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[[File:dc-comics-new-52_3691.jpg|frame|An early promotional image. Note that [[Wonder Woman]] lost the [[Painted On Pants]] by publication time.]]

[[File:dc-comics-new-52_3691.jpg|frame|An early promotional image. Note that [[Wonder Woman]] lost the [[Painted-On Pants]] by publication time.]]

In 1986, [[DC Comics]] made comic book history by rebooting their entire continuity in ''[[Crisis On 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.

In 1986, [[DC Comics]] made comic book history by rebooting their entire continuity in ''[[Crisis On 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.

In 2011, they did it again.

The "New 52" is DC's second major reboot, following the ''[[Flashpoint (Comic Book)|Flashpoint]]'' event. (There were two other [[Cosmic Retcon|Cosmic Retcons]]- with ''[[Zero Hour]]'' and ''[[Infinite Crisis]]'' / ''[[Fifty Two]]'' - 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.

The "New 52" is DC's second major reboot, following the ''[[Flashpoint (Comic Book)|Flashpoint]]'' event. (There were two other [[Cosmic Retcon|Cosmic Retcons]]- with ''[[Zero Hour]]'' and ''[[Infinite Crisis]]'' / ''[[Fifty Two]]'' - 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.

Of course, DC wouldn't let things stop there. In January 2012 they overhauled their corporate logo, and a "Second Wave" launched in May, with six underperforming titles ended and replaced with six new ones. They followed that up with "Zero Month" for the reboot's one-year anniversary with #0 [[Origins Issue|Origins Issues]] and some more new launches.

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=== The New 52 contain examples of the following tropes: ===

* [[Adaptational Villainy]]: Inverted! Silver Banshee, who admittedly has only just been reintroduced in ''[[Supergirl]]'' gets a ''very'' likable introduction suggesting her depiction might be written as either a [[Tragic Villain]], an [[Anti Villain]] or even outright heroic character.

* [[Adaptational Villainy]]: Inverted! Silver Banshee, who admittedly has only just been reintroduced in ''[[Supergirl]]'' gets a ''very'' likable introduction suggesting her depiction might be written as either a [[Tragic Villain]], an [[Anti-Villain]] or even outright heroic character.

** Played straight with Mr. Freeze, who has been revised to be less of an [[Anti Villain]]. He's still out to cure his frozen wife Nora - but this is a lie. Nora was preserved long before Freeze was even born, he's just deluded himself into believing they're married as part of his obsession with cold.

** Played straight with Mr. Freeze, who has been revised to be less of an [[Anti-Villain]]. He's still out to cure his frozen wife Nora - but this is a lie. Nora was preserved long before Freeze was even born, he's just deluded himself into believing they're married as part of his obsession with cold.

* [[Alternate Universe]]: The second wave is re-establishing Earth-2. (Not only with the ''Earth 2'' comic itself, but the stars of ''Worlds' Finest'' are refugees from that reality.)

** [[Grant Morrison]] has introduced Earth-23, a universe where all super heroes are black and Superman is President ([[Comic Book Fantasy Casting|and drawn to resemble Obama]]) first seen in [[Final Crisis]], a universe where a robotic Superman conquered Earth, and a universe of super deformed super heroes(first seen in Superman/Batman #51).

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* [[Never Trust a Trailer]]: {{spoiler|Most of the hype for ''Earth-2'' focused on that world's versions of the Big Three: Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman. They're killed off in the first issue.}}

* [[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.

* [[Non Indicative Name]]: As of "Zero Month", the New 52 features 55 books.

* [[Non-Indicative Name]]: As of "Zero Month", the New 52 features 55 books.

* [[Origins Issue]]: The focus of "Zero Month".

* [[Race Lift]]: Morgan Edge is now a [[Bald Black Leader Guy]]. As is General Eiling.