Superman: What Did Tim Drake See As He Fell Through Hypertime?
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When the concept of Hypertime was first created by Grant Morrison and Mark Waid, its intent was to fix what the original Crisis – and Zero Hour – still couldn’t. It was essentially a continuity catchall that postulated that all stories told “happened,” somewhere, even if they were actually alternate timelines. That original essence of Hypertime clearly remains in place, as shown here, as well as recent storylines like the Batman/Flash crossover, “The Button.”

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“The Button” leaned heavily on one particularly notable alternate reality storyline – Flashpoint, the event that ushered in the “New 52” continuity in 2011. Despite the onset of Rebirth, Flashpoint was shown to still be floating around in the aether of Hypertime, and is in fact in represented here. Not by way of the expected Thomas Wayne incarnation of Batman, who appeared in “The Button,” but instead one of the series’ less-remembered characters: the Flashpoint reality’s Aquaman.

Rebirth, Metal & More

On the subject of Rebirth, one of DC Comics: Rebirth #1’s most significant scenes is shown some love. More specifically, the familial love between Barry Allen and the once forgotten Wally West, as the moment of Wally’s grand return to the DC Universe is presented here. Savior is getting quite the education on his trip through DC histories that were and were not – whether or not these moments still “exist,” he wasn’t a part of any of them and likely had no knowledge of many of the moments he’s seen.

Tim even catches a glimpse of one continuity-altering event that’s still ongoing: that of Dark Nights: Metal. The cameo features an image of The Red Death (Batman of Earth -52) and The Dawnbreaker (Batman of Earth -32). Most significant about this particular “cameo” is is the idea that the worlds of the Dark Multiverse are also encompassed within the scope of Hypertime rather than, perhaps, some sort of separate Dark Hypertime.

Curiously, there are some snippets that do not reflect game-changing moments from a large-scale event story. Jim Lee’s cover from Batman #619, the final installment of his and Jeph Loeb’s “Hush” arc, is given some prominence. There’s also a shot of The Joker detached face, harkening back to Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo’s “Death of the Family” arc during the duo’s run on Batman.

Page 3: What Does It All Mean?

Do these particular Batman storylines portend some kind of special, still unknown significance to the fabric of Rebirth? As Metal has shown, Batman has played a far greater role in the history of the DC Universe than previously realized. Is there also some special relevance to these and other stories that has yet to be revealed? Is the cameo of The Joker a possible allusion to the oft-cited “Three Jokers” theory?

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Moreover, do the higher profile event samplings also foreshadow some kind of special meaning to the overall continuity of Rebirth? Are these moments just a comparatively random selection of notable occurrences across the DCU spanning the last three decades? Or do each of these harbor a specific connection as part of a much larger, farther reaching story?

One More Trip Through Hypertime

One other curiosity is that this scene is not Tim’s only trip through Hypertime this issue. He was pulled through once before in a previous scene, and while Savior himself wasn’t shown then, the Titans of Tomorrow’s pursuit of him was. In this scene, the Titans catch their own glimpse of Hypertime, but their visions are far more limited, with all moments shown solely related to Tim and his recent sojourn to present day.

Does this moment carry any kind of significance? Is Tim somehow privy to past history that was kept from his colleagues? Have Tim’s actions in “A Lonely Place of Living” and “Super Sons of Tomorrow” somehow succeeded in disrupting continuity, enabling only him to witness these past events?

There’s still one chapter remaining, so there’s opportunity for some of these head-scratching questions to be addressed. Part five of “Super-Sons of Tomorrow” appears, fittingly enough, in Super-Sons #12, on sale January 17.

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