DC's Earth-66 - Timeline

[selfishmisery]

It hurts my head to try to look at Earth-66 adjacent to how Earth-789 is a post live action Flashpoint version of Burtonverse/Donnerverse. Clearly the live action multiverse is accessible through the comic multiverse via high vibrational frequency (around 700-789 volumes) - but somehow Earth-66 has much less?

Is it due to the absurd comicy nature of that universe that it sits in the middle (again, post-Flashpoint) as a shorter gateway between multiverses?

@Pro Bot Thoughts on this?

 

[Pro Bot]

It hurts my head to try to look at Earth-66 adjacent to how Earth-789 is a post live action Flashpoint version of Burtonverse/Donnerverse. Clearly the live action multiverse is accessible through the comic multiverse via high vibrational frequency (around 700-789 volumes) - but somehow Earth-66 has much less?

Is it due to the absurd comicy nature of that universe that it sits in the middle (again, post-Flashpoint) as a shorter gateway between multiverses?

Honestly, no idea. It's a weird universe to classify. I do think you could take it as this, though:

Adventures of Superman
Batman
The Green Hornet
Shazam!
The Secrets of Isis
Wonder Woman
Legends of the Superheroes
(Potentially James Bond, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., The Avengers, The Six Million Dollar Man, The Bionic Woman, Charlie's Angels, oh god, too much...)

Billy Batson appeared in Batman '66's final issue, but I don't know if that contradicts his show. He might actually be age appropriate to be a kid in 1969, though. Captain Marvel's appearance on Legends of the Superheroes seems to be the same costume but with a new actor. Could easily be a recast.

Adventures of Superman's in-universe Batman comic either means Bruce started crime fighting earlier, or in post-Flashpoint, that comic was erased due to the merger.

 

[selfishmisery]

Honestly, no idea. It's a weird universe to classify. I do think you could take it as this, though:

Adventures of Superman
Batman
The Green Hornet
Shazam!
The Secrets of Isis
Wonder Woman
Legends of the Superheroes
(Potentially James Bond, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., The Avengers, The Six Million Dollar Man, The Bionic Woman, Charlie's Angels, oh god, too much...)

Billy Batson appeared in Batman '66's final issue, but I don't know if that contradicts his show. He might actually be age appropriate to be a kid in 1969, though. Captain Marvel's appearance on Legends of the Superheroes seems to be the same costume but with a new actor. Could easily be a recast.

Adventures of Superman's in-universe Batman comic either means Bruce started crime fighting earlier, or in post-Flashpoint, that comic was erased due to the merger.

My headcanon honestly is Batman '66 is placed in such a way that it is the 67th Earth in the comic multiverse, but also a quick detour to the (Post-Flashpoint) live-action multiverse on the vibrational scale.

So let's say if Earth-789 is like the 13th Earth (Earth-12) in the live-action one, then you gotta subtract whatever Earth-66 is in relation to numbering scheme there, "Earth-21" or whatever won't be Earth-798. I guess that's gonna be "Earth-22" after "Earth-20"/Earth-797.

I know I'm probably overthinking this - but DC overthinks **** like this too, especially when you read their comics now they put a lot of focus into niche logic issues that even boggle my mind...

 

[Pro Bot]

Hypothetical timeline if you assume the crossovers and cameos are genuine as well as the Shazam costume being reused was continuity suggestive:

1942 - Wonder Woman S1
1952 - Adventures of Superman S1
1953 - Adventures of Superman S2
1955 - Adventures of Superman S3
1956 - Adventures of Superman S4
1957 - Adventures of Superman S5
1958 - Adventures of Superman S6
1966 - Batman: The Movie
1966 - Batman S1
1966 - The Green Hornet S1
1967 - Batman S2
1968 - Batman S3
1968 - Batman: Return of the Caped Crusader
1968 - Batman vs. Two-Face
1974 - Shazam! S1
1975 - Shazam! S2
1975 - The Secrets of Isis S1
1976 - Shazam! S3
1976 - The Secrets of Isis S2
1977 - Wonder Woman S2
1978 - Wonder Woman S3
1979 - Legends of the Superheroes S1

 

[Pro Bot]

My headcanon honestly is Batman '66 is placed in such a way that it is the 67th Earth in the comic multiverse, but also a quick detour to the (Post-Flashpoint) live-action multiverse on the vibrational scale.

So let's say if Earth-789 is like the 13th Earth (Earth-12) in the live-action one, then you gotta subtract whatever Earth-66 is in relation to numbering scheme there, "Earth-21" or whatever won't be Earth-798. I guess that's gonna be "Earth-22" after "Earth-20"/Earth-797.

I know I'm probably overthinking this - but DC overthinks **** like this too, especially when you read their comics now they put a lot of focus into niche logic issues that even boggle my mind...

They do, but I can tell you, trying to wrap my head around hypothetical reality number conversion is killing me.

 

[selfishmisery]

They do, but I can tell you, trying to wrap my head around hypothetical reality number conversion is killing me.

Local multiverse is also a term used by DC.

 

[selfishmisery]

They do, but I can tell you, trying to wrap my head around hypothetical reality number conversion is killing me.

Also I hate the idea of a universe that just happens to resemble the live action one existing as a variant Earth in the comic one.

**** that. Same universe to me.

 

[user 16960]

You got a source on that?

I have timeline threads for the DC animated stuff.

Here

 

[selfishmisery]

Here
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I guess that explains why the LoSH never appeared or were referenced in BTBATB.

But Brainiac looks more Silver Age in the latter; maybe because of his resurrection at the end of the former?

 

[user 16960]

I guess that explains why the LoSH never appeared or were referenced in BTBATB.

But Brainiac looks more Silver Age in the latter; maybe because of his resurrection at the end of the former?

Could be

 

[user 16960]

It's not just that. I believe there was other details dating it, too. I believe an episode with the Penguin becoming Mayor referencing people and events from 1966 onwards. Also, it's impossible to squish the entire Batman '66 comics in 1966 anyway. The Wonder Woman crossover you mentioned would have to be the end of the timeline (the 60s and 70s portion), that places itself in 1966, and thus every single comic prior wouldn't match at all.

It's simply not possible.

Can't the comic just happen in December after everything else? Also on the Catwoman thing I'm not sure if she stayed there the full 11 years before 1977 tbh, because Wonder Woman seems to not have seen her for a long time so I think the implication is she left paradise island by some unknown point in-between. Honestly it gels pretty well with the Vs Two-Face movie (set 2 years later) with her actually trying to finally reform into a hero and is in an actual relationship with Batman now. Just my take really on the Earth-66 reality

 

[Pro Bot]

Hypothetical timeline if you assume the crossovers and cameos are genuine as well as the Shazam costume being reused was continuity suggestive:

1942 - Wonder Woman S1
1952 - Adventures of Superman S1
1953 - Adventures of Superman S2
1955 - Adventures of Superman S3
1956 - Adventures of Superman S4
1957 - Adventures of Superman S5
1958 - Adventures of Superman S6
1966 - Batman: The Movie
1966 - Batman S1
1966 - The Green Hornet S1
1967 - Batman S2
1968 - Batman S3
1968 - Batman: Return of the Caped Crusader
1968 - Batman vs. Two-Face
1974 - Shazam! S1
1975 - Shazam! S2
1975 - The Secrets of Isis S1
1976 - Shazam! S3
1976 - The Secrets of Isis S2
1977 - Wonder Woman S2
1978 - Wonder Woman S3
1979 - Legends of the Superheroes S1

https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Jay_Garrick_(Adventures_of_Superman)
https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Barry_Allen_(Legends_of_the_Superheroes)
In the idea of a merged reality, I'd find it amusing that these two would likely know each other.

 

[user 16960]

https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Jay_Garrick_(Adventures_of_Superman)
https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Barry_Allen_(Legends_of_the_Superheroes)
In the idea of a merged reality, I'd find it amusing that these two would likely know each other.

Are we sure Legends of Superheroes is 66 canon either? I've always seen Wikipedia label it as a Superfriends spinoff, just live action.

 

[iceman109]

https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Jay_Garrick_(Adventures_of_Superman)
https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Barry_Allen_(Legends_of_the_Superheroes)
In the idea of a merged reality, I'd find it amusing that these two would likely know each other.

Are the Lois, Perry and Jimmy we see in Batman 66 actually themselves from the Adventures or are they just variants

 

[user 16960]

Are the Lois, Perry and Jimmy we see in Batman 66 actually themselves from the Adventures or are they just variants

They can probably be the same. Although Flash 2023 implied they were separate, at least pre-flashpoint. I know there's a point of contention with the Superman show having Batman comics but Batman is in his 30s in the Batman series so he could have just started in his 20s or something allowing there to be comics in the 50s

 

[Pro Bot]

Are we sure Legends of Superheroes is 66 canon either? I've always seen Wikipedia label it as a Superfriends spinoff, just live action.

It has Batman, Robin and Riddler in it. It's a live-action adaptation of Superfriends within the 1966 continuity as far as I'm concerned.

They can probably be the same. Although Flash 2023 implied they were separate, at least pre-flashpoint. I know there's a point of contention with the Superman show having Batman comics but Batman is in his 30s in the Batman series so he could have just started in his 20s or something allowing there to be comics in the 50s

Might be a reach, but technically each chronobowl is set at different points in time. Perhaps they are the same universe and Jay has just split off from the 1950s setting? Also, The Flash movie dealt with Earth-1 and Earth-89 being melded together, so maybe some universes had elements temporally split off from one other.

Honestly, the only major DC shows in that 1950s to 1970s period with barely any evidence of being linked is Shazam and Isis. It would have been cool if the young Billy Batson in Batman '66's final issue was a younger version of the 1974 TV series version who eventually joined the Justice League with a recast face.

 

[user 16960]

It has Batman, Robin and Riddler in it. It's a live-action adaptation of Superfriends within the 1966 continuity as far as I'm concerned.


Might be a reach, but technically each chronobowl is set at different points in time. Perhaps they are the same universe and Jay has just split off from the 1950s setting? Also, The Flash movie dealt with Earth-1 and Earth-89 being melded together, so maybe some universes had elements temporally split off from one other.

Honestly, the only major DC shows in that 1950s to 1970s period with barely any evidence of being linked is Shazam and Isis. It would have been cool if the young Billy Batson in Batman '66's final issue was a younger version of the 1974 TV series version who eventually joined the Justice League with a recast face.

See the Shazam series was made by filmation so I always saw that as practically being a Superfriends show in live action. Just made the most sense to me personally. I guess I wouldn't be against it being part of Earth-66 though.


I mostly just want this Earth to be Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman because I think it's fun that each of them are from a different decade, it gives them each a really unique vibe

 

[user 16960]

See the Shazam series was made by filmation so I always saw that as practically being a Superfriends show in live action. Just made the most sense to me personally. I guess I wouldn't be against it being part of Earth-66 though.


I mostly just want this Earth to be Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman because I think it's fun that each of them are from a different decade, it gives them each a really unique vibe

Also Green Hornet.... Technically due to the NOW comics every version of Green Hornet up through like the 90s iirc is the same continuity and part of the same family. They did get the year the TV Green Hornet started wrong though but that's just a minor continuity error imo, and doesn't take away from the intention of canon welding all 3 versions together (plus the Lone Ranger)

 

[Pro Bot]

See the Shazam series was made by filmation so I always saw that as practically being a Superfriends show in live action. Just made the most sense to me personally. I guess I wouldn't be against it being part of Earth-66 though.


I mostly just want this Earth to be Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman because I think it's fun that each of them are from a different decade, it gives them each a really unique vibe

Yeah, no, I agree. It also fits with the aforementioned Superfriends-inspired Legends of the Superheroes. Batman and Wonder Woman talk about starting a team in a period of 1977/1978, then there's a Justice League in 1979. We don't see Wonder Woman and Superman but it's easy to imagine that they're the classic TV versions.

Also Green Hornet.... Technically due to the NOW comics every version of Green Hornet up through like the 90s iirc is the same continuity and part of the same family. They did get the year the TV Green Hornet started wrong though but that's just a minor continuity error imo, and doesn't take away from the intention of canon welding all 3 versions together (plus the Lone Ranger)

If someone can actually find a way to make that all fit, more power to them. Throw in the movie too, honestly. It'd be entertaining to see a merged Green Hornet thing.

 

[user 16960]

Yeah, no, I agree. It also fits with the aforementioned Superfriends-inspired Legends of the Superheroes. Batman and Wonder Woman talk about starting a team in a period of 1977/1978, then there's a Justice League in 1979. We don't see Wonder Woman and Superman but it's easy to imagine that they're the classic TV versions.


If someone can actually find a way to make that all fit, more power to them. Throw in the movie too, honestly. It'd be entertaining to see a merged Green Hornet thing.

I'd leave out the Dynamite comics just because that connects to the Dynamite pulp universe version of Lone Ranger which is different from the radio show one. Plus that brings in Dynamite Zorro which is part of the Tarantino Realer than Real universe iirc (I know the Prophecy crossover implied all those might be part of an even bigger Dynamite universe but I don't see any reason to think the Time Dagger can't also access alternate universes. Those time window cameos can be alternate universes for all we know. One of them is literally Project Superpowers which practically has to be it's own universe seeing as how radically different it is as a present day Earth with alt history stuff)

 

[user 16960]

Yeah, no, I agree. It also fits with the aforementioned Superfriends-inspired Legends of the Superheroes. Batman and Wonder Woman talk about starting a team in a period of 1977/1978, then there's a Justice League in 1979. We don't see Wonder Woman and Superman but it's easy to imagine that they're the classic TV versions.


If someone can actually find a way to make that all fit, more power to them. Throw in the movie too, honestly. It'd be entertaining to see a merged Green Hornet thing.

Legends of the Superheroes and the Wonder Woman crossover are weird to fit together because you either have to put Legends before the crossover to make sense of Robin not being Nightwing yet, or place it after so Wonder Woman's talk about forming a league actually makes sense as a tease

 

[user 16960]

ALegends of the Superheroes and the Wonder Woman crossover are weird to fit together because you either have to put Legends before the crossover to make sense of Robin not being Nightwing yet, or place it after so Wonder Woman's talk about forming a league actually makes sense as a tease

Also it's crazy to think how Showa Godzilla was almost part of this universe because of that cancelled Batman 66 crossover film. I still hope we get a comic adaptation of the cancelled script but it probably won't happen

 

[Pro Bot]

Legends of the Superheroes and the Wonder Woman crossover are weird to fit together because you either have to put Legends before the crossover to make sense of Robin not being Nightwing yet, or place it after so Wonder Woman's talk about forming a league actually makes sense as a tease

Just say he became Robin again. Why not? He's flexible.

 

[user 16960]

I really want to do a full Earth-66 timeline with all crossovers and everything. I started one but can't find the motivation to continue it rn. I actually found some reasonable cut off points for crossovers so it doesn't turn into Tommy Westphal but there's still like over 1000 episodes of content I would have to go through

 

[Pro Bot]

I really want to do a full Earth-66 timeline with all crossovers and everything. I started one but can't find the motivation to continue it rn. I actually found some reasonable cut off points for crossovers so it doesn't turn into Tommy Westphal but there's still like over 1000 episodes of content I would have to go through

How do you cut off Charlie's Angels from the 1970s sitcoms? That must be insane.

 

[user 16960]

How do you cut off Charlie's Angels from the 1970s sitcoms? That must be insane.

I forgot how but I think you can cut off the sitcoms at the sitcoms that appeared on the love boat because most of them don't have real crossovers outside of Brady but that show can be discounted anyway because one of their spinoffs had a different wonder woman or something iirc

 

[Pro Bot]

Adventures of Superman (1952-1958)
The Avengers (1961-1969)
The Addams Family (1964-1966)
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964-1968)
Lost in Space (1965-1968)
Hogan's Heroes (1965-1971)
Batman (1966-1968)
The Green Hornet (1966-1967)
The Felony Squad (1966-1969)
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (1966-1967)
Judd, for the Defense (1967-1969)
The Six Million Dollar Man (1973-1978)
Wonder Woman (1975-1979)
The Bionic Woman (1976-1978)
Charlie's Angels (1976-1981)
The New Avengers (1976-1977)
Legends of the Superheroes (1978)
James Bond (1962-2002 film series) [maybe]
Charlie's Angels (2000-2019 film series)

Doctor Who, unfortunately, is arguably connected as well. I'm going to say that either the cameo was completely unrelated (meaning, not actually the Doctor in the '66 comics), the Doctor was travelling the multiverse, James Bond is actually an unofficial variant known as JB in this continuity (The Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E.), and/or Sylvia Trench is a Whoniverse variant.

 

[Pro Bot]

Zachary Smith from Lost in Space should be 22 in Batman '66, which is very funny.

 

[Pro Bot]

Zachery Smith
Age 22



Age 51-52

I mean, technically it works...

 

[user 16960]

Zachery Smith
Age 22
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Age 51-52
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I mean, technically it works...

That's unlicensed I think so I'd probably not count it?