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RE: Batman Ninja, So Differently Badass It’s a Must See
Instead of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III, Turtles In Time, back in the USA in 1993, it is Batman in time, and the turtles (TMNT) went back to 1603 A.D. Japan and the turtles are ninjas and I watched the 4 seasons of Gotham which shows the back story of young Bruce Wayne. Didn't know about Batman Ninja until now, thank you for this.
Gotham, just like Injustice and Batman Ninja, is not cannon though.
It shows a back story of young Bruce, as much as TDK Batman Begins shows a back story (based on a not cannon either comics side-arc).
None of the TV series, movies, and even DC Animated outputs are cannon, although quite a lot of DCA movies are direct comic to animated movie, without script altering.
Only the Batman titled comics series is considered cannon and part of the official timeline (anything which happened during The New 52 years is a difficult thing as Rebirth rebooted back to before TN52 and as such TN52 never happened but it is officially not erased in the sense that more recent authors may use it - depending on whether Geoff Johns agrees of course).
Thanks for your comment, @joeyarnoldvn
Too bad Gotham is not part of the original canon. Interesting that Disney may deem Star Wars refreshed with a new canon to separate the new films, the original three films, with the older books and comics.
Disney bought DC Comics and/or Marvel Comics? If Disney bought DC, would they try to create a new canon for Batman? Regardless, what is TN52?
TN52 is The New 52, it was the 4-5 years of comics before the Rebirth reboot two years ago.
Both MARVEL and DC Comics reboot every 4-5 years, that mostly to avoid that newcomers may not want to pick up a series because the actual issue number is somewhere in the 357 gazillion. Easier for newcomers to pick up if an issue number is low. At the same time it also gives new writers an opportunity to quickly reintroduce the character with a brief origin story (recap).
Why would you want to reset 75 years of canon? It’s good to keep movies, TV series, and comics separated, especially if one was earlier. It’s just important that we remember what is canon and what isn’t. We are currently having a whole new wave of fans who read only Injustice comics because of the game. That’s a whole new ball park of canon, their canon I mean.
Also, nobody wants to relive Wookipedia total wipes or similar situations. We need some continuity, and certainty about the history of a character.
Both authors and fans need that. What would happen to authors if they are writing their arcs and suddenly, in an alternate world of moving pictures, the whole origin story is tweaked because of Gotham. How does that influence the character’s evolution? Do the arcs they are writing on even still make sense? That’s why authors like Snyder love things like All-Star Batman. It allows them to go to places they would never or could never have gone within the canon orginal title.
Warner Bros. bought DC Comics.