....Where I have superpowers! So discovery has an article up today on the idea that the universe is not a singular thing.
The Multi-verse in comic book speak.
I could go on and on about the topic, from Earth-1 and Earth-2 and it's various denizens, to Crisis on Infinite Earths, to the pictured Planetary. If you haven't had the pleasure of checking them out I would highly recommend it.
Planetary in particular can at times be a good yarn. Weaving in standard superhero tropes as well as combining that with sci-fi, hard boiled detective tales, western themes, super-spy drama, and horror tales of the weird. But the main reason I decided to invoke Planetary, is that it primarily deals with a group of "mystery archaeologist", who are attempting to map the unknown history of the earth. That goes through many twists and turns, but they tackle various alternate realities and the effects it may or may not have had on their own reality. So multi-verse spanning adventures are actually part and parcel with the ongoing story.
Good stuff.
Anyway, I would give this article from Discover Magazine a good read. It is at the very least imagination expanding.
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