harper's resurrection and his Black Lantern persona;
- Wally West becoming once again to be the main Flash of Central City.
- There are multiple references to many events from the past:
- Agent Chase recalls Doctor Manhattan's time meddlings which led to The New 52 and the Rebirth eras;
- Chase then reminisces Perpetua's return and her Multiversal takeover plan as well as the following Batman who Laughs' invasion of Earth 0;
- Furthermore, the D.E.O. agent remembers the skies turning red during the Crises, like in Crisis on Infinite Earths and Infinite Crisis;
- During a meeting with the alternate Captain Atom, Chase reminisces the Nathaniel Adam of Earth 0 being blown up by the Dark Knights during the last invasion of Earth 0;
- Flashpoint Thomas Wayne tells President Superman how he betrayed Batman and lived in Arkham Asylum as he was recovering from having his back broken by Bane during the City of Bane storyline;
- Thomas Wayne also reminiscrs his timeline being erased in The Flash (Volume 5) #22;
- President Superman remembers Magog's redemption that was shown in Kingdom Come #4.
- Agent Chase recalls Doctor Manhattan's time meddlings which led to The New 52 and the Rebirth eras;