Saturday, May 3, 2008

Analyzing the DC Teaser

Different websites have posted DC's new teaser image and I've decided to give my insight and analyze as many of the clues as possible. Feel free to add to this post and as Final Crisis goes on we will see how many things we got right. First let's take a look at the picture.



  • "The Dead Shall Rise" - Reference to the Black Lanterns that arrive during "Blackest Night"
  • "I am Batman?" - Reference to "Batman R.I.P." I really think that "Batman R.I.P." is going to focus on Bruce Wayne being revealed as Batman.
  • "100% Alien" - Possible a reference to Martian Manhunter. Unlike Superman, Manhunter never felt accepted on Earth. He can't really walk among us as a human. He will always be 100% alien.
  • "Who is Wonderdog?" - During the NY Comic Con it was stated that Wonderdog would be returning to the pages of Teen Titans.
  • "You can go Home Again" - Reference to the JSA Annual where Powergirl heads to Earth-2.
  • "Rockin Robins" - I"m pretty sure this is a reference to an Elseworlds story that featured Dick Grayson and Barbra Gordon as a crime fighting team. Not sure how it will play in to the current DC.
  • "52 - 1 = 0" - Right now we have 52 Worlds in the DC Universe. The equation seems that if we lose one earth we lose them all in a chain reaction.
  • "First Boy Last Boy" - Reference to Kamandi
  • "He Wakes the World Ends" - The return of Darkseid brings the end of the World.
  • "1 /JSA = 2" - The JSA is getting huge. It would only makes sense to break it in to two teams.

There's a lot of other clues on there but that's all I've got so far. Please add your thoughts and ideas to this post.

1 comment:

Biff Bam Pow Comics! said...

Hey man! Love the blog - keep it up! I've got a few different views however...!

I'm thinking that "I am Batman?" might instead be signaling Bruce Wayne stepping down from the role, and someone else stepping in, I'm thinking 100% alien could be a reference to a different alien (maybe Starfire, as she's been cropping up an awful lot of late) and with 1/ JSA = 2 - could the JSA be off to their original home - Earth 2...?

As for the others - here are a few more ideas...

'Sightings all around us' - has to be a reference to the new 'tag' for anything important in the DCU (that came from a recent DC Nation)...

'The Son Rises', could either be a reference to Ra's al Ghul's return via his son, or to Damian becoming Robin...

'Best woman for a job - a man' - must be reference to the new Wonder Woman mini series...

'You can go home again' might be the return of Barry Allen (which I hope to God is temporary - if not, it's a colossal mistake)...

And could '3 reborn' mean big changes for Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman in 'Trinity'? As in - maybe a new Batman, Wonder Woman, and (dare I say it) Superman...? DC would have to strap on a fairly big set of balls to do anything like this though - so maybe not...!

Just ideas - but funky to see if they're right / come true!