What stands out about DC's September 14 announcement of what appears to be its next editorial era - Dawn of the DCU - is how little the publisher actually revealed.
To be fair, the news was ostensibly the announcement of the final chapter of the current Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths, but superhero comic book publishing at DC and Marvel Comic is one big, perpetual relay race. Every last leg of an editorial event also involves the passing of the baton to the next story event at the same time, and we've got a ton of thoughts and questions about what's next after the return of "infinite Earths" to the DC Universe beginning in January.
Some of the mostly brief copy and images do provide some launching points to talk about what's next, so here are seven of our thoughts on and questions about what's to come in Dawn of the DCU:
If case you missed it (but if you're reading this you likely didn't), the New Golden Age is the Geoff Johns-driven, post-Flashpoint Beyond, now-seemingly sub-editorial initiative that features the long-awaited return of the Justice Society of America and Stargirl to prominence in the DCU.
What we know of the new Golden Age so far does involve the return of characters from DC's pre-Crisis past. The most recent issue of Flashpoint Beyond takes place post-Dark Crisis, so how the New Golden Age and Dawn of the DCU complement or conflict with one another will be something to watch.
Writer Scott Snyder, as the author of the two Dark Metal event series, was arguably the biggest creative driver of the 'Rebirth' era. Writer Joshua Williamson was inarguably the bus driver of the 'Infinite Frontier' era, as a writer of four of the major events of the period (Infinite Frontier, Justice League Incarnate, Shadow
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