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Post by MacNimon on Aug 3, 2011 5:46:48 GMT
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Post by Silver Age Fan on Aug 3, 2011 21:03:58 GMT
No-one can argue against the wonderful art in this series. Not too keen on the story or the reasons for happening, though.
A comic series that runs for decades is not going to get continuity right all of the time, just as a TV show such as Doctor Who or a franchise such as the Bond franchise isn't going to get it right all of the time. Remember references to the Doctor's granddaughter being from the 49th century in the non-broadcast pilot? Remember a reference in the Bond novels to Bond being born in 1920, but a later novel mentioning Bond buying his first car in 1929 (nine-year olds buying cars, yeah!)?
You can't expect perfect continuity in a form of fiction that lasts for decades and has different writers, artists and editors working on it. So what if Batman fought the Nazis during issues published during WWII and then fought crime in the modern world?
Why was there a need for them to simplify continuity with COIE? Has it ever worked? Well, since 1985 there appears to be no shortage of series' and comic issues (such as Action Comics #591) which have to deal with discrepancies in the timeline. And fans keep asking pedantic questions.
I guess I just saw no need to streamline or 'fix' the DC timeline and felt that COIE was an unnecessary series.
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