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    Quote Originally Posted by Bored at 3:00AM View Post
    I am pretty sure I've heard someone else use The Platinum Age before. I have also heard The Chromium Age, but I thought Platinum Age was more appropriate
    The history of American comics arguably goes back to 1842, which went through a major change in 1897 with the popularization of the Yellow Kid, and is said to be the start of the Platinum Age.





    The term "comic books" is even used on the back.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bored at 3:00AM View Post


    During my latest trip to limbo, I made the latest revisions, tweaks, and updates to my all-encompassing History of the DCU project. For those you aren't familiar with my little hobby, here's the lowdown:

    This is an attempt to incorporate all incarnations of the DCU's continuity (including the best elements from TV, cartoons, movies & more) into one history that spans the entirety of DC's established mythology. If you have any suggestions, corrections, or ideas to improve it, please let me know and I will incorporate them into future revisions.
    First off, this is absolutely great. That said, there was something about it that was nagging at me, and I couldn't quiet put my finger on it until just now.

    It's intensely Trinity-centric. You get the odd intruder here or there, like Flash and Parallax (and usually tied to some watershed event, i.e. Dr. Manhattan), but everything else frames DC's history strictly in terms of the big three and their auxiliaries.

    Was that a deliberate choice?

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    Quote Originally Posted by DrNewGod View Post
    First off, this is absolutely great. That said, there was something about it that was nagging at me, and I couldn't quiet put my finger on it until just now.

    It's intensely Trinity-centric. You get the odd intruder here or there, like Flash and Parallax (and usually tied to some watershed event, i.e. Dr. Manhattan), but everything else frames DC's history strictly in terms of the big three and their auxiliaries.

    Was that a deliberate choice?
    Are you talking about the entire DCU History or just the images I posted? Because those images are specifically meant to show the development of the Trinity across the decades. The history itself is about the entire DCU, with corresponding images related to everyone.

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    These images are meant to visualize how the timeline has been altered in order to its current “15 years ago” status quo.

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    This is focused specifically on the evolution of the non-Trinity heroes


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    My students were collectively outraged that I had forgotten to include Justice League Action in the Multiverse group pic, so I have updated it to include it. Enjoy.


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    I'm just going to bump this thread up for no particular reason.

    Maybe a lot of this might be somewhat relevant very shortly.

    The Dawn of Time to 1938

    https://docs.google.com/document/d/1...it?usp=sharing

    The Golden Age

    https://docs.google.com/document/d/1...it?usp=sharing

    The Silver Age

    https://docs.google.com/document/d/1...it?usp=sharing

    The Bronze Age

    https://docs.google.com/document/d/1...it?usp=sharing

    The Dark Age

    https://docs.google.com/document/d/1...it?usp=sharing

    The Platinum Age

    https://docs.google.com/document/d/1...it?usp=sharing

    The Modern Age & The Possible Futures

    https://docs.google.com/document/d/1...it?usp=sharing

    Epilogue: How Time Works

    https://docs.google.com/document/d/1...it?usp=sharing

    Obviously, DC isn't retaining Superman & Batman's Golden Age adventures as I have, but, otherwise, it appears that DC is taking the same approach to their history now.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bored at 3:00AM View Post
    I'm just going to bump this thread up for no particular reason.

    Maybe a lot of this might be somewhat relevant very shortly.

    The Dawn of Time to 1938

    https://docs.google.com/document/d/1...it?usp=sharing

    The Golden Age

    https://docs.google.com/document/d/1...it?usp=sharing

    The Silver Age

    https://docs.google.com/document/d/1...it?usp=sharing

    The Bronze Age

    https://docs.google.com/document/d/1...it?usp=sharing

    The Dark Age

    https://docs.google.com/document/d/1...it?usp=sharing

    The Platinum Age

    https://docs.google.com/document/d/1...it?usp=sharing

    The Modern Age & The Possible Futures

    https://docs.google.com/document/d/1...it?usp=sharing

    Epilogue: How Time Works

    https://docs.google.com/document/d/1...it?usp=sharing

    Obviously, DC isn't retaining Superman & Batman's Golden Age adventures as I have, but, otherwise, it appears that DC is taking the same approach to their history now.
    They should have just used your idea and cut you a nice, fat check, Bored.

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    Things that make you go hmmm.
    "They can be a great people Kal-El, they wish to be. They only lack the light to show the way. For this reason above all, their capacity for good, I have sent them you. My only son." - Jor-El

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    They burgled you, Bored.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Robanker View Post
    They burgled you, Bored.
    Thank you, but I don't believe there was anything underhanded going on. I honestly think DC came to the same solution that Morrison came up with for DCU continuity a long time ago and just decided to go with that because the "everything happened, it's all canon" approach towards continuity is the only one that makes any kind of sense if you want creators to have the largest possible canvas to use moving forward.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Buried Alien View Post
    They should have just used your idea and cut you a nice, fat check, Bored.

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    I would certainly not turn down free money, even if it is entirely undeserved.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bored at 3:00AM View Post
    I would certainly not turn down free money, even if it is entirely undeserved.
    It's not like you DIDN'T spend countless hours devising that scheme and even assembling graphics to show how it all works visually.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bored at 3:00AM View Post
    I would certainly not turn down free money, even if it is entirely undeserved.
    Your efforts are both extraordinary and appreciated. The amazing graphic design is a gift to we DC fankids.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bored at 3:00AM View Post
    Thank you, but I don't believe there was anything underhanded going on. I honestly think DC came to the same solution that Morrison came up with for DCU continuity a long time ago and just decided to go with that because the "everything happened, it's all canon" approach towards continuity is the only one that makes any kind of sense if you want creators to have the largest possible canvas to use moving forward.
    I was always a little confused by that.
    It all happened, but did it all happen in the same universe? Or did they happen in different universes, Earth 1, Earth 2, New Earth, etc?

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