DCs timeline, Y2K and the Lex 2000 election

Hello, I'm making a chronology for the DC Universe, and am trying to scrunch the time since Superman's debut into the shortest time possible. Therefore, I can't afford 'losing' any extra time. I have faced a major problem concern Superman: Y2K and the election of Lex Luthor.

I usually ignore topical holiday references in my timelines because they are usually not essential to the ongoing events of the characters. I usually only include them when they are essential to the development of a character, or happen to fall on a time which I happen to decree is the correct time for that event in my chronology. (I.e., a Christmas appearing at the very end of '2 Years Ago'.)

The Superman: Y2K is a story that is essential to Superman's character, and it is essential that the story takes place on a New Year's Eve. Not necessarily that of 1999 (though favorable). Fine, I therefore mark Superman: Y2K as the cutoff point for a year in my timeline.

Then, 11 months later, DC published Lex 2000. A comic in which Lex Luthor wins the election for President of the U.S. Again, this story is absolutely essential to ongoing Superman saga, and it is generally important that it take place on a Presidential election day, (i.e. in early November).

It would appear, with a New Year's story published at New Year's, and an election story published in November, that my chronology would have to follow real-time passage of time during that period. This is something I just can't let happen, it would take an entire year out of my timeline when my usual ratio is 4 real years: 1 comic year.

Does anyone have any suggestions as to a way around this? Could Lex's election have been a special election, held in March?

Please I really need help with this.

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Detective yes, scholar no.

Bill Bickel

My first thought was to recommend you give it up (I've tried to make sense of the whole thing before too). On second thought, though, your best bet is to let the last 2-3 years play out as published, but condense everything before that a little tighter.

Also, give yourself a break and allow for like 15 years since Superman's debut, or whatever you're using as a start. There's just no way to fit it all in much less than that.

On 17 Dec 2001 13:01:16 -0800, Glenn Simpson babbled...

I have no problem reconciling 'Y2K' with 'Lex 2000'. The only problem I have is reconciling the fact that Lex was attending a Y2K celebration in Metropolis at the same time that he was celebrating the reopening of Gotham City.

Easily dealt with, I thought. A matter of a couple of hours and a helicopter ride...

But with Luthor one can always assume a clone is somehow involved.

He's certainly used them as alibis before! :-D