#presumably because of this set-up dark crisis will only effect dc's main titles in the form of a few panels of dialogue + an editor's note

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SPLIT TIMELINE?!

lmao yeah so I did NOT understand it going in, but the reason why Bruce canonically died in Death of the Justice League and is currently still dead in Dark Crisis while obviously canonically still being alive in Chip Zdarsky's Batman run (which started this month with Batman #125) is because DC split the timeline. So chronologically Batman and basically all of DC's other titles are all happening BEFORE Dark Crisis, even though from our perspective they're being published at the same time. This is so DC can have its cake (most popular characters die dramatically and they can write stories about other characters reacting to that) and eat it too (they can still regularly publish comics starring said popular characters). Presumably when Dark Crisis wraps up and the Justice League is inevitably resurrected through space magic, the timelines will merge back together and the popular characters will remain at the front of their titles with a brief nod to the fact that they died and came back to life. Except for Green Arrow, who I think might be "permanently" dead now. "Permanently" in air quotes because he is, you know. A comic book character.

#dark crisis #green arrow #oliver queen #like he's the only one who died via being murdered physically vs. being dissolved into dust via space magic #and being dissolved into dust via space magic just seems much easier to reverse. like just do more space magic #anyway now that it HAS been explained to me i honestly really like this as a model #it's definitely confusing as hell. but also i like comics with bruce in it #so this way i still get comics with bruce in it. AND i may yet get my batman funeral issue in dark crisis #truly things are all coming up bela #also as someone who reads archived comics a lot #i appreciate this for the sake of future comic readers who are just trying to read through. say. the main batman title #because it's ALWAYS super confusing when you get to some huge event that kind of impacts the title for several issues #and nothing makes sense but then ultimately it doesn't matter because that's how big crossover events work #presumably because of this set-up dark crisis will only effect dc's main titles in the form of a few panels of dialogue + an editor's note #which is so much more manageable. and also easy to just ignore if you decide you're not interested in following whatever it was #i assume this is dc having learned its lesson from doomsday clock and the various 'metal' events