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DC Extended Universe

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The DC Extended Universe is part of the larger multiverse, and it's a shared universe with some non-DC crossovers.  So it deserves an entry, now that there are seven movies and counting. Long ago, when time was new, and all of history was still a dream... -- The origins of the Amazons and the battle against Steppenwolf.  Also, on the alternate reality of Earth-1, the Legends drop Helen of Troy off on Themyscyra to be trained by the Amazons.  The shot of Themyscyra used on Legends of Tomorrow for Themyscyra is the same used in Wonder Woman. World War I -- Wonder Woman 1967 - 1968 -- Annabelle -- The doll appears in Aquaman.  At some point I'll tackle the Conjuring timeline, which will be part of the main Horror Universe, not part of the DCEU. 1980 -- Kal-El arrives on Earth.  Over the next 18 years, as Clark Kent, he must learn how to adapt to his powers and hide them. 1981 -- Death of Thomas and Martha Wayne. 1984 -- Wonder Woman 1984 1985 --...

Electra Woman and Dyna Girl

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If you look at our top viewed posts on the right hand side, you'll see our fan base prefers the silly topics.  So keeping on that theme... From Wikipedia:   Electra Woman and Dyna Girl  is a  Sid and Marty Krofft  live action  science fiction   children's television series  from 1976. The series aired 16 episodes in a single season as part of the umbrella series  The Krofft Supershow .  During the second season, it was dropped, along with  Dr. Shrinker . When later syndicated in the package "Krofft Super Stars" and released on home video, the 16 segments, which were each about 12 minutes long, were combined into eight episodes. 1976 to 1977--ELECTRA WOMAN AND DYNA GIRL-- The program followed the crime-fighting exploits of female caped crusader Electra Woman (played by  Deidre Hall ) and her teen sidekick Dyna Girl ( Judy Strangis ), who worked in their off-time as reporters for Newsmaker Magazine (The full real names of...

Return of the Quickie: Comics to Screen Part I: DC Comics

This blog post is about DC Comics characters that have been adapted to the screen...as it relates to the multiverses of DC Canon.  My upcoming TELEVISION CROSSOVER UNIVERSE:  WORLDS AND MYTHOLOGY will cover how DC Comics characters and series fit into the Television Crossover Multiverse, and my other upcoming book, the Cartoon Crossover Encyclopedia, will do the same for DC characters and series in the Cartoon Multiverse.  But DC over the years has also established that their own shows and movies exist within their own multiverse.  And so that's what I'm talking about today, since this is a blog about shared realities of television and film. Omniverse Originally according to The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe 2004, "the omniverse is the collection of every single universe, multiverse, dimension (alternate or pocket) and realm." Original Multiverse Cataloged Originally there was no consistency regarding "numbered" Earths—they would be e...