Notes on Timeline in Wonder Woman 226

[caiusbackup]

In the latest (& last of this volume of) Wonder Woman, Rucka does a retrospective giving the number of years ago each scene took place.

Thus, we have a timeline:

9 Years Ago: Wonder Woman has debuted, and is living with the Kapatelis family; Fire is already in JLI-era costume. Real time: Nov 88 at earliest. Rucka time: 1997

6 Years Ago: Wonder Woman opens Embassey (refs to Booster Gold in pre-Doomsday costume, Titans Tower) but from dialogue (Neron), must be post-Underworld Unleashed. Real time: perh. end of 1995. Rucka time: 2000

5 Years Ago: Artemis takes on Wonder Woman's identity (late JLA v2 by my reckoning, but dialogue implies early JLA v3, with Superman and Batman on the team; however, I'm pretty sure Diana had the title back by then!). Real time: sometime during 1995, and very possibly should take place before the previous conversation (anyone more familiar with Wonder Woman continuity than I am?) Rucka time: 2001.

2 Years Ago: (Luthor president or campaigning) Just post-OWAW, Hippolyta dead. Real Time: after October 2001. Rucka time: 2004.

1 Year Ago (!): Identity Crisis #1 (Sue Dibny's funeral.) Real time: August 2004. Rucka time: 2005.

Make of that what you will.

Comments

[derryderrydown.livejournal.com]

IC1 was 2004? Jebus. Time flies when your fandom is monthly.

[badficwriter.livejournal.com]

(I interpreted the Big Two on the team as just visiting reserves type stuff)

Lessee. Underworld Unleashed was after Hal was dead but before Jim Corrigan bit it. So...Kyle's been a rookie for...roughly 6 years? And that's how long Hal's been dead, less a few. But I can't see Ollie being alive again that long. Maybe we should consider timeline's individually for each hero, as cracktastic as that sounds.