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"[[Post-Crisis]]" describes the state of [[The DCU]] after ''[[Crisis on Infinite Earths]]'', in which all of the various [[Alternate Universe|Alternate Earths]] were either destroyed completely or melded into a single compound timeline, and various characters' histories were shuffled around, rebooted, or erased completely. One would speak of, for example, the Post-Crisis Superman, as opposed to the [[Pre-Crisis]] Superman. Essentially a narrative device to change what was [[Canon]], and one of the first [[Cosmic Retcon]]s in comics.
The Post-Crisis universe has been rewritten many times since ''CoIE''. ''[[Zero Hour]]'', a [[Crisis Crossover]] from 1994, was meant to resolve the various
Compare with the [[New 52]], DC's second complete overhaul.
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*** The major types were reintroduced properly late in the Post Crisis era with the arrival of Superman's cousin Supergirl. The only major change is gold kryptonite which now only causes temporary power loss instead of being permanent.
** Prior to the Crisis, Superman had been the character's "real" identity and Clark Kent, uberwimp, was just a convenient disguise. Post-Crisis, this was reversed. Both the glasses and the cape were covers for the "real" Clark Kent, the super-powered Midwestern farmer's son that only his parents were privy to. Both personas grew on Clark since his Man Of Steel origin story (where he had insisted Superman was nothing but a fancy costume), with Kent being a competent, sharp-witted journalist (a far cry from the Pre-Crisis loser) with his own life and friends, and Superman developing important personal friendships with other superheroes, most notably [[Batman]], with whom he had a very different relationship than the pre-Crisis best buds. Likewise, no one suspected that Superman had an alter ego (after all, without a mask, who's to assume he's hiding something?), and Lois Lane was no longer obsessed with discovering his [[Secret Identity]]. In fact she was often much more interested in Clark as he was the only person who ever managed to scoop her. She also was no longer in love with Superman, and instead slowly developed an attraction to Clark during the early '90s.
*** After Clark Kent became engaged to Lois Lane (and, afterwards, revealed his secret identity to her), he had a [[Secret Keeper]] in Metropolis as well as his parents and Lana Lang in Smallville. This caused the distinction between Smallville
** Speaking of his parents, before the Crisis, Ma and Pa Kent were deceased; some time in [[The Silver Age of Comic Books]], it was revealed that they died of an alien plague that their adopted son couldn't cure. Post-Crisis, both Ma and Pa were alive and well and still a big part of their son's life. They were also ''much'' younger at the time they adopted Clark (Pre-Crisis they were already in their later years) to facilitate the greater impact they had on his adult life.
** The Earth-2 Superman, who had been a member of the [[Justice Society of America]], was erased from history. (However, he still existed, having been rescued to a haven outside of time, and eventually popped up again in ''Infinite Crisis''.)
** Lex Luthor was changed from a [[Mad Scientist]] to a [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]] with a [[Mega Corp|major business]] [[Cut Lex Luthor a Check|backing his evil schemes]]. The current version is a combination of these two.
** Krypton changed from simply being humans with more advanced tech (and superpowers) to being a cold sterile society of [[Absolute Xenophobe]]s. This both explained why the Kryptonians didn't have any
*** Likewise Clark did not know he came to
** Some of the changes Byrne made [[Older Than They Think|hearkened back to the character's original 1938 incarnation]]. Superman didn't learn about his alien heritage until well into his adulthood, and according to his origin, his powers developed gradually during his teenage years. His career as Superboy was itself originally a retcon of Superman's initial origin story.
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* The [[Flash]]
** ''Crisis'' killed off Barry Allen, the [[The Silver Age of Comic Books|Silver Age]] Flash, and left Wally West (formerly Kid Flash) becoming the Flash instead. Unlike many post-Crisis changes, this one didn't rewrite a lot of history (other than the characters having existed on the same Earth). Jay Garrick, the original Flash, still existed. Jay and Barry's original universe-crossing meeting was [[retcon]]ned, with Jay's city being frozen in time for an unspecified length of time, and Barry helping to rescue them.
*** It's worth noting that even with an apparent retcon in the works right now{{when}}, it's heavily implied that all the trouble Barry's in would end if he just went back in time to the Crisis and died like a good soldier.
*** This would be in keeping with the efforts of Crisis writer [[Marv Wolfman]] who, not really wanting to kill off Barry, left a back door for Barry to return with a potentially interesting dramatic hook (he is shown bouncing through time during his [[Heroic Sacrifice]] and Marv thought it would be interesting to have him pulled out mid
* [[Green Lantern]]
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* [[The Legion of Super Heroes]]
** Superboy and Supergirl were removed from continuity following ''The Man of Steel'' reboot of Superman, which established that Superman was the only survivor of Krypton, and that he started his superheroic career as an adult. This
* [[Shazam|Captain Marvel]]
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