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Ctl-Alt-Delete: Retcon, Relaunch, or Reboot?

William Proctor — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 12:00:05 +0000

According to Cody Walker, reboots and relaunches have been a part of comics for decades now[i]: From Julius Schwartz’s revisionist techniques that birthed the Silver Age in DC Comics – Barry Allen as the second… [more]

On DC Comics Presents #50, by Mishkin, Cohn, Swan, and Shaffenberger (1982)

Colin Smith — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 11:00:57 +0000

DC Comics Presents #50, by Mishkin, Cohn, Swan, and Shaffenberger (1982)" title="On DC Comics Presents #50, by Mishkin, Cohn, Swan, and Shaffenberger (1982)" style="float:left;" />Nothing ever ages worse than a typical product of the moment just before a paradigm shift. October 1982’s “When You Wish upon a Planetoid!” shows no sign at all of what was to hit the… [more]

Erasing the Justice Society

Julian Darius — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 11:00:51 +0000

In the continuity of DC’s relaunches, Superman will reportedly be the first super-hero. This implies that the Justice Society will have been wiped from continuity, and that seems to be DC’s current plan. This isn’t… [more]

“Fixing” Barbara Gordon’s Legs: The Politics of Retconning a Disability

Julian Darius — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 15:50:13 +0000

What does it mean when you take the most successful disabled character in comics and reverse her disability? That’s what people are asking, in the wake of its revelation that the new Batgirl series will… [more]

Week 19: I Think You Look Good When You Wear Gold

Amedeo Turturro — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 16:49:16 +0000

Last week the last few things I wrote seemed a little disorganized, instead of going back and editing them or apologizing to you I’m retconning. That’s right I’m going to retcon the continuity of my… [more]

Week 14: Alterations

Amedeo Turturro — Tue, 05 Sep 2006 12:59:27 +0000

WHO DIES IN WEEK 15?! This isn’t the theory of the week, rather a small thought or two on who dies next week. “Written by Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark Waid; Breakdowns by… [more]

You Can’t Go Back Again

Thu, 20 Jul 2006 04:37:55 +0000

An unfortunate trend seems to have taken hold at Marvel Comics, which has slowly convinced me to give up reading my favorite super-heroes. Instead of writing stories that move the characters forward by building on… [more]

On Continuity: No-Prizes, Retcons, and the Mental Acrobatics of Continuity Repair

Julian Darius — Thu, 20 Feb 2003 12:00:28 +0000

In the Golden Age of the 1930s and 1940s, comics were mostly episodic tales in which characters barely changed. A costume might occasionally change, an origin story might be amended, a power might be granted,… [more]