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Embracing the Multiverse

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 Some spoilers, will be mentioning the new Flash movie and Spider-Verse. The TVCU was created based on the idea of a shared reality based on crossovers.  And it still is.   However, in recent years, films and television have been embracing the multiverse concept. From the beginning, the TVCU has used the multiverse concept.  We had the Looniverse for cartoons that don't fit in a "real world", like funny talking animals.  We had the TVCU-2 for reboots.  We had a mirror universe.   The TVCU has also had a concept that it happens the way we see it on the screen.  So when things are shown to be in the same reality, we accept that.   And I tried to cram things in sometimes, like putting all the versions of Superman in one timeline.   But the film and television industry have shown me a new way.   We know now that Ghostbusters and Real Ghostbusters are alternate timelines.  We know that every version of the T...

New DC TV Multiverse

Earth-Prime-- Characters from the television series  Arrow ,  The Flash  (2014),  Supergirl ,  Legends of Tomorrow ,  Black Lightning ,  Batwoman ,  Superman & Lois , and related media Earth-2-- Characters from the web television series  Stargirl Earth-9-- Characters from the web television series  Titans Earth-12-- Established as an alternate universe in "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Five". Footage from the 2011 film  Green Lantern  was used to represent it. Earth-19-- Characters from the web television series  Swamp Thing Earth-21-- Characters from the web television series  Doom Patrol Earth-66-- Characters from the television series  Batman  (1966) Earth-89-- Characters from the films  Batman  (1989),  Batman Returns ,  Batman Forever , and  Batman & Robin .and The T.V. Show Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman  Search Results Web res...

Welcome to the New TVCU.... Pretty Much Same as the Old TVCU.... Almost...

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So Crisis is ended.  The Multiverse was restored, but changed.  And while Earth-66 was not shown to be restored, several other worlds were, and there's nothing to say it wasn't.  So we can keep our TVCU. But going forward, I'm going to take the opportunity to restructure a bit of TVCU Multiverse theory.  Perhaps we can consider Batman'66/Wonder Woman'77 a "Post-Crisis" comic.  If Earth's 1, 38, and Black Lightning can be merged, why not the worlds of Batman'66 and Wonder Woman'77?  Into a Television Crossover Universe?  So that's what I'm going with.  Also note the world of Super Friends was identified as Earth-1938.  I like that because it avoids confusion with Earth-12, the DC Animated Universe.  Also now I can mention that the DC Extended Universe was shown to exist, even beyond the multiverse that was destroyed, yet still connected to the Speed Force.  So the TVCU Mulitverse.  I think going forward...

Goodbye, Multiverse... Another Crisis Update

Well, spoilers, but the Television Crossover Multiverse is gone, so... see you all in January... But seriously, I revise my thoughts and think that somehow a merged Earth may emerge, in which case all TVCU will be retroactively pulled into the Arrowverse. Does that mean we can't use alternate realities anymore? Not really. DC kept using Hypertime as a new "multiverse" following Crisis, so I imagine so can we. So we don't have to say Alien doesn't exist just because it doesn't fit in the Arrowverse.

The Adventures of Superboy: A TVCU Timeline

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Earth-988-- Post- Crisis-- Superboy-- An Earth that has a college-age Superboy as its only hero.   Based on the  1988 Superboy live-action television series .   Named in  Crisis On Infinite Earths: Absolute Edition   (Nov. 2005)-- Superboy  (vol. 3) #1 (February 1990) 1988 to 1992--THE ADVENTURES OF SUPERBOY--In this universe, Superboy debuted in college.  This series was influenced by the film series but contradicted it in canon.  This series is notable for being cancelled only to make room for Lois & Clark, as TV execs think there can't be two Superman shows on at the same time, just like Gotham is now being cancelled to allow Batwoman to come into existence.  This series was the first in the Superman mythos to explore the multiverse concept, and had Superboy meet his golden age counterpart.  This series also had a comic book continuation that was actually pretty well written and also explored the multiverse concept...