For DC, I think continuity has been a ticking time bomb ever since Dick Grayson graduated to becoming Nightwing and Jason Todd became the second Robin.
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For DC, I think continuity has been a ticking time bomb ever since Dick Grayson graduated to becoming Nightwing and Jason Todd became the second Robin.
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Well Dc has proven at times they have no direction.
And guys like John Stewart are FOREVER stuck with the same boring stories dumped on them-because nobody wants to do development.
How about this for a choice? Leave well enough ALONE.
No option is going work without ticking off folks and HURTING the bottom line.
NO one wants to see Dick Grayson as Robin again. That means Tim & Damian's generation is gone.
No one wants to see the origin of Green Lantern start with Jessica Cruz instead of Hal.
Stop hiring writers who want to rewrite everything.
Find some writers who can build up guys NOT named Batman.
Option A would never happen and even if someone at DC decided on it, it wouldn't matter because new ideas happen each year.
I think in the long run they may not have a choice. I also think it can be made to work depending on the stories. Look at stuff like the Batman or Superman Adventures that were the spinoff comics from the cartoons of the nineties. They were some of the best stories ever published about those two heroes and most of the issues were single issue stories that didn't move the narrative forward very far. I have my issues with Superman TAS but the stories themselves were not one of them.
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The only correct answer is C, the Marvel approach where the entirety of the publishing history is canonical, with certain events on a sliding timeline. DC's reboots are destroying their universe. And worst of all, they're getting boring. Obviously the precise continuity mechanics of certain concepts such as the Justice Society need to be hammered out, but other than that, just say everything is canon and leave it the hell alone and start telling new stories.
Pretty much this. Tell good stories, take care of your characters, move on to the next story.
I like Grant Morrison's approach when he took over Batman. Everything that's already happened, happened. All the stories, all the history, it happened, now here we are today, continue.
I'd really prefer a variation on A over all. One where we go the Earth 1/ Earth 2 route. Set a line where the new continuity starts. Make enough visusal (if not other) differences to tell the Batmen/Supermen/Wonder Women apart and simply have the reboot take palce on a new world from day one. If you want to keep Titans (Crisis) or Green Lantern (New 52) running then make it clear it is set in the old continuity not the new.
But if that isn't an option- go with legacy. Can anyone really say that the 1939 Bat-Man, Adam West era Batman, and 1978 Batman really needed to be the same Batman (rich orphaned Bruce Wayne)? Or that it really makes much of a difference if Superman is the last child born on Krypton or the first human-Kryptonian hybrid in most stories. Based on the fact the writers and artist are probably going to redesign stuff over time to the point that Wonder Woman in 2041 is going to be as distinct from Gail Gadot as Gail is from Lynda Carter do we really need to keep the idea that there is only ONE distinct Wonder Woman? Would it really be that bad for a kid in 2028 to be reading the same Flash story - but to have the star be Wally's successor rather than a warmed over take on Barry Allen?
Well, we know DC's never gonna do A because of Bruce at the very least, so I pick B with consistent continuity. They're already doing it, just in longer interval.
Tough choice. Both options have pros and cons.
But I'll go with B
Why can't a big comic company have a range of comics tailored to different fan tastes.
Dc could have at least 2 earths on the go at the same time. One legacy, one "ultimate" for lack of a better term. .....
Don't need real time aging. That's fucking stupid. Self contained stories for our heroes with the only cross interaction being a team book. No more events. That solves lots of problems. Slow aging they did with Dick grayson, wally and the rest works well. It took Dick 40 yrs to age 8. Do this. It worked. Large scale epic events that hit every corner are what fuck things up. Small self contained stories relevant to the individual charecter is what is needed.
My Batman is Bruce Wayne. Dick Grayson is fine for a run, but it should never be permanent. I hate legacy as a concept never mind as a story tool. Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman shouldn't be titles that are passed down. I never understood the appeal of legacy.
Agreed mostly. I don't hate legacy altogether, I just hate it when its overdone. Right now its being overdone, and the A scenario would be going WAY too far. There's precedent for concepts like Flash and GL, I get that. But for example if you replace Kal-El and Diana, what do you get? Not-Superman and Not-Wonder Woman. And the only legacy within the Batman mythos should be the Robin and Batgirl identities.
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