I don't see anywhere on that link which makes anything clear, and since that letter has been released they've toned down the "many new designs by Jim Lee" to some designs once the criticism came in.

 

What's the in-story explanation for the reboot? I heard a rumor that Reverse Flash somehow tampers with the ages of Superman and Wonder Woman, which is why they're both just starting out in their hero careers; also Barbara Gordon gets de-aged to her able-bodied self. Is that how it works?

 

We don't really know much outside of it being a direct result from Flashpoint. A lot of the big stories that happened up to now still happened (Killing Joke, all the GL stuff), but there's also been a lot of changes in the timeline as well. It's hard to know exactly what the extent of these changes are until we start reading the actual comics.

 

Killing Joke happened, but Barbara Gordon can walk. Well, that puts a dent in my "de-aging" theory.

As to all the new titles: with 52 new books out, which as far as we know are all ongoings, there's going to be a record number of cancellations after maybe four months. That's not so good. Still, I'm excited for Morrison on Action, Frankenstein, and OMAC if it captures the spirit of Kirby's run.

 

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The confusion lies in the fact that Action Comics and JL seem to take place early on in their careers, however its been confirmed by DC that the first JL story arc is set in the past. I would assume it is the case for AC too.

It'll get explained in either the last issue of FP or in the #1's of DCnU. Reboot is too harsh of a word IMO i see it more as a remix.

 

No, it's a near total reboot. The JSA no longer exists and the JLA was the first superhero team, and Superman was the first Superhero, ever and he only appeared 5 years ago.

I'm really curious as to how Batman trained 4 Robins in 4 years.

 

Didn't they mention somewhere that (IIRC), while Superman was the first public superhero in this new continuity, Batman was operating in some low-profile capacity or another before Superman showed up? EDIT - Mentioned in an article quoted a few posts back.

As far as there being so many Robins in such a short period of time, Stephanie's tenure has probably been retconned out, they could make Jason's tenure very short and have Damian as just starting. And the solicit for Teen Titans mentions that "Tim Drake is forced to step out from behind his keyboard", which suggests he's not currently active as a costumed superhero when things start for the Titans, so it could be that he never was Robin or also had only a short tenure. That just leaves Dick and it wouldn't be too difficult to fit into the timeline if the Dick-Jason-Tim(?)-Damian transition was over a fairly short period of time.

 

Yes Batman will have been working for years as a mysterious figure believed to have been a urban legend. So he will be older than Superman in this continuity. Barry will probably remember all the changes, if he doesn't Booster Gold will(time Traveler) It will interesting to see how they explain the JLI. But Basically books that were working won't be touched, books that weren't are getting a reboot. But yes the five year thing will leave them with a lot of explaining to do, so it may end up being more like 10. It's not till September, so they have some time to make adjustments.

 

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I love your sig! I'm not quite sure if this is Brand New Day on a widescale. At least Brand New Day tried to harken back to the classic Spidey stories, I'm not sure what DC is doing.

 

A total reboot yet many things are left unchanged like Green Lantern for example. It can;t be a total reboot if certain things are left unchanged hence the remix comment.

Scott Snyder in one of his Newsarama interviews says it will all be explained in his new Batman book.

Its ambiguous as to whether Tim was ever Robin but seems like he had some role in the Bat-Family in DCnU

 

The more I read about what's occurring in the reboot, the more screwed-up it sounds. I'm really not enthusiastic about very much if anything that I'm reading. I don't like Superman's new look, and the renumbering of Action and Detective is just stupid.

I don't mind, conceptually, the idea of Superman being the first super-hero (as he was in reality, effectively). But where does that leave my favorites in the Justice Society? Or has DC once again become embarassed to publish those "geriatric" heroes again? I kicked DC to the curb last time they did that (Zero Hour), and I'll do it again if they've erased the team.

I do like the explicit directive not to write for the trade. That's a very sound idea.

 

Since they plan to restart it...i would rather have them do a hard reboot. This keeping some while changing some isn't really a good idea, makes it even more confusing. every news i read, im even more lost than before.

 

Storyline wise: I think Zoom did so much damage when he altered history that it's a miracle that Flash and Booster can fix what they could. From the looks of it, Booster looks almost the same, so he might be the only ones (maybe including Bart and Barry) who remembers how things where before Zoom. The other questions are will Zoom still exist post Flashpoint, or does he get retconned out? Will Superboy Prime play a role somehow at the end? Is Barry now dating Iris, or is their marriage still existing? (Barry was gone for a long time before, and Iris was in the future until Bart was introduced)

 

Well, according to the latest Flashpoint issue, Barry is starting to forget what the real world is like. So it will probably be more a case of inaccuracies popping up because he only remembers the main brushstrokes and not the fine details.

 

Other than Green Lantern and Batman, no one could really say many things are left unchanged. For example, most of the JLA history will be effectively wiped out (Morrison's JLA will be quite hard to fit in), and not forgetting Teen Titans as well. Another interesting thing will be how Blackest Night and Brightest Day will now fit in with the reboots to Firestorm and Hawkman.

Funny that one of two characters escaping relatively unscathed just happens to be the pet of one of the two main people pushing this new era through.

 

We have our first tidbit about October, courtesy of Newsarama: that month will see the start of a five-issue Huntress miniseries written by Paul Levitz. Nice to see another one of my favorite characters is still around.

 

After checking out DCnU's October Bat-family solicits three things come to mind:

a) does Catwoman still have a child (I hope not)
b) Starfire's new costume is even less practical than her old one
3) even though I disagree with the decision to put Babs back in the role of Batgirl, I find myself extremely curious as to how they're going to pull it off (I know she's basically going into rehab, but I'm interested in seeing how well that works)