I REALLY wish they would do a 21st Century version of this!

Well, since DC seems to like retconning its continuity everytime you turn around, a Who's Who would be rather pointless. The thing would be out of date before it even went to print!

I suppose they could do an online version, since Internet info can be updated at any time.

Well, DC does have online some comics that tell of some characters origins.

Not as detailed as a Who's Who or the DC Encyclopedia though.

Last time I was at DC's website they did have text entries listing the latest info on their characters, but they seem to have replaced that with these comic pages.

Well, it looks like they're moving in the the right direction. If you're going to retcon your continuity every week, the Internet is the only way a Who's Who could keep up

I see. Thanks for your input, guys!

I don't really ever buy DC anyway, I love Marvel instead, as well as IDW for the Trek and Transformers comics.

I was going to get the updated DC-Pedia at some point, though!

Great news, from Wikipedia's "Who's Who In The DC Universe" article:

"On December 10, 2009, DC announced that a new Who's Who series will be published in 2010 as part of the company's 75th anniversary celebration. The series will run for eighteen issues, 48 pages per issue, beginning in May 2010 and will be edited by Bob Greenberger."

I just found this out yesterday, and I am really looking forward to this new Who's Who series!

What do you think, Tim? Yes, DC loves retconning, but they are finally doing what I hoped they would do!

I think it's cool!

What do you think, Tim?

Well, I hope you enjoy it.

As for me, I quit the DC Universe almost 25 years ago. Bad enough that damned Crisis messed everything up, but when that jerk Byrne got his claws on Superman and wiped out everything I knew, that was the end for me. I never looked back.

I'm sorry you feel that way, Tim. I myself am a newcomer to reading about the DC Universe, so I am not as upset about all the retconning that started, as you say, 25 years ago.

And I love Marvel's Official Handbooks, so naturally I also like DC's Who's Who series.
I really enjoy reading profiles on comic characters.

I was wondering how old you are, Tim. I'm nearly 32. And I started out with Marvel, and only in the last five years did I start having an interest in DC.

Just wondering!

I was wondering how old you are, Tim.

Let's just say I'm old enough to remember all of Ronald Reagan's time as President of the United States and leave it at that

Fair enough. I was alive during the Reagan presidency, but I hardly remember any of it.

That is where we differ, and that's OK with me!

DC has decided to axe the reboot of Who's Who, instead they will release a series of "DC Universe Legacies" comics, explaining character's origins.

Nuts. I was really hoping they would be doing regular "Marvel Handbook" style profiles. But then, DC is not Marvel!

Update - Apparently DC will still be doing a new "Who's Who". They just don't know when yet.

So the current "Legacies" series is totally separate from the other, it seems.

And now, over a year later, the "Who's Who" article on Wikipedia has confirmed that the 21st Century version (which I had wished for almost three years ago) will be coming out after all, but not until after "Flashpoint" has completed.

And Tim, in case you're interested, in 2009 to 2010, DC released the *definitive* origin of Superman in a six-issue miniseries, which is now considered the official and canonical origin story of The Man Of Steel. Plus, John Byrne had absolutely nothing to do with it! (I'll bet you're glad about that!)

Also, as for Flashpoint being considered yet another "reboot" by DC, actually, it isn't. Almost, but not quite. But I do agree with you, Tim, that the Crisis of 1985 was something that "seemed like a good idea at the time" for DC, so Marv Wolfman went ahead and did it. However, I'll bet no one, including Wolfman, realized how much of a mess they would be making. ANd as you said, 25 years later, they're *still* trying to clean it up, with major ret-connings every decade or so. However, be assured that "Flashpoint" is not a part of all that.

Just thought that I would add this, now that I have done some research into the history of the DC Universe/former Multiverse/the 52!

"I REALLY wish they would do a 21st Century version of this!" - me in 2008

"Well, since DC seems to like retconning its continuity everytime you turn around, a Who's Who would be rather pointless. The thing would be out of date before it even went to print!" - Tim in 2009

"If you're going to retcon your continuity every week, the Internet is the only way a Who's Who could keep up" - Tim again, also in 2009

"I quit the DC Universe almost 25 years ago. Bad enough that damned Crisis messed everything up, but when that jerk Byrne got his claws on Superman and wiped out everything I knew, that was the end for me. I never looked back." - Tim yet again, this time in 2010

And this is what is currently on the Who's Who In DC article on Wikipedia:

"The history of the DC Universe received an extensive overhaul in the aftermath of said Flashpoint event. The resulting New 52 comics are set in a greatly altered continuity, making a new edition of Who's Who seem unlikely in the short term because the histories of many characters are in a state of flux."

And you know what? This was just too much for me. I dont think I'll be following this New 52 after all. Besides I'm on a limited budget so I can't afford to keep buying all these ongoing series that have debuted in the wake of DC Entertainment's continuity ret-conning. Even with Marvel, I primarily stick with one-shots and mini-series, but I hardly ever buy ongoing titles anymore. I have to pick and choose, them's the breaks.

So the bottom line is, just like Tim did back in the 80s, I have quit DC. I am now done with them. If they had only stuck to the continuity that they had established since the events of 52/Infinite Crisis/Final Crisis, I might have stuck with them. But no longer. It is over.

And it took me a real long time to realize just how much this situation sucks, but now I do. And to think, one of the guys at my comic store LOVES all the new retconning of continuity that DC keeps doing. He thinks that its cool because of all the opportunities for new storytelling. I wonder if this guy ever heard of the saying, "If it aint broke, don't fix it"?

Probably not!