Best DC Retro Story

[caj]

By 'retro story', I mean when the writer introduces a story in a hero's past - or early days - that strengthens their history and makes perfect sense without screwing up any important long-standing historical facts.

[Riv86672]

By 'retro story', I mean when the writer introduces a story in a hero's past - or early days - that strengthens their history and makes perfect sense without screwing up any important long-standing historical facts.

^^^While I’m sure I could think of some older examples, what Mark Waid is doing/just did on World’s Finest and Teen Titans is absolutely brilliant.

[caj]

^^^While I’m sure I could think of some older examples, what Mark Waid is doing/just did on World’s Finest and Teen Titans is absolutely brilliant.

I'll have to check those out.

[Riv86672]

I'll have to check those out.

^^^Hope you like them!

Here’s something that flew under my radar when it happened.
It was a series of books called DC Retroactive…:

The idea behind DC Retroactive was to publish stories in the style of the ’70s, ’80s, and ’90s from creators who had worked on the properties then. There were triads devoted to Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, the Flash, Green Lantern, and the Justice League.

[j9ac9k]

"Batman: Year One"
"Batman: The Long Halloween" and its sequel
"JLA: Year One" (not sure if this qualifies since it was intended to demonstrate the new timeline rather than fit with an existing timeline)

[caj]

"Batman: Year One"
"Batman: The Long Halloween" and its sequel
"JLA: Year One" (not sure if this qualifies since it was intended to demonstrate the new timeline rather than fit with an existing timeline)

The Long Halloween would be my choice as well.

[Riv86672]

"Batman: Year One"
"Batman: The Long Halloween" and its sequel
"JLA: Year One" (not sure if this qualifies since it was intended to demonstrate the new timeline rather than fit with an existing timeline)

Batman and JLA Year One(s) we’re pretty awesome books.

[K7P5V]

The Long Halloween would be my choice as well.

Yeah! Gotta agree with the majority. TLH is the G.O.A.T.

[Nomads1]

It's got to be... TRIUMPH!

"runs out of the room."

Peace

[Lightning Rider]

I suppose my favorite issue in comics, Flash #0 by Mark Waid (1994). Wally ends up meeting his younger self and gives him a much-needed pep talk he remembers getting as a kid.

[marvelprince]

Sandman is probably the best case of this, then I think probably Grant Morrison's Batman where he recontextualized a lot of the Silver Age goofy Batman stories into actual events was pretty good.

John's "The Other's" arc in Aquaman was fantastic in exploring an earlier Aquaman before he became king. Wish he had gone even deeper with that story.

[j9ac9k]

The "Brave & the Bold" mini with Hal and Barry was a nice revisiting of history during various important points in their friendship.

[caj]

I'll throw in a Pre-Crisis story.

I loved the story in Legion of Super Heroes #295 in which Blok and TimberWolf discover that Universo is actually a disbarred member of the Green Lantern Corp.