DC: One Year Later

This is getting ridiculous. The stories OBVIOUSLY do not occur at the same time.

Robin is only with the Teen Titans on the week end. He is in Gotham during the week.

No comment on Supergirl or Power Girl because I haven't kept up with them OYL - but to my knowledge, Supergirl is only in one OYL title...

Most amazing jew boots

c'mon dood, excuse me for not understand with the whole DC contuniuty ok :'(

sory that this might not be a best place to post.. i just want to get some stuff cleared out. i guess i have what i needed for now.

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

Supergirl and the Legion of Superheroes? I think that's the only title she's in.

They killed the Loeb run? (thank god)

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

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.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by Acro-nym

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?

It has already been established earlier in this volume of Teen Titans that he is only there on the weekends.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

For some unknown reason Supergirl appears in:

1- the 31th Century,I got the "Supergirl and the Legion of Superheroes" issue and.. argh! Never liked the Legion and the actual run isn´t better. Don´t want to make spoilers about the issue, but maybe what is happening there, it´s not what it looks...

2- Kandor with Powergirl (Supergirl #6 scheduled to Sale April 26, and it´s writen by Greg Rucka, so I assume this won´t be a total loss like Loeb run)

3- finally, in Metropolis, helping Superman (who lost his powers a year later, yet to be explained how)

Maybe they´re trying to make her a "Wolverine", with special appearence in every comic book...

Most amazing jew boots

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

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

Originally Posted by -Happy-

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).

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.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

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.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

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.

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

Originally Posted by -Happy-

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 know? =P

I'm a little lost on the Gold Kryptonite too. I'll be getting round to picking up DC's Alan Moore work compilation soon enough but whether or not this fits in with this Newsarama has a preview up for next week's Action Comics including this panel:


As for the Lois thing, that's my feeling too especially with DC's write up for Action Comics #839...

Spoiler:

Written by Geoff Johns and Kurt Busiek; Art by Pete Woods; Cover by Terry Dodson and Rachel Dodson

Part 6 of the 8-part "Up, Up, and Away!" While Superman goes all-out to clean up the plague of villains overrunning Metropolis, Lex Luthor finally strikes with a devastating attack that could literally tear the city apart!

And as Lex unleashes an engine of destruction from the center of the Earth, lost secrets of Krypton are revealed, the Daily Planet faces a huge story without its top reporter, and three unexpected words mark a turning point for Lois and Clark!

On Sale May 31, 2006

Spoiler:

Lois: "I am pregnant"....?

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

Ya, that's definitely it. Good call Happy.

Spoiler:

Or maybe: "Clark, I'm pregnant."

How ya doing, buddy?

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.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Nah, those 3 words will be:

Spoiler:

Clark: Talak, talak, talak

Seriously now, this seems to support Happy's view of a superbaby around. After all, Clark was a powerless schmuck the past year. A golden opportunity to do some lovin'. Maybe this is why he's so perky and happy.

Most amazing jew boots

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.

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

Blue Beetle is meh. I like the new Batman arc. There hasn't really been any "OMG this shit is amazing!" since the first issue of the Superman arc though...

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Yeah, Blue Beetle is interesting, and just now I finished reading Checkmate. And I'm liking it. Birds of Prey is meh.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Checkmate is pretty good - espionage, political shenanigans and all that =)

I just wonder though. Maybe

Spoiler:

As an ethnic Chinese, I should be offended at their choice of antagonist in the very first issue ...

How ya doing, buddy?

yeah. this is lame.

Spoiler:

The three words were "Go get em."

Thats it. Superman didnt lose his powers to gold Kryptonite - he lost them to diving straight through a red sun in IC7.

Was I the only one kinda dissapointed?

How ya doing, buddy?

Originally Posted by Mucknuggle

The one year later Robin is Tim. This was confirmed even before the OYL issues came out.

We don't know who the second Nightwing is yet. We can only speculate that it is Jason Todd.

i know i'm pulling up an old post but i'm even more confused with the whole thing. If there is a new nightwing what happened to Dick? Did i miss something in Infinite Crisis as in his death or is this just a completely One Year Later thing that got skipped over. I've only been following the OYL of Superman and Wonder Woman so this really throws me off.

I was speaking idiomatically.

There are two Nightwings now.

As a whole, I have to say that I'm not very impressed by the OYL stuff. There simply isn't a lot of good material being produced. It's rather sad, especially when you compare it to the gems that Marvel is currently getting out on a monthly basis.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

The Black Adam segments of 52 are starting to get better and better, especially with issue 10. It looks like Adam can`t switch back to his human form, but I have to wonder why does he actually want to?

I can`t wait to see the Marvel family as 52 and Trails of Shazam start up

FELIPE NO