Continuity revisionism makes the superhero's dedication to maintaining the existing order both literal and metaphysical

Foth the readers and the heroes are mere spectators

While DC had been exploring its multiverse, Marvel had demonstrated a preoccupation with timelines

Corporate superhero comics are haunted by time

Flashpoint is a case study in exactly how continuity works in corporate comics, the connections to the superhero genre and its traditions of vigilantism and intervention, and the affective bonds that such comics rely on in order to give their stories value.