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There are infinite Earths, so there are infinite variations of Earth-1985 (along with Earth-52, Earth-2 and all the rest).
On one variant of Earth-1985, Supergirl and Flash are dead following the events of Crisis on Infinite Earths. This would be an Earth where Alan Moore & Curt Swan's Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow? took place. On another, Crisis hasn't taken place yet (which is presumably the one Gary Frank depicted).
Same deal with Earth-52. There's one version where Superman died, while there's another where he's still alive. There's an Earth-2 that's missing its Kal-L and Lois like we saw in Johns's JSA Annual. There's another where Superman never left because the Crisis never took place. And there's yet another Earth-2 that's inhabited by the New 52's Earth-2 incarnations.
Infinite Earths full of infinite possibilities. The only thing that matters now is what the story is and what the continuity for that particular book is. The mainline DCU stuff will carry on telling the "continuing adventures of..." stories that have always been the center of the Metaverse. This main DCU's continuity will continue to be revamped and tweaked every few years as the sliding timeline keeps getting bumped up and characters are refreshed and reinterpreted for modern audiences.
Meanwhile, all the stand-alone stories that are just creators trying to tell great evergreen tales like Superman Versus The Klan, Mister Miracle, All Star Superman, New Frontier, and Dark Knight Returns don't have to bother worrying about how it fits into that main continuity. They can just focus on telling a great story and the best parts of it will get absorbed into the Metaverse and are always available to be revisited as part of the ever-expanding Multiverse.
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