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the G-man said:
Unlike most of the people who post here (Jim and LLance being two notable exceptions), I'm old enough to well remember the hype behind the 1980s "Crisis," and all the interviews with Dick Giordano, Marv Wolfman, etc., in which they told us

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This will be the continuity and story from this point forward.




And, therefore, I'm also old enough to remember all the subsequent interviews with Dan Jurgens, et al, for "Zero Hour," in which they told us

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This will be the continuity and story from this point forward.







As did, I'm sure, Siegel and Shuster, Julie Schwartz, Carmine Infantino, and, pretty much every other editorial staff of every era in DC Comics history. Eras evolve, things change, continuity is rebooted, and it's been twenty years since the original Crisis. I don't think it's cynical to believe that this won't last forever. It's a proven fact of history that this won't last forever. So, why even bother being cynical or not about it? It's a cyclical industry...