continuity Archives

Comic book continuity is a comic publisher's attempt to link various stories told by the publisher together Some people love comic book continuity; some do not Why do comic book publishers use continuity? It is a great way to try to increase sales with crossovers King in Black is the latest Marvel crossover People may[...]

Marvel Comics' editors aren't exactly known for their attention to detail when it comes to making sure everything that happens in their comics fits in with continuity, or even reality That kind of fact-checking and proofreading is time-consuming work, and there are so many hours in the day, and those tweets aren't going to tweet[...]

Continuity gives Miles Morales a headache Literally Especially when fighting one of his major villains, who he can no longer remember their shared history, as his Ultimate Universe was merged with the Marvel Universe, along with his family and friends and reviving his dead mother, courtesy of Molecule Man in return for a hamburger Yes,[...]

He wrote Too many continued stories, too many run-on stories, too much pathological continuity, too much confusion Come on, guys One-Part stories! Please! Clarity! Understandability! Do we have to do something as dumb as having me approve all continued stories? These days, one-part stories are more of a rarity rather than anything close to the standard[...]

And, as a result, out of continuity. I am told by other sources at DC Comics that it is intended that the events in Doomsday Clock will fold into the rest of the DC Universe in one way or another But not in the way that was originally intended Both down to the lateness and the[...]

Marvel has sent out a press release for History of the Marvel Universe, the new six-issue mini-series written by Mark Waid with art by Javier Rodriguez and Alvaro Lopez and covers by Steve McNiven which "will reveal previously unknown secrets and shocking revelations" about Marvel's continuity The book and creative team were announced at C2E2,[...]

Exactly how long it's been, and how old characters are, is an ongoing subject of debate and speculation. But in Cosmic Ghost Rider Destroys Marvel History #1, Frank Castle has an answer to that: don't be a@#$% about it. Castle's lackadaisical attitude toward continuity may be taken too far, however, as Castle has one goal in mind[...]

That means that the Fantastic Four taking that fateful space trip took place somewhere in the early 2000s, not the early sixties. So how old are Reed, Ben, and Susan then, if they're already adults during the Cold War in the 50s? These stories are in continuity, aren't they? Marvel Comics Presents #2 breaks continuity next Wednesday. Marvel[...]

But in their zeal to promote comics' archaic ordering system, Archie committed a major continuity gaffe in this strip, which sees Jughead lamenting not getting a comic he wanted because he forgot to preorder it. But savvy readers know that, back in 1941, Jughead could have simply walked up to a newsstand and picked up a[...]

Spider-Man #234 is a great example of how to maintain continuity without losing character in the process Oh, and lucky you, it's the second time Josh Davison and I have reviewed the same book. [rwp-review-recap id="0"] Before I get into it, I thought I'd note the oddity that the only two Marvel issues I've reviewed (I tend to[...]

DC Comics PR has provided CBR with a preview of Wonder Woman #1 by Greg Rucka and Liam Sharp, out this week. There will be always someone on  a message board complaining that continuity in a comic book just doesn't make sense. But it's not normally the lead character.  But she did quite a bit of it in[...]

It's not Superman: Lois And Clark that has to deal with the potential problems of being in one universe but coming from another. Other things seem to be

We just received this... What does it mean? I guess we'll have to wait to find out. Or put Rich on it. A Taste of What's To Come... The folks at Dynamite

But Batman Inc is a different matter. Continuing, both with the Leviathan one shot, and now in the new Second Wave series, it does rather seem to have ignored than any relaunch may have happened in the other Batbooks. Which is why in Leviathan Strikes!, we had Stephanie Brown returning as Batgirl, where she seems never to[...]