I just want to know where this is in continuity, because Wonder Woman seems to have regained the gift of sight, and I'm unclear as to whether this is pre- or -post Dr. Light vs. Teen Titans, since we see the Titans at the beginning, and we see Dr. Light burst in all pissy at the end of section 2.

On IC to Countdown Timing (Lightly spoilery for, well, just about everything:

• Far as I can tell, the current issues of JLA and JLA: Classified are set right BEFORE Identity Crisis. There's going to be an IC tie-in with JLA fairly soon, when this storyline ends, and of course, the Super-Buddies features Sue, Ralph, Ted and Booster, so that's obviously back a bit.

• Current issues of Teen Titans, Green Arrow, JSA, Flash and Outsiders are set squarely between the two events. The Speedy AIDS story dovetails fairly neatly into the Titans/Dr. Light story, and they both come pretty quick on the heels of IC. JSA has Black Adam being inducted into the Secret Six, so it's obvious that the current story takes place right BEFORE the Coutndown events. It shouldn't be surprising that all of these titles are written by either Johns or Winnick, and thus mesh well with the mega story.

• I don't read Wonder Woman, but as it tied in briefly with Flash, we cna only conclude that her blindness happened somewhat after or during IC--we don't see her face after issue #1, I believe--and is resolved before "Countdown."

• Seven Soldiers ties in to Grant Morrison's run on JLA: Classified, what with Neb-Uh-Lah or whatever his name is, but I'm unsure how it--and particularly Zatanna--fit with everything else.

• Not reading Superman or Batman. Have any of the reprecussions from IC been felt there?

Just a note: it'll never be an exact science. Trying to make it one will just drive you nuts.

Victor: in the Bat titles, IC happened right on the heels of War Games, and the fallout has been mainly the loss of Tim's dad and an increasingly twitchy Batman.

Ehh, Batman's broody and weird. Must be Tuesday.

But he's also cranky and uncooperative! That totally means it must be ... well, Batman.

Don't leave off twitchy and paranoid!

Y'all are mischaracterizing him -- he's menacing and creepy!

I got one word:

Psycho.

Psycho.

You know, I've been thinking about that.

re: the Scary Bat God vision? I don't think Batman is currently psychotic (or psychopathic), but it is possible to have a psychotic break and then spontaneously get well. It's always surprised me that narratives continue to beat on the amnesia trope (which is actually very rare) and nobody writes stories about the fact that you can go psychotic and then just get better. Psychotic here specifically referring to auditory and visual hallucinations.

Of course, he's got a really good reason to be paranoid right now.

and nobody writes stories about the fact that you can go psychotic and then just get better.

I would say the this does happen in the Cerebus comics, as Dave Sim has written at length in the comics about his own psychotic breaks.

But I don't think Sim ever got better, so it doesn't really count.