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The DC Alterverse project is a recreation of The DCU, later expanded to its Multiverse, by Luiz Prata Oliveira, a.k.a. silverbolt1. It started and continues in the Deviantart site and has two prose fanfics related to the project: DC Alterverse: Maxima and Cheetah: Under the Moon.

For the Multiverse part, heavily based on Grant Morrison's The Multiversity, each universe is named as "Universe-[number]" instead of the canon's nomenclature "Earth-[number]". Universe-0 is considered the core universe, like Prime Earth is considered the core of DC's canon.

This work contains examples of:

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    Universe- 0 

  • Adaptation Origin Connection:
    • Cyborg Superman's origin is tied to Shazam!'s nemesis Doctor Sivana (who ordered his creation here) and to Cyborg/Victor Stone (the files about his prosthetic parts were used to create Cyborg Superman's ones).
    • As in the New 52, Changeling's origin is tied to The Red, the mystical force connecting all animal life. His skin/fur remained green, but the red parts of his costume are said to be related to The Red.
  • Adaptational Badass: Eve Teschmacher not only got high business skills, to the point of becoming the CEO of her own company (see Adaptational Wealth below), but she's also a superheroine, transorming into Black Eve (a gender-flipped Black Adam, as mentioned below) when she says the word "Shazam!".
  • Adaptational Early Appearance:
    • In the comics, Batman predates both versions of Batwoman, Pre-Crisis Kathy Kane and the Post-Crisis Kate Kane. Here, Kathy not only starts her heroic career way before Bruce Wayne, but she also inspires him to become Batman and trains him.
    • On the villain side, Barbara Minerva predates Priscilla Rich as Cheetah; in the comics it's the other way round.
  • Adaptational Gender Identity:
  • Adaptational Heroism:
    • Black Eve: A gender-flipped (via Reincarnation) version of Black Adam, after an In-Universe Heel–Face Turn.
    • Barbara Minerva was cured and reformed for real.
    • Maxima, as a result of being a composite character of her original version and her much nicer counterpart of the New 52.
  • Adaptational Sexuality
    • Julia Kapatelis: Straight in canon, she's Wonder Woman's first wife here.
    • Lorraine Reilly and Caitlin Snow, also straight in canon, are bisexual here, being currently married to each other.
    • Maxima follows the New 52 version, who is homosexual, differently from the Pre-Flashpoint version. Here, she's paired with Luma Lynai, a Pre-Crisis love interest of Superman.
    • Raven and Starfire are a couple here.
  • Adaptational Wealth: In most versions of the character, Eve Teschmacher works for Lex Luthor. Here, she started as a Lexcorp's employee, but she rose among its ranks and, after the downfall of its owner Lex Luthor, she became its president, the CEO being Lex’ sister Lena. In an agreement with Lena, who renamed the company as Luthorcorp, Eve bought one of its subsidiaries, which would be renamed as Teschcorp, having Eve as the CEO.
  • Canon Immigrant:
    • Alex Danvers, from Supergirl, is mentioned to be Martian Manhunter's significant other. note 
    • Theo Galavan, Fish Mooney and Jerome Valeska, villains from Gotham, are enemies of the first Batwoman, Kathy Kane.
  • Chest Insignia: Most characters retain their traditional emblems, including Power Girl’s lack thereof. There are some variations, though:
    • Matrix: Her emblem is similar to Superman's and Supergirl's S-shield, but having a "M" instead of a "S".
    • Batman's emblem brings the yellow ellipse back. The bat silhouette in it has its wings bent upwards, in an angle that leaves the wings’ sides horizontal. Basically a compact version of the Nolanverse Bat-symbol.
    • The first Batwoman, Kathy Kane, has a similar bat silhouette, but larger, red instead of black and without the ellipse, once again close to the Nolanverse Bat-symbol.
    • Kathy's sidekick Bat-Girl (Bette Kane) has a green bat silhouette, which is one piece with her cape.
    • Wonder Woman: Her emblem is a labrys – a double-axe associated to the mythological Amazons – with the concentric Ws as part of its top. Its handle is connected to her girdle.
    • Martian Manhunter’s big "X" is curvy rather than straight-lined.
    • Nightwing’s emblem combines elements of different pre-existing versions: it’s a blue bird (as in his animated versions) with large open wings and stylized feathers (like his second Post-Crisis costume).
    • Troia has a big silver "T", connected to golden shoulder pads.
      • The Titans as a whole have a letter "T" on their belt buckles, so Troia wears the letter twice, one standing for her codename, the other for the team's name.
    • Black Eve’s thunderbolt is longer and narrower than Pre-Flashpoint Black Adam’s. Its top is also connected to her collar.
  • Comic-Book Fantasy Casting:
  • Composite Character:
    • Black Eve is a composite of Black Adam and Eve Teschmacher, via reincarnation.
    • Maxima combines elements from her original version (like her look and her Stalker with a Test Tube attitude toward Superman) with her The New 52 version (like her connection to the Crucible Academy and her homosexuality). These versions seem to be contradictory to each other, but there's an In-Universe explaination: Maxima strongly repressed her homosexuality because she internalized the intense pressure from her kingdom and family to find a male mate and have an heir. She eventually comes out and decides to embrace her sexual orientation.
    • Steppenwolf combines the face and basic design of his green Pre-Crisis outfit created by Jack Kirby (plus a few elements from his red post-Crisis look, also designed by Kirby) with the metallic, bulky look (horned helmet included) from his The New 52 and DC Extended Universe versions.
  • Cool Bike: The one piloted by Batwoman I (Kathy Kane). It has a side-car for Bat-Girl (Bette Kane).
  • Decomposite Character:
    • Supergirl, Power Girl and Matrix, variations of a same character, coexist here, although being given different origins and codenames.
    • Cyborg Superman is a separate character form Hank Henshaw (his Pre-Flashpoint and Rebirth identity) and from Zor-El (his New 52 identity). Actually, he doesn’t have a civilian name.
    • Iris West's father was named Ira West in the pre-Flashpoint comics and renamed as Joe and turned black in The Flash. Here, Ira and Joe are different characters, the former being the ex-husband of Iris's mother Nadine, while the latter is Nadine's current husband and Iris's father. As their respective canon incarnations, Ira is white and Joe is black.
  • Gender Flip:
    • Black Eve is a female version of Black Adam (and also a Composite Character with Eve Teschmacher). Downplayed, as she's the reincarnation of the ancient Khandaq ruler Teth-Adam, who's male like his canonical version, albeit with a darker skin.
    • Martian Manhunter is biologically a Hermaphrodite here, as is the whole Martian race by default, and self-identifies as female, adopting the female human identity of Joan Jones.
  • Heel–Face Reincarnation: Teth-Adam, a Fallen Hero from ancient times, reincarnated as the benevolent Eve Teschmacher, adopting the heroic identity of Black Eve, after she passed a Secret Test of Character made by the wizard Shazam (who was also the mentor of her original incarnation).
  • Kissing Cousins: Diana/ Wonder Woman and Artemis, who are cousins here, eventually marry each other. To those who raise eyebrows, Diana answers that: 1- it’s perfectly legal in their culture and in the American state they live in; 2- the main concern about it (potential genetic complications of imbreeding) isn’t an issue to same-sex couples, for obvious reasons and 3- the Amazons worship the Greek Pantheon, which top couple is Zeus and Hera, who are married siblings.
  • Legacy Character:
    • In this universe, Batman, of all people, is this. The first Batwoman not only predates him as a vigilante, but she also inspires him to follow her steps and she even trains him.
    • Cheetah: Barbara Minerva is cured is reformed for real, but Priscilla Rich takes her place as Cheetah.
    • Killer Frost: Crystal Frost was the first, Louise Lincoln was the second and Caitlin Snow was the third.
    • Firestorm: After different versions having Ronnie Raymond as a common component, the current Firestorm is the fusion of Lorraine Reilly and Cailtin Snow.
    • The Flash: Jay Garrick, currently deceased, was the first one. Barry Allen and his niece Wendy West share the codename in the US, while Avery Ho is the Chinese Flash.
    • The current Black Canary is daughter of the first one, as most versions of the character.
  • Mythology Gag:
    • Having Batwoman saving Thomas and Martha Wayne from Joe Chill and inspiring Bruce Wayne to become a hero is a reference to the Detective Comics #500 story “To Kill a Legend”, by Alan Brennert and Dick Giordano. In that story, The Phantom Stranger sends Batman to an Alternate Universe, in which he saves his parents’ counterparts and, unknowingly, inspires his younger version to follow his steps.
    • The Titans’ line-up is the same of the 1980’s Wolfman’s and Pérez’s run. Also, Dick and Kory’s wedding being ruined by an evil Raven. This time, however, it isn’t the regular Raven gone bad, but her Universe-3’s Evil Counterpart invading Universe-0.
    • Joe and Iris West are black, as in The Flash.
    • Marie Logan and Rita Farr co-starred the TV series Hello, Megan!, as they did in Young Justice (2010). Marie being lesbian is a nod to the same show, that hinted she wasn't straight by making her vulnerable to Queen Bee's pheromone control.
    • As mentioned above, Black Canary being a trans woman was borrowed from DC Comics Bombshells.
  • Patchwork Fic: It combines elements of different canon continuities, like Pre-Crisis, Post-Crisis, The New 52 and Rebirth, and also from other media, like the Arrowverse and Young Justice (2010).
  • Promoted to Love Interest: All over the place, although some canon pairings remained (as Aquaman/Mera and Green Arrow/Black Canary, for example).
    • Doctor Light/ Kimyio Hoshi is dating Mister Terrific/Michael Holt.
    • Superman and Lana Lang.
    • Wonder Woman and Artemis.
    • Maxima and Luma Lynai.
    • A gender-flipped Martian Manhunter and Alex Danvers.
  • Race Lift:
    • Black Eve and her male original incarnation Teth-Adam have dark skin, differently from the light-skinned Black Adam from the comics. The same goes for her love interest Isis.
    • Iris West and her father follow the Race Lift they got in the Arrowverse rather than their comics counterparts.
    • Lorraine Reilly a.k.a. Firehawk is bi-racial here, having a white father and a black mother.
  • Reincarnated as the Opposite Sex: Teth-Adam, who ruled ancient Kahndaq, reincarnated in the present as Eve Teschmacher.
  • Related Differently in the Adaptation: In the Pre-Crisis comics, Betty Kane a.k.a. Bat-Girl was niece of Kathy Kane, the original Batwoman. Here, Betty is Kathy's daughter.
  • Related in the Adaptation:
    • Lorraine Reilly, formerly Firehawk and currently one half of Firestorm, is the granddaughter of the Golden Age heroine Danette Reilly a.k.a. Firebrand, from whom she inherited her metagene.
    • Regarding the Amazons:
      • As mentioned above, Artemis is Diana's cousin, being the daughter of Diana’s aunt Antiope and the latter’s wife Menalippe.
      • This version of Philippus is a co-parent to Hippolyta's daughtersnote . In the comics, the nature of Hippolyta's relationship with Philippus was ambiguous until Wonder Woman (Rebirth) made them really a couple in canon.
      • Zig-zagged with Donna Troy's relation to Hippolyta, Diana and Nubia. While in the Pre-Crisis continuity she was daughter of the former and sister of the latter two, as she is here in Alterverse, after DC Comics got a tendency to reboot its continuity and Donna got her particular Continuity Snarl (to the point of getting her own page on that matter), her origin became a very complicated issue, family ties included.
      • As mentioned above, Diana became a co-parent to Vanessa Kapatelis when she adopted her. By extension, Vanessa became granddaughter of Hippolyta and Philippus, as well as niece of Donna and Nubia. Later on, Artemis became Vanessa's stepmother.
    • Supergirl is the adopted sister of Lana Lang.
  • Spared by the Adaptation:
    • Thomas and Martha Wayne are saved from being killed by Joe Chill, thanks to the intervention of the first Batwoman. Thomas still dies some years later of a heart attack, but Martha’s fully alive.
    • Lyrissa Mallor, who was killed by her Brainwashed and Crazy daughter in the comics, is alive here, as an instructor of the Crucible Academy.
    • Marie Logan, who died in the comics and in Young Justice (2010), from which her backstory is heavily based on, is alive here.

    Multiverse 

  • Adaptation Dye-Job:
    • Universe-34: Savior, the resident counterpart of Superman, has platinum blond hair. Cutie, who is a counterpart of the black-haired Tomorrow Woman, has brown hair.
    • Universe-35: Maximan, Maxiwoman and Splendor, respective counterparts of Superman, Supergirl and Wonder Woman, are all albinos in this universe.
    • Universe-36: Optiman and War Woman, counterparts of Superman and Wonder Woman, have brown hair here.
    • Universe-50: Sunlighter, another counterpart of Superman, has light brown hair.
  • Adaptational Sexuality: All over the place. Each universe tends to bring at least one LGBT character. Some, like Universe-2, bring even more (although two of them –Ray and Obsidian– were already gay in canon).
  • Adaptation Expansion:
    • Most characters that Alterverse has in common with Multiversity get names and backstories that they didn't have in the original work. There are some new characters included in some universes, too.
    • The non-Multiversity Assemblers/ Champions of Angor also got an expansion, including expies of Falcon and Monica Rambeau and supporting characters in Tin Man's backstory (Gerald "Glad" Gladstone and Carolina "Salt" Stevens, based on Harold "Happy" Hogan and Virginia "Pepper" Potts).
  • Adaptation Name Change:
    • Universe-2: Karen Starr was renamed as Karen Kent, making her status as Clark's adopted daughter official. Also, Karen and Helena Wayne never used their respective comics' codenames Power Girl and Huntress. Karen started as Supergirl, later renaming herself as Superwoman, while Helena started as Batgirl and changed her codename to Batwoman.
    • Universe-8: Hornet, borrowed from Jeph Loeb’s Maximums, was named Jamie. Here, she’s Karen Beecher, a counterpart to Bumblebee in the main universe. American Crusader was named Jack, but here he’s Jim Harper.
    • Universe-13: Hyperius, originally from Earth-8 in Multiversity, was transplanted to U-13, under the codename Helios.
    • Universe-34: Radman was changed to Radpower, because there’s a woman inside the armor.
    • Universe-35: Supremo was renamed as Maximan; Suprema was renamed as Maxiwoman; The Owl was renamed as Dark Moth; Majesty was renamed as Splendor; and Mercury-Man was renamed as Red Glare (and turned into a woman). note 
      • Multiversity’s Earth-41’s Nimrod Squad was transplanted to Universe-35 and renamed as Offbeat Squad (turned into Titans’ counterparts rather than Justice League’s). Its member Nightcracker was renamed as Stronghold.
  • Canon Immigrant:
    • Universe-2’s Wonders of the World: Sisty Jibbet, daughter of Mathilda Hunkel (the original Red Tornado), is the team’s Red Tornado, instead of Lois Lane; There are also counterparts of Ray, Jade, Obisdian, Roy Harper and Arrowverse’s Jesse Wells.
    • Universe-8 has two: Loose Cannon, replacing Behemoth (who was transplanted to Universe-13) as the resident HULK MASH!-Up, and Hornet, from Jeph Loeb’s Maximums, albeit with an Adaptation Name Change and being a Composite Character with Bumblebee.
    • Marlize Malan, the wife of Clifford DeVoe in The Flash, is placed in Universe-34 as Cutie's creator.
    • The aforementioned Behemoth was placed in Universe-13, among the Assemblers.
    • Most characters of Universe-20’s Society of Super-Heroes (2/3 of the team) are this: Queen Arrow (Diana Dare) was an obscure Distaff Counterpart of Green Arrow from the Pre-Crisis Earth-2; Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman have Golden Age looks (Superman is particularly based on the 1940’s Fleischer cartoons); A black female Crimson Avenger and the second Judomaster (Sonia Sato) are expies of Green Hornet and Kato; There’s also version of Doctor Midnight (Elizabeth Chapel) and a Jay Garrick heavily based on the Arrowverse’s version.
  • Captain Ersatz: Following the steps of Grant Morrison’s The Multiversity, many heroes from Alternate Universes are based on characters from other publishers, although some details may differ from Morrison’s versions. Their identities tend to be tied to mainstream DC characters, though (see Adaptation Name Change above and Composite Character and Named by the Adaptation below).
    • Universe-7 has ersatzes of the Amalgam Universe's characters. The twist is that, in most cases, their identities are different from the DC's components of the original amalgams: Green Machine, analogue to Amalgam's Iron Lantern, is John Henry Irons rather than Hal Jordan, mostly because Irons shares some traits with Iron Man (being a Gadgeteer Genius and wearing a Powered Armor), the Marvel's component of Iron Lantern.
    • Universe-8 has the Retaliators, based on The Avengers. New additions: Stuntmaster (analogue to Daredevil), who was mentioned but not shown in Multiversity, and Hornet (analogue to Wasp), who was borrowed from Jeph Loeb’s Maximums.
    • Universe-13 has two groups: the Assemblers, also based on the Avengers (and the only ones who don’t have counterparts in mainstream DC) and the Excellent Ensemble, based on the Squadron Supreme, themselves a pastiche of the JLA. Tomorrow Woman, an In-Universe immigrant from Universe-0, is treated as an Ersatz of The Vision, given the similarities between them (both are androids created by villains to infiltrate among the heroes, but they Grew Beyond Their Programming and became truly heroic), which may or not be intentional in her canon debut in JLA (1997).
    • Universe-34 has the Light Brigade, with basically the same line-up of Multiversity, with a few changes: Herculina, a version of Astro City's Winged Victory (herself based on Wonder Woman), was split into two characters: Liberty Eagle, analogue to Winged Victory, and Herculina, who became black and turned into a version of the second Cleopatra (Sarah Brandeis); Stingray, with no clear analogue in Astro City, was Adapted Out; and Kawaii, an analogue to American Chibi, was added.
    • Universe-35: To Rob Liefeld's characters. The Superfellows are ersatzes of the Allied Supermen of America (with a bit of Alan Moore's take on them), themselves a pastiche of the Justice League. The Offbeat Squad (a recycled version of Multiversity's Earth-41's Nimrod Squad) are based on Liefeld's Youngblood (Image Comics).
    • Universe-36: To the Big Bang Comics' heroes from the Round Table of America, also based on the Justice League.
    • Universe-50 differs significantly from Mulitversity. It brings analogues to WildStorm’s characters (as in the Pre-Flashpoint multiverse): Erebus (Midnighter), Sunlighter (Apollo), Charm (Voodoo), Shooting Star (Grifter), Gap (Void), Valiant (Spartan), Majestrix (a Gender Flipped version of Mister Majetic), Veritas (Zealot), Firestone (Flint), Prima Donna (Diva), Harpoon (Warblade) and Cyberia (Ladytron).
  • Comic-Book Fantasy Casting:
  • Composite Character:
    • Universe-3: Doc Mercy is a counterpart of Scarecrow, but his outfit and gas gun were based on the Wesley Dodds version of Sandman, especially his look in Sandman Mystery Theatre. Siobhan MacDougal is the counterpart of U-0's first Silver Banshee, but, in terms of occupation (she's a non-super Irish singer) and style, she's also U-3's version of Enya. Also known by her vocal talents, but in a different way.
    • Universe-7: Like Universe-32 below, this universe merges pairs of DC's characters. The differences are: here, there's the intent of emulate the characters of the Amalgam Universe, while in U-32, the fusions are random JLA's characters meged together; and while in U-32 the civilian identities are also merged, in U-7 the civilian identities are intact, being only merged with other characters' roles. Weather Wonder a.k.a Sarah Rainmaker, for example, is an erzatz of Amalgam's Amazon, who's Wonder Woman merged with Storm, but she's still Sarah Rainmaker, not "Diana Rainmaker. ", nor "Sarah Prince". note 
    • Universe-8: Major Max's alter ego is Linda Danvers, from Peter David's run on Supergirl title, but she's also sister of Alex Danvers, like the Arrowverse version of Supergirl. Deadeye is this regarding his Captain Ersatz status: while he's based on Hawkeye, he also has elements of the Winter Soldier.
    • Universe-32 follows the principle from its Multiversity version– merging pairs of JLA members together– but choosing completely different combinations, forming the members of the aptly named group Composite Justice: Beatriz da Costa and Martin Stein merge In-Universe to form Nuclear Fire (Firestorm + Fire); a Kryptonian raised in Themyscira, Diana Kent is Superwonder (Superman + Wonder Woman); Z’tanna J’onzz is Martian Magician (Zatanna + Martian Manhunter); Jessica Jordan is a Green Lantern (Hal Jordan + Jessica Cruz); Arthur Batson transforms into Aquamarvel (Aquaman + Captain Marvel); Oliver Wayne is Dark Arrow (Green Arrow + Batman); Ralph O’Brian is Elastic Man (Elongated Man + Plastic Man) and Jefferson Allen is Black Flash (Black Lightning + Flash/ Barry Allen).
    • Universe-34: Goodfellow, a counterpart of Captain Marvel/ Shazam, is actually Yz, the imp associated to Johnny Thunder and Jakeem in canon.
    • Universe-50 brings analogues to Wildstorm’s characters as counterparts to JLA’s members: Erebus (Midnighter + Batman), Sunlighter (Apollo + Superman), Charm (Voodoo + Martian Manhunter), Shooting Star (Grifter + Captain Comet), Gap (Void + Doctor Fate), Valiant (Spartan + Green Lantern/ Hal Jordan), Majestrix (Mister Majestic + Power Girl), Veritas (Zealot + Wonder Woman), Firestone (Flint + Flash + Iris West), Prima Donna (Diva + Black Canary), Harpoon (Warblade + Aquaman) and Cyberia (Ladytron + Cyborg + Sarah Charles).
  • Decomposite Character:
    • Universe-3: Vril Dox/Brainiac was split into two characters: the one that retained his name stayed on his homeworld Colu and has a minor, neutral role; the one that played his role of leaving Colu and joining Lex’s Legion on Earth is his Opposite-Sex Clone Vera Dox, under the codename Cerebra.
    • In DC's canon, the Retaliators are the rebooted and renamed versions of the Champions of Angor a.k.a. the Assemblers. Here, they're distinct groups form distinct universes, the Retaliators remaining in Universe-8, while the Assemblers were placed in Universe-13, which discarded the supernatural attire from Multiversity and became another Marvel-based universe. The difference between the universes is that, while Universe-8 keeps a modern attire, Universe-13 brings a 1980's / 1990's attire associated with the Pre-Flashpoint canon Assemblers/ Champions of Angor.
    • Universe-34: Multiversity’s Herculina is split into Liberty Eagle (visually closer to Astro City’s Winged Victory and more clearly an Alternate Self of Wonder Woman) and Herculina (closer to Astro City’s Cleopatra II and an Alternate Self of Nubia). Also, Billy Batson is a separate character from Captain Marvel/ Shazam’s counterpart Goodfellow.
    • Universe-36: Clark Kent and Kal-El are separate individuals. Clark is Optiman’s identity, having been infused with Kal-El’s DNA by the Psions.
  • Fun with Acronyms: Universe-50 has superteam Justice L.E.O.P.A.R.D.S. (based on the WildC.A.T.s), which acronym stands for League of Extraordinary Operatives Prepared for Action, Rescue, Defense and Security. Its member Gap wears the mask of N.A.B.U. (Nanotech Advanced Biomagical Unit).
  • Fusion Dance:
    • Universe-7 has Gray Skull, who's Solomon Grundy accidentally fused with Ethan Avery due to a combination of magic and radiation. Having two minds, one of them amnesiac, in the same body made the creature violent and erratic. It was solved when the sorcerer Dr. Mistery sent Grundy's soul to rest in the afterlife, leaving Avery in full control of the creature.
    • Universe-32 has Beatriz da Costa and Martin Stein fusing In-Universe to form Nuclear Fire.
  • Gender Flip:
    • Universe-8's Stuntmaster is an accidental example: in Multiversity, released in 2014, the character is mentioned only, without pronouns. In Sep. 2019, the Alterverse Retaliators' pic features a female Stuntmaster, only for Flash Forward #2, released three months later, bring a male Stuntmaster.
    • Universe-13: The Assemblers’ Bowman (a pastiche of Hawkeye) is now a woman, renamed as Golden Bow.
    • Universe-34: Master Motley and Radman, male in Multiversity, are female here (as a consequence, Radman was renamed as Radpower). Both of them had male predecessors, though. And Kawaii is actually a gender-flipped Mxyzptlk (Fifth-dimension inhabitants are described as being genderless– and non-humanoid– in his home dimension, choosing a gender alongside a humanoid body once they entered the tridimensional Earth).
    • Universe-50: Flash and Cyborg have female counterparts here, mostly because they’re based on female characters form Wildstorm (Flint and Ladytron, respectively).
  • HULK MASH!-Up:
    • Universe-7 has Gray Skull, who's a Captain Ersatz of Amalgam Universe's Skulk (a merge of Hulk and Solomon Grundy). His identity is Ethan Avery, who, in DC's canon, is the alter ego of Damage, a Hulk Mash-Up on his own.
    • Universe-8 has the blue-skinned Loose Cannon.
    • Universe-13 has Behemoth, also blue-skinned, borrowed from Multiversity's Earth-8.
    • Universe-50 has Piledriver, an Alternate Self of Rampage and an Ersatz of Maul, both of them Hulk Mash-Ups on their own.
  • Legacy Character:
    • In Universe-2, the Wonders of The World are a whole team of Legacy Characters.
    • In Universe-34, three members of the Light Brigade are this: Master Motley, Ghostman and Radpower.
    • Universe-35: Maxiwoman is this for Maximan and the female Red Glare is the daughter of her male predecessor.
  • Mythology Gag:
  • Named by the Adaptation: While, in Multiversity, most characters weren't given civilian names, they were named here.
    • Universe-8’s Retaliators: Deadeye– Roy Harper; Major Max– Linda Danvers; Bug– Ted Kord; Stuntmaster– Elizabeth Chapel; American Crusader– Jim Harper; Lady Bug– Lana Lang; Red Dragon– Alex Danvers; Machinehead– Curtis Metcalf; Kite– Kendra Saunders; Thunderer– Theo Adam.
    • Recursive pastiches of the Justice League, like Universe-34 Light Brigade, Universe-35 Superfellows and Universe-36 Justice 9 tend to make their members have the same identities of their Justice League analogues, with a few exceptions:
      • Universe-34: Master Motley is Harleen Quinzel, Radpower is Peggy Adams and Ghostman is Jean-Paul Valley. Also, Tomorrow Woman's counterpart Cutie is named Clara Malan-Roquette. Superman's analogue Savior's birth name is Kalel (sans hyphen), and his civilian name is Sal Ravi Kole, a Significant Anagram of "Kalel Savior".
      • Universe-35: Green Lantern analogue Shadow Caster is Richard Swift, while Robin/ Nightwing’s analogue is Cassandra Cain and Green Arrow analogue Olympian is Connor Hawke.
      • Universe-36: Robin’s counterpart Bowboy is Roy Harper rather than any of the canonical Robins.
  • Polyamory:
    • Universe-7 has Sara Lance a.k.a. Battlebird, who's in a relationship with Bruce Wayne and Selina Kyle.
    • In Universe-32, Green Lantern Jessica Jordan has a relationship with John Baz and Carol Kalmaku.
  • Related in the Adaptation:
    • Universe-2: The mother of Jade and Obsidian is Eve Eden a.k.a. Nightshade instead of Rose Canton (their father is still Alan Scott, though). As in The Flash, Jesse’s father is Harry Wells instead of Johnny Chambers. Richard Grayson is formally adopted by Bruce and Selina, becoming brother of their biological daughter Helena.
    • Universe-35: The mother of Jesse Quick’s counterpart Red Glare is Danette Reilly (Firebrand from All-Star Squadron comics) rather than Libby Lawrence.
  • Role Swap AU: In Universe-50, Sarah Charles and Iris West have the heroic roles that their respective significant others, Victor Stone and Barry Allen, have in Universe-0 and DC's canon.
  • Sailor Earth:
    • Universe-13: Red Condor and Rainbow, analogues to Marvel’s Falcon and Monica Rambeau, are part of the Assemblers;
    • Universe-34’s Light Brigade got Kawaii, an Expy of Astro City’s American Chibi (actually a counterpart of Universe-0’s Mxyzptlk). Her costume actually resembles those worn by the Sailors.
    • Universe-35 has an analogue of Black Hand (the Awesome Comics Expy of Green Lantern, not the DC villain) named Shadowcaster (an Alternate Self of Richard Swift/ Shade).
    • Universe-36 replaces Cyberion with Lady Lightning, an analogue of Big Bang Comics’ Thunder Girl, herself based on Mary Marvel. Bringing things full circle, Lady Lightning IS Mary Batson.
  • Sdrawkcab Name: Universe-3 brings some characters whose names are this, compared to their Universe-0 counterparts: the evil wizard Mazahs (Shazam!), his pupil Levram (Marvel, as in "Captain Marvel") and the heroic Anavis (Sivana).
  • Shout-Out:
    • Universe-3: The Good Counterpart of Lex Luthor is described as “genius, billionaire, philanthropist’’ and a hero wearing a hi-tech armor. Also, Leona, a lioness-like counterpart of Cheetah, wears an outfit inspired in the Dora Milaje, the all-female elite guard of Black Panther. Solo-G, a clubber version of Solomon Grundy, takes some inspiration from Italian cyberpunk character Ranxerox.
    • Universe-7: Gray Skull is named after Castle Grayskull.
    • Universe-8: Ladybug’s costume and transformation trinket are nods to the French animation Miraculous Ladybug.
    • Universe-13: Tin Man’s codename is, In-Universe, a reference to the homonymous America’s song. His civilian name, Robert Hughes, is a nod to Robert Downey Jr. –who played Iron Man (whom Tin Man is pastiche of) in the Marvel Cinematic Universe – and to the adventurer Howard Hughes, the Real Life inspiration for Iron Man’s Tony Stark persona. Also, Silver Sorceress romance with Tomorrow Woman is a reference to Scarlet Witch’s romance with The Vision. And Rainbow’s codename also sounds like her Marvel’s inspiration’s surname, Rambeau. The stylized bird in General Glory’s shield was based on the modern version of the S.H.I.E.L.D.’s logo.
    • Universe-20: Crimson Avenger’s costume is based on a female version of Green Hornet, Mulan Kato, in the 2018’s Dynamite Entertainment comics by Amy Chu and German Erramouspe. The costume of her sidekick/wife is based on a Deviant Art member lordmesa’s version of a female Kato. Their Cool Car Nightbelle is a vehicular counterpart of Green Hornet’s Black Beauty.
    • Universe-34: Liberty Eagle's bird-faced tiara is inspired by the one worn by the Sorceress, from He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (1983).
    • Universe-35: Splendor, a counterpart of Glory, is particularly based on the Keatinge and Campbell’s version of the character. Also, the head of Offbeat Squad’s Flintstein was based on the Gwen’s version of the alien Diamondhead, in the Ben 10’s episode set in an Alternate Universe in which she got the Omnitrix instead of Ben.
  • Spared by the Adaptation: In Universe-8 and Universe-36, the whole planet Krypton survived.
  • Spin-Offspring:
    • Universe-2 has Superwoman, who is biological cousin and adopted daughter of Superman; Amelia Hunkel becoming the Red Tornado after her mother Mathilda; the new Ray is the son of the former; Batwoman and Catman are the children of Batman and Catwoman, each one taking the mantle of the opposite-sex parent; similarly, Green Lantern is Jade taking her father’s mantle, while her brother Nightshade (formerly Obsidian) takes his mother’s mantle.
    • Universe-34: Radpower and Ghostman take the mantles of their respective fathers.
    • Universe-35: The current Red Glare is the daughter of the first one, while Olympian is the son of his predecessor.

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