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Eras of DC’s major
families of characters are noted with red boxes labeled with hyperlinks at
their top and bottom. (Please note,
however, that certain materials included within these boxes are actually a part
of other eras: the boxes indicate only
the rough outline of those eras for easy visual comprehension.) Storylines are noted with light blue
shading. Hyperlinks are provided as
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Justice
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Huntress
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Swamp
Thing #100 |
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Tim
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1991 |
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Green
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Justice
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storyline begins in Justice League America #53, running through both
ongoing titles |
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Deathstroke,
the Terminator debuts |
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War of the Gods (a 4-issue
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War of the Gods |
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Man: Europe ‘92
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George
Pérez leaves Wonder Woman with #62 |
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Batman: Catwoman Defiant |
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Green
Lantern: Mosaic
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Guy
Gardner Reborn (a 3-issue prestige format mini-series)
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Animal
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Team
Titans debuts; New Titans Annual #8; Deathstroke,
the Terminator Annual
#1 |
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Batman: Sword of Azrael
(a 4-issue mini-series) debuts |
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Woman Annual #3 participates in the “Eclipso: The Darkness Within” |
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Guy
Gardner and Darkstars debut |
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Justice
League Europe Annual #3 participates in the “Eclipso: The Darkness Within” storyline |
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Superman titles feature epilogues in which Doomsday slowly punches free |
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Green
Lantern: Ganthet’s Tale |
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Superman
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#1; Showcase ‘93 (a 12-issue mini-series featuring 3 DCU stories per
issue, one Bat-related) debuts |
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Justice
League America #70 occurs in the immediate aftermath of
Superman’s death |
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Superman
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Death: The High Cost of Living
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the
Vertigo imprint launches |
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Bane
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Sandman
Mystery Theatre debuts |
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Justice
League Task Force debuts |
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Sandman #50; Vertigo Visions: The Geek #1 |
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Skin
Graft: The Adventures of a Tatooed
Man (a 4-issue mini-series published through DC’s
new Vertigo imprint) debuts |
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Catwoman
(second series) debuts |
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“Trinity”
storyline |
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Justice
League International Annual #4 contains part 9 of
“Bloodlines” |
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Detective
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Justice
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“Knightfall”
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returning
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Robin
(second series) debuts; Batman:
Legends of the Dark Knight Annual #3 |
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Green
Lantern: Mosaic
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“The
Children’s Crusade” runs through The Children’s Crusade #1, Black
Orchid Annual #1, Animal Man Annual #1, and Swamp Thing Annual
#7; Aquaman: Time and Tide (a 4-issue
mini-series) debuts |
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“The
Children’s Crusade” (running through Vertigo’s annuals) begins |
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1994 |
Jan |
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Showcase
‘94 (a 12-issue mini-series featuring 3 DCU stories
per issue, one Bat-related) debuts |
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the
“Emerald Twilight” storyline begins in Green Lantern #48 |
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“The
Children’s Crusade” runs through Doom Patrol Annual #2, Arcana
Annual #1, and The Children’s Crusade #2 |
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Children’s Crusade” (running through Vertigo’s annuals) concludes |
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Guy Gardner becomes Guy Gardner: Warrior with #17
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American Freak: A Tale of the Un-Men (a 5-issue mini-series)
debuts
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Hal Jordan
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Kyle Rayner
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Gunfire debuts; Team Titans Annual #2
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“Knightquest: The Crusade” concludes in Detective
Comics #675; Bruce Wayne returns to Gotham |
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Guy Gardner
battles Hal Jordan in Guy
Gardner: Warrior #21
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“Judgment
Day” storyline |
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Witchcraft (a 3-issue mini-series)
debuts; New Titans Annual #10
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storyline (August also sees Batman / Punisher: Lake of Fire) |
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Major Force kills
Kyle Rayner’s girlfriend in Green
Lantern #54
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“Aftershocks”
storyline |
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Aquaman (fifth series) debuts; Deathstroke,
the Terminator Annual
#3
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“The
Contest” storyline (Wonder Woman #90, 0, 91-93) |
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Hal
Jordan, as Parallax, destroys all space and time (Zero Hour #1)
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Justice League International
concludes wth #68 |
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Team Titans concludes with #24; Aquaman loses his hand in Aquaman
#2
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Zero Hour
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Kyle
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5
DC Universe titles debut, including Starman, R.E.B.E.L.S., and Fate;
Deathstroke,
the Terminator
becomes Deathstroke, the Hunted;
Sandman Mystery Theatre Annual #1 |
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Zero
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Justice
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Mobfire
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1995 |
Jan |
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Extreme
Justice debuts (with a #0 issue, followed next month by
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Swamp
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Doom
Patrol concludes with #87 |
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Batman: Mitefall |
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Superman
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Justice
League America #100; Triumph (a 4-issue
mini-series) debuts |
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Black
Orchid concludes with #22; New
Titans Annual #11 |
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July |
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Superman: The Man of Tomorrow
(a quarterly) debuts |
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Wonder
Woman #99-100 |
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Guy
Gardner: Warrior Annual
#1 |
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Superman: The Man of
Steel #50 |
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Underworld Unleashed:
Batman – Devil’s Asylum #1 |
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Animal Man concludes with #89 |
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Underworld Unleashed |
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The Horrorist (a 2-issue
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1996 |
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New
Titans concludes
with #130 |
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