( In post-Crisis on Infinite Earths continuity, the Eradicator, an artificial life form programmed to preserve all Kryptonian culture, altered the birthing matrices (" artificial wombs ") that the explorers took with them so that all newborns would be fatally vulnerable to lead and other materials such as greenhouse gases and certain rocks.

The various silver age versions of Kryptonite have also come back into continuity as they were reduced to only green Kryptonite in the post-Crisis universe.

As such, it is one of the most important events in the DC Universe, and continuity in the DCU is typically divided into pre-Crisis and post-Crisis periods.

* Wonder Woman of Earth-One was revealed to have not died, but instead sent backwards through time, de-aging in the process until she reverted to the clay she was originally sculpted from, and spread over Paradise Island ( this laid the groundwork for George Perez's reintroduction of Wonder Woman in the post-Crisis continuity ).

DC Editorial wanted Superman to be the only surviving Kryptonian following DC's post-Crisis reboot of the Superman continuity.

In post-Crisis continuity, she is a normal housecat Supergirl takes in, whose name is taken from her inability to understand the concept of a litterbox.

In post-Crisis continuity, Comet is a superhero who is a romantic interest of Linda Danvers.

In the post-Crisis continuity, Dick Malverne is a newly arrived resident of Leesburg who befriends Linda Danvers.

* Laurel Gand ( Andromeda ) – Laurel Gand was the post-Crisis / Glorithverse replacement for the pre-Crisis Supergirl in the Legion of Super-Heroes after the latter was removed from the continuity following The Man of Steel reboot of Superman.

Thomas also revised the JSA's origin for post-Crisis continuity in Secret Origins ( vol.

2 ) # 130-133 ( 1940s adventure by John Byrne, retroactively establishes Queen Hippolyta as the Golden Age Wonder Woman in post-Crisis continuity )

In post-Crisis / post-Zero Hour continuity, it was Loophole's " Stasis Zone " technology that exiled Mon-El, known in the new continuity as Valor / M ' Onel, into the Phantom Zone for a thousand years.

Morrison was denied permission to use the name " Hawkman " by DC editorial, which still considered it " radioactive ", due to the complex post-Crisis continuity problems with the character.

For example, the Superboy profile relates the post-Crisis origin of the character as a creation of the Time Trapper, and there is no profile for Supergirl, despite her many adventures with the Legion, since by this time she was written out of continuity.

Along with its contemporaries ( The Man of Steel, Batman: Year One, Aquaman Special # 1, and Green Lantern: Emerald Dawn ), Hawkworld was intended to revise DC Universe continuity for the post-Crisis continuity that explored the origins of the Silver Age Hawkman and Hawkwoman.

Writer Geoff Johns has indicated that this group is, for all intents and purposes, the original Legion, who have merely been " missing " from continuity since Crisis on Infinite Earths, possibly due to machinations by the Time Trapper .. One difference in Sensor Girl's history is Superman's full knowledge of her true identity as Projectra before Crisis on Infinite Earths ; in original continuity, this revelation was made in the post-Crisis timeline.

The only other modern meeting of the team ( either in pre-or post-Crisis on Infinite Earths continuity ) took place in Infinity, Inc. # 11, in which the Vigilante, the Shining Knight, Green Arrow, Speedy and the Star-Spangled Kid gathered at the grave of Lee Travis, the man known as the Crimson Avenger.

According to post-Crisis comic-book continuity, White was an award-winning journalist who served a term as Mayor of Metropolis.

In post-Crisis continuity, Judomaster was said to be a member of the All-Star Squadron, DC's team of superheroes during World War II, although he has never appeared in an actual published story as a member of said team.

In the comic's post-Crisis continuity, the signal has many different origins.

In the post-Crisis continuity, Supergirl was written out of existence, so it is explained that Doctor Light was inspired by the other heroes.

** Dean Cain in the 1990s series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman showed Clark as a normal and shy everyman demonstrating occasional touches of clumsiness ( e. g., pretending to burn his mouth on coffee ), but still a highly skilled journalist, much like the current post-Crisis portrayal.

Lori is one of several Superman characters with the alliterative initials " LL ", including Lex Luthor, Lana Lang, Linda Lee, Linda Lang ( Supergirl's latest secret identity ), Letitia Lerner, Lena Luthor ( Luthor's sister pre-Crisis, and daughter post-Crisis ), Lyla Lerrol, Liesel Largo, Lenora Lemaris ( one of Lori's sisters ), Leta Lal ( Lori's ancestor ), Lightning Lad, Lightning Lass ( sister of Lightning Lad ), Lightning Lord ( brother of Lightning Lad ), Lorraine Lewis ( scientist jealous of Lois Lane, Lana Lang and Lori Lemaris ), Lucy Lane, Luma Lynai, Lionel Luthor and Lois Lane.

Kal-L and Superboy-Prime were willing to resign themselves to their final fates, when Alexander Luthor, using his power to open dimensions, revealed that he had created a " paradise dimension ", and he used it to prevent the Lois Lane Kent of Earth-Two from being erased from existence when the post-Crisis universe was formed, as he foresaw how events would unfold and refused to allow Superman to have to deal with such a terrible loss.

When the boys confront Mxyzptlk, they realize that this was not the same Mxyzptlk whom Superman had regularly faced ; indeed, he appears to not have even assumed the name ' Mxyzptlk ' at this point, regarding it as sounding like something somebody randomly typed ( which is, indeed, how the character chose his name in his first post-Crisis appearance ).

Writers like Marv Wolfman, who along with John Byrne created the post-Crisis Luthor, have questioned this asking " if he could afford all those labs and giant robots he wouldn't need to rob banks.

With a similar background to the post-Crisis Schott in the comics, he creates a toy that causes children to become selfish and adults to act like children.

" After 22 regular issues, the series concluded in a one-shot special published in 1992 that wrapped up adventures and stories from previous issues and depicted them as having been the daydreams of the young post-Crisis Clark Kent.

Lori's post-Crisis origin story and her relationship with Clark remained similar to the original, except that post-Crisis, Clark had not yet adopted a superheroic identity at the time he was in college.

In a battle with Lobo, Superman discovered he could survive the vacuum of space indefinitely, something the post-Crisis Superman could not do before his death.

Just as the planet began to shake apart, he launched the matrix towards Earth, where it would open and give birth to the infant upon landing ( the post-Crisis Superman therefore was considered to be technically " born " on Earth ).

* Ariella Kent – Supergirl of the 853rd century, later revealed to be the daughter of post-Crisis Linda Danvers and Silver Age style Superman from the Many Happy Returns story arc.

In early post-Crisis stories the " condition " that would send him back to the fifth dimension would be anything he stated it to be for the occasion ; but since Lex Luthor taught him how to lie, making this meaningless, the stories have reverted to Mxyzptlk saying his name backwards.

Over the course of the next several decades, there was a definitive summarization in the miniseries The World of Krypton in 1979 ( not to be confused with the post-Crisis on Infinite Earths late-1980s comic miniseries of the same name ).

This post-Crisis version ( revealed in 1992's Justice League Quarterly # 8 ) was composed of Qwardians ( residents of the antimatter counterpart of Oa ) as well as being " more powerful than their counterparts " and " long gone " and shown to be different from the Earth-Three incarnation by their enlarged eyes reflective of the Weaponers of Qward.

The post-Crisis Quick's predecessor was later resurrected, and was revealed to be the anti-matter counterpart to the Golden Age Johnny Quick.

Writer-artist John Byrne's Superman: The Man of Steel mini-series, for example, provided the post-Crisis origin of Kal El, while Crisis-architects Marv Wolfman and George Pérez produced the two-issue History of the DC Universe to briefly detail a broad overview of the post-Crisis DCU, showing the sequence of events as well as the revised origins of many characters ( later to be fleshed out in their own series ).

More recent stories ( post-Crisis ) often feature the general public assuming that Superman has no secret identity due to the fact that he, unlike most heroes, doesn't wear a mask.

This was created to maintain the rule of Superman being the only Kryptonian survivor which was the theme of the post-Crisis Superman mythos.

He returns with the other heroes to the new post-Crisis Earth, taking the place of the Earth-One Superman.

However, finding no assurance that Ariella survived the restoration of post-Crisis history, a dejected Linda relinquishes the role of Supergirl, sends a farewell note to Superman, and leaves for points unknown.

In the post-Crisis DC Universe, the Phantom Zone first appears after Superman returns from space with a Kryptonian artifact called the Eradicator.

After a battle with the post-Crisis Superman-during which Superman is drastically overpowered by Superboy's pre-Crisis strength while managing to keep Superboy on his toes due to his superior experience -, Superboy realizes he can't turn on his friends and instead helps the Legionnaires defeat the Trapper.

Her post-Crisis incarnation first appeared in Superman ( volume 2 ) # 12 in December 1987.

* Superman Homepage bio on the post-Crisis Jor-El

Later stories revealed that elements of Brainiac's pre-Crisis history occurred in the post-Crisis character's history prior to his possession of Milton Fine and his first encounter with Superman.

It made its first proper appearance in John Byrne's The Man of Steel miniseries, which established the post-Crisis Superman setting.

Also, entries for characters such as the Silver Age Superman and Wonder Woman recounted their post-Crisis histories only, which at the time were only a few months old, while their entire Silver Age histories ( and all the unique elements of those characters during that time, such as Superman's Fortress of Solitude and Wonder Woman's powerless period ) were ignored.

The original Earth-Three Syndicate made a few post-Crisis appearances, when Ultraman and Power Ring appeared in the Animal Man series and then again in Infinite Crisis when Earth-Three was temporarily recreated and models of the Earth-Three Ultraman, Superwoman, and Alexander Luthor, Sr. were briefly merged with the Superman and Wonder Woman of Earth-1 and the Superman of Earth-Two and Wonder Woman of Earth-2.

Up until the Death of Superman event, DC Comics writers lived on a fixed set of rules when it came to how the post-Crisis Superman's powers were portrayed.