Crisis on Infinite Earths #[nn]

In "Kapitel I: Die Zusammenkunft" aus *Crisis on Infinite Earths*, der Pariah ist hilflos Zeuge, wie eine Antimateriewelle von Welt zu Welt rast und die Universen auslöscht — unter ihnen das von Erde 3, wo ein mächtiges Syndikat vergeblich versucht, die Katastrophe aufzuhalten. Als der Monitor Lyla den Harbinger ruft, versammeln sich Helden und Schurken auf ihrem Satelliten, nur um sofort von Schattendämonen angegriffen zu werden, bis der Monitor sie vertreibt.

In "Kapitel II: In allen Zeiten" aus *Crisis on Infinite Earths* #nn, as the multiverse teeters on collapse, heroes race across fractured time and space aboard the Monitor satellite to recover the vital tuning forks on Earth-1—just as shadowy forces unleash their own agents to thwart them. One of these agents, a mysterious figure who once wore the guise of Harbinger, now hunts the heroes with eerie precision, their true motives still cloaked in darkness.

In "Kapitel III: Das Ende naht" from *Crisis on Infinite Earths*, the planet Earth-1 teeters on the edge as violent storms rage and shadowy demons assault the heroes guarding the Monitor’s tuning forks. As a possessed Harbinger turns his fury on the Monitor himself, the final confrontation looms—just as the fate of reality hangs in the balance.

In "Kapitel IV: Und so wird die Welt sterben!", the destruction of Earth-1, Earth-2, and an unnamed Earth accelerates as antimatter consumes all in its path. Harbinger—possessed by the shadow demon from issue two—attacks the Monitor, killing him in a moment that shocks Pariah, who stares at the lifeless body. But the Monitor’s death was no accident; it was the final step in a desperate plan to save two worlds from an unstoppable force.

In "Kapitel V: Welten im Chaos," the remnants of Earths 1 and 2 are trapped in a hellish realm forged from the Monitor’s dying energy—just as the Anti-Monitor confronts a captive Barry Allen, revealing his intent to destroy two more worlds. The chilling question lingers: why did he spare these realms’ power when he absorbed all others?

In "Kapitel VI: 3 Erden! 3 Tode!", the Anti-Monitor unleashes a final assault, using Psycho Pirate to manipulate the last surviving heroes of three Earths as he begins their annihilation. With the warning from Earths 1 and 2 echoing through the collapsing multiverse, Alex Luthor Jr. makes a desperate bid to save them—only for Harbinger to step in and redirect the fate of all five worlds. The story culminates in a stark, silent shift: all five Earths now exist together in the void, their fates irrevocably altered.

In "Kapitel VII: Jenseits der stillen Nacht," die letzten fünf überlebenden Erden driften zusammen in der Vorhölle, als der Anti-Monitor setzt seine Solarmaschine in seiner Antimaterie-Festung in Gang, um sie zu zerstören. Mit einem letzten, entschlossenen Akt opfert Supergirl ihr Leben, um die Maschine zu sabotieren und den Anti-Monitor zurückzudrängen — und schwört ihm Rache, bevor sie fällt. Superman (Erde-1) ehrt sie mit einer bewegenden Rede und einer stillen Beerdigung, während die Welt um sie herum untergeht.

In "Kapitel VIII: Ein Blitz in der Finsternis!", Flash and Psycho Pirate find themselves trapped as the Anti-Monitor unveils a new plan to build an antimatter cannon. With the pirate’s strange ability to manipulate the Qwardian thunderers as a distraction, Flash races against time inside the weapon, running counterclockwise to trigger its destruction—only for the Anti-Monitor to hurl him through time, sealing his fate.

In "Kapitel IX: Schlachtfeld Erde" from *Crisis on Infinite Earths* (1999), the aftermath of Barry Allen’s sacrifice looms as Earth-1 and Earth-2 rally their heroes to defend the remaining universes from a coordinated assault by Lex Luthor and Brainiac. Amid the chaos, a fractured group of six Guardians offers Guy Gardner a power ring, their fate uncertain as they fall one by one.

In "Kapitel X: Tod am Anbeginn der Zeit!", the heroes learn from the Spectre that the Anti-Monitor plans to destroy the Multiverse at the dawn of time using antimatter. Divided into two teams—one to stop the Anti-Monitor, the other to prevent Krona from gazing into his special mirror—both face near-failure before the Spectre intervenes in a final clash. As their battle erupts in a cataclysmic explosion, the fate of existence hangs in the balance.

In "Kapitel XI: Nachbeben" from *Crisis on Infinite Earths*, the heroes grapple with disorienting fractures in reality as memories clash and some find themselves stranded—unable to return to their original worlds. As doubts grow, Harbinger reveals the staggering truth: the battle has erased the Multiverse, leaving behind a single, fractured universe woven from the remnants of countless realities.

In "Kapitel XII: Die letzte Krise," the final clash between the Anti-Monitor and the heroes unfolds across Earth and the antimatter universe, culminating in a devastating sacrifice. Superman [Erde-2], alongside Superboy Prime, Lois Lane Kent [Erde-2], and Alex Luthor Jr., vanishes into a hidden realm, leaving only Psycho Pirate [Roger Hayden], Pariah, Harbinger, and Lady Quark to remember what once was.