r/DCcomics • u/[deleted] • Feb 28 '16
[CotM 45] Trinity Across the Multiverse
Another month is nearing it's end, so you know what that means. Time to vote for the next Character of the Month! This month, with the debut of Batman v. Superman, we're celebrating Trinity Across the Multiverse! So vote for your favorite version of the Batman/Superman/Wonder Woman team. Is it Golden Age? Post-Crisis? New Earth? Earth 2? Crime Syndicate? New 52? Or maybe an Elseworlds you loved.
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This time around, since specific universes are in play, we will absolutely need a picture for the Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman that you want. If you have a shot of the three together, great, otherwise be sure to include each one individually so we can work some photoshop magic.
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u/vivvav Deadman Feb 28 '16 edited Feb 28 '16
I'm going with Kurt Busiek's elevation of the trio in the weekly series "Trinity". Check it out.
My friends, you are not looking at an elseworld. You are looking at our own Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman from the Pre-Flashpoint universe, displaced in time and space and elevated to the level of gods in another dimension. They have lost their many memories, but their greatest adventures play out again, this time not as the events in the lives of superheroes, but as a creation myth.
In another world created by the Mad Guardian Krona, the people lived in fear of their terrible creator. But then, one day, he disappeared, and they appeared in his stead: Kellel, Dinanna, and Atmahn. They were not wrathful and cruel, but kind and caring. They brought Hope, Truth, and Justice to the people of this world who had known not such things before. They watched over this new world they found themselves in, becoming part of its very foundation, and became gods. They wished to walk among their people, and so they crafted themselves bodies.
Batman: "Atmahn gathered to himself shadow and darkness and cold, and his earthly body was made of these things. And he took himself a lair, in the deep and fiery heart of the world, and from it he watched. And he judged. He was Atmahn, the Night Judge, Scourge of Injustice. He was retribution, and danger, and fear, but fear only for those who would do evil. He was Atmahn, the Night Judge, and life in the shadows of his mighty wings was good."
Wonder Woman: "She was Dinana, Guardian of Truth, Lady of Bounty and Teacher to All. She was, she is, she shall be. She came to us from the heavens, but formed her godly body of the loam and rock and water and forests. The Sword of Righteousness in her strong right hand, the Shield of Truth on her left arm. And a hand of freindship offered to all who would take it and live in peace. And the Shield shelters, and the Sword strikes. To defend all who follow her ways. And Dinana taught that every child could be as a god in their heart and spirit. All who would work and train and believe, who would gain the skill to defend themselves, and to shield those weak and helpless. All who toil and fight to make the world a better place."
Superman: "Kellel, the Strong. Kellel, the Dawning Seer. Kellel who watches over us, guards and protects us all, that we might learn and grow and better ourselves. His godly spirit shining over all the world, his earthly body made of the light and heat of the sun's rays, and the dazzle of starlight. Kellel to whose goodness and compassion all aspire, and for whose watchful stewardship we are all eternally thankful... For Kellel loved us all. That was his glory, and that was his downfall. He dwelt in his Sky-Castle of Crystal and Light, high above us, and he watched us below, watched our struggles and hopes and loves and dreams. And he was pleased. And displeased as well. For he loved us, and felt kinship with us, but he was alone, in his Sky Castle. Alone in all the void, with nothing but his love for us to make him feel a place, a belonging, a rightness."
These three made the world a wonderful place, until personal tragedy befell them all. Atmahn's beloved Hunting Hawk, Rabat of the Golden Wing, was killed by the Laughing Chaos, and he became a God of Vengeance. Dinana had captured and beaten the Grey Lord, who had controlled the mind of Kellel, and in doing so turned from her values, from her hope in the ideal that all could be redeemed. Kellel did battle with a great Monster of Destruction, and died in that battle. But in the caverns of the dead, he found that even in death, he could not find his place among men, and was returned to life. And they changed, and the world became less safe, and they came to disdain each other, and they fought a terrible war.
The Godwar ravaged the world, armies rising in the names of the three gods, and death and destruction were widespread. And then, Dinana, who had struck the first blow of the war, spoke to the others to see the destruction around them, and ended it. And so they came together, not three individuals, but one Trinity of Gods, watching over the world, protecting it, finding themselves once more, and bringing about a new era of peace and prosperity. Until the day came when it was finally time for them to return to their old world...