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Originally posted by I'm Not Mister Mxypltk:
Rarely published constanly for long periods. Most of the stuff from the early days is out of continuity. Hasn't had one book out for 17 years.
Not really. A lot of old 1940'S material is still considered in continuity, mostly the stuff that predates the Multiverse... and it makes sense too since you rarely saw the JSA after the 60's, you mostly saw them once a year in the crossovers with the JLA, so nothing was really lost.

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If you're counting the line of Flashes, it goes back to the 40's. Most of the stories are out of continuity. 80% of the stories in continuity started in 1987, and he hasn't had one comic published each week for 17 years.
Not really again :) Those Jay Garrick stories and the Barry Allen stories that don't involve the multiverse are still in continuity.

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Not published constantly. Don't get me started on the continuity mess with that guy.
You see a mess, Johns sees possibilities...

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Even then, they're stories aren't anywhere as convulted as Superman's story for the past 17 years. Ask a casual reader about what's been happening with Flash since 1987 and he might give you a pretty accurate answer. Then ask him about Luthor.
You mean that the 1988 CBS toon, Lois and Clark, the 1990's WB toon and Smallville aren't enough for people to understand that Lex Luthor is not who he used to be in the 60's, 70's and early 80's?

People aren't stupid as continuity haters think they are, they understand that Luthor is not how Gene Hackman played him...

And Superman's stories for the 12 years that followed MoS were interesting, not convulted, that didn't start till 99...

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What Johns is doing is a perfectly valid option. Not the only choice.
Johns sells, Waid doesn't...

23 32 36.76 JUN031568 FANTASTIC FOUR #502 (#73) $2.25 MAR
24 35 36.56 JUN031569 FANTASTIC FOUR #503 (#74) $2.25 MAR
31 30 28.86 ** JUN030163 SUPERMAN BIRTHRIGHT #2 (Of 12) $2.95 DC


22 26 39.32 ** MAY031539 AVENGERS #69 $2.25 MAR
29 42 29.49 ** JUN030188 JSA #51 $2.50 DC
46 65 23.93 ** JUN030176 FLASH #201 $2.25 DC
47 58 23.45 ** JUN030189 JSA ALL STARS #4 (Of 8) $2.50 DC
65 78 19.41 ** JUN030180 HAWKMAN #18 $2.50 DC

Notice the leaps that Johns's stories take? From 65 to 46, while Waid only manages to go from 35 to 24. Yes, Waid's tend to rank higher, but that's because he works with more recognizable characters.