New 52: Difference between revisions

In 1986, [[DC Comics]] made comic book history by rebooting their entire continuity in ''[[Crisis Onon Infinite Earths]]''. Character histories were changed, merged in from other continuities, or even restarted from scratch. The [[Post-Crisis]] [[DC Universe]] would never be the same.

The "New 52" is DC's second major reboot, following the ''[[Flashpoint (Comic Bookcomics)|Flashpoint]]'' event. (There were two other [[Cosmic Retcon|Cosmic Retcons]]- with ''[[Zero Hour]]'' and ''[[Infinite Crisis]]'' / ''[[Fifty Two52]]'' - but they were largely cosmetic.) In the wake of [[The Flash]] messing with the [[Timey-Wimey Ball]], DC canceled all their ongoings and launched 52 new titles in their place. In this new continuity, superheroes have only emerged publicly in the last five years or so, with many only beginning to show up now. Even so, many major prior storylines are still canon, at least in [[Broad Strokes]]. [[Vertigo Comics]] and [[Wildstorm]] characters have also been incorporated into this new continuity.

* ''[[Superman (Franchise)|Superman]]''

* ''[[Batman (Franchise)|Batman]]''

* ''[[Batgirl 2011 (Comic Book)|Batgirl]]''

* ''[[Catwoman (Comic Bookcomics)|Catwoman]]''

* ''[[Birds of Prey (Comic Bookcomics)|Birds of Prey]]''

* ''[[Red Hood and Thethe Outlaws]]''

* ''[[Green Lantern (Comic Book)|Green Lantern]]''

* ''[[Justice League International (Comic Book)|Justice League International]]''

* ''[[Aquaman (Comic Book)|Aquaman]]''

* ''[[Static (Comic Bookcomics)|Static Shock]]''

* ''[[Legion of Super-Heroes (Comic Bookcomics)|Legion of Super-Heroes]]''

* ''Men of War'' - Featuring a descendant of [[Sgt Rock (Comic Book)|Sgt. Rock]], it shows a soldier's ground-level view of superhuman conflicts.

* ''[[Swamp Thing (Comic Book)|Swamp Thing]]''

* ''[[Animal Man (Comic Book)|Animal Man]]''

* ''[[Demon Knights (Comic Book)|Demon Knights]]'' - A brand new book, featuring a [[Ragtag Bunch of Misfits]] in the DCU's [[Dark Ages]].

* ''[[Dial H for Hero (Comic Book)|Dial H]]''

* ''Talon'' - A new Bat-book, featuring a former Court of Owls assassin suffering a [[Contract Onon the Hitman]].

* ''Sword of Sorcery'' - A fantasy book starring ''[[Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld]]''.

** [[The Phantom Stranger]]: Traditionally a mysterious character with a [[Multiple Choice Past]], now heavily implied to be {{spoiler|''[[The Bible|Judas Iscariot]] himself}}''}}.

** Not to mention Earth 1, Earth 12, and Earth 16 being the Earth One graphic novels, The DCAU, and ''[[Young Justice]]'' cartoon respectively.

* [[Ancient Tradition]]: The [[Stormwatch]] organization, which seems to have its origins in ''[[Demon Knights (Comic Book)|Demon Knights]]''.

* [[Ascended Meme]]:

** In his new series, most people react to [[Aquaman (Comic Book)|Aquaman]] as if they only knew him from the ''[[Super FriendsSuperfriends]]'', [[What Kind of Lame Power Is Heart, Anyway?|What Kind Of Lame Power Is Talking To Fish, Anyway?]] version. This leads to him working so hard to prove that he is [[Badass]] that it doesn't actually make any sense for him to have that reputation he's trying so hard to shed in the first place.

* [[Broad Strokes]]: Some of the pre-New 52 stories are considered to have still happened. The specific list includes ''[[The Killing Joke]]'', the ''[[Green Lantern (Comic Book)|Green Lantern]]'' family during [[Geoff Johns]]' run (including ''[[Blackest Night]]''), [[Grant Morrisons Batman]], and some but not all of ''[[Brightest Day]]''.

** The entire Teen Titans, as clearly shown on their first cover. Most of their team has a red and black color scheme.

* [[Nineties Anti -Hero]]: There have been some comparisons of the New 52 with the early days of [[Image Comics]], which may be something to be expected when you've got Image co-founders [[Jim Lee]] and [[Rob Liefeld]] working for you.

* [[Ret Canon]]: [[Green Lantern (Filmfilm)|Amanda Waller's weight loss]], [[The Dark Knight Saga|Commissioner Gordon retaining red hair in the present]], Bane's [[Batman: Arkham Asylum|new]] [[Batman: Arkham City|costume]], and [[Wonder Woman|Etta Candy's aforementioned Race Lift]]

** Subverted with [[Aquaman]], who's still married, and [[Animal Man (Comic Book)|Animal Man]], who still is married ''and'' has children.

** The original relaunch has ''Suicide Squad'' [[Added Alliterative AppealAlliteration|supplant]] its [[Spiritual Successor]], ''[[Secret Six]]'', as the [[Villain Protagonist]] team book.

* [[Wolverine Publicity]]: Batman &and the other Gotham heroes appear in more books than any other, even the Lantern series.

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