97th Cosmos
The 97th Cosmos was a Prime-adjacent universe where Earth was invaded by the Wellsians in the late 19th century.
History
In the Victorian era, the 97th Cosmos was home to a man who invented a time machine. After his initial trip, his friends refused to believe him, prompting him to leave again. However, he fell through a dimensional warp in the Time Vortex, exiting the 97th Cosmos and crash-landing at the door of the Interdimensional Tavern in 2019, where he met Bibliophile-962. (PROSE: The Interdimensional Tavern)
Its version of Mars was inhabited by a species of Martians who referred to it as “Wellsia”, hence being known as Wellsians. At some point, the Wellsians invaded the Earth, but were all but wiped out by an epidemic of the common cold, which was deadly to them and which they had contracted from trying to feed on humans' blood. A single ship's worth of Wellsians fled to Venus, where they crashed. (VIDEO: The Wellsians)
The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids' Morningstar 1 base was located on the 97th Cosmos's version of the planet Venus, (PROSE: The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids) under the leadership of Governor-105. The planet was believed to be “barren” by the inhabitants of the base, who felt extremely isolated from the rest of reality (COMIC: All That Sparkles Is Not Concrete) until they discovered surviving Wellsians. Even before then, the Cupids had a Cupid Fact File about the invasion in their Archive. (VIDEO: The Wellsians
Behind the scenes
The 97th Cosmos as depicted in The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids is populated with versions of elements from the science-fiction works of H. G. Wells.
