If the 5G stuff is near future, I think it could be a lot of fun.
If it's in the present, it will get the DC You backlash all over again, doesn't seem like the smartest move.
Superman: Jon Kent
Batman: Luke Fox, according to all the supposed scoops (apparently, as opposed to say making Damien Batman like in the 666 Future)
Wonder Woman: I say either Donna or Cassie
The Flash: with Wally out of the running, Wallace would be the logical choice
Aquaman: probably Jackson Hyde
Green Lantern: Kyle Rayner, or John Stewart, or Simon Baz or Jessica Cruz.....as they all took the spot in the past.....
Nightwing: if Damien isn’t Batman, make him Nightwing
Blue Beetle: we’ll, Jamie has been the Blue Beetle since Infinite Crisis, I say keep that and keep Ted as the mentor
The Atom: odds are Ryan Choi
Hawkman: Whatever Carter reincarnates as....
But where would Barbara go? Become the new Batwoman? And what of Kara? Make her the Prime Earth/ Earth Zero Power Girl?
I really don't think EVERYONE needs to change. Particularly the ones that were either unborn or kids during gen 2. Nightwing would have no reason to pass on his title.
Even "near future" would prove problematic eventually. What happens when someone gets an idea for a present day story that contradicts with the "near future" canon? Eventually, be it a few years down the line or whatever, the near future canon will begin to be overwritten by new ideas for the present day stuff. Its inevitable. To have a strict code of what happens in the future is too limiting, outside of concepts such as Legion and Kamandi, things that are so far ahead and so far removed from connective tissue to the present its not a problem. A 5th generation future is just way too close and too connected to the present. Its at least part of the reason why they've never tried a comprehensive future before. Its pointless. Future tales are best left as what-ifs.
That said, I'm doubting that's the aim. If they're specifically going out of their way to age up Jon again for the role, that means its probably taking place in the present-day. Which will be a disaster in its own right. Basically I'm still of the opinion there's no way to do this well.
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"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
Thematically, I'd say Nightwing shouldn't be passed on, as the point made (at least in some versions) was coming into his own/growing up/being his own man, and taking inspiration from a particular source. Someone else stepping into it defeats the theme. I mean, that would never stop a company from doing do if they wanted to (and it's been kinda done, anyway), but I really, specifically, don't think it works well for that identity.
Another Nightwing not derived from Dick's (like Chris') could work, but would need to not be Bat-associated.
I don't think Dick is going to change from being Nightwing any time soon. We JUST got him back in the role.
"We come into this world alone and we leave the same way. The time we spent in between - time spent alive, sharing, learning together... is all that makes life worth living." - Jean Grey
I don't know, but I wouldn't bank on using logic here, because a lot of this is illogical. I mean think of the WW situation. On one hand she's being rewarded by a new idea of her being the first superhero. On the other hand she's being replaced in the modern day. For Wonder Woman fans, in my opinion, that is a distinct net loss. Will they get to see her adventures in the 40s with the JSA? It sounds like that might be a thing. But that's where she'd be stuck, in the past. I have a hard time seeing fans being cool with that, same with the other major characters. It sends a message of "Clark Kent, Bruce Wayne, and Diana Prince belong in the past. If you want now, if you want the future, you get Jon Kent, Luke Fox, and some other girl no one wants in the role".
"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