National Allied Publications (the first incarnation of DC) is founded by Major Malcom Wheeler Nicolson
New Fun Comics #1 is published it is the first comic book to contain all original material
Detective Comics #1 is published it is the comic book that would eventually give DC its company name
Action Comics #1 is introduced and with it the first true superhero Superman created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, not only is Superman is introduced but his secret identity Clark Kent is as well also his love interest Lois Lane
Detective Comics #27 introduces the second most iconic superhero Batman created by Bob Kane and Bill Finger along with his secret identity Bruce Wayne as well as his longtime ally Commissioner Jim Gordon
Superman gets his own comic book series in his first issue we learn about his adoptive parents
Detective Comics #33 reveals Batman's tragic origin story
The original Flash Jay Garrick premieres in Flash Comics #1
Captain Marvel premieres in Whiz Comics #2 at this point he was not owned by DC and was considered a rival for Superman
The Spectre first appears in More Fun Comics #52
Superman's most iconic villain Lex Luthor first appears in Action Comics #23
Batman's iconic sidekick Robin appears in Detective Comics #38 as the first superhero sidekick
Batman gets his own comic book series the first issue introduces 2 of his most iconic villains Joker and Catwoman
The original Green Lantern Alan Scott first appears in All American comics #16
The original Atom AL Pratt first appears in All America Comics #19
The Justice Society of America appears as the original superteam for the first time in All Star Comics #3
Green Arrow and Aquaman appear for the first time in More Fun Comics #73
Wonder Woman debuts in Sensation Comics #1 as the first and most iconic superheroine created by William Moulton Marston
Batman's iconic butler Alfred appears in Batman #16
Superman's adventures as Superboy are shown for the first time in More Fun Comics #101
Black Canary appears for the first time in Flash Comics #86
Superboy gets his own comic
The Phantom Stranger premieres in the first issue of his own comic
The first Superman TV show premieres starring George Reeves
Superman and Batman work together for the first time in Worlds Finest Comics #71
Superman's dog Krypto first appears in Adventure Comics #210
The Martian Manhunter first appears in Detective Comics #225
The second version of The Flash Barry Allen is introduced in Showcase #4
The iconic teen superhero team from the future The Legion of Superheroes are introduced in Adventure Comics #247
Superman's iconic alien nemesis Braniac is introduced in Action Comics #242 as well as the bottled Kryptonian city of Kandor
Superman's cousin Kara aka Supergir first appears in Action Comics #252
The second version of Green Lantern Hal Jordan appears in Showcase #22
The Justice League first appears in The Brave and The Bold #28 they will go on to become DC's most iconic superhero team and one of the most famous superhero teams period
The second Green Lantern Hal Jordan gets his own comic book series
In Flash #123 The first and second Flashes meet for the first time revealing that all the golden age adventures and stories took place in an alternative universe (later dubbed Earth 2) thus introducing the DC Multiverse for the first time
Aquaman gets his own comic book series for the first time
The Doom Patrol first appear in My Greatest Adventure #80
The Justice League and The Justice Society team up for the first time during The Crisis of. Earth 1/Earth 2 in Justice League of America #21 and #22 it is the first multiverse story to have the word crisis in the title
The first version of the Teen Titans premieres in The Brave and The Bold #54 it consisted of Robin, Kid Flash and Aqualad, Speedy and Wonder Girl would later join
The villainous Crime Syndicate from Earth 3 first appear in Justice League of America #29
The First Superhero wedding happens in Aquaman #18 between Aquaman and Mera
The Teen Titans get their first comic book
The first Batman TV series premiers Starring Adam west as Batman and Burt Ward as Robin
The Flash Barry Allen and Iris West get married in The Flash #165
Barbra Gordon becomes Batgirl in Detective Comics #359
In Green Lantern/Green Arrow #76 the two heroes begin traveling across the country dealing with the social issues of the time
In Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #133 the iconic villain Darkseid first appears although it's brief
The New Gods of the Fourth World first appear in Forever People #1, Mister Miracle #1 and New Gods #1 all helmed by Jack Kirby, to this day the New Gods remain one of the most important parts of The DC Universe
Ra's al Ghul arguably Batman's most powerful and resourceful recurring nemesis first appears in Batman #232 as does Talia whom Batman has an on again off again relationship with
Green Arrow's sidekick is shockingly revealed to be a heroin addict in Green Lantern/Green Arrow #85-86
Shazam #1 sees Captain Marvel become a DC property for the first time
The Earth 2 version of Supergirl known as Power Girl first appears in All Star Comics #58
DC and their arch rival Marvel crossover for the first time in Superman vs The Amazing Spiderman #1
Wonder Woman's first TV show premieres starring Lynda Carter as Wonder Woman
The first Superman movie comes out starring Christopher Reeves as Superman and Gene Hackman as Lex Luthor
DC's first miniseries World of Krypton is published
The tale of how the Justice Society originally disbanded is told in Adventure Comics #466
Batman's first miniseries The untold Legend of Batman is published
A new series called The New Teen Titans is published, created by George Perez and Marv Wolfman the series introduced a new incarnation composed of Robin, Wonder Girl, Kid Flash, ex Doom Patrol member Beast Boy as well as new characters Cyborg, Starfire and Raven, it is this version of the team that made it iconic
Superman 2 hits theaters with the same actors reprising their roles as well as newcomers like Terrence Stamp playing General Zod
Detective Comics reaches issue #500
The iconic Legion of Superheroes story The Great Darkness Saga begins in issue #290
Batman forms his own superhero team in Batman and The Outsiders #1
The iconic Teen Titans storyline Judas Contract begins in Tales of the Teen Titans #42 In it Dick Grayson retires from being Robin and becomes Nightwing
In celebration of their 50th and in an attempt to simplify what they felt had become an over complicated mythos, DC published the legendary 12 issue crossover event Crisis on infinite earths, created by George Perez and Marv Wolfman in the story the multiverse was being destoryed by the merciless Anti Monitor and in order to save what was left of creation all the heroes and villains were pulled together from across time and space by his opposite The Monitor, in the end a single universe emerged with a totally revamped history and with only four survivors of the multiverse (Superman and Lois of Earth 2, Alexander Luthor of Earth 3, and Superboy of Earth Prime) to live in a nameless nexus dimension, many well established characters were killed during the event most notably Supergirl who then had her whole history erased, and Barry Allen The Flash whose nephew Wally West having been Kid Flash up until that point took up the mantle, this is considered one of the most important events in DC history as not only was it the first time everything was changed about their universe, not only was it the first the multiverse played a major role in what was going on, but it was the first real time a story was so massive that it was connected to nearly every other title that the company was publishing at the time
Frank Miller seminal and iconic story Batman: The Dark Knight Returns premieres set 50 years in the future this darker version of Batman forever changed the publics view of the hero
Alan Moore's 12 issue series Watchmen is published showing more mature and complex characters and issues it is considered by many to be the greatest comic book of all time
Alan Moore's Superman story Whatever Happened to The Man of Tomorrow takes place in Superman #423 and Action Comics #583 showing how Superman's story would have ended if not for Crisis on infinite earths
Man of Steel #1 is published delving into Superman's post Crisis origins
The first post Crisis crossover Legends premieres in this story the evil new god Godfrey under orders from Darkseid tries to turn the population against all Superheroes
Batman #404 kicks off Frank Miller's Batman Year One storyline that delves into the Dark Knights post Crisis origins
The post Crisis version of Wonder Woman appears in Wonder Woman #1
A new version of The Justice League appears in Justice League #1 this incarnation will later be known as the Justice League International
The Suicide Squad appears for the first time in the first issue of their own series
The post Crisis version of the second Robin Jason Todd first appears in Batman #408
The crossover event Millennium happens in which the robotic manhunters try to stop the Guardians of the universe and the Zamarons from evolving a selected group of individuals
The grim and iconic story The Killing Joke is published in which Joker shoots and paralyzes
The crossover event Invasion happens in which the metagene is first introduced
The second Robin Jason Todd is killed by the Joker in the historic Death in the Family storyline after his death is voted on by the fans
Neil Gaiman's seminal and iconic Sandman premieres, focusing on the nigh omnipotent Dream of The Endless, the series has things like imaginative lands and characters, appearances of other DC characters (some revamped for the series) and beings from classic religions, mythologies and folklore
Grant Morrison's surreal Batman graphic novel Batman: Arkham Asylum premieres
Batman #442 kicks off the lonely place of dying storyline that introduces Tim Darke and makes him the third Robin
Tim Burton's Batman hits theaters starring Michael Keaton as Batman and Jack Nicholson as Joker
The first Robin miniseries premieres
The crossover event Armageddon 2001 takes place, in this story as dystopia future is ruled by a superhero turned dictator known as Monarch, the hero known as Waverider goes back in time to prevent this future, many potential futures are shown in this event
The crossover event War of Gods happens in which the Greek and Roman gods make war with each other
Superman seemingly dies in the Death of Superman storyline in Superman #75 the issue would become one of the best selling comic books of all time
Tim Burton's second Batman movie comes out, Michael Keaton plays Batman once again Michelle Pififer plays Catwoman and Danny Devito plays Penguin
The legendary and iconic Batman the animated series comes out completely changing how superhero cartoons are done as well as being the first cartoon of the DC animated universe
Harley Quinn first appears in the Batman episode Jokers Favor she will later go on to become one of DC's biggest characters
The villainous Bane breaks Batman's back during the Knigntfall story in Batman #492 temporarily putting him out of action
The Reign of The Supermen story kicks off in The Adventures of Superman #500 introducing the new hero Steel, a new Superboy who's a clone of Superman, the mysterious Eradicator and the villainous Cyborg Superman
Superman officially returns in Superman #82 to stop Cyborg and the alien warlord Mongul in the process however Green Lanterns hometown of Coast City is destroyed
DC launches the imprint Vertigo the imprint would focus on mature and original stories
The Batman animated series based movie Mask of The Phantasm briefly hits theaters before coming to video it is considered by many to be the best animated Batman movie ever
Driven by the loss of his city Green Lantern Hal Jordan goes on the warpath killing many of his fellow Green Lanterns, The Guardians of the universe as well as absorbing the power of the central Green Lantern power battery he then takes the name Parallax, the last surviving guardian Ganthet chooses Kyle Rayner as the new Green Lantern in the Emerald Twilight story arc starting in Green Lantern #48
Bruce Wayne returns as Batman in Batman #509
The crossover event Zero Hour commences in which Parllax and Extant (formerly Monarch) try to remake the universe by the end of the event several changes are made to the continuity including a complete reboot of the Legion of Superheroes
The Crossover event Underworld Unleashed happens in which the devil Neron convinces many villains (and even some of the heroes) into giving him their souls in exchange for their hearts desires
Batman Forever hits theaters this time directed by Joel Schumacher the film has a lighter tone and stars Val Kilmer as Batman, Chris O'Donnell as Robin Jim Carrey as The Riddler and Tommy Lee Joans as Two Face
The limited series DC vs Marvel comes out in the series the characters of both universes are pitted against each other by a pair of cosmic beings known as The Brothers
The iconic miniseries Kingdom Come is released written by Mark Waid and beautifully illustrated by Alex Ross the story takes place in another universe where Superman and the other heroes have retired and a new generation of violent amoral heroes has replaced them
The crossover event Final Night happens in which the sun goes out by the end Parallax gives his life to reignite it
Superman and Lois are finally married in Superman The Wedding Album
Superman The Animated Series as the second show set in the DCAU
Grant Morrison pens a new incarnation of the Justice League composed of 7 members in JLA #1
The heroes powers are altered by the godwave in the crossover event Genesis
The second Joel Schumacher Batman movie Batman and Robin comes out Chris O'Donnell plays Robin again while this time Batman is played by George Clooney also Batgirl is played by Alicia Silverstone Poison Ivy is played by Uma Thurman and Mister Freeze is played by Arnold Schwarzenegger, it is considered one of the worst comic book movies of all time
The Justice League's post Crisis origin is told in JLA Year One
A new superteam is introduced in Young Justice #1 composed of Robin, Superboy and the speedster Impulse the team will later grow to include other members such as the second Wonder Girl Cassie Sandsmark
Grant Morrison pens the event DC One Million that takes place partially in the present and partially in the 853rd century
The Kingdom Come sequel known as The Kingdom comes out and introduces the on again off again concept known as Hypertime
The original Titans reunite for a new series
A new Justice Society series begins written by Geoff Johns
The crossover event Day of Judgement is published in which the fallen angel Asmodel takes control of The Spectre and brings literal Hell to Earth, by the end of the even the spirit of Hal Jordan becomes the new Spectre
The third DCAU animated series Batman Beyond premieres, taking place in 2039 the show introduces Terry McGinnis as the new Batman being mentored by an elderly and retired Bruce Wayne
The fourth DCAU show Static Shock premieres it is the first show to star a black superhero
Lex Luthor becomes president in Superman: Lex 2000
The crossover Our Worlds at War takes place in which the galaxy fights against the primordial entity Imperiex, by the end several heroes are killed most notably Wonder Woman's mother Hippolyta
The Superman prequel show Smallville premieres
The fifth DCAU series Justice League premieres
The beloved Batman storyline Hush begins in Batman #608 in which a mysterious new villain enacts an elaborate plan to take Batman down during the story Batman reveals his true identity to Catwoman
The 3 issue miniseries Titans/Young Justice Graduation Day is published in which the arrival of a android from the future causes a series of events that results in the death of the original Wonder Girl Donna Troy after which both teams disband
A new Teen Titans series written by Geoff Johns premieres introducing a new team consisting of Cyborg, Raven, Starfire, Beast Boy, Robin, Superboy, Cassie Sandsmark's Wonder Girl and Impulse (who later becomes the second Kid Flash)
The last DC/Marvel crossover story JLA/Avengers is published in which both teams work together to stop the universe destroying mad scientist Krona
A new Superman/Batman series is published, in the first arc Lex Luthor is stripped of his presidency and disappears after trying to use a kryptonite asteroid to turn the population against Superman
The first Teen Titans animated series with a team consisting of Raven Robin Starfire Cyborg and Beast Boy it is one of the few superhero shows to be influenced by anime
A post Crisis version of Kara Zor El is finally introduced in Superman/Batman #8 she becomes the new Supergirl
The seven issue event series Identity Crisis is published in which the Elongated Man's wife Sue is murdered during the investigation several Dark secrets about the Justice League are revealed
The 4 issue series Green Lantern Rebirth is published in which Hal Jordan breaks free of the Spectre and is resurrected to stop Parallax who is revealed to be a yellow fear causing entity that possessed Jordan and manipulated him into becoming a villain at the end of the series the Guardians of the universe return and start to rebuild the Green Lantern Corps
The sixth and final DCAU show Justice League Unlimited premiers
A new Batman cartoon simply called The Batman premieres unlike its predecessor it does not take place in the dcau
a new version. Of the Red Hood is introduced in Batman it is later revealed to be a resurrected Jason Todd
Grant Morrison's meta series Seven Soldiers is published, bookended by two one shots and consisting of 7 miniseries 7 heroes must fight against the Invasion of the sheeda
The Infinite Crisis storyline begins in the one shot Countdown to Infinite Crisis #1 in which Blue Beetle investigates several mysterious happenings in the DCU at the end he's murdered by Maxwell Lord who is revealed to be the leader of Checkmate and wants to kill all super powered individuals
In the Countdown spinoff miniseries Day of Vengance a group of mystical heroes gather to stop a rogue Spectre from destroying all magic
In the Countdown spinoff miniseries Rann/Thanagar war nearly all space faring heroes are embroiled in a war between the two planets
DC Special The Return of Donna Troy sees the resurrection of the titular heroine as well as the unveiling of DC's new logo
In the Countdown tie in miniseries Villains United a group of villains known as The Six are gathered to fight against Luthor's society of villains
In the Countdown tie in miniseries OMAC Project Maxwell Lord tries to use Batman's secret satellite known as Brother Eye to kill all super powered beings
In a tie in to Omac Lord gets control of Superman and Wonder Woman ends up having to kill Lord to free him
The events of the year culminate in the seven issue event series Infinite Crisis, acting as the first true sequel to Crisis on infinite earths the survivors of the original multiverse return out of disgust for what the world and its heroes have become later it is revealed that Alexander Luthor and Superboy Prime are revealed to be the ones behind all the events started in Countdown and briefly bring back the multiverse in an attempt to create the perfect reality before being stopped by the heroes like the crisis before it many established characters are killed most notably Superboy by the end Superboy Prime is the last survivor of the original multiverse and is now a full villain having been imprisoned by the Green Lantern Corps
Batman Begins hits theaters directed by Christopher Nolan and starring Christian Bale as Batman
Grant Morrison pens the 12 issue series All Star Superman many consider it the best Superman story ever made
All DC titles jump one year from the events of Infinite Crisis
The cosmic Monitor race is introduced in the one shot Brave New World
DC's first year long weekly series 52 is published, written by Grant Morrison, Geoff Johns, Mark Waid and Greg Rucka as it fillis in the gap between Infinite Crisis and the one year jump the series tells several stories focused on lesser known heroes at the end it is revealed that the events of Infinite Crisis caused a new multiverse of 52 universes to be born
Grant Morrison begins their run on Batman starting with Batman #655 in the first story arc Batman and Talia's son Damian is introduced
The six issue miniseries Amazons Attack is published in which Wonder Woman's mother Hippolyta is resurrected
The Flash Bart Allen (formerly Impulse and then Kid Flash) is killed in the last issue of his series
DC's second year long weekly series Countdown to Final Crisis is published like 52 it features several stories this time however it explores recent facets of DC's cosmology such as the Monitor race and the new multiverse
The Sinestro Corps is introduced in the one-shot Green Lantern: Sinestro Corp Special written by Geoff Johns, powered by yellow colored fear the Corps is lead by Hal Jordan's nemesis Sinestro and a resurrected Anti Monitor, as well a joined by Parallax and Superboy Prime, The Sinestro and Green Lantern Corps fight in a war that spans all Green Lantern titles at the end the emotional spectrum is revealed and the blackest night is foretold
In the Countdown tie in Death of the New Gods the celestial race is being slaughtered by a mysterious assailant
DC starts releasing direct to home animated movies aimed at an older audience the first one is Superman: Doomsday
The Batman event Batman RIP begins in Batman #676 written by Grant Morrison Batman and his allies fight against the mysterious yet malicious Dr. Hurt
The seven issue event series Final Crisis is published, written by Grant Morrison, the story sees the multiverse assaulted by Darkseid and Mandrak The Dark Monitor, in this event both Martian Manhunter and Batman are killed (though at the end it's revealed Batman was just sent back in time) however Barry Allen The second Flash is resurrected
Grant Morrison pens the two issue Final Crisis tie in Superman Beyond in which the multiverse is further explored and the origin of the Monitor race is revealed introducing Monitor Mind the Overvoid is introduced
Geoff Johns pens the five issue miniseries Final Crisis Legion of 3 world's in which Superman helps The Legion of Superheroes fight against the United force of their enemies led by Superboy Prime in the end Bart Allen is resurrected as Kid Flash and Superboy is resurrected as well
Christopher Nolan's second Batman film The Dark Knight hits theaters Christian Bale reprises his role as Batman, Aaron Eckhart plays Two Face and Heath Ledger gives a legendary performance as Joker winning a posthumous Oscar in the process, the film by many to be the best Superhero movie of all time
Batman The Brave and The Bold premieres unlike previous Batman cartoons this one is lighter and takes inspiration from the silver age of comics
Animated movies released this year: Justice League: The New Frontier, Batman: Gotham Knight
Geoff Johns pens the six issue Flash Rebirth series fully reintegrating Barry Allen back into the DCU the series makes major changes to both Barry's history and the origins of the Speed Force (the source of all speedsters powers)
Grant Morrison continues their Batman run with the Batman and Robin series having Dick Grayson as the new Batman and Damian as the new Robin
Geoff Johns pens the 8 issue series Blackest Night in which the heroes of Earth as well as the seven colored Corps of the emotional spectrum take on the Black Lantern Corps, lead by the dark cosmic entity Nekron and composed of the reanimated corpses of fallen heroes and villains by the end of the event 12 characters are resurrected
Geoff Johns pens the miniseries Superman Secret Origin in which Superman's post infinite Crisis beginnings are explored
A movie adaptation of Watchmen hits theaters this year directed by Zack Snyder
Animated movies released this year: Wonder Woman, Green Lantern: First Flight, Superman/Batman: Public Enemies
The weekly 24 issue miniseries Brightest Day is published written by Geoff Johns The series follows several of those who were resurrected during Blackest Night as well as their purpose
Grant Morrison's miniseries Return of Bruce Wayne comes out in which Bruce travels through time finally arriving in the present and becoming Batman once again
Grant Morrison's Batman Incorporated #1 comes out in which Batman forms a global team to fight the terrorist organization Leviathan
Animated movies released this year: Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths, Batman: Under the Red Hood, Superman/Batman: Apocalypse
-The first live action Green Lantern film is released in theaters it stars Ryan Reynolds as Green Lantern
-In response to declining sales and interest DC uses the mini series Flashpoint to reboot it’s continuity, the new continuity is called The New 52
-A new Justice League series begins written by Geoff Johns the first arc explores The New 52 origin of the team and makes Cyborg a founding member
A new Batman series begins, written by Scott Snyder the first arc sees Batman go against the mysterious Court of Owls
-The animated series Young Justice (based on the comic of the same name) premiers
-Animated movies released this year: All Star Superman, Green Lantern-Emerald Knights, Batman Year One
-Green Lantern the animated series premiers and is aired on Saturday mornings with Young Justice and one minute shorts starring various DC characters on Cartoon Network, this is referred to as DC Nation
-DC releases a new company logo
-DC releases Before Watchmen a group of miniseries prequels to the iconic 1986 story
-DC creates a series of ongoing comics that are first available digitally
-Christopher Nolan's final Batman Film The Dark Knight Rises premieres with Anne Hathaway as Catwoman and Tom Hardy as Bane
-The New 52 version of Earth 2 is introduced in its own series
-Simon Baz becomes the first Muslim Green Lantern
-Arrow premieres on the CW starring Stephen Amell as Green Arrow
-Animated movies released this year: Justice league:Doom, Superman vs The Elite, The Dark Knight Returns Part One
-75th anniversary of Superman
-Teen Titans Go (a comedic parody of the 2003 series) premiers
-Beware The Batman premieres, it is the first Batman animated series to be done in cgi
-Man of Steel premieres starring Henry Cavil as Superman, it is the first movie to be set in the DC cinematic universe
-The New 52 has its first line wide crossover entitled Forever Evil written by Geoff Johns in which the heroes and villains of the DCU fight against The Crime Syndicate of Earth 3
-Animated movies released this year: Dark Knight Returns part 2, Superman Unbound, Flashpoint paradox (after this movie, nearly all animated movies take place in the same continuity)
-75th anniversary of Batman
-Batman Eternal, a year long weekly series reintegrates Stephanie Brown into The New 52
-Futures End, a year long weekly series integrates Terry McGinnis into The New 52
-The year long weekly series Earth 2: Worlds End sees Darkseid go to war with Earth 2
-The highly anticipated miniseries Multiversity premiers exploring The DC Multiverse written by Grant Morrison
-In the aftermath of Forever Evil Lex Luthor not only joins the Justice league for the first time but discovers Batman is Bruce Wayne
-Jessica Cruz first appears in Justice league, she will become the first Hispanic Green Lantern
-The Flash premieres on the CW starring Grant Gustin as The Flash, it takes place in the same continuity as Arrow
-Constantine premieres on NBC
-Animated movies released this year: Jla Adventures: Trapped in Time, Justice league War, Son of Batman, Batman: Assault on Arkham
-The month long event Convergence takes place, it not only reintegrates the pre-New 52 Superman and Lois back into the DCU, but also revives every previously destroyed universe and continuity
-Superman and Lois' son Jonathan is introduced in Superman:Lois and Clark
-DCs two most iconic cosmic villains Darkseid and The Anti-Monitor fight in the Justice League story Darkseid War
-A new line of ongoing series that reimagine various Hanna Barbera characters is released
-DC moves it’s publishing office from New York to Burbank
-The 24 issue weeklong series Batman and Robin reintegrates Cassandra Cain in to the New 52
-A new Supergirl show premieres on CBS it will later be moved to CW and will become part of the Arrowverse continuity
-The show Izombie (based on the vertigo comic) premiers on the cw
-The first incarnation of DC Superhero girls premieres as a YouTube series
-Animated movies released this year: Justice league throne of Atlantis, Batman VS Robin, Batman Unlimited Animal Instincts, Justice league Gods and monsters, Batman unlimited monster mayhem
-DC initiates it's third major reboot this time called DC Rebirth which aims to merge the pre and post Flashpoint continuties at the end of the one shot (written by Geoff Johns) that starts it all it is revealed that the new 52 was caused by Watchmen's Doctor Manhattan, a host of new and revamped titles are also introduced
-Legends of Tomorrow premieres as the fourth show to be set in the Arrowverse continuity
-The show Lucifer premieres (very loosely based on the vertigo title) on Fox (later moves to Netflix)
-Preacher (based on the Vertigo title) premiers on AMC
-Justice League Action premieres on Cartoon Network
-Batman and Superman meet for the first time on the big screen in Dawn for Justice
-Suicide Squad gets its first major motion picture
-Animated movies released this year: Batman The Killing Joke, Batman Return of The Caped Crusaders, DC Superhero girls Superhero high, Justice league vs Teen Titans, DC Superhero girls Hero of the year, Batman unlimited Mechs VS Mutants
Dark Nights Metal event premieres, written by Scott Snyder this event introduces the dark multiverse as well as the demon Barbatos who dwells there also introduced is The Batman Who Laughs a dark multiverse being that's a combination of Batman and the Joker it is also the only crossover event to have Dream of the Endless as one of the characters
The 12 issue bookend to DC Rebirth Doomsday Clock premieres, written by Geoff Johns it is the first crossover between the DC and Watchmen universes and effectively completes the reboot it also introduces a new explanation for the DCU called The metaverse
Both Wonder Woman and The Justice League make their silver screen debuts this year
Animated movies released this year: Justice League Dark, Teen Titans: The Judas Contract, DC Superhero girls intergalactic games, Batman and Harley Quinn, Batman VS Two Face
A new Justice League series comes out written by Scott Snyder it deals with the aftermath of Metal as well as virtually revamping DC's cosmology the most notable new character to appear is the nigh omnipotent Perpetua
The critically panned miniseries Heroes in Crisis premieres in which the heroes try to solve the murders of a bunch of other heroes
The DC Imprints Black Label and Sandman Universe begin this year, Sandman Universe features series starring characters from the beloved Neil Gaiman series while Black Label tells out of continuity stories aimed towards adults
Black Lightning premieres on the CW as the latest show to be part of the Arrowverse
Titans premieres on streaming as both the first live action Teen Titans show and the first one aimed at adults
The first Aquaman movie premieres in theaters
Teen Titans Go to the movies premieres as the first Teen Titans movie to premiere in theaters
Batman Ninja premieres as the first DC animated movie to be made in Japan
Animated movies released this year: Scooby-Doo! & Batman: The Brave and the Bold, Batman: Gotham by Gaslight, Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay, The Death of Superman, DC Super Hero Girls: Legends of Atlantis
Iconic Batman character Alfred Pennyworth is killed by the villain Bane in Batman #77
Batwoman premiers on the CW as part of the Arrowverse
Watchmen premieres on HBO as a sequel to the comic
Young Justice returns on streaming
The very first show centered on the Doom Patrol premieres on streaming
A new DC Superhero girls show premieres on Cartoon Network this one set in a different universe than the previous incarnation
Harley Quinn gets her own show on streaming it is the first DC Animated series aimed towards adults
Shazam's first movie comes out this year
Joker comes out this year and wins 2 Oscars
The original animated Teen Titans return in the movie Teen Titans Go vs Teen Titans
The Arrowverse is rebooted in the massive CW crossover Crisis on infinite earths
Animated movies released this year: Reign of the Supermen, Justice League vs. the Fatal Five, Batman vs. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Batman: Hush, Wonder Woman: Bloodlines
The sequel to Dark Nights Metal premieres this year entitled Dark Nights Death Metal, in this event the heroes are pitted against Perpetua and The Batman Who Laughs (now called The Darkest Knight), at the end all past events are declared canon and DC is given an omniverse for the first time in its history
Long running DC imprint Vertigo is ended
Batman loses his fortune in The Joker War story
Stargirl premieres on streaming (later moved to the CW)
Harley Quinn and The Birds of prey costar in their first movie
Wonder Woman gets her second movie Wonder Woman 1984
Justice League Dark: Apokolips War premiers as the final move set in the shared universe started in Flashpoint paradox by the end of the movie the continuity is rebooted
Superman: Man of Tomorrow premieres as the first movie set in the new continuity
Animated movies released this year: Superman: Red Son, Batman: Death in the Family
At the beginning of the year a two month line wide event called Future State happens showing possible futures of the DCU
In the aftermath of Death Metal a new publishing initiative is started called Infinite Frontier is started introducing a bunch of new and revamped titles it is also the name of a six issue miniseries written Josh Williamson that acts as the first part of a three act meta story
Superman and Lois premiers on the CW
An extended 4 hour cut of the Justice League movie called the Snyder Cut premieres on streaming it is considered to be much better than the theatrical cut
The 5 issue miniseries Justice League Incarnate premieres as the second act of the meta story it also acts as pesudo sequel to Multiversity it is also written by Josh Williamson
The second Suicide Squad movie premiers in theaters it is considered to be much better than the first one
Animated movies released this year: Batman: Soul of the Dragon, Justice Society: World War II, Batman: The Long Halloween, Part One, Batman: The Long Halloween, Part Two, Injustice
DC's parent company Warner Media merges with Discovery to create Warner Discovery
Dark Crisis premieres not only as the third and final act in the meta story written by Joshua Willamson but as the first major crossover event to have the word crisis in the title in 14 years, in this story the Justice League is thought dead and the remaining heroes must fight against Pariah and The Great Darkness, by the end of the story the infinite pre crisis on infinite earths multiverse is restored and the Justice League disassembles promoting the Titans to the premiere super team, Amanda Waller also begins working with a mysterious organization known as The Light in a plan to kill all super powered beings on earth
A sequel to Flashpoint entitled Flashpoint Beyond premieres organizing all of DC's cosmological structures (including the omniverse) into one unified whole called The Divine Continuum which is categorized nto 2 parts (space and time) by the end of the miniseries 13 lost original golden age characters are introduced to the DC Universe
The New Golden age one shot comes out picking up where Flashpoint Beyond left off and doing things such as giving the back story of all but one of the 13 new characters, introducing a new version of the Helena Wayne Huntress, and setting up the first Justice Society title in over a decade as well as a new Stargirl miniseries (as well as others)
A new Peacemaker show premieres as a Spin off of the last Suicide Squad movie
Neil Gaiman's Sandman gets an adaptation on Netflix
The preschool show Batwheels premieres on Cartoon Network
The Batman premieres in theaters with Robert Pattinson as the caped crusader
Black Adam gets his own theatrical movie
The animated DC League of Super pets hits theaters
DC Superhero girls ends it runs with a crossover film entitled Teen Titans Go! & DC Super Hero Girls: Mayhem in the Multiverse
Animated movies released this year: Catwoman: Hunted, Green Lantern: Beware My Power, Batman and Superman: Battle of the Super Sons
In the aftermath of a fight between Batman, Robin and a demon Lazaruz chemicals rain down on the earth affecting everyone especially those with super powers this is the Lazarus Planet event
The Dawn of DC publishing event happens unlike previous publishing events new titles will be rolled out across the year instead of all at once
The Titans start operating out of Bludhaven in a new series
The 2 month line wide event Knight Terrors happens in which the new villain Insomnia traps nearly everyone in their nightmares
My Adventures with Superman premieres on Adult Swim as well as streaming
The Flash gets his own theatrically released movie
Blue Beetle gets his first movie that also acts as the first movie to star a Latino character
