Will there be a next "Crisis" in the next ten years?

[stelok]

First, Crisis on Infinite Earths, then Zero Hour and now Infinite Crisis.

Zero Hour occured about almost ten years after Crisis on the Infinite Earths. Infinite Crisis occured ten years after Zero Hour and twenty years after Crisis on the Infinite Earths.


Gotta say DC has rewritten its continuity more often than any country has rewritten their history.

That all began when the DC comics management has realized the problems with the continuity and needs to reboot it from the scratch.

I have no doubt that the DC comics' continuity will have to face a crisis that propels it through rebooting again in the next ten years.

[JulianPerez]

I sincerely hope that DC doesn't. CRISIS was a mistake the first time. It's the very definition of insanity to do the exact same thing and expect different results.

What really bugs me is that people have gotten into a sort of mindset where a Crisis is viewed not as an aberration or break, but something regular that is expected to happen, a cosmic force like Karma, as predictable as death and taxes, when it really ISN'T that way at all.

[stelok]

DC continuity is still a mess no matter how hard you fix it.

Frankly, I really think the 40 years of Marvel Continuity should be rebooted. Iron Man continuity was rebooted by Warren Ellis' introduction that Iron Man's origin began in the Middle East instead of the Vietnam. I think THAT was a right thing to do, because Vietnam War was already over 30 years ago and if you need to attract new readers, you need to write a setting where the fresh new readers of today are mostly familiar with. Also, all the Cold War stories in Marvel universe which included tales of Black Widow, Red Guardian, Crimson Dynamo and Titanium Man need to be retconned especially since the fall of Soviet Union.

[Autonomy]

An Identity Crisis - Yea
An Infinite Crisis - No way

[Hulkamaniac]

simply put yes, cuz it makes them $$$.

[MythicBrawn]

No. Your timing is wrong. It occurs every 20 years, not ten.

[Joe Rice]

simply put yes, cuz it makes them $$$.

Quoted for truth. They'll bleed you dry.

[Bored at 3:00AM]

No. Your timing is wrong. It occurs every 20 years, not ten.

Crisis on Infinite Earths - 1985

Zero Hour: Crisis In Time - 1995

Infinite Crisis - 2005

Every ten years sounds about right, but they'll only be worth reading every 20 years. ;)

I think a little spring-cleaning every decade is a good idea. If there's something major that needs to be addressed or changed, that's the time to do it and get it over with. And, if it's a crappy idea, the next Crisis will sort it out. Just look at Urban Myth Batman or even Bats & Talia's kid.

[Buried Alien]

Crisis on Infinite Earths - 1985

Zero Hour: Crisis In Time - 1995

Infinite Crisis - 2005

The one in between seems to be a lesser one. I think DC might do "quick fix" Crises such as ZERO HOUR every ten years, but only a full monty Crisis every twenty years.

COIE and INFINITE CRISIS felt like they had two or three years of planning and preparation in advance of them; ZERO HOUR felt like it was slapped together six months before the first issue was released.

Buried Alien (The Fastest Post Alive!)

[The Shadow]

CRISIS was a mistake the first time.

I disagree. I think it was a great idea

It's the very definition of insanity to do the exact same thing and expect different results.

Ah, but they WANT the same results as in MONEY because Crisis events sell.

[Bored at 3:00AM]

The one in between seems to be a lesser one. I think DC might do "quick fix" Crises such as ZERO HOUR every ten years, but only a full monty Crisis every twenty years.

COIE and INFINITE CRISIS felt like they had two or three years of planning and preparation in advance of them; ZERO HOUR felt like it was slapped together six months before the first issue was released.

Buried Alien (The Fastest Post Alive!)

I don't think the intention was for Zero Hour to stink to high heaven. It was hoped that it would be as successful and influential as the original. However, the point was that it was a big continuity-reseting Crisis event. And it takes place every ten years. Which, unfortunately means that the next one is gonna suck and pointlessly kill off the JSA because they smell like old people.

[Kaos]

yup, and another flash will go..and another kid flash will pick up the mantle....it's true I tells ya

[herozero]

Money making reasons aside. At what point do they just say enough is enough and reboot it from scratch for real. I can't personally ever see this happening, but will these characters survive another 75 years of stories without a true fresh start?

As for the crisis every ten years, I'd say that's a pretty safe bet.

[Gargus]

It's the very definition of insanity to do the exact same thing and expect different results.

That was a odd feeling, my nursing 101 instructor uses that same phrase with those exact words all the time.

Course didnt benjamin franklin say it first?

[The Shadow]

will these characters survive another 75 years of stories without a true fresh start?

Sure... there's (theoretically) always a fresh wave of people getting into the hobby who will only ever know Superman in his mid-late 30's... same with Batman.

They've survived 70 years thus far... they'll adapt to survive another 75.

Batman went from being a killer to a child friendly guy to a monster and alien fighter to a camp icon to a dark detective to grim and gritty all in the name of survival.