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Originally Posted by Rob Instigator
I have not read the new Rebirth stuff. I am still catching up on what happened in comics in the last 10 years!
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Oh man, I hear you on that one. I've mostly given up on trying to catch up with New 52. I've resolved to read the entirety of Batman's New 52 run, and the entirety of both Superman and Action Comics from that era, which I've only read in spurts until now (like when John Romita Jr. was doing art for the former, and kicking absolute morherfucking ass on it, because he's fucking John Romita morherfucking Jr.), but other than that, I'm just going to let Rebirth catch me up.
It's doing a fine job so far, with little notes and references, plus clues and exposition built into the storyline. So far, from what I can tell, all you really need to know going into Rebirth is the basic premise of Flashpoint (where Barry went back in time to stop his mother's murder and totally fucked up the universe, then "died" going back again to correct things using the Speed Force, which did more damage and led to the creation of the flawed New 52 universe, full of holes and missing characters.)
That and an understanding of the events of Watchmen, which I know you have. Watchmen is figuring heavily into Rebirth, as the "alternate" universe where those events took place is connecting with the main DCU.
For instance, there's been a lurking villain who popped up in the last days of New 52's Superman titles, and followed the timeline over to Rebirth named "Mr. Oz," who I can only assume is one Ozymandias from you know what.
Honestly use, there's an into comic simply titled "DC UNIVERSE REBIRTH" that you should just read to Fucking humor me. It's one issue and it wraps shit up pretty nicely, an ends with one of the most awesome panels in modern comics.
Here's the cover.
