DC's Infinite Frontier era followed the pivotal events in Dark Nights: Death Metal and Future State. The era was an experiment in continuity and saw several great new creative teams jump on key titles. It began with the miniseries Infinite Frontier, which explored multiversal threats and reassembled the Justice League Incarnate. The era tried to put more focus on legacy heroes and the multiverse.

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While the Infinite Frontier era had some solid runs and story arcs, some aspects don't hold up. The three-year run on the DCU was mired in creative mistakes, departures of talent, and continuity problems that left fans wanting change. Dawn of DC promises a Rebirth 2.0, showing that whatever the difficulties at DC, the company has taken notice. However, there are several issues that the new era has to overcome that damaged the Infinite Frontier era.

10 DC Lost A Lot Of Its A-List Talent

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Before Dark Nights Death Metal, DC was on a roll with an impressive talent roster it had cultivated since its Rebirth initiative. However, at the dawn of its new Infinite Frontier era, DC lost much of this talent in a short period, only to diminish others.

Scott Snyder, James Tynion IV, Greg Capullo, Peter J. Tomasi, Geoff Johns, and Grant Morrison departed work for the company during Infinite Frontier. Although some have taken up projects since, their absence or diminished presence at the company was something DC should have fought to mitigate.

9 Too Many Titles Were Crowded By Super Families

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The idea of superhero families in comics has generally been divisive among fans. While some super families work well, others have a habit of taking something away from a book or character. Particularly, Batman is supposedly the lone, brooding hero, yet his titles had more characters than the Justice League.

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There's a delicate balance to be struck between team books and solo titles, but for most of Infinite Frontier, DC just couldn't thread that needle. However, Dawn of DC shows more promise in this department, and is leaning more toward returning to the balance of Rebirth.

8 Price Hikes Have Hurt Comic Book Sales

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The last thing fans want, especially those deeply invested in a comic book universe, is to pay more for their comics. In just a few short years, DC went from "holding the line at $2.99" to charging $4.99 for their core titles, such as Batman, Action Comics, and Green Lantern.

The price hikes may bring in more cash per comic, but they also further drive a wedge between comics and new audiences. With the fierce competition between comics and Manga, widening the price gap with the competitor was a big mistake, and alienated potential new fans.

7 A Good Opportunity To Highlight Obscure Heroes Went To Waste

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Following on from Future State, DC showed a willingness to let legacy heroes carry their own books. However, they almost immediately abandoned this by canceling titles like Wonder Girl. Outside of legacy heroes, very few B-list characters had prominence.

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The post-Crisis era (1986-2011) was renowned for its ability to keep a revolving cast of DC's heroes. The New 52 was criticized for its limited scope of the DCU and erasure of some beloved heroes. Rebirth tried to undo this mistake, only for Infinite Frontier to forget those lessons.

6 Fans Were Overwhelmed With Events

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Both publishers have made too many events in recent years. However, DC went to excess, especially with their numerous Batman events. Fans had to buy into the likes of "Shadow War," "Fear State," Dark Crisis, and Lazarus Planet in only a few years.

By contrast, series like Jeremy Adams' Flash and Phillip Kennedy Johnson's Action Comics have shown fans that great stories can be told in arcs in an ongoing run. Especially in an era of $5 comics, fans don't like the sense that they have to buy into titles that don't appeal to them. Infinite Frontier pushed many fans too hard on events.

5 There Weren't Enough Ongoing Titles For Fans To Feel Invested In

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Comics have built an ongoing legacy, with some series still baring their legacy numbering that goes back to the Golden Age. Fans love buying into long runs from great creators to build up continuous collections of their favorite comic book heroes in one run.

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The issue of undertaking a long series was so bad even the attempt to revive a beloved Batman series, Legends of the Dark Knight, only made it to eight issues. Given that the comic book industry is historically built on ongoing books, moving away from this for more short-term projects has proved misguided.

4 The Few New Character Debuts Fell Flat

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It used to be common in DC for creators to introduce new characters regularly, as seen in Geoff Johns' Green Lantern. However, the Infinite Frontier era saw very few new characters introduced. Furthermore, what new heroes were introduced were mainly in supporting roles and unlikely to make many future appearances.

Of the characters introduced, DC put relatively little investment behind them, and almost none seem likely to carry their own book. Characters take a few years to gain steam, but this is hard to do if there's no weight behind them.

3 The Creation Of The Omniverse Meant That Nothing Really Mattered

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One of the biggest mistakes DC made when it transitioned into the Infinite Frontier was the so-called "Omniverse." The Omniverse toyed with the idea that every era of continuity and even previously out-of-continuity stories were now considered canon.

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As a result of this confusing continuity change, fans have been left to wonder which books matter or if any particular books matter at all. The change even confused some creators, who openly stated they weren't sure if their books were canon and left it open to fan interpretation.

2 DC Really Dropped The Ball With Wonder Woman

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There are few modern eras of comic books where Wonder Woman felt as obscure and unimportant to the DCU as Infinite Frontier. Despite the fact the preceding event, Dark Nights Death Metal, hyped up Wonder Woman's power and potential, this was soon disregarded.

Wonder Woman has seen little advertising, fewer projects, and poor direction from DC. The hero's presence should be felt throughout the DCU, but fans have been given little reason to buy her titles. Most of all, she's lacked the seminal arcs, and sagas that Batman and Superman have seen during this era.

1 Infinite Frontier Epitomized The Over-Reliance On Batman

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One of DC's most noticeable and disliked trends in recent years is the overuse of Batman. The Infinite Frontier era perfectly represented this issue. With the inclusion of Flashpoint Batman in Infinite Frontier and Jace Fox, there were three different men in the Batman mantle at once and over a dozen Batman titles.

With Dawn of DC, fans are optimistic that the future will be more diverse, focusing more on other heroes and an elevation of Superman. Batman may be a best-selling character, but it's vital that the entire universe of heroes not play second fiddle to a single hero.

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