Now, I've been very vocal in my support of DC's New 52. I've enjoyed it (for the most part). But now, it's time to hop on over to the other end of the critical spectrum, and take a look at the biggest unanswered questions of the relaunch, whether continuity error or just straight up plot hole.
5. What is with the screwed up Batman timeline?
OK, in the reboot, out of all of the corners of the DCU, Batman seemed to be the most affected. First off, with a reduced career timespan of 6 years, how did he pull off 3 different Robins over the years? If Tim was never a Robin, how is he connected to the Bat-Family? Is Batman Inc. proof that Final Crisis happened in the DCnU?
4. Why hasn't Flashpoint been mentioned? Like, ever?
OK, so, if you recall Flashpoint #5, remember that Barry ACTUALLY REMEMBERS the events of Flashpoint actually took place. Hell, he even revealed it to Batman, and gave him a letter from that universe's Thomas Wayne, which you can actually see in Justice League #9. So, why hasn't Barry looked into the merging timelines more? And does this mean Barry remembers the classic DCU?
3. How does Batman Incorporated fit into all of this?
Continuing from #5, I'm really confused as to how Batman Inc fits into the new DCU. For one thing, Final Crisis had to had happened for Batman Inc to take place, but apparently it never did. Also, in issue one, Element Man mentions he used to be in the Justice League. Is this something that will be addressed in later issues of Justice League, or just a simple continuity flaw?
2. WHERE THE HELL ARE STEPH AND CASS?
This is really more of a personal thing... But where is Spoiler and Black Bat?
1. Was the Flashpoint universe merged with the DCnU?
As I was reading Justice League #20, I realized something. Johns has been subtly incorporating elements (no pun intended) from Flashpoint into the New 52. Example A: Element Woman. Example B: The S.H.A.Z.A.M Kids. So, did Johns just love these ideas from Flashpoint so much, that he just wanted to use them, or does this mean we might be able to go back to the World of Flashpoint some day?
One Last Thing on My Mind: The Martian Manhunter
OK, so this will be a bit of a stretch, and I'm 99.999999999999999999987% sure it's just a tiny mistake, but here goes. So, Blackest Night and Brightest Day both still apparently took place in the New 52, right? Otherwise, that would completely contradict the events of Green Lantern, right? But with the Martian Manhunter apparently being a much more covert figure to the DCU right now, how did those two events go down? J'onn played a central role in these events, especially Brightest Day. So, why did apparently no one know about him until the events of JLA?
My answers to your questions ...
ReplyDelete5) DC does not have a bloody idea what they are doing. They didn't think things through and just have just been flailing around like a chicken with it's head cut off.
4) See #5 above.
3) See #5 above.
2) In a better place, thanking their lucky stars they haven't been dragged into this mess.
1) Not even Johns knows.
Your last thing) He wiped their minds.
Seriously, there are things I've been enjoying in the New 52, and DC's not getting any less of my money than before, but I came upon your post in a particularly bad and snarky mood. The fact is that you raise some really good questions that I wish I knew answers to.