Bullet Review: New History Of The DC Universe #3

When the New History of the DC Universe was announced, I was thrilled.

Three issues in and I am confused at best and dissatisfied at worst. 

Writer Mark Waid is working with a smorgasbord of great artists on the book. This issue has art by Dan Jurgens and Doug Manhnke, which makes sense given some of the events covered here.

This issue Waid takes us from the aftermath of the Crisis of the Infinite Earths to Final Crisis. But it seems like DC has decided that everything has happened. Like, everything. 

So in essence, this becomes a bit more like a list of events rather than a historical epic. And sometimes things don't seem to make sense. 

Let's take a look at New History of the DC Universe #3 solely from Supergirl perspective. I already talked about how in History #2, Kara's age and the very presence of COIE in a non-multiverse universe was pretty confusing.

So how do we get to the current Supergirl? And what do you do with the Matrix Supergirl adventures? 

You say they happened ... 

Bullet Review: New History Of The DC Universe #2

When The New History of the DC Universe was announced, I figured I would be covering some bits of it. When I read the solicits for The New History of the DC Universe #2 and saw it would cover the Crisis, I figured there would be some pieces in it worth a spot here.

So far writer Mark Waid has been rolling out the timeline in a rather straightforward way. This isn't a story after all, There isn't a plot that needs to be resolved. These are events which have happened. Waid is just trying to make sense of it all.

And frankly I am trying to make sense of it all. Because it is hard to put it all together in my mind.

Some of it reads like there has always been just one universe. At times it reads like there is a multiverse that became a universe. Sometimes the timeline feels condensed as the arrival of characters and major events unfolding seem a bit strange.

But if we are creating one timeline out of the many MANY DC universes and reboots, I shouldn't have been surprised. So, for example, Cyborg was part of an early JLA that fought Darkseid (that's new 52 JLA) but then was put into some stasis for years until he re-arrives to be part of the New Teen Titans? Strange. And that early fight with Darkseid? That is just an early manifestation of the JLA. The Appelax meteor story is still considered the first JLA adventure. 

Got it? Maybe?

Anyways, let's see how Supergirl fares.