History ComicBook / TheDominusEffect

* ''Adventures of Superman'' #558-561 (#558-560 feature the Silver Age reality)
* ''Action Comics'' vol. 1 #745-748 (#745-747 feature the Bronze Age reality)

* ''Superman'' vol. 2 #136-139 (#136-138 feature the Future Age reality)

''The Dominus Effect'' is the unofficial name of a story arc in the ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' comic book titles that ran through 1998, the 60th anniversary for the title character, beginning with the one-shot ''ComicBook/SupermanForever'' which closed out the ''Millennium Giants'' story arc as well as the Nineties' version of ''Superman Red/Superman Blue''. In this story arc, Superman finds himself in four different realities at the same time: the [[MedialNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age period of 1938]], the [[MediaNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age period of 1968]], the [[MediaNotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks Bronze Age period of 1978]] (also called "Polyesteryear"), and the future age of 2999. In all four realities, Superman meets a young white-haired girl who tries to tell him about what's going on, and soon he finds out that the little girl is actually Kismet, the cosmic entity who is being sought after by another cosmic entity known as Dominus.

''The Dominus Effect'' is the unofficial name of a story arc in the ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' comic book titles that ran through 1998, the 60th anniversary for the title character, beginning with the one-shot ''ComicBook/SupermanForever'' which closed out the ''Millennium Giants'' story arc as well as the Nineties' version of ''Superman Red/Superman Blue''. In this story arc, Superman finds himself in four different realities at the same time: the [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age period of 1938]], the [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age period of 1968]], the [[UsefulNotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks Bronze Age period of 1978]] (also called "Polyesteryear"), and the future age of 2999. In all four realities, Superman meets a young white-haired girl who tries to tell him about what's going on, and soon he finds out that the little girl is actually Kismet, the cosmic entity who is being sought after by another cosmic entity known as Dominus.

* BalefulPolymorph: Played with in the first Silver Age reality story, where Jimmy Olsen accidentally drank a vial of Profession Hamilton's alien isotopes and was believed to have been transformed into a simple-minded alien that can [[TheMagicTouch turn anything he touches into gold]]. As it turns out, though, an actual alien swapped places with Jimmy and had him trapped in the Daily Planet storage room without his clothes.

* {{Retcon}}: Waverider and Matthew Ryder of the Linear Men appear in this story arc as separate characters again, since in ''ComicBook/ZeroHour'' Waverider became fused with Monarch to become Extant and Matthew Ryder became the new Waverider to take up the mantle.

* WifeBasherBasher: Superman in the Golden Age reality dealing with an abusive husband, eventually cowing him until he collapses from fear in Superman's arms.
* YourMindMakesItReal: From the perspective of two passersby in Metropolis, Superman's single self thrashing around uttering what seemed to be total nonsense may be that those "four realities" he was experiencing were all in Superman's mind rather than him being actually split into four beings.

* WifeBasherBasher: Superman in the Golden Age reality dealing with an abusive husband, eventually cowing him until he collapses from fear in Superman's arms.

* ''Superman Forever'' #1

* BankRobbery: An attempt at one in the second Silver Age reality story was foiled when the citizens reveal themselves to have superpowers, causing them to run out of the building only to soon be captured by Maggie Sawyer, who also had superpowers.

* RealityWarper: Dominus, as he was able to trap Superman in four different realities at once. Kismet, however, helps Superman see the truth and thus merges back into one being in one reality.

* IdentityImpersonator: Batman disguises himself as Superman in the third Silver Age reality story when Superman is affected by Red Kryptonite, changing his appearance.

''The Dominus Effect'' is the unofficial name of a story arc in the ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' comic book titles that ran through 1998, the 60th anniversary for the title character, beginning with the one-shot ''Superman Forever'' which closed out the ''Millennium Giants'' story arc as well as the Nineties' version of ''Superman Red/Superman Blue''. In this story arc, Superman finds himself in four different realities at the same time: the [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age period of 1938]], the [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age period of 1968]], the [[UsefulNotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks Bronze Age period of 1978]] (also called "Polyesteryear"), and the future age of 2999. In all four realities, Superman meets a young white-haired girl who tries to tell him about what's going on, and soon he finds out that the little girl is actually Kismet, the cosmic entity who is being sought after by another cosmic entity known as Dominus.