- 3,065
- 2,675
Okay, the title might sound a little confusing and a lot of you might disagree with that, but my main issue with the term infinite in DC Comics is that it's often used in a contradictory way, let me explain to you. Infinite is a term used to describe something having no limits or boundaries in time or space or extent or magnitude. Finite means something having an end or a boundary, opposite to infinite. In DC Comics, context is very important and could determine whether or not the term "infinite" used is hyperbole. Here're some examples:
Here are some characters I had in mind, let me know if there are more.
Anti-Monitor
Darkseid
Superman (Pre-Crisis)
Supergirl (Pre-Crisis)
Barbatos
The World Forger
The Monitor
The Ultra-Monitor
Perpetua
Brainiac (Post-Crisis)
Parallax
Superboy-Prime
Time Trapper
Sodam Yat
Flash (Post-Flashpoint)
Flash (Wally West) (Rebirth)
Every character who scale to characters who can create or destroy an infinite number of universes or timelines or an infinite-sized universe should be "At least 2-B" or "At least 2-B, possibly 2-A" instead but they shouldn't have a straight 2-A Tier.
- A universe in DC is often used to be infinite, but this is contradicted by multiple stories of entities and objects traveling "from the edge of the universe" or "across the entire universe" or "from every corner of the universe" not to mention the Source Wall which is the limit of the universe, which should not be possible unless the universe is finite in size.
- The set number of the universes in DC during the Pre-Crisis era was often used to be infinite, but this is contradicted by the simple fact that when the Anti-Monitor destroyed these universes, the infinite universes collapsed into five universes, which should not be possible unless the multiverse has finite set number of universes.
- Hypertime is used to contain infinite possibilities, but this is contradicted by multiple stories of entities destroying the possibilities of Hypertime almost in its entirety which should not be possible unless Hypertime contains a finite set number of possibilities.
Here are some characters I had in mind, let me know if there are more.
Anti-Monitor
Darkseid
Superman (Pre-Crisis)
Supergirl (Pre-Crisis)
Barbatos
The World Forger
The Monitor
The Ultra-Monitor
Perpetua
Brainiac (Post-Crisis)
Parallax
Superboy-Prime
Time Trapper
Sodam Yat
Flash (Post-Flashpoint)
Flash (Wally West) (Rebirth)
Every character who scale to characters who can create or destroy an infinite number of universes or timelines or an infinite-sized universe should be "At least 2-B" or "At least 2-B, possibly 2-A" instead but they shouldn't have a straight 2-A Tier.