For use in describing any single issue, story or collection, including backup stories and TPBs.
Typical variable list
{{issue
|era=[see below]
|elseworld=[only if the era is elseworlds!]
|series=
|vol_no=
|issue_no=
|reprint=[if so, "yes", otherwise leave blank]
|image=
|caption=
|story_title=
|previous=
|next=
|publication_date=
|cover_date=
|writers=
|pencillers=
|inkers=
|letterers=
|colorists=
|editors=
|cover_artists=
}}
Full variable list
{{issue
|era=[see below]
|elseworld=[only if the era is elseworlds!]
|series=
|vol_no=[for distinguishing between series volumes]
|issue_no=
|annual_no=
|volume=[for TPBs]
|l_year=
|l_no=
|series2=
|issue_no2=
|story_no=
|era2=
|elseworld2=
|era3=
|elseworld3=
|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=
|nocreators=
|writers= OR |writer=
|pencillers= OR |penciller=
|inkers= OR |inker=
|letterers= OR |letterer=
|colorists= OR |colorist=
|editors= OR |editor=
|cover_artists= OR |cover_artist=
}}
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
|
|
