What if Earth-2 comes back and...

[PatrickG]

What if Earth-2 comes back and the darkness remains.

Imagine that it's 1952. Superman fought Doomsday at the end of World War II. Alan Scott went insane. Batman was mindwiped by Dr. Fate or Zatara after discovering that the JSA was mindwiping criminals. The Atom (Al Pratt) has disappeared after discovering that his wife is an insane murderer. Wonder Woman just killed a man. And the JSA, torn apart, disbands.

And then we learn that it isn't the EARTH that's darker but that there's an alien "darkness" that's infecting the DCU from the outside.

And so, the heroes band together and purge it, restoring everything.

But when the dust settles, it's 2006. Ralph Dibny has Sue back. Wonder Woman isn't a killer. The JLA didn't mindwipe people. Batman's back was never broken. Superman never died facing Doomsday.

The DCU remains largely as it is but with most of the darkness purged from its history... and with tweaks here and there that streamline the characters.

[Babylon23]

Sounds like an interesting idea to me, especially the 1952 idea.

[LordEd1976]

I just liek the idea of getting Sue back

[DDM]

I don't think Earth-2 will come back. However, the post-Crisis Earth will be altered by Infinite Crisis. A new Batwoman series is supposedly in the works. Batwoman existed on Earth-2. Or Flamebird could simply reclaim her pre-Crisis namesake, Batwoman II.

[marshal99]

Betty Kane was batgirl before Barbara Gordon , Kathy Kane was Batwoman and still has that name even retired until she was killed by Bronze Tiger. This was in earth 1 , although Batwoman did exist on earth 2 as well.

[Choppa]

I think it's a stupid idea IMO. What's the point in having progression with the characters if it's all just going to be erased by IC? This is just GL:Rebirth all over again. They give Hal Jordan some complexity and as soon as fans complain they just take it all back. If comics DC comics end up resembling the silver age when IC is over, then I'm done reading them.

[Jason H]

I'm hoping for a return of Earth 2 along with an Earth 1. Then GA Superman would have someplace to go at the end of IC.

[Sean Whitmore]

I certainly wouldn't want this to be the status quo, but it could make for a hell of an Elseworlds, along the lines of Golden Age. Introducing modern characters and writing styles into older characters.

I especially like the ideas of Kal-L fighting Doomsday during or after the war (and dying), and Alan Scott going insane.

I'd also like to see Joker killing Dick Grayson, and 1940s "I'll kill if I have to" Bat-Man taking revenge.


SEAN

[Charles RB]

But when the dust settles, it's 2006. Ralph Dibny has Sue back. Wonder Woman isn't a killer. The JLA didn't mindwipe people. Batman's back was never broken. Superman never died facing Doomsday.

The DCU remains largely as it is but with most of the darkness purged from its history...

I'd be bored and internally note the DCU as "the company that is boring" from then on.

[Jack Tango]

I'd be bored and internally note the DCU as "the company that is boring" from then on.

<tongue in cheek> But you've pre-noted it externally in advance!

Then we'd know about your internal notations, thus rendering them moot!

The internalization of your opining will be all for naught!

Dear Gawd, go back in time and prevent this event from ever occuring! For the sake of all humanity! </tongue out of cheek>