A look at five DC Comics retcons I dislike or find flawed, from “Batman’s an urban legend” to “Superman uses super-hypnosis to protect his secret identity.”
Tag: continuity
DC Comics timelines, part 3: The Post-Crisis DCU
A look at DC Comics’ post-Crisis era timeline, from “Crisis on Infinite Earths”/Byrne’s “Man of Steel” reboot to the 2011 New 52 reboot.
DC Comics timelines, part 2: Silver Age/Earth-1
A look at DC Comics’ timeline for its Silver Age/Earth-1 characters and stories, from Superboy’s debut to “Crisis on Infinite Earths.”
DC Comics timelines, part 1: Golden Age/Earth-2
A look at the pros and cons of DC Comics’ timeline for its pre-Crisis Earth-2/Golden Age characters, from “Action Comics” #1 to “Crisis on Infinite Earths.”
DC announces a complete continuity reboot (again) post-“Flashpoint”
While I’ve mostly ignored everything from the mainstream DC Universe for some years now (aside from following stories such as[…]
How cartoons handle characters’ aging
A look at the various ways in which cartoon characters aging (or not aging) is approached, from aging in real time to no explanation at all.
Sliding timelines in cartoons: “The Simpsons”
A look at how “The Simpsons” has handled (or ignored) sliding timelines regarding its various flashback episodes.
Sliding timelines in cartoons: the Mad Mod and Soviet villains
On the heels of my sliding timeline entries on Superboy, “The Simpsons” and “FoxTrot,” let’s look at the effects of sliding timelines on[…]
Sliding timelines in cartoons: Superboy
A look at how DC Comics’ various sliding timeline changes have affected Superman’s childhood, both as Superboy (pre-Crisis) and as a teenage Clark Kent.
Sliding timelines in cartoons: “FoxTrot”
A look at how the concept of a floating timeline has affected “FoxTrot,” the long-running newspaper comic strip by Bill Amend.
