Talk:Continuity changes during Infinite Crisis

message: I'm not sure about the "Subsequent continuity changes" section because this article is about changes during IC. However, I'm adding it for now because people have already started adding things like the Ventriloquist's retcon back from the grave (only to be killed again) to this article. Wryspy 05:33, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Even if it is not mentioned in the miniseries or the tie-ins, changes will still be attributed to the event, which is what I understand this article to be about.--Chris Griswold 10:26, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

text: I totally agree. --Chris Griswold 08:43, 5 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Dan Didio states in this interview (also mentioned in the Hypertime article, that "The great part about Crisis is that all mistakes and retcons are time anomalies", indicating that Crisis is held responsible for everything, including "Editorial retcons".Rhindle The Red 15:55, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

text: One blanket remark like that does not mean we should start inserting speculation or listing every continuity change not directly attributable to IC. Nothing in the stories ever showed that Max's change was anything but a writer/editor decision. You're right that those changes can be attributed to IC in the way DiDio says, but the source material has never said so. DiDio's opinion does not make it official. Because writers and editors have been disagreeing with each other outside the comics about what changes have happened in the DCU, we go by what is shown in the comics. Plus, DiDio is not quite right in terms of sheer logic. Not all retcons are time anomalies. They can't be, and they don't have to be. Doczilla 16:24, 4 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Good points as usual. They've been disagreeing with each other? Please point me toward some of this; it's really interesting. --Chris Griswold  (☎☓) 16:33, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

text: The specific example that immediately comes to mind has to do with the Matrix-Supergirl's place in continuity. An editor said she retroactively never existed. A writer said yes, she did. After another Wikipedia contributor mentioned this, I looked up the articles and saw that it was true. I'll see if I can find the links for you, and not just to satisfy curiosity. This is a critical point when we have to consider when we discuss whether or not to include editorial confirmation when listed things like deaths, etc. Doczilla 16:44, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

text: That was easy. I found those links in Wikipedia's Supergirl article, at the end of Matrix's section. Doczilla 17:00, 4 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I see what you are referring to, although those stances don't necessarily contradict one another. What it means is that while Linda Danvers was Supergirl, Matrix/Earth Angel stuff has been taken out of the equation. --Chris Griswold  (☎☓) 17:23, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

text: I guess that's possible, but the articles seem to treat "Linda Danvers" as synonymous for "Matrix." When asked a question about whether Linda Danvers was ever Supergirl, DiDio sure seems to reply that she wasn't. Anyway, when we have trouble enough interpreting interview remarks, this still illustrates our point that we need to stick to what we read in the source material. Doczilla 17:32, 4 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: What Booster Gold item? --Chris Griswold  (☎☓) 17:47, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

text: The first thing listed under Superboy-Prime's changes, about Booster's marital status. DC Crisis Counseling is our reference specifying that his marriage has been retconned away. I suppose that's closer to being official than stray interviews are. DC people seem consistent in their agreement that the "Formerly Known As..." stuff didn't happen. Doczilla 18:51, 4 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Subsequent continuity changes 

message: "Batwoman (Kathy Kane) alive again, now a redheaded lesbian." just feels funny. --Chris Griswold 16:28, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Do we actually know that this is a continuity change and not the introduction of a new character during 52...? CovenantD 17:30, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wording 

message: For characters who returned from the dead under Subsequent changes, I think it would be helpful to cite the issues in which they returned. Of those three, however, the only one for whom I personally know the issue is Batwoman (52 #11 according to Attack of the Show and press releases). Who's the Lynx? Wryspy 02:23, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Citations 

message: :AFAIK, the "Formerly Known As..." stories aren't official canon, and therefore, Booster was never really married as far as DC continuity is concerned.  Is there anything one way or the other on this? MSJapan 03:31, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, that's already the first item listed under Superboy-Prime's Changes. Doczilla 17:55, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: So, if those stories aren't canon, why is it that, when looking at images of what Booster calls 'his league', Mary Marvel is one of them?  She was only ever a member in those two stories.  Lokicarbis 12:44, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Since the Formerly Known As stories never happened, the characters did something else with that time instead, some as-yet-unpublished adventures. Doczilla 17:48, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

text: I think they are official cannon, they were published by DC, with no indicia of any imprint and no disclaimer about this "not official canon" theory. If things changed we're gonna have to accept the Superboy Punches as explanation, as Dan Didio said himself in Crisis Counseling: "Q: Is Booster still married to Gladys or did Superboy Prime get her too? DD: Gladys is gone, one of the few good things Superboy Prime’s “wall punching” accomplished."  Ketin Porta 15:08, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Booster continuity 

message: It always bothered me that Ordway just overlooked Captain Marvel's origin with The Power Of Shazam!, so I'm theorizing that it's just another Superboy Punch. I think the same could explain the "never happened" about Sovereign Seven.
Ketin Porta 15:05, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Shazam! The New Beginning 

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message: when did Ice come back to life?  was it part of IC?  I know she came back to life (at least for a little while) in "Formerly known as..." but as stated that is not cannon.  So, I assume she was resurected again, since that is the way the green lantern stories makes it seem.  If it is IC stuff, someone needs to add her name.  
IthinkIwannaLeia (talk) 00:19, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: No. Her death had nothing to do with IC. Her return had nothing to do with IC. Doczilla (talk) 02:31, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Ice

message: Many of the names on this list can probably be deleted, as the information is either incorrect or, at least through a web search, not easily verifiable. As a result, the list itself could be deleted (something I briefly did, but then undid in the event it causes a concern for other users/editors - my bad).
*Lynx was indeed killed before Infinite Crisis, but her return was cited (in story, and even on her Wikipedia page) as being brought back to life by the League of Assassins.
*Reactron, a nuclear-powered character, had a few instances of "going critical" and being destroyed before Infinite Crisis - his last pre-IC appearance was in Suicide Squad Vol.2, which had a knack of desiring to kill many offbeat DC villains, many of whom came back without much clear explanation anyway - and in fact does so again in his first post-IC appearance (Crisis in Bludhaven) and later on in Supergirl. Because of that, he could be deleted off this list.
*Magpie, Ventriloquist and Scarface were all alive before Infinite Crisis; Magpie unused for many years. They are all killed in the Batman One Year Later story, which was released immediately after Infinite Crisis.
*The only person I can find evidence for who came back to life on this list is Francine Langstrom - she and Kirk had apparently died, but I can find no specific reference to it. But even then, this list would be reduced to one name, hence why I would think it could just be done away with completely. SLWalsh (talk) 15:35, 26 February 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree to a large extent.  As the DC wiki page on New Earth shows the reality had a insane number of reboots both hard and soft: Zero Hour, JLA/Avengers, hypertime, Superman/Batman: Absolute Power, Trinity (2008-2009), Dominus Effect and the Time Trapper.  It is, to put it bluntly, a mess.--2606:A000:7D44:100:C09A:78E7:B99:95FF (talk) 17:43, 30 December 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: This is inacccurate and useless for many reasons. For example, Magpie, the Ventriloquist, and Scarface died again in the One Year Later story. Doczilla @SUPERHEROLOGIST 19:12, 30 December 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Subsequent continuity changes - the deceased list 

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