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==Powers and abilities==
Anti-Monitor is one of the most formidable foes ever faced by the heroes of the DC Universe. He is directly responsible for more deaths than any other known DC supervillain, having destroyed thousands of universes, if not an actual infinitude of them.<ref>While the actual number of universes the Anti-Monitor destroyed arguably may not have been literally infinite, the Monitor did state that "more than three thousand" universes had been lost.</ref> He was powerful enough to kill [[Supergirl]] when she became distracted. He's consumed thousands of positive-matter universes to increase his power and was able to personally battle scores of the multiverse's strongest heroes simultaneously. During the ''Blackest Night,'' the Anti-Monitor was reanimated as a Black Lantern. However, Nekron was unable to fully control him and thus was only able to subdue the Anti-Monitor to be used as a power source for the Black Lantern Corps' Central Battery, much in the same way the entity [[Ion (DC Comics)|Ion]] is the power source for the Green Lanterns' battery.

The Anti-Monitor was also responsible for the death of [[Barry Allen]], the hero better known as the [[Flash (comics)|Flash]]. After capturing Barry because his ability to traverse the multiverse unaided made him a dangerous variable, the Anti-Monitor created an anti-matter cannon that would destroy the then-five remaining Earths with a concentrated beam much faster than the wave of entropy he had originally unleashed. The cannon was destroyed by the Flash when he escaped and forced the energies of the weapon's power source into itself, causing it to explode and Barry to disintegrate.

In addition to possessing vast size (varying from about nine feet to hundreds of meters tall), vastly superhuman strength, extraordinary durability (by the end of the ''Crisis'' series he was able to effortlessly withstand blows from [[Superman]] and even survived a [[Stellar classification#Hot blue emission star classes|blue star]] going [[supernova]]), the ability to project destructive bolts of energy, and greatly augmenting another being's powers (as he did with [[Psycho-Pirate]], whose powers were increased to levels too much for him to handle), the Anti-Monitor also possessed reality-warping abilities, which he displayed by removing Psycho-Pirate's face. The Anti-Monitor also commanded an army of Qwardians and shadow demons and had access to highly advanced technology capable of shifting, merging, or destroying entire universes.

By far, his most devastating power was the ability to absorb the energies of his surroundings into himself; once he fused with his anti-matter universe, he went even as far as absorbing the energies of entire universes. In addition to devouring the energies of untold numbers of universes, he also absorbed the energy of "over one million worlds" in his own anti-matter universe to gain the power to travel to the beginning of time to attempt to stop the creation of the positive matter universe. When Earth's heroes followed him to the beginning of time, he then absorbed all of their power and energy; this made him strong enough to alter the creation of the universe until he was opposed by the [[Spectre (DC Comics character)|Spectre]]. During his final battle in ''Crisis on Infinite Earths'' #12, the Anti-Monitor maintained his power by "feeding on" a nearby star; and when his power was drained and he was reduced to a state of near-death, he absorbed his own anti-matter demons to rejuvenate himself.

The Anti-Monitor is not immortal, but may be ultimately indestructible so long as the anti-matter universe exists; having been destroyed with an immense effort at the end of the Crisis, he was recreated by his universe, just as he had been formed originally. It is later revealed that the Monitors return to the sixth dimension to regenerate if they are destroyed.

The Anti-Monitor's body is made of pure energy, causing his life force to continuously emanate as an energy aura. This forces him to wear armor to contain it.<ref name="Crisis on Infinite Earths #7" /><ref>''Tales of the Sinestro Corps: Superman-Prime'' #1 (December 2007)</ref><ref>''Brightest Day'' #22 (2011). DC Comics</ref>