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[[Dark Nights: Death Metal

***Earth-0, the Metalverse. The Battleground of the final battle***

Wonder Woman) is transformed, thanks to the power of Truth and the Element X. She is more than a god: she can see everything happening in the present, and she can feel the past, too. But when she looks into the future, she can only see him), and his laugh. She faces him, and when she attacks him, she finds out he is stronger than her and she also feels the Darkest Knight knows it. He tries to taunt her, and he tries to distract her by making her allies feel pain. And he is right, it works. He hits her so hard, she is knocked back in time together with him...but the others keep on fighting, and even in another era, Diana still feels them.

The Batman Family, in company of their worst enemy, the Joker), battle against the Robin King) and his army of Groblins, deranged and monstrous Dark Robins. Superman) and his Family are fighting as well, against the Last Sun), a Clark Kent whose rocket was corrupted by thousand suns before coming to the Earth, making him a monster feeding on energy of other living beings. But with their combined effort, they are destroying him. And the others too: Flash) and the speedsters, Aquaman) and the Atlanteans, the Amazons, the Titans)...they feed hope to Diana. But then Batgirl) falls, for the desperation of Nightwing), and more and more Groblins come to feed on the Family. The Last Son is even more powerful, after absorbing the energy from the blows of the Kryptonians. The forces of the Darkest Knight are not losing...

***160 Million Years Ago, and then before. The origin of the first Multiverse***

Wonder Woman and the Darkest Knight find themselves at the origin of the very first Multiverse, where they see the hand of Perpetua). And the Darkest Knight explains to Diana a thing: even if they win, the Hands are coming. They are the same species that Perpetua comes from, creators of Multiverses. They won't let any Multiverse reform again here, with them as protagonists, or even with their children. There is no future. But Diana has enough power to see for herself, so why not looking into a possible victory, and see if the Darkest Knight is lying?

So she does, and she discovers he's telling the truth. The Hands will come if they win, and they will undo them like they are nothing, all their precious history disappearing. So he tells her to join him: he will give them a paradise to live in, where all is good, happy, safe. And he will proceed with his plan, creating a Multiverse able to fight, and kill, the Hands, making him king of the Omniverse. But of course Diana refuses, and hits him with Perpetua's own hand, awakening a surge of power in her and her allies. Every time she hits him, the collective stories of their Multiverse becomes more important, uniting them all. And she knows now he's afraid of her.

***The End of Everything, the Death Sun***

With a powerful blow, Diana hits the Darkest Knight right to the end of time, a place called the Death Sun, where all stories, all the Multiverses, all matter ends. And while she pushes him into this sun, they both feel them coming. The Hands. But she also feels her friends fighting back: Batman) tricking the Robin King, making an even bigger army of zombies while his enemy believed the Black Lantern Ring destroyed. Superman saved by Lex Luthor), who with a special suit triggers a Black Hole Event and kills the Last Sun, sacrificing himself. And she decides what she will do: she won't listen to the Darkest Knight, even if it means the end. She closes her eyes, she imagines the world, the future, she would like to end, and then pushes the Darkest Knight inside the Death Sun. And she disappears....

***Somewhere. Somewhere new...***

Diana takes consciousness of herself: she is still something. And she hears a voice: it is one of the Hands. She asks her what will be next, and the Hand tells her they were horrified by how much her Multiverse, time and time again, defied the rules and tried to feed its basic instincts, instead of evolving and ascending. The Hand will tell her what happen, but to do it the Hand will assume a shape that incarnates what they admire. The Hand transforms into Wonder Woman. Diana is shocked: why her? But the answer is simple: Diana, and her friends with her, chose to become nothing, to disappear, to save beings they never saw, beings that were going to undo them all.

They chose goodness even in the hardest situation someone could imagine, and that impressed them. So, some part of them chose to give this Multiverse another opportunity. developing it with a different method. Its previous history will be set in stone, and left untouched. And the new Multiverse shall be reborn, without boundaries, with new possibilities, new threats. It will be new, in every aspect.

But for this to become true, she must pay a great cost: she will have to ascend, to become a guardian of this new, experimental Multiverse they want to create, thanks to what they did for them. And Diana, of course, will accept any kind of burden for another possibility.

***After the war. Earth-0***

Superman) makes a speech in front of the Hall of Justice, remembering Diana) and her sacrifice, and the fact they all feel her presence around. Then, they start a great party to celebrate the greatest victory ever. In the meantime, Barry) brings Wally) to the dark side of the Moon, to make him see the Totality), the evolution of the Hall of Justice and Doom combined, a project led by both heroes and villains, to protect reality from threats beyond it. And inside it, they study what is happening to creation, after the mighty clash and Wonder Woman's sacrifice.

Hypertime is healing. New futures will come, and in the present they will all experience flashes of them, and of some alternate past, too. The present time, it was brought all to where it was before the Batman who Laughs allied himself with Perpetua. But some of the dead came back to life, and not only people who died in the great battle, but other beings, too. The only one which there is no trace of is Darkseid).

But more importantly, beyond their Multiverse, an infinite web of other Multiverses is developing. They are becoming an Omniverse, rich with possibilities.

Still, there is something strange going on. Their Multiverse does not have only one center, one core world anymore. Other than their Earth, another planet acts as center of the Multiverse: a planet still mysterious they called the Elseworld. This is top secret information, only for the Totality's members to know.

In the end, Sgt. Franklin Rock) is back in his age, 1943, in Earth-0. He's writing the final part of this great story inside the journal of his friend, Carter Hall). And he wants to deliver a message: in this great war, the only war, between us and ourselves, there is one thing we must always remember: all stories, all characters, all people...it all matters.

| Appearing1 = **Featured Characters:** * Batman/Bruce Wayne (Earth 0)) * Superman/Clark Kent (Earth 0)) Infected by Omega Effect & Anti-Life Equation * Wonder Woman/Diana of Themyscira (Earth 0)) Also as a spirit **Supporting Characters:** * Abby Arcane (Earth 0)) * Bat-Family (Earth 0) ** Alfred Pennyworth) ** Batgirl (Barbara Gordon)) ** Batwoman (Kate Kane)) ** Nightwing) ** Red Hood) ** Robin (Damian Wayne)) ** The Signal) ** Spoiler (Stephanie Brown)) * Batman Villains (Earth 0) ** Bane) ** The Joker) ** Mister Freeze) ** Poison Ivy) ** Scarecrow) ** Solomon Grundy) * Bizarro (Earth 0)) * Flash Family (Earth 0) ** The Flash (Barry Allen)) ** The Flash (Wally West)) * Flash Villains (Earth 0) ** Magenta (Frankie Kane)) ** The Rogues) *** Captain Cold) *** Girder) *** Golden Glider) *** Heat Wave) ** The Turtle) * Harley Quinn (Earth 0)) * Jarro (Earth 0)) * Justice League (Earth 0)) ** Animal Man) ** Beast Boy) ** Black Canary (Dinah Drake)) ** Black Lightning) ** Blue Beetle (Jaime Reyes)) ** Blue Beetle (Ted Kord)) ** Booster Gold (Post-Flashpoint)) ** Captain Atom) ** Cyborg) ** Firestorm (Ronnie Raymond)) *** Martin Stein) ** Hawkgirl) ** Martian Manhunter) ** Metamorpho) ** Raven) ** Red Tornado) ** Shazam (Billy Batson)) ** Starfire) ** Vixen) ** Zatanna) * Legion of Doom (Earth 0)) ** Brainiac) ** Lex Luthor) * Sgt. Rock (Earth 0)) * Superman Family (Earth 0) ** Steel (John Henry Irons)) ** Steel (Natasha Irons)) ** Superboy (Conner Kent)) ** Superboy (Jon Kent)) ** Supergirl) * Superman Villains (Earth 0) ** Cyborg Superman (Hank Henshaw)) ** Parasite (Rudy Jones)) ** Silver Banshee) * The Final Swamp Thing/Alec Holland (Earth 0)) **Antagonists:** * The Darkest Knight (Earth -22)) ** Dark Knights (Dark Multiverse)) *** Batmage (Bruce Wayne)) *** B-Rex (Bruce Wayne)) *** The Devastator/Bruce Wayne (Earth -1)) *** The Drowned/Bryce Wayne (Earth -11)) *** The Red Death/Bruce Wayne (Earth -52)) ** Groblins (Earth -22)) ** Last 52 villains *** The Batman Who Laughs-like Monsters **** Batman **** Deathstroke **** Martian Manhunter *** The Flash/"Doctor Manhattan" (Wally West) *** The Last Sun (Kal-El/"Kill-All")) *** Long-Snouted Monsters **** Starfire *** Ocean Mother (Atlanna)) **** The Kraken) *** Shadow-like Monsters *** Swamp Thing **** Swamp Thing Army ** Robin King/Bruce Wayne (Dark Multiverse)) * The Hands (Omniverse) ** Perpetua/"The Hand") See Notes ** The Unnamed Hand/"Diana" Impersonates Wonder Woman (Earth-Two)) **Other Characters:** * Aquaman Family (Earth 0) ** Aqualad (Jackson Hyde)) ** Aquaman (Arthur Curry)) ** Mera) * Batman/Bruce Wayne (Future State)) * Batman/Jace Fox (Future State)) * The Batman Who Laughs (Earth -22)) Reanimated * Big Barda (Post-Flashpoint)) * Black Adam (Earth 0)) * Claw the Unconquered (Earth 0)) * Deathstroke/Slade Wilson (Earth 0)) * Dinosaurs * Doctor Fate/Khalid Nassour (Earth 0)) * Dove/Don Hall (Earth 0)) * Eclipso (Earth 0)) * Etrigan (Post-Flashpoint)) Past * Fire (Earth 0)) * Giganta (Earth 0)) * Green Lantern Corps (Earth 0)) ** Guy Gardner) ** Hal Jordan) ** Jessica Cruz) ** John Stewart) ** Kyle Rayner) ** Simon Baz) * Harley Quinn (Future State)) * Ice (Earth 0)) * Johnny Quick/Jonathan Chambers (Earth 0)) * Justice Incarnate (Multiverse) ** Aquawoman (Earth 11)) ** Batman (Earth 17)) ** Captain Carrot (Earth 26)) ** Mary Marvel (Earth 5)) ** President Superman (Earth 23)) * Justice Society of America (Earth 0)) ** The Atom (Al Pratt)) Past ** Doctor Fate (Kent Nelson)) Past ** The Flash (Jay Garrick)) ** Green Lantern (Alan Scott)) Past ** Hawkman (Carter Hall)) ** Hawkwoman (Shiera Sanders)) Past ** Liberty Belle) Past ** The Sandman (Wesley Dodds)) Past ** The Spectre) (Jim Corrigan)) Past ** Wildcat (Ted Grant)) * Katana (Earth 0)) * Killer Croc (Earth 0)) * Legion of Super-Heroes (Pre-Zero Hour)) ** Bouncing Boy) ** Chemical King) ** Colossal Boy) ** Cosmic Boy) ** Dawnstar) ** Element Lad) ** Light Lass) ** Lightning Lad) ** Matter-Eater Lad) ** Phantom Girl) ** Saturn Girl) ** Sun Boy) ** Superboy (Earth-One)) ** Triplicate Girl) ** Ultra-Boy) * Mister Miracle/Scott Free (Post-Flashpoint)) * Ocean Master (Earth 0)) * Red Bee (Earth 0)) * Rocket Red/Gavril Ivanovich (Earth 0)) * Superboy-Prime (Earth-Prime)) * Superman/Jon Kent (Future State)) * The Totality (Earth 0)) ** Mister Terrific (Michael Holt)) ** Talia al Ghul) ** Vandal Savage) * Wolf Tribe ** Vandar Adg) Past * Wonder Woman/Diana of Paradise Island (Earth-Two)) * Wonder Woman/Yara Flor (Future State)) * Wonder Woman Family (Earth 0) ** Artemis) ** Donna Troy) ** Hippolyta) * Alternate Timeline characters ** Alec Holland ** Amazons of Themyscira ** Bruce Wayne ** Clark Kent ** Donna Troy ** The Hands ** Steve Trevor * Arthur Curry of Ocean Mother's Earth (Last 52 Multiverse) * Darkseid (Post-Flashpoint)) * The Great Darkness **Locations:** * The Greater Omniverse ** Hypertime Rebirth *** Alternate Timeline (Wonder Woman helps the Darkest Knight destroy the Hands) *** Future State **** Amazon Rainforest **** United States of America ***** Gotham City ***** Metropolis *** Pre-Zero Hour Legion's Future **** 31st Century ***** Earth ****** Legion of Super-Heroes Headquarters *** Timestream **** Dawn of Time **** End of Time ***** The Death Sun ** The Infinite Frontier/"The Omniverse") *** Last 52 Multiverse Apparent destruction See Notes **** The Last Sun's Earth ***** Earth ***** Krypton **** Ocean Mother's Earth *** Post-Flashpoint Multiverse Rebirth **** The Bleed ***** House of Heroes **** Orrery of Worlds Rebirth ***** Earth 0/Metalverse Rebirth ****** 160 Millions Years Ago ******* Earth ****** 6th Century ******* Camelot ****** 1943 ******* Europe ****** 2020 ******* Earth ******** The Hellscape ********* "Hell"/Themyscira ******** United States of America ********* Washington, D.C. ********** Hall of Justice ******* Earth's Moon ******* Jupiter) ******* Sun DX6 ***** The Elseworld ***** Earth Omega **** Speed Force *** Dark Multiverse ** Overvoid **Items:** * Aquawoman's Trident * Batman's Scythe * The Batman Who Laughs' Visor * Batsuits ** Utility Belts * Black Lantern Ring * Blue Beetle Scarab) * Bracelets of Submission * Captain Cold's Cold Gun * *Carter Hall's Journal* * Cryo-Suit * Green Lantern Ring * Harley's Mallet * Helmet of Fate * Hermes' Helmet Restored * Hourman's Hourglass ** Miraclo * Ikon Suit * Joker's Crowbar * Kinetic Hammer * Lasso of Truth * Lex Luthor's Warsuit * Ocean Mother's Trident * Mister Freeze's Ice Gun * Mobius Chair * *Multiverse Map* * Natasha Irons' Armor * Nth Metal ** Hawkman's Mace * Promethium ** Deathstroke's Sword * Sandman's Gas Mask * Soultaker Sword * Starheart * Steel's Armor Restored * Superboy-Prime's Armor * Trident of Neptune * Venom * Wonder Woman's Tiara **Vehicles:** * Kryptonian Rocket * The Totality) **Events:** * Big Bang * The Cosmic Judgment * The Rebirth of Creation * The Unknotting of the Timeline * World War II **Concepts:** * Alpha Effect ** Anti-Crisis Energy *** Emotional Electromagnetic Spectrum * Alternate Timelines * Anti-Life Equation * Black Hole * Crisis Energy * Dark Matter) * Divine Continuum Rebirth * The Eternal Return ** Mandela Effect See Trivia * Firestorm Matrix * Flash Facts * The Green * Magic * Metahumans * Omega Effect ** Omega Beams * Possible Futures * The Red * The Rot * Time Travel

| Notes = * The *Dark Nights: Death Metal* event continues from Dark Nights: Death Metal The Last 52: War of the Multiverses Vol 1 1. * The DC Multiverse and the rest of the yet-to-be-named Divine Continuum are destroyed after the Hands enact their Cosmic Judgment. As a reward for Wonder Woman unselfishly saving them from the Darkest Knight, the Super-Celestials then restore Creation to existence, bringing the Multiverse back– along with all of its past iterations– and creating a *web of multiverses*, known as Infinite Frontier). ** The *reborn* timeline of Prime Earth has shifted to late 2020. The history of the new timeline is eventually shown in *New History of the DC Universe*. ** As of this story, all the realities and Multiverses from DC comic book series and its media adaptations have become part of either the Infinite Frontier or Hypertime. *** The complete structure of the DC "Omniverse" is ultimately explained in Flashpoint Beyond Vol 1 5. * The revelation about the Infinite Frontier directly leads into the events of Infinite Frontier Vol 1 0. * It remains unclear whether the Last 52 Multiverse was brought back after the creation the Infinite Frontier. * Before parting ways with Wonder Woman, the Hands warn her about the "cost of saving the Multiverse." These words foreshadow the return of the Great Darkness, Darkseid's masterplan to harness its power, and the ensuing struggle over the Cracks in the Multiverse, which ultimately leads to Pariah's) *Dark Crisis*. ** Although it is not clearly explained, the events of New History of the DC Universe Vol 1 4 reveal that Perpetua was brought back along with Creation, still imprisoned within her cage in the recreated Source Wall. This explains how Crises keep happening following *Dark Nights: Death Metal*, as Perpetua's "Eternal Return curse" was never lifted by her death. * Even after its rebirth, the *Multiverse Map* still depicts the original version of the Post-Flashpoint) Multiverse. ** The events of Shazam! Vol 4 will eventually reveal that the Rock of Eternity has shifted within the Godsphere, so this map has become obsolete. However, despite these cosmic upheavals, this map has never been changed both off and in-universe. | Trivia = * This story marks the fifth time that Prime Earth is rebooted after the Rebirth, the merge between Prime Earth and New Earth in *Superman: Reborn*, Flex Mentallo's) reboot during the *Milk Wars*, and the undoing of Doctor Manhattan's) "experiment" in Doomsday Clock Vol 1 12. ** The next destruction and recreation of Prime Earth will respectively happen in Outsiders Vol 5 10 and Outsiders Vol 5 11. * The Cosmic Judgment of the DC Multiverse was originally foreshadowed by the Monitor) and the Cosmic Raptor) in Justice League Vol 4 22. * In the epilogue, Lex Luthor states that visions of the past continuities could be experienced for months. This is actually a natural phenomenon known as **Mandela Effect**. * As mentioned by Sgt. Rock, the party from the epilogue in the Hall of Justice mirrors the party in the Wayne Manor from the epilogue of Dark Nights: Metal Vol 1 6. | Recommended = | Links =

Creative credits

Writers: Scott Snyder

Interior art: Greg Capullo, Yanick Paquette, Bryan Hitch

Color: FCO Plascencia, Nathan Fairbairn, Alex Sinclair

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