For use in describing any single issue, story or collection, including backup stories and TPBs.
Full variable list
{{issue
|era=[see below]
|elseworld=[only if the era is elseworlds!]
|series=
|vol_no=
|issue_no=
|annual_no=
|issue=
|reprint=[if so, "yes", otherwise leave blank]
|image=
|caption=
|story_title=
|story_titles=
|issue_list=
|previous=
|next=
|publication_date=
|publication_dates=
|cover_date=
|cover_dates=
|writers=
|pencillers=
|inkers=
|letterers=
|colorists=
|editors=
|cover_artists=
}}
Eras
Use the following in the era= variable. e.g., for Pre-Crisis comics, use
|era=precrisis
:
Continuity family
|
Era
|
variable
|
Preboot
Pre-Crisis (until Feb 1986)
|
precrisis
|
Post-Crisis (Mar 1986-Aug 1989)
|
postcrisis
|
Five Years Later/Glorithverse (Aug 1989-Aug 1994)
|
5yl
|
Retroboot (overlaps with Threeboot Aug 2006-Jan 2009, main Feb 2009-Aug 2011)
|
retroboot
|
Post-Flashpoint (Sep 2011-present)
|
postfp
|
|
Reboot
Post-Zero Hour (Aug 1994-Oct 2004)
|
postzh
|
Earth-247 (never main version, occasional use May 2006 onward)
|
e247
|
|
Threeboot
Earth-Prime (Oct 2004-Jan 2009, occasional use thereafter)
|
eprime
|
|
Television
Based on Legion of Super Heroes cartoon
|
lshcartoon
|
Based on DCAU (Superman: TAS, Justice League Unlimited)
|
dcau
|
|
Elseworlds
Any, use |elseworld=NAME to specify
|
elseworlds
|
|