Convergence and the Multiverse....

[superduperman]

To some degree, DC has hinted something like this might be on the horizon. The end of Superman Convergence suggests that married Lois and Clark and their baby might still be out there somewhere and have a future. And I don't remember where exactly but character commented on their being more than one multiverse (however that's supposed to work). Maybe I'm reading too much into it but that's the impression that I got.

[ArachKing05]

To some degree, DC has hinted something like this might be on the horizon. The end of Superman Convergence suggests that married Lois and Clark and their baby might still be out there somewhere and have a future. And I don't remember where exactly but character commented on their being more than one multiverse

I think it was that dark demon-thing(leader of The Gentry?) in MULTIVERSITY #2 ...I recall it referring to the pre-Flashpoint Multiverse(?) as its 'previous victim'.

Moreover, the New52 Multiverse in general has been referred to as "the local Multiverse"(implying at least the existence of the wider non-DC Omniverse) in MULTIVERSITY as well.

[Buried Alien]

My best case scenario for the Post-CONVERGENCE status quo on DC continuity is that EVERY parallel world and timeline ever depicted in DC's comics from the beginning of the company will be open and available for use, BUT, the caveat there is even if that's the case, possibly nobody will be interested in using most of it much of the time. It will be nice if the writers CAN, but it doesn't mean they WILL.

Buried Alien (The Fastest Post Alive!)

[muldwych]

I kind of think nothing will change except a couple of storied from the past get resolved and like Buried Alien says all timelines open for use but they probably wont be used that often.

[Hutchimus Prime]

My best case scenario for the Post-CONVERGENCE status quo on DC continuity is that EVERY parallel world and timeline ever depicted in DC's comics from the beginning of the company will be open and available for use, BUT, the caveat there is even if that's the case, possibly nobody will be interested in using most of it much of the time. It will be nice if the writers CAN, but it doesn't mean they WILL.

Buried Alien (The Fastest Post Alive!)

Sorta like how Marvel used to be?

[Ivan Hunger]

The Multiversity Guidebook was really the first time the multiverse has ever been officially cataloged.

So now that we actually have something that future writers can use as a reference guide, maybe we shouldn't immediately invalidate it by playing musical chairs with the Earths and renumbering them all.

In 15 years, maybe. But now is not the time.

[Cmbmool]

To some degree, DC has hinted something like this might be on the horizon. The end of Superman Convergence suggests that married Lois and Clark and their baby might still be out there somewhere and have a future. And I don't remember where exactly but character commented on their being more than one multiverse (however that's supposed to work). Maybe I'm reading too much into it but that's the impression that I got.

Wait a minute...what if the new 52 Superboy, the one before/after Conner, what if that baby of Superman and Lois Lane is the one from Convergence ?

[JBatmanFan05]

My best case scenario for the Post-CONVERGENCE status quo on DC continuity is that EVERY parallel world and timeline ever depicted in DC's comics from the beginning of the company will be open and available for use

That would be the best case scenario. Anything so I can find something by DC to read that isn't New 52.

[superduperman]

local[/b] Multiverse"(implying at least the existence of the wider non-DC Omniverse) in MULTIVERSITY as well.

THAT was what I was referring to. The "local Multiverse" statement. Implying there are more out there that are not immediately known or accessible. Plus, why give Superman and Lois a kid if you are just going to wipe them out anyway. I think they've got something waiting in the wings that they are only dropping hints about.

[RobinFan4880]

We have a set Multiverse. That is not going to change.

DC is not going to pour all that effort into making Multiversity and all the worlds there in, then chuck it out the window.

Sorry, not going to happen.

The best you can hope for is the Convergence World sticking around filled with all those alternate timeline characters. Maybe the idea of a larger Multiverse outside the 52 Earths. The latter doesn't really do much for me. We're not going to get Golden or Silver Age comics coming back to the publishing line. I don't even see DC releasing Post-Crisis comics (even though there would be a definite market out there for those.

[superduperman]

We have a set Multiverse. That is not going to change.

DC is not going to pour all that effort into making Multiversity and all the worlds there in, then chuck it out the window.

Sorry, not going to happen.

The best you can hope for is the Convergence World sticking around filled with all those alternate timeline characters.

DC knew they were stirring up a hornet's nest when they brought back all these previous characters. Especially if they are going to give the previous Superman a kid. Why do that unless they planned to do something with it? He has a kid only to have reality turn around and knock about ten years off his age and wipe out his entire family? What is the point of that? It's not really a "happy ending".

[Weapon X]

DC should/could be making this so much easier in the long run.... return the "original" Multiverse.

SOme tweaks would be required, but this is really what's needed to simplify everything, respect old and new readers...

Convergence ends-- boom! The real Multiverse is back.

Earth 0= Post Crisis Earth (it's the most cluttered, since it was the compression of the MUltiverse in COIE-- therefore it makes sens for it to be the "original" Earth... we get Perez Wonder Woman, etc...

Earth 1= Silver/Bronze Age Earth One.
Earth 2= Golden Age Earth Two
Earth 3= Crime Syndicate
Earth 4= Thunder World (Shazam)
Earth 5= Flashpoint Earth
etc
etc
Earth 22= Kingdom Come Earth
etc
etc
Earth 52= Nu52

Fill in the other Earths with whatever Elseworlds etc you want...

If DC wants to then focus on Earth 52 (nu52) then fine-- but at some point we can cross over to the other Earths/continuities.


Matt

Unless my math is off, wouldn't this Multiverse model result in 53 Earths? I thought DC was still bull-headed on sticking with 52 Earths only.

[GlennSimpson]

DC knew they were stirring up a hornet's nest when they brought back all these previous characters. Especially if they are going to give the previous Superman a kid. Why do that unless they planned to do something with it? He has a kid only to have reality turn around and knock about ten years off his age and wipe out his entire family? What is the point of that? It's not really a "happy ending".

Why do they have to do something with it beyond the boundaries of the story they are telling now?

How boring would the two issues be if nothing happens or had happened in them and nothing had happened in the year they were in the dome?

For that matter, why does it have to be a happy ending?

Why can't Convergence just be a thing they do for the two months, and then we go back to the regular universe afterwards?

[Dataweaver]

It can be. But it can also be something more. I'd rather it be something more, just as you apparently would rather it be inconsequential.

And by going beyond the boundaries of the stories that they're telling now, they open the doors for a wider readership — not just older fans who were turned off by the New 52, but also potential new fans who were turned off by the New 52.

[superduperman]

Why do they have to do something with it beyond the boundaries of the story they are telling now?

How boring would the two issues be if nothing happens or had happened in them and nothing had happened in the year they were in the dome?

For that matter, why does it have to be a happy ending?

Why can't Convergence just be a thing they do for the two months, and then we go back to the regular universe afterwards?

Seems kind of pointless to give him a kid only to take it away.