New History of the DC Universe - Comments and Questions (SPOILERS)

[The Baron]

Issue #1

1. Barry Allen describes himself as "retired". Is this some development that I missed, or is this meant to be "future" Barry?
2. Barry seems to have a large collections of "trophies" from various heroes and villlains. I wonder how he obtained all that stuff?
3. Who's the World Forger? Never heard of them. Also never heard that Perpetua was the Monitors' mother.
4. Never heard of the Spectre's real name being "Aztar".
5. "Ktar Deathbringer and Shrra served an ancient force of evil before being redeemed and reincarnated..." Do we know who this {force of evil" was?
6. "Merlin anointed a second Shining Knight"... This appears to be the Shining Knight from Morrison's Seven Soldiers, but if I'm recalling correctly, she was supposed to be from ancient, pre-Arthurian times, so this would appear to be an alteration of her backstory.
7. Never heard of these "Demon Knights".
8. No sign of the Trigger Twins on the "western Heroes" page.
9. No sign of the original Red Tornado, either.
10. So Hippolyta is still the Golden Age Wonder Woman?  Somehow, I thought that they'd re-written it so that Diana was back in nthe Golden Age again.
11. Why is the Invisible Hood being called "Invisible Justice" now?
12. Also never heard of this "Justice Alliance" consisting of Captain Comet, Prine Ra-Man, Automan, Tiger-Man and Congorilla.
13. Putting Niles Caulder, Will Magnus, Martin Stein and Simon Stagg together as "The Supermen Project" feels like they're trying to create a DC version of the guys who ended up creating Adam Warlock.

Otherwise, most of the rest of the stuff is as I remembered it.

[Jeff of Earth-J]

At this point I'd like to quote/paraphrase something Danny Horn wrote on the "Dark Shadows Every Day" blog: "They do whatever they want to, and either it works because it’s interesting, or it doesn’t work because it’s not. Whether it makes logical sense or not is not really a concern at this point. [DC Comics] does not make logical sense, and if you haven’t figured that out and made the appropriate mental adjustments by now, then you’re just bad at [reading comics], and there’s not a lot I can do except offer my assistance and hope that you get better at it."

[Rob Staeger (Grodd Mod)]

I couldn't agree with this more. But then again, what are books like these for than to start conversations like the ones we're having?

By the way, from what I hear there's also some setting-the-record-straight regarding Titans history in this week's Titans Annual 2025, a loving tribute to Donna Troy from Phil Jimenez, who is probably her biggest fan. Both reviews I've read (skimming, since I intend to buy it) say it's a wonderful book. I don't know if it adresses the Cyborg-in-the-Justice League problem (I doubt it does), but I wouldn't be surprised if it nails down a few other facts that might have been in flux.

[Captain Comics]

That is a great quote, and better said than I would have said it. On the other hand, there are those who won't or can't make "adjustments" when watching superhero movies, reading comics or watching fantasy/sci-fi TV. I pity them for missing out on what gives me such joy, but I do not judge them. If it's not their bag, it's not their bag.

But I don't think they're incapable of making such adjustments, because you need to accept a lot of preposterous things to enjoy sticoms and regular movies and even sports. My wife and I sampled Untamed, which has no fantasy elements, but was so cliched and preposterous that we gave it up. It's a popular show on Netflix, so there are a lot of people who are making adjustments to accept this drivel as "realistic." My wife and I are unwilling to make those adjustmetns, so we're not watching Untamed. No shade on anyone. You like what you like. 

[The Baron]

I was re-reading #2, and came across the following:

"The League of Assassins contimnued under Ra's al Ghul, but his daughter Talia's loyalties were often threatened by her love for Batman. Their union would later produce a highly surprising outcome."

Maybe it's me, but to my mind, "a baby" is not a "highly surprising outcome" to two people having a "union".*

*"Nudge-nudge, wink-wink, know what I mean? Say no more!"

[Philip Portelli]

"The SHOCKING Origin of Detective Chimp...Revealed!"