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''The Multiversity'' is a limited series of interrelated one-shots set in the DC Multiverse in The New 52, a collection of universes seen in publications by DC Comics. The one-shots in the series were written by Grant Morrison, each with a different artist. ''The Multiversity'' began in August 2014 and ran until April 2015. ==Background and creation== In the conclusion of the 1985 comic book crossover, "Crisis on Infinite Earths", the DC Multiverse collapsed with the history of 5 universes being merged into one single new universe. In the 1998–1999 series, ''The Kingdom'', author Mark Waid introduced the concept of Hypertime, co-created by Grant Morrison, a super-dimensional construct that allowed for all publications to be canon or in-continuity somewhere. Hypertime, although infrequently used, was a replacement and explanation for the multiple timelines and histories DC had published through the years.〔 In the 2005–06 crossover, "Infinite Crisis", the survivors of the first Crisis Alexander Luthor, Jr. from Earth-Three, Superboy-Prime from Earth-Prime, and Kal-L of Earth-Two had attempted to create a perfect world to replace the current DC Universe, with Luthor restoring, merging, and destroying worlds that had once existed in Multiverse or were featured in Elseworlds publications. Luthor failed due to the intervention of the universe's heroes and inadvertently altered the history of the DC Universe. Prior to the publication of ''Infinite Crisis'', editor Dan DiDio revealed that Hypertime no longer exists in the DCU.〔 Following "Infinite Crisis", the year-long weekly maxi-series ''52'' (2006–2007) led to the revelation that Multiverse still exists, in the form of 52 alternate universes. Author Grant Morrison stated that the return of the Multiverse was intended to launch new franchises, explaining: In 2007–08, as a follow up to ''52'' and lead-in to DC's next line-wide crossover, "Final Crisis", another weekly series began publication, ''Countdown'' (later retitled to ''Countdown to Final Crisis'') and various spin-off titles featured the new Multiverse. The Multiverse plays a large part in the ''Final Crisis'' (2008–2009) series, where a team of Supermen from across the Multiverse assembled to defeat a rogue Monitor, Mandrakk. The series introduced a new Superman from Earth-23, Calvin Ellis, where he is the President of the United States. Grant Morrison based the character on Barack Obama.〔 The character would later appear in Grant Morrison's ''Action Comics'' #9 (July 2012) and was a central character in ''The Multiversity''. "Final Crisis" was described by editor Dan DiDio as the finale in a trilogy of stories about the Multiverse, describing each Crisis: "The death of the Multiverse, the rebirth of the Multiverse, and now the ultimate story of the multiverse."〔 When asked about his future role in expanding the Multiverse following "Final Crisis", Morrison stated, "I'm in the early stages of putting together material for a Multiverse series but I want to spend a lot of time getting it exactly right, so there are currently no deadlines and I don't anticipate any of this coming out until 2010."〔 Morrison later revealed that he had been working on a new book set on Earth-4, featuring Charlton Comics characters, but inspired by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons's 1986 limited series ''Watchmen'', which in turn was initially proposed as being based on Charlton Comics characters.〔 In ''Wizard'' #212 (April 2009), Morrison detailed his project, ''The Multiversity'', intending for publication in 2010. Morrison states that the series "will pick up a bunch of strands from ''52'' and ''Final Crisis''." He noted that his work would include a one-shot for each of seven different universes, where they "all link together as a seven-issue story that reimagines the relationship between the DCU and the Multiverse."〔〔 Morrison gave further detail to Jeffrey Renaud of Comic Book Resources, explaining the reasoning behind the project, "The idea was to do seven books that would be #1 issues for seven different teams on seven different Earths. Each of these would be the bible for what could potentially be an entire comic line for each of these Earths," originally, his co-writers (Geoff Johns, Mark Waid, and Greg Rucka) on ''52'' would have had a hand in the project.〔 In 2010, it was revealed that Morrison's frequent collaborators Cameron Stewart and Frank Quitely were, at the time, the only artists chosen for ''The Multiversity''. Quitely would illustrate ''Pax Americana'',〔 featuring Morrison's reworking of the Charlton characters, based on Earth-4. Stewart's one-shot would be ''Thunderworld'',〔 focusing on Captain Marvel of Earth-5.〔 Artist Frazer Irving stated that Morrison "reserved a small part of my soul" to do work on ''The Multiversity''.〔 In 2011, DC Comics announced that their entire line of publications would be cancelled following "Flashpoint" (2011), leading into a rebooted DC Universe known as The New 52.〔 The finale of ''Flashpoint'' #5 (September 2011) saw three distinct universes from the Multiverse—WildStorm Universe, Vertigo and the DC Universe—merge into one universe, designated "Prime Earth". Dan DiDio clarified that there is still a Multiverse, but gave no details on how it has changed and suggested ''The Multiversity'' might provide answers.〔 Morrison later revealed that ''The Multiversity'' would not be out until 2012,〔 noting that Quitely had just begun working on his issue.〔 Morrison also gave a definitive length for the series, 9 one-shots, where two are book-ends with the other 7 each focusing on a different universe.〔 Tonally, Morrison has described ''The Multiversity'' as feeling similar to his work on ''Seven Soldiers'' (2005).〔 In September 2012, as part of MorrisonCon, DC Entertainment officially confirmed ''The Multiversity'', giving the series a publication date in late 2013.〔 It was also revealed that the series would feature 8 one-shots, each 38-pages long along with an 8-page backup.〔 Morrison also confirmed that ''The Multiversity'' had not been affected by anything in The New 52, but would still feature a "little sort of wave over to the DC Universe,"〔 and that The New 52 fits "really nicely into the scheme without doing any damage."〔 In February 2013, Morrison stated that he had created a guide book for DC's Multiverse, incorporating all 52 alternate universes, which other authors work off of when working with the multiverse concept. The guide book was included as the sixth installment of ''The Multiversity'' and published in January 2015, containing maps and blueprints to the Multiverse, as well as brief descriptions of the metahumans that populate forty-five out of its fifty-two alternate Earths (with details about Earths 14, 24, 25, 27, 28, 46 and 49 omitted).〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Multiversity」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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