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InFlashpoint Beyond # 0,DC Comicsthrows some serious tincture at its conk out continuity reboot . Referred tobehind the scenes as " 5G,“the exact nature of this reboot was subject to speculation and hearsay , and it at last failed to materialize . Now , DC has subtly admitted this proposed reboot may not have been the best theme .
In 2011 , theFlashpointevent erased the existing DC Universe and replaced it with the New 52 continuity . In early 2020 , rumors get to circulate thatanotherreboot was come , on equality withFlashpoint . While the reboot was never formally list , it was referred to internally as " 5 G , " plainly standing for " Generation Five . " The first step was being spear - headed by then DC Publisher Dan DiDio , who was also one of the architects of the New 52 reboot . The rumors of another reboot received interracial reaction among fan , and when DiDio exited DC Comics in other 2021 , any Bob Hope of 5 G ever coming to pass went with him . Now , DC Comics , inFlashpoint Beyond # 0 , throw shade at the fail reboot .
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The issue opens with Batman atRip Hunter the Time Master ’s science laboratory . The lab is desert and there are signs of a struggle . Batman examines the room for clues , including Hunter ’s ill-famed chalkboard . As has become a DC tradition , the blackboard is full of mysterious phrases point to future events , including one that says"5 G AVERTED.“The take is written by Geoff Johns , pull in by Eduardo Risso , gloss by Trish Mulvihill and letter by Rob Leigh .
Rip Hunter ’s chalkboard has become infamous for its cryptic teases of events to come , or events that will never happen - such as 5G. While exactly what 5 thousand would have entailed is still shrouded in mystery , signs pointed to it being a complete multiversal overhaul , such as theCrisis on Infinite EarthsorFlashpoint , which would see major heroes replaced by new faces in a more uttermost variant ofDC ’s eventualFuture Stateevent . Many fans viewed this move as senseless , especially considering that , at the fourth dimension , theFlashpointreboot was less than a decade former . The idea that 5 G was a trouble to be"averted"certainly makes it seem like DC now agrees with this conclusion .
While reality has changed multiple fourth dimension since the New 52 continuity ( DC is currentlyin its Infinite Frontier era ) , these revision were less uttermost than the overhaul suggested by what little was known of 5 G , bringing many characters back from the dead , adding a new generation who have so far make alongside their iconic equivalents , and stressing the width and variety of DC ’s multiverse . broadly speaking well - received , it ’s hard to see how 5 GiB could have gone better .
Whatever 5 G would have been , all signboard indicate it will no longer happen . Flashpoint Beyond # 0certainly seems to indicate thatDC Comicshas no plans to move forward with5 G , and that even the publisher is now fain to admit it would ultimately have been a misapprehension - one bad enough for a superhero like Rip Hunter to apparently take a hired man in averting .
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