Originally Posted by
Will Evans
So Duke’s parents did die?
I thought they were still Jokerized somewhere but not dead?
that's one of the errors I was talking about. we don't have any confirmation on Doug (his step dad) but, as far as the in-story canon goes, his mother is definitely alive and well and un-jokerized
from "Signal & the Outsiders" in Urban Legends #19
other errors:
- they say he discovered him and his father have metahuman powers, the discovery was about him and his mother.
- his powers come from both his biological parents, not just from Gnomon. by the time he discovered who his father was he already knew about his powers and his mother being a metahuman.
- another more more semantic one is they claim his powers are "amplified by sunlight" but his powers are simply solar based, he manipulates sunlight, the sun doesn't necessarily amplify his abilities. it's like saying Mera's powers are "amplified" by water.
- building on that, they don't even really say what his powers do. they just say that they're amplified by sunlight. more of an omission than a "error" per say but I felt it was worth pointing out.
you gotta remember, a lot of times (at least nowadays) these lil profiles aren't done by like writers or people who are really in the know about what's going on with the characters. I'm fairly certain the deepest the research for these go is a quick Google search with little to no fact checking.