Superman Returns and the DC Multiverse is Shattered

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We return to Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths with issues 4 and 5, where Superman and the Justice League return to face the true darkness, only to find the Multiverse shattered once again!
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[@kingshadow8782]

Hello

[@starrdowning2554]

would love you to do a video about classic cars from tv and movies, like dragula,munster koach, ect.

[@darkshadowx9543]

hello

[@ptolemeeselenion1542]

So, this Pariah has a connection anyhow with the Black Winter who destroyed the DC Rebirth mainstream present-time contuinity and now attempts to annihilate the Marvel Earth-616 contuinity too?

[@appiahkelvin4817]

Please do you guys actually select random people to gift some items. Or its a scam...

[@EmJaeDee]

When Batman explained why Supes was so calm...best line of the whole crisis so far

[@castlekingside76]

Steady calm 😠

[@B00s3]

And Arris skipped right over that Great line!

[@MrWolfchamp-xi3cu]

That panel with Adam telling the Titans they're children is great. "The multiverse won't be saved by children" 😁 "You aren't the Justice League" Then the panel with Nightwing "We never were. We're the TITANS" Was like the perfect response

[@9751matt]

I loved how Alan Scott inspired Nightwing here. Alan Scott and Jay Garrick are the epitome of what it means to be a hero, and build everyone up with their wisdom and legacy.

[@NazriB]

Lies again? Institute College Face Of StarHub

[@GregKhar-NU-Metalhead2000]

cringe AF I hate titans

[@9751matt]

@@GregKhar-NU-Metalhead2000 Dan Didio, is that you? XD

[@justadudeontheinternet2917]

As tiring as the whole resetting the multiverse story is, I really like that the Titans are given the spotlight and Alan Scott speech to Dick about why he should be the one to lead the new generation of heroes is pretty dope.

[@El-Tarique]

It's less of resetting and more of playing with multiverse now

[@grandcanyon-fu9zt]

Raven is gonna fight the Spectre next month

[@arishemghoul9571]

@@grandcanyon-fu9zt that's not even a fight

[@grandcanyon-fu9zt]

@@arishemghoul9571 she's in a giant form

[@arishemghoul9571]

@@grandcanyon-fu9zt that still doesnt mean anything

[@jacobpepper4884]

Man DC really likes to make it as complicated as possible.

[@Himmyjewett]

Just how I like it

[@diosnelfrica590]

It’s why they’re still in business they know how to make crossovers big.

[@Huskasin]

@@diosnelfrica590 I mean sales beg to differ. This event is happening cause they're about to do another hard reboot, all the shit they keep slamming on the wall isn't sticking.

[@castlekingside76]

DC Black Label is huge

[@chaneladriana6829]

It’s doing much better than marvel it’s sad that marvel is only better at movies for now while dc is killing it at everything else

[@champion6534]

I feel like DC’s Crisis are like a traditional Super Bowl.

[@bizboy8631]

he is angry, the reasons why he is so calm is because he is very angry......damn that line was so good

[@MrWolfchamp-xi3cu]

It's so cool that Superman had a Superboy dressed like Robin as his sidekick. I guess because his universe is a Golden age inspired universe that it's just fitting and perfect that it be represented by Superman, the most iconic superhero to come out of the golden age and Robin, the most iconic sidekick to come out of the golden age

[@kamenrangerzeo8251]

Black Adam: "YOU ARE NOT THE JUSTICE LEAGUE!" Nightwing: "You're right, we are not... WE ARE THE AVENGERS." Black Adam: -_-... "Who?" Nightwing: "Oh wait, wrong team."

[@sikkastanislas4530]

🤣🤣

[@3haljordan]

May this truly be the last Crisis

[@MilkyMagee]

Black Adam is every where now because of the movie and I’m all for it!

[@niceandflyy]

Hopefully the same with Shazam and blue beetle next year gets the same treatment as black Adam is getting

[@jorgealexandergazcolem160]

You have to read some comics mate, Black Adam was the newest member of the justice league under Bendis run in 2021 many months before the shooting of the movie, and do not forget tha he’s a former member of the jsa, he always were a relevant character and not for the movie.

[@mhill311]

I've been wanting more of him...always been my favorite...I actually want him more of hero...I like Superman but Black Adam is my pick

[@TheReaperofHades]

Cosmic Superman looks so badass x3

[@darkshadowx9543]

fr

[@GregKhar-NU-Metalhead2000]

Is he earth 2,golden age,OG Kal L Superman?

[@darkshadowx9543]

@@GregKhar-NU-Metalhead2000 I'm pretty sure og Superman is golden age I'm not totally sure tho

[@ballskin5984]

“in other news the sky is blue”

[@Scipio488]

Except in the DCU, that would be "red".

[@Michaelengelmann]

Batman with prep time helps but contrary to the belief he doesn’t need prep time. Dude is The World’s Greatest Detective, he can rethink a strategy on the fly, like when we fight bosses in games & they change their move set, just faster & better

[@Aragorn7884]

Somehow Batman will "fix" everything... "prep time" 😬

[@destiny6080]

Do you think batman could defeat the one above all with prep time?

[@blizzard6672]

@@destiny6080 yes of course cuz HE IS BATMAN

[@Aragorn7884]

@@destiny6080 unfortunately... Yes 🫤 Because: of course 🙄🤦

[@arry5432]

@@Aragorn7884 it's nonsense really. Like, a human being just casually doing stuff that multiple demi-gods failed to achieve

[@firesnakex8]

nah it's gonna be nightwing

[@mentvltrillness]

DC: "The entire Justice League is going to die!!" also DC "Wait, let's just hold up one second ✋🏽"

[@talentroller4413]

no reader thought they were dead lol. dc has pulled this stunt too many times and people are just tired of the bs at this point

[@mentvltrillness]

@@talentroller4413 thank you Captain obvious

[@talentroller4413]

@@mentvltrillness why so triggered bruh?

[@raxxzfargo2045]

Been watching this guy for years lol good work always a reliable source

[@HeartlessDragon25]

It should say ..... and it broke again... for like the 20th time...

[@Bobbybillybillbob]

DC has such killer relationships that we probably will not see in liva action... Barry and Hal, Wally and Dick, Blue and Gold!!!

[@dylanogg347]

I'll give Pariah the credit he's due: That was a chilling nod to Crisis on Infinite Earths.

[@superheroverse957]

I really want to see the great evil beast on action

[@AMANOFCOLOURS]

I LOVE that you read comics to us!!

[@ericnancy4385]

The dark army in the last page that has doomsday and Dark Side was pretty cool. And she the record, Black Adam was right. The Titans aren't the Justice league. They need the League to deal with the darkness.

[@adaman.shr.3538]

At 3:55 the crack of laugh in his voice is hilarious.

[@docvslondon]

We need a freakin crisis movie. Or movies!! Appreciate your content homie!

[@ryan_cuadravoiceoverwork2516]

Overall, it’s fine. Dark Crisis as nice to say the least. Joshua Williamson seems to know what he’s doing and the whole story is fun to read. Even so this is not 'my’ Crisis event. That would be Dark Nights: Death Metal. Again like it a lot and looking forward what’s gonna happen on the end.

[@kingofm6424]

Is the dark multiverse in dark crises

[@twizzy7529]

I genuinely like all of the crisis events especially Death metal (I don’t know if that counts but it was pretty much a crisis event)

[@timothyraphael7904]

Yeah it counts, and the darkest knight wasn’t a joke, he’s op af, also wonder woman with some godly chainsaw… idk what the writers are high on, but the storyline is very dope 🔥🔥🔥

[@ARTOFFICIVL]

yo V. i clicked this vid and clicked the others to catch up just like you said lol. thank you for the hours nd hours of content brother. love the channel

[@ajforever101]

Im really invested in this crisis story due to the artwork and characters mostly being the legacy ones but I still have no idea what the darkness is and what Pariah is going on about lol

[@creedbratton4064]

Please be the last crisis for at least a decade, I literally cannot keep up. Caught up on Doomsday Clock while TBWL changed everything then catching up on that while Dark Crisis is wrapping up. It feels pointless to keep up when all the changes are outdated in 12 months

[@abepcf1526]

Jesus Crisis this is pretty dope lol

[@starbeard5538]

Why I feel like Great Darkness sees all Crises as comedy shows and He's literary trolling with everyone

[@xspence2404]

OMG DC has SOOOOO many crisis with the multiverse.

[@d3m1g0d4]

Big blue looking, truly Big & Blue Such Power👊

[@grahamcann1761]

Since the late 70s/early 80s my (nerd) friends and I often talked "if we started a comics company..." and what "rules" we'd include. I think we were often ahead of our time. I remember some rules like, "real death is permanent." "Ghosts are not the dead, they are the memories of the dead." "No large scale destruction of cities, populations, the planet." "Aliens, but only a few and rarely." "No time travel." "No multi-mirror dimensions." "Clones are not exact duplicates." "Characters age!" (Batman started in 1939, so IF he survived till 2020 he'd be at least a hundred.) And so forth. One we didn't think of, but I'm sure would quickly add; "No re-boots!!!" As always thank you so very much for the video. Me, I grew up to be a boring accountant. But one of those friends became an artist at ILM, two went on to work at Marvel, one was a founding member of a small local company called Apple, and one became a (similar to his Navy fighter pilot dad,) a Starfighter, the Last Starfighter.

[@thedeathskeleton4957]

Sounds pretty limited, tbh. All you'd really need to do is stick to the standards of the universe you're in, and make sure others who work on it, do as well. Unfortunately, comic writers and editors don't bother being consistent much anymore, and rather do their own thing. It makes the universe feel meaningless, and requires a reboot to bring back some stability. Unfortunately, it's just rinse and repeat at this point.

[@gabegarza9446]

Was there ever a moment when it was intact?

[@quentinfogger5755]

Can you do history of Cyclone, Rhino, Sandman, Kraven the Hunter, Chameleon, Scorpion and the Human Fly along with Kurt Connors the Lizard. Also can you do the history of the Flash Villains like Turtle, Magenta, Cobalt Blue, Mirror Master and Top?

[@filmboy422]

Ah shit here we go again

[@sbyrstall]

Same thing, different year. DC isn't original anymore.

[@filmboy422]

@@sbyrstall What's the point of saving the multiverse if they keep pulling off this shit

[@arishemghoul9571]

@@filmboy422 lol right enough with this crisis events

[@Yoshimitsuzero]

It's nice seeing Prometheus and Sideways again.

[@charontheferryman5989]

BeastBoy got an eye patch just like in TEEN TITANS GO💀"ScarMan" *.....YMF*😸

[@marcomcdowell8861]

As a kid of the 80s, I had all of those vehicles. I still have the General Lee, but I lost Bo and Luke when we still had three networks.

[@kevinkennedy4386]

I feel like all these crises are because DC doesn’t know what direction to lean

[@quentinfogger5755]

Since you did history of Marvel's Black Knight, Can you do history of Marvel's Dreadknight? If you seen the recent episodes of season 7 of the Flash, can you do history of Impulse, XS, Psych, Fuerza, Steadfast, Chillblaine, Abracadabra, Rainbow Raider, Mirror Master and Top in your next video?

[@azymondiaskingofthedragons2897]

You know something, DC has confirmed that the Presence is the most powerful being in the DC Multiverse he could wiped it out, change it or fixed it just by blinking, why doesn't he just do that to fix what's happening here?

[@arishemghoul9571]

Apparently the great Darkness is the new big guy in dc

[@azymondiaskingofthedragons2897]

@@arishemghoul9571 Actually, I think it's because that wouldn't make a great story

[@ankurdesai8370]

ok now my info on the subject is limited but from what I know, 1) great darkness is actually on the same level as presence and they kinda had a deal where the darkness went into hibernation and 2) it is now awake thanks to multiple multiverses existing (there were already multiple multiverses but the perpetua and batman who laughs stuff just confirmed it and also added some more multiverses I presume, hence the whole "infinite frontier") 3)now in this we got swamp thing saying that maybe the great darkness isn't doing this but something has corrupted it, which is weird given what the darkness is and its power level but we can imagine someone using its power temporarily which might make it possible for heroes to win in this crisis 4) there have been 7 crisis before this, there was 1 where the multiverse was destroyed (before we had multiple of them) and the prescence did nothing (yes spector fought in that crisis but he did it of his own free will) He has never showed up for anything ever we only ever see him giving commands to specter and the one time he met his son lucifer and maybe referenced here or there So nope it isn't doing anything 5) Actually when he met his son lucifer, he explained the reason the multiverse exists is so that he can give his creations a place where they have free will!! specifically beyond his control So he can create, destroy and change the multiverse however he wants but apparently refuses to do so so that it can continue being a place out of his control, and maybe to an extent it is Hope that shed some light, thank you for reading

[@azymondiaskingofthedragons2897]

@@ankurdesai8370 Or maybe it's because the writer thought it would make a bad story

[@ankurdesai8370]

@@azymondiaskingofthedragons2897 true true, but that argument could be made for every story ever written and every story does have its own internal logic, which seems consistent in this one, Frankly speaking I don't like this arc, like the darkness is too big of a villian to fight, they could have come up with a different villian also the other reason might be crisis fatigue because there have been so many big world changing events in DC for the last 3 years, actually it is so I am going to take a break from DC for while

[@alisonsmith4436]

I love your videos 😊

[@theamazingmarlbito6293]

I'm really sure this will matter in six months when they reboot everything again

[@kingshadow8782]

Heck Yeah!!!

[@kaptainriflebeard5980]

Hey Sideways. Haven't heard from him in a hot minute. Also, my friend was watching this recap with me and never really read comics that much and asked when you mentioned the greatest supernatural characters in DC about Detective Chimp. Correct me if I'm wrong, Detective Chimp is a detective, who's a chimp and can do magic right? I told him this but dude refused to believe me

[@ninf5041]

Flash's face tho🤣

[@jakemasterson6057]

i think the best way to sum up DC Comics at this point *walks to the toilet and flushes it*

[@jordanperrine1078]

Beast Boy was shot in the head point blank by DEATHSTROKE. NO WAY HE IS STILL ALIVE!!!

[@christopherforeman4773]

You forgot the deloreon, ectopic 1 and turtle van

[@TsuriaDragon]

I thought death metal and the whole event with Dr Manhattan put an end too all this but yeah of course right back where they started again…..

[@diosnelfrica590]

Because the DR Manhattan one was just dumb. They had no need to do that.

[@nasermalik18]

Doomsday Clock is still canon

[@abdallaharmiyao427]

Damn, this really is interesting

[@grandcanyon-fu9zt]

no wonder manga is beating comics

[@OldManRiv3r]

Damm dude, DC wasn't comfortable just destroying their cinematic universe, they just HAD to exhaust us all with crisis after crisis. Wasn't the last crisis whole thing like "this one is permanent, for real this time"...

[@grandcanyon-fu9zt]

Arrowverse ?

[@OldManRiv3r]

@@grandcanyon-fu9zt I gave up on that shit after season 2 of flash, so no clue. I was talking about the whole Perpetua storyline thing, thought the whole resolution of that story was a more reeled in multiverse and the threat of another crisis not being possible again. 🤷 Forgot DC makes 1-2 good storylines a decade and then just repeats it over and over until our eyes bleed.

[@grandcanyon-fu9zt]

@@OldManRiv3r they made a multiverse storyline with anti monitor, titans ,doom patrol and stargirl are doing a crossover now, teen titans go and teen titans 2003 had a multiverse threat storyline crossover in 2019 movie.

[@OldManRiv3r]

@@grandcanyon-fu9zt ..okay? I'm genuinely not trying to be rude, I just think I'm missing the point.

[@grandcanyon-fu9zt]

@@OldManRiv3r everyone and their moms are multiverse now , it's nothing important anymore.

[@VE_LOST]

Bro I just jumped off my seat bruh after I heard sideways is back ok crisis bro it’s been since 2018 bro like damn that had my chest pimpin be deserves to come back again man he’s so underrated man like damn…

[@henryohenry1504]

Beast boy with an eye patch?? He's a shapeshifter!

[@RGX89]

Jesus. How many crisis have their been?? I've lost count

[@el-sig2249]

Don't blaspheme the holy name.

[@batmanfanizationreborn6055]

My head hurts from so many crisis events from dc

[@kushthepharaoh]

9:51 colldddd

[@quentinfogger5755]

So how long till you do history of Arno_Stark Iron Man, Ironheart, War Machine and Pepper Potts AKA Rescue?

[@martinbaxter2616]

IMO... this will not stop DC from doing this again.

[@megalosaurusstudios2]

Please do a history of poison ivy or scarecrow or killer croc video

[@wholethedogsout880]

history of cyclone

[@163082rock]

I’m so stupidly happy that sideways is still making appearances no matter how brief. Hope it lasts through crisis

[@nicestguy1]

really cool

[@Aragorn7884]

Give it 1 year and they'll somehow involve 'The Batman Who Laughs' behind everything 🙄🤑 *AGAIN* 😬

[@josemanuelzamora4949]

Lol 😂

[@diosnelfrica590]

Oh imagine that. 😂

[@joelconolly5574]

This is epic

[@MrBlackace66]

I really hope that this is the last time that they reset the multiverse in DC.

[@quentinfogger5755]

Can you do history of the characters mentioned in this video?

[@diosnelfrica590]

Bro stop writing questions

[@redshurikenrlsh1951]

Weird, I'm never this early.

[@josephvasquez9392]

Nice sideways is back

[@bluwng]

Interesting, I read ancient literature that says there are beings keeping us in illusion and fear to harness our energy.

[@arkham6656]

Wasn’t the multiverse broken in Death Metal? I’m a DC die hard, but oh my god. How many more crisis are they gonna have? How many more times is the multiverse gonna break?!

[@arishemghoul9571]

Lol at this point I won't be surprise if another end all crisis event comes out late next year

[@ajanaya8055]

I gave up after they brought in Brian Michael Bendis to DC, and when they used Scott Snyder’s Dark Knight’s Metal ideas to undermine Geoff John’s overall direction to the comic’s universe. Doomsday Clock/ and Rebirth was built up to be something massive to DC. A correction to DC’s mistakes with new 52 era and a complete fresh start to new and old comic readers like I was back in 2015/2016. But it became completely pointless the moment they introduced: Dark Knight Metal, Heroes in Crisis, DK: Death Metal, Infinite Frontier, and perhaps others I forget to included. Now we have Dark Crisis? I gave up on reading and collecting every DC issues the moment they’ve decided to break the Source Wall (in the universe) and made Rebirth completely irrelevant. There’s no coming back from that anymore, DC. After Doctor Manhattan, the bigger threat is Perpetua. And after Perpetua the bigger threat is somebody else. And so on and so forth. Why are you stretching to far DC?

[@sbyrstall]

DC has been broken for years. It's so bad it's rebooted every couple years that it waters down the product. This isn't going to help.

[@Muleek.420]

Well this helped me

[@sbyrstall]

The worst part is we have people like Variant keep talking about how great this is.

[@7gamex]

Was actually curious about something when it comes to comic books. How long are the waits usually? Like, if I got a new issue of something, are people usually waiting months for the next issue?

[@louisalectube]

It's supposed to be once a month (usually) for most titles in the Big 2 (Dc and Marvel). However, this gets completely thrown out the window when the latest Super Mega Oblivion Event or single important issue is going on. Those issues get sold out pretty quickly, so it's a crap-shoot to see if you can get it. On the other hand, I can't tell you about any online "internet" versions because I've never collected purely digital comics.

[@gxxlee123]

Depends most are monthly releases. Others are bi monthly. Others are weekly or biweekly. During some really big events they cover almost of not all comics from a company. Also companies change the line up every now and then based on sells. For example Superman used to have 4 comics per a month. These were technically different stories (one was titled action comics, hmm the adventures of Superman and a few others). But I think those were ended .

[@brandonwright3467]

That’s Kyle? Not Jason Todd holding the gun in the Green lantern world?

[@quentinfogger5755]

What is up with Alan Scott trying to get Nightwing back on his feet after what happened to Beast Boy? How did Beast Boy recover?

[@thekryptoknightwholaughsat5774]

The Fanhome kitt replica...please tell me they got Samuel Jackson to do the voice!

[@isaacsandys]

Well now super is cosmic but I don't think kryptonite will work on him

[@matsholstaandahl4615]

What is the video leading up to this? Having hard time navigating

[@mewow483]

since they will be in black adam how about a history of sabbac and intergang?

[@rejhongilzene244]

Awesome old gang back together again. Almost done with your month your lantern corps ring bond for life?

[@SombraCheeks]

At this point there is a crisis of crisises

[@shadowgamerx2518]

Wow DC is so broken that they have to reboot it every few new and it's gotten old fast. I hope this is the final reboot and we can finally get a more consistent storyline for DC but I wouldn't hold my breath.

[@sbyrstall]

They will reboot in a couple years.

[@clementinefillianore715]

like the guy who already commented before me, they will reboot it again.

[@shadowgamerx2518]

Probably we'll see

[@music79075]

The DC universe has had like 7 multiverse crisis' in the past 12 years. Before that there were like 2.

[@marnv2956]

Thank you and God bless.....

[@gato3656]

Crazy

[@Zaxnafein]

Super Superman

[@faizanraza255]

Hopefully under Cosmic Superman's leadership, the league will survive this!

[@quentinfogger5755]

What do you think is the best thing about this comic book event and who do you think is the best character? How do you think the surviving heroes would save the Multiverse now that they got back heroes like Batman and Superman?

[@ryansyoutube6885]

Superman has the earth 2 logo?

[@cjcarillo3645]

@Variantcomics think you could do an origin of Solomon grundy episode for villains month?

[@MrChupacabra555]

Wait.......ANOTHER Crisis?!? Just how many of them have they had now anyway? 😅

[@MbisonBalrog]

Where is the Empty Hand?

[@omoefeasiemo3601]

0:51 that's actually Jason Todd

[@TheKickass85]

I love the title DC Universe broken it's been broken

[@olivecannon6472]

They are going to kill the whole DC universe just to reset it

[@bahlol-lodhi9712]

i am the 1000 like and I've never felt soo powerfull