What do you mean rebooting?

Someone had a link up on the main page. Rumor is a broad Universal reboot or DC "Ultimate" line with a few current DC characters displaced into it. 

@A_O_N: 

check out IGN for the information, but according to them there is a big rumor going around about DC rebooting their Uniniverse.  I guessing this is a new rumor since there has not been anything about it on here.

Is anyone surprised I know it was probably confusing cause DC didn't put crisis in the name this time 

But what would a reboot mean? Like Superman wouldn't be married?

Wasn't the last Crisis "Final Crisis"????

Wasn't the last Crisis "Final Crisis"????

My first post!
Another reboot?

I heard T.H.U.N.D.E.R. agents is ending too. the whole line.

I thought DC was already doing this with the Earth one books.

I would NOT be at all supportive of any kind of reboot.  I've been kinda "meh" on the Flashpoint stuff mainly because I feel like it's just another one of those "Alternate Universe" storylines that will likely only have small repercussions on the DC Universe, but if indeed they are meaning to reboot the DC universe in some way... I'd feel even worse about it.

Seems like a lot of universe shattering events at DC lately. Wouldn't everyone on DC Earth be crippled with PTSD by now?

Sheesh, maybe another reason why I'm glad I got burned out on big events with Brightest Day.

@entropy_aegis: supposedly all story lines will be ending after issue #5 of Flashpoint #5.  Even Morrisons run.

Seems like a lot of universe shattering events at DC lately. Wouldn't everyone on DC Earth be crippled with PTSD by now?

Seems like a lot of universe shattering events at DC lately. Wouldn't everyone on DC Earth be crippled with PTSD by now?

A 'universe' wide reboot would help wipe the slate clean & garner interest from new fans... but it would alienate longer fans who've already put up with a previous reboot/universe-wide retcon.

There might be major changes after Flashpoint, but I don't think DC will 'reboot'.

Sigh, I'll illustrate my feelings thusly;

Reboot = Me becoming Doctor Doom and ****ing up the World.

Large Retcons = Me becoming the Joker and ****ing up large amounts of people.

Minimal Retcons affecting characters I love = Me becoming Deadshot and ****ing up Geoff Johns

Minimal Retcons affecting characters I don't care about = Me being me and not caring.

No Retcons = Me being happy and buying heaps more DC books.

They're not gonna reboot they're just gonna retcon some stuff like usual, my guess is that Billy Batson will be Cap Marvel again only I think they'll call him Captain Thunder.

They're not gonna reboot they're just gonna retcon some stuff like usual, my guess is that Billy Batson will be Cap Marvel again only I think they'll call him Captain Thunder.

They're apparantely cancelling some books as well,DC should just rename itself Geoffcon Johns comics.It's getting sick and pathetic.

@Malonius said:

Seems like a lot of universe shattering events at DC lately. Wouldn't everyone on DC Earth be crippled with PTSD by now?

Not quite as much as Marvel.

@ironshadow said:

They're not gonna reboot they're just gonna retcon some stuff like usual, my guess is that Billy Batson will be Cap Marvel again only I think they'll call him Captain Thunder.

O_o I think it's the lack of sleep, but right when I read that I instantly thought of Captain Crunch xD

If there is one thing Marvels Ultimate U showed us, it's that there can be 2 universes side by side and both be equally good.  Sure the Ultimate U started having some really really shitty years because each book just seemed like a way to re-introduce a character in what was a modern version.  It started SO damn good with the material written by Millar and Bendis.  After Millar took his hiatus only Bendis Spider-man stayed good.  If you look at a lot of the sales per-month when Millar was on Ultimates, X-men and FF the books were either going kneck to kneck to our out selling their 616 counter parts.  I might be wrong, but I believe the Ultimates was doing better then the Avengers at the time.  I wonder what it would be like to take some of the 616 hero's and throw them in the Ultimate U. 

i get the feeling this isn't going to happen and if it does well that would just suck and in my opinion be lazy writing

A 'universe' wide reboot would help wipe the slate clean & garner interest from new fans... but it would alienate longer fans who've already put up with a previous reboot/universe-wide retcon.

 

There might be major changes after Flashpoint, but I don't think DC will 'reboot'.

Every comic continuing from September will be relaunched with a shiny #1. Every. Single. One. With no current plan for the renumbering to reverse to any so-called “legacy” numbering.

And with those issue one renumberings, will come a new rejigged status quo. And yes, characters will be changed. Some may no longer exist. There will be new books, new creators, new teams, new characters and new… new. With no current plan for the new status quo to be undone or reversed. 
 
 
also 
 
DC Comics will publish a new Justice League ongoing comic book by Geoff Johns and Jim Lee, the first title these two have worked together. Even if it’s been a while coming.

It will feature Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern and several other characters following the current Flashpoint crossover. It’s the return of the World’s Greatest Superheroes to the book for the first time in years.

So that means....A FLASH WILL DIE?

that would not be verry cool

I would like to see how long this renumbering will last.

Damn...We just made it to Action Comics 901!!!

@xerox-kitty said:

A 'universe' wide reboot would help wipe the slate clean & garner interest from new fans... but it would alienate longer fans who've already put up with a previous reboot/universe-wide retcon.

 

There might be major changes after Flashpoint, but I don't think DC will 'reboot'.

according to bleeding cool: 
 

In September, all the DC Comics published set within the DC Universe will be renumbered with new issue ones.

Every comic continuing from September will be relaunched with a shiny #1. Every. Single. One. With no current plan for the renumbering to reverse to any so-called “legacy” numbering.

And with those issue one renumberings, will come a new rejigged status quo. And yes, characters will be changed. Some may no longer exist. There will be new books, new creators, new teams, new characters and new… new. With no current plan for the new status quo to be undone or reversed. 
 
 
also 
 
DC Comics will publish a new Justice League ongoing comic book by Geoff Johns and Jim Lee, the first title these two have worked together. Even if it’s been a while coming.

It will feature Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern and several other characters following the current Flashpoint crossover. It’s the return of the World’s Greatest Superheroes to the book for the first time in years.

I hope nothing bad happens to Barry Allen

I think the right response here is .sigh

In the wake of its summer "Flashpoint" event, DC Comics will re-number its entire DC Universe line, debuting more than 50 first issues in September.

The sweeping line-wide change debuts on Aug. 31, when the pubisher releases just two comics -- the final issue of "Flashpoint," and the first issue of "Justice League" under the new creative team of Geoff Johns and Jim Lee. According to DC Studio's Source Blog the premiere of "Justice League" will also mark the beginning of same-day digital release for all of the ongoing titles, "making DC Comics the first of the two major American publishers to release all of its superhero comic book titles digitally the same day as in print."

USA Today announced that the changes include costume redesigns for more than 50 superheroes, sprearheaded by Lee, intended "to make characters more identifiable and accessible to comic fans new and old."

"We looked at what was going on in the marketplace and felt we really want to inject new life in our characters and line," Co-Publisher Dan DiDio told the newspaper. "This was a chance to start, not at the beginning, but at a point where our characters are younger and the stories are being told for today's audience."

The image that accompanied the USA Today story holds some clues to how sweeping the post-"Flashpoint" changes will be. It appears as if Wonder Woman's costume will remain largely the same as it's been since Lee redesigned it last year. The other characters' costumes all feature the same uniform neckline, and Superman sports a new "S" symbol across his chest. 
 

why couldn't they just do their own Ultimate universe instead of wiping away everything....this is bullshit

@danhimself: I understand your frustration just be careful with the language.

I guess I'd be more okay with this if DC hadn't already rebooted and retconned so much... 
 
 I'm not gonna lie though, I'm a little excited about it...