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ALIEN SPACE BAT ALERT
The Star Lost is one of the all time great Sci Fi series with great acting and great stories and wonderful effects.
The Last Dangerous Vision is published in the late 1970's.
The Star Lost is one of the all time great Sci Fi series with great acting and great stories and wonderful effects.
The Last Dangerous Vision is published in the late 1970's.
Hayao Miyazaki does the Pippi Longstocking animated series which is a huge success in the US and Europe in the Early 1970's
A good adaption of Space Battleship Yamato the movie, is release in theaters in the US because of the Success of Star Wars.
Because of it success, Star Blazer the American adaption of the series is pick up by one of the network. It is closer to the Japanese version with people being killed instead of Robots.
Because of it success in the US, the Third series goes for the full 58 episode run in Japan.
Mobile Suit Gundam and Gundam Zeta are both aired in the US on one of the Network.
Because of the success of Pippi Longstocking, The Castle of Cagliostro is release to theaters in the US.
It success, means that the Lupin the Third the TV series is syndicated in the US and is popular.
Both further Lupins movies get US released and Miyazaki films starting with Valley of the Wind are released in the US a year or two after their release in Japan. Disney does not purchase them to prevent their US release from interfering with their films.
The Animated Films Akira and Ghost in the Shell both get full release in the US in Theaters.
Anime series are popular in both Syndication and on Cable channels like TNT/TBS and the Sci FI channel.
A good adaption of Space Battleship Yamato the movie, is release in theaters in the US because of the Success of Star Wars.
Because of it success, Star Blazer the American adaption of the series is pick up by one of the network. It is closer to the Japanese version with people being killed instead of Robots.
Because of it success in the US, the Third series goes for the full 58 episode run in Japan.
Mobile Suit Gundam and Gundam Zeta are both aired in the US on one of the Network.
Because of the success of Pippi Longstocking, The Castle of Cagliostro is release to theaters in the US.
It success, means that the Lupin the Third the TV series is syndicated in the US and is popular.
Both further Lupins movies get US released and Miyazaki films starting with Valley of the Wind are released in the US a year or two after their release in Japan. Disney does not purchase them to prevent their US release from interfering with their films.
The Animated Films Akira and Ghost in the Shell both get full release in the US in Theaters.
Anime series are popular in both Syndication and on Cable channels like TNT/TBS and the Sci FI channel.
Enix and Origin Systems merge in 1988. Dragon Quest comes to America with its original name, and in-game Monster Artwork redrawn by Don Martin. Richard Garriott and Horî Yuji keep bouncing ideas off of each other and eventually do a Dragon Quest/Ultima crossover game together.
Square and Activision merge sometime in the early Nineties.
Capcom and Microprose merge in 1987. The F16 Eagle and F19 Stealth arcade games actually come out on CP-1 hardware, rather than languish in development hell.
Kingdom Hearts features Sora teaming up with Daffy Duck and Porky Pig, in order to find King Bugs Bunny.
New World Computing merges with Tecmo or HAL Laboratories in 1989.
Square and Activision merge sometime in the early Nineties.
Capcom and Microprose merge in 1987. The F16 Eagle and F19 Stealth arcade games actually come out on CP-1 hardware, rather than languish in development hell.
Kingdom Hearts features Sora teaming up with Daffy Duck and Porky Pig, in order to find King Bugs Bunny.
New World Computing merges with Tecmo or HAL Laboratories in 1989.
Before Dragonball and Dragonball Z got Syndicated in the U.S. in the Mid Nineties, very few on this side of the pond had even heard of Toriyama, and Don Martin's artwork is no more or less cartoony. If the series couldn't have stood on writing and gameplay themselves, it couldn't have survived the 8-bit era.
Maybe in US , i remember people selling mes DQ as the one looks like DB, plus that seems missing the point of the game itself too... As say befibe why care you don't even notice the escence of it.
Disco loses favor in the early 70s.
John Lennon lives and a proper Beatles reunion happens in 1987
Bluth-Sulyvan Studios doesn't go bankrupt.
Thumbelina is a dark comedy mocking the typical prince charming stories and 1950s suburbia, it also gets a PG rating and has a much better script.
Sega buys EA.
The Virtual Boy is replaced with a 32 bit version of the Game Boy Colour.
Iron Giant is made at Disney instead of Warner Bros.
Sonic Adventure 1 and 2 both 2.5D Platformer sections for Sonic, with the Tails levels remaining the same, and the Knuckles levels are beat'm ups with treasure finding elements (however the Knuckles stages have maps)
Michael Jackson does the soundtrack for Sonic Adventure 2 and Pokemon 2000
Disney doesn't quit making 2D films
Studio Ghibli goes mainstream.
Gem and the Holograms is directed by Ang Lee.
John Lennon lives and a proper Beatles reunion happens in 1987
Bluth-Sulyvan Studios doesn't go bankrupt.
Thumbelina is a dark comedy mocking the typical prince charming stories and 1950s suburbia, it also gets a PG rating and has a much better script.
Sega buys EA.
The Virtual Boy is replaced with a 32 bit version of the Game Boy Colour.
Iron Giant is made at Disney instead of Warner Bros.
Sonic Adventure 1 and 2 both 2.5D Platformer sections for Sonic, with the Tails levels remaining the same, and the Knuckles levels are beat'm ups with treasure finding elements (however the Knuckles stages have maps)
Michael Jackson does the soundtrack for Sonic Adventure 2 and Pokemon 2000
Disney doesn't quit making 2D films
Studio Ghibli goes mainstream.
Gem and the Holograms is directed by Ang Lee.
Star Trek: Enterprise as per Blackwave's writing on this very site.
Much as I like both, neither Discovery, nor Kelvin Trek are ever made. ITTL Discovery (First season 2009) is set in the first decade of the 25th century, taking the novel direction of following the careers of a group of junior officers starting from the beginning of their commissioned careers.
Will post casting from the relevant posts from Best TV shows never made once I'm in front of a proper computer.
On an incidental side note, the "core characters'" past times help to popularise the card game "Shithead" [see link below
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shithead_(card_game)] as well as the alternative name "Palace", with episodes often beginning with the end of a game or ending with the beginning of one. The show also introduces a consistent set of rules and card effects, often referred to as "Canon rules" or "Discovery rules" as follows:
Players must lay a card of equal or higher value to the previous card or pick up the pile, i.e. all the cards laid so far. Aces high.
Runs of at least 3 cards of consecutive value regardless of suit are permitted, as are pairs or more of the same value.
4 cards of the same value laid at once or consecutively burns the pile (i.e. they are removed from play) The player who laid the for, or the last card in the sequence, gets another turn.
The "power cards" can be laid at any point and do not have to be higher than the previous card:
2 resets the pile (cards laid so far)
3 passes the pile to the next player unless they themselves have a 3, in which case it passes to the following player unless they also have a 3. The 3 itself burns. The player who ultimately receives the pile misses a turn.
8 reverses the direction of play
9 The following player has to follow with a card of equal or lower value or another special card. If this is not possible, they have to pick up the pile.
10 burns the pile and the player gets another go.
Much as I like both, neither Discovery, nor Kelvin Trek are ever made. ITTL Discovery (First season 2009) is set in the first decade of the 25th century, taking the novel direction of following the careers of a group of junior officers starting from the beginning of their commissioned careers.
Will post casting from the relevant posts from Best TV shows never made once I'm in front of a proper computer.
On an incidental side note, the "core characters'" past times help to popularise the card game "Shithead" [see link below
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shithead_(card_game)] as well as the alternative name "Palace", with episodes often beginning with the end of a game or ending with the beginning of one. The show also introduces a consistent set of rules and card effects, often referred to as "Canon rules" or "Discovery rules" as follows:
Players must lay a card of equal or higher value to the previous card or pick up the pile, i.e. all the cards laid so far. Aces high.
Runs of at least 3 cards of consecutive value regardless of suit are permitted, as are pairs or more of the same value.
4 cards of the same value laid at once or consecutively burns the pile (i.e. they are removed from play) The player who laid the for, or the last card in the sequence, gets another turn.
The "power cards" can be laid at any point and do not have to be higher than the previous card:
2 resets the pile (cards laid so far)
3 passes the pile to the next player unless they themselves have a 3, in which case it passes to the following player unless they also have a 3. The 3 itself burns. The player who ultimately receives the pile misses a turn.
8 reverses the direction of play
9 The following player has to follow with a card of equal or lower value or another special card. If this is not possible, they have to pick up the pile.
10 burns the pile and the player gets another go.
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All righty! Here is the second part!
Comic Books
- Marvel is never purchased by Disney.
- DC managed to become an independent company after various anti-monopoly laws were put into place.
- WildStorm remains only a DC Imprint and as such, with its universe being seperate from the mainstream DC universe (though existing as part of the greater multiverse.) However, Gen13 is seen in the DC mainstream now.
- WildStorm ends up selling America's Best Comics imprint to Dynamite Entertainment.
- Marvel and DC lost the exclusive rights to the term "super-hero", allowing for everyone else to use the term freely.
- Dynamite Entertainment, Valiant Comics and Image Comics end up reaching greater mainstream status.
- In 2018, Marvel and DC are announcing a team-up for the reimagining of Amalgam Comics.
DC Comics
- The New 52 is not launched, but an event similar to Convergence happens instead, done to clean up the loose ends from Final Crisis and have the slate be relatively clean in order to better continue in a new direction.
- Many of the more controversial moments (such as Cheshire's bombing of Qurac, Dr. Light being turned into a rapist, etc) are not implemented into the series for a variety of reasons. This results in some changes, such as Chesire not having a heinous reputation and Catwoman & Zatanna remaining on good relations with one another.
- The Young Animal and Dark Matter imprints are not released. Instead a new imprint take their places and introduced around the same time. Said imprint is only published under DC and the stories take place in their own universe within, exploring mature themes and ideas not typical in comic book hero stories (though still part of the DC Multiverse as a whole and there are plans at least Sideways will interact with it, at least through the Terrifics.) However, all of the stories come from the two mentioned and are nearly the same (with necessary differences): Sideways (Taking place in a new city instead of Gotham), New Challengers (based on the new ones of OTL), Shade the Changing Girl, Mother Panic (also taking place in a new city instead of Gotham and not the same as Sideways), Eternity Girl, Brimstone, Damage, Cave Carson, and the Silencer. The Multiversity would later reveal this world to be Earth-9.
- Some events, such as Amazons Attack and New Krypton do not happen or don't happen as they do in OTL.
- in Superman, Superman and Lois' son, Jonathon Samuel Kent, is introduced in a similar fashion as a result of the strange time-bending effects of the event. Furthermore, Lois' father, General Sam Lane, does not become an antagonist, instead becoming Superman's ally, with his antagonistic role being given to General Eiling instead. General Lane also adopts Superboy Connor as Connor Kent Lane, who's power set is formalized as having Superman's superhuman physical powers along with flight and bioelectric field (what allows Superman to carry heavy objects without them falling on him), albeit at weaker properties while also unable to release solar energy (either through the heat vision or solar burst) along with no superbreath. However, in exchage, Connor uses his mind to create gadgets to supplement himself with, proving himself to be just as intelligent as his other biological donor, Lex Luthor. It's also revealed that Jonathan is not hampered by the same weaknesses as his "uncle" Connor due to being concieved at a time when Lois Lane was temporarily granted Kryptonian physiology through a serum (in a shoutout to All-Star Superman.)
- With Wonder Woman, similar time-twisting events reveal Lyta Trevor Prince, the child between Diana Prince/Wonder Woman and Steven Trevor, who ends up in a strong friendship with both Jon and Damien and becomes the next Wonder Girl. Furthermore, Wonder Woman is given more focus and attention on world-building, updating her cast aloing with simplifying the origins of Donna Troy along with developing her relationship with Steven Trevor, who is now being advertised as DC's version of Nick Fury (with the reveal that King Faraday was his mentor before retirement.) Another is on reimagining the Greco-Roman pantheon along with cleaning up areas to be more accurate to the portrayal of the gods.
- In Batman, Bruce proposes to Selina and the two get happily married and staying married, proving that Batman can become happier and deal with his issues while still being Batman. Indeed, his new solidfied family furthers his conviction and has him start Batman Inc, an organization gathering many people who operate under a similar modus operani. Furthermore, events similar to the Leviathan saga have Damien be rescued from death by Selina, resulting in Damien disowning Talia has his mother. He comes to accept Selina as his new mother and vice versa. Other Batman related events have Tim and Stephanie resume their relationship while dealing with new developments. Meanwhile, Duke is still introduced, temporarily as Robin, but later as the Lark (with him having become Batman's partner). Damien ends up going on the lam as Redbird with Harper Row as Bluebird accompanying him while Duke was being Robin. Duke would become The Lark when Damien returned as Robin (and the reveal he and Harper were dating.) Meanwhile, Dick continues on his development as Nightwing while proposing to Oracle a bit before Bruce did to Selina. Dick currently works in working with the rest of the Robins (such as helping Tim find his path along with training Stephanie.) The big shocking event was the death of the Joker, occurring around the same time as the marriage of Batman and Catwoman. Writers say this was done to show that while Joker needed Batman, the reverse was not true and it showed Bruce moving on with fighting crime along with the inclusion of new and old villians, such as Wrath and Scorn.
- Batwoman is still Katherine and still as Bruce's cousin. She maintains her relationship with Renee Montoya and assists her on cases while trying to help her on her path as the new Question (as well as the strange legacy left behind by him.) She also works partly with the military and often serves as an older sister figure to her partner, Connor Kent Lane.
- Harley Quinn does not get a redesign like in OTL, instead sticking to her roots as inspired from the Batman animated series. In addition, she does not enter a romantic relationship with Poison Ivy (while friends with benefits, they are unable to maintain a healthy romantic relationship, moreso on Ivy's end.) Instead, she would end up being paired up with Ambush Bug of all people. It's described as eccentric but endearing as Harley comments on the zaniness and is the "straight woman" in their comical moments, but she is happy to be in a loving relationship (while wearing the pants of the relationship.)
- In The Flash, Wally West and Barry Allen both remain The Flash and take turns with both in different directions. The second Wally West is discovered hy the first (though his name is Walter instead of Wallace) and decides to go by Walt West instead. He becomes the new Kid Flash and joins the Titans. The stories revolve around exploring the disappearance of Barry and Wally's kids (the Tornado Twins and Iris and Jai West respectably. Furthermore, it's revealed Jai's powers have changed, instead his connection to the Speed Force allowing him to sense vibrations and manipulate them, similarly to Vibe.) In addition, Don and Dawn Allen would be formerly introduced into the DC main universe as children, having befriended Superboy and Robin. A few years later would have Iris and Jai be born as babies.
- Green Lantern still goes on to intrdouce Simon Baz though at far later points due to fears of oversaturation regarding the Lanterns (with Hal stationed on Earth, Guy and John near Oa and Kyle with the Omega Men.) Simon Baz and Jessica Cruz would be introduced as young adults and as proteges being supervised by Hal in 2018. Furthermore, more effort is put in to differentiate the Lanterns' different fighting styles and ring uses along with personalities: Hal is considered a jack of all trades, John applies his archeitecture structure to his constructs, making them very solid albeit taking a bit of time while being a sniper, Guy prefers blasting the enemies and have more basic constructs, Kyle maintains his artistic flair and Simon applies his engineering knowledge in making green-light machines. Jessica Cruz has been teased, but not revealed as of yet.
- Martian Manhunter becomes more popular and entering the mainstream, with J'onn's enemy being cemented as that of Despero along with his own Rogues' Gallery as he was protecting the town and doing detective work while beign different than Superman. He also explored the possibility of Martian survivors, which included winks and nods to pulp series of old involving Mars (such as John Carter.)
- Green Arrow seperates itself from the comparisons of Batman and returns to its roots with Oliver being an archeaologist specializing in Native American history and meeting Speedy adopted from a Navajo tribe, though Oliver is still wealthy through the family industry. The series serves to get back to its routes as a somewhat lighter story and to differentiate Green Arrow from Batman moreso. In addition, the relationship and subsequent marriage between Green Arrow and Black Canary is given much more development and focus to blossom. Various other characters are kept in, such as Connor Hawke, the biological son of Oliver, concieved during Oliver's misspent youth.
- Aquaman combintes the best of OTL New 52 and Post-Crisis as the series is reframed as a heroic fantasy with political intrigue, with Arthur dealing with various elements with his friends and allies, including both Aqualads and Aquagirls involved as well. Many have prasied Aquaman for the growing strength in its writing and quality while showing the responsabilties of being a king. The art was also highly acclaimed for showing off vibrant and colorful underwater environments.
- With Captain Marvel, Billy Batson remains being Captain Marvel (as in not named Shazam) and Mary and Freddy Freeman end up with their powers returned, albeit different titles of Marvel. They are eventually joined by three orphans Billy befriended in his youth, Eugene Choi, Pedro Peña and Darla Dudley. The Captain Marvel stories retain their optimism and tone compared to the rest of the stories yet aren't afraid to approach larger questions (also, the Marvel family divide the continental US in different places for them to look over.)
- Barbara Gordon remains as Oracle while helping the Batfamily. She accepts Dick Grayson's proposal while she leaves the Birds of Prey to manage a team of younger heroines (Stepahnie Brown/Spoiler, Bumblebee, Black Alice, and Misfit), written by Gail Simone after her work on having Cassandra wrestle with her Catholicism (and exploring some of the obscure aspects of DC, such as Cassandra meeting The Spectre and Zauriel).
- With the events of Black Ring, Superman must go out and reinspire the world, restoring hope and optimism after Lex Luthor denied the universe peace as a result of his selfishness (and later becoming an amnesiac.) Superman gains a new enemy in a long-lost son of General Lor-Zod, Quex-Ul, now having taken the surname of his father; he was now Quex-Zod. (The pre-crisis character Quex-Ul was reimagined as the son of Faora Hu-Ul, with the father being Dru-Zod.) Quex-Zod is the older half-brother of Lor-Zod and was born between Zod and his first wife, Faora, who made a reappearance and resulting in Zod killing Ursa after she failed him too many times. Quex-Zod is a militant biologist and surprised readers when he betrayed his parents and killed them, with his vendetta against Superman being his own.
- Legion of Superheroes returns and becomes more popular in exploring the far-off future with the first arc tying into a plot with Superman in restoring the bottled city of Kandor and thus Kryptonian civilization without fear of upsetting anyone; Kandor would be restored on a New Krypton in the far-future of the Legion, with characters like Mon-El, Lor-Zod as Nightwing and Firebird becoming allies to them.
- Gen13 appears as a government-founded superhero team of young adults, serving as counterparts for the Teen Titans. It explores the idea of child soldiers, the influence government has on the youth, the motivations of youth challenging governmental traditions and the nature of power and repsonsability (since all of the powers of Gen13 were manifested psychically by their internal desires and perceptions.)
- The Earth-1 line is launched as a reimagining of the DC heroes in contemporary times, akin to Marvel's Ultimate line-up, albeit on a much more positive tone and well-executed manner. Various changes are seen within the dynamics of the characters. Examples include, but not limited to:
- Zatanna is given more emphasis and focus along with her Rogues' Gallery, with Brother Night as her archenemy being replaced by Ember, a dragon-human hybrid woman with a bone to pick with her though also having serious competition from Nimue Ravensong, who serves as Zatanna's Jungian shadow (Nimue being a dark reflection of Zatanna's personality, especially in selfishness) while Ember is Zatanna's opposite (relying on superior physical superhuman capabilties by her dragon hertiage). This along with several more developments end up helping her to become an A-lister in popularity in the DCU. She also appears as a founding member of Earth-1's Justice League.
- Legacy characters in general are better overall represented and written for.
- The latest great event is the re-introduction of the Crime Syndicate, now occupying Earth "Minus Zero" with some of them being renamed. Earth-3 is instead home to a DC universe where the events of Crisis of Infinite Earths did not happen. As such, many changes end up occuring when seeing what happened there (Jason Todd is still an expy of Dick Grayson, but begins diverging on his own path due to the influence of Nocturna, Supergirl and Barry did not die, and so on.)
- Ambush Bug is reintroduced and marketed as DC's answer to Deadpool. However, he is more family-friendly and rather than engage as a mecenary, just serves as an insane hero who goes from place to place while having his own bizarre supporting characters and rogues gallery. He was further promoted by his new relationship with Harley Quinn.
- The Omegas (formerly called the Omega Men) is still resurrected for the modern times though has been retooled to serve as a form of counterpart to Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy, in regards to be a ragtag group of misfits serving as heroes and revolutionaries. Primus (though going as Pren with Primus being a title), Tigorr, Broot, Harpis, Felicity, Doc and Slagen are all brought back from the original team, but the comic surprised many by including Kyle Rayner with them as the Omega Lantern and new character Scrapps. It's a fair bit lighter and more humorous than OTL, though still with plenty of social commentary. It's more popular than OTL Omega Men.
- The Terrifics is still established though with a bit of different feels than FF while also serving to explore obscure aspects of the greater part of the DC Multiverse. However, the group also gets along better than OTL with Mr. Terrific enjoying the company of his team.
- The original Teen Titans (Nightwing, Red Arrow, Omen, Tempest, Donna Troy and Wally West) reunite in their own series known as Titans just like in OTL, albeit with a different plot and stories.
- The current generation of Teen Titans is led by Damien Wayne as Robin and includes the new Kid Flash, Bunker, Emiko (the new Speedy) and the new Aqualad (Jackson Hyde).
- Doomsday Clock is not written.
- Several new imprints are released focusing on revamped versions of purchased imprints of DC, such as a new Milestone line up and even a Charleston and Fawcett comics-inspired line-up. The Charleston one focuses on a world based on the characters there though with pulp hero-inspired themes and tones albeit also explored in modern times while Fawcett has a more family friendly and innocent tone that is familiar with Captain Marvel and the rest of the heroes, yet not shying away from various reinventions, such as the new Golden Arrow being Native American or the new Ibis being from Egypt.
- Multiversity is still released and explores the various universes of the DC Multiverse, such as the universe where a majority of the superheroes and indeed most of the USA are of African-American descent, such as Batman actually being Ethan Bennett (who became Batman after the death of the prior Batman, Bruce Wayne, in stopping Joker.) with The Flash being Julio Mendez (who got the powers instead of Barry and became a crimefighter to help his friend clear his father's name).
Marvel Comics
- Ultimate Marvel ends sooner due to the general unlikeable nature of most of the characters, barring Spider-Man. Despite this, it did get mixed reviews for its attempts at modernizing the world and mythos, some of which were taken into the One More Day event.
- The events of Marvel's Civil War were tied to the Skrull Invasion, with the Skrulls having sowed distrust in the superhero community and sending Hulk away to better takeover Earth. While some saw this as a cop-out, it was largely considered a positive justification (and even most detractors agreed this was ultimately for the best in hindsight, since there was little believanle justification for a superhero war.)
- Marvel wound end up doing their first reboot of their multiverse and used the One More Day arc of Spider-Man to do so in 2007. Spider-Man ends up rejecting the offer and teams up with Ghost Rider (Johnny Blaze to be exact), a female Loki (using the favor s/he owes him), Deadpool and a future Spider-Man to end Mephisto when they realize he helped set much of the previous tragedies at hand. The events lead to the Brand New Day, where the Marvel multiverse has undergone a reboot as a result of Ghost Rider slaying Mephisto and starting the chain of events. The future Spider-Man reveals his name to be Miles Morales, an Afro-Puerto Rican young man who became Spider-Man after Peter's death and felt guilty for not being able to help despite the powers. Thus, he went back in time to help and save Peter.
- Marvel has begun planning and hinting at various legacy characters. As such, the Young Avengers began recieving heavier marketing though the first on the line was Miles Morales as a future Spider-Man.
- Due to the result of the universe resetting, many of the characters have been aged down and have been going through their adventures, with some classics being given a fresh coat of paint (many applauded the better written Clone Saga) or new ones. Furthermore, they are doing better to maintain the relation of time to within the universe and real life. By 2018, several years have passed within the Marvel Universe, with some characters beginning to settle down, starting families and the rise of the next generation.
- Planet Hulk still happens, though this time, it is revealed to be the result of the Skrulls attempting to get rid of the Hulk, viewing him as a large threat. This is discovered when Hulk turns into Bruce Banner and discovers that the ship that launched him to his new home had traces of Skrull DNA on it, with the reveal that the ship's explosion was an attempt to get rid of him for good. Hulk instead rallies the survivors and head to Earth to deal with the Skrull invasion.
- Carol Denvers remains as Ms. Marvel and gives her blessing to Teddy Altman on becoming the new Captain Marvel when he is older. Carol also becomes much more popular and recgonizable, becoming Marvel's answer to Wonder Woman after her Rogues Gallery and supporting characters were reinforced. Carol's character development has her overcome her alcoholism along with her temper problems (caused by issues with her dad) along with recounciling with her brother and moving on with her life to become one of the most powerful heroines in Marvel.
- Kamala Khan would still appear and as a fan of Carol, but would instead go as Marvel Girl and be considered more of a rookie hero alongside a team. Still popular as OTL, but alot of the tropes associated with teen heroes are played with here, since the writers didn't want to just to rely on the original ones concieved of with Spider-Man. Is an ally to both the Young Avengers and Young Defenders.
- While the Avengers' base is initially a repurposed Stark Tower, the official Avengers base is moved to California in 2010 after the events caused by the end of the Runaways to reflect on the changing times, especially with New York's lowering crime rate and a need to spread out across the US, whuch was part of Marvel's goal to expand focus of the heroes beyond New York City, with the main being focused on the West Coast with other teams near Chicago and the South.
- Runaways ends up being rebooted after the 2008 Marvelverse reboot and would contain most of the original stories though being updated for modern times. However, the series would also end much sooner with one massive crossover arc and the final arc "No More Running" was a deconstruction of both the premise of the Runaways series itself (teenage heroes running away with no plan and in a world of superheroes), but also exploring the various consequences, reactions and assumptions. It was revealed the only reason the Pride had gone unopposed as long as they did on the West Coast was because of the Gibborim's presence creating a "supernatural blind spot". However, this was undone when Robbie Reyes, the new Ghost Rider, came upon them when he met the Runaways and would summon his fellow Riders (Johnny Blaze and Daniel Ketch) in capturing the Biblical monsters. With their defeat, the Pride would be discovered within hours (especially upon a call from Blaze) and the Avengers, horrified this had gone unchecked for so long, would send their heavy hitters to end the Pride in a one-sided fight. All the while, the kids are unable to do better than survive (though all get a chance to shine and many give their lives to protect the others from the initial conflict) and their problems are enhanced as their various faults and conflicts push them against one another and their inability to trust most adults enhances their problems. Ultimately, Nico ends up as the one who saves the survivors (Xavin, Karolina, Klara and Molly) from the ambush by teleporting them from the fight after Xavin ends up having to take charge through military experience and leading them as many as they could to safety. Molly ends up the one making the call to ask for an adult authority for help because they can't run away anymore. Scenes include Klara entering the Xavier Institute, Molly crying on Spider-Man when he came to pick them up and the burial of the team. However, when asked about Nico, they believe that she got away somehow. It's revealed she survived, having been saved by Robbie Reyes.
- Spider-Man ends up as the most prominent hero in New York City after the Avengers restructure themselves and organize themselves across the nation and with New York City seeing a large drop in crime, leaving only street level villains, the Kingpin and Spidey's Rogues Gallery. While Superior Spider-Man does not happen, Peter still ends up founding Parker Industries and earning his PhD after Dr. Octopus attempted to steal his identity as Peter Parker, with the final clash giving Peter more inspiration to give it his all. Parker Industries was founded from Horizon Labs and the leftovers of OsCorp (with Harry serving as vice president). Anna Marconi is still introduced, having been the one to have found the real Peter by accident during her time with DOck disgusied as Peter and serves as president (with Peter being chief scientific officer).
- Spider Man's early stories are a mix of his ultimate stories and the original ones, with several old characters being brought back. Gwen Stacy and Mary Jane Watson are not introduced until when he enters college, giving time to the previous characters (though MJW is foreshadowed earlier on and GS still ends up dying, albeit in a more surprising manner.) In perhaps an interesting experiment, writers have not yet had Peter end up married Mary-Jane yet if mainly to see if he has any chemistry with his fellow superheroines. What started as a quirky experiment because a surprising following as Peter Parker had an excellent amount of chemistry with Carol Danvers, followed by Kitty Pryde, Rogue, Natasha Romanov and She-Hulk among the top five (other notable but more "out there" ones included Shuri, the younger sister of Black Panther and even Red Sonya.) Writers have confirmed that while Peter will ultimately end up with MJ, the feedback from this experiments have given them ideas for oneshots and alternate universes down the line.
- The Spider-Verse arc still happens, but with different alternate universes, showcasing formerly introduced ones (such as "Spider-Gwen) along with various new ones (such as a universe of males as females and vice versa, introducing Spider-Woman Penny Parker).
- Spider-Gwen is made, but is much different than OTL. Gwen still ends up bitten instead of Peter, but her police upbrnging has her be somewhat more pro-active (she saves Ben Parker) though also mroe secretative. Her foes are reimagined versions of obscure Spider-Man villains while exploring her views and perspectives during her and Peter's college years. While she loses her father, she has yet to lose Peter (though both lose their close friend, Mary Jane Watson.)
- Spider-Man ends up finding a new version of the Defenders to help protect New York City, with the Avengers entrusting him to do so, especially with the exodus of crime. The team consistsof Virtue, Prowler, Cloak, Dagger, Iceman, Firestar and Brother Voodoo with Spider-Man acting in an advisory sort of role. It was spun off into a Defenders series, with many noting the series had a more optimistic and upbeat tone, remiscent of DC Comics.
- Furthermore, after the events leading to the end of Runaways, Spidey makes a Young Defenders team, with the Defenders serving as mentors. The team consists of Molly Hayes, Karolina Dean, Xavin, Water Snake, Hummingbird, Haechi and the new Night Thrasher. Miles Morales ends up as a form of leader to the team on the suggestion of Peter. Young Defenders maintains an optimistic tone and focuses on healing and overcoming personal traumas through camaraderie while placing a large focus on the value of trust. One profound moment was when Hummingbird confesses to Molly and Karolina that she knows where Nico is (having found out during a mystical study session with Brother Voodoo). She believes they have the right to know her whereabouts, but both Karolina and Molly decline out of respect for Nico, believing she will meet up with them when the time is right and Molly even noting that Nico has taken care of them for so long, she neglected to take care of herself. This is proven correct in a crossover of Young Defenders/Young Avengers when Nico arrives with Robbie to examine supernatural affairs when meeting the teams and a happy and tearful reunion ensues.
- Doctor Strange explores more on Doctor Strange's life and takes a bit more down-to-earth affairs as he reflects on his life since the 60s and what changes he must make after his near-death experience. This includes a happy reunion with Clea, who takes on a more active role as a magical protector while they get married. Strange also reveals to Clea that he has taken on an apprentice for a future candidate as Sorcerer Supreme, which is revealed to be none other than Nico Minrou. After the events of "No More Running," she went with Robbie out of a sense that she lacked direction in life and laments that her lack of skill in magic, relying mainly on her Staff of One. She reveals she couldn't lead the team anymore because of her past failures and fears they may think she left them (she is relieved and tearfully elated they understand during a later reunion.) It was also revealed that she started a relationship with Robbie when they got to know each during the time they met and when he took her to New York (bonding over the power they hold, the responsibilities toward their loved ones, such as Robbie with his brother and Nico with the rest of the Runaways, and of course, the chemistry between them.)
- Iron Man sees Tony Stark tackle his past demons, addictions and industrial military complex in his new series. Many of his foes have been modernized and revamped. One of the biggest changes came in with the Hammer family. Justin Hammer has been instead reimagined to resemble much more his cinematic universe counterpart while the role of the original elderly Justin Hammer went into Justine Hammer (who went from Justin's daughter to now his mother) and a former rival to Howard Stark. Sasha Hammer is still Justine's daughter by the Mandarin, thus making her Justin's younger half-sister. However, Ezekiel Stane (i.e. the Second Iron Monger and Sasha's lover) has rose in prominence to become Tony's primary archfoe (with Justin being an amoral tool of the government) though The Mandarin remains a prominent threat (in a matter similar to Ra's al Ghul with Batman.) Tony also takes under his wing Toni Ho, the daughter of Yinsen Ho (here, a Chinese Muslim Uyghur). However, she forges her own path as the second Rescue while Lila Rhodes becomes the new War Machine. Tony ends up taking a protege in Riri Williams, a child genius who reverse-engineered his armor and who shares many of Tony's vices albeit modernized in the younger genetation.
- The Young Avengers is given more focus and reintroduced to further showcase the theme of legacy, consisting of Elijah Bradley (Pariot II/ "Lieuentant America", who's outfit is that of OTL's Falcon's Cap suit), Billy Kaplan (having a new red outfit inspired by his mom's and now going by Scarlet Wizard), Teddy Altman (still going as Hulking, but plans to take on the name of Marvel in the future like his dad), Kate Bishop (Hawkeye II), Cassie Lang (Stature), Thomas Shepard (Speed), Riri Williams (Ironheart), Nadia Van Dyne (Wasp) and Monica Chang (Black Widow II; she was originally introduced in Utimate, but introduced into the maintstream as Black Widow's protege). They're later joined by Torunn (Thor's daughter) and Marvel Girl (Kamala Khan) down the line.
- Loki would go through a redemption arc and become the God of Stories sooner. Said arc would also lead to Thor's disappearance, with his daughter from the future, Torunn Thorsdottir, taking his place within the story for the time being. Besides Torunn dealing with her father's successor, she also ends up befriending the Young Avengers and she has to discover who her mother is.
- Captain America has Steve Rogers choses and trains Elijah as his successor while MVP is serving as a companion and older brother figure (with the Japanese translation deliberately saying they have a sempai-kohai bond). Bucky meanwhile acts as Captain America while also giving his blessing to Elijah and assisting in the training. Free Spirit becomes a lot more prominent, with the writer intent on making her the Supergirl of Marvel. Meanwhile, writing differences are done to show Red Skull and his forces are in conflict with HYDRA to better show the differences (Red Skull being steadfast to the Nazi ideology whie HYDRA is merely pragmatic and their goals of world conquest led by Strucker, who wishes to rule to display his power over others. Red Skull sees HYDRA as opportunistic traitors who stand for nothing while HYDRA sees the Red Skull and his followers as fanatical lunatics adhering to a discredited ideology). In a surrpsie though, HYDRA would end up permanently ending and disbanded while Red Skull incarcerated. However, The Corporation has also taken center stage as Cap's current arch foe, with the forces of idealistic American values and cynical corporate influence with unrestricted capitalism clashing. Composed of villanous bureaucrats and businessfolk, The Corporation is an amoral orgaization of buisnesses centered around profit and control and a rival faction against Red Skull's forces and HYDRA (the former due to fascism's disdain for capitalism and the latter for their disruption and government policies). What seperates them from the rest of the groups is their business-like amorality, willingness to work with heroes and villains and manipulating various people from the shadows. As such, they take center stage as the new organization the Captain must face while AIM has also become a larger threat, representing technological progress without ethics.
- Nick Fury would get his own series and reveal that the Samuel Jackson inspired Nick Fury ends up in the mainstream Marvel universe. It's revealed that he is the adopted son of the original Nick Fury (who has been in semi-retirement, but will sometimes go and still kick ass.) Nick Fury II also ends up with a protege of his own with none other than it being Prodigy, who uses his vast knowledge and skills that he retains despite being no longer being a mutant to become a powerful strategist.
- The X-Men franchise is radically changed and further integrated into the Marvel universe. Interviews says this was done out of neccesity since using mutants as an allegory for discrimination no longer worked in the modern world. As one put it, they needed to tackle various discrimination head on since using mutants as an allegory was something not really needed anymore. Another reason was revealed when a guest author was invited to write to take over for a while and proceeded to deconsturct the idea of "mutants as allegory" by showing the legitimate and realistic problems of trying to do so alongside with the consequences, with one prominent arc had Magneto visiting "bad futures" of where his mutant world was achieved yet mutants continued discrimantion against one another for not only prior reasons (sexual orientation, ethnicity, etc), but also for their type of powers (with elements attacking the idea of might makes right) with the ultimate point being that mutants are still human and thinking them as anything different misses the point of being a mutant in the first place. As such, mutants are now more connected to the Marvel universe as a whole, which has allowed for some characters to break way from the series for the most part and migrate to other series or hold their own. Despite this, X-Men itself remains a popular series with the topics continuing to explore on this newfound concept while also focusing on the X-Men's stranger adventures. Many have said that the X-Men's recent emphasis on the strange makes it somewhat like its counterpart in DC, the Doom Patrol. Mojo and the Mojoverse have also become more prominent antagonists, with writers using a new allegory for the exploitation of minorities in the entertainment industry, namely emphasis on appearing diverse, the emphasis on tragedy (and subsequent manipulation of such tragedy) for sales, advertisement and on peoples' taste for scandal. Some have even called it a criticism of neoliberalism.
- The Power Pack is also marketed more and is implied to be steered to become the successors to the Fantastic Four.
- The Inhumans have started to become gradually more popular after the NuHumans event and serves to display the effects of a modern society with a caste system on a more liberal world.
- Black Panther would reach higher levels of popularity and success than ever before, starting with an odd yet heartwarming crossover with Spider-Man to help promote the series. Black Panther would also eventually marry Storm after a few years of them developing a relationship while Storm deals with the responsabilities of being a Queen as exploring politics within African nations while reinventing some of its various villains and supporting characters.
- Deadpool remains a cult classic and becomes popular as OTL. However, the writing is a bit more serious as Deadpool wrestles with the future of his comic and existential crisis, especially when it comes to his daughter. However, he does get some happiness, especially remaining happily married to Shieklah. However, he surprises the fans by moving himself and his family to Canada as part fo a move to shake things up (with Wade having to deal with Canadian criminals and supernatural monsters.) he would also become a reserve member of Alpha Flight and would take his own protege in Gwen Poole.
- Alpha Flight is revamped in order to fit modern sensabilities and to better appeal to Canadians. It becomes very popular, especially in Canada and Deadpool ends up becoming an on-and-off member of Alpha Flight. It consists of reimagined versions of the original cast.
- MI13 also becomes a sleeper hit, especially among British readers for its darker and more serious tone. However, it also possesses a tonge-in-cheek humor, especially during the crossover with Alpha Flight, as Deadpool made a few jabs on how Brtish-written comics tend to be darker than their American counterparts. MI-13 consists of Captain Britain, Black Knight, Gloriana, Psylocke (Elizabeth Braddock), Spider-Woman (Jessica Drew), Wolfsbane, Spitfire, Sage, Doctor Druid and Pixie. Blade is later revealed to be an auxillary member.
- After the reboot, The Incredible Hulk is written as merely a different albeit repressed facet from Bruce rather than a seperate entity. Hulk was born from the rage of Bruce so without him, Hulk has no drive or origin while Bruce is kept with all the pent-up anger and stress with no outlet. Bruce travels to deal with various monsters and better incorporate the Hulk with himself. Furthermore, fans would be given the opportunity to vote on who Bruce should be with, with the top choices being either Caiera or Betty.
- She-Hulk still continues on and her series is more light-hearted compared to her cousin's while also showing off her life as a legal representative in the superhero community. It's also revealed that she is beginning a relationship with Virtue, which the writers said was a hilarious reference to the fan-desired pairing of Superman and Wonder Woman from DC Comics.
- The Ghost Rider series has been rebranded with a greater emphasis on the mystical aspects of Abrahamic lore with mroe angels, demons and various in-betweens. Johnny Blaze is retired now though pops up as a supporting character (though he does have his own maxi series showing is time as the primary Rider along with showing up in large events, such as when Robbie needed his help to take down the Gibborim.) Daniel Kretch is the current Ghost Rider and is an homage to the late 80s and early 90s. He and to a lesser extent Johnny are mentors to Robbie Reyes, the next generation while also having Alejandra often appear, the Rider who was supposed to take Daniel's place, but has her own agenda while being a pawn to Adam.
- The Marvel cosmic heroverse is simplified and streamlined for more readers to grab onto with the current crossover for the disapperance of Galactus. Guardians of the Galaxy has been retooled into more of a comical story, inspired by the films. The team is that of Star-Lord, Adam Warlock, Rocket Raccoon, Groot, Gamora, Drax the Destroyer, Mantis and Moondragon (she joined as a favor toward Phyla-Vell when the team reformed.)
- The Annhilators are formed after the near-defeat of the Guardians, serving as a another team to handle larger meances that threaten the universe, consisting of the mightiest people that could be found. The team consists of Wendell as Quasar, Genis-Vell as Photon, a resurrected Phyla-Vell as the Starbrand of Earth-616, Beta Ray Bill, Ikon, Gladiator and Cosmo.
- Squirrel Girl is also very popular among readers of all ages, having more comical-themes adventures while crossing over with other heroes every now and then.
- The Sentry is handled much better than OTL.
- Gwenpool is not cancelled, instead being marketed as a successor toward Deadpool in a legacy character fashion. As such, she serves as his "protege" while also they serve as one another's confidants due to being the only people aware of the "fourth wall." She also must wrestle with building a life for herself in a universe she once deemed fictional while having to grow as both Gwenpool and Gwen Poole. However, everything is still written in a tongue-in-cheek fashion, especially with her decision to follow Deadpool to Canada and her adjustments to adopting to the Marvel Universe are compared to her adapting to becoming a Canadian citizen.
- After the success of the Big Hero 6 film, a comic series based on the film is created, although set apart in an alternate universe.
- Marvel What-Ifs make a return with some of the most popular and successful ones being: What-if Captain America never got frozen and his impact in the modern world (such as him saving a young Magneto from a camp), What-if Gwen Stacy was bitten by the spider instead of Peter Parker (the idea was popular to have her come back in Spider-Verse and even given her own series), What-if the Punisher became the Ghost Rider and What-if Wakanda opened up to the rest of the world in World War II (with Captain America working with Black Panther's grandfather and seeing the effects.)
- Marvel's latest plans involve them taking a page from DC's book of ideas and introducing a "negaverse" with the heroes and villains reversed in morality.
Other Comic Books
- The IDW MLP comic series is better written, with some notable fanfic writers becoming writers for the comic books, resulting in better quality along with continuity. Many of the stories are about the same as OTL, if not better written.
- The MLP Deviations story of Bluebood being Celestia's student instead of Twilight is taken seriously and fleshes out Blueblood. With Celestia taking a more active role in his rearing, Blueblood ends up without negative role models that would be responsible for much of his faults in OTL and instead become a more amicable and respectful prince along with skilled diplomat and navigator. This idea would skyrocket to where a spin-off comic series is considered of Blueblood along with his own group of friends serving as Elements of Harmony (Thunderlane, Silver Shill, Party Favor, Spearhead, Hayseed Turnip Truck) after he accompanies Twilight Sparkle (here, a normal though gifted magical student who still has Spike, though more as her younger brother and study buddy) to her new job in Ponyville as librarian and he learns of the Festival.
- The IDW MLP Friends Forever series is not cancelled, instead on-going.
- The Scott Pilgrim graphic novel series is better written (especially the last book) after O'Mally revises some of the story down the line. The note of the entire thing being in Scott's POV to account for discrepencies to point out his unreliable view is not used due to it being viewed as lazy writing by those who revised his work. Furthermore, the planned film adaptation is released as an animated trilogy and the video game adaptation is still released on Xbox 360 and PS3, but also on the Wii and Steam. It also gets a rerelease on their successor consoles.
- Tom Strong maintains its series with Alan Moore occasionally writing under Dynamite Entertainment. Tom Strong is in works with a crossover with Atomic Robo.
- Dynamite Entertainment was granted rights to make comic books for neo-pulp franchises such as The Rocketeer and Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, with plans for a crossover in the future. This is the result of the US public domain rules having been changed, with the date going from works before 1923 to 1943 for the most part and many media ventures capitalizing on that.
- Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog remains and continues though the Penders Lawsuit still ends up happening, resulting in the shifts, albeit different ones. Professor Von Schlemmer within the Archie Sonic comics is actually in the present instead of the future and serves as a good counterpart to Dr. Eggman. The Moebius counterparts are replaced with Suibom counterparts, based off of the "Ashura" and "Wechnia" glitches, showing a strange darker universe. Tangle the Lemur is still introduced however.
- Archie Comics' Megaman comics continue here and are even the basis for the upcoming animated Megaman series, which resembles an animated version of the archie comics, though would adhere closer to the games and not use any of the Archie-exclusive characters.
- Lumberjanes is alot more popular and rumors are in talk for an animated adaptation.
Comic Books
- Marvel is never purchased by Disney.
- DC managed to become an independent company after various anti-monopoly laws were put into place.
- WildStorm remains only a DC Imprint and as such, with its universe being seperate from the mainstream DC universe (though existing as part of the greater multiverse.) However, Gen13 is seen in the DC mainstream now.
- WildStorm ends up selling America's Best Comics imprint to Dynamite Entertainment.
- Marvel and DC lost the exclusive rights to the term "super-hero", allowing for everyone else to use the term freely.
- Dynamite Entertainment, Valiant Comics and Image Comics end up reaching greater mainstream status.
- In 2018, Marvel and DC are announcing a team-up for the reimagining of Amalgam Comics.
DC Comics
- The New 52 is not launched, but an event similar to Convergence happens instead, done to clean up the loose ends from Final Crisis and have the slate be relatively clean in order to better continue in a new direction.
- Many of the more controversial moments (such as Cheshire's bombing of Qurac, Dr. Light being turned into a rapist, etc) are not implemented into the series for a variety of reasons. This results in some changes, such as Chesire not having a heinous reputation and Catwoman & Zatanna remaining on good relations with one another.
- The Young Animal and Dark Matter imprints are not released. Instead a new imprint take their places and introduced around the same time. Said imprint is only published under DC and the stories take place in their own universe within, exploring mature themes and ideas not typical in comic book hero stories (though still part of the DC Multiverse as a whole and there are plans at least Sideways will interact with it, at least through the Terrifics.) However, all of the stories come from the two mentioned and are nearly the same (with necessary differences): Sideways (Taking place in a new city instead of Gotham), New Challengers (based on the new ones of OTL), Shade the Changing Girl, Mother Panic (also taking place in a new city instead of Gotham and not the same as Sideways), Eternity Girl, Brimstone, Damage, Cave Carson, and the Silencer. The Multiversity would later reveal this world to be Earth-9.
- Some events, such as Amazons Attack and New Krypton do not happen or don't happen as they do in OTL.
- in Superman, Superman and Lois' son, Jonathon Samuel Kent, is introduced in a similar fashion as a result of the strange time-bending effects of the event. Furthermore, Lois' father, General Sam Lane, does not become an antagonist, instead becoming Superman's ally, with his antagonistic role being given to General Eiling instead. General Lane also adopts Superboy Connor as Connor Kent Lane, who's power set is formalized as having Superman's superhuman physical powers along with flight and bioelectric field (what allows Superman to carry heavy objects without them falling on him), albeit at weaker properties while also unable to release solar energy (either through the heat vision or solar burst) along with no superbreath. However, in exchage, Connor uses his mind to create gadgets to supplement himself with, proving himself to be just as intelligent as his other biological donor, Lex Luthor. It's also revealed that Jonathan is not hampered by the same weaknesses as his "uncle" Connor due to being concieved at a time when Lois Lane was temporarily granted Kryptonian physiology through a serum (in a shoutout to All-Star Superman.)
- With Wonder Woman, similar time-twisting events reveal Lyta Trevor Prince, the child between Diana Prince/Wonder Woman and Steven Trevor, who ends up in a strong friendship with both Jon and Damien and becomes the next Wonder Girl. Furthermore, Wonder Woman is given more focus and attention on world-building, updating her cast aloing with simplifying the origins of Donna Troy along with developing her relationship with Steven Trevor, who is now being advertised as DC's version of Nick Fury (with the reveal that King Faraday was his mentor before retirement.) Another is on reimagining the Greco-Roman pantheon along with cleaning up areas to be more accurate to the portrayal of the gods.
- In Batman, Bruce proposes to Selina and the two get happily married and staying married, proving that Batman can become happier and deal with his issues while still being Batman. Indeed, his new solidfied family furthers his conviction and has him start Batman Inc, an organization gathering many people who operate under a similar modus operani. Furthermore, events similar to the Leviathan saga have Damien be rescued from death by Selina, resulting in Damien disowning Talia has his mother. He comes to accept Selina as his new mother and vice versa. Other Batman related events have Tim and Stephanie resume their relationship while dealing with new developments. Meanwhile, Duke is still introduced, temporarily as Robin, but later as the Lark (with him having become Batman's partner). Damien ends up going on the lam as Redbird with Harper Row as Bluebird accompanying him while Duke was being Robin. Duke would become The Lark when Damien returned as Robin (and the reveal he and Harper were dating.) Meanwhile, Dick continues on his development as Nightwing while proposing to Oracle a bit before Bruce did to Selina. Dick currently works in working with the rest of the Robins (such as helping Tim find his path along with training Stephanie.) The big shocking event was the death of the Joker, occurring around the same time as the marriage of Batman and Catwoman. Writers say this was done to show that while Joker needed Batman, the reverse was not true and it showed Bruce moving on with fighting crime along with the inclusion of new and old villians, such as Wrath and Scorn.
- Batwoman is still Katherine and still as Bruce's cousin. She maintains her relationship with Renee Montoya and assists her on cases while trying to help her on her path as the new Question (as well as the strange legacy left behind by him.) She also works partly with the military and often serves as an older sister figure to her partner, Connor Kent Lane.
- Harley Quinn does not get a redesign like in OTL, instead sticking to her roots as inspired from the Batman animated series. In addition, she does not enter a romantic relationship with Poison Ivy (while friends with benefits, they are unable to maintain a healthy romantic relationship, moreso on Ivy's end.) Instead, she would end up being paired up with Ambush Bug of all people. It's described as eccentric but endearing as Harley comments on the zaniness and is the "straight woman" in their comical moments, but she is happy to be in a loving relationship (while wearing the pants of the relationship.)
- In The Flash, Wally West and Barry Allen both remain The Flash and take turns with both in different directions. The second Wally West is discovered hy the first (though his name is Walter instead of Wallace) and decides to go by Walt West instead. He becomes the new Kid Flash and joins the Titans. The stories revolve around exploring the disappearance of Barry and Wally's kids (the Tornado Twins and Iris and Jai West respectably. Furthermore, it's revealed Jai's powers have changed, instead his connection to the Speed Force allowing him to sense vibrations and manipulate them, similarly to Vibe.) In addition, Don and Dawn Allen would be formerly introduced into the DC main universe as children, having befriended Superboy and Robin. A few years later would have Iris and Jai be born as babies.
- Green Lantern still goes on to intrdouce Simon Baz though at far later points due to fears of oversaturation regarding the Lanterns (with Hal stationed on Earth, Guy and John near Oa and Kyle with the Omega Men.) Simon Baz and Jessica Cruz would be introduced as young adults and as proteges being supervised by Hal in 2018. Furthermore, more effort is put in to differentiate the Lanterns' different fighting styles and ring uses along with personalities: Hal is considered a jack of all trades, John applies his archeitecture structure to his constructs, making them very solid albeit taking a bit of time while being a sniper, Guy prefers blasting the enemies and have more basic constructs, Kyle maintains his artistic flair and Simon applies his engineering knowledge in making green-light machines. Jessica Cruz has been teased, but not revealed as of yet.
- Martian Manhunter becomes more popular and entering the mainstream, with J'onn's enemy being cemented as that of Despero along with his own Rogues' Gallery as he was protecting the town and doing detective work while beign different than Superman. He also explored the possibility of Martian survivors, which included winks and nods to pulp series of old involving Mars (such as John Carter.)
- Green Arrow seperates itself from the comparisons of Batman and returns to its roots with Oliver being an archeaologist specializing in Native American history and meeting Speedy adopted from a Navajo tribe, though Oliver is still wealthy through the family industry. The series serves to get back to its routes as a somewhat lighter story and to differentiate Green Arrow from Batman moreso. In addition, the relationship and subsequent marriage between Green Arrow and Black Canary is given much more development and focus to blossom. Various other characters are kept in, such as Connor Hawke, the biological son of Oliver, concieved during Oliver's misspent youth.
- Aquaman combintes the best of OTL New 52 and Post-Crisis as the series is reframed as a heroic fantasy with political intrigue, with Arthur dealing with various elements with his friends and allies, including both Aqualads and Aquagirls involved as well. Many have prasied Aquaman for the growing strength in its writing and quality while showing the responsabilties of being a king. The art was also highly acclaimed for showing off vibrant and colorful underwater environments.
- With Captain Marvel, Billy Batson remains being Captain Marvel (as in not named Shazam) and Mary and Freddy Freeman end up with their powers returned, albeit different titles of Marvel. They are eventually joined by three orphans Billy befriended in his youth, Eugene Choi, Pedro Peña and Darla Dudley. The Captain Marvel stories retain their optimism and tone compared to the rest of the stories yet aren't afraid to approach larger questions (also, the Marvel family divide the continental US in different places for them to look over.)
- Barbara Gordon remains as Oracle while helping the Batfamily. She accepts Dick Grayson's proposal while she leaves the Birds of Prey to manage a team of younger heroines (Stepahnie Brown/Spoiler, Bumblebee, Black Alice, and Misfit), written by Gail Simone after her work on having Cassandra wrestle with her Catholicism (and exploring some of the obscure aspects of DC, such as Cassandra meeting The Spectre and Zauriel).
- With the events of Black Ring, Superman must go out and reinspire the world, restoring hope and optimism after Lex Luthor denied the universe peace as a result of his selfishness (and later becoming an amnesiac.) Superman gains a new enemy in a long-lost son of General Lor-Zod, Quex-Ul, now having taken the surname of his father; he was now Quex-Zod. (The pre-crisis character Quex-Ul was reimagined as the son of Faora Hu-Ul, with the father being Dru-Zod.) Quex-Zod is the older half-brother of Lor-Zod and was born between Zod and his first wife, Faora, who made a reappearance and resulting in Zod killing Ursa after she failed him too many times. Quex-Zod is a militant biologist and surprised readers when he betrayed his parents and killed them, with his vendetta against Superman being his own.
- Legion of Superheroes returns and becomes more popular in exploring the far-off future with the first arc tying into a plot with Superman in restoring the bottled city of Kandor and thus Kryptonian civilization without fear of upsetting anyone; Kandor would be restored on a New Krypton in the far-future of the Legion, with characters like Mon-El, Lor-Zod as Nightwing and Firebird becoming allies to them.
- Gen13 appears as a government-founded superhero team of young adults, serving as counterparts for the Teen Titans. It explores the idea of child soldiers, the influence government has on the youth, the motivations of youth challenging governmental traditions and the nature of power and repsonsability (since all of the powers of Gen13 were manifested psychically by their internal desires and perceptions.)
- The Earth-1 line is launched as a reimagining of the DC heroes in contemporary times, akin to Marvel's Ultimate line-up, albeit on a much more positive tone and well-executed manner. Various changes are seen within the dynamics of the characters. Examples include, but not limited to:
- Superman was active longer as a superhero and his love interest is his college girlfriend, Lori Lermaris, the mermaid/Atlantean. Lex Luthor is meanwhile more pragmatic and moralistic in his approach. The story has Superman work to keep his identity secret and his old-fashioned morals reimagined yet maintained in modern times. Old concepts are revived and modernized (Superman's bioelectric field that allows him to safely lift massive objects also allow him to distort digital images).
- Batman meanwhile borrows from the more realistic modern interpretations while maintaining the spiri of the orignal. However, his current arc has him wrestle with the complicated love with former/current fiancee, Andrea Beaumont/Phantasm (though some leaked images confirmed that she will become Batwoman.)
- Wonder Woman's lore is much more accurate to Greco-Roman lore, with Ares being the former patron of the Amazons prior to his disappearance (and the revelation that he begged/tricked Athena into looking after them as his last request before going into hiding.) Furthermore, Diana is a demi-goddess, being the child of Hippolyta and Hercules (she was concieved when Hercules visited Hippolyta after he became a full god and spent the night with her. Despite Hippolyta's love for Diana and Hercules, she kept it a secret out of fear of retaliation.) Diana also ends up in a relationship with Trevor Barnes, a humans right advocate working for the United Nations who ends up as her liason in the modern world.
- Zatanna is given more emphasis and focus along with her Rogues' Gallery, with Brother Night as her archenemy being replaced by Ember, a dragon-human hybrid woman with a bone to pick with her though also having serious competition from Nimue Ravensong, who serves as Zatanna's Jungian shadow (Nimue being a dark reflection of Zatanna's personality, especially in selfishness) while Ember is Zatanna's opposite (relying on superior physical superhuman capabilties by her dragon hertiage). This along with several more developments end up helping her to become an A-lister in popularity in the DCU. She also appears as a founding member of Earth-1's Justice League.
- Legacy characters in general are better overall represented and written for.
- The latest great event is the re-introduction of the Crime Syndicate, now occupying Earth "Minus Zero" with some of them being renamed. Earth-3 is instead home to a DC universe where the events of Crisis of Infinite Earths did not happen. As such, many changes end up occuring when seeing what happened there (Jason Todd is still an expy of Dick Grayson, but begins diverging on his own path due to the influence of Nocturna, Supergirl and Barry did not die, and so on.)
- Ambush Bug is reintroduced and marketed as DC's answer to Deadpool. However, he is more family-friendly and rather than engage as a mecenary, just serves as an insane hero who goes from place to place while having his own bizarre supporting characters and rogues gallery. He was further promoted by his new relationship with Harley Quinn.
- The Omegas (formerly called the Omega Men) is still resurrected for the modern times though has been retooled to serve as a form of counterpart to Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy, in regards to be a ragtag group of misfits serving as heroes and revolutionaries. Primus (though going as Pren with Primus being a title), Tigorr, Broot, Harpis, Felicity, Doc and Slagen are all brought back from the original team, but the comic surprised many by including Kyle Rayner with them as the Omega Lantern and new character Scrapps. It's a fair bit lighter and more humorous than OTL, though still with plenty of social commentary. It's more popular than OTL Omega Men.
- The Terrifics is still established though with a bit of different feels than FF while also serving to explore obscure aspects of the greater part of the DC Multiverse. However, the group also gets along better than OTL with Mr. Terrific enjoying the company of his team.
- The original Teen Titans (Nightwing, Red Arrow, Omen, Tempest, Donna Troy and Wally West) reunite in their own series known as Titans just like in OTL, albeit with a different plot and stories.
- The current generation of Teen Titans is led by Damien Wayne as Robin and includes the new Kid Flash, Bunker, Emiko (the new Speedy) and the new Aqualad (Jackson Hyde).
- Doomsday Clock is not written.
- Several new imprints are released focusing on revamped versions of purchased imprints of DC, such as a new Milestone line up and even a Charleston and Fawcett comics-inspired line-up. The Charleston one focuses on a world based on the characters there though with pulp hero-inspired themes and tones albeit also explored in modern times while Fawcett has a more family friendly and innocent tone that is familiar with Captain Marvel and the rest of the heroes, yet not shying away from various reinventions, such as the new Golden Arrow being Native American or the new Ibis being from Egypt.
- Multiversity is still released and explores the various universes of the DC Multiverse, such as the universe where a majority of the superheroes and indeed most of the USA are of African-American descent, such as Batman actually being Ethan Bennett (who became Batman after the death of the prior Batman, Bruce Wayne, in stopping Joker.) with The Flash being Julio Mendez (who got the powers instead of Barry and became a crimefighter to help his friend clear his father's name).
Marvel Comics
- Ultimate Marvel ends sooner due to the general unlikeable nature of most of the characters, barring Spider-Man. Despite this, it did get mixed reviews for its attempts at modernizing the world and mythos, some of which were taken into the One More Day event.
- The events of Marvel's Civil War were tied to the Skrull Invasion, with the Skrulls having sowed distrust in the superhero community and sending Hulk away to better takeover Earth. While some saw this as a cop-out, it was largely considered a positive justification (and even most detractors agreed this was ultimately for the best in hindsight, since there was little believanle justification for a superhero war.)
- Marvel wound end up doing their first reboot of their multiverse and used the One More Day arc of Spider-Man to do so in 2007. Spider-Man ends up rejecting the offer and teams up with Ghost Rider (Johnny Blaze to be exact), a female Loki (using the favor s/he owes him), Deadpool and a future Spider-Man to end Mephisto when they realize he helped set much of the previous tragedies at hand. The events lead to the Brand New Day, where the Marvel multiverse has undergone a reboot as a result of Ghost Rider slaying Mephisto and starting the chain of events. The future Spider-Man reveals his name to be Miles Morales, an Afro-Puerto Rican young man who became Spider-Man after Peter's death and felt guilty for not being able to help despite the powers. Thus, he went back in time to help and save Peter.
- Marvel has begun planning and hinting at various legacy characters. As such, the Young Avengers began recieving heavier marketing though the first on the line was Miles Morales as a future Spider-Man.
- Due to the result of the universe resetting, many of the characters have been aged down and have been going through their adventures, with some classics being given a fresh coat of paint (many applauded the better written Clone Saga) or new ones. Furthermore, they are doing better to maintain the relation of time to within the universe and real life. By 2018, several years have passed within the Marvel Universe, with some characters beginning to settle down, starting families and the rise of the next generation.
- Planet Hulk still happens, though this time, it is revealed to be the result of the Skrulls attempting to get rid of the Hulk, viewing him as a large threat. This is discovered when Hulk turns into Bruce Banner and discovers that the ship that launched him to his new home had traces of Skrull DNA on it, with the reveal that the ship's explosion was an attempt to get rid of him for good. Hulk instead rallies the survivors and head to Earth to deal with the Skrull invasion.
- Carol Denvers remains as Ms. Marvel and gives her blessing to Teddy Altman on becoming the new Captain Marvel when he is older. Carol also becomes much more popular and recgonizable, becoming Marvel's answer to Wonder Woman after her Rogues Gallery and supporting characters were reinforced. Carol's character development has her overcome her alcoholism along with her temper problems (caused by issues with her dad) along with recounciling with her brother and moving on with her life to become one of the most powerful heroines in Marvel.
- Kamala Khan would still appear and as a fan of Carol, but would instead go as Marvel Girl and be considered more of a rookie hero alongside a team. Still popular as OTL, but alot of the tropes associated with teen heroes are played with here, since the writers didn't want to just to rely on the original ones concieved of with Spider-Man. Is an ally to both the Young Avengers and Young Defenders.
- While the Avengers' base is initially a repurposed Stark Tower, the official Avengers base is moved to California in 2010 after the events caused by the end of the Runaways to reflect on the changing times, especially with New York's lowering crime rate and a need to spread out across the US, whuch was part of Marvel's goal to expand focus of the heroes beyond New York City, with the main being focused on the West Coast with other teams near Chicago and the South.
- Runaways ends up being rebooted after the 2008 Marvelverse reboot and would contain most of the original stories though being updated for modern times. However, the series would also end much sooner with one massive crossover arc and the final arc "No More Running" was a deconstruction of both the premise of the Runaways series itself (teenage heroes running away with no plan and in a world of superheroes), but also exploring the various consequences, reactions and assumptions. It was revealed the only reason the Pride had gone unopposed as long as they did on the West Coast was because of the Gibborim's presence creating a "supernatural blind spot". However, this was undone when Robbie Reyes, the new Ghost Rider, came upon them when he met the Runaways and would summon his fellow Riders (Johnny Blaze and Daniel Ketch) in capturing the Biblical monsters. With their defeat, the Pride would be discovered within hours (especially upon a call from Blaze) and the Avengers, horrified this had gone unchecked for so long, would send their heavy hitters to end the Pride in a one-sided fight. All the while, the kids are unable to do better than survive (though all get a chance to shine and many give their lives to protect the others from the initial conflict) and their problems are enhanced as their various faults and conflicts push them against one another and their inability to trust most adults enhances their problems. Ultimately, Nico ends up as the one who saves the survivors (Xavin, Karolina, Klara and Molly) from the ambush by teleporting them from the fight after Xavin ends up having to take charge through military experience and leading them as many as they could to safety. Molly ends up the one making the call to ask for an adult authority for help because they can't run away anymore. Scenes include Klara entering the Xavier Institute, Molly crying on Spider-Man when he came to pick them up and the burial of the team. However, when asked about Nico, they believe that she got away somehow. It's revealed she survived, having been saved by Robbie Reyes.
- Spider-Man ends up as the most prominent hero in New York City after the Avengers restructure themselves and organize themselves across the nation and with New York City seeing a large drop in crime, leaving only street level villains, the Kingpin and Spidey's Rogues Gallery. While Superior Spider-Man does not happen, Peter still ends up founding Parker Industries and earning his PhD after Dr. Octopus attempted to steal his identity as Peter Parker, with the final clash giving Peter more inspiration to give it his all. Parker Industries was founded from Horizon Labs and the leftovers of OsCorp (with Harry serving as vice president). Anna Marconi is still introduced, having been the one to have found the real Peter by accident during her time with DOck disgusied as Peter and serves as president (with Peter being chief scientific officer).
- Spider Man's early stories are a mix of his ultimate stories and the original ones, with several old characters being brought back. Gwen Stacy and Mary Jane Watson are not introduced until when he enters college, giving time to the previous characters (though MJW is foreshadowed earlier on and GS still ends up dying, albeit in a more surprising manner.) In perhaps an interesting experiment, writers have not yet had Peter end up married Mary-Jane yet if mainly to see if he has any chemistry with his fellow superheroines. What started as a quirky experiment because a surprising following as Peter Parker had an excellent amount of chemistry with Carol Danvers, followed by Kitty Pryde, Rogue, Natasha Romanov and She-Hulk among the top five (other notable but more "out there" ones included Shuri, the younger sister of Black Panther and even Red Sonya.) Writers have confirmed that while Peter will ultimately end up with MJ, the feedback from this experiments have given them ideas for oneshots and alternate universes down the line.
- The Spider-Verse arc still happens, but with different alternate universes, showcasing formerly introduced ones (such as "Spider-Gwen) along with various new ones (such as a universe of males as females and vice versa, introducing Spider-Woman Penny Parker).
- Spider-Gwen is made, but is much different than OTL. Gwen still ends up bitten instead of Peter, but her police upbrnging has her be somewhat more pro-active (she saves Ben Parker) though also mroe secretative. Her foes are reimagined versions of obscure Spider-Man villains while exploring her views and perspectives during her and Peter's college years. While she loses her father, she has yet to lose Peter (though both lose their close friend, Mary Jane Watson.)
- Spider-Man ends up finding a new version of the Defenders to help protect New York City, with the Avengers entrusting him to do so, especially with the exodus of crime. The team consistsof Virtue, Prowler, Cloak, Dagger, Iceman, Firestar and Brother Voodoo with Spider-Man acting in an advisory sort of role. It was spun off into a Defenders series, with many noting the series had a more optimistic and upbeat tone, remiscent of DC Comics.
- Furthermore, after the events leading to the end of Runaways, Spidey makes a Young Defenders team, with the Defenders serving as mentors. The team consists of Molly Hayes, Karolina Dean, Xavin, Water Snake, Hummingbird, Haechi and the new Night Thrasher. Miles Morales ends up as a form of leader to the team on the suggestion of Peter. Young Defenders maintains an optimistic tone and focuses on healing and overcoming personal traumas through camaraderie while placing a large focus on the value of trust. One profound moment was when Hummingbird confesses to Molly and Karolina that she knows where Nico is (having found out during a mystical study session with Brother Voodoo). She believes they have the right to know her whereabouts, but both Karolina and Molly decline out of respect for Nico, believing she will meet up with them when the time is right and Molly even noting that Nico has taken care of them for so long, she neglected to take care of herself. This is proven correct in a crossover of Young Defenders/Young Avengers when Nico arrives with Robbie to examine supernatural affairs when meeting the teams and a happy and tearful reunion ensues.
- Doctor Strange explores more on Doctor Strange's life and takes a bit more down-to-earth affairs as he reflects on his life since the 60s and what changes he must make after his near-death experience. This includes a happy reunion with Clea, who takes on a more active role as a magical protector while they get married. Strange also reveals to Clea that he has taken on an apprentice for a future candidate as Sorcerer Supreme, which is revealed to be none other than Nico Minrou. After the events of "No More Running," she went with Robbie out of a sense that she lacked direction in life and laments that her lack of skill in magic, relying mainly on her Staff of One. She reveals she couldn't lead the team anymore because of her past failures and fears they may think she left them (she is relieved and tearfully elated they understand during a later reunion.) It was also revealed that she started a relationship with Robbie when they got to know each during the time they met and when he took her to New York (bonding over the power they hold, the responsibilities toward their loved ones, such as Robbie with his brother and Nico with the rest of the Runaways, and of course, the chemistry between them.)
- Iron Man sees Tony Stark tackle his past demons, addictions and industrial military complex in his new series. Many of his foes have been modernized and revamped. One of the biggest changes came in with the Hammer family. Justin Hammer has been instead reimagined to resemble much more his cinematic universe counterpart while the role of the original elderly Justin Hammer went into Justine Hammer (who went from Justin's daughter to now his mother) and a former rival to Howard Stark. Sasha Hammer is still Justine's daughter by the Mandarin, thus making her Justin's younger half-sister. However, Ezekiel Stane (i.e. the Second Iron Monger and Sasha's lover) has rose in prominence to become Tony's primary archfoe (with Justin being an amoral tool of the government) though The Mandarin remains a prominent threat (in a matter similar to Ra's al Ghul with Batman.) Tony also takes under his wing Toni Ho, the daughter of Yinsen Ho (here, a Chinese Muslim Uyghur). However, she forges her own path as the second Rescue while Lila Rhodes becomes the new War Machine. Tony ends up taking a protege in Riri Williams, a child genius who reverse-engineered his armor and who shares many of Tony's vices albeit modernized in the younger genetation.
- The Young Avengers is given more focus and reintroduced to further showcase the theme of legacy, consisting of Elijah Bradley (Pariot II/ "Lieuentant America", who's outfit is that of OTL's Falcon's Cap suit), Billy Kaplan (having a new red outfit inspired by his mom's and now going by Scarlet Wizard), Teddy Altman (still going as Hulking, but plans to take on the name of Marvel in the future like his dad), Kate Bishop (Hawkeye II), Cassie Lang (Stature), Thomas Shepard (Speed), Riri Williams (Ironheart), Nadia Van Dyne (Wasp) and Monica Chang (Black Widow II; she was originally introduced in Utimate, but introduced into the maintstream as Black Widow's protege). They're later joined by Torunn (Thor's daughter) and Marvel Girl (Kamala Khan) down the line.
- Loki would go through a redemption arc and become the God of Stories sooner. Said arc would also lead to Thor's disappearance, with his daughter from the future, Torunn Thorsdottir, taking his place within the story for the time being. Besides Torunn dealing with her father's successor, she also ends up befriending the Young Avengers and she has to discover who her mother is.
- Captain America has Steve Rogers choses and trains Elijah as his successor while MVP is serving as a companion and older brother figure (with the Japanese translation deliberately saying they have a sempai-kohai bond). Bucky meanwhile acts as Captain America while also giving his blessing to Elijah and assisting in the training. Free Spirit becomes a lot more prominent, with the writer intent on making her the Supergirl of Marvel. Meanwhile, writing differences are done to show Red Skull and his forces are in conflict with HYDRA to better show the differences (Red Skull being steadfast to the Nazi ideology whie HYDRA is merely pragmatic and their goals of world conquest led by Strucker, who wishes to rule to display his power over others. Red Skull sees HYDRA as opportunistic traitors who stand for nothing while HYDRA sees the Red Skull and his followers as fanatical lunatics adhering to a discredited ideology). In a surrpsie though, HYDRA would end up permanently ending and disbanded while Red Skull incarcerated. However, The Corporation has also taken center stage as Cap's current arch foe, with the forces of idealistic American values and cynical corporate influence with unrestricted capitalism clashing. Composed of villanous bureaucrats and businessfolk, The Corporation is an amoral orgaization of buisnesses centered around profit and control and a rival faction against Red Skull's forces and HYDRA (the former due to fascism's disdain for capitalism and the latter for their disruption and government policies). What seperates them from the rest of the groups is their business-like amorality, willingness to work with heroes and villains and manipulating various people from the shadows. As such, they take center stage as the new organization the Captain must face while AIM has also become a larger threat, representing technological progress without ethics.
- Nick Fury would get his own series and reveal that the Samuel Jackson inspired Nick Fury ends up in the mainstream Marvel universe. It's revealed that he is the adopted son of the original Nick Fury (who has been in semi-retirement, but will sometimes go and still kick ass.) Nick Fury II also ends up with a protege of his own with none other than it being Prodigy, who uses his vast knowledge and skills that he retains despite being no longer being a mutant to become a powerful strategist.
- The X-Men franchise is radically changed and further integrated into the Marvel universe. Interviews says this was done out of neccesity since using mutants as an allegory for discrimination no longer worked in the modern world. As one put it, they needed to tackle various discrimination head on since using mutants as an allegory was something not really needed anymore. Another reason was revealed when a guest author was invited to write to take over for a while and proceeded to deconsturct the idea of "mutants as allegory" by showing the legitimate and realistic problems of trying to do so alongside with the consequences, with one prominent arc had Magneto visiting "bad futures" of where his mutant world was achieved yet mutants continued discrimantion against one another for not only prior reasons (sexual orientation, ethnicity, etc), but also for their type of powers (with elements attacking the idea of might makes right) with the ultimate point being that mutants are still human and thinking them as anything different misses the point of being a mutant in the first place. As such, mutants are now more connected to the Marvel universe as a whole, which has allowed for some characters to break way from the series for the most part and migrate to other series or hold their own. Despite this, X-Men itself remains a popular series with the topics continuing to explore on this newfound concept while also focusing on the X-Men's stranger adventures. Many have said that the X-Men's recent emphasis on the strange makes it somewhat like its counterpart in DC, the Doom Patrol. Mojo and the Mojoverse have also become more prominent antagonists, with writers using a new allegory for the exploitation of minorities in the entertainment industry, namely emphasis on appearing diverse, the emphasis on tragedy (and subsequent manipulation of such tragedy) for sales, advertisement and on peoples' taste for scandal. Some have even called it a criticism of neoliberalism.
- The Power Pack is also marketed more and is implied to be steered to become the successors to the Fantastic Four.
- The Inhumans have started to become gradually more popular after the NuHumans event and serves to display the effects of a modern society with a caste system on a more liberal world.
- Black Panther would reach higher levels of popularity and success than ever before, starting with an odd yet heartwarming crossover with Spider-Man to help promote the series. Black Panther would also eventually marry Storm after a few years of them developing a relationship while Storm deals with the responsabilities of being a Queen as exploring politics within African nations while reinventing some of its various villains and supporting characters.
- Deadpool remains a cult classic and becomes popular as OTL. However, the writing is a bit more serious as Deadpool wrestles with the future of his comic and existential crisis, especially when it comes to his daughter. However, he does get some happiness, especially remaining happily married to Shieklah. However, he surprises the fans by moving himself and his family to Canada as part fo a move to shake things up (with Wade having to deal with Canadian criminals and supernatural monsters.) he would also become a reserve member of Alpha Flight and would take his own protege in Gwen Poole.
- Alpha Flight is revamped in order to fit modern sensabilities and to better appeal to Canadians. It becomes very popular, especially in Canada and Deadpool ends up becoming an on-and-off member of Alpha Flight. It consists of reimagined versions of the original cast.
- MI13 also becomes a sleeper hit, especially among British readers for its darker and more serious tone. However, it also possesses a tonge-in-cheek humor, especially during the crossover with Alpha Flight, as Deadpool made a few jabs on how Brtish-written comics tend to be darker than their American counterparts. MI-13 consists of Captain Britain, Black Knight, Gloriana, Psylocke (Elizabeth Braddock), Spider-Woman (Jessica Drew), Wolfsbane, Spitfire, Sage, Doctor Druid and Pixie. Blade is later revealed to be an auxillary member.
- After the reboot, The Incredible Hulk is written as merely a different albeit repressed facet from Bruce rather than a seperate entity. Hulk was born from the rage of Bruce so without him, Hulk has no drive or origin while Bruce is kept with all the pent-up anger and stress with no outlet. Bruce travels to deal with various monsters and better incorporate the Hulk with himself. Furthermore, fans would be given the opportunity to vote on who Bruce should be with, with the top choices being either Caiera or Betty.
- She-Hulk still continues on and her series is more light-hearted compared to her cousin's while also showing off her life as a legal representative in the superhero community. It's also revealed that she is beginning a relationship with Virtue, which the writers said was a hilarious reference to the fan-desired pairing of Superman and Wonder Woman from DC Comics.
- The Ghost Rider series has been rebranded with a greater emphasis on the mystical aspects of Abrahamic lore with mroe angels, demons and various in-betweens. Johnny Blaze is retired now though pops up as a supporting character (though he does have his own maxi series showing is time as the primary Rider along with showing up in large events, such as when Robbie needed his help to take down the Gibborim.) Daniel Kretch is the current Ghost Rider and is an homage to the late 80s and early 90s. He and to a lesser extent Johnny are mentors to Robbie Reyes, the next generation while also having Alejandra often appear, the Rider who was supposed to take Daniel's place, but has her own agenda while being a pawn to Adam.
- The Marvel cosmic heroverse is simplified and streamlined for more readers to grab onto with the current crossover for the disapperance of Galactus. Guardians of the Galaxy has been retooled into more of a comical story, inspired by the films. The team is that of Star-Lord, Adam Warlock, Rocket Raccoon, Groot, Gamora, Drax the Destroyer, Mantis and Moondragon (she joined as a favor toward Phyla-Vell when the team reformed.)
- The Annhilators are formed after the near-defeat of the Guardians, serving as a another team to handle larger meances that threaten the universe, consisting of the mightiest people that could be found. The team consists of Wendell as Quasar, Genis-Vell as Photon, a resurrected Phyla-Vell as the Starbrand of Earth-616, Beta Ray Bill, Ikon, Gladiator and Cosmo.
- Squirrel Girl is also very popular among readers of all ages, having more comical-themes adventures while crossing over with other heroes every now and then.
- The Sentry is handled much better than OTL.
- Gwenpool is not cancelled, instead being marketed as a successor toward Deadpool in a legacy character fashion. As such, she serves as his "protege" while also they serve as one another's confidants due to being the only people aware of the "fourth wall." She also must wrestle with building a life for herself in a universe she once deemed fictional while having to grow as both Gwenpool and Gwen Poole. However, everything is still written in a tongue-in-cheek fashion, especially with her decision to follow Deadpool to Canada and her adjustments to adopting to the Marvel Universe are compared to her adapting to becoming a Canadian citizen.
- After the success of the Big Hero 6 film, a comic series based on the film is created, although set apart in an alternate universe.
- Marvel What-Ifs make a return with some of the most popular and successful ones being: What-if Captain America never got frozen and his impact in the modern world (such as him saving a young Magneto from a camp), What-if Gwen Stacy was bitten by the spider instead of Peter Parker (the idea was popular to have her come back in Spider-Verse and even given her own series), What-if the Punisher became the Ghost Rider and What-if Wakanda opened up to the rest of the world in World War II (with Captain America working with Black Panther's grandfather and seeing the effects.)
- Marvel's latest plans involve them taking a page from DC's book of ideas and introducing a "negaverse" with the heroes and villains reversed in morality.
Other Comic Books
- The IDW MLP comic series is better written, with some notable fanfic writers becoming writers for the comic books, resulting in better quality along with continuity. Many of the stories are about the same as OTL, if not better written.
- The MLP Deviations story of Bluebood being Celestia's student instead of Twilight is taken seriously and fleshes out Blueblood. With Celestia taking a more active role in his rearing, Blueblood ends up without negative role models that would be responsible for much of his faults in OTL and instead become a more amicable and respectful prince along with skilled diplomat and navigator. This idea would skyrocket to where a spin-off comic series is considered of Blueblood along with his own group of friends serving as Elements of Harmony (Thunderlane, Silver Shill, Party Favor, Spearhead, Hayseed Turnip Truck) after he accompanies Twilight Sparkle (here, a normal though gifted magical student who still has Spike, though more as her younger brother and study buddy) to her new job in Ponyville as librarian and he learns of the Festival.
- The IDW MLP Friends Forever series is not cancelled, instead on-going.
- The Scott Pilgrim graphic novel series is better written (especially the last book) after O'Mally revises some of the story down the line. The note of the entire thing being in Scott's POV to account for discrepencies to point out his unreliable view is not used due to it being viewed as lazy writing by those who revised his work. Furthermore, the planned film adaptation is released as an animated trilogy and the video game adaptation is still released on Xbox 360 and PS3, but also on the Wii and Steam. It also gets a rerelease on their successor consoles.
- Tom Strong maintains its series with Alan Moore occasionally writing under Dynamite Entertainment. Tom Strong is in works with a crossover with Atomic Robo.
- Dynamite Entertainment was granted rights to make comic books for neo-pulp franchises such as The Rocketeer and Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, with plans for a crossover in the future. This is the result of the US public domain rules having been changed, with the date going from works before 1923 to 1943 for the most part and many media ventures capitalizing on that.
- Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog remains and continues though the Penders Lawsuit still ends up happening, resulting in the shifts, albeit different ones. Professor Von Schlemmer within the Archie Sonic comics is actually in the present instead of the future and serves as a good counterpart to Dr. Eggman. The Moebius counterparts are replaced with Suibom counterparts, based off of the "Ashura" and "Wechnia" glitches, showing a strange darker universe. Tangle the Lemur is still introduced however.
- Archie Comics' Megaman comics continue here and are even the basis for the upcoming animated Megaman series, which resembles an animated version of the archie comics, though would adhere closer to the games and not use any of the Archie-exclusive characters.
- Lumberjanes is alot more popular and rumors are in talk for an animated adaptation.
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Chuck Norris dies in a training accident while in the Air Force in South Korea in 1958. So sad.
Joe Lewis gets cast as Colt in Way of the Dragon rather than Chuck Norris. He goes on to do several decent B chop sockey movies. The most memorable is the 1979 film Walker, in which he plays a border patrol agent who uncovers a corrupt smuggling ring in El Paso. The film also stars El Paso native Jay J. Armes, who went on to an interesting and rather strange film career of his own.
Bruce Lee doesn't take Betty Ting's Equagesic on July 20, 1973. He lives a good long life. Game of Death gets properly finished, along with The Seven Sons of the Jade Dragon, Yellow-Faced Tiger, and Green Bamboo Warrior. Southern Fist/Northern Leg gets made starring Bruce Lee instead of David Carradine. It is a *much* better film, and leads to the TV program The Warrior. The Warrior, focusing on a Chinese immigrant who gets involved in the 1880s Tong Wars of San Francisco, is a huge hit, running from 1977 to 1981.
Bruce goes on to star in several big budget action films through the 80s and 90s. He became the subject of a sensational meme on the internet, "Bruce Lee Facts". His most recent film role was as the unnamed older, legendary badass in Robert Rodriguez's Desparados III, an ensemble action thriller with an all star cast that is a something between the OTL series Fast and Furious and The Expendables.
More to come...
Joe Lewis gets cast as Colt in Way of the Dragon rather than Chuck Norris. He goes on to do several decent B chop sockey movies. The most memorable is the 1979 film Walker, in which he plays a border patrol agent who uncovers a corrupt smuggling ring in El Paso. The film also stars El Paso native Jay J. Armes, who went on to an interesting and rather strange film career of his own.
Bruce Lee doesn't take Betty Ting's Equagesic on July 20, 1973. He lives a good long life. Game of Death gets properly finished, along with The Seven Sons of the Jade Dragon, Yellow-Faced Tiger, and Green Bamboo Warrior. Southern Fist/Northern Leg gets made starring Bruce Lee instead of David Carradine. It is a *much* better film, and leads to the TV program The Warrior. The Warrior, focusing on a Chinese immigrant who gets involved in the 1880s Tong Wars of San Francisco, is a huge hit, running from 1977 to 1981.
Bruce goes on to star in several big budget action films through the 80s and 90s. He became the subject of a sensational meme on the internet, "Bruce Lee Facts". His most recent film role was as the unnamed older, legendary badass in Robert Rodriguez's Desparados III, an ensemble action thriller with an all star cast that is a something between the OTL series Fast and Furious and The Expendables.
More to come...
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Actually even in our not as cool pop culture wise world there are talks about a possible Lumberjanes adaptation from FOX some point in the near future.
Dc comics is sold to paramount instead of WB.
RWBY: monty oum, Miles Luna, Kerry Shawcross, and Shane Newville takes up literature and RWBY becomes a 12-part novel series. Which gets adapted into HBO live-action series.
Twilight: Paramount buys film right, and turn it into action movie, redeeming entire Book Series.
Final Fantasy: Versus XIII and XIII is made on Unreal engine instead of Crystal tools or Luminous.
RWBY: monty oum, Miles Luna, Kerry Shawcross, and Shane Newville takes up literature and RWBY becomes a 12-part novel series. Which gets adapted into HBO live-action series.
Twilight: Paramount buys film right, and turn it into action movie, redeeming entire Book Series.
Final Fantasy: Versus XIII and XIII is made on Unreal engine instead of Crystal tools or Luminous.
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I don't think Twilight action movie series would be sucessful through, PoD would be to have Meyer die somehow and someone else take license, then they sell it it Paramount. Even then, while the movie would certainly be better than what we got, that's such a low bar considering the source material and it would be seen as a buffy clone at most.
And if the entire Twilight series is already out....damage is done I'm afraid.
At least you tried to turn poop into gold, just I looked at the pitch and while it would have been leagues better than what we got, it being successful critically is a far different question altogether.
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* The Simpsons actually ending in 2000. I don't like how they strung it out for so long. In fact, if it had ended early, it might have gotten a better revival later on.
* Following that, the planned spin-off Tales of Springfield, which would have explored the lives of Simpsons family members.
* Chris Farley surviving his fatal overdose, and living to make a Fatty Arbuckle movie, and the original Shrek movie.
* The Johto arc of Pokemon featuring the GS Ball and Celebi. I think they were planning a huge story arc, which made Johto way too long.
* God, the Devil, and Bob lasting a couple of seasons. That show was unfairly torpedoed by Moral Guardians.
* Elvis Presley not dying in 1977.
* Nigerian jazz becoming popular in the US.
* Russia going genuinely democratic after World War I. That would have led to a surge of Russian creativity throughout the 20th century.
* Sergei Eisenstein making a film about the Napoleonic Wars.
* Ghostbusters II being a worthy successor to Ghostbusters I.
* Following that, the planned spin-off Tales of Springfield, which would have explored the lives of Simpsons family members.
* Chris Farley surviving his fatal overdose, and living to make a Fatty Arbuckle movie, and the original Shrek movie.
* The Johto arc of Pokemon featuring the GS Ball and Celebi. I think they were planning a huge story arc, which made Johto way too long.
* God, the Devil, and Bob lasting a couple of seasons. That show was unfairly torpedoed by Moral Guardians.
* Elvis Presley not dying in 1977.
* Nigerian jazz becoming popular in the US.
* Russia going genuinely democratic after World War I. That would have led to a surge of Russian creativity throughout the 20th century.
* Sergei Eisenstein making a film about the Napoleonic Wars.
* Ghostbusters II being a worthy successor to Ghostbusters I.
Wow, did not know that. There's probably a few things I might edit into some of my posts when I remember