Weighing in on the new DCnU. DC comics are at it again, rebooting continuity. Something that they started in the mid-eighties with a maxi-series called Crisis on Infinite Earths. This series was supposed to have streamlined their comic lines continuity. We got a new Flash out of it, origins were changed, characters died or ended up never existing, and multiple earths got mashed into one. What followed was a cluster bleep of continuity that even DC could not keep up with and they just ended up saying screw it. I mean Donna Troy or Wonder Girl went through at least 3 origin changes depending on the whim who was writing her. I don’t think she knew whether she was coming or going.
Following this we had Zero Hour another attempt at fixing the continuity, then came Identity Crisis, Infinite Crisis and a ton of other crisis’ to try and fix things. While it did provide a temporary band-aid and boost in sales, it did not last. It just confused the readership and kind of turned them off. Now we have the latest big thing. We have the rebooting of the entire DC line of comics, well almost. The Batman titles will have the same continuity. I guess because they were selling well and don’t fix what aint broke as they say. This adds even more confusion. So now we have a younger Superman that is not married to Lois Lane and focusing more on the alien aspect of his origin. This makes a pretty un-relatable character even more so. So here we are again. This seems like a money grab to me. I don’t know if it will last after the initial shininess wears off. Hopefully people like Gail Simone, Jim Lee, and Geof Johns will prove me wrong.
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