

The most extreme example, apart from the one dressed like the Anti-Monitor, is one who appears to be a humanoid giraffe, suggesting he is the Monitor of a modern equivalent of Captain Carrot's Earth-26. In Countdown to Final Crisis #48, when a large group of Monitors gather together, it is shown that each of them is physically different from the others in at least a small way. There are 52 in total, one from each of the new universes. In Ion #9, the Monitors are shown to be a society of many different Monitors. This Monitor is later shown in Supergirl to only dress like the Anti-Monitor. In the final pages of the comic, five Monitors are revealed, one of whom calls the group "the Monitors." One of the five is noticeably different from the others although his back is turned, he resembles the Anti-Monitor. One of the Monitors appears in shadow on the cover of the DCU: Brave New World Special the first few pages show the Monitors' satellite appearing over New Earth. They are in some respects similar to the Watchers of the Marvel Universe, though they take a more active role as opposed to simply observing.įictional history Origins The Monitors first appeared in Brave New World.

Most importantly, they seek to prevent crossovers between the universes, as was common before " The Crisis". They are a group that watches all aspects of the Multiverse, past and present. They are based on the Monitor and the Anti-Monitor, two characters created by comic book writer Marv Wolfman and comic artist George Pérez as the main characters of DC Comics' Crisis on Infinite Earths limited series. The Monitors are a group of fictional comic book characters, who appear in books published by DC Comics. Not well-defined, but if comparable to the original Monitor and the Anti-Monitor vast cosmic powers
