Our DC Historians are here to help you understand the driver behind this year’s big DC TV crossover.
What a time to be alive.
But who is the Monitor?
Thats what were here to help you with.
further reading: What to Expect From the 2019 Arrowverse Crossover
WHO IS THE MONITOR?
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Wait, we should probably start at the beginning.
The dawn of time was a giant hand closing and opening on the universe.
It was observed by Krona, a Malthusian scientist.
His observation caused a paradox which broke the universe into different parallel worlds.
Actually, 52 of them came back.
One for each universe created in the rebirth of the multiverse, with an absurdly complicated backstory.
The probe encountered story, which it considered a corruption.
We told you things were going to get weird.
We get into some of this inthis look at Grant Morrisons assorted Superman stories.
MONITORS THROUGHOUT DC HISTORY
The Monitor The original.
He was mostly defined by his conflict with…
The Anti-Monitor The antimatter universes equivalent.
Neither of these guys had a ton of personality beyond their conflict.
Hes the main villain ofCrisis on Infinite Earths.
Some argued to eliminate them, while one Bob works with the anomalies to save them.
He was eventually defeated by all the Supermen in Grant MorrisonsFinal Crisis.
Zillo Valla The monitor of Earth 43, she travels the multiverse gathering heroes to take on Mandrakk.
The Judge of All Evil!
Weeja Dell Monitor of Earth 6, Nixs partner, and his strongest defender within the council of Monitors.
Mar Novu This is the Monitor in theElseworldsDC TV crossover this year.
We know little about him so far, but that should be filled in soon.
This has the battle between the Monitor, the Anti-Monitor and the assembled heroes of the DCU.
Infinite Crisis this series contained the return of a limited multiverse and gave us our monitors back!
Its also the one where Superboy Prime punching the walls of reality caused all the continuity errors.
Its better than it sounds.
Final Crisis Perhaps the most Monitor-heavy of all of these stories.
The Multiversity Actually, I take that back…THIS is the most Monitor-centric of all these stories.
