History YMMV / Earth2

* HilariousInHindsight: When Chris Sims was reviewing ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' in 2010, he facetiously suggested that a version of that show based on Batman would have eventually had Thomas Wayne show up alive. Well...

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Not so much a character but rather a concept in this case. The younger version of Alan Scott wasn't exactly popular with readers, but the decision to make him gay struck enough of a chord in the fans that [[spoiler:when the original Alan Scott was brought back with the rest of the Justice Society following ''ComicBook/DoomsdayClock'', it was decided to make him gay as well. By ''ComicBook/DCInfiniteFrontier'', the older Alan has come out to his children Jade and Obsidian (who came out decades before Alan did).]]

** The origins of the Furies of Apokolips. Unlike the traditional Female Furies, who were born and bred on Apokolips, the four Furies were drafted into Darkseid's service. Pestilence and Death had the most heartbreaking stories of all:

** Pestilence had to endure the death of her parents due to the negligence of the upper classes on her home world, who then pumped her full of diseases and dumped her on Apokolips, all so that they wouldn't have to dirty their hands keeping their planet safe.
** Death had to witness her daughter's murder. Her grief was so crushing that she was willing to copulate with Darkseid so that she could be a mother again.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: There's no mention or allusion towards Dian Belmont existing in this universe, connected to Wesley Dodds or not. Given the strong presence she had in ''ComicBook/SandmanMysteryTheatre'' alongside Wesley as the Sandman, her absence on this Earth was yet another example of wasted potential in updating the Golden Age and Justice Society related characters in a new setting. Even if ''Sandman Mystery Theatre'' didn't take place on the original Earth-Two, the contribution it made to both Wesley and Dian's characters is hard to ignore when taking about the perception modern readers have of them.

* CriticalResearchFailure: Dick and Barbara Grayson's son was initially named John, but the writer was inconsistent and it changed within the same issue at times. In the end, they stuck with John. Similarly, his hair colour switched between red and black.

* InNameOnly: With some exceptions, ''ComicBook/Earth2'' bears ''very'' little resemblance from its Pre-Crisis predecessor: Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman were the first and (for a time) only heroes. The Earth is at war with Apokolips (previously, the New Gods didn't even exist on Earth-Two). "The ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica" is now "The Wonders of the World". Huntress and Power Girl were originally Robin and Supergirl. Fury is now not only named "Donna" rather than "Lyta", but is Diana's daughter with Steppenwolf instead of ComicBook/SteveTrevor. And Terry Sloan [[AdaptationalVillainy acts and behaves]] more like ComicBook/LexLuthor, to the point where one wonders why the writers didn't just make him Luthor from the start.

* InNameOnly: With some exceptions, ''ComicBook/Earth2'' bears ''very'' little resemblance from it's Pre-Crisis predecessor: Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman were the first and (for a time) only heroes. The Earth is at war with Apokolips (previously, the New Gods didn't even exist on Earth-Two). "The ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica" is now "The Wonders of the World". Huntress and Power Girl were originally Robin and Supergirl. Fury is now not only named "Donna" rather than "Lyta", but is Diana's daughter with Steppenwolf instead of ComicBook/SteveTrevor. And Terry Sloan [[AdaptationalVillainy acts and behaves]] more like ComicBook/LexLuthor, to the point where one wonders why the writers didn't just make him Luthor from the start.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Not so much a character but rather a concept in this case. The younger version of Alan Scott wasn't exactly popular with readers, but the decision to make him gay struck enough of a chord in the fans that [[spoiler:when the original Alan Scott was brought back with the rest of the Justice Society following ''ComicBook/DoomsdayClock'', it was decided to make him gay as well. By ''ComicBook/InfiniteFrontier'', the older Alan has come out to his children Jade and Obsidian (who came out decades before Alan did).]]

* LiveActionAdaptation: Steppenwolf and his story as featured in the comic clearly provided the material used in the ''Film/JusticeLeague'' film.

* {{Misblamed}}: Some fans don't like the return of Batman and [[spoiler:Superman]] and blame new writer Tom Taylor because he took over writing duties after TheReveal. However, both characters were reintroduced by James Robinson, the original writer.

* AngstWhatAngst: Despite the TragicKeepsake, Alan Scott didn't seem to show that much sadness over [[spoiler: Sam's]] death.
** Then subverted in issue 7, where, when all the action has died down, and he is no longer needed to save the world, Alan can mourn. He breaks into a HeroicBSOD, and wrecks their apartment.

* SeasonalRot: There's some disagreement on when it set in, but general consensus is that, by the time it ended, it was a mercy killing.

* {{Tearjerker}}: The origins of the Furies of Apokolips. Unlike the traditional Female Furies, who were born and bred on Apokolips, the four Furies were drafted into Darkseid's service. Pestilence and Death had the most heartbreaking stories of all:

* TheUntwist: Batman II's identity? [[spoiler:Thomas Wayne, of course. It's pretty much got to be, since a black-and-red, lethal force-employing, stubbly, non-Bruce Batman already appeared in ''Comicbook/{{Flashpoint}}'', where he was also Thomas Wayne]]. It didn't help that DC spoiled his identity in a tweet previewing several ''Earth 2'' action figures months ahead of the actual reveal, also confirmed by Robinson after he jumped ship from DC.

* InternetBackdraft: The whitewashing of Connor Hawke by making him Red Arrow. [[spoiler: And then they killed him off, making his use seem pointless.]]

* CriticalResearchFailure: Dick and Barbara Grayson's son was initially named John, but the writer was inconsistent and it changed within the same issue at times. In the end, they stuck with John.

** The JSA's costume redesigns were criticized by many for being too different from the classic looks and trying too hard for a modern/sleek aesthetic. Among these detractors was James Robinson himself, who had a special dislike for [[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/a9/aa/30/a9aa30f60551fb810be912119b271181.jpg Jay's costume]].

** The JSA's costume redesigns were criticized by many for being too different from the classic looks and trying too hard for a modern/sleek aesthetic. Among these detractors was James Robinson himself,
who had a special dislike for [[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/a9/aa/30/a9aa30f60551fb810be912119b271181.jpg Jay's costume]].
* TheUntwist: Batman II's identity? [[spoiler:Thomas Wayne, of course. It's pretty much got to be, since a black-and-red lethal force-employing stubbly legacy Batman already appeared in ''Comicbook/{{Flashpoint}}'', where he was also Thomas Wayne]]. It didn't help that DC spoiled his identity in a tweet previewing several ''Earth 2'' action figures months ahead of the actual reveal, also confirmed by Robinson after he jumped ship from DC.

** The JSA's costume redesigns were criticized by many for being too different from the classic looks and trying too hard for a modern/sleek aesthetic. Most famously James Robinson himself had a vocal dislike of the redesigns, especially [[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/a9/aa/30/a9aa30f60551fb810be912119b271181.jpg Jay's]].

** While Highfather was already causing trouble over on the main Earth, we learn in World's End #11 [[spoiler:that he '''handed over''' Earth-2 to Darkseid "for the sake of peace".]] Earth-2 is being ravaged by Apokolips, and it is all because of [[spoiler:Highfather]].

** The JSA's costume redesigns were criticized by many for being too different from the classic looks and trying too hard for a modern/sleek aesthetic. Most famously James Robinson himself had a vocal dislike of the redesigns, especially Jay's.