DC comics Legacies part 1

Well part 1 features Supes and Bats.


Check out the newsarama link.

Superman: Most of these entries will have to carry some kind of designation as to whether they report on Pre-Crisis or current continuity. Frankly, there have been a lot of “imaginary” stories about the Superman legacy, including a great take from Superman Family #200 from 1980 that shows “Laura Kent”, the daughter of Clark and Lois, slowly realizing that she’s developing super-powers in her teen years. The Superman legacy also contains an added wrinkle in the form of Power Girl. How’s that? Read on.

In terms of “our” Batman, his legacy consists mainly of the veritable army of sidekicks, students, and allies he’s inspired. First is Dick Grayson, the original Robin; Dick graduated to the identity of Nightwing before recently assuming the mantle of Batman himself. The second Robin, Jason Todd, was killed by the Joker, revived during “Infinite Crisis”, and became the nefarious Red Hood. Robin number three, Tim Drake, has adopted the identity of Red Robin. The fourth Robin, Stephanie Brown, started out as young heroine Spoiler; after a period where she was believed dead, Steph re-emerged and eventually became the current Batgirl. The current Robin, Damien Wayne, is the son of Bruce Wayne and Talia Ah Ghul, the daughter of his enemy Ra’s Ah Ghul.

Part 2 involves Aquaman: read the newsarama article

Aquaman of Earth-2: Aquaman’s actually a surprisingly complicated case. The beginning is rather simple; the Aquaman that we would consign to Earth-2 appeared in 1941 and more or less ran until 1959. That Aquaman had a different origin. His father was a human ocean explorer, and that father “taught” Aquaman his powers after studying texts that came from Atlantis (though he was shown with gills at times). The Earth-2 Aquaman did pop up in “All-Star Sqaudron” in the ‘80s, but vanished from continuity after “Crisis on Infinite Earths”, replaced in his Squadron membership along with other major heroes in the new Earth continuity by the Young All-Stars (with Neptune Perkins being his analogue) and The Spider (who subbed for Green Arrow, post-Crisis).

Aquaman of Earth-1: The more familiar take on Aquaman kicked off in 1959. Lighthouse keeper Tom Curry saved a woman during a storm; she was Atlanna, an exile from Atlantis. They fell in love, and she gave birth to the son they named Arthur. As a toddler, Arthur’s abilities began to appear. Tom later married again, and the issue of that union was Orm Curry, Arthur’s half-brother. Orm would later become the villain Ocean Master, marking Aquaman as one of the heroes that can actually claim a villain as part of his legacy. Make a note of that villain part. We’ll see it again.