The Archive of Worlds is an artifical multiverse of pocket dimensions created by the mad god Auteur.io. Each world within it takes the form of a film reel and is based on the exploits of a single hero or villain from Earth 0. It is located on a Waynetech satellite in orbit around Earth.
History
The being which would one day be known as Auteur.io is an ancient God of Tales who is no longer worshipped and was forgotten by mankind centuries ago. He wandered the Earth for generations until he stumbled across a movie theater, which reminded him of his ancient temples. He regularly visited the theatre until the patrons stopped coming and it eventually closed down. He discovered that mankind was no longer interested in films, and had instead begun to worship a new God of Tales: the internet. He flew into orbit and attempted to absorb the new god's soul from a satellite, but was instead infected by the new god's desire for perfection and encased in a suit of armor. In his madness he created the Archive of Worlds, seeking to create a perfect world.[1]
Batman and Superman discovered the Archive while investigating the malfunctioning satellite. They attempted to fight him, but Auteur.io was able to pull weapons from his worlds to fight them and imprisoned them in a Phantom Zone crystal. Meanwhile within the Archive Dr. Atom, one of Auteur.io's creations from a world he had discarded, had learned the truth about his reality and was attempting to turn The World of Tomorrow into the perfect world Auteur.io was seeking so it would be spared. He took the Superman of that world and the Batman and Robin of The World of the Knight into the real world, just in time to see the real Superman and Batman trapped in the crystal.[2][3][4]
Auteur.io fled into the Archive when Dr. Atom injured him, persued by Superman, Batman and Robin. They were eventually able to free their "superseding instances" from the crystal and the two Batmen reprogrammed Auteur.io's armor, curing him of his madness. He announced that he was now "Observer.io", and he would no longer interfere in his creations but allow them to develop naturally.
Unbeknowst to everyone, a reel was stolen from the Archive by a Parademon, who delivered it to Darkseid on Earth Omega.[5]
Points of Interest
- Desert of Doom: A Western-themed world based on the adventures of El Diablo.
- The Fiery Pits Below: A world based on Hell ruled over by Etrigan.
- The Fortress of the Knight: A dimensional nexus between The World of the Knight and the World of Tomorrow allowing easy movement between them.
- The Mad Science of Dr. Atom: (Destroyed) A world based on the life of Lex Luthor. It was deemed incapable of perfection by Auteur.io and destroyed.
- The Planet Rann: A science-fiction themed world based on the life of Alanna Strange.
- The World of the Knight: A detective-noir inspired world based on the adventures of Batman.
- The World of Tomorrow: A bright and propserous world based on the adventures of Superman.
- Unnamed Blackhawks-themed world.
- Unnamed Captain Marvel-themed world.
- Unnamed Green Arrow-themed world.
- Unnamed Wonder Woman-themed world.
See Also
- Appearances of Archive of Worlds
- Location Gallery: Archive of Worlds
- Catalogued images related to Archive of Worlds