Board Thread:Policies/@comment-246292-20140502145126/@comment-3361105-20140628142417

Unless a book is set in multiple universes, there's no need to tag the universe. It is assumed that it takes place in the mainstream universe of that publisher at that time (the publisher field is being filled out, yes?)

If, at some point, Max Mercury showed up in a Flash comic before Quality Comics were bought by DC Comics - or even before Crisis on Infinite Earths - then you could tag both Max Mercury's universe (I'm assuming that's "Quality Universe" and not "Earth-10" but I did just wake up a minute ago...) and the Flash's.

I believe that as far as Kid Eternity goes, we treat all of his real life "guests" as Real People, whether they've appeared elsewhere or not.

And just to hammer this in: Stoop Davy Dave wrote: In that case, will it be legitimate, after the upcoming Grant Morrison "Multiversity" issues begin hitting the stores in August, to start adding Quality Universe tags under "Locations:" in the pages of these many golden-age issues published by Quality?

"Earth-S is where DC assigned the Fawcett golden-age stories. It existed right up to Crisis."

In that case, will it be legitimate, after the upcoming Grant Morrison "Multiversity" issues begin hitting the stores in August, to start adding Earth-S tags under "Locations:" in the pages of these many golden-age issues published by Fawcett?

Nothing will be legitimized by Multiversity. Nothing in the Golden Age will be changed by Multiversity. Nothing is contingent upon Multiversity.

And, there is no need to start adding Universe tags under locations unless these issues feature a legitimate crossover between two earths in the DC Multiverse - which hadn't really evolved as a concept at the time of Quality or Fawcett's publication heydays.