The Anti-Monitor is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics . He served as the main antagonist of the 1985 DC Comics miniseries Crisis on Infinite Earths and later appears as an enemy to the Green Lantern Corps and the Justice League .
97-568: In 2009, Anti-Monitor was ranked as IGN 's 49th-greatest comic book villain of all time. LaMonica Garrett portrayed the character as the main antagonist in the Arrowverse crossover " Crisis on Infinite Earths ", as well as The Monitor . The Anti-Monitor first appeared in Crisis on Infinite Earths #2 (although he remained in shadow until Crisis on Infinite Earths #5) and was created by Marv Wolfman , George Pérez , and Jerry Ordway . He
194-619: A blue star going supernova ), the ability to project destructive bolts of energy, and greatly augmenting another being's powers (as he did with Psycho-Pirate , whose powers were increased to levels too much for him to handle), the Anti-Monitor also possessed reality-warping abilities, which he displayed by removing Psycho-Pirate's face. The Anti-Monitor also commanded an army of Qwardians and shadow demons and had access to highly advanced technology capable of shifting, merging, or destroying entire universes. By far, his most devastating power
291-401: A 10-point scale, from 1 to 10, finding that the finer distinction of the 100-point scale was difficult to maintain, whereas a 10-point scale would still be true to its reviews and would be easier to promote. IGN ' s 'Best of' is an end-of-year event to annually honor the year's best games, films, television shows and comics. Winners of each award category are selected by IGN staff from
388-432: A 100-point scale again, but without using decimals, meaning a score of 8.5 would become an 85. Unlike the previous conversion to the 20-point scale, this latest scoring system change was retroactive and all previous IGN review scores were to be updated to follow the new system. However, despite the announcement, the article included a short addition, post-release; it stated that after much discussion, they had decided to retain
485-521: A 100-point scale, where games are scored in increments of 0.1, all future reviews would use a 20-point scale where games are scored in increments of 0.5. Under both systems, the maximum possible score a game can receive is 10.0. The scoring change was not retroactive: all scores on reviews written before the change would remain the same. This change also did not affect the scoring system for reader reviews. On September 13, 2012, IGN revealed that as part of its new review format all future reviews would follow
582-463: A Multiverse where anti-matter prevailed. When the heroes followed him there, he began to drain the power from most of them. However, the actions of the Spectre , empowered by the sorcerers of the surviving Earths, brought the Anti-Monitor to a stalemate. The villains of said Earths, sent to stop Krona from viewing the origins of the universe, failed due to squabbling, allowing Krona to see the hands of
679-546: A dark lifeless planet where a voice (later revealed to be Nekron ) acknowledged him and told him to rise. Before he can escape, the Anti-Monitor is imprisoned in a Black Lantern Power Battery. Soon afterwards, the Guardian Scar, corrupted by the Anti-Monitor's energies, dispatched the Green Lanterns Ash and Saarek to locate and recover the Anti-Monitor's body, finding the drifting remains of his helmet on
776-535: A list of nominees, while readers are able to cast their own votes online to determine the 'People's Choice' award for each category. In 2000, Snowball.com purchased an E-federation called the Internet Wrestling Organization (IWO). Since Snowball owned both IWO and IGN , IWO would go on to become IGN ' s first official E-Fed, even doing a column on the website. The IGN For Men section officially closed down on October 2, 2001, and
873-553: A network of desktop websites, IGN is also distributed on mobile platforms, console programs on the Xbox and PlayStation , FireTV , Roku , and via YouTube , Twitch , Hulu , and Snapchat . Originally, IGN was the flagship website of IGN Entertainment, a website which owned and operated several other websites oriented towards players' interests, games, and entertainment, such as Rotten Tomatoes , GameSpy , GameStats , VE3D , TeamXbox , Vault Network, FilePlanet, and AskMen . IGN
970-517: A new review by Brandin Tyrrel, which included an editor's note apologizing again and stating that "this review (and its score) represents solely the opinion of the new reviewer". In a subsequently unlisted video, Miucin responded that while he took "complete ownership over what happened", the similarity was not intentional. Kotaku found similarities between Miucin's other reviews, reviews on Nintendo Life and Engadget and material posted on
1067-468: A number of independent fansites such as PSX Nation.com , Sega-Saturn.com , Game Sages , and GameFAQs . In 1998, the network launched a new homepage that consolidated the individual sites as system channels under the IGN brand. The homepage exposed content from more than 30 different channels. Websites Next-Generation and Ultra Game Players Online were not part of this consolidation; U.G.P.O. dissolved with
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#17327763908251164-486: A pocket universe to contain and protect the remaining universes. After defeats by various heroes, including Supergirl and the Flash ( Barry Allen ) sacrificing themselves to save Superman , and to destroy an anti-matter cannon respectively, the Anti-Monitor absorbed the entirety of the anti-matter universe and traveled to the beginning of time, intending to stop the formation of the positive matter Multiverse and to create
1261-461: A professional esports circuit that ran tournaments for StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty , ShootMania Storm and League of Legends . On March 6, 2013, only weeks prior to the event, IGN abruptly canceled the finals of IPL 6—which were to be held in Las Vegas from March 28 through 31, and discontinued the league. IGN indicated that it was no longer in a position to commit to compete with
1358-409: A publicly traded company, continuing a string of divestitures for digital properties it had previously acquired (including MySpace and Photobucket ). On February 4, 2013, after a failed attempt to spin off IGN as a separate company, News Corp. announced that it had sold IGN Entertainment to the publishing company Ziff Davis , which was recently acquired by J2 Global . Financial details regarding
1455-607: A trajectory pointing towards the restricted Space Sector 666. Green Lanterns Ash and Saarek find the Black Central Power Battery on the dead planet Ryut in Sector 666, and try to escape just before two monstrous hands emerge from below them and drag them into the planet, killing them. When the Black Central Power Battery is later brought to Earth, the Anti-Monitor stirs within, demanding to be let out, and begins draining Dove's energy to escape. The Anti-Monitor
1552-466: Is a superhero appearing in comic books published by DC Comics . Kimiyo Hoshi is a distinct character from the villain of the same name . She has, however, crossed paths with the villainous Doctor Light on several occasions. Doctor Light appeared in the sixth season of the television series The Flash , portrayed by Emmie Nagata. Doctor Light first appeared in Crisis on Infinite Earths #4 and
1649-492: Is a video games , movies , comics and pop culture convention held in various cities in the Middle East . The event generally includes celebrities, video game tournaments, table top games , card games , movie previews, comic book stalls and a cosplay competition. A number of Middle Eastern artists and game developers also showcase their work at IGN Convention. This convention is owned and operated by IGN Middle East,
1746-596: Is also shown in 52 Week 50, in the climactic battle of World War III. Dr. Light appears in World War III: United We Stand , the fourth issue of the World War III mini-series that coincided with 52 Week 50. She is one of the first wave of heroes who confront (and are taken down by) Black Adam . He grasps her neck with such force that she instantly blacks out; he throws her aside. Geoff Johns has revealed on his message board that he
1843-556: Is an American video game and entertainment media website operated by IGN Entertainment Inc. , a subsidiary of Ziff Davis, Inc . The company's headquarters is located in San Francisco 's SoMa district and is headed by its former editor-in-chief, Peer Schneider. The IGN website was the brainchild of media entrepreneur Chris Anderson and launched on September 29, 1996. It focuses on games , films , anime , television , comics , technology , and other media. Originally
1940-421: Is devoted to not just the staple Marvel and DC titles, but also manga , graphic novels , statues and toys. In 2006, IGN launched its television site. It provides interviews with various television celebrities, in addition to a TV schedule, TV trivia and TV news. Like the film section, IGN ' s TV section has a variety of exclusive clips from upcoming television shows. On May 30, 2006, IGN Dreamcast
2037-413: Is no longer updated. IGN has sites such as IGN Stars and AskMen.com that fulfil much of the function of the old IGN For Men site. IGN Wrestling met its end in early 2002 when many of the staff departed. Interviews with professional wrestling personalities and coverage of wrestling games have been folded into IGN Sports , headed by Jon Robinson. IGN Sci-Fi : Largely dead since 2002, this section of
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#17327763908252134-629: Is reanimated as a Black Lantern independent from Nekron's control, his undead body beginning to emerge from the Black Lantern battery. Upon analysis, Green Lantern Guy Gardner ascertains that Nekron is using the Anti-Monitor as the energy source of the Black Lantern Power Battery to power the Black Lantern Corps. The Anti-Monitor is attacked by the various Lantern Corps just as he is about to free himself from
2231-404: Is unable to locate any such evidence. Doctor Light is only occasionally active in the superhero community because she is a single mother with two children: Imako, her daughter, and Yasu, her son. Gail Simone confirmed in an interview that Kimiyo's children have not been retconned out of existence by changes to DC continuity. Doctor Light works in S.T.A.R. Labs and has an interior monologue about
2328-719: The Daxamite Lantern. The Anti-Monitor began to siphon the positive matter of New York City to create his anti-matter waves. However, he was attacked by the Guardians of the Universe , angry at being impotent during his first war. The Anti-Monitor was able to counter the vicious attack, permanently disfiguring the face of Scar . John Stewart and Guy Gardner brought down New Warworld and the Yellow Central Power Battery, which were detonated next to
2425-660: The Immortal Man , the Dove , Kole , Clayface II , the Bug-Eyed Bandit , the Angle Man , Prince Ra-Man , Sunburst, Lori Lemaris , Aquagirl , Earth-2 's Green Arrow , Huntress , Robin , and Alexander Luthor Sr. of Earth-Three. The Superman and Lois Lane of Earth-Two, Superboy of Earth-Prime, and Alexander Luthor Jr. of Earth-Three were revealed to be observing the events of the newly formed universe, as well as
2522-467: The Speed Force wearing what appeared to be select elements of the Anti-Monitor's armor, using it as a yellow sunlight collector. Ultimately, the tower was destroyed during a clash between Kon-El , the modern Superboy, and Superboy-Prime when the two smashed into the tower during their battle, causing it to collapse and coalescing all of the separate Earths into a new Earth once again. Kon-El died in
2619-546: The Ultra-Monitor . Anti-Monitor is one of the most formidable foes ever faced by the heroes of the DC Universe. He is directly responsible for more deaths than any other known DC supervillain, having destroyed thousands of universes, if not an actual infinitude of them. He was powerful enough to kill Supergirl when she became distracted. He's consumed thousands of positive-matter universes to increase his power and
2716-776: The Anti-Life to him, making him into a new vessel for its power. Now basically a living weapon under Grail's control, Trevor releases a tremendous blast of power against Mobius, reducing him to a skeleton. In the DC Rebirth relaunch, the Monitors and the World Forger were created by the Super-Celestial Perpetua . The three assist the Justice League in battling her and temporarily combine into
2813-585: The Anti-Monitor and the Spectre struggling for domination, which collapsed the current Multiverse. From the ashes rose a new, singular universe. While various persons adjusted to the newly singular Earth (including those whose worlds and histories had been destroyed with the loss of the Multiverse), the Anti-Monitor, enraged, drew this new Earth into the anti-matter universe, intending to destroy this last bastion of positive matter once and for all. What followed
2910-466: The Anti-Monitor by punching him into a star. The star went nova and caused anti-matter waves to erupt, threatening to destroy the entire anti-matter universe. Kal-L and Superboy-Prime were willing to resign themselves to their final fates, when Luthor 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
3007-416: The Anti-Monitor came into existence; when the menace posed by the Anti-Monitor became apparent, several villains were sent back in time to stop him, but were defeated by Krona and the other Oans. In a final revision , it was established that it increased entropy in the universe, shortening its existence by a billion years (see heat death ). In any event, two beings were created, one on the moon of Oa and
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3104-501: The Anti-Monitor declares "Darkseid shall be mine." The Anti-Monitor has found the Prime Earth by tracking Volthoom 's energy signature. He was also responsible for blinding Martian Manhunter's Earth 3 counterpart by burning out his eyes and destroying one of his arms beyond repair. When Metron confronted the Anti-Monitor amidst the ruins of Earth 3, it was revealed the Anti-Monitor was the former owner of Metron's traveling device,
3201-427: The Anti-Monitor, and contained by a shield created by hundreds of Green Lanterns to contain the explosion; even this was not enough to kill him. A vengeful Superboy-Prime, seeing an opportunity to kill the now-weakened Anti-Monitor (out of revenge for destroying his homeworld of Earth-Prime) flew through the Anti-Monitor's armour and hurled his disintegrating body into space. The Anti-Monitor's dying body crash-landed on
3298-509: The Green Lanterns' battery. The Anti-Monitor was also responsible for the death of Barry Allen , the hero better known as the Flash . After capturing Barry because his ability to traverse the multiverse unaided made him a dangerous variable, the Anti-Monitor created an anti-matter cannon that would destroy the then-five remaining Earths with a concentrated beam much faster than the wave of entropy he had originally unleashed. The cannon
3395-628: The Ion power, they inadvertently stumbled upon the Anti-Monitor in a basement chamber of his stronghold on Qward. He was seemingly experimenting on or torturing the Ion entity previously inhabiting Kyle Rayner. He proceeded to kill Ke'Haan before the other Lanterns forced him back, taking the Ion entity from the planet and the anti-matter universe. The Anti-Monitor pursued the Lanterns for a short while, long enough for Hal Jordan, Guy Gardner , John Stewart , and
3492-561: The Justice League. With the costume given to her by Hardware destroyed, Kimiyo designs a new one and travels to Metropolis to recruit Mon-El and Guardian . Kimiyo briefly appears during the War of the Supermen , where she and the rest of the JLA attempt to repel General Zod 's invasion. After just three issues together, the new JLA team loses most of its members, with Kimiyo temporarily leaving
3589-534: The League and Cabinet could gain information on each other. Hardware uses Arthur Light's powers to restore those of Kimiyo, allowing her to quickly defeat Shadow Thief and Starbreaker . Kimiyo has been confirmed to be a member of the newest incarnation of the Justice League. In Blackest Night , Kimiyo is attacked by Arthur Light 's Black Lantern form and destroys him with a burst of light. Afterward, Donna Troy , Cyborg , Dick Grayson , and Starfire join
3686-555: The Middle Eastern edition of popular video games website IGN . IGN Convention is the spiritual successor to GameFest, a biannual, smaller scale gaming gallery which was originally hosted by IGN Middle East's parent company T-break Media between 2010 and 2012, before the hosting duties were subsequently taken over by AMD EMEA. The IGN Convention logo was designed by prominent Gulf based artist Ashraf Ghori . Conferences have included: In 2011, IGN launched IGN Pro League,
3783-463: The Mobius Chair, and is its namesake. He intends to make up for an unknown wrong he regrets, and to this end intends to kill Darkseid with the help of the latter's daughter Grail. With Grail's help, the Anti-Monitor attacks the Justice League on Prime Earth while waiting for Darkseid as he was promised by Grail. It is eventually revealed that Mobius became what he is after attempting to peer into
3880-601: The Monitors return to the sixth dimension to regenerate if they are destroyed. The Anti-Monitor's body is made of pure energy, causing his life force to continuously emanate as an energy aura. This forces him to wear armor to contain it. The Anti-Monitor appears in Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths , voiced by Ato Essandoh . The Anti-Monitor makes a cameo appearance in Justice League Unlimited #32. IGN IGN
3977-740: The PlayStation-focused "Podcast Beyond" and the Xbox-oriented "Podcast Unlocked", the Nintendo-oriented "Nintendo Voice Chat", and Game Scoop! , a podcast where a variety of editors discuss news and topics surrounding the video game industry. IGN has 28 editions in 25 languages, as of 2021. The US & Canada , UK & Ireland , and Australia & New Zealand editions are operated by Ziff Davis subsidiaries, with all others being franchised publishers. Since 2006, IGN Entertainment began launching regional versions of
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4074-624: 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. Using his body as a portal, Alexander Luthor, Kal-L, and Superboy-Prime went into the "paradise dimension" alongside Lois. Among the other beings who died because of his actions were the Crime Syndicate of America , Kid Psycho , Nighthawk , the Losers , Flower of Easy Company , Starman ,
4171-702: The White Lantern Battery, and instead commands him to retrieve it. Firestorm ultimately defeats the two and reclaims the Battery. The Anti-Monitor was introduced in The New 52 (a 2011 reboot of the DC Comics universe) in the final page of the Forever Evil storyline. It is revealed to the reader as the being which destroyed Ultraman's Krypton and Earth 3. As he is seen finishing off Earth 3,
4268-835: The ability to enslave any living thing to his will. He uses this power to bind the Black Racer to the Flash , enslaving the New God and using him to kill Darkseid. Having killed Darkseid, the Anti-Monitor envelops himself in an energy shell and separates from the Anti-Life Equation, which Grail claims. Shortly afterward, he emerged from his shell changed into a more human-looking form, once again Mobius, but still possessing vast power and legions of Shadow Demons. Superwoman and Wonder Woman attempt to subdue him together with their respective lassos: one compelling him to be truthful,
4365-433: The actions of its heroes, from their home in the hidden pocket universe. Upon observing the events leading up to Infinite Crisis , the heroes returned to the universe in an attempt to restore Earth-Two's existence, at the expense of Earth-One. The Anti-Monitor’s remains were then recovered from deep space and used as the central component in the construction of a multiverse-tuning tower created by Alexander Luthor, similar to
4462-569: The anti-matter universe. Later, the Anti-Monitor is confronted by the White Lantern Boston Brand . As Brand is forced by the White Ring to "fight for his life", damaging the Anti-Monitor's armor, the Anti-Monitor retaliates by firing a burst of anti-matter energy at Brand, who evades the blast. The Anti-Monitor resumes his duties in the anti-matter universe while Brand leaves. He also prevents Deathstorm from destroying
4559-517: The anti-matter universe. In searching for other places to conquer, he also became aware of his counterpart. The two battled for a million years before eventually defeating each other, becoming inert for nine billion years. In Final Crisis , it was revealed that the Monitor was originally a probe created by the Overmonitor to learn more about the multiverse. However, being unprepared to deal with
4656-538: The arms of Wonder Girl as Superboy-Prime fled. As a result of the tower’s collapse, the Anti-Monitor’s remains were completely destroyed. At the end of DC Comics ' 2006 special Brave New World , it is revealed that there are five figures calling themselves "the Monitors " watching over the new post- Infinite Crisis Earth. Four of the figures resemble the original Monitor from Crisis on Infinite Earths and
4753-403: The battery. Combining their energies, the various Lantern Corps use Dove as a human bullet shooting the Anti-Monitor through the head, with the Black Lantern battery recovering him to continue siphoning his energy. The Anti-Monitor is eventually resurrected by a White Power Ring and breaks free of the battery, fighting Nekron in revenge for imprisoning him. Nekron then banishes the Anti-Monitor to
4850-517: The cancellation of affiliation with GameFAQs . In 2004, IGN launched GameStats , which was intended to be a more unbiased rating network, as it takes in scores from every corporate-owned game rating site and averages them all into one score to give a general idea of the quality of a game. IGN also launched Direct2Drive .com in 2004. Its primary focus is selling digital downloads of full PC and Mac video games, as well as anime , comics and game guides. In 2005, IGN launched its comics site, which
4947-454: The cancellation of the magazine, and Next-Generation was put "on hold" when Imagine decided to concentrate on launching the short-lived Daily Radar brand. In February 1999, PC Magazine named IGN one of the hundred-best websites, alongside competitors GameSpot and CNET Gamecenter . That same month, Imagine Media incorporated a spin-off that included IGN and its affiliate channels as Affiliation Networks, while Simpson-Bint remained at
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#17327763908255044-459: The complexity of life and the passing of time, the probe-Monitor was split into two symmetrical, opposite beings: the Monitor, embodying the positive matter and goodness, and the Anti-Monitor, embodying anti-matter and evil. In more modern times, Pariah performed an experiment similar to the one Krona attempted long ago on a parallel Earth (this was changed later to an alternate world in the post- Crisis single universe). This experiment resulted in
5141-405: The creation of the positive matter universe. When Earth's heroes followed him to the beginning of time, he then absorbed all of their power and energy; this made him strong enough to alter the creation of the universe until he was opposed by the Spectre . During his final battle in Crisis on Infinite Earths #12, the Anti-Monitor maintained his power by "feeding on" a nearby star; and when his power
5238-517: The decimal point in all upcoming scores. In early 2014, IGN introduced a new policy, in which a game's review score can be re-reviewed and improved, provided that continuous updates form a significant change compared to the game at launch. Examples of games that have been re-reviewed were League of Legends , Heroes of the Storm , Warframe , and the pocket edition of Minecraft . In January 2020, IGN revealed that reviews would be reverted to
5335-550: The destruction of Star City (and, by extension, Kimiyo's loss of power) appeared at the 52 website, which is designed to complement the weekly comic series. The article places a date on the city's destruction, which was depicted in the final 2 Pre- OYL Green Arrow arcs, specifying that the event took place on May 15. Problematically, this dating places the story after the events depicted in Infinite Crisis . Given this dating, Kimiyo's loss of power took place during
5432-482: The erratic fluctuations in her powers that lead to her retirement from being a superhero. Upon returning home from work, she is ambushed by the Shadow Cabinet . After briefly talking with the heroes, she becomes enraged and attacks them after coming to believe they have harmed her children, only to be quickly neutralized and captured. This is later revealed to have been orchestrated by Superman and Icon so that
5529-459: The events of 52 - Week 2 which, given Kimiyo and Green Arrow's appearances at the end of 52 - Week 1, would appear to make sense, although it in turn makes nonsense of information contained in Green Arrow vol. 3, #54, where it is revealed that Kimiyo has not used her powers for two years. The story arc also concludes with Green Arrow experiencing a strange multiplying effect that places
5626-490: The fifth figure resembles the Anti-Monitor. In the pages of Countdown , it has been revealed that there are fifty-two Monitors, with each of them representing one of the new alternate realities in the new Multiverse, each with a slightly different appearance. A Monitor was shown in Supergirl recalling Dark Angel, one of his agents. This Monitor was dressed like the Anti-Monitor, but appeared to have no other connection. It
5723-489: The former company. In September, the newly spun-out standalone internet media company, changed its name to Snowball.com. At the same time, small entertainment website The Den merged into IGN and added non-gaming content to the growing network. Snowball held an IPO in 2000, but shed most of its other properties during the dot-com bubble . IGN prevailed with growing audience numbers and a newly established subscription service called IGN Insider (later IGN Prime), which led to
5820-456: The game download site FilePlanet into the IGN group; as of 2011 both FilePlanet and the GameSpy website still operate as video game-related web sites. IGN Entertainment acquired the online male lifestyle magazine AskMen in 2005. In 2004, IGN acquired film review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes and in 2010, sold the website to Flixster . In October 2017, Humble Bundle announced that it
5917-430: The game is recommended. The score is given according to the "individual aspects of a game, like presentation, graphics, sound, gameplay and lasting appeal". Each game is given a score in each of these categories, but the overall score for the game is an independent evaluation, not an average of the scores in each category. On August 3, 2010, IGN announced that the site would be changing to a new scoring scale. Instead of
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#17327763908256014-566: The games discussion forum NeoGAF . On August 14, IGN announced that it would remove all of Miucin's work pending further review. On April 19, 2019, Miucin admitted plagiarism and issued an apology on his YouTube channel. During the 2021 Israel–Palestine crisis , the main IGN site posted an article on May 14 urging readers to donate to charities helping Palestinian civilians such as the Palestine Children's Relief Fund and linked to relevant news reporting. A Palestinian flag
6111-652: The increasing number of esports events that were being held. On April 8, 2013, Blizzard Entertainment announced that it had acquired the staff and assets of the IPL from IGN ; its former staff were reassigned to work on in-house esports productions. In November 2017, some IGN employees refused to work to show solidarity with Kallie Plagge, a former editor who alleged that in 2016, another editor, Vince Ingenito, sexually harassed her and another female employee and made inappropriate comments. Human resources allegedly told her that she "needed to have better judgment about who [she]
6208-477: The latter half of its incarnation. She also joins the Doom Patrol for a time and enters a relationship with Global Guardians member Rising Sun. In Green Arrow (vol. 3) #54 (November 2005), following his recovery from the mind-wipe he suffered at the hands of the Justice League , Arthur Light, the villainous male Doctor Light attacked Doctor Hoshi and temporarily depowers her. An article discussing
6305-493: The ones used during the first Crisis . This tower then created the vibrational frequency that Earth-Two was on prior to its non-existence, which in turn recreated Earth-Two with no visible effect on Earth-One, save the movement of characters who originated on Earth-Two to the recreated Earth-Two. Alexander Luthor then recreated the other Earths using the tower, with their respective heroes forcibly migrating to said Earths. Superboy-Prime (followed soon by Bart Allen) then returned from
6402-574: The origins of the anti-matter universe on Qward , similar to how Krona sought the origins of his positive-matter universe. While the White Light of the Life Equation was the origin of the positive universe, it is the Anti-Life Equation that serves as the foundation of the anti-matter universe, and Mobius released it from within the world of Qward, transforming him into the Anti-Monitor. With the Anti-Life Equation in his body, Anti-Monitor has
6499-555: The other Lanterns to learn of his return. Having this vital information, they then leave Qward. Shortly after, the Sinestro Corps launched its attack on Earth. The Anti-Monitor traveled to the planet aboard New Warworld, and landed shortly thereafter, along with Sinestro. He was attacked by Sodam Yat and other members of the Green Lantern Corps, but the tyrant killed the two unnamed Lanterns and severely injured
6596-402: The other on the moon of Qward. On Oa, the being known as the Monitor was instantly aware of his counterpart, the Anti-Monitor (although his official name is the Monitor in his own universe, and he is often addressed as such, the name Anti-Monitor is used to distinguish him from his heroic positive matter counterpart). By this time the Anti-Monitor had quickly conquered Qward, as well as the rest of
6693-602: The other to obey, but he defies and defeats both. Ultraman, re-empowered with kryptonite , engages Mobius, but is swiftly defeated and killed. Next, Mobius is attacked by Lex Luthor, now wielding the Omega Force formerly belonging to Darkseid, as well as an army of Shadow Demons. Even now, fighting Luthor as well as the Justice League and the Crime Syndicate, Mobius has the upper hand until Grail, Darkseid's daughter, appears with Steve Trevor in tow. She has transferred
6790-427: The purchase were not revealed. Prior to its acquisition by UGO, 1UP.com had previously been owned by Ziff Davis. Soon after the acquisition, IGN announced that it would be laying off staff and closing GameSpy , 1UP.com, and UGO in order to focus on its flagship brands, IGN and AskMen. The role-playing video game interest website Vault Network was acquired by IGN in 1999. GameStats, a review aggregation website,
6887-556: The reawakening of both the Monitor and the Anti-Monitor and the destruction of Pariah's universe. The Anti-Monitor rebuilt his army, taking over Qward and using the Thunderers as his own private army, as well as creating the Shadow Demons from the elite of the Thunderers. The Anti-Monitor then released a massive anti-matter wave, absorbing the energies of the destroyed positive matter universes to grow in strength, and employed
6984-402: The second Psycho-Pirate , using his emotion control powers to terrorize the populations of the planets he sought to conquer and destroy. The Monitor, along with his aide Harbinger , gathered a group of heroes and villains from various alternate universes to combat the Anti-Monitor. The Anti-Monitor controlled one of Harbinger's duplicates and apparently killed the Monitor, but the Monitor created
7081-510: The shedding of the name "Snowball" and adoption of IGN Entertainment on May 10, 2002. In June 2005, IGN reported having 24,000,000 unique visitors per month, with 4.8 million registered users through all departments of the site. IGN has been ranked among the top 500 most-visited websites according to Alexa . In September 2005, IGN was acquired by Rupert Murdoch 's multimedia business empire, News Corporation , for $ 650 million. IGN celebrated its 10th anniversary on January 12, 2008. IGN
7178-455: The site automatically redirects visitors to their localized version using geolocation software , based on their countries' IP addresses. Each version of the site has a modified logo with their country's/region's respective flags near the IGN logo. However, it is still possible to access the original American website using a navigation bar above or below (depending on the regional website) the page's master template. IGN Convention ( IGN Con )
7275-405: The site included movie news, comic book reviews, anime coverage and other associated items. It has since been discontinued. The site, SciFI.ign.com redirects to the recently created SciFiBrain.ign.com , which covers some of the content of the old Sci-Fi site. In 2002, IGN launched a dedicated video game FAQs site specifically designed to host user-submitted guides. This was launched following
7372-516: The story during Infinite Crisis , not two weeks after the event's conclusion (several other characters in the DCU experienced this effect in the issue of their titles that immediately preceded the OYL jump). Kimiyo Hoshi appeared in costume in 52 Week 35, alongside various other heroes. All are assisting the injured victims of Lex Luthor, who had caused a rain of 'supermen' by deactivating their powers. She
7469-660: The team to be with her children. Back in Metropolis, Kimiyo helps Supergirl rescue Lana Lang after the Insect Queen possesses her. A short time later, Kimiyo and Gangbuster battle Supergirl's Bizarro counterpart, a refugee from Bizarro World . Despite resigning from active duty, Doctor Light remains with the Justice League as a reserve member. Kimiyo appears in the Rebirth storyline Heroes in Crisis and
7566-604: The war between the Sinestro Corps and the Green Lantern Corps , the Anti-Monitor contacted Cyborg Superman to inquire about the status of New Warworld . The cosmic tyrant stated that he would soon abandon Qward and that he would kill Henshaw for his services, allowing him the peace that had for so long evaded the Cyborg. When the Lost Lanterns made their way to the anti-matter universe to save Hal Jordan and
7663-760: The website for various countries and pan-regions. Initially, IGN began opening new offices outside the United States in order to support those regional websites, but later IGN began franchising its brand as a more cost-effective means of globalization, wherein it licensed various media publishers in many countries to use the IGN brand and manage regional websites on their own. Licensed regional publishers work on their own servers, albeit can link to IGN ' s HQ database, where they can import or translate articles, and use videos uploaded on IGN ' s servers that use IGN ' s own hosted video player. When visiting www.ign.com from an IGN -supported region,
7760-497: Was 'friends' with" and that she was an "equal participant" in "inappropriate flirtation". This incident was widely circulated across social media. In August 2018, the owner of YouTube channel Boomstick Gaming accused the IGN reviewer Filip Miucin of plagiarizing his video review of the game Dead Cells . On August 7, IGN stated that it had found "substantial similarities" between the reviews, apologized, and announced that it had dismissed Miucin. On August 10, IGN published
7857-468: Was able to personally battle scores of the multiverse's strongest heroes simultaneously. During the Blackest Night, the Anti-Monitor was reanimated as a Black Lantern. However, Nekron was unable to fully control him and thus was only able to subdue the Anti-Monitor to be used as a power source for the Black Lantern Corps' Central Battery, much in the same way the entity Ion is the power source for
7954-476: Was also added besides the IGN logo. Shortly after the article went up IGN Israel made statements on social media condemning the article. The Palestinian flag was soon replaced with a Red Cross . On May 16, the article was deleted and a statement was made on the IGN Twitter account saying that it was wrong to only highlight one side of the conflict. A reposted version on South Africa-based IGN Africa
8051-457: Was also removed. On May 17, over 60 members of IGN ' s staff signed an open letter condemning the article's removal for going against the site's editorial freedom and policies for retracting or correcting articles, as well as the lack of communication with IGN staff. IGN reinstated the article on August 24 under a new headline alongside a statement of newly formalized editorial policies. Doctor Light (Kimiyo Hoshi) Doctor Light
8148-475: Was being acquired by IGN . IGN Entertainment acquired Gamer Network and its properties in May 2024 for an undisclosed sum. These included Eurogamer , Rock Paper Shotgun , VG247 and others. As a result, some layoffs were made due to redundancies. A member of the IGN staff writes a review for a game and gives it a score between 0.1 and 10.0, which is assigned by increments of 0.1 and determines how much
8245-609: Was believed to have been destroyed in Crisis on Infinite Earths #12 only to return after a long absence in Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps Special #1 (August 2007). During Crisis on Infinite Earths , it was revealed how the existence of all parallel universes in the Multiverse came to be, including the positive matter multiverse and also the anti-matter universe, and how the Monitor and
8342-601: Was created by Marv Wolfman and George Pérez . Kimiyo Tazu Hoshi , a brilliant but overly-driven scientist, was the supervising astronomer at an observatory in Japan during Crisis on Infinite Earths . The Monitor gives her light-based powers to help battle the Anti-Monitor . Doctor Light has joined the Justice League a few times over the years, most notably as a member of Justice League Europe during
8439-472: Was destroyed by the Flash when he escaped and forced the energies of the weapon's power source into itself, causing it to explode and Barry to disintegrate. In addition to possessing vast size (varying from about nine feet to hundreds of meters tall), vastly superhuman strength, extraordinary durability (by the end of the Crisis series he was able to effortlessly withstand blows from Superman and even survived
8536-405: Was drained and he was reduced to a state of near-death, he absorbed his own anti-matter demons to rejuvenate himself. The Anti-Monitor is not immortal, but may be ultimately indestructible so long as the anti-matter universe exists; having been destroyed with an immense effort at the end of the Crisis, he was recreated by his universe, just as he had been formed originally. It is later revealed that
8633-481: Was founded by IGN in 2004. GameStats includes a "GPM" (Game Popularity Metric) rating system which incorporates an average press score and average gamer score, as well as the number of page hits for the game. However, the site is no longer being updated. The Xbox interest site, TeamXbox , and the PC game website VE3D were acquired in 2003. IGN Entertainment merged with GameSpy Industries in 2005. The merger also brought
8730-659: Was headquartered in the Marina Point Parkway office park in Brisbane, California , until it relocated to a smaller office building near AT&T Park in San Francisco on March 29, 2010. On May 25, 2011, IGN sold its Direct2Drive division to Gamefly for an undisclosed amount. In 2011, IGN Entertainment acquired its rival UGO Entertainment (owners of 1Up.com ) from Hearst Corporation . Ultimately, News Corp. planned to spin off IGN Entertainment as
8827-638: Was launched to mark IGN ' s 10th anniversary. To coincide with the release of Super Smash Bros. Brawl , IGN created the Super Smash Bros. World site. On the site, people can submit their user-created stages from the game and download ones made by other people. IGN subsequently launched a similar website called GTA 'Hood on April 29, 2008, for Grand Theft Auto IV . Along with its popular website content, IGN also publishes many different podcasts on both its website and on iTunes . Some of its podcasts include console-oriented shows like
8924-534: Was restarted; however, none of the Dreamcast updates were posted on the main IGN webpage. In 2007, IGN launched its anime site. It provided features on anime and manga, including trailers and free episodes. It also included reviews of manga and anime from other sections of IGN , such as IGN Comics and IGN DVD . The anime channel was dropped after IGN redesigned the site. In 2008, the IGN Retro channel
9021-611: Was revealed that the Anti-Monitor was reborn following the recreation of the Multiverse and had been fueling Sinestro 's ideology since the return of Hal Jordan , acting as the Sinestro Corps' "Guardian of Fear". His body was rebuilt by the Manhunters , and in addition, he recruited Superboy-Prime , the Cyborg Superman , and Parallax , who was using Kyle Rayner as its host, along with Sinestro as his heralds. During
9118-734: Was sold to publishing company Ziff Davis in February 2013. Created in September 1996 as the Imagine Games Network , the IGN content network was founded by publishing executive Jonathan Simpson-Bint and began as five individual websites within Imagine Media : N64.com (later renamed ign64.com ), PSXPower , Saturnworld , Next-Generation.com and Ultra Game Players Online . Imagine expanded on its owned-and-operated websites by creating an affiliate network that included
9215-545: Was the Shadow Demon War, wherein many heroes and villains lost their lives against the Anti-Monitor's forces. Finally, the combined efforts of various superheroes and villains (most notably Doctor Light ; the heroic Alexander Luthor, Jr. of Earth-Three ; Darkseid ; Superboy of Earth Prime ; and Kal-L , the Superman of Earth-Two ) weakened the Anti-Monitor enough for Kal-L to deliver the final blow, destroying
9312-415: Was the ability to absorb the energies of his surroundings into himself; once he fused with his anti-matter universe, he went even as far as absorbing the energies of entire universes. In addition to devouring the energies of untold numbers of universes, he also absorbed the energy of "over one million worlds" in his own anti-matter universe to gain the power to travel to the beginning of time to attempt to stop
9409-487: Was working on storylines involving Doctor Light. Oracle invites Kimiyo to join the Birds of Prey (issue #100), but she was not selected to take part in the first mission. She does, however, appear in Birds of Prey #113 (January 2008), assisting Oracle by scanning the electromagnetic spectrum for any evidence that might lead her to the parties responsible for an influx of hi-tech weaponry being smuggled into Metropolis. She
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