Thread:Tupka217/@comment-26127492-20191217101412

In regard to character biographies, do we treat all of the individual TV/movie appearances as definitive canon to all of the respective universes?

I ask because a lot of stuff seems somewhat questionable. For example, the Smallville scene seems to conflict with the Season 11 comic series. It's also shown in the final episode of the actual show (via a flash foward) that in 2018, Clark was still in his prime as Superman. Crisis takes place in 2019, and in the span of 1 year, he has given up his powers and now has children that aren't infants. Unless he adopted them, it seems impossible for them to grow that quickly. It also seems unlikely for him to retire the year after Lex Luthor is elected president.

Another thing is that Superman Returns was only a sequel to the first two Richard Donner films. However, on Crisis on Infinite Earths, Superman III and Superman Returns are both referenced to have taken place. Kingdom Come has also occured in this universe, Clark is old at this point, and most of the supporting characters (including Lois Lane) are all dead. At best, this seems to be potential future and another alternate timeline to the Christopher Reeve / Superman Returns movies. 