Yesterday my Twitter feed was crazy with promotion for Convergence, the latest symptom of DC’s Eventitis. I was going to ignore the whole thing after my disappointment with The Multiversity, a series of unconnected one-shots taking place in the multiverse. It was overpriced and depressing. Even if I had money coming in I wouldn’t pick that up anymore. It’s everything I don’t want in my superhero comics. In other words, typical New 52.
But then came the listing of the week four tie-ins. Much like Blackest Night, a series of comics will be produced acting like certain titles never went away. They just became zombies. Convergence is different in that they will be going back to previous continuities. The post-Crisis timeline, Tangent, Kingdom Come, and Flashpoint are represented in the story. the buzz came from the news that the pre-Crisis DCU would also take part in the event. This was hailed as great news…mostly by the comics press like Newsarama. However, when you get into the details this isn’t the potential return of any non-New 52 continuity, and it’s not the great news it’s being treated as.
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