Question about Earth One

[fanofcomics]

I'm looking forward to Earth One Superman & Batman (many because of the writers) but along with First Wave coming out how is DC NOT just creating the same amount of confusion they did with their many different versions of the same characters they needed the first CRISIS to solve in the 80s? How many more versions of these characters can we expect?

[earl]

DC has done dozens and will continue to do dozens of variations on the theme.

That is kind of their thing and really some of the biggest evergreen classics of their line of comics are items like The Dark Knight Returns and Kingdom Come, which are almost their own self contained version.

The difference is that to pickup these books you are not going to be expected to have read the last 20 years comics.

[Duy]

I'm looking forward to Earth One Superman & Batman (many because of the writers) but along with First Wave coming out how is DC NOT just creating the same amount of confusion they did with their many different versions of the same characters they needed the first CRISIS to solve in the 80s? How many more versions of these characters can we expect?

Would you have a problem if the Adam West Batman, The Dark Knight, Batman TAS, The Batman, and Brave and the Bold Batman were shown on TV one after the other?

[KYLeo71]

I never understood what was supposed to be so confusing about the original multiverse. Even when I was 10 years old, I could keep track of who belonged on what earth.

[Buried Alien]

I never understood what was supposed to be so confusing about the original multiverse. Even when I was 10 years old, I could keep track of who belonged on what earth.

It was never confusing at all. That was just the justification given for doing the consolidation of the Multiverse after COIE. COIE was about as much about eliminating confusion as the Crusades were about defending the faith.

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[Desaad]

I never understood what was supposed to be so confusing about the original multiverse. Even when I was 10 years old, I could keep track of who belonged on what earth.

This. I came into comics way after it was gone, but the concept of multiple universes with different and distinct versions of characters is insanely simple. It's practically a popular culture cliche, a trope.

[kalorama]

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[Duy]

I never understood what was supposed to be so confusing about the original multiverse. Even when I was 10 years old, I could keep track of who belonged on what earth.

It was never confusing at all. That was just the justification given for doing the consolidation of the Multiverse after COIE. COIE was about as much about eliminating confusion as the Crusades were about defending the faith.

Buried Alien (The Fastest Post Alive!)

One of the first comics I ever read was the Who's Who series after COIE. I wasn't confused at all. I found it exciting. TWO Supermen?? TWO Batmen?? TWO Flashes?? SIGN ME UP.

Anyone who says the multiverse is confusing is just giving more proof to the idea that comics readers are made up of excessively simplistic-minded people.

[Buried Alien]

One of the first comics I ever read was the Who's Who series after COIE. I wasn't confused at all. I found it exciting. TWO Supermen?? TWO Batmen?? TWO Flashes?? SIGN ME UP.

The irony is that shortly after WHO'S WHO was published, DC got rid of most of their interesting secondary versions.

They had entries on the Earth-Two Superman and Earth-Two Batman...only to "forget" about both of them for the next twenty years.

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