DC Comics General Discussion [Spoilers]

[Wargriffin]

Amanda Waller is just the DC's conflict button now... She exists to fuck everything up

[Wargriffin]

Its June

Which means my favorite dysfunctinal duo Hawk and Dove turn 50 years old!

Here's some art I had commissioned to commemorate the event
https://imgur.com/a/zkEWu

[Darth Wedgius]

Its June

Which means my favorite dysfunctinal duo Hawk and Dove turn 50 years old!

Here's some art I had commissioned to commemorate the event
https://imgur.com/a/zkEWu

Nice pieces! I only know of them from Blackest Night and an episode of Justice League Unlimited, myself.

[Wargriffin]

Its June

Which means my favorite dysfunctinal duo Hawk and Dove turn 50 years old!

Here's some art I had commissioned to commemorate the event
https://imgur.com/a/zkEWu

Nice pieces! I only know of them from Blackest Night and an episode of Justice League Unlimited, myself.

I got another H &D project in the works but Phil's on vacation till next week so... eh

Blackest Nights not a good showing... Hell neither is Brightest Day.. I could probably go on a Linkara eqsue diatribe on how screwed up H &D have been since well

The Monarch thing

[Darth Wedgius]

I read and enjoyed the SuperSons / Blue Falcon+DynoMutt crossover. It's somewhat darker than the DynoMutt cartoons, but fun.

In other news, heads are rolling at DC. Geoff Johns is leaving, and another executive's leave became permanent.

[Wargriffin]

... I think the fact that the OG Rebirth Titans didn't get a proper send off or transition issue into the new team has soured my impression

and Batman is still talking shit... after they saved his ass

[Wargriffin]

Aquaman finally gets the villain he's always deserved


Cthulu!!!

[Yukaphile]

Hey, everyone. Can anywhere tell me more about the history of DC? See, I've been downloading comics galore, and I know some of the eras and ages. I know about the Golden Age, Silver Age, and the Pre-Crisis era, then the Crisis on Infinite Earths, and then the Post-Crisis era. Then the New 52 reboot, or the Post-Flashpoint era. But what about the Rebirth era? How does that fit into this? There's so much I want to learn with all this, since it would help me with my own fanfics, and especially since I love to debate who would beat who.

[Darth Wedgius]

Hey, everyone. Can anywhere tell me more about the history of DC? See, I've been downloading comics galore, and I know some of the eras and ages. I know about the Golden Age, Silver Age, and the Pre-Crisis era, then the Crisis on Infinite Earths, and then the Post-Crisis era. Then the New 52 reboot, or the Post-Flashpoint era. But what about the Rebirth era? How does that fit into this? There's so much I want to learn with all this, since it would help me with my own fanfics, and especially since I love to debate who would beat who.

This isn't exhaustively researched, and not everyone agrees where all the ages start and stop. A useful reference is the TV Tropes guide to comic book ages.


The Golden Age and Silver Age of DC comics pretty much run with a general Golden and Silver Age of comics.

The Golden age was before and around WW 2, when modern superhero comics were introduced.

For a while superheroes got a lot less popular and comics shifted into westerns, mysteries, etc. Then the Silver Age came with DC re-introducing and re-inventing some superheroes. A new Flash, a new Green Lantern, etc. The Silver Age was silly and less serious than the Golden Age.

The Silver Age is often considered to have ended with the death of Gwen Stacy, and the Bronze Age began, then drifted into the Dark Age of comics where the characters being pushed had names like Commander BludDethKut, more muscles than a herd of Schwarzeneggers, and costumes with lots of straps and pockets.

Pre-Crisis just means before Crisis on Infinite Earths. Crisis on Infinite Earths reset a lot of the DC setting. A lot of characters got revamped somewhat -- for example, pre-Crisis Superman people could push planets around, and post-Crisis was strong but not nearly that level.

The New 52 in 2011 revamped the characters again (Superman lost his red trunks, Wonder Woman got pants, Barbara Gordon was un-paralyzed), often trying to make them more accessible and more racially diverse, though it has been criticized for what some consider some steps backward in that regard. In-universe, Flash was involved in Flashpoint, which changed history, and then it was kinda-of sort-of changed back.

Rebirth was another revamp of the characters, undoing much of the New 52. Pre-Flashpoint Superman came back and was merged with the New 52 Superman, for example.

[Yukaphile]

Can anyone recommend any good stories? The ones I've got for DC so far are, well, here:

-Action Comics
--Action Comics (1938-2011)
-All-Star Comics
-Batman
--Batman: A Death in the Family
--Batman: Gotham Noir
--Batman: Our Worlds at War
--Batman: Under the Red Hood
--Blackest Night: Batman
-Crisis Crossovers
--Crisis on Infinite Earths
--Infinite Crisis Storyline
---Countdown to Infinite Crisis
----Countdown to Infinite Crisis
----Day of Vengeance
-----Day of Vengeance
-----Day of Vengeance (Infinite Crisis Special)
----OMAC Project
-----OMAC Project
-----OMAC Project (Infinite Crisis Special)
----Rann-Thanagar War
-----Rann-Thanagar War
-----Rann-Thanagar War (Infinite Crisis Special)
----Villains United
-----Villains United
-----Villains United (Infinite Crisis Special)
----Infinite Crisis
-----Infinite Crisis
----Aftermath
-----52
--Final Crisis Storyline
---Countdown
---Death of the New Gods
---Final Crisis
----Final Crisis
---Final Crisis: Superman Beyond
-DC Comics Presents
--DC Comics Presents
--DC Comics Presents: Darkseid War 100-Page Super Spectacular
--DC Comics Presents: Justice League of America
--DC Comics Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes
--DC Comics Presents: Mystery in Space
--DC Comics Presents: The Metal Men
--DC Comics Presents: Wonder Woman Adventures
-Detective Comics
--Detective Comics (1937-2011)
-Flash Comics
-Green Lantern
--Green Lantern
---Green Lantern (1941-1949)
---Green Lantern (1960-1986)
--Green Lantern: Brightest Day, Blackest Night
--Green Lantern: Our Worlds at War
--War of Light Storyline
---Blackest Night Storyline
----Blackest Night
----Blackest Night: Tales of the Corps
----Untold Tales of Blackest Night
---Final Crisis: Rage of the Red Lanterns
---Green Lantern: Rebirth
----Green Lantern: Rebirth
----Green Lantern (Secret Files and Origins)
---Sinestro Corps War
----Tales of the Sinestro Corps
-----Parallax
-----Cyborg Superman
-----Superman-Prime
-----Ion
----Sinestro Corps Special
----Sinestro Corps Secret Files
-Harley Quinn
--Harley Quinn: Our Worlds at War
-Justice League Comics
--JLA: Our Worlds at War
--JLA (1997-2006)
--Justice League of America
---Justice League of America (1960-1987)
---Justice League of America (2006-2011)
-Justice Society Comics
--Blackest Night: JSA
--JSA: Our Worlds at War
-Nightwing
--Nightwing: Our Worlds at War
-One Million Omnibus
--DC One Million
--Action Comics #1,000,000
--Detective Comics #1,000,000
--JLA #1,000,000
--Superman #1,000,000
-Superboy
--Superboy
---Superboy (1949-1979)
-Supergirl
--Supergirl
---Supergirl (1972-1974)
-Superman
--All-Star Superman
--Blackest Night: Superman
--Newstime
--Superman
---Superman (1939-2011)
---Superman (1987-2006)
--Superman: Birthright
--Superman: Our Worlds at War Secret Files
--Superman: Red Son
--Superman: Sacrifice
--Superman: Speeding Bullets
--Superman: The Dark Side
--Superman: True Brit
--The Death of Superman
-Teen Titans
--Blackest Night: Titans
-The Flash
--Blackest Night: Flash
--The Flash: Our Worlds at War
-The Question
--The Question
---The Question (1987-2010)
---The Question (2005)
--The Question Quarterly
-Wonder Woman
--Blackest Night: Wonder Woman
--Wonder Woman: Our Worlds at War
-World's Finest Comics
--World's Finest: Our Worlds at War
-Young Justice
--Young Justice: Our Worlds at War
-Zero Hour
--Zero Hour: Crisis in Time
--Action Comics #0
--Detective Comics #0
--Superman #0