I had meant to address the world upon which Eternity Girl takes place yesterday, but I forgot, so we'll do it now.
At the end of Milk Wars, Caroline appears to slip out from her brief origin stories and into the main series, exiting the story through a panel that offers no clues as to location. It's fair to assume that she exited into the DCU that had been restarted at the end of the crossover, and Madame Atom, Chrysalis' nemesis and guide toward death, implies as much in today's issue. However, in the first issue of the series, we see Caroline sitting in her living room in front of a television that is quite clearly playing an episode of The Batman Adventures, notable for its unique aesthetic. So where exactly is the story of Eternity Girl taking place? Madame Atom makes reference to the forces of Order and Chaos in today's issue, further cementing the link between Element Girl (who was a champion of Order) and Eternity Girl, but also with the DCU itself. We can assume that the Lords of Order and Chaos operate in all realities, so perhaps Eternity Girl is taking place on another of the DCU Multiverse worlds, but the explicit links tend to point one toward the prime DC universe.
All of this could be moot, of course, since the story is about someone dealing with depression and suicidial thoughts, not about superheroes and their world. Well, except for the fact that superheroes and their world are the root cause of Caroline's depression. What's interesting is that, at this point, it's hard to say if Caroline's mission to end the universe with Madame Atom is anything more than a hallucination or fantasy that is helping Caroline figure out how to die.
The real truth is that the story is all of these things, all at the same time. Like any good story, it is its multi-facetedness that makes it excellent.
More to follow.
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