DC To Reboot Universe With All New Status Quo And #1 Issues This September?

Don't DC reboot their continuity every few years or so? As long as they do it right in a way that makes sense, and don't pull a Brand New Day like Spider-Man did, then it should be fine.

But doesn't it get annoying having all the characters introduced yet again, as if they were brand new characters?

Yeah, I think this is what's needed. I think Marvel need to do it too.

so there gonna start fresh again, so the previous dc history going to be retconned, well what ever it is hope fully it will help me get in to DC. and don't see why marvel need a reboot aswell. Last time they rebooted a character it didn't go down to well.

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Oh well, its just a number lol!

Still leave ACTION COMICS alone!

@ Fastestmanalive- Maybe this is DC's way of getting ownership of what happens in Action Comics #1. Trying to pull the wool over the legal eyes of Shuster and Siegel.

I agree that this is a weak marketing ploy. Apparently, they have killed off and rebooted all of their characters to the point that killing off and rebooting each storyline makes the most sense in their minds.

@Intruder
Yeah this was what I thought too, and it gets me a little worried. I hope that's not the case.

@plasticman
That would be clever, but I don't see how that would work. Hopefully Superman stays where he belongs.

I mean, its stupid lugging around decades upon decades of continuity.

idk bout this....

What the [frick]!?

This is why I like Marvel's continuity better, they're able to keep a stable-ish history, DC just keeps rebooting over and over again. Don't get me wrong, my favorite DC characters are Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, and a couple others, but I'd prefer DC not do the constant reboot. Everyone's got an opinion, this is mine.

Yeah, like this has nothing to do with Superman's court situation.

@StevilNYC: I don't think you understand it correctly. With the limited info we've got, you can tell that their talking about changing the mainstream DC universe. Their not talking about creating a new universe, and having both universes present at the same time.

I'm willing to bet they're gonna go for more of a realistic feel...
It's gonna be interesting to read that's for sure.

@ golden123- I know it doesn't work that way. Just like rebooting every comic to #1 doesn't increase comic sales.

Marketing ploy, it's obvious! They're trying to bring in newer readers as well.

Sometimes change is good. Sometimes, not so much. It only remains to be seen if this move will be better than the last one. One thing is for sure; the more things change, the more they'll stay the same. I bet there will be another "reboot" 20/30-ish years again.

The problem something like this stems from the many influx of writers coming and going. Every writer, regardless of how a book bible is laid down for others to follow, will always get changed to how the new writer/s will want to make their own spin of the story to how is should be in their eyes.

What I'm trying to say is that with every clean slate DC will give every other decade to their aging line of characters to refresh it - it's always gonna be cluttered again when some idiot throws in some "plot twists" down the line to screw it up. I don't care if they reboot it. Heck, it's guaranteed that they'll do so again later on when someone writes their universe into a corner again.

i hate crisis's. I'm still ticked off that For Tomorrow was taken out of continuity pretty much right after it was published. The best Superman story in a while that finally gave him some potential a poof, gone.

Superman: Brand New Day
Batman: Brand New Day
Flash: Brand New Day
Green Lantern: Brand New Day
Wonder Woman: Brand New Day

Please make this happen. Screw up DC, Screw Up!!!! Lol. jk.

But yeah, this has been done before. nothin big i guess

enough people will complain and they will just say it all took place on Earth-50 or whatever number they pick

I think it's genius! Luckily when I got into Green Lantern they were then doing the 'Secret Origin' run and it didn't take long to get back copies either. For characters like Thor there is 50 years plus to go over to catch up with everything the way it currently is. I think this allows people like my girlfriends brother the chance to get in on titles without feeling like he's missed something. Green Lantern has gone through a lot, although 'War Of The Lanterns' has been awesome so far, it does need a refresh from the complicated event-heavy run it's had...IMO.

With the cinematic universe making great headway in the public domain it's a great time to refresh, reboot or reshuffle long running titles. It will only make the characters more accessible to the regular mass'.

We all need a change otherwise we, and the companies, get complacent and stale.

Roll on September!

Pretty sure they're gonna make the DC universe more realistic. Just like Ultimates did to open the path for the movies.

If that's the deal, I'm IN!