Hey guys, this is my first post on ComicVine. I've been genuinely into comics for about a year now. I was watching some Batman animated stuff and decided to read the comics. I'd been told by some to start with New 52 in DC, since it's a big reboot, a canon wipe, and good jumping on point. However, I wanted to read stuff in Batman I already knew about, such as Bane famously breaking him over his knee in Knightfall, and The Killing Joke. That being said, I'd started with Year One and am actually using the Weebly timeline listed above. So far I'm up to Dark Victory. I've been reading a lot of the Legends of the Dark Knight arcs too. So I'm not to Knightfall, Hush, NML, etc yet. Dick hasn't become Nightwing yet, there is no Jason Todd either. So I'm very early on.
Lately though, I decided to go ahead and read New 52. Basically because I understood that the New 52 is what's current- what's now, what's canon. This is what's going on in the DC world. That being said, I am about to read Batman: Court of the Owls.
However, from what I've seen and heard, it isn't any sort of origin story, and Batman isn't even very young. I also hear Bane still references breaking Batman's back in New 52. I also hear there isn't a new explanation for Nightwing, and that his volume 1 references him returning to Gotham or being Nightwing, after pre-52 events of him becoming Batman. A lot of signs are pointing me to the conclusion that New 52's Batman is just a continuity of the Batman that began in the 80s. Is this just an unofficial nod or fan appeasement, or is this accepted?
I also hear things leading me to believe that this Green Lantern is still a continuation of Johns' pre-52 series that began with Rebirth.
So as you can see I am very confused on what is canon and what isn't and could really use some explanation. Thanks guys!
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