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From: allen@bunker.UUCP (C. Allen Grabert)
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Subject: Re: Jayembee Reviews
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Date: Mon, 19-Aug-85 15:55:13 EDT
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Posted: Mon Aug 19 15:55:13 1985
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> LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #16	[DC, $1.25]	C-
> 
> 	Nicely done as it stands. There's a major problem with the whole
> idea, though. Considering the time-flux problems shown in CRISIS, it would
> have seemed more reasonable for Brainy to be upset over Kara's *recent* death
> rather than the 1000-year anniversary of her death. After all, what is so
> significant about it being a thousand years? Was the 999th anniversary less
> of a hurt? And since the 30th Century has known about Kara's death for 1000
> years, they must have known about the Crisis for all that time. Why then,
> were they so surprised when its effects manifested themselves? Why was Dawn-
> star surprised by the appearance of Harbinger?

It seems to me that DC is implying that Braniac 5/"the 30th Century" did NOT
know about the Crisis because "previously" it HADN'T happened before.  A similar
situation would be Thanos' interference in the timeline of Warlock/Magus; time
was simply modified.  Thus, the news of Kara's death would only now have been
"propagated" to the 30th Century.  I haven't considered what other ramifications
this idea might have.

Then again, there was a somewhat cryptic mention in Flash (around #346 or so;
I didn't buy the book) about the "Orion conflagration" (I believe it was called)
having disrupted the records of the 20th Century.  (I assume this referred to
Crisis.)
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