DC's Earth-66 - Timeline

[myusernameyes]

I don't know if this was asked here but I'm still gonna do it, even if it's a bit controversial
Is Catwoman's race swap addressed anywhere? I kinda see the black Catwoman as Selina's successor of sorts but I don't really see if anything of this kind is actually confirmed or if they even address it at all

 

[Rojinn]

I don't know if this was asked here but I'm still gonna do it, even if it's a bit controversial
Is Catwoman's race swap addressed anywhere? I kinda see the black Catwoman as Selina's successor of sorts but I don't really see if anything of this kind is actually confirmed or if they even address it at all

All Catwoman actresses play the same character, the comics even switch between them between panels

 

[Pro Bot]

All Catwoman actresses play the same character, the comics even switch between them between panels

This.

 

[Pro Bot]

Recasts are colour blind sometimes, don't question it.

 

[iceman109]

Lois Lane, Jimmy Olson and Perry White from Adventures of Superman appear in Batman 66 issue 30, does that mean that AoS is set on Earth 66 or are they just variants that look similar to their AoS counterparts?

 

[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?

 

[Elly]

If I'm being honest I feel like the 66 comics just retconned the show to take place in earlier years. In the show the only thing mentioning 1966 was the license plate of the batmobile, that's it. I think it would make more sense to just boot the show backwards to take place from 1963-1965 and then the first animated film and comics take place throughout 1966 then the 2nd animated film in 1968 and then finally the Wonder Woman crossover in 1977. But that's just my opinion personally since I feel the new information from the comics constantly saying it's 1966 is more important than 1 or 2 prop dates from the older show.

 

[Elly]

Also apparently according to James Tucker, Batman Brave and the Bold is Earth-66 canon???? Somehow? He also said the Legion of Superheroes cartoon is part of the "Tuckerverse" alongside BATB so uh drag that in too I suppose

 

[Pro Bot]

If I'm being honest I feel like the 66 comics just retconned the show to take place in earlier years. In the show the only thing mentioning 1966 was the license plate of the batmobile, that's it. I think it would make more sense to just boot the show backwards to take place from 1963-1965 and then the first animated film and comics take place throughout 1966 then the 2nd animated film in 1968 and then finally the Wonder Woman crossover in 1977. But that's just my opinion personally since I feel the new information from the comics constantly saying it's 1966 is more important than 1 or 2 prop dates from the older show.

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.

 

[selfishmisery]

He also said the Legion of Superheroes cartoon is part of the "Tuckerverse" alongside BATB so uh drag that in too I suppose

You got a source on that?

I have timeline threads for the DC animated stuff.

 

[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 shit 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 shit 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.

Fuck that. Same universe to me.

 

[Elly]

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?

 

[Elly]

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