SuperFriends Wiki
Register
Advertisement
Earth-66

Dick Grayson walking Ace through Gotham on Earth-66.[1]

Earth-66 was either an alternate name for the Super Friends' Universe,[2] or a similar, yet completely separate universe altogether.[3]

This Earth was a world that some might think of as a bit "campy," much more so than most universes. On this Earth, the Dynamic Duo often solved crimes by putting riddles together in the most random nonsensical manner, but then they'd somehow almost always be right, no matter how far-fetched and randomly they'd come up with the answer.

It was almost as if all of the superheroes of this Earth had Probability Manipulation that gave them a nearly endless supply of good luck. Also, Batman was deputized by the Gotham City Police Department, meaning he wasn't a vigilante at all.[4]

By the year 2019, the Batman of this Earth had died.[5] Dick Grayson was a man of advancing years by then, and on one occassion, he walked his dog, Ace the Bat-Hound on the streets of Gotham City.[6]

Crisis on Infinite Earths[]

During an alternate version of the Crisis on Infinite Earths, (not the 1986 event, but a similar one) Earth-F, this Earth as well as many worlds were effected within the multiverse.

In 2019, on Earth-66, while walking his dog through Gotham, Dick Grayson looks up and sees the red skies and says "Holy crimson skies of death!"; Seconds later it was obliterated by antimatter, due to the machinations of an alternate version of the Anti-Monitor.

After the disaster was averted, a new multiverse emerged from where the old one was destroyed, thanks to the Spectre of the original version of Earth-1. (not to be confused with Earth-One or Earth-1A)[7]

With that, this Earth, and all other Earths in the multiverse were brought back to into existence, thanks to the Spectre's sacrifice.[8]

References[]

  1. As seen in the Supergirl episode Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part One (2019).
  2. The idea that Earth-66 and Earth-1A were actually one in the same reality is not that far-fetched of a concept. As there were a number of things to suggest that was the case. For one thing, the Batman series was a contemporary of the Filmation cartoons, which paved the way for Superfriends. An even bigger thing to suggest it, was that both Adam West and Burt Ward played Batman and Robin in The New Adventures of Batman (1977) and Legends of the Superheroes (1979). Further, Adam West was also Batman in season 8 and season 9 of the Superfriends.
  3. Although the possibility that Earth-66 and Earth-1A are one in the same exists, there are a number of things that have made this unclear over the years. The biggest to suggest it is of a separate Earth was an episode of Batman: The Brave and the Bold, which had, during a huge multiverse and time travel crossover, a Super Friends Batman and a '60s Batman that were clearly different people. Although to be fair, that episode established that some of the Batmen shown in that episode were also from different time periods, so it's possible that the '60s Batman was a younger version of the Super Friends Batman, but this is just conjecture, and a bit of a stretch at that. Also, the Batman '66 comic book that also takes place in the continuity of the Batman series established that the '70s Wonder Woman series with Lynda Carter was also set in that universe. We know that this version of Wonder Woman is incompatible with the Super Friends Wonder Woman because of the episode Secret Origins of the Superfriends (1978). Although to be fair, that episode was confusing about her origins (see this article for more details). Another thing that was confusing is that there are many contradictions between the Batman TV series and the three films that share continuity with it and the Batman '66 comic book. For one thing, if both the films/series and comics alike are both supposed to be of the same continuity, then we have two different origin stories for Two-Face and Harley Quinn, which makes absolutely no sense if they are supposed to be the same universe.
  4. As seen in Batman: The Movie (1966).
  5. Batman being dead, was not mentioned in the episode, but rather behind the scenes.
  6. As seen in the Supergirl episode Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part One (2019).
  7. As seen in the DC's Legends of Tomorrow episode Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Five (2020).
  8. This source indicates that the universe was brought back, although it wasn't explicitly stated in the episode itself.

External Link[]

Advertisement