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Wednesday
21Jan2009

Crisis on Infinite Earths - Death List

 

Many universes and countless innocent lives were lost during the First Crisis. What follows is a list of those super-villains and super-heroes who were killed during the affair.

 

- Earth-2 was erased from history, with only the Earth-2 Robin, Earth-2 Huntress, Earth-2 Green Arrow, Kal-L (Earth-2 Superman), his wife Lois Lane-Kent and his cousin Power Girl surviving the experience. Later, Earth-2 Robin, Earth-2 Green Arrow and Earth-2 Huntress were killed during the final shadow demon attack on Earth.

- All of Earth-3 was wiped out by anti-matter, with the exception of Alexander Luthor, Jr. This includes Alexander Luthor and his wife Lois Lane-Luthor, as well as this world's version of the Crime Syndicate: Ultrama, Owlman, Johnny Quick, Superwoman and Power Ring.

- Earth-4 was erased from history.

- All of Earth-6 was wiped out by anti-matter, with the exception of Lady Quark. This included her husband Lord Volt.

- All of Earth-D, including their super-heroes the Justice Alliance (as revealed during the lost chapter, published years later).

- Earth-S was erased from history.

- Earth-X was erased from history.

 

- The villainous Alexei Luthor of Earth-2 was murdered by Brainiac when he insisted on being put in charge of Earth's villains.

- The Anti-Monitor was finally destroyed by the combined efforts of Earth's heroes and a killing blow from Kal-L, the Superman of Earth-2.

- The original hero Aquagirl (Tula) was killed by the shadow demons during their final attack on Earth.

- The original villain Bug-Eyed Bandit was killed by the shadow demons during their final attack on Earth.

- The villain Clayface II (Matt Hagen) was killed by the shadow demons during their final attack on Earth.

- The original hero Dove (Don Hall) was killed by the shadow demons during their final attack on Earth. He was in the process of saving a child while doing so. A later account claimed that he was killed by falling debris during this incident.

- Farmer Boy of Easy Company was killed by a shadow demon when they attacked WW II.

- The hero Flash II (Barry Allen) sacrificed his life as he destroyed the Anti-Monitor's anti-matter canon, becoming one with energy itself.

- The original villain Icicle (Joar Mahkent) was killed by Krona when he joined a group of villains who attempted to alter the experiment that had created the parallel Earths.

- Kid Psycho, reserve member of the Legion of Super-Heroes, is wiped out by anti-matter.

- The hero Kole of the Teen Titans was killed by the shadow demons during their final attack on Earth.

- The heroic Lt. Marvels of Earth-S (Fat Marvel, Hillbilly Marvel and Tall Marvel) were killed during the chaos of the final shadow demon attack on Earth.

- The villain Maaldor the Dark Lord was killed by Krona when he joined a group of villains who attempted to alter the experiment that had created the parallel Earths.

- The original villain Mirror Master (Sam Scudder) was killed by Krona when he joined a group of villains who attempted to alter the experiment that had created the parallel Earths.

- The Monitor was killed by the Anti-Monitor's schemes.

- The hero Prince Ra-Man was killed by the shadow demons during their final attack on Earth.

- One of the Shaggy Man life forms was killed by the shadow demons during their final attack on Earth.

- The first hero Sunburst (Takeo Sato) was killed by the shadow demons during their final attack on Earth.

- The original Pre-Crisis version of Supergirl died during her battle with the Anti-Monitor.

- The villain Ten-Eyed Man was killed by the shadow demons during their final attack on Earth.

 

 

Some folks who were seemingly killed during the Crisis were later shown to have suffered different fates.

The Immortal Man was believed to have died, having sacrificed the energies that kept him from dying. However, years later he turned up alive. The events of the Crisis had only weakened him and his enemy Vandal Savage had immediately captured the hero, keeping him a prisoner for years.

The Losers of were shown to be killed by shadow demons when they attacked WW II. But later accounts said they survived for several more years and that at least one of them, Gunner, was alive to this day thanks to cybernetic enhancements.

The mermaid Lori Lemaris was said to be killed by shadow demons during their final attack on Earth, but she later turned up alive and well, having only been injured during the attack.

The western hero Nighthawk (Hannibal Hawkes) was seemingly consumed by anti-matter but later accounts said that he died years later under different circumstances.

The villain Psimon was shown being killed by Brainiac, who literally blasted his brain out of his skull. He turned up alive and well later though, with no real explanation. Either the time-changes of the Crisis made sure that his death never happened or they altered the event so that he was only injured.

The fourth hero to be called Starman (Prince Gavyn) was killed by the anti-matter wall moments before Barry Allen's sacrifice ended it. In later stories, it's said that his spirit lives on in another body.

In the final battle with the Anti-Monitor, Wonder Woman was reverse-aged into lifeless clay but was around again after the Crisis, with only her history altered.

 

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