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1. Marc Guggenheim has said Jack Napier is alive in Crisis on Infinite Earths. Notice how Batman captures the Joker, not killing him. This makes more sense with the Schumacher films, where Batman stopped killing people.
2. Superman Returns is said to be the same continuity as Superman I-IV in Crisis on Infinite Earths no matter how convoluted it is. Marc Guggenheim confirmed it, and Crisis referenced Superman III, Superman IV and Superman Returns. Marc Guggenheim does think Superman Returns takes place after Superman IV, but he's wrong and we have to ignore him on that specific issue. He did say later on he's unsure if it's still up to him, or if it ever was, so they might retcon this, but I'm just following the official word for now. Superman didn't kill Zod, Ursa or Non, they were arrested by the Arctic Police in a deleted scene. Now, deleted scenes aren't canon but this shows that they weren't intended to be dead. As for his parents, because Superman '78 doesn't apply to this continuity, they are dead.
3. The Schumacher films are confirmed Earth-89 in Crisis Aftermath. The Batman '89 writer made a joke referencing a joke on Twitter that had Batman & Robin as Earth-97 because it released in 1997. If you look at the whole thing, Crisis Aftermath stated Bat-Nipples are canon because of Earth-89 and Earth-97 was a joke referencing release years. Some random guy on twitter didn't understand that, brought it up to the writer and the writer didn't have any context. Also, the writer assumed they were working under Earth-89. Lots of headlines spread misinformation about the Schumacher films having a confirmed Earth number. It is said that The Flash movie will not reference the Schumacher films, but we don't know if that means it's a different universe or if they just won't reference them. A UK vehicle production company working on The Flash does seem to have produced Batman & Robin logos, and they liked my tweets that suggested that it would be easter eggs in Earth-89, but did not like my tweets suggesting it would be a seperate Earth. We will have to wait and see.
4. The comics do matter. They're official continuations of the films and absolutely are canon. The general consensus after Dark Crisis: Big Bang #1, however, is that Superman '78 and Batman '89 are set in the comics multiverse, making it a different canon. I'm trying to be consistent with that by giving it its own timeline. I'm pretty sure it will expand with a Superman '78/Batman '89 crossover comic in the future. Here's hoping for a The Flash '90 reference, lol.
So, in other words, we're working with 3 loosely connected universes:
Earth-89 - Burtonverse
Earth-96 - Donnerverse
Earth-789 - Shared Universe
2. Superman Returns is said to be the same continuity as Superman I-IV in Crisis on Infinite Earths no matter how convoluted it is. Marc Guggenheim confirmed it, and Crisis referenced Superman III, Superman IV and Superman Returns. Marc Guggenheim does think Superman Returns takes place after Superman IV, but he's wrong and we have to ignore him on that specific issue. He did say later on he's unsure if it's still up to him, or if it ever was, so they might retcon this, but I'm just following the official word for now. Superman didn't kill Zod, Ursa or Non, they were arrested by the Arctic Police in a deleted scene. Now, deleted scenes aren't canon but this shows that they weren't intended to be dead. As for his parents, because Superman '78 doesn't apply to this continuity, they are dead.
3. The Schumacher films are confirmed Earth-89 in Crisis Aftermath. The Batman '89 writer made a joke referencing a joke on Twitter that had Batman & Robin as Earth-97 because it released in 1997. If you look at the whole thing, Crisis Aftermath stated Bat-Nipples are canon because of Earth-89 and Earth-97 was a joke referencing release years. Some random guy on twitter didn't understand that, brought it up to the writer and the writer didn't have any context. Also, the writer assumed they were working under Earth-89. Lots of headlines spread misinformation about the Schumacher films having a confirmed Earth number. It is said that The Flash movie will not reference the Schumacher films, but we don't know if that means it's a different universe or if they just won't reference them. A UK vehicle production company working on The Flash does seem to have produced Batman & Robin logos, and they liked my tweets that suggested that it would be easter eggs in Earth-89, but did not like my tweets suggesting it would be a seperate Earth. We will have to wait and see.
4. The comics do matter. They're official continuations of the films and absolutely are canon. The general consensus after Dark Crisis: Big Bang #1, however, is that Superman '78 and Batman '89 are set in the comics multiverse, making it a different canon. I'm trying to be consistent with that by giving it its own timeline. I'm pretty sure it will expand with a Superman '78/Batman '89 crossover comic in the future. Here's hoping for a The Flash '90 reference, lol.
So, in other words, we're working with 3 loosely connected universes:
Earth-89 - Burtonverse
Earth-96 - Donnerverse
Earth-789 - Shared Universe
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