I was under the impression that the heros have been operating for 5/6 years or so.How does Batman not only have 4 Robins under his belt in this time,how did Damian come about being a 9/10 yr old if Batman ONLY met Ra's and Talia within these 5/6 years.Is he still a clone or whatever.I'm so cunfused.I mean if they want us to take this 5 year thing seriously then I would think they would tighten up the timeline.So can anyone help me with this?

That's one of this things that DC is just hoping we don't think about, because they didn't bother to explain.

Well most DC heroes state that they've been doinng what they do for 12 years, so I don't know.

I'm under the impression that what we are seeing is about 8 years in Batman's career, and to account for Damian, he had to have met Talia while training abroad prebatman. Otherwise, DC has got it wrong, but they usually have their timing wrong anyways lol.

don't worry, everyone's confused. just try to ignore it while reading.

I know that wasn't a very good peice of advice but I'm not sure either.

Probably left it at that because they couldn't think of new bios for all the heroes. I say give it time and they'll start putting more thought and effort into it, and figure it out as they go along.

I guess some heroes started 5 years ago like flash, tc. and started earlier like Green Lantern and Batman.

Don't worry there'll be another Crisis in 6 months or so to change it up for you

@joshmightbe said:

Don't worry there'll be another Crisis in 6 months or so to change it up for you

LOL

This is why I simply ignore the whole "Five Years" thing, it was a bad idea to try to stick everything into those few years when there has obviously been too many things that they could have possibly happened in such a short period of time.
 
When it comes to the "Five Years" thing started in Justice League, I personally apply those five years to only the Justice League, not the entire DC Universe. I know a lot will argue with me about it, but really, when you just take those five years out of the equation things, in my opinion, seem a lot easier to digest.

When it comes to the "Five Years" thing started in Justice League, I personally apply those five years to only the Justice League, not the entire DC Universe. I know a lot will argue with me about it, but really, when you just take those five years out of the equation things, in my opinion, seem a lot easier to digest.

I was under the impression that only JL and Superman have been around for 5 years. In JL 1, Green Lantern knows who Batman is because he's already become an urban legend. I'm sure, at that point, he already has quite a few years under his belt.

@War Killer said:

When it comes to the "Five Years" thing started in Justice League, I personally apply those five years to only the Justice League, not the entire DC Universe. I know a lot will argue with me about it, but really, when you just take those five years out of the equation things, in my opinion, seem a lot easier to digest.

I was under the impression that that's what DC actually meant with the whole 'Five Years' thing.

I've been on this site since the DCNU was gearing up, and I remember this being specifically discussed. Superman started five years ago, but Batman has been around for longer working in "secret."

Personally, I like the old DC timeline which I took as follows:

Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman have been heroing since their early twenties. Batman operated alone years one and two. Grayson would have been with Batman from around year three to year eight. Then Jason came on board for about half a year only to be killed shortly after receiving the mantle or Robin. Then Tim came along from year nine to year twelve. Then Damian took the mantle for the past year.

This would put Batman in his mid thirties, Dick in his mid twenties, Tim at age seventeen, and Damian at age ten.

Way better than the DCNU timeline in my view. However, In the Return of Bruce Wayne, Tim claims that he has been Robin longer than Dick which makes no sense to me.

Well Marvel tries to claim that everything that's happened since The Fantastic 4 got their powers has happened in 13 years which means New York is officially the worst place to live in all of comicdom

Well that's the main problem with the New 52, continuity is all messed up...but I don't care that much, the good/great stories are keeping me blissfully ignorant right now.

It's been stated many times that Batman has been operating a lot longer than 5 years, he's just been a known figure for five years. His timeline should be virtually unchanged, give or take two or three years, ample enough time to know Ra's, Talia, and for Damian to secretly be born. Them trying to shove all of the sidekicks in the past five years is stupid though; I just ignore that completely.

@The Stegman: me agree, Batman is everywhere at all times and i pretend the lamer stories dont happen

@ThanosIsMad: it very well possible that Bruce met Ra's and Talia during his training 10 years ago, ala Batman Begins

Just forget continuity, and read the stories. Especially DC. Marvel continuity is less confusing. Basically, you have heroes that have been around for 70 years, and still want to present them as 30 year olds. Continuity is going to get messed up. I mean, it doesn't bother me that Bart Simpson has been ten years old for 25 years now, so continuity is something I don't think about.

what about jason tod

ok so after reading all the replies its clear that dc really dropped the ball on this ..lol