Superman Revenge Squad (Action Comics Rebirth:The New World)

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Superman is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character was created by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster, high school students living in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1933.

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"Retcon the new 52 out of continuity" the most beautiful words in the English language

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[@zenbrown9715]

I have this feeling that when the shit finally hits the fan it's gonna come down to Jonathan/Superboy saving the day ,his Dad, The League and the entire DCU from Dr. Manhattan

[@rjpompa2678]

ZENDEL Brown Apparently it's going to be Superman vs Dr. Manhattan, but not physically fighting but rather on views on how stuff should be. If you know what I mean.

[@WhatsBiggin]

Jon Kent and Tim Drake. I love that Tim Drake is such a threat to the machinations of multiversal threat that they had to take him off the playing field. That just confirms that I chose right in making him my favorite DC Character.

[@DrBiBeatz]

ZENDEL Brown I think there are only 3 people can deal with Dr Manhattan, 1st the Presents, 2nd The Spectre and 3rd morning star. there is no chance superman or any dc super hero characters can deal with Dr Manhattan.

[@TheInfiniteDraw]

I don't really understand why you're making this so complicated. It's not. New 52 Superman existed and had his own distinct back story, and post crisis pre flashpoint Superman also existed with his own history. Whatever caused the New 52 to happen, whether it be Flashpoint or Dr. Manhattan, two distinct Supermen existed. Then New 52 Superman died and turned to energy, which later merged with pre flashpoint Superman, making an all new Superman with both histories existing in one person.

[@isaiahweston6654]

But it’s not both history’s in one it culmination of both origins making it one which means the timeline doesn’t add up because if he neve existed and simultaneously existed how does that make sense. New 52 Superman was macking with WW pretty hard yet he had a family with Lois at the same time. Like huh?

[@TheInfiniteDraw]

@@isaiahweston6654 I mean, I'm pretty sure I explained it quite clearly 4 years ago when this post was made. And it addresses the thing you just said.

[@thefallenbelmont4133]

cant wait for DOOMSDAY CLOCK!!!!!

[@concept5631]

What're your thoughts on it after its completion?

[@d.i.f2447]

superman black outfit is the best one

[@WitnessRAH]

the one with the mullet?

[@d.i.f2447]

Robert Hall yea the mullet one

[@kyote1r77]

Hell yeah

[@doctorleak5312]

people will be pissed If they find out everything they read was fake

[@AstroRayGun]

doctor leak it wasn't fake. the new 52 continuity is just merged with post crisis continuity. all the villains he fought in the new 52, they still happened

[@louisalectube]

Kinda like when they decided to trash the Post-Crisis Universe and went with a half-assed "New 52".

[@MetalMadness_00]

louisalectube I much prefer Superman going into that warped hole in and traveling back in time to Prime Earth and now he becomes the new Superman after the old one dies

[@AstroRayGun]

***** idk. I don't read wonder woman

[@robertcastanpn288]

Rabid Garchomp they did

[@svartfrasr9755]

He friggin' knocked the multiverse down from 52 to 51 with Manhattan on his way to bring it all down to 1.

[@Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache]

Was it really that confusing to readers for DC to say "We had 2 Supermen. One from the Pre-Flashpoint universe, one from the New 52. New 52 Superman died, and now Pre-Flashpoint Superman has come back out of hiding to replace him. There were 3 Clark Kents, but one of them was Mxy, who wanted to fix the whole 'New 52 Lois Lane revealed New 52 Superman's secret identity' thing". At what point did we lose them?

[@alexanderavila8371]

Just Some Guy with a Mustache How did pre-52 superman merge with new-52 superman if new 52 superman is dead.

[@Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache]

Because New 52 Superman existed as an energy being.

[@flyboy2496]

lord knows I'm sooooo confused, even after watching this video 😔

[@culvernile2255]

same here. has n52 suit but not cool T-shirt and jeans, henshaw cs but what about zor-el cs?, what about two eradicators but no kon-el?

[@ericmadsen9655]

Culver Nile All will be revealed in DC's good time.

[@culvernile2255]

Eric Madsen that is what I am worried about.

[@ericmadsen9655]

Culver Nile And I thought Marvel was confusing. Oh well. Don't worry we'll figure it out, eventually.

[@culvernile2255]

Eric Madsen I'll bring the weed. we'll need it.

[@theatom7912]

Pete Ross DID appear in N52. He made various appearances in Action Comics. Also the N52 wasn't thrown into the bin it's just that the continuity of Superman is now a combination of elements of the N52 AND Pre N52

[@hitchhicker2013]

Thank You! I was beginning to feel that no one else got that the idea was to make two parts whole. That they didn't just toss out all the New 52 stuff but had to take out some Post crisis things as well and mix the best parts.

[@robertcastanpn288]

The Atom right

[@UnifiedEntity]

They better bring Connor back damn it!

[@OreoBrawl]

RaginDXDemon Nah fam, he retired. Get over it

[@TheRushDrive]

RaginDXDemon Maybe he's trap just like Wally West was.

[@Dxsmp]

RaginDXDemon I forgot wat happen to him but he come back eventually like superboy prime will

[@josersreviews137]

It'd be nice, but the New 52 butchered him, Bart, and Cassie so bad I think they're going to be given some time off. I think Cassie is still around, but I can't remember if we've seen her post Rebirth.

[@amyvillanueva3442]

Jose Velez-Martinez Cassie was in a Rebirth anthology

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loving the longer videos man keep them up great work as always man best thing on KZbin Rob Core Light

[@markwalker3484]

Action Comics / Superman has been the best arc of Rebirth so far for me.

[@BakaryD]

Man thanks so much for your videos

[@soupkid8268]

SO.... he just CHaNGED time. Thanks Superman....

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Nice video rob much love you are the best👍😀

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great video Rob 👍

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another informative video! keep them going! suggestions? Doctor Fate and Blue beetle! & more wonder woman please, & thank you

[@9_theNightHawk]

This particular story comic just makes explaining Superman's current canon history that much more confusing. The split Superman theory was perfectly fine, it fit with the N52/Rebirth landscape and allowed writers to have their younger, more inexperienced Clark but also the old one we know and love. Why does this "retcon" of his history exists when it creates more confusion than answers any questions?

[@xchargerOUx]

Having 3 Clark kents/Superman just makes no sense in the long run. Quit you crying.

[@Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache]

Aaron Latta, I got you. This was weird. It seems like they were high on their "we can have our cake and eat it, too" feelings after Rebirth. But remember this, there's always head-canon.

[@DamonCagnolatti]

Aaron Latta it actually provides history, you know that thing that most kids hated in school bc it was uncool, of Supes that was wiped away with New 52. Basically THE NEW 52 messed EVERYTHING UP. It was D.C.'s way of saying fuck comics and their fanboys, we want to bring the comics in alignment with the toys and ultimately the films and video games. Dan Jurgens is correcting the New 52 bullshit.

[@Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache]

Except Jurgens already did that by saying "This is the real Superman. The other guy you didn't like? Yeah, he's dead now. Dead and gone forever." But New 52 Superman just _had_ to come in one last time and throw a monkey wrench into everything.

[@thefatman69dude]

Lol I tried explaining this story to my friend and I just gave up lol

[@MarkyDMagic]

I like how you can tell rob just added corporeal to his vocabulary 👍

[@srolack2]

It applies to just Superman. It is his history merged. That is all. That is why Connor is not there. The other new 52 characters are not impacted directly or retconned.

[@arcnate]

what about wonder woman and lana lang then?

[@superboy6339]

Awesome!!!

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[@johnwhittington2998]

Superman is the best thing coming out of DC Rebirth right now

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Awesome video

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You're awesome the way you tell your story is adapting them as as as I go it's quite interesting still not sure exactly how all that works because you know I don't watch the videos until way after you made them

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[@blurrg1]

Man this one gave me a headache lol. But great job explaining everything 👍 I'm really loving the rebirth stuff.

[@flexorlamonticus]

This video was more entertaining than the actual comic. Ha ha. Thanks!

[@JSPagliacci]

Hidden gems shine brightest boys.

[@scottyrob82]

Sebastian Porter Actually if they're hidden and don't receive any light then they don't shine at all. And if if they're unpolished then they absorb less light and can't refract light as well.

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Can't get over how often they make Steel's hammer look like Mjolnir...

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This cool video on the new Superman origin .My fav origin on Superman is the post Crisis in Summer 86 , But do like how they update for the next gen . And Rob there like a million subs on your channel , I take few months off from KZbin . And find ComicsExplained has grown ,

[@dava4444]

If Superboy Prime took on Dr. Manhattan, as a heroic act.. WOW... WHAT A TWIST THAT'D BE! He's like the only other DC char, that could *actually* beat him. By the time SBP was a reality bender, at the end of the cosmos, he was prolly as powerful or MORE powerful than Manhattan.. WOW, I'd love to hear that story!

[@superboyprime4893]

Nice bro :D

[@WhatsBiggin]

Rob. I love you, man. But you made this video as if you didn't see the spirit of New 52 Superman and Post Crisis Superman merging to become one. Also in Trinity #8 you saw the multiversal trinity show up in the dreamscape. This is all really exciting. This is DEFINITELY the best stuff coming out of DC Rebirth. lol

[@supersaiyanindian]

Man they did my boy Conner Kent dirty with this one, they better bring his ass back fr

[@shaquaningham560]

Why the Hell haven't they done Superboy(Kon-el) Rebirth

[@Blxckstar]

Shaquan Ingham They have Jon Kent, they dont want Kon-El anymore. But I'm sure once Young Justice season 3 starts they'll bring him back

[@hitchhicker2013]

I thought New Superman was about him and how he decided to move to China to be away from Reborn Supes but no just random Asian guy Superman.

[@The-Despoiler-XVI]

I think it might have something to do with superboyprime, maybe he found a way to trap superboy outside of the current timeline? Remember he turned into time trapper and was the last surviving being in the dc universe? Maybe somewhere in that timeline he figured it all out. Who knows, only time can tell. Either way, we get to see prime and dr manhattan soon and that is SUPER exciting.

[@TheRushDrive]

Shaquan Ingham Maybe he's trap just like Wally was.

[@robertcastanpn288]

Carlos Franco he was last scene at the source wall but rumors has it tht dr Manhattan button has something to do with superboy prime

[@marco39120]

#BringBackSuperboyPrime

[@zvonimirtomac7896]

marco39120 Heck yeah! #BringBackSuperboyPrime

[@utoresa5193]

marco39120 Agreed,it's time to see him using his ability to kill people to death once more.

[@Bloggerboy1000]

Why? He's a whiney character and served his purpose in Infinite Crisis and argueably in the Sinestro Corps War.

[@zvonimirtomac7896]

Bloggerboy1000 Oh, come on! Don't tell me you wouldn't react like he did if you lost everything.

[@Bloggerboy1000]

+Zvonimir Tomac I get what they are going for with the character (a real life whining fanboy), but it doesn't make an interesting read for me.

[@supersaiyanbardock8329]

I would have to watch this again.

[@LokDesaad6]

When they arrived in The New 52 universe, Lois and Clark settled in Salinas, California with their son. When the New 52 Superman died, they moved to Hamilton County.

[@jtheexistentialist1221]

Am I excited about the Watcher? You kidding. Dr. Manhattan is necessary. Inevitable.

[@TevyaSmolka]

the one thing i am hoping for in the future is that we can finally have Jonathan Samuel kent aka superboy and Conner kent aka superboy coexisting in the same universe and they can become brothers because that would be amazing and so adorable that it would make my heart sing.

[@ShadowSonic64]

Lee Weeks draws an amazing Superman

[@speedsterjay]

Great post dude. I was so excited that "my" Superman was back... now I don't know. I guess the writers will decide. Explain Wally West please?

[@yoni8714]

Love your voice

[@patrickimperial579]

Hi Rob. I was wondering if you can give some tips on how to analyse comics when you read them. Because you're so good at explaining what certain things mean. So I was wondering if you can give some tips. It would be great if anybody can! Love your content btw!

[@Hellsing7747]

honest to God, I like new 52 Superman

[@ss-ez1br]

Hellsing7747 lots of people did

[@Daddy_Kaiju]

I'm sure this has been addressed already but Pete Ross is an existing character from the golden age. Was a Superboy supporting character.

[@Exhumami]

*WHAT IF LEX LUTHOR BECAME SORCERER SUPREME?*

[@loimac5105]

They pretty much had to retcon stuff out or else how were they gonna explain Wonder woman's relationship with Superman after he fused with New 52 superman.

[@joluoto]

Well Wondie is together with Steve Trevor again, so they could easily just sya their relationship didn't happen in this timeline. I mean Wondies memories are screwed up anyways, so her just forgetting the N52 Supes would fit the bill.

[@siljeheart]

Not really Mr. Jurgens said- Superman and Wonder Woman’s DCU Romance is No Longer in Continuity. Superman and Wonder Woman were never a thing. The confirmation that Clark and Diana’s New 52 romance has been retconned comes courtesy of current Action Comics scribe Dan Jurgens, in response to a tweet by a fan. ‘We gave the broad strokes in Action, which made things fairly clear,” tweeted Jurgens. “No romantic relationship with WW, for example.” Vis mindre

[@dragonman5330]

I like the new 52 superman more than the pre-new 52 superman. He was refreshing, inexperience, unwise and does mistakes. He was basically superman in his first few years of being superman and had to learn through trial, tribulation and error so that he can learn, grow and develope to the superman we all know and love. But Hardcore superman fans have such a hard on to the old, tired and known superman of pre-52 that they didn't give the knew one a chance to grow and develope, granted some of the new 52 stories were bad but it didn't mean all in general were, there were some that was actually good. Superman Unchained was my personal favorite. Wish they didn't killed off new 52 supes, he's my favorite incarnation of superman.

[@culvernile2255]

Dragon Man but sadly they never wrote him so well.

[@dragonman5330]

Culver Nile Won't argue with you on that one, but i believe over time he would've been a great character. Nope, lets kill him off and bring the old supes in. Quite lazy, really.

[@Nexion3653]

This is really interesting

[@LordMichaelRahl]

Drinking game: take a shot every time Rob says New 52.

[@JDubbsIII]

One thing that the New 52 Superman does have over the old is the costume. I like the modern take on his armor's origin, and that it looks like a cool turtleneck

[@BPN25]

13:26 holy shit i'm so confuzzled

[@rodrodriguez8961]

Rebirth is like Star Wars bringing Legends slowly into Cannon.

[@davidsirmons]

Lex Luthor face @ 6:40 = Smellin' a superFart.

[@steveeaton7038]

I haven't been this excited about DC since Knightfall and Contagion

[@Digedon]

Every event in Rebirth had raised more questions than it has answered. Hopefully we get some real answers with Doomsday Clock.

[@Xaphino]

Let me tell you something Rob Corp, let me tell you something! Comicsexplained is the best thing coming out of DC Rebirth right now!!!! So what I want to do here is explain how Marvel Explained Rob and Comics Explained Rob merge into one Rob

[@rodrodriguez8961]

If you look at how masterfully Star Wars has brought it's Star Wars Legends into the new Star Wars Cannon we will see it's echoes in DC Rebirth i personally think it's brilliant.

[@trainerredcharizard7982]

The New 52 Supes..Ive only have some info about him from the new DC Animated movies and well,he is kinda cool a lot more headstrong sure but still cool..yet i do like the "Classic " Supes

[@LeoxandarMagnus]

Well, I'm hyped now.

[@BirDLaw-dh1di]

The Metropolis Kid would be the best thing coming out of DC Comics

[@shindelion]

A video about that old guy at the end would be noice. The old guy with the black hat that you said is a ''god'' in that universe.

[@carlosfontanez9804]

2:22 My mind is official blown.

[@doctorleak5312]

poor new 52 superman having all his history erased

[@comics_explained]

+doctor leak can't say I'm torn up about it lol.

[@doctorleak5312]

ComicsExplained it does suck that dc retconed the new 52 wonder woman story where she went to olympus and met her family. loved that story

[@doctorleak5312]

Level Z superman is still depowerd though because kenan Kong still has his essence inside him and that superman prime thing

[@glenroyhodge5892]

Dr Manhattan is not stronger the mr mxyzptlk ook mr mxyzptlk can destroy the past present and future at any time mr mxyzptlk can destroy the entire DC multivers with infinite universe in it Dr Manhattan does not have the ability to do so hack in the comic he does have limits mr mxyzptlk can literally do anything dr feats is nowhere near on the level as mr mxyzptlk

[@glenroyhodge5892]

DC is treating mr mxyzptlk like shit is like they Don't know there characters or How powerful there is its bad writing man I rather they didn't bring in mr mxyzptlk in this story They or just trashing mr mxyzptlk character I would understand if mr mxyzptlk wasn't at full powerful or something like that but no I hate that just leave my mr mxyzptlk alone

[@Ushoron]

I dont know if it has been brought up but I rather like the idea that when Barry went back to fix time Manhattan decided to fix time himself and thus screwed things up because both "fixes" happened at the same time and blended together thus why you have the cross overs of characters of pre-new52 and new 52

[@thefatman69dude]

DC continuity has just become COMPLETLY fucked in terms of superman. This is soooooo confusing.

[@culvernile2255]

thefatman69fude first it was wonder woman, then JLA, then Donna, then Hawkman, then Superman never ending origin changes.

[@TerdSmasher303]

Seeing Pete Ross brought back memories of watching Smallville hahah.

[@rbiznezz2]

I loved the New 52 take on Superman

[@paulgayle1324]

yes do secret origins plz..

[@Transformersfan1699]

My head is starting to really hurt. Damn you flashpoint.

[@ragelorenz2776]

badass

[@MarginalSC]

Clark's son's face is constant nightmare fuel. Especially compared to Damien, he looks like a cartoon character.

[@catchgenerics8667]

My brain melted

[@svartfrasr9755]

I don't think Supes was just split in half. I think he got split across all the multiverse and that Trinity's take on the aftermath of Reborn is hinting that they'll all merge into one. It's time to make Supes broken all over again, people. WOO

[@arcnate]

what? he was split more than once?

[@josersreviews137]

Easiest way to think of it is it's the post crisis origin and stories with the ONLY thing they kept from the New 52 version was his parents dying his senior year...everything else was thrown out, no relationship w/ Wonder Woman, and none of the horrible stories that were told during the new 52.

[@gyst8878]

Finally Pete is canon!!😃😃

[@jamcalx]

I hope there's a splash page of superman throwing a right cross into Dr. Manhattan's Jaw in the near future!

[@Rohan-jm5di]

in Superman Reborn its revealed the pre-new 52 superman and new 52 superman were split in half when the new 52 started for whatever reason. In reborn, it was the 2 halfs becoming the whole again while also resetting everything back to how it should be(how everyone thinks of superman, the people who know his identity and how he has the Clark Kent peraona, etc)

[@royalbanner4019]

i loved the collar and that we had a more reckless superman.

[@AtomicKnights]

Very good video. I learned a lot. But for someone who doesn't speak english as his first language it was very hard to follow. You are just super excited and speak very fast! But keep it going!

[@Smileypb01]

Anyone else notice that Rob drops Superboy Prime any and every chance he can get?

[@jezza405]

Woah. That Martha Wayne revelation really caught me offguard😲 I knew about Thomas but not her😅 just shows my ignorance😧

[@kainech]

With the quotes about "strings" as the end of Flash 22, I have to wonder whether Dr. Manhattan himself is being jerked around by an unknown big bad.

[@1MarkKeller]

DC Comics re-re-reboot in 2 years.

[@WilliamAmbervein]

Pete Ross actually was a character, he was he only person who knew that Clark was Superman. Pete's kid was actually kidnapped by aliens but the Legion of Superheroes stopped him because Pete's kid was actually going to grow up with them and completely change their culture. Making Pete Ross go absolutely crazy.

[@whiskeylung]

Begging a lot of questions in this video.

[@establisha]

Rob, do you still answer questions on old videos?

[@mfhood7871]

I hope the New 52 isn't just an illusion, it may not have been amazing, but it had great stories, and it would be just a waste to belittle such great lore. Like seriously, Batman had a great run, so did my man Deathstroke, and a lot more of other stuff as well.

[@siljeheart]

Not all, just some of the story line will change frome new52 to pre52

[@siljeheart]

it still exist just with changes

[@robbcampbell7441]

New 52 sucked man...,schmucks like you actually placate that crap? Great job stupid.

[@DarthAlphaTheGreat]

Streaky the Super Cat returns...starring Krypto the Super Dog, Ace Bat dog and the Bat Cow. :P

[@KrazyKryptonian]

Pretty good video. The only thing I would say is that during Superman: Lois & Clark, Clark & Co. were living in California. They don’t move to Hamilton County until the beginning of Rebirth when they change their names from the Whites to the Smiths.

[@jackhutto1030]

there should definitely be a video on how Doctor Manhattan has effected the D.C. Landscape thus far