Hard To Be Friends With People Who Were Never Around

Forget whether or not Superman ever wore his underwear on the outside or Wonder Woman has pants. The controversy that will linger after the first month of the DC Comics relaunch is complete appears to be the characters who don’t even exist anymore as a result of the reset timeline.On the eve of the first full week of New 52 releases, DC co-publisher Dan DiDio took to his Facebook page to answer fan questions early this morning–and gave some surprising answers to some of the questions that he and other DC executives have been avoiding up until now. DiDio, who famously ordered the retcon of the Linda Danvers Supergirl and the return of the “Kryptonian cousin” version to continuity after a visit to Six Flags, is no stranger to making characters disappear if they don’t fit his vision of the DC Universe. He’s never made apologies for it before, and with a massive overhaul of the entire publishing line in the cards for this month, some of the things he had to say are probably not surprising. It is, however, a bit fascinating that with less than 24 hours to go before English comic shops have their midnight release parties (last week they were unable to do so because of a holiday that delayed shipping), two of the apparent announcements may materially affect books that ship this week.