The Multiversity Guidebook (DC)

via Comics Alliance

writer: Grant Morrison

artist: Marcus To, Paolo Siqueira

The Guidebook to the ambitious (is there any other kind of Grant Morrison project?) Multiversity turns out to feature both guide and story.

There are profiles for most of the 52 realities, as well as a continuation of the main story begun in the initial issue that has room for two very different Batmen (advertised prominently on the cover) as well as Kamandi, Jack Kirby's Last Boy on Earth whose last appearance was a clever revision within the pages of Countdown to Final Crisis (I'm sure the irony isn't entirely lost on Morrison), another version of OMAC, and the New Gods acting much like the Greek gods in Clash of the Titans.

I figured I'd try and recap the previous appearances for each of the near-52 realities:

• Earth 0, home of the New 52.
• Earth 1, home of the Earth One graphic novels, which at some point will include Grant Morrison's take on Wonder Woman.
• Earth 2, home of Earth 2 (at least until the end of World's End).
• Earth 3, home of the Crime Syndicate, most recently featured in Forever Evil, but also famously depicted in Morrison's JLA: Earth 2 (it was based in different continuity, okay?).
• Earth 4, home of the Pax Americana folks.
• Earth 5, home of the Thunderworld folks.
• Earth 6, home of the Just Imagine Stan Lee Creating... folks.
• Earth 7, home of Thunderer, as seen in The Multiversity #1.
• Earth 8, home of Morrison's Marvel counterparts.
• Earth 9, home of Tangent Comics.
• Earth 10, home of Overman as depicted in Final Crisis.
• Earth 11, introduced here, home of Amazonian variations.
• Earth 12, home of characters from Batman Beyond.
• Earth 13, home of Superdemon and pals as depicted in Final Crisis.
• Earth 15, home of Superboy-Prime as depicted in Infinite Crisis.
• Earth 16, home of The Just folks.
• Earth 17, introduced here, featuring variations on Adam Strange and others, including one of two Batmen featured here.
• Earth 18, home of characters introduced in The Justice Riders.
• Earth 19, home of characters introduced in Amazonia.
• Earth 20, home of the Society of Super-Heroes folks.
• Earth 21, home of characters introduced in DC: The New Frontier.
• Earth 22, home of characters introduced in Kingdom Come.
• Earth 23, home of President Superman, introduced in Final Crisis and featured in Action Comics #9 and Multiversity #1.
• Earth 26, home of Captain Carrot and the Zoo Crew.
• Earth 29, home of the square Bizarro planet Htrae, explored in All Star Superman.
• Earth 30, home of characters introduced in Superman: Red Son.
• Earth 31, home of characters introduced in Detective Comics Annual #7.
• Earth 32, home of characters introduced in Batman: In Darkest Knight.
• Earth 33, Morrison's theoretical starting point.
• Earth 34, introduced here, featuring an ancient super-civilization.
• Earth 35, featuring Morrison's version of Alan Moore's Supreme.
• Earth 36, featuring characters introduced in Action Comics #9.
• Earth 37, home of Tommy Tomorrow and other classic DC sci-fi characters.
• Earth 38, home of characters featured in Superman & Batman: Generations (probably).
• Earth 39, introduced here, featuring super spies.
• Earth 40, home of Society of Super-Heroes folks.
• Earth 41, home of Morrison's Image counterparts.
• Earth 42, home of characters featured here, including one of the Batmen.
• Earth 43, home of characters likely inspired by the numerous Doug Moench/Kelley Jones Batman vampire comics.
• Earth 44, introduced here, featuring characters combining the Justice League and the Metal Men.
• Earth 45, home of characters introduced in Action Comics #9.
• Earth 47, home of Brother Power, the Geek.
• Earth 48, home of characters introduced in Crisis on Infinite Earths.
• Earth 50, home of characters introduced in the animated Justice League.
• Earth 51, home of various Jack Kirby characters, as featured here.