Thread:Byfield/@comment-3567304-20141019164048/@comment-220364-20141019171216

In some respects I do not disagree: Earth-Two, and by extension the characters that populated it didn't "exist" until 1961 when Jay Garrick was brought back. At that point, all of DC's stories from some point in the mid to late 1950s was "assigned" to Earth-Two. It was easy with the exception of about a dozen or so characters since the "new" and "old" versions were distinct.

Superman was one of those since 1) he had been in constant print since Action Comics #1 and 2) there was precious little to distinguish the Earth-Two ("Old") and Earth-One ("New") at that time. It wasn't until Justice League of America #73 that DC essentially confirmed that yes, 10 to 15 years worth of Superman stories were from Earth-Two. Similar things happened with Wonder Woman, Robin, Batman, Green Arrow, Speedy, and, on the even of Crisis, Aquaman.

In that respect, O'Neil and Dillin gave us the first concrete appearance of the Superman of Earth-Two. The one where he was explicitly stated as being from that universe. However, it was still the character that Siegel and Shuster created. And given DC assigning Action Comics #1 along with over a decade of material to Earth-Two, the JLA story was not even the character's first appearance.

And two conventions the Database uses come into play:
 * 1) If a long string stories are assigned to one continuity, even if they were identified as happening in different ones when they are published, and there is no significant difference in the character, they all go under one title. The article for the Superman of Earth-Two covers the material from that first post-multiverse appearance as well as the pre-multiverse Golden Age appearances.
 * 2) We stick with the writer and penciller of the story listed as "First Appearance" unless that is an adaptation or revamp. The JLA story was not an adaptation or revamp of the character but rather a reintroduction.

I an all for a point in the Notes section about the reintroduction, but based on how we are currently treating creators and characters, only Action Comics #1 is relevant for that particular infobox.