When you stop to think about it, it really has been some time since we've had a proper ongoing Wolverine solo title in the 616. Sure, there have been miniseries, Old Man Logan and X-23 inheriting the mantle for All-New Wolverine, but none of those were quite the same thing.
In many past instances, directors working on Batman movies wanted their productions to have an anachronistic sense to them. In other words, Tim Burton and Joel Schumacher would incorporate technology, cars and fashion from a variety of eras so that you wouldn't know in which era the story took place. Though this method wasn't favored by successors Christopher Nolan and Zack Snyder, Batman: The Animated Series and Gotham did follow suit on the small screen.
Now that the fear-mongering is behind us and Joker reigned supreme at the box office with the biggest October opening in history, we can discuss the finer aspects of the film like civilized folk. And considering how director Todd Phillips injected much ambiguity into the thing, we're all like Arthur Fleck in the sense that we're left wondering what's real and what isn't.
With Manu Bennett's Slade Wilson unlikely to return for Arrow's eighth and final season and the character now being played by Esai Morales over on DC Universe's Titans, The CW somehow managed to have him remain in the Arrowverse in some fashion. Ingeniously enough, the Deathstroke animated series we've been hearing about for some time will serve that purpose.
If anything, the past couple weeks have been huge for news pertaining to "Crisis on Infinite Earths." I mean, not only did we get our first look at Brandon Routh in his Kingdom Come Superman costume, but it was also confirmed that Birds of Prey's Ashley Scott will return as the Huntress.
It's probably safe to say that most modern readers of Batman comics have heard one man's voice in their head when sitting down to enjoy the Caped Crusader's adventures on the printed page - and that's Kevin Conroy's. Ever since blowing us all away with his character-defining performances on Batman: The Animated Series, he eventually returned for other shows like Batman Beyond and Justice League Unlimited, not to mention a slew of video games such as Batman: Arkham Asylum and its sequels.
With all the reboots, Crises and relaunches to occur over the decades, comic book continuity sure can get confusing - and DC knows this. Heck, that's essentially why they'd put together events such as Crisis on Infinite Earths and Flashpoint so that they may start from scratch every now and then. But when people complain about certain aspects being forgotten, then we have things like Rebirth there to re-inject those familiar elements into continuity.
Even with the sixth season premiere of The Flash being less than one week away, there's still much mystery surrounding the next leg in Barry Allen's journey. But if we know anything for certain, it's that the Scarlet Speedster will do all he can to avoid failing those he cares about in the coming Crisis.
If you read Superman comics during the days of the New 52, then you may agree with me in saying they didn't always meet expectations. Action Comics and Superman may have stepped up their game when Rebirth came along, sure, but I often found myself having to get my Big Blue fix during that time period by way of team-up books like Justice League and Superman/Wonder Woman, or the out-of-continuity Smallville Season Eleven.
While the cliffhanger to this week's episode of Titans, "Deathstroke," took our breath away and will force us all to spend the next several days wondering whether or not Jason Todd survived the fall, we can at least look forward to something positive coming from the next outing.
