Who's still MIA in the DCU?

[Tsukiakari1203]

Black Canary was indeed a member of the JSA and joined much earlier than 1947 in the planned DC Timeline that Didio leaked. Who knows if that's still in play, but I don't see why not. Retroactively having Black Canary joining the JSA and JLA works better for and new stories set in the past. The more female superheroines we can get in flashback tales, the better. And, in the original stories in which Black Canary doesn't appear, she was off on another case that day

Actually, Dinah Laurel Lance no longer exists. The current Black Canary is named Dinah Lance but her maiden name is Drake.

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Actually, Dinah Laurel Lance no longer exists. The current Black Canary is named Dinah Lance but her maiden name is Drake.

That was last year. Continuity changes fast around the DCU

[Dr. Poison]

Here's some folks who I think are MIS(please correct me if I'm wrong):

Baron Blitzkreig
Composite Superman
Flamebird(Bette Kane)
Golden Eagle
Isis
Kung
Osiris
Queen Clea
Red Star
White Magician

[Frontier]

Here's some folks who I think are MIS(please correct me if I'm wrong):

Baron Blitzkreig
Composite Superman
Flamebird(Bette Kane)
Golden Eagle
Isis
Kung
Osiris
Queen Clea
Red Star
White Magician

Dr Psycho hasn't been seen since pre-Flashpoint too, I think.

Bette made a cameo in Tynion's 'Tec run. She's at West Point but was only there for, like, a page or two.

[Dr. Poison]

Dr Psycho hasn't been seen since pre-Flashpoint too, I think.

Bette made a cameo in Tynion's 'Tec run. She's at West Point but was only there for, like, a page or two.

Thanks for the info on Flamebird.

Dr. Psycho appeared in cameo form during James Robinson's run on Wonder Woman a few years back. It was alluded to that he had a part in Vanessa becoming the current Silver Swan.

[Lonewolf36]

Dr Psycho hasn't been seen since pre-Flashpoint too, I think.

Bette made a cameo in Tynion's 'Tec run. She's at West Point but was only there for, like, a page or two.

Doctor Psycho made a cameo in Justice League: No Justice along with the other psychic heroes and villains assembled by Amanda Waller.

[BatmanJones]

How many Barry Allens does modern DC need?

The answer is one. One dead Barry Allen. He was so much more interesting that way and Wally was too.

Didio's argument that Wally could never be interesting because he would always exist in the context of Barry was completely backwards. Dead Barry made Wally a great character.

Didio's reasoning was akin to saying let's get rid of Batman because he's only interesting in the context of Thomas and Martha Wayne.

[BatmanJones]

Does anyone know if Elongated Man is still dead?

He shows up once in a long while to stand in the background and not say anything while Plastic Man hogs the spotlight. Sigh.

[BatmanJones]

Were Hawk & Dove ever removed from continuity? They had a crappy New 52 comic by Leifeld, didn't they? And then they appeared again in Titans Hunt. Currently, they haven't been seen, but I don't think that's any indication that they've been erased from the DCU.

To be clear, this thread isn't about character who haven't shown up in a while because nobody is using them, this is for character that haven't shown up in a while because nobody can use them due to retcons and reboots.

Good to see you, Bored. Hope you and yours are doing well during all this, or at least okay.

It seems to me that, over the last year or two, DC has been increasingly cramming as many characters into as many stories as possible, all under the concept that appears in the title of the first issue of Dark Knights: Death Metal: "It all happened."

In other words, I think all past retcons are gone for now, everything counts, and (it seems) that by the end of Death Metal, no character will be off the table. I think this thread started with something like 'who have we not seen since Flashpoint' but I think he more relevant question is 'who haven't we seen since 1938.' Because we've seen all sorts of post-Infinite Crisis/CoIE characters show up or return from the dead without explanation recently. Ted Kord for just one example.

I think that's why this thread has been somewhat challenged to name characters that DC hasn't used in the last few years. And I think that if DC had seen this thread, they would have taken that opportunity to insert them into one story or another, without explanation. (See Young Justice lately for the most apparent examples. Or see upcoming issues of Death Metal.)

[BatmanJones]

Helena Wayne is elseworld by nature. Even with worlds finest she was an elseworld visitor. So can we even say that she has ever been a main world character.

It would be accurate to say she was never from a "main world" character at the time she first appeared. But, in a significant way, it's actually the other way around. The character you're talking about was indeed a visitor from another world in Worlds' Finest. But I'm talking about the JSA/Infinity Inc. character, the original one, from the 70s.

She was not only not from an alternate earth. She was from the original DC earth which, when the Silver Age began creating alt versions of past characters like Flash and Green Lantern, they came to dub Earth-Two. (Not Earth-2 during New 52, mind you. This was Earth-Two as it existed from 1938-1985 when the earths were merged.)

Now, Helena Wayne Huntress didn't exist before the Silver Age changeover, where the only DC earth became the back-burner earth. But I'm talking about the one that appeared in JLA/JSA crossovers and starred in Infinity Inc. in the 70s and 80s respectively.

She AND Earth-Two Robin, each of whom are among my top 5 DC characters ever, have been missing since CoIE. How many characters can we say that about?

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Good to see you, Bored. Hope you and yours are doing well during all this, or at least okay.

It seems to me that, over the last year or two, DC has been increasingly cramming as many characters into as many stories as possible, all under the concept that appears in the title of the first issue of Dark Knights: Death Metal: "It all happened."

In other words, I think all past retcons are gone for now, everything counts, and (it seems) that by the end of Death Metal, no character will be off the table. I think this thread started with something like 'who have we not seen since Flashpoint' but I think he more relevant question is 'who haven't we seen since 1938.' Because we've seen all sorts of post-Infinite Crisis/CoIE characters show up or return from the dead without explanation recently. Ted Kord for just one example.

I think that's why this thread has been somewhat challenged to name characters that DC hasn't used in the last few years. And I think that if DC had seen this thread, they would have taken that opportunity to insert them into one story or another, without explanation. (See Young Justice lately for the most apparent examples. Or see upcoming issues of Death Metal.)

Nice to see you, too, BatmanJones.

I am probably in the minority, but I have been enjoying the "anything goes, time is broken" continuity they've had in the last few years, but I'm glad some kind of structure is being established that will allow the last few toys to be put back into the toybox.

[Swamp Thing 2099]

Which arc?

GA #35-40, "Kingdom".

[Aramis]

Zachary Zatara
Isis and Osiris
Red Tornado
Lorena Marquez
Connor Hawke
John Henry Irons

Some that haven't appeared in a long time: Bette Kane, Fire, Ice, Equinox (I realy liked her), Stargirl...

And of course, Jon Kent. Wonder where he really is...

[warzon]

Bluebird
Catgirl
Crimson Fox
Crimson Avenger
Flamebird
Harlequin=duela
Huntress
Onyx
Owlwoman
Phanton Lady
Tarantula
XS

Aura
Argent
Bombshell
Dr Light
Darkstar Carla white
Element Woman
Firehawk
Frances Kane aka Magenta
Freefall
Goldstar
Halo
Jonni Thunder
Lodestone
Lady Quark
Ms America
Moon Maiden
Nighshade
Negative Woman
Prysm
Sparx
Solstice
Skyrocket

Celsius
Equinox
Fire
Firebrand
Harmonia li
Ice
Ice Maiden
Lightning
Maya
Rainmaker
Tsunami
Windfall

Aquagirl=lorena
Bulleteer
Dove
Fairchild
Fury's=Lyta/Helena/Donna
Grace choi
Hessia
Matrix
Misfit
Pantha
Power Girl=tanya
Sapphire
Thunder=anissa
Vixen

Faith
Gypsy
Looker
Mirage
Rose Psychic
Tomorrow Woman

Anna Fortune
Black Alice
Conjura
Empress
Isis
Jennifer Morgan
Kalista
Manitou Dawn
Traci 13

[warzon]

Azrael=from the Titans
Batwing
Bushido
Bronze Tiger
Elongated Man
Golden Eagle
Kung Fu Fighter
Manhattan Guardian
Northwind
Offspring
Peacemaker
Plastic Man
Tomcat
Tigorr
Vigilante

Amazing Man
Atom Smasher
Broot
Blue Devil
Citizen Steel
Freight Train
Grunge
Hawk
Icon
Iron Munro
Josiah Power
Loose Cannon
Neptune Perkins
Omac
Orion
Olympian
Power Boy
Risk
Red Star
Steel
Superman=Val zod
Thunder=Gan
Tamanian Devil
Vartox

Airwave
Bunker
Coldcast
Captain Atom
Darkfire=Ryand'r
Firestorms=Jason or Ronnie
Herald=Mal
Hardware
Hero Cruz
Lightray
Metamorpho
Muhammad x
Nimbus
the Ray
Rising Sun
Static
Striker z
Starmen=Mikaal/Ted/Jack
TnT
Tyroc
Thunderlord
Tempest=Joshua Clay
Vibe

Burnout
Black Condor
Frostbite
Geo Force
Lightning=tavis
Polar Boy
Red Devil
Red Inferno
Red Tornado
Sand
Sunburst

Brain Wave
Captain Comet
Mindwarp
Mento
Phantasm
Templar

Arion
Bloodwynd
Dr Mist
Dr Occult
Faust=Sebastian
Sargon
Zach Zatara
Zauriel