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After Barry Allen tried to prevent his mother's death, he created an alternate future on the verge of destroying itself. At Thomas Wayne's behest, Flash went back in time to stop himself, and a new version of the universe was created out of the old that merged the distinct and separate DC, Vertigo, and Wildstorm... Continue Reading →
The New 52's Wonder Woman #1 was met with plenty of controversy when her origin story was revealed to be a lie -- instead of being molded out of clay, Diana Prince was revealed to be a daughter of Zeus. The lie was created to protect her from Hera's wrath, which gave her all the... Continue Reading →
The Superman of Earth-Prime is gone, and the world comes to terms with the loss. In Superman: Rebirth #1, Lana Lang and pre-Flashpoint Superman head to the New 52's burial site to deal with his death in their own ways. For Lang, it's to keep a promise and have Kent's body taken to Smallville, Kansas,... Continue Reading →
How does that song go? "Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end." That's from Semisonic's Closing Time -- a song about leaving comfort zones and returning to stark realities. When Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo formally announced their departure on the Batman series -- a partnership and run with an endgame in mind... Continue Reading →
The message was on repeat. Rebirth is not a reboot. Over and over, DC staff sounded like a broken record repeating the words in case you didn't hear or didn't want to believe: Rebirth is not a reboot. It's not. It never was or was intended to be. Even in his release night appearance on... Continue Reading →
Rebirth starts May 25, 2016 with a one-shot that will lead to a relaunch of all but two of DC's current titles -- Action Comics and Detective Comics will go back to their original numbers with the New52 issues added on for the count. The aftermath will result in a two-year event that's "more of... Continue Reading →
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