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Metron's death in the book is different from that in the comics.

In the original comic, when the anti-monitors invaded Earth 3, Metron sat in a chair and faced the anti-monitors with a "I'm a dick" attitude, with a very arrogant tone, and was then sneak-attacked by Greer.

The omega ray hit him directly, but he did not dodge or escape into the river of time.

It was clearly shown in that page of comics that Metron was dead and his body had fallen from the Mobius Chair.

Theoretically, he is not the Supreme Being, and he will definitely die if he is hit by the Omega Effect.

This is the comic setting of Omega Effect.

As a result, when it comes to the next big event, let’s first review the time and sequence of events.

After the Crisis on Infinite Earths, Darkseid and Alexander Luthor secretly cooperated to steal the heads of anti-supervisory agents and seize the Anti-Life Equation; after the final crisis, Darkseid gave up the Anti-Life Equation and transferred the power of backlash to After rebelling against the supervisor, the rebel was furious. At the same time, he was bewitched by Papetua and decided to take revenge on Darkseid.

Let’s talk about Greer and her daughter, because when Metron died, Greer had already formed an alliance with the anti-monitors.

In order to avenge Darkseid, the Amazon female assassin Myrina seduced him thousands of years ago.

In order to show her identity as Darkseid's fangirl, she even burned the omega symbol on her face, and finally had sex with him successfully. She became pregnant and gave birth to Greer.

In addition, Darkseid is different from many DC bosses. He is not lustful, but he also has no taboos about men and women. He almost refuses anyone who comes. In the comics, he has many illegitimate children. .

Therefore, Milina's desire to have sex with him was not just some crazy whim. She must have seen many women giving birth to illegitimate children with him, and that's why she came up with the plan to create a "biological weapon" for revenge.

For thousands of years after that, Myrina took little Greer and lived in seclusion in human society, secretly teaching her the skills of killing.

Although she changed from an unscrupulous Avenger to a true mother in the process of raising her daughter, she never stopped instilling in her daughter the idea of ​​killing Darkseid.

Greer knew her mother's plan and was still determined to kill Darkseid. She was not like the bloody heroine who found it difficult to accept the truth after knowing the truth. In the end, she abandoned her mother who had ulterior motives for her and went to her father, the "president" by blood.

At the beginning of the story of "Justice League", that is, when the Justice League was first formed (before the Crisis on Infinite Earths), Darkseid led hundreds of millions of demonoids to invade the main universe and the earth. On the surface, they were invading the earth, but in fact they were secretly looking for G.o.d. Rael and her daughter.

The original comic also has this setting.

In the comics, it was precisely because Darkseid was pursuing him that Greer and her daughter could no longer hide, so they formed the Anti-Monitor Alliance and directed the Darkseid War.

Some readers may want to ask: This is the wrong time. When Darkseid invaded the Earth, the Crisis on Infinite Earths had not even begun. Wasn't the interval in between too long?

It should be explained here that the timeline of the story in the comic is not necessarily the same as the timeline of the comic's release.

For example, the main trilogy of "Star Wars" appeared as early as the 1980s, but at the beginning of the 21st century, "Star Wars Prequels" was filmed.

Obviously, in the movie storyline, the plot of the prequel precedes the main drama.

But the time when the story became a movie was reversed. The main drama was filmed first, then the main drama became popular, and then a prequel was filmed in order to make money.

"Crisis on Infinite Earths" was published in 1985, but "New 52 Justice League" was a comic that was restarted in 2011, and the plot also acknowledged "Crisis on Infinite Earths".

Another example is the plot of Dr. Manhattan.

Dr. Manhattan restarts the DC universe after the major event of "Doomsday Clock" in 2019, but the novel begins with "Doomsday Clock". "Doomsday Clock" precedes the major event of "Crisis on Infinite Earths".

The reason for this arrangement is that the Superman in "Doomsday Clock" is the Superman of the Golden Age. It is estimated that for many readers, the Golden Age Superman is a confusing term.

Times have been developing, and comics have been restarted.

Corresponding to each era, the character settings of DC comics are also different.

In the 1930s and 1940s, comics were in the golden age, and comic characters were called "XX of the Golden Age."

When the Cold War started, the United States and the Soviet Union were at odds with each other, and culturally. Don't believe that everything in America was free. They had never been free in the cultural field.

In short, the Golden Age ends and the Silver Age begins. In the last ten years of the 21st century, no matter what era it is, the Wantianyi and the Eight Divine Realms of "New 52" have become the unified settings of new comics.

There have been many comics starting with "New 52" in DC, such as "New 52 Justice League" and "New 52 Bateman". Although after 2017, the multiverse has experienced "rebirth" (restart), "New 52" "has become the past, but many settings are still retained, and many major events also happened during the "New 52".

Therefore, the novel also tries its best to follow the setting and plot of the "New 52" (not all plots are based on the New 52. For example, in "The New 52", Lois reported Superman, revealed his identity, and made Clark a He was a tramp who could only live in a motel. It was very miserable. He died after the Darkseid war. The superhuman power was passed to Nora Long, and Nora became the new Superman. I personally disliked this plot. ), in general the story follows the mainstream plot that is well known to the public.

One more thing, even if DC keeps restarting, the weird thing is that the new world view after the restart still recognizes the previous major events.

Let's use the Darkseid War as an example. "The New 52" ended after this incident, and Superman died. After the restart, Superman returned, and Superman was with Lois again, but this Superman also knew about the Darkseid War. , still experiencing the plot after Greer launched the Darkseid War.

Readers may ask, what’s so evil about this? Isn’t this also the case in novels? Restart only affects the people who are restarted, and the world that is not affected by the restart continues to operate as usual.

Indeed, the novel follows this setting. What I don’t understand is why the editor-in-chief of DC Comics doesn’t completely restart it, that is, negate all the major events in the past, travel lightly, and rewrite the story.

By rewriting the story, Darkseid, Steppenwolf, and Black Death can once again become the big bosses of the Justice League. Instead of just restarting the main heroes like now, Darkseid still remembers everything, so that every time there is a big boss, The bosses in the incident are getting bigger and bigger each time. They used to be anti-monitors, then changed to Barbatos, then to anti-monitors mom Pappetua, and then the BOSS outside the origin wall, the Hand of the Void. The map is getting bigger and bigger. , the combat power values ​​are getting worse and worse, the BOSS settings are becoming more and more detached one after another, and the plot is getting worse and worse.

Ahem, that’s too far off topic.

In the novel, Superman Bateman and Zheng Lian are both "New 52XX" characters in the new era, and "Doomsday Clock" is the Superman of the golden age, so "Doomsday Clock" is placed at the beginning.

When the story begins, it is the post-era where Doomsday Clock has ended.

The golden age has ended, and now we have entered the New 52 era.

Let’s talk about Greer and her daughter.

The purpose of their mother and daughter was very simple, so simple that it did not quite follow the logic of their actions. It was clear that the heroes of the Zhenglian Alliance had many opportunities to defeat and defeat Darkseid, but they did not intervene and pretended to be dead on the side. When the final crisis was over, they I just thought of asking the anti-monitors to cooperate. The question is, what if the anti-monitors don’t plan to take revenge?

After all, after being plotted by Darkseid in Crisis on Infinite Earths, Anti-Monitor had no intention of seeking revenge from Darkseid. Instead, he and Sinestro started a sex-light war and still wanted to invade the main universe.

This plot in the novel has been slightly adjusted, but the major events have not changed, but they are connected from beginning to end.

During Darkseid's first invasion of Earth, he had quietly found Greer - do you still remember this plot?

In Chapters 514 and 515, the chapter names are "Darkseid's Daughter, Greer".

. . . . . . The following is an excerpt from Chapter 515. . . . . .

"Child, you don't have to be afraid, I won't hurt you." After a pause, Darkseid said with an incomprehensible expression: "We are the new gods, and the new gods have a rule - no parricide.

You will not be harmed in any way. I am asking for trouble because I need you to do something for me in the future. "

"What-ahhh!"

The omega rays carrying the power of the anti-life equation shot out without warning and poured directly into the gray-skinned Greer's eyes.

She howled miserably in the pain of scraping away her bones and replacing her marrow, while the aura on Darkseid's body gradually weakened.

He is injecting the essence of his body into his daughter!

After a long time, the omega rays stopped, and Darkseid's eyes were like dry magma pools, leaving only a little dim fire.

He took a step back and staggered a little, "Greier, just follow the destiny."

. . . . . .

Now if you look at this plot again, you can understand why the "Darkseid War" broke out and why Greer went to find the Anti-Monitor.

This is the fate arranged by Darkseid in advance.

Both Greer and Anti-Monitor were secretly controlled by Darkseid. It was not all brainwashing. He understood them and knew what they would choose when faced with a choice. He was also working hard to control their destiny.

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Now let’s take a look at the timeline.

1.Final crisis ends

2. Harley returned from the Era of the God of War and sought revenge from the old gods and Darkseid respectively.

3. After being humiliated by Harley, Darkseid made up his mind to give up the equation completely and transferred the equation backfire to the Anti-Monitor

4. Resurrected from prison, vowed revenge on Darkseid, and "happened" to meet Greer who came to look for allies.

5. With the help of Greer and Papetua, the anti-monitoring and swallowing parallel universe regained its strength.

6. The real body of the anti-monitor enters Earth 3 in the Node Universe

7. The criminal syndicate on Earth-3 is on the verge of extinction and arranges for the Outsiders and Atomic Girl to enter the main universe

8. The key item to open the passage to the universe is Pandora’s Box. When the Trisolaris crisis broke out, outsiders took advantage of the chaos and stole Pandora’s Box.

9. The Magic Box connects the main universe and Universe 3. It not only brings in the criminal syndicate, but also brings the dark atmosphere of Universe 3 into the main universe. The Eclipse Lord wakes up and the "Eternal Evil" event begins.

10. Harley takes down the Eclipse Lord and the Criminal Syndicate one by one

11. Anti-surveillance finally absorbed enough energy and officially launched the Darkseid War

There are 11 events in total.

11 events are cause and effect to each other and are connected in a line.

Metron's death occurred during Event 6.

Earth No. 2 is the main universe of the Golden Age, Earth No. 1 is the main universe of the Silver Age, and Earth No. 0 is the current main universe, so Earth No. 3 is the first node universe, which is very important. The true form of the Anti-Monitor came and encountered Metron. and kill him.

In the Evil Forever comics, Metron is killed by Grell.

Later in the "Darkseid War" comic, it was said that Metroron was not completely dead and he escaped by chance.

While Darkseid and the Anti-Monitor were fighting each other on Earth, Metron suddenly appeared again and brought the main heroes to the Fortress of Eternity.

The heroes of the Zhenglian asked him about the ins and outs of the "Darkseid War". Metron pretended to be hesitant, but Wonder Woman directly strangled his neck with the Lasso of Truth and pulled him from the Mobius Chair. Come down.

By leaving the Chair of Mobius, Metron loses his divinity as the God of Knowledge.

In order to find the secret, Bateman sat on the chair and became the God of Knowledge.

Well, this is how Bateman got the Mobius Chair in the original comics.

Metron couldn't even hold the mantra lasso, how did he survive the omega rays?

After the Darkseid War ended and Bateman gave up the Mobius Chair, Night Owl picked up the chair and became the new God of Knowledge. Then that guy was targeted by Dr. Manhattan, and a weak energy arc exploded into a pool of blood foam.

Readers may ask, this is the wrong time. The "Eternal Evil" event caused by the Criminal Syndicate is clearly before the "Darkseid War" event.

Indeed, the Darkseid War has been months since the Crime Syndicate entered the main universe.

However, in the original comics, the ending of the Crime Syndicate is different from the book. Only the only hero Alexander Luthor died when he wanted to rule the world. The three culprits, Super Queen, Super King, and Night Owl, all survived.

Super Queen and Super King were arrested and imprisoned until "Darkseid War" even appeared on the scene to make a splash.

Ye Xiao is very shrewd and has escaped Zhenglian's search and has been hiding in the dark.

In the original comics, it was Luthor who defeated and killed Alexander Luthor.

Alexander Luthor has absorbed the Death Storm and is extremely powerful. He can beat Zabiro (the clone of Superman that Luthor took 10 years to complete) to death. He has also defeated villains such as Black Adam and Sinestro, and tore Luthor apart. Se's green-shell mecha.

With just a slight twist, Alexander Luthor could twist off Luthor's head like a Coke bottle cap. As a result, he threw Luthor to the ground and ignored him, giving Luthor the opportunity to gather a group of villains and kill Alexander Luthor alive. Death.

Sinestro inserted a steel needle into Alexander Luther's chest. Black Adam acted as a human bomb, hugged Alexander Luther and shouted "Shazam". The power of lightning entered Alexander Luther's body along the steel needle and released his Shazam state. , Luther then slowly walked over to pick up the head.

It's a bit of a plot killing. While Alexander Luthor is clamoring to rule the new earth, he only kills minions and does not kill all the main personnel (Luthor, Black Adam, etc.).

The original comic plot has been changed in the novel, not to mention beyond recognition. Except for the name of the major event, almost all the content and details have changed.

Metron didn't have the chance to suffer the humiliation of being pulled off the Möbius Chair by Zhenglian, and he farted directly on Earth 3. I also saved some face for him: he had a chance to dodge and escape into the river of time, only to be Omega ray hits with tracking capabilities.

The Mobius Chair returned from the River of Time to the ruins of Gotham on Earth 3, and was obtained by Night Owl.

After sitting on the Mobius Chair, Night Owl immediately understood everything.

The body of the God of Knowledge is sitting on a chair, disguised as the artificial intelligence "Sophon" created with Atom's technology, borrowing the only hero Alexander Luthor's small rocket to blast a gap connecting the main universe, and sending the Outsider and Atomic Girl to Main universe.

Night Owl, the God of Knowledge, used the Mobius Chair to modify the timeline and let Atomic Girl replace his counterpart in the main universe.

Relying on Nite Owl's Mobius Chair, the Outsider and Atom Girl can rely on information gaps to crush the villains of the Justice League and the Secret Society to a certain extent.

As for the original comic Night Owl, there is no Moebius chair, and the outsider Ah Fu does not have Batman's wisdom. Why can he cross the river and control the entire secret society with the strength of an ordinary person and the identity of an outsider (Luthor, Vandal Savage is shameless), and he also crushes Bateman, who has the most powerful brain. His only helpers are Atom Girl and Grid (the evil version of Cyborg). Apart from the plot needs, I really look for it. For no other reason.

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One more thing, why in the original comics, it was arranged for Night Owl to obtain the Mobius Chair after the "Darkseid War" ended.

In this book, the "Doomsday Clock" event that Doctor Manhattan rewrote DC history has already happened, as early as when Harley was born, but in reality, the "Doomsday Clock" appeared in 2019, in Darkseid Behind the series of events of the war.

Therefore, Night Owl's only purpose in obtaining the Mobius Chair is to attract readers' curiosity through his mysterious death.

Who killed Night Owl?

Finally, DC Comics released the comic "Doomsday Clock".

To put it bluntly, Night Owl obtained the Mobius Chair until his final death, just to lead to the "Doomsday Clock" story later.

It would have been silly if I didn't change the time when Night Owl got the chair and also had him get it after the Darkseid war and then die.

Well, it’s just that I’m stupid. I’m not saying that the arrangement of DC Comics is stupid. In fact, this suspense lasted for a long time, a bit similar to the masked man in "Naruto". Before Obito unveiled the mask, readers and viewers Guessing who he is.

Night Owl is not the only plot character that foreshadows "Doomsday Clock". Wally the Lightning Kid and Pandora are all victims.

Not to mention the plot of Doomsday Clock itself, the DC editor-in-chief is very clever in the conception of major events. I said a lot that "Doomsday Clock" takes place after the "Darkseid War", right? Actually, I'm talking about the order of hairstyles in the comics.

In the story of the original comics, "Doomsday Clock" happened very early, at least before the "Darkseid War", which is similar to the setting of this novel.

In other words, the novel followed the original setting of the comic, so Harley was born after the doomsday bell.

Unlike the main heroes in the novel who knew that there were Watchers in the world, Dr. Manhattan did not write the history of the Watchers and himself into the new reality after merging the Watchers universe with the main DC Golden Age universe (this is not a second setting of the novel, just It can be said that DC comics are too complicated, and many of them are contradictory. The settings in the novel are also consistent with the comics settings, but they are just comics from another publication).

Night Owl sat on the Mobius Chair and already knew all the secrets of the multiverse. He discovered that the world had been modified by Doctor Manhattan. He discovered that the current reality was after the doomsday bell, so he was killed and silenced. It was not for Doctor Manhattan in the novel. the power of.

Well, in a certain mysterious dimension of the multiverse, there is indeed the power of Dr. Manhattan. This setting actually comes from the original comics.

(I originally planned to briefly introduce the ending of Metrotron in the original comic, but I have said so much without realizing it. If you just read it, it will be treated as chatter.)