What does matter is that following the creation of the omniverse, also sometimes described as a multiverse of multiverses (which almost never gets brought up again), DC Comics begins Infinite Frontier in March of 2021. If you are confused, don’t worry, none of this really matters. After Death Metal, the timeline of the pre-Flashpoint world was merged with the post-modern timeline via what’s called the omniverse. The era came to a conclusion in 2020 with Dark Knights: Death Metal. This era introduced beloved characters like Superman’s son Jonathan Kent. After 5 years of the New 52 era, Geoff Johns helped usher in a new era called Rebirth which brought back some of the brighter, uplifting elements of the Modern Era and brought back heroes like Wally West. The DC Universe timeline was essentially reset with new origins for the Justice League and a tonal shift into the moodier DC that the Synder-verse tried to copy. However, it caused a ripple through reality that resulted in the world resetting more-or-less completely. In Flashpoint, Barry Allen sought to alter the timeline so that his parents never died.

The post-modern era of comics began with New 52 which followed the event Flashpoint. Dawn of the DCU is the name for the next era of DC Comics following New 52, Rebirth, and the recent Infinite Frontier. While the continuity hasn’t been restarted unlike post-Crisis on Infinite Earths, the multiverse has and alongside it big changes for the future of the DCU. Following the events of Dark Crisis, the DC Universe has been rebooted.

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