I think it's incredibly stupid from a narrative standpoint, especially considering how simple yet effective Johns' Metaverse is from Doomsday Clock. The ONLY reason the Metaverse explanation for the Multiverse (and the undoing of Manhattan's changes to the core DCU) were undone was because DiDio was put back in charge by Bob Harras. Personal vendetta and spite overruled what could have easily been the final word on continuity: every time there's a change to Superman, a new universe is created in the Multiverse that preserves the previous era. In essence, everything DID happen and those versions of characters and stories are forever preserved and available to be revisited.
The advantage with Batman, at least back in the late 2000's, was that there really wasn't that much contradiction, continuity-wise, between the various eras. Morrison's work was more about reconciling the conflicting tonalities of the Silver Age Batman with the modern stuff than it was about continuity issues per se. Most of the major Post-COIE Batman retcons (Alfred as Bruce's surrogate father being the biggest one) are now settled parts of the mythos and the other stuff is minor or cosmetic enough to be easily overlooked.
Contrast this with something like Superman continuity where you have far more fundamental contradictions, like whether the Kents are alive or dead, whether Clark and Lois are married or not, and possibly in the near-future (if there's another reboot that tries to walk back on Jon), whether they have a kid or not.
I tend to agree. And it seemed like Rebirth was building on the Post-COIE base.
Anyway, 80's/90's nostalgia is in these days, so really, it should be Post-COIE for the win! Kinda like how 15-20 years ago it was Silver Age nostalgia that ruled the roost.
I agree. The Metaverse explanation is also the one that most closely mirrored how continuity changes actually work in the DCU - the characters and the universe literally get rebooted and changed into a new form, but the previous versions are also still out there somewhere on another earth/timeline/reality. This explains everything from the classic Earth 2 to Convergence to Hypertime and more.
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The punch is questionable, but its already been stated Jason resurrected in his coffin, and not brought back by the Lazarus Pit.
And that's not even getting into his origin. Pre-Crisis Jason was a copy of Dick Grayson in almost every way, except for the hair color. Post-Crisis Jason was far more interesting background, but still a good kid and Robin. Until DC retro-actively made him the "bad Robin". Which in itself was a re-write, except without the excuse of the rest of reality be rewritten as well.
My only consistency problem so far are:
1. I don't know if Wonder Woman came to Man's Land in 1938 or not, and if she did, it would've been without Steve since he and Etta are still young today
2. Billy Batson looks about 7-10 years old in World's Finest while 17 in present day
3. Kara's World's Finest age also doesn't seem to line up with Woman of Tomorrow
3. The worst though is Jon Kent was born 12 years ago after Death of Superman after Tim was already Robin at age 14
It doesn't ^
Already happened since the beginning but it didn't get actually confirmed until I see they're using Death of Superman with Tim in it
Was this before or after Death Metal and Infinite Frontier?
I think... if one want to canonize it... Zero Hour did that
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The point of everything happened isn't because we can go back and visit older timelines, that can be done in any story out of continuity. The point is that there isn't a single continuity that satisfies the fandom. So we need to sat tgat the heroes remember every previous canon life they lived, even though they live in todays world.
Superman himself had at least 3 different origins in Post Crisis.
And most Wonder Woman fans don't actually wanna go back to Post Crisis despite their claims, because they don't want Steve Trevor to be old and married to Etta Candy, nor do they want the old origin story for Cheetah, nor do they want Amazons Attack to be canon.
No Aquaman fan is asking for Post Crisis back.
She remembers every version of her past life. Steve and Etta exist here just like in Rebirth
That book is set in the past. Isn't Dick Grayson still the Robin?2. Billy Batson looks about 7-10 years old in World's Finest while 17 in present day
it's never very clear if Tom King's minseries are canon. Strange Adventures and Human Target probably won't be considered canon (Batman Catwoman definitely doesn't seem to be). Maybe Supergirl is gonna be canon, but ages fluctuate all the time anyway. Look at Young Justice and Batgirls.3. Kara's World's Finest age also doesn't seem to line up with Woman of Tomorrow
Jon was born in another continuity and his life merged with this universe. He remembers a certain account of the world and maybe Tim also remembers that cointinuity along with Precrisis and Flashpoint.3. The worst though is Jon Kent was born 12 years ago after Death of Superman after Tim was already Robin at age 14
That's exactly what "Everything happened" means! YesThe confusion on who's the first Justice League roster in the Hall of Justice museum can be explained by everyone having jumbled memories of past incarnations, including civilians, so the museum includes everything, but the civilians don't know what actually happened.
No, he's born in Earth-0 now. If he's actually born in Convergence I wouldn't have any problem with it. The memory part isn't the problem. The physical part is.
or are you saying Jon was born in Earth-0 now but he remembered it happening 12 years ago when it was actually only 3-6 or so years ago?
About Wonder Woman, at the end of Doomsday Clock it's established that Wonder Woman actually physically debut before Alan Scott, that's not a memory, since Alan is old now, and he has his WW2 backstory. The question is, was Wonder Woman still there too, or has it been changed.
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What's the problem with that? Is there something in the old continuity involving Robert Queen which should prevent Emiko's existence?
If you ignore Woman of Tomorrow then the age difference is even worse. She was 16 in Rebirth, and WOT aged her up to 21.
Yes, Dick is Robin in World's Finest. But in post-Crisis continuity, Kara didn't show up until Tim was Robin, so that's a mismatch. So, Kara's presence in WF means she's too young even in WOT. Even if you say she died in Crisis and was resurrected (instead of being rebooted as happened in 2005 AND in 2011) and say she didn't age while deceased, she should still be much closer to Dick's age. Mid to late 20s.
Tim Drake is himself another example of ages not matching. If he was 17 when 10 year old Damian showed up, why is he no older than 18 now when Damian is 14? Tim should be in his 20s by now.
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Yes, I'm well aware of that particular disaster. The Hawks and Donna Troy remain the glaring post-COIE continuity mistakes, but they've both been addressed ad nauseum. And the fact that they jumped through so many hoops to try and make it work *does* show they cared; much more so than shrugging their collective shoulders and saying "it all happened!".
I'd still take that DCU over the current one, in the context of the OP's topic.
I wonder what the consensus timelines would look like for DC's major characters, and what fans would choose that they remember. It seems too overwhelming to think that Wonder Woman remembers being every version of her past self, for example. Morrison's Batman approach could work if they committed to it.
The multiversal explanation in Doomsday Clock also works, which was kind of similar to Hypertime.
There's surely a way to streamline it all.