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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
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Superman
and Wonder Woman spend 1000 years together without his being unfaithful to
Lois (Action Comics #761) |
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Vertigo: Winter’s Edge III
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“No
Man’s Land” concludes; Batman:
Shadow of the Bat concludes with #94 |
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Totems
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Metropolis
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Superman: The Man of Steel
#100 features a new Fortress of Solitude |
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Grant
Morrison leaves JLA with #41 |
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Swamp
Thing debuts |
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Ron
Marz leaves Green Lantern with #125 |
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Lucifer
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“Critical
Condition” storyline |
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Hellblazer
#150 |
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Lex
Luthor announces his candidacy for President (Adventures of Superman #581) |
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Green
Lantern 80-Page Giant #3 |
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Vertigo
Secret Files: Hellblazer
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“Superman: Arkham” storyline |
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Green
Lantern Annual #9 |
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Sandman: The Dream Hunters;
Hellblazer Special: Bad Blood
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“The
Reign of Emperor Joker” storyline |
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Lantern: Circle of Fire
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Lex
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Green
Lantern / Superman: Legend of the
Green Flame |
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Vertigo
Secret Files: Swamp Thing
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The
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Superman: Lex 2000 #1 |
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Superman
sees a vision from Jor-El of a very different Krypton (Superman #166);
Lex Luthor inaugurated (Superman: The
Man of Steel #110); the Elite first appear in Action Comics #775 |
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the invading aliens hit Kansas (in Action Comics #780) |
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Batman: Our Worlds at
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Green Lantern: Out Worlds at War #1
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Starman concludes
with #80; The
Little Endless Storybook; The Sandman Presents:
Dead Boy Detectives (a 4-issue mini-series) debuts; Young
Justice: Our Worlds at War #1
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Imperiex kills Doomsday (Adventures of Superman #594) |
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Nightwing: Our Worlds at
War #1 |
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Hyppolyta dies (Action Comics #781) |
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Aquaman seemingly dies (JLA:
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Paradise Island is destroyed to slow Imperiex (Wonder Woman
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Superman
changes his costume, his “S”-logo getting a black background to denote
mourning (Superman #174) |
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Superman #175 |
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Joker: Last Laugh (a weekly 6-issue mini-series) debuts |
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Doom Patrol debuts; The Sandman Presents: The Corinthian (a 3-issue
mini-series) debuts
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Joker: Last Laugh
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2002 |
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Superman
visits Dr. Claire Foster, a psychiatrist, for the first time (Superman
#176) |
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Catwoman
debuts |
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JLA
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Joe
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President
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9-11
Volume 2 (the first volume was published by other companies)
contains several stories (some with DC Universe characters) benefiting
victims of the terrorist attacks; The Sandman Presents: The Thessaliad (a 4-issue mini-series)
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Batman
forsakes his Bruce Wayne persona in Batman #600, launching the “Bruce
Wayne: Fugitive” storyline |
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Superboy
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“Return
to Krypton II” storyline |
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Batman
#605 concludes the “Bruce Wayne:
Fugitive” storyline with Bruce’s name cleared; Catwoman: Selina’s Big Score |
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Lucifer: Nirvana
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“Hush”
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2003 |
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Superman: Day of Doom
(a weekly 4-issue mini-series) debuts |
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Feb |
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“Lost
Hearts” storyline |
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JLA
/ JSA: Virtue & Vice;
Hellblazer Special: Lady
Constantine (a 4-issue mini-series) debuts |
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Superman: The Man of Steel
concludes with #134, followed by Superman Vs. Darkseid: Apokolips Now! #1 (a one-shot); Superman: The 10-Cent Adventure #1 (a 10-cent
one-shot replacing this month’s issue of Superman) |
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Phil
Jimenez leaves Wonder Woman with #188 |
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The
Sandman Presents: Bast
(a 3-issue mini-series) debuts |
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Apr |
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Action
Comics #800; Superman: Metropolis (a 12-issue mini-series) debuts |
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“The
Game of the Gods” storyline begins in Wonder Woman with #189 |
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Vertigo X
Anniversary Preview; Titans
concludes |
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May |
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Supergirl
concludes with #80 |
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Superman: Red Son
(a 3-issue prestige format mini-series) debuts |
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Superman: Birthright
(a 12-issue mini-series) debuts |
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Formerly
Known as the Justice League (a 6-issue
mini-series) debuts |
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Doom
Patrol concludes with #22 |
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Oct |
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Batman: Tenses (a 2-issue
prestige format mini-series) debuts |
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Superman
/ Batman debuts |
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Nov |
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“Hush”
concludes in Batman #619 |
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Superman
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The
Sandman: Endless Nights |
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“Broken
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2004 |
Jan |
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Superman: The Kansas Sighting
(a 2-issue prestige format mini-series) debuts |
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Harley
Quinn concludes with #38 |
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Joe
Kelly concludes his run on JLA with #90; JLA: Liberty and Justice |
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Superman
#200 |
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“Extinction”
storyline begins in JLA #91 |
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Plastic
Man debuts |
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Mar |
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“Strange
New Visitor” storyline; Superman:
Secret Identity (a 4-issue prestige format mini-series) debuts |
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Wonder
Woman #200 |
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Lex
Luthor removed as President in Superman / Batman #6 |
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DC: The New Frontier
(a 6-issue mini-series) debuts |
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President
Lex Luthor charged with crimes and goes into hiding |
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Apr |
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“Godfall”
storyline |
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Batman: Roomful of Strangers |
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San
Diego falls into the ocean in Aquaman #15; The Sandman Presents: Thessaly -- Witch for Hire (a 4-issue
mini-series) debuts |
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San
Diego falls into the ocean |
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May |
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Batgirl
#50; Batman / Poison Ivy: Cast
Shadows (a 64-page prestige format one-shot; Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight returns to
present day stories in #177 |
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“The
10th Circle” storyline begins in JLA #94 |
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Swamp
Thing (fourth series) debuts |
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It’s
a Bird... (an original 136-page hardcover published
through Vertigo) |
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“As
the Crow Flies!” (running 5 issues) begins in Batman #626; Batman: Harley & Ivy (a 3-issue
mini-series) debuts |
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JLA
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