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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.]]

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.

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.

* [[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.

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