DC: One Year Later

Originally Posted by Acro-nym

Supergirl appeared in one of the Superman titles recently. She is apparently acting as a surrogate Superman until Clark gets his powers back.

Robin couldn't only be with the Titans on the weekend. You're telling me that he rebuilt it a weekend at a time? You're telling me he built that secret room of his one weekend at a time?

Maybe I'm just being picky, but I really feel comic book companies are more about selling the product than having it make sense, which usually leads to the same well-known character being in multiple places.

Like somebody mentioned earlier, this is getting ridiculous. So much speculation from people who don't even follow DC regularly in the first place (Which might be in the root of the problem).

Firstly, in response to Supergirl, please go and read up on Wikipedia's comic entries. They help alot. This is not a place you want to ask questions such as these. I'll help you answer your initial question about Supergirl, though. They dumped her in Superman/Batman to test audience reaction, and from there they apparently guaged that there was enough interest in the character to go further and restart her own series.

Secondly, Acro-nym, nobody says that all the comics happen at the same time. Even the current DC editor says that there isn't really a timeframe for what might happen in to Robin in Batman and Teen Titans. If both titles are involved in a story arc, then there is a rough timeframe, but if not, you're supposed to assume otherwise. Like in the events that happen in Batman and Detective Comics and Legends of the Dark Knight and Gotham Knights (Which is now cancelled) usually don't happen in the same timeframe. Most of the comics happen in the same universe, so that's why you can see cameos from different characters. Detective Comics was the original staple of DC when they first started out, hence they have the same initials. It's just that Batman has taken over Detective Comics for the time being. Nobody to replace him as the world's greatest detective, after all. It's the same with Superman and Action Comics. As for Supergirl being in 3 different places, I think it's entire explainable too. Kandor is supposed to be in Superman's Fortess of Solitude, and he has some sort of enlarger and shrinker which enables him to visit Kandor itself, I believe. So for Supergirl (Who does not have a civilian identity) to police both Metropolis and Kandor is not a large stretch of imagination. As for Supergirl and the Legion, why can't a present and future Supergirl exist at the same time?

Yes, we all know these multiple series are for big companies to milk their cash cows. Yes, it is a large stretch of the imagination that Robin built his secret lab in the Titans tower all by himself on the weekends. It is a stretch to imagine Batman building the batcave all by himself too. Roll along with the punches, will you.

OKAY, NOW FOR MORE OYL SPECULATION:

Spoiler:

I think Superman lost his powers to Gold Kryptonite radiation. Has anybody here read "Superman : What happened to the man of tomorrow?". Same premise, I suppose. Willingly getting in a chamber to get a radiation bath of gold kryptonite. Maybe DC is having this opportunity to get Lois pregnant. Who knows? =P

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Acro-nym

Happy, you seem to be using the wrong wording. These events clearly happen within the same timeline, just not necessarrily at the same time. I'm not even saying that they happen at the same time. I'm just saying it shouldn't be possible for these people to keep such diverse commitments. In regards to Kandor, the last time we saw it in "Godfall" it took a fair amount of time for the enlargement process to take place. Due to this, I don't see how Superman can use his signal watch and her show up a few seconds later.

Yes, it was the right answer, but probably the wrong wording. I can perhaps be forgiven because I wrote it in the wee hours of the morning. Perhaps 52 can explain some of the discrepancies.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Possibly, those 3 words could be:

Spoiler:

"Lois, I'm pregnant."

Speaking of OYL, the other comic that has certainly piqued my interest has been Blue Beetle. So far the wat the storyline has been told and the simple artwork with clean lines has been utterly fascinating. I'm kinda of interested in which direction the story will go as well. Will it be magic? Will it be technology? Will it be some sort of techo-magic? Well. Loads of stuff to be excited about.

p.s. Anybody noticed that Bruce has lightened up considerably? Maybe it's times for a yellow Batman costume.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.