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** In Pre-ComicBook/{{Crisis|on Infinite Earths}} [[UsefulNotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks Bronze Age]] comics, DC's guy in charge of Superman continuity was PromotedFanboy E. Nelson Bridwell. Bridwell adored the minutia of the Superman mythos, and whenever he personally penned a story, it was chock full of [[ContinuityNod Continuity Nods]], often to obscure [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] stuff. In stories ''focusing'' on the history of the character and his world (such as the original, pre-Crisis ''ComicBook/TheKryptonChronicles'' and ''ComicBook/WorldOfKrypton (1979)'' miniseries), this worked very well, but in stories that were set in the present day, the constant references did sometimes feel intrusive.
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** In Pre-ComicBook/{{Crisis|on Infinite Earths}} [[UsefulNotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks [[MediaNotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks Bronze Age]] comics, DC's guy in charge of Superman continuity was PromotedFanboy E. Nelson Bridwell. Bridwell adored the minutia of the Superman mythos, and whenever he personally penned a story, it was chock full of [[ContinuityNod Continuity Nods]], often to obscure [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks [[MediaNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] stuff. In stories ''focusing'' on the history of the character and his world (such as the original, pre-Crisis ''ComicBook/TheKryptonChronicles'' and ''ComicBook/WorldOfKrypton (1979)'' miniseries), this worked very well, but in stories that were set in the present day, the constant references did sometimes feel intrusive.
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* One of the common criticisms of ''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis'' was that it was continuity porn in both senses of the term. DC in general is perceived to engage in 'hard continuity' (i.e., inconsistencies are deliberately explained) versus Marvel's 'softer' kind (inconsistencies, especially [[AudienceAlienatingEra bad ones, are eventually just ignored]]).
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* ''ComicBook/GothamCitySirens'' has two cases of continuity porn. When ComicBook/TheJoker attacks the three 'reformed' villains he uses the phrase "Atomic batteries to power, turbines to speed," when powering up his super blimp in an obvious throwback to [[Series/Batman1966 the Adam West series]]. Later it turns out to be a fake Joker who was really Gaggy, a circus midget who was one of Joker's first sidekicks who first appeared in 1966! Talk about a throwback.
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* One of the common criticisms of ''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis'' was that it was continuity porn in both senses of the term. DC in general is perceived to engage in 'hard continuity' (i.e., inconsistencies are deliberately explained) versus Marvel's 'softer' kind (inconsistencies, especially [[DorkAge [[AudienceAlienatingEra bad ones, are eventually just ignored]]).
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* ''ComicBook/FiftyTwo'' veers into the second variety of continuity porn, though that might depend on whom you ask. In its defence, though, it is hard to do a yearlong series touching on [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters every character in the DC Universe]] without getting a little esoteric sometimes.
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* ''ComicBook/FiftyTwo'' veers into the second variety of continuity porn, though that might depend on whom you ask. In its defence, though, it is hard to do a yearlong series touching on [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters every character in the DC Universe]] Universe without getting a little esoteric sometimes.
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** In Pre-ComicBook/{{Crisis|on Infinite Earths}} [[UsefulNotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks Bronze Age]] comics, DC's guy in charge of Superman continuity was PromotedFanboy E. Nelson Bridwell. Bridwell adored the minutia of the Superman mythos, and whenever he personally penned a story, it was chock full of [[ContinuityNod Continuity Nods]], often to obscure [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] stuff. In stories ''focusing'' on the history of the character and his world (such as the original, pre-Crisis ''ComicBook/TheKryptonChronicles'' and ''ComicBook/WorldOfKrypton1979'' miniseries), this worked very well, but in stories that were set in the present day, the constant references did sometimes feel intrusive.
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** In Pre-ComicBook/{{Crisis|on Infinite Earths}} [[UsefulNotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks Bronze Age]] comics, DC's guy in charge of Superman continuity was PromotedFanboy E. Nelson Bridwell. Bridwell adored the minutia of the Superman mythos, and whenever he personally penned a story, it was chock full of [[ContinuityNod Continuity Nods]], often to obscure [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] stuff. In stories ''focusing'' on the history of the character and his world (such as the original, pre-Crisis ''ComicBook/TheKryptonChronicles'' and ''ComicBook/WorldOfKrypton1979'' ''ComicBook/WorldOfKrypton (1979)'' miniseries), this worked very well, but in stories that were set in the present day, the constant references did sometimes feel intrusive.
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** In Pre-ComicBook/{{Crisis|on Infinite Earths}} [[UsefulNotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks Bronze Age]] comics, DC's guy in charge of Superman continuity was PromotedFanboy E. Nelson Bridwell. Bridwell adored the minutia of the Superman mythos, and whenever he personally penned a story, it was chock full of [[ContinuityNod Continuity Nods]], often to obscure [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] stuff. In stories ''focusing'' on the history of the character and his world (such as the original, pre-Crisis ''ComicBook/TheKryptonChronicles'' and ''World of Krypton'' miniseries), this worked very well, but in stories that were set in the present day, the constant references did sometimes feel intrusive.
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** In Pre-ComicBook/{{Crisis|on Infinite Earths}} [[UsefulNotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks Bronze Age]] comics, DC's guy in charge of Superman continuity was PromotedFanboy E. Nelson Bridwell. Bridwell adored the minutia of the Superman mythos, and whenever he personally penned a story, it was chock full of [[ContinuityNod Continuity Nods]], often to obscure [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] stuff. In stories ''focusing'' on the history of the character and his world (such as the original, pre-Crisis ''ComicBook/TheKryptonChronicles'' and ''World of Krypton'' ''ComicBook/WorldOfKrypton1979'' miniseries), this worked very well, but in stories that were set in the present day, the constant references did sometimes feel intrusive.intrusive.
** ''ComicBook/ThePhantomZone'': The first issue includes a long flashback sequence which retells the history of the Phantom Zone and its inmates since their first mention in ''ComicBook/AdventureComics #283: ComicBook/ThePhantomSuperboy'' (1961), including obscure characters who had been {{Comic Book Limbo}}ed after their first appearances like Shyla Kor-Onn (''ComicBook/StrangersAtTheHeartsCore'') and Jer-Em (''ComicBook/TheUntoldStoryOfArgoCity'').
** ''ComicBook/ThePhantomZone'': The first issue includes a long flashback sequence which retells the history of the Phantom Zone and its inmates since their first mention in ''ComicBook/AdventureComics #283: ComicBook/ThePhantomSuperboy'' (1961), including obscure characters who had been {{Comic Book Limbo}}ed after their first appearances like Shyla Kor-Onn (''ComicBook/StrangersAtTheHeartsCore'') and Jer-Em (''ComicBook/TheUntoldStoryOfArgoCity'').
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* ''ComicBook/ZeroHour'' was explicitly supposed to clean up continuity problems caused by ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths''. Writer Creator/GeoffJohns' run on any book (''ComicBook/GreenLantern'', ''ComicBook/TheFlash'', ''[[ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica JSA]]'', etc) will indulge on this at one point or another. As will Creator/GrantMorrison's.
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* ''ComicBook/ZeroHour'' ''ComicBook/ZeroHourCrisisInTime'' was explicitly supposed to clean up continuity problems caused by ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths''. Writer Creator/GeoffJohns' run on any book (''ComicBook/GreenLantern'', ''ComicBook/TheFlash'', ''[[ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica JSA]]'', etc) will indulge on this at one point or another. As will Creator/GrantMorrison's.
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* One of the common criticisms of ''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis'' was that it was continuity porn in both senses of the term. DC in general is perceived to engage in 'hard continuity' (i.e., inconsistencies are deliberately explained) versus Marvel's 'softer' kind (inconsistencies, especially [[DorkAge bad ones, are eventually just ignored]]).
* ''ComicBook/ZeroHour'' was explicitly supposed to clean up continuity problems caused by ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths''. Writer Creator/GeoffJohns' run on any book (''ComicBook/GreenLantern'', ''ComicBook/TheFlash'', ''[[ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica JSA]]'', etc) will indulge on this at one point or another. As will Creator/GrantMorrison's.
** ''Crisis on Infinite Earths'' may well be the UrExample. DC Comics explicitly hired a guy to read and take notes on ''every single comic book DC had ever published'' as a consultant for Marv Wolfman and George Perez.
* ''ComicBook/FiftyTwo'' veers into the second variety of continuity porn, though that might depend on whom you ask. In its defence, though, it is hard to do a yearlong series touching on [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters every character in the DC Universe]] without getting a little esoteric sometimes.
** This was even commented on by one of the writers (Creator/MarkWaid), who mentioned that ''"... no good fiction ever came out of worrying first and foremost whether its events fit into 'continuity'."''
* Creator/AlanMoore's ''ComicBook/LeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen'' is assuredly the ultimate embodiment of this trope, being continuity porn for '''all continuities ever'''. Many sequences and moments in the stories seem to have no purpose other than for Moore to reference as many fictional places and characters as possible. To the extent of explaining Hyde's slow transformation from human to monster, and having a very small date range for the actual events (1891-1894, during Sherlock Holmes' supposed death after falling off a cliff with Moriarty. It is actually considered one of the Holmes sub-works despite Holmes appearing only briefly in a flashback).
* Roy Thomas's ''ComicBook/AllStarSquadron'' is the best example, often going to great lengths to "solve" continuity problems that nobody but Thomas even knew existed.
* ''ComicBook/GothamCitySirens'' has two cases of continuity porn. When ComicBook/TheJoker attacks the three 'reformed' villains he uses the phrase "Atomic batteries to power, turbines to speed," when powering up his super blimp in an obvious throwback to [[Series/Batman1966 the Adam West series]]. Later it turns out to be a fake Joker who was really Gaggy, a circus midget who was one of Joker's first sidekicks who first appeared in 1966! Talk about a throwback.
* ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'':
** In Pre-ComicBook/{{Crisis|on Infinite Earths}} [[UsefulNotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks Bronze Age]] comics, DC's guy in charge of Superman continuity was PromotedFanboy E. Nelson Bridwell. Bridwell adored the minutia of the Superman mythos, and whenever he personally penned a story, it was chock full of [[ContinuityNod Continuity Nods]], often to obscure [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] stuff. In stories ''focusing'' on the history of the character and his world (such as the original, pre-Crisis ''ComicBook/TheKryptonChronicles'' and ''World of Krypton'' miniseries), this worked very well, but in stories that were set in the present day, the constant references did sometimes feel intrusive.
** Alan Moore manages to squeeze an astounding number of references into his Superman stories while still keeping it gripping and tense. For example, Superman's marriage to Lyla Lerrol in ''ComicBook/ForTheManWhoHasEverything'' is a reference to ''ComicBook/SupermansReturnToKrypton'', published twenty-five years before. In ''ComicBook/WhateverHappenedToTheManOfTomorrow'', the source of [[https://themiddlespaces.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/cc-jm-ll-covers.jpg Jimmy and Lana's powers]] were two obscure 60's stories, whereas the Kryptonite Man had only appeared in some few ''ComicBook/{{Superboy}}'' stories and an [[ComicBook/WhoTookTheSuperOutOfSuperman adult Superman storyline]].
** Sterling Gates' [[ComicBook/Supergirl2005 Supergirl's run]] abounds with references to ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'s lore like the Lyra Kam-Par character (daughter of a Kryptonian who made his sole appearance in ''ComicBook/SupermanFamily'' #207) and the numerous nods to her stint on the ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes squeezed into the 2010 Annual: finding Myth/KingArthur's Excalibur, fighting the Positive Man... As writing the ''Series/Supergirl2015'' comic tie-in, Gates also included little easter eggs like [[ComicBook/DemonSpawn Supergirl fighting Nightflame]] and meeting [[ComicBook/RedDaughterOfKrypton her Red Lantern incarnation]].
** ''ComicBook/AllStarSuperman'': There's a mess of references to old Silver Age and Bronze Age stories, practically to ContinuityPorn levels. Morrison's seeming favorite is the scene where the Kandorians fly from Superman's outstretched hand, a clear visual reference to ''Superman'' #125, a boyhood favorite of Morrison where Superman gained the power to shoot a tiny version of himself from his hand.
** ''ComicBook/DCRebirth'' by definition has to indulge in this, but the mother of all examples appears at the end of ''New Super-Man'' #8: the reintroduction of Ching Lung, the first ever villain published by DC Comics, drawn precisely how he appeared on the front of ''ComicBook/DetectiveComics'' #1. Even the layout of the TEXT is the same as Detective Comics #1.
* ''[[Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica JLA]]: Year One'' and ''JLA: Incarnations'' were both written to show how the Justice League's history "really" happened in the ComicBook/PostCrisis universe. It helped that both focused on the characters' personalities and interactions rather than harping on minutae, however.
* ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'': Anytime an artist is directed to show a wide shot of the Batcave, this inevitably happens. Older versions of the Batmobile, artifacts from cases, etc. (Especially the eight-foot-high penny, the mechanical Tyrannosaurus, and the oversized Joker playing card hanging from the ceiling).
* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1987'': For better or worse, Jimenez was very, very big on reviving anything and everything from older Franchise/WonderWoman stories, from the downright goofy (Villainy, Inc.) to the genuinely breathtaking (Themyscira II draws on resources from a half-dozen corners of the wider DC Universe).
* In ''Franchise/GreenLantern'' stories ''ComicBook/GreenLanternRebirth'' and ''ComicBook/BlackestNight'', Geoff Johns shows off his continuity chops, tying together elements from across the franchise's history.
* James Robinson's ''ComicBook/{{Starman}}'' is perhaps the poster child for continuity nods in DC comic books. Notably, not only does Starman rely on the greater DC canon, but it has its own strong internal canon as demonstrated in the last few arcs, wherein every Checkhov's Gun is set off.
* One of the common criticisms of ''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis'' was that it was continuity porn in both senses of the term. DC in general is perceived to engage in 'hard continuity' (i.e., inconsistencies are deliberately explained) versus Marvel's 'softer' kind (inconsistencies, especially [[DorkAge bad ones, are eventually just ignored]]).
* ''ComicBook/ZeroHour'' was explicitly supposed to clean up continuity problems caused by ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths''. Writer Creator/GeoffJohns' run on any book (''ComicBook/GreenLantern'', ''ComicBook/TheFlash'', ''[[ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica JSA]]'', etc) will indulge on this at one point or another. As will Creator/GrantMorrison's.
** ''Crisis on Infinite Earths'' may well be the UrExample. DC Comics explicitly hired a guy to read and take notes on ''every single comic book DC had ever published'' as a consultant for Marv Wolfman and George Perez.
* ''ComicBook/FiftyTwo'' veers into the second variety of continuity porn, though that might depend on whom you ask. In its defence, though, it is hard to do a yearlong series touching on [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters every character in the DC Universe]] without getting a little esoteric sometimes.
** This was even commented on by one of the writers (Creator/MarkWaid), who mentioned that ''"... no good fiction ever came out of worrying first and foremost whether its events fit into 'continuity'."''
* Creator/AlanMoore's ''ComicBook/LeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen'' is assuredly the ultimate embodiment of this trope, being continuity porn for '''all continuities ever'''. Many sequences and moments in the stories seem to have no purpose other than for Moore to reference as many fictional places and characters as possible. To the extent of explaining Hyde's slow transformation from human to monster, and having a very small date range for the actual events (1891-1894, during Sherlock Holmes' supposed death after falling off a cliff with Moriarty. It is actually considered one of the Holmes sub-works despite Holmes appearing only briefly in a flashback).
* Roy Thomas's ''ComicBook/AllStarSquadron'' is the best example, often going to great lengths to "solve" continuity problems that nobody but Thomas even knew existed.
* ''ComicBook/GothamCitySirens'' has two cases of continuity porn. When ComicBook/TheJoker attacks the three 'reformed' villains he uses the phrase "Atomic batteries to power, turbines to speed," when powering up his super blimp in an obvious throwback to [[Series/Batman1966 the Adam West series]]. Later it turns out to be a fake Joker who was really Gaggy, a circus midget who was one of Joker's first sidekicks who first appeared in 1966! Talk about a throwback.
* ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'':
** In Pre-ComicBook/{{Crisis|on Infinite Earths}} [[UsefulNotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks Bronze Age]] comics, DC's guy in charge of Superman continuity was PromotedFanboy E. Nelson Bridwell. Bridwell adored the minutia of the Superman mythos, and whenever he personally penned a story, it was chock full of [[ContinuityNod Continuity Nods]], often to obscure [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] stuff. In stories ''focusing'' on the history of the character and his world (such as the original, pre-Crisis ''ComicBook/TheKryptonChronicles'' and ''World of Krypton'' miniseries), this worked very well, but in stories that were set in the present day, the constant references did sometimes feel intrusive.
** Alan Moore manages to squeeze an astounding number of references into his Superman stories while still keeping it gripping and tense. For example, Superman's marriage to Lyla Lerrol in ''ComicBook/ForTheManWhoHasEverything'' is a reference to ''ComicBook/SupermansReturnToKrypton'', published twenty-five years before. In ''ComicBook/WhateverHappenedToTheManOfTomorrow'', the source of [[https://themiddlespaces.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/cc-jm-ll-covers.jpg Jimmy and Lana's powers]] were two obscure 60's stories, whereas the Kryptonite Man had only appeared in some few ''ComicBook/{{Superboy}}'' stories and an [[ComicBook/WhoTookTheSuperOutOfSuperman adult Superman storyline]].
** Sterling Gates' [[ComicBook/Supergirl2005 Supergirl's run]] abounds with references to ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'s lore like the Lyra Kam-Par character (daughter of a Kryptonian who made his sole appearance in ''ComicBook/SupermanFamily'' #207) and the numerous nods to her stint on the ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes squeezed into the 2010 Annual: finding Myth/KingArthur's Excalibur, fighting the Positive Man... As writing the ''Series/Supergirl2015'' comic tie-in, Gates also included little easter eggs like [[ComicBook/DemonSpawn Supergirl fighting Nightflame]] and meeting [[ComicBook/RedDaughterOfKrypton her Red Lantern incarnation]].
** ''ComicBook/AllStarSuperman'': There's a mess of references to old Silver Age and Bronze Age stories, practically to ContinuityPorn levels. Morrison's seeming favorite is the scene where the Kandorians fly from Superman's outstretched hand, a clear visual reference to ''Superman'' #125, a boyhood favorite of Morrison where Superman gained the power to shoot a tiny version of himself from his hand.
** ''ComicBook/DCRebirth'' by definition has to indulge in this, but the mother of all examples appears at the end of ''New Super-Man'' #8: the reintroduction of Ching Lung, the first ever villain published by DC Comics, drawn precisely how he appeared on the front of ''ComicBook/DetectiveComics'' #1. Even the layout of the TEXT is the same as Detective Comics #1.
* ''[[Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica JLA]]: Year One'' and ''JLA: Incarnations'' were both written to show how the Justice League's history "really" happened in the ComicBook/PostCrisis universe. It helped that both focused on the characters' personalities and interactions rather than harping on minutae, however.
* ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'': Anytime an artist is directed to show a wide shot of the Batcave, this inevitably happens. Older versions of the Batmobile, artifacts from cases, etc. (Especially the eight-foot-high penny, the mechanical Tyrannosaurus, and the oversized Joker playing card hanging from the ceiling).
* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1987'': For better or worse, Jimenez was very, very big on reviving anything and everything from older Franchise/WonderWoman stories, from the downright goofy (Villainy, Inc.) to the genuinely breathtaking (Themyscira II draws on resources from a half-dozen corners of the wider DC Universe).
* In ''Franchise/GreenLantern'' stories ''ComicBook/GreenLanternRebirth'' and ''ComicBook/BlackestNight'', Geoff Johns shows off his continuity chops, tying together elements from across the franchise's history.
* James Robinson's ''ComicBook/{{Starman}}'' is perhaps the poster child for continuity nods in DC comic books. Notably, not only does Starman rely on the greater DC canon, but it has its own strong internal canon as demonstrated in the last few arcs, wherein every Checkhov's Gun is set off.
