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January 20, 2015: DiDio Discusses "Convergence" and "Multiversity" Connection

Across March and April DC Comics will put their normal publishing schedule on hold for the "Convergence" event, which will resurrect characters and stories from previous continuities. Dan DiDio spoke with ComicBookResources.com to give a little extra detail about the event, what fans can expect, and how it fits in with current comic book titles like "Earth 2: World's End", "The New 52: Futures End" and "Multiversity".

Here's part of the interview...

The solicits for the two-part "Convergence" minis have been released. and it seems they have a specific period they're tackling, like the pre-New 52 world or the post-Crisis world. Logistically, does each week of the "Convergence" titles have a specific theme and timeline?

Oh absolutely, yeah! The first week is really set in the pre-"Flashpoint" DC Universe, which is also known as the pre-New 52 DCU. That's the theme of all ten titles, and the stories of the primary characters of those ten books are all coming from that particular timeline. And then all ten of those books are interacting with three other worlds at the moment, so three other cities, three other timelines. So with those ten books you'll see them interacting with the "Flashpoint" characters, you'll see them interacting with the "Extremists" characters and you'll also see them interacting with the characters from Captain Carrot's universe! [Laughs] We have a lot of fun personally! The second week is the pre-"Zero Hour" DC Universe, and that interacts with three other worlds; the third week is pre-"Crisis On Infinite Earths," Earth One, and they interact with three other worlds. But we have one caveat in there, which is we have "Superboy and The Legion Of Super-Heroes," which captured a city from the 31 Century from pre-"Crisis" where Superboy is Clark Kent one more time.

Obviously in March there are also numerous titles ending, and among those are "Earth 2: World's End," "The New 52: Futures End" and in April there's "Multiversity." Are those three last issues setting up "Convergence" or are story plots and threads carrying over into "Convergence?"

On April first - and it's not a joke! - there's four key titles coming out. "Multiversity" #2, the final issue of "Futures End," the final issue of "World's End" and "Convergence" #0. All four books are very key, and although they are all individual stories - individually stand very much alone in their own right - there are threads that tie them all together. "Convergence" #0 actually takes moments from the "Superman: Doomed" storyline, takes moments from "Futures End" and takes moments from "World's End" and brings them all together in a single story that launches the "Convergence" event. Also in "Convergence" #0 we list all the cities that will be appearing in the course of the story. So you actually have a good guideline to see what cities you'll be coming across for the next two months. Then what happens also, things like "Multiversity" actually play into the "Convergence" spine book, the main weekly series, and you'll see reflections of "Multiversity" in that book as well - as well as direct ramifications from "World's End" and "Futures End."

Read the entire interview at the CBR website.

In another DiDio interview, this one with Newsarama.com, DC Entertainment's Co-Publisher spoke about the company's plans for 2015...

A few words about what 2015 looks like for DC Entertainment, with Convergence and whatever comes after?

DiDio: In 2015, it's my hope that, as we bring the generational aspects of the DC Universe together, that we bring the multiple fans in together with Convergence - that there might be fans coming back in because they see something they remember from the past of DC, and we can bring them together with the new people that have really jumped on board and embraced the New 52.

And what we're going to do right now is really make a commitment to our stories and characters, to make sure we present our characters in ways that are consistent to people's beliefs of them, and telling stories that we feel will entertain, excite and surprise them. If that's something we can do, then we win, because we build a foundation from which we can continue to build stories for years to come.

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