Editing Earth-Two (section)

===Reviving the Multiverse: ''Infinite Crisis''===
Kal-L, Lois Lane-Kent, [[Superboy-Prime]], and Alexander Luthor Jr. returned during ''[[Infinite Crisis]]''. Unknown to Kal-L, Luthor's plan was to resurrect the pre-''Crisis'' Multiverse. He wanted to mix and match elements from each reality to create a "perfect world". The fallout of the conflict brought the short-lived return of an Earth-Two copy and the deaths of Kal-L, Lois Lane-Kent and Luthor Jr. of Earth-Two. It is unclear what happened to the aged Diana Trevor, the [[Wonder Woman (Earth-Two)|Earth-Two Wonder Woman]], though she faded from her ghostly existence. Inexplicably, Earth-Two was the only returning world that was devoid of most people, except the Justice Society, Kal-L, and his wife Lois Kent. This world was a copy, new and recently manufactured by Alexander Luthor Jr. of pre-''Crisis'' Earth-Three, instead of resurrected. This copy Earth-Two was recombined with the primary Earth to form the primary DC reality termed as "New Earth".<ref>{{cite book|last1=Johns|first1=Geoff|author1-link=Geoff Johns|last2=Jimenez|first2=Phil|author-link2=Phil Jimenez|title=[[Infinite Crisis]]|year=2006|pages=264|isbn=1-4012-0959-9}}</ref>

====Post-''52'' version====
At the end of the ''[[Infinite Crisis]]'' limited series, the realigned world is called "New Earth". In the final issue of the ''[[52 (comics)|52]]'' weekly series, it is revealed that fifty-two duplicate worlds have been created and all but New Earth have been altered from the original incarnation.<ref>{{cite comic| writer=Johns, Geoff; [[Grant Morrison|Morrison, Grant]]; [[Greg Rucka|Rucka, Greg]]; [[Mark Waid|Waid, Mark]]| penciller=[[Keith Giffen|Giffen, Keith]]; [[Eddy Barrows|Barrows, Eddy]]; [[Chris Batista|Batista, Chris]]; [[Justiniano]]; [[Mike McKone|McKone, Mike]]; [[Pat Olliffe|Olliffe, Patrick]]; [[Darick Robertson|Robertson, Darick]]| inker=[[Drew Geraci|Geraci, Drew]]; Lanning, Andy; [[Rodney Ramos|Ramos, Rodney]]; Robertson, Darick; [[Walden Wong|Wong, Walden]]| story=A Year in the Life| title=[[52 (comics)|52]]| issue=52| date=May 2, 2007}}</ref> The post-''Crisis'' Earth-2 made its first appearance in a single panel of ''52'' Week 52 where it resembled the pre-''Crisis'' Earth-Two, where a newspaper article says that this world's [[Superman (Earth-Two)|Superman]] and [[Power Girl]] are missing. The Flashes of New Earth ([[Flash (Jay Garrick)|Jay Garrick]] and [[Wally West]]) briefly glimpsed this world with [[Robin (Dick Grayson)]] and Huntress in action (during their travel with the [[Cosmic Treadmill]] as shown in ''Justice Society'' (vol. 3) #11) and [[Monarch (comics)|Monarch]] selected Jay Garrick of this Earth (amongst others) in a [[Countdown: Arena|Multiversal arena tournament]]. Based on comments by ''52'' co-writer [[Grant Morrison]], this alternate universe is not the pre-''Crisis'' Earth-Two.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=111900|title=The 52 Exit Interviews: Grant Morrison|access-date=May 12, 2007|last=Brady|first=Matt|date=May 8, 2007|website=[[Newsarama]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011142209/http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=111900|archive-date=October 11, 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref>

This separation between the pre-''Crisis'' Earth-Two and post-''Crisis'' Earth-2 is formally established in ''Justice Society of America'' (vol. 3) Annual #1 (2008), with a story titled "Earth 2 Chapter One: Golden Age", in which the New Earth Power Girl arrives on post-''Crisis'' Earth-2. Thinking that she has returned home to her long destroyed pre-''Crisis'' Earth-Two. Power Girl crash lands and unconscious, on the closest parallel of the 52 Multiverse, the post-''Crisis'' Earth-2, which appears similar to the pre-''Crisis'' Earth-Two. She is found by the post-''Crisis'' Earth-2 Huntress, who thinks she is her long-missing best friend, the Power Girl native to this world. In this new reality, the Justice Society of America has merged with Infinity, Inc. and is now known as Justice Society Infinity. Initially, Power Girl believes she has returned home, until the missing post-''Crisis'' Earth-2 Power Girl reappears and declares that the other Power Girl is an impostor, and has caused the disappearance of the post-''Crisis'' Earth-2 Superman. This turn of events results in the post-''Crisis'' Earth-2 Power Girl and the Justice Society Infinity to go after the New Earth Power Girl.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newsarama.com/237-jerry-ordway-traveling-back-to-dc-s-earth-2.html|title=Jerry Ordway – Traveling Back to DC's Earth 2|first=Vaneta|last=Rogers|date=June 23, 2008|website=Newsarama|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130728231334/http://www.newsarama.com/237-jerry-ordway-traveling-back-to-dc-s-earth-2.html|archive-date=July 28, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite comic| writer=Johns, Geoff|penciller=[[Jerry Ordway|Ordway, Jerry]]|inker=[[Bob Wiacek|Wiacek, Bob]]|story=Earth 2, Chapter One: Golden Age|title=Justice Society of America (vol. 3) Annual|issue=#1|date=September 2008}}</ref>

The Power Girl of New Earth recruits the post-''Crisis'' Earth-2 Michael Holt, who is a physics professor and father and has never become a costumed hero, to help her return to her source Earth.<ref>{{cite comic| writer=Johns, Geoff; [[Alex Ross|Ross, Alex]]|penciller=[[Dale Eaglesham|Eaglesham, Dale]]; Ordway, Jerry|inker=[[Mick Gray|Gray, Mick]]; [[Kris Justice|Justice, Kris]]; [[Nathan Massengill|Massengill, Nathan]]; Ordway, Jerry|story=One World, under Gog, Part III: War Lords|title=Justice Society of America|volume=3|issue=18|date=October 2008}}</ref> Holt constructs a device similar to the Cosmic Treadmill used by [[Barry Allen]] to open a portal to New Earth.<ref>{{cite comic|writer=Johns, Geoff; Ross, Alex|penciller=Eaglesham, Dale; Ordway, Jerry|inker=Massengill, Nathan; Ordway, Jerry|story=One World, Under Gog, Part IV: Out of Place|title=Justice Society of America|volume=3|issue=19|date=November 2008}}</ref> The Power Girl of New Earth returns home, followed by the Justice Society Infinity, who kidnap her and take her back to post-''Crisis'' Earth-2. During the confrontation, [[Alan Scott|Green Lantern]] and [[Jade (comics)|Jade]] are initially confused when they see each other, as the post-''Crisis'' Earth-2 Jade's father, Alan Scott, is dead, and New Earth's Jade is dead as well. The JSI interrogate Power Girl for information on the post-''Crisis'' Earth-2 Superman's whereabouts. The post-''Crisis'' Earth-2 Power Girl assumes that the Superman the New Earth Power Girl said was dead was the post-''Crisis'' Earth-2 Superman (rather than Kal-L who was killed by [[Superboy-Prime]]) and that the New Earth Power Girl had killed him. The Justice Society of New Earth arrives to stop her torture. [[Thom Kallor|Starman]] reveals that the re-creation of the Multiverse led to the creation of a Power Girl and Superman native to this new universe, post-''Crisis'' Earth-2 and that the post-''Crisis'' Earth-2 Superman is still alive. The Power Girl of New Earth then returns home along with her Justice Society but with no apology from her counterpart nor from the post-''Crisis'' Earth-2 Huntress for their actions against her.<ref>{{cite comic| writer=Johns, Geoff; Ross, Alex|penciller=Eaglesham, Dale; Ordway, Jerry|inker=Massengill, Nathan; Wiacek, Bob|story=Earth Bound|title=Justice Society of America|volume=3|issue=20|date=December 2008}}</ref>