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The Psycho-Pirate knows.

Here's the thing, as anyone who understands Green Lantern and the myriad color spectrum around him knows, emotions control everything.  He who controls emotions, controls...everything.  Except for himself.  That's always been Psycho-Pirate's biggest failing; here is a villain who isn't defeated so much as defeats himself.  That is, as I'm sure you'll agree, that most villains suffer from extreme overconfidence that eventually collapses in on itself, but the Psycho-Pirate is different.  He channels emotions thanks to the Medusa Mask.  Anyone foolish enough to look directly at him immediately falls to the power of the mask, and his mastery of emotion.  Just not his own.  This is called irony.  Being aware so keenly of the power of emotion, he becomes overwhelmed by it, the totality of it.  It makes him somewhat cosmically aware.  He comprehends things on a scale few others can imagine, but he becomes paralyzed by this knowledge.  He doesn't know how to overcome this. 

He certainly doesn't know what to do about the multiverse.  Because while others may be aware that it exists, only Psycho-Pirate knows how they interact.  Or rather, how they once collapsed.  During a crisis...

All of time creeps into this vision, naturally.  The Psycho-Pirate knows that Superman, when he was a boy, once worked alongside the Legion of Super-Heroes, in the 30th Century, but that this alliance came to a permanent end that sent them in disparate directions, perhaps to the detriment of them both, if they ever understood what the Psycho-Pirate could see...

The Psycho-Pirate saw the story of Batman unfold, from the very beginning to recruiting allies in Robin and Batgirl.

The daughter of the Batman from Earth-2, the Huntress, stepped across the multiverse.

Mongul arrived and pitted Superman against Martian Manhunter.

A team of new Teen Titans gathered, and Deathstroke the Terminator took on a contract against them.

Primus took charge of the Omega Men and launched a crusade in the Vegan system.

Superman and Batman waged separate battle against the amazing Spider-Man and a rampaging Hulk, respectively.

On Earth-2, the Justice Society expanded into the All-Star Squadron.

Captain Carrot and the Zoo Crew emerged in the multiverse.

The Legion battled the greatest darkness that ever lived in the final campaign of Apokolips.

There occurred a crisis on Earth-Prime.

The Teen Titans clashed with the X-Men.

King Arthur returned in the far future.

Ambush Bug cracked reality in his massive debut.

Jason Todd debuted as the new Robin.  His origin was much the same as Dick Grayson's.  Or was it?

Lobo became the most infamous last of a kind.

A ronin in the distant past may have been conjured by a madman in the future.

The Batman of Earth-1 met the Batman of Earth-2.

The trial of the Flash became inevitable after he murdered his arch-nemesis, the Reverse-Flash.

Swamp Thing learned that he wasn't actually Alec Holland, but rather an earth avatar merely convinced that it was Holland.

Deathstroke and Terra took out the Judas Contract on the Teen Titans.

The legacy of Superman was examined at various points in the future.

The Justice Society on Earth-2 disbands.

And at last...the Crisis.  The Psycho-Pirate watches in horror as the Anti-Monitor declares war on the multiverse, becoming an unwitting pawn.  Eventually, the multiverse collapses...and all of reality resets, with only the Psycho-Pirate knowing that any of it ever happened...Most tragic of all is the sacrifice of Barry Allen, the Flash, after having finally cleared his name of murder, too...

And what of the Superboy of Earth-Prime?  What indeed?

Booster Gold arrived from the future in order to become a superhero of the modern day.

An aging Batman confronted the twilight of his career, having descended into nightmare.

A comedian was murdered.

Whatever happened to the Man of Tomorrow?

The Psycho-Pirate witnessed Superman born anew.

Darkseid launched a campaign against Earth in the present.

The Justice Society retired into a never-ending battle.

The Psycho-Pirate saw Batman's origin recounted once more, and then Wonder Woman's.

The Question emerged once more.

The Justice League found a sense of humor.

Jason Todd's origin changed.

The son of Batman was conceived.

No one could stop the Manhunters.

The Joker took his madness too far, arbitrarily paralyzing Batgirl.

Buddy Baker, Animal Man, began a journey toward the meta.

A man in a Guy Fawkes mask battled the forces of anarchy in the near-future.

Darkseid sought the Anti-Life Equation.

The Psycho-Pirate sees fans vote for the death of Jason Todd.

A cosmic invasion occurred.

Dream woke up.

The Doom Patrol crawled from the wreckage.\

The Huntress reincarnated on Earth-1.

Batman explored a serious house on a serious earth.

The Legion reached maturity.

Tim Drake became the third Robin.

The Psycho-Pirate observes the origin of Green Lantern.  And he wonders...

Adapted from DC COMICS YEAR BY YEAR: A VISUAL CHRONICLE, based on entries from
LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #259, 290
THE UNTOLD LEGEND OF THE BATMAN #1
WONDER WOMAN #271
DC COMICS PRESENTS #27, 52, 87
THE NEW TEEN TITANS #1, 2, 16, 42
GREEN LANTERN #141
MARVEL TREASURY EDITION #28
DC SPECIAL SERIES #27
ALL-STAR SQUADRON #1
JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #207
MARVEL AND DC PRESENT: THE UNCANNY X-MEN AND THE NEW TEEN TITANS #1
CAMELOT 3000 #1
BATMAN #357, 404, 408, 426, 442
THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD #200
OMEGA MEN #3
RONIN #1
THE FLASH #324
THE SAGA OF THE SWAMP THING #21
SUPERMAN #400, 423
AMERICA VS. THE JUSTICE SOCIETY #1
CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS #1
BOOSTER GOLD #1
BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT #1
WATCHMEN #1
MAN OF STEEL #1
LEGENDS #1
LAST DAYS OF THE JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA #1
WONDER WOMAN #1
THE QUESTION #1
JUSTICE LEAGUE #1
BATMAN: SON OF THE DEMON #1
MILLENNIUM #1
BATMAN: THE KILLING JOKE
ANIMAL MAN #1
V FOR VENDETTA #1
COSMIC ODYSSEY #1
INVASION! #1
THE SANDMAN #1
DOOM PATROL #19
THE HUNTRESS #1
BATMAN: ARKHAM ASYLUM
LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #1
GREEN LANTERN: EMERALD DAWN #1
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