DC: One Year Later

I thought OYL was supposed to make a better flowing universe in which continuity is established between titles. However, I'm already seeing problems. Powergirl is in Kandor and part of the JSA. Supergirl is in Kandor and protecting Metropolis. (She also might be in the 31st century, but there are a few reasons why that's not really a problem.) Robin is helping out Batman, having adventures in his own mag, and a member of the Teen Titans. It seems to me that DC has blown a golden opportunity to keep everything straight.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Mucknuggle

No, it's Detective Comics and Batman.

Umm.. what is? I'm not really sure what you're talking about...

There's nowhere I can't reach.

A problem with the multiverse in DC was that sometimes it became difficult to keep track of all the characters, or at least that is my understanding. Another problem was that people who wanted to write a story involving long-standing characters like Superman, but didn't want to tamper with the current character, could just create a new Earth and write their story.

The problem with the last Crisis is that it didn't succeed. Writers created "Elseworld" comics. Hypertime (a nexus of access points to similar realities) was created. Time was rearranged. So, instead of a linear universe, like there was supposed to be, we ended up with an even more confusing universe. And no, there shouldn't necessarily only be one of each character. If someone can think of a legitimate reason for there being a parallel version, such as those in the Marvel Age or Ultimates (and I can include them because Marvel never tried to become linear), I don't mind at all. What I mind is when the same version of the character appears in about four or five different titles in the same month {thinks of Superman and Wolverine}.

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

Many titles are assigned an editor. Not only does this editor edit the story, but he or she also helps the writer (and sometimes the artist) pitch the story. If found acceptable, he story is worked on and printed. This is how stories end up the way they do. A story could be wonderful on paper or during the pitch, but executed improperly (as I imagine was done with Superman & Batman).

Stories about futures generally end up being alternate futures because otherwise the current writers could become limited to trying the match the current universe to a preset future. It limits them in a way.

Batman is up to his thrid Robin (I think--It's still unclear to me whether the One Year Later Robin is still Tim). And the second Robin, Jason Todd, is not "haunting" Batman. He came back from the dead and decided to introduce his own brand of justice. Now, he's Nighwing... as is the first Robin.

Does all of that explain everything?

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

I'm not sure what you mean, supergirl, and I don't want to assume and answer incorrectly, making myself look like an idiot. Are you perhaps asking how she could have in Batman/Superman, her own comics, and the Superman issue? Because that has a simple answer.

Originally Posted by Mucknuggle

The one year later Robin is Tim.

I know this now. It has been clearly addressed in Teen Titans.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by Mucknuggle

It was clearly addressed in Batman, Detective Comics and Robin in teh few previous weeks . . .

I disagree, but we can just leave it at that.

Ooh, yeah. One year later, Power Girl is in two places, Supergirl is in three (not counting the Legion), and Robin is in three. Yeah, there are no continuity problems at all!

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

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.

FELIPE NO

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.

Originally Posted by a_mcnugget

Thank you for the support. I was considering shooting somebody when Supergirl asked if Batman and Superman were the same person. Wow, just wow.

In response to your speculations: I have no idea what gold kryptonite is...but yes, I could see Lois getting pregnant.

I believe Supergirl asked if Batman and Spider-Man were the same character, not that it really matters. As for gold kryptonite, it was a type of kryptonite that existed pre-Crisis (referrng to the period before The Crisis of Infinite Earths) that stripped any Kryptonian of their powers. This substance may exist post-Crisis, having been unleashed onto Earth when Captain Atom dispersed a giant kyptonite meteor.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

I wonder if any creative team on Superman will address some of the loose ends left from before IC. Like Lois's father actually being alive.

Jam it back in, in the dark.