Comments on: I WILL TELL YOU #37: Continuity Must Die – Part 1

By: Dean Avedisian

Dean Avedisian — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 15:16:16 +0000

Gorilla Grodd, 800 pounds. ‘Nuff said! (Oops, that’s Marvel).

By: Jim Johnson

Jim Johnson — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 03:07:09 +0000

In reply to Wayne.

DC has acknowledged that elements of past continuity remain intact; the Death of Superman and The Killing Joke were two examples that they cited. But I don’t think they’re going to spend much if any time explaining the hows and whys. It’s not so much that DC is disgarding old continuity as much as they’re just leaving it behind and finally moving forward, taking with them only whatever they can carry.

Like Wayne says, time will tell, but DC genuinely seems to be trying to put the horse back in front of the cart again. The 800 lb gorilla-style continuity is dead, and in its place we’re apparently going to get a cute and cuddly baby chimp. How spoiled and overfed it gets is what’s to be determined.

By: Wayne

Wayne — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 23:47:48 +0000

I think that DC is trying as usual to clean things up and make then more clear. But since this is not a mini-series or “event” I think that it makes it harder to push through.

This is an across the board “restart” of the DCU. But unfortunatly they are not restarting all from go. They are trying to drag carry overs into what is suppose to be a new universe.

Time will tell if this works. But I think that we all know that this will most likely work as well as all the other attempts to reset a comic book reality.

By: Dave Marchand

Dave Marchand — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 22:16:41 +0000

But, things really AREN’T changing. The Batman titles and Green Lantern titles will still be the same. Gail Simone on her twitter feed promises that the Secret Six will be intact (including red-headed lesbians!!! Hey, I’m just repeating what she said). And, one of them is Knockout, who was a Superboy foe….oh, wait, things CAN’T be the same, since this WON’T be the same Superboy….

…see, the problem is, not with a reboot, but with a PARTIAL reboot.

By: C. Scott Lovejoy

C. Scott Lovejoy — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 19:44:42 +0000

The thing is, I don’t equate a company-wide reboot to an adjustment in how they are handling continuity. If DC handles it the same way they’ve always done, we’ll be right back into “wait, which Superman is this?” inside of a year.

They can relaunch all they want, but if the editorial perspective doesn’t change, then in the long run it becomes a giant SO WHAT, in my opinion.