My Own DC Universe, Phase One
Here is the Phase One for a DC Universe I would make if I was in charge of running one, made up of seven movies culminating in a Justice League movie at the end.
Wonder Woman - While in pursuit of terrorist Paula von Gunther, U.S. marine Steve Trevor washes up on the lost island of Themyscira, meeting and befriending Diana, princess of the Amazons living there. Meanwhile, von Gunther also finds her way to the island, and attempts to seize control of the island using a dangerous biological weapon.
Main cast: Princess Diana/Wonder Woman, Steve Trevor, Baroness Paula von Gunther, Queen Hippolyta, Barbara Ann Minerva and Etta Candy (two marines under Steve's command who also survived the crash), Donna Troy (Diana's little sister), and Dr. Isobel Maru/Doctor Poison (a conspirator with von Gunther)
Green Arrow - Vigilante Oliver Queen finds himself captured by the government and forced to join Task Force X, a special team of criminals and outlaws tasked with infiltrating the enemy nation of Vlatava and taking out Count Vertigo, a Vlatavan noble plotting a chemical attack on the United States.
Main cast: Oliver Queen/Green Arrow, fellow Suicide Squad members Dinah Lance/Black Canary, Roy Harper/Speedy, Slade Wilson/Deathstroke, Floyd Lawton/Deadshot, Carrie Cutter/Cupid, and William Tockman/Clock King, Amanda Waller (the government agent overseeing the team), and Werner Zytle/Count Vertigo)
Martian Manhunter - A Martian warrior finds himself stranded on Earth after falling through a portal, only for the portal's inventor to die of a heart attack before he can return. Hunted by the United States government, the Martian joins forces with a former marine named John Stewart in order to find a way back home.
Main cast: J'onn J'onzz/Martian Manhunter, John Stewart, Cameron Chase (head of the DEO taskforce pursuing J'onn), and Dr. Saul Erdel.
Green Lantern - While in battle with a dangerous new enemy wielding a Red Lantern ring, Green Lantern Abin Sur crashlands on Earth, passing on his ring to fighter pilot Hal Jordan. Hal is then recruited by Sur's teammates to help them track down the Red Lantern before he can recruit more followers.
Main cast: Hal Jordan/Green Lantern, Thaal Sinestro (Hal's new commanding officer with a secret), Atrocitus (the Red Lantern), Kilowog, Arisia Rrab, Salaak, and Ch'p (the rest of Sinestro's Lantern team), Carol Ferris and Thomas Kalmaku (Hal's friends), and Abin Sur.
The Flash - While trying to stop a heist, a police scientist and his girlfriend's little brother both get caught up in an explosion that gives them super speed. The pair learn to work together in order to bring in the gang of criminals called the Rogues.
Main cast: Barry Allen/The Flash, Wally West/Kid Flash, Iris West (Barry's girlfriend and Wally's sister), Joe West, Rogues' membership: Len Snart/Captain Cold, Digger Harkness/Captain Boomerang, Sam Scudder/Mirror Master, Mick Rory/Heat Wave, James Jesse/ Trickster, Mark Mardon/Weather Wizard, and Hartley Rathaway/Pied Piper; and Ralph Dibny (a scientist at STAR Labs)
Aquaman - Sixteen years before, David Milton Hyde encountered a beautiful Atlantean. Now, he is a pirate obsessed with finding Atlantis and proving its existence. His half-Altantean son Jackson accompanies him, meeting and befriending a young Atlantean named Garth and choosing to protect the kingdom from his father.
Main cast: Jackson Hyde, David Milton Hyde/Black Manta, Garth/Aqualad, Arthur Curry/Aquaman and Queen Mera (the rulers of Atlantis), and Cal Durham (a member of David's crew that Jackson is close to)
Justice League - After the portal between Earth and Mars creates an escape route from a dimension known as the Phantom Zone, an army of superpowered aliens called Kryptonians arrive on Earth and begin to conquer it as the "New Krypton." Billionaire Bruce Wayne brings together Princess Diana of Themyscira, Hal Jordan, Barry Allen, Arthur Curry, and J'onn J'onzz to help defend against them. As he researches the Kryptonians, he learns of a crash near Smallville, Kansas, twenty-five years before, leading him to discover a Kryptonian hiding out on Earth as a reporter.
Main cast: Bruce Wayne/Batman, Princess Diana/Wonder Woman, Hal Jordan/Green Lantern, Barry Allen/The Flash, Arthur Curry/Aquaman, J'onn J'onzz/Martian Manhunter, and Clark Kent/Superman (the team), Oliver Queen/Green Arrow, John Stewart (Also fought in the battles, Oliver turned down Bruce's invite), Kryptonians: General Zod, Faora, Ursa, Non, and Jax-Ur; Lois Lane, Jonathan Kent, and Martha Kent (secret-keepers for Clark), Amanda Waller, Iris West, others cameoing from previous movies.
And there we go. What do you think? I tried to work in a lot of standard major DC characters and give them all good origins from directions different from how we've seen them before. I also worked in Superman and Batman without giving them movies so that the others could have a chance to shine.
And now, for the Phase Two I would make, that mostly fills in movies for characters that appeared in Phase One, but didn't get a movie for themselves, rather than making sequels for the Phase One movies. This phase would be built around a Hawkworld invasion storyline, starting with:
Justice League 2 - The world enters an era of peace, safeguarded by the team of heroes that arose to protect it, until a strange alien starfish appears in the sky, releasing its children to conquer the minds of the people living below. The Justice League fight in vain, until a pair of alien warriors appear to fight alongside them.
Main cast: Clark Kent/Superman, Bruce Wayne/Batman, Princess Diana/Wonder Woman, Hal Jordan/Green Lantern, Barry Allen/The Flash, Arthur Curry/Aquaman, and J'onn J'onzz (the main League members), Katar Hol/Hawkman, Shayera Hol/Hawkwoman (the newcomer heroes from space), Oliver Queen, John Stewart, Dinah Lance, etc. (other possible heroes who could appear), and Starro the Conqueror.
Wonder Girl - Donna Troy, younger sister of Wonder Woman, dreams of following her sister off the island when she intercepts a distress signal from a school trip that crashlanded on a nearby island, an island controlled by the powerful witch, Circe.
Main cast: Donna Troy/Wonder Girl, Circe, Cassie Sandsmark and Vanessa Kapatelis (notable girls among the class), Helena Sandsmark and Julia Kapatelis (teachers and chaperones), Medusa, and Queen Hippolyta.
Batman & Batgirl - Returning home to Gotham from college, Barbara Gordon finds herself captured by an inventor named Jervis Tetch, who forces her to wear a mind control device. Batman comes to her rescue, but finds himself trapped in the Hatter's mind palace himself, where Barbara comes to learn the full history of Batman, the pair learning to work together in order to escape.
Main cast: Bruce Wayne/Batman, Barbara Gordon/Batgirl, Jervis Tetch/Mad Hatter, Jim Gordon (Barbara's father), Dick Grayson/Nightwing (Bruce's former protegee and Barbara's old boyfriend), Alfred Pennyworth (Bruce's butler), and numerous figures appearing in Bruce's memories (the Joker, Penguin, Riddler, Catwoman, Two-Face, Harley Quinn, and Jason Todd among them)
Teen Titans - Dick Grayson encounters a strange girl from outer space, only for her to be abducted by a strange group called HIVE. Dick gathers Donna Troy, Wally West, Roy Harper, and Jackson Hyde to help him infiltrate HIVE's secret underwater academy where they hold and train young teenagers with supernatural abilities.
Main cast: Dick Grayson/Nightwing, Donna Troy/Wonder Girl, Wally West/Kid Flash, Roy Harper/Speedy, and Jackson Hyde/Aqualad (the main team), Koriand'r/Starfire, Victor Stone/Cyborg, Rachel Roth/Raven, and Garfield Logan (kids held by HIVE), the HIVE Queen, Doctor Light (a teacher for HIVE), and Psimon, Shimmer, Mammoth, Jinx, and Gizmo (kids loyal to HIVE).
Nightwing - When a famous actor goes missing, apparently attacked by a monster made of clay, Dick Grayson investigates, helped by a young kid who has worked out his identity and wants to be the new Robin, as well as a botanist working for a makeup company linked to the actor's disappearance.
Main cast: Dick Grayson/Nightwing, Tim Drake/Robin, Dr. Pamela Isley/Poison Ivy, Basil Karlo/Clayface, and Roman Sionis (the CEO of the makeup corporation).
Superman - Clark Kent investigates a crashed escape pod, only to discover a young girl named Kara inside with all the same powers as himself. Clark learns through Kara that an alien collector named Brainiac has a city full of Kryptonians contained on his ship, and he's coming to do the same to Metropolis.
Main cast: Clark Kent/Superman, Kara Zor-El/Supergirl, Brainiac, Lois Lane (Clark's girlfriend), Martha and Jonathan Kent (Clark's adoptive parents), Perry White and Jimmy Olsen (Clark's coworkers).
Hawkworld - Hawkman and Hawkwoman's race, the Thanagarians, arrive on Earth, warning of an oncoming invasion force and offering their aid. All is not as it seems, however, as the Thanagarians begin to enforce their increasingly tyrannical rule on the planet.
Main cast: Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, the Flash, Aquaman, Martian Manhunter, Green Arrow, John Stewart/Green Lantern, Black Canary, Batgirl, Supergirl, the Teen Titans (all heroes currently active), Katar Hol/Hawkman, Shayera Hol/Hawkwoman, Fel Andar (members of the Thanagarian forces), various other notable human characters. Also, if Plastic Man came around sometime during this phase, I'd be good with that.
And that is Phase Two. What do you think? The thought is to treat it more like two seasons of a show, with seven episodes per. If it were feasible to release the full phase within a year, like a season of a show, I would.
Next up, I'd like to take a step away from the Justice League for a while, and take the universe back in time about twenty-five years, set during a fictional war that will be standing in for World War II, since we're getting a bit too far away from that for that to still be the go-to war everyone gets involved in. We'll start with Doctor Fate.
Doctor Fate - A young sorcerer-in-training is given a final task to prove himself worthy of the Mask of Fate: Help a pair of politically opposed brothers learn to work together after they are empowered by a dark wizard with the power to take revenge for their father's murder.
Main cast: Kent Nelson/Doctor Fate, Hank and Don Hall (the brothers in question), Wotan (the ancient wizard who empowered them), Inza Cramer and Ian Karkull (two rival magic students), and Nabu (the god possessing the Mask of Fate).
Hawkman and Hawkgirl - Married archaeologists Carter Hall and Shiera Saunders discover a lost ancient tomb, the heiroglyphs inside telling a story that stirs long-dormant memories inside the pair of their own past lives.
Main cast: Carter Hall/Hawkman, Shiera Saunders/Hawkgirl, Prince Khufu and Princess Chay-ara (their past Egyptian selves), Anton Hastur/Hath-Set (the financier of their expedition, and a reincarnated Egyptian priest), and the Shadow Thief (a mysterious being haunting their expedition)
Jay Garrick - A young college student accidentally completes an equation his physics professor Johnny Chambers had been working on, giving himself super speed. His strange new abilities draw the attention of the mysterious crime boss known only as the Thinker.
Main cast: Jay Garrick/The Flash, Johnny Chambers/Johnny Quick, Joan Williams (Jay's girlfriend), Clifford DeVoe/The Thinker (Jay's law professor moonlighting as a criminal mastermind), Isaac Bowin/Fiddler and Steven Sharpe/Gambler (criminals working for the Thinker)
Captain Marvel - A young orphan living on the street finds himself chosen by a powerful wizard to inherit his powers. He shares the power with his siblings, only to find himself face-to-face with a former chosen one gone bad, a ruthless tyrant named Black Adam.
Main cast: Billy Batson/Captain Marvel, Mary Batson/Mary Marvel and Freddy Freeman/Captain Marvel Jr. (Billy's siblings that he shares his powers with), Teth-Adam/Black Adam, the Wizard Shazam, Doctor Sivana (a scientist who awakened Adam), Uncle Dudley and Tawky Tawny (two supporting characters and friends of the kids)
Alan Scott - While working in a swamp one night, a railway worker discovers a mysterious glowing green lantern that grants him the ability to do anything he wishes. Using the lantern has unintended consequences though, as its magic awakens a zombie buried in the swamp for over one hundred years.
Main cast: Alan Scott/Green Lantern, Solomon Grundy (the zombie), Rose Canton (Alan's wife he is separating from), Doiby Dickles (Alan's best friend), and Ma Hunkel (Alan's landlady)
All-Star Squadron - As the war becomes more and more dire, the president commissions a team be put together of individuals with particularly notable skills, include scientist Ted Knight, fighter Al Pratt, doctor Charles McNider, and chemist Rex Tyler.
Main cast: Ted Knight/Starman, Al Pratt/Atom, Rex Tyler/Hourman, and Charles McNider/Doctor Mid-Nite (the team), Sandra Knight/Phantom Lady (Ted's cousin and a government agent assigned as their liaison), Captain Wade Eiling (their commanding officer), the Ultra-Humanite (the mastermind behind their enemy forces), and Terry Curtis/Cyclotron (a nuclear super-soldier created by Ultra-Humanite).
Justice Society of America - As the war continues to escalate and spreads into Kahndaq, ten heroes find themselves crossing paths, piecing together a complex conspiracy with one man at the very center of it all: an immortal named Vandal Savage.
Main cast: Jay Garrick/Flash, Alan Scott/Green Lantern, Carter Hall/Hawkman, Shiera Saunders/Hawkgirl, Billy Batson/Captain Marvel, Ted Knight/Starman, Al Pratt/Atom, Rex Tyler/Hourman, Charles McNider/Doctor Mid-Nite, and Kent Nelson/Doctor Fate (the team), Vandal Savage (the main villain), Black Adam (ruler of Kahndaq, initially an ally to Savage before turning against him), other notable cameos from past movies, like Mary and Freddy, Ma Hunkel, Hawk and Dove, and so on.
Also just as a note, Terry Sloane's Mister Terrific would appear throughout all of these as a popular television personality, who would then appear to the hero team at the end, recruiting them all to form a team of protectors. The Phantom Stranger would also have small cameos throughout each movie as a detective with seemingly omnipotent knowledge who advises each hero at key moments.
And that is Phase Three. Or Phase One of a Justice Society series. Something like that. What do you think?
Now, let's go back to the modern day Justice League era for Phase Six, which almost acts as a sort of Phase Two for Phase One, made up mostly of sequels to that original set of movies.
Green Lantern 2 - Hal Jordan is assigned to train a new Earth-based Green Lantern, a cocky ex-football player named Guy Gardner. Meanwhile, his boss and former girlfriend Carol Ferris stumbles upon a purple meteorite, containing a ring similar to Hal's own.
Main cast: Hal Jordan/Green Lantern, Guy Gardner/Green Lantern, Carol Ferris/Star Sapphire, Hector Hammond (a childhood friend of Hal and Carol obsessed with the Green Lantern), Kilowog, Arisia Rrab, Salaak, Ch'p, and Thomas Kalmaku (returning characters), Jillian Pearlman (a new pilot at Ferris Air), Ganthet and Sayd (notable Guardians), and the Zamarons (creators of the Star Sapphire ring)
Aquaman 2 - Queen Mera's history is uncovered when an assassin identical to the queen infiltrates Atlantis, intent on killing its king.
Main cast: Arthur Curry/Aquaman, Mera, Hila/Siren (Mera's twin sister), Jackson Hyde/Aqualad, Garth of Shayeris, Orm Marius/Ocean Master, Tula Marius/Aquagirl, Queen Atlanna (returning characters), and King Nereus (ruler of Xebel)
Green Arrow 2 - Green Arrow, Black Canary, and Arsenal work together as vigilante protectors of Starling City when they encounter a young girl named Mia Dearden, on the run from a sex trafficking ring run by one of the city's most powerful mob bosses.
Main cast: Oliver Queen/Green Arrow, Dinah Lance/Black Canary, Roy Harper/Arsenal, Mia Dearden/Speedy, Danny Brickwell (the mob boss), Chien-na Wei (Brick's business associate), and Carrie Cutter (now working as an enforcer for Brick.
Martian Manhunter 2 - J'onn J'onzz is recruited by the Green Lantern Corps to help rescue two Green Lanterns, including his friend John Stewart, from a planet ruled by the greedy user of the Orange Lantern.
Main cast: J'onn J'onzz/Martian Manhunter, John Stewart/Green Lantern, Katma Tui (John's Green Lantern partner), Larfleeze/Agent Orange, Saint Walker/Blue Lantern (an ally assigned to help J'onn find John and Katma), Ganthet, Sayd, and Scar (notable Guardians)
The Flash 2 - Barry and Wally find themselves summoned by a psychic message to a secret civilization of intelligent gorillas hidden in Africa, to help stop a power-hungry gorilla named Grodd from overthrowing the ruling council.
Main cast: Barry Allen/Flash, Wally West/Kid Flash, Gorilla Grodd, Solovar (the gorilla who summoned them), Iris West, Joe West, Ralph Dibny, Sue Dearbon, a couple of Rogues (returning characters)
Wonder Woman 2 - Wonder Woman and her allies discover a secret second city of Amazons hidden deep within an Egyptian desert. While there, she is challenged by the champion of that city for the title of Wonder Woman, a champion her mother favors.
Main cast: Princess Diana/Wonder Woman, Artemis of Bana-Mighdall (the champion), Queen Hippolyta, Steve Trevor, Barbara Ann Minerva, Etta Candy, Nubia (returning characters), Thomas Asquith Randolph (the man who financed their expedition to Bana-Mighdall), and Queen Antiope (ruler of Bana-Mighdall)
Warworld - The Justice League find themselves stolen from their homes and worlds and forced to compete in gladiatorial combat against some of the fiercest warriors in the known galaxy.
Main cast: Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Hal Jordan, Guy Gardner, John Stewart, The Flash, Aquaman, Martian Manhunter, Green Arrow, Hawkman, and Hawkgirl (the Justice League), Mongul (proprietor of Warworld), Draaga (Mongul's mightiest champion), various cameos from each Leaguer's supporting cast, various notable fighters from around the galaxy as fighters in Warworld.
And that is Phase Four. Or whatever name we'd give it. What do you think?
Next up is our Phase Five, which is a sort of sequel phase to Phase Two's movies. We'll start with:
Justice League 3 - The Justice League find themselves struggling to compete when a scientist named Anthony Ivo builds a high-tech robot capable of adapting to and mimicking every combat ability it encounters.
Main cast: Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, Flash, Aquaman, Martian Manhunter, Green Arrow, Hawkman, Hawkgirl, any other Leaguers who might be present (the League), Anthony Ivo (the robot's creator), Amazo (the robot), Amanda Waller, Lex Luthor (Ivo's backers), other various cameos.
Nightwing 2 - Nightwing and Robin work together to investigate a string of strange robberies where everything was left frozen over, encountering another vigilante on a similar mission.
Main cast: Dick Grayson/Nightwing, Tim Drake/Robin, Stephanie Brown/Spoiler (the new vigilante), Victor Fries/Mr. Freeze, Arthur Brown (Stephanie's father and a former villain aiding Fries), Dr. Leslie Thompkins, and Nora Fries (Victor's terminally ill wife).
Superman 2 - After battling a cyborg powered by a special meteor called kryptonite, Superman seeks out the aid of Dr. Emil Hamilton to understand his newfound weakness. Little does he know, his work with Dr. Hamilton leads to the creation of an even more powerful adversary.
Main cast: Clark Kent/Superman, Lois Lane, Dr. Emil Hamilton, Lex Luthor (Hamilton's backer), John Corben/Metallo (a cyborg created by Hamilton and Luthor to take down Superman), Bizarro (a clone created by Luthor and Hamilton), Jonathan Kent, Martha Kent, Jimmy Olsen, Perry White (returning cast), and Mercy Graves (Lex's bodyguard)
Wonder Girl 2 - While Donna Troy attends school with her best friend Cassie and grows accustomed to life in the outside world, she visits a circus where she witnesses a man turn a gorilla into a giant woman.
Main cast: Donna Troy/Wonder Girl, Cassie Sandsmark and Vanessa Kapatelis (her friends), Doctor Psycho (ringmaster of the circus), Giganta (the gorilla-turned-woman), Helena Sandsmark and Julia Kapatelis (returning cast), and Circe (Doctor Psycho's benefactor)
Supergirl - While searching for a new home for the citizens of Kandor, Kara Zor-El meets a young girl named Linda Danvers, who offers her the Scottish manor she inherited, unaware of an evil curse placed upon the land.
Main cast: Kara Zor-El/Supergirl, Linda Danvers, Siobhan MacDougal/Silver Banshee (the witch that haunts the manor), Zor-El and Alura (Kara's parents), and Thara Ak-Var and Lor-Zod (Kara's friends).
Batman & Batgirl 2 - Catwoman approaches the Bat Family with information that an auction of the Batman's identity will be taking place at the Iceberg Lounge, with several major villains in attendance. The Bat Family work together to pull off a heist and stop the auction before it happens.
Main cast: Bruce Wayne/Batman, Barbara Gordon/Batgirl, Dick Grayson/Nightwing, Tim Drake/Robin, Stephanie Brown/Spoiler, Alfred Pennyworth, and Jim Gordon (the Bat Family), Selina Kyle/Catwoman, Dr. Hugo Strange (the man selling Batman's identity), the Penguin (proprietor of the Iceberg Lounge), the Riddler (head of the Penguin's security), the Joker, Harley Quinn, Poison Ivy, Two-Face, and Killer Croc (some of the villains in attendance)
Teen Titans: The Judas Contract - The Teen Titans welcome into their ranks a strange girl with earth-based powers, unaware that she is involved in a scheme to infiltrate the Titans and take them down from the inside out.
Main cast: Nightwing, Wonder Girl, Kid Flash, Speedy, Aqualad, Starfire, Cyborg, Raven, Beast Boy (the original members), Mal Duncan, Bumblebee, Terra (newcomers to the team), Slade Wilson/Deathstroke (a mercenary hired by HIVE to take the team down), Rose Wilson and Joseph Wilson (Slade's children who discover the scheme), various Suicide Squad members working under Deathstroke.
And that is Phase Five. What do you think? How's the series going so far?
Now, for Phase Six, we'll return to the Justice Society timeline set twenty-five years in the past during a fictional war that is not World War II. We'll be setting up the Injustice Society this time, with the Wizard cropping up as a cameo throughout most of the movies, in a villainous Nick Fury-type role.
Black Canary & Wildcat - A young vigilante forms an unlikely partnership with a retired boxer to investigate an underground fighting ring.
Main cast: Dinah Drake/Black Canary, Ted Grant/Wildcat, Larry Lance (a cop Dinah works with as a vigilante), Crusher Crock/Sportsmaster, Paula Brooks/Tigress (Dinah and Ted's main competitors), Veronica Sinclair/Roulette (proprietor of the underground fighting ring).
Alan Scott 2 - Alan Scott investigates the apparent murder of a scientist named Joar Mahkent, apparently killed by a man made entirely of ice.
Main cast: Alan Scott/Green Lantern, Joar Mahkent/Icicle, Molly Mayne/Harlequin (an admirer of Alan who invents a villain persona to get close to him), Doiby Dickles, Ma Hunkel (friends of Alan), various red herrings for Joar's murder.
Hawkman & Hawkgirl 2 - Carter and Shiera Hall find themselves haunted by the ghost of a train robber killed by one of their past lives in the old west.
Main cast: Carter Hall/Hawkman, Shiera Saunders/Hawkgirl, Jim Craddock/Gentleman Ghost, Hector Hall (Carter and Shiera's son), Jonah Hex (an ally from the old west), Kent Nelson/Doctor Fate (a fellow member of the Justice Society)
Starman - After Ted Knight's cosmic rod is stolen, he is forced to team up with a young rich kid and his chauffeur moonlighting as vigilantes in order to find the thief.
Main cast: Ted Knight/Starman, Sylvester Pemberton/Star-Spangled Kid, Pat Dugan/Stripesy (Sylvester's chauffeur), Merry Pemberton (Sylvester's half-sister), Henry King/Brain Wave (a loner who attends school with Sylvester and Merry), Mist (an illusion created by Henry), Sandra Knight/Phantom Lady (Ted's cousin), Atom, Hourman, Doctor Mid-Nite (Ted's old All-Star Squadron team).
Jay Garrick 2 - Jay finds himself forced to protect a simple-minded window washer named Johnny after he is targeted by an assassin capable of manipulating darkness.
Main cast: Jay Garrick/Flash, Johnny Thunder, Richard Swift/Shade (the assassin), Joan Garrick, Johnny Chambers/Johnny Quick (returning cast), Fiddler, Gambler (returning villains), and Thunderbolt (a lightning being from another dimension bonded to Johnny).
The Marvel Family 2 - Billy Batson and his siblings find themselves drawn into the war when their old enemy Dr. Sivana joins forces with a Markovian captain and is tasked with creating an android soldier powered by nuclear energy.
Main cast: Billy Batson/Captain Marvel, Mary Batson/Mary Marvel, Freddy Freeman/Captain Marvel Jr., Dr. Thaddeus Sivana, Captain Albrecht Krieger, Mister Atom (the nuclear robot built by Sivana), Stanley Printwhistle (Sivana's newly hired bodyguard), Uncle Dudley, Tawky Tawny (returning cast).
The Justice Society of America 2 - The Justice Society find themselves coming face to face with villains from their past, as a powerful sorcerer has brought them all together as an "Injustice Society."
Main cast: Jay Garrick, Alan Scott, Hawkman, Hawkgirl, Captain Marvel, Doctor Fate, Starman, Hourman, Atom, Doctor Mid-Nite, Ma Hunkel, Johnny Quick, Johnny Thunder, Mister Terrific, Black Canary, Wildcat, Star-Spangled Kid (major members of the Justice Society), William Asmodeus Zard/Wizard (a criminal who taught himself magic), Icicle, Brain Wave, Sportsmaster, Tigress, Shade, Gentleman Ghost, Fiddler, Gambler, Harlequin (recruited members of the Injustice Society), and cameos from the previous movies.
And that brings us to the end of Phase Six. What do you think so far?
As for Phase Seven, since we've had four Justice League-centered phases and two Justice Society-centered phases, I'd say it's time for a crossover between the two teams, so, most of this phase will be made up of some wibbly-wobbly timey-wimey stuff and other things setting up that conflict.
All-Star Squadron 2 - Rex Tyler is placed in command of a new All-Star Squadron team, this time made up of more "hand-picked" heroes the government felt they were more capable of controlling.
Main cast: Rex Tyler/Hourman, Tex Thompson/Mister America, Joan Dale/Miss America, Henry Heywood/Commander Steel, Libby Lawrence/Liberty Belle, Jim Barr/Bulletman, Hank Hall/Hawk, and Don Hall/Dove (the new team), Baron Reiter/Baron Blitzkrieg (a new superweapon created by enemy forces), Captain Wade Eiling, Nathaniel Adam (military operatives overseeing the team), The Atom, Doctor Mid-Nite, Phantom Lady (Rex's old team)
The Atom - A brilliant scientist finds himself shrunken down to minuscule size after a lab experiment is sabotaged by a thief.
Main cast: Ray Palmer/The Atom, Jean Loring (Ray's wife), Ryan Choi (Ray's assistant), and David Clinton/Chronos the Time-Thief (a man down on his luck who tries to build a time machine to fix his life).
Blue Beetle - A young man joins forces with an older hero in order to stop his uncle from releasing a line of powerful robots designed for war.
Main cast: Ted Kord, Dan Garrett/Blue Beetle, Jarvis Kord (Ted's uncle), OMAC (the robots Jarvis is creating for the military).
Doctor Fate 2 - Kent Nelson teams up with a private investigator to investigate a haunted house that supposedly drives its residents to commit murder.
Main cast: Kent Nelson/Doctor Fate, Wesley Dodds/Sandman (the detective), Eric Strauss, Linda Strauss (a family living in the house), Mordru (a vengeful possessing spirit), Inza Cramer-Nelson, Ian Karkull (fellow sorcerers), Nabu (the spirit of Kent's mask), and Wotan (Kent's nemesis)
Booster Gold - A bored slacker from the distant future steals some sci-fi tech and a time machine, and travels back in time in hopes of pretending to be a superhero to the people of the past.
Main cast: Michael Jon Carter/Booster Gold, Ted Kord/Blue Beetle (a hero Michael makes friends with), Per Degaton (dictator of Michael's timeline), Michelle Carter (Michael's sister), and Skeets (Booster's robot)
Captain Atom - Twenty-five years in the past, soldier Nathaniel Adam is caught in a nuclear accident and seemingly vaporized. In the present, he suddenly reforms as a being made up of pure nuclear energy.
Main cast: Nathaniel Adam/Captain Atom, General Wade Eiling (Nathaniel's old friend who secretly caused his accident), Angela Adam-Eiling (Nathaniel's first wife who married Wade), Bette Sans Souci/Plastique, Clifford Zmeck/Major Force, Thomas Tresser/Nemesis, and Eve Eden/Nightshade (members of the team Nathaniel is assigned to lead)
Justice League vs. Justice Society - Various members of the Justice League and Justice Society find themselves cast through time, clashing with each other as they work to uncover the identity of the person behind it all.
Main cast: Various members of the League and Society previously established, the Atom, Blue Beetle, Booster Gold, Captain Atom, Hourman, Doctor Fate, Hank Hall/Hawk (reeling from the death of his brother), Per Degaton, Chronos the Time-Thief (villains involved), Hank Hall/Extant (a future version of Hank turned to evil), Wotan (Doctor Fate's nemesis who orchestrated Don's death and Hank's turn).
And that brings us to the end of Phase Seven. What do you think so far? Would you watch a series like this?
Next up, for Phase Eight, we'll be creating an Outsiders team, but we'll also start setting up for Darkseid in the next phase, with a few hints dropped here and there.
Metamorpho - Hotshot business associate Rex Mason finds himself transformed into a shapeshifting monster when his boss, Simon Stagg, has him betrayed.
Main cast: Rex Mason/Metamorpho, Simon Stagg/Chemo, Sapphire Stagg (Simon's daughter), and Bruce Wayne/Batman (Rex's friend)
The New Gods - Superman finds himself summoned to a planet inhabited by immortal gods to help them fight their adversary, a powerful warlord named Darkseid.
Main cast: Clark Kent/Superman, Orion (prince of New Genesis), Darkseid, Highfather (king of New Genesis), Vayla, Bekka, Lightray, Metron, Forager (notable residents of New Genesis), Grayven (the son of Darkseid), Desaad, Granny Goodness, Vermin Wundabar (notable followers of Darkseid), Lois Lane (Clark's wife).
The Guardian - After Superman disappears, a disgraced cop chooses to become a vigilante in order to protect a group of orphans from the crime syndicate running rampant in Metropolis's Suicide Slums.
Main cast: Jim Harper/Guardian, the Newsboy Legion, Bruno Mannheim (leader of Intergang), Dan Turpin, Maggie Sawyer (cops investigating Mannheim), Bibbo Bibbowski (Jim's friend), Morgan Edge (a news editor on Mannheim's payroll), and Kalibak (Bruno's mysterious benefactor)
Batman & Nightwing - After a series of attacks around Bludhaven by a bat-like monster, Batman and his old protegee Nightwing work together to track the creature down.
Main cast: Bruce Wayne/Batman, Dick Grayson/Nightwing, Kirk Langstrom/Man-Bat (the monster), Francine Langstrom (Kirk's wife), Barbara Gordon, Tim Drake, Stephanie Brown, Selina Kyle, and Alfred Pennyworth (Bruce and Dick's family and partners), Garfield Logan/Beast Boy (Dick's Titans teammate, looking for answers about Terra).
Katana - After her fiance is murdered in cold blood, a Japanese woman named Tatsu Yamashiro takes up the blade that killed him and seeks revenge.
Main cast: Tatsu Yamashiro/Katana, Maseo Yamashiro (her fiance), Takeo Yamashiro (her fiance's murderer), Master Tadashi (her mentor), and Kobra (a cult joined by Takeo)
Black Lightning - After one of his students loses his life to gang violence, teacher Jefferson Pierce chooses to stop hiding his metahuman abilities and becomes a hero.
Main cast: Jefferson Pierce/Black Lightning, Anissa and Jennifer Pierce (Jefferson's daughters), Tobias Whale (head of the 100 crime syndicate), Earl Clifford (Jefferson's fallen student), Peter Gambi (Jefferson's friend), Joey Toledo, Syonide (Whale's henchmen), Violet Harper (another student of Jefferson)
The Outsiders - A political coup occurs within the nation of Markovia, its new leader, Baron Bedlam, attempting to start a new war with the outside world, prompting Batman to form a team made up of non-League members to infiltrate the country and take him down.
Main cast: Batman, Nightwing, Metamorpho, Black Lightning, Katana, and the Guardian (Batman's starting team), Brion Markov/Geo-Force (former prince of Markovia), Baron Bedlam, Superman, Violet Harper/Halo (a former student of Black Lightning, resurrected by a motherbox), Doctor Bedlam (a follower of Darkseid manipulating Baron Bedlam).
Also I would like to note that Glorious Godfrey will have minor appearances throughout all of these as a TV personality, planting one more Darkseid seed.
And that brings us to the end of Phase Eight. What do you think so far? Would you watch a series like this?
And now, we come to a very special eight-part phase building up to the invasion of Earth by Darkseid. We start with:
Mister Miracle & Big Barda - Scott Free, raised as the son of Darkseid, chooses to turn against his adopted father and attempts to escape to Earth to warn them. He finds aid in a rogue member of the Female Furies.
Main cast: Scott Free/Mister Miracle, Big Barda, Darkseid, Granny Goodness (leader of the Female Furies), the Female Furies, Oberon (a friend and ally of Scott), Grayven and Kalibak (Scott's brothers), Desaad, Steppenwolf, Virman Wunderbar (followers of Darkseid).
Firestorm - A nuclear accident occurs in a college science lab, causing a student and teacher to fuse together, and another student to lose all ability to generate her own body heat.
Main cast: Ronnie Raymond and Martin Stein/Firestorm, Caitlin Snow/Killer Frost, Jason Rusch (Ronnie's friend), and Ray Palmer/Atom (a colleague of Martin Stein).
Wonder Woman 3 - A strange beast-like creature invades Themyscira, attacking the Amazons there in order to get at a treasure buried deep inside Athena's temple.
Main cast: Princess Diana/Wonder Woman, Barbara Ann Minerva/Cheetah (Diana's former friend transformed), Steve Trevor, Etta Candy (Diana and Barbara's allies), Queen Hippolyta, Nubia, Mala, Philippus (notable Amazons), and the Duke of Deception (a servant of Ares who tricked Barbara into a deal)
Green Lantern 3 - Hal's old enemy Sinestro returns from his banishment, having obtained a new Lantern power, a power that Green Lantern power can do nothing against.
Main cast: Hal Jordan, Guy Gardner, John Stewart (the main Green Lanterns), Sinestro (leader of the Sinestro Corps), Kilowog, Arisia Rrab, Ch'p, Salaak, Katma Tui, Boodikka, other notable Green Lanterns, the Guardians of the Universe, Amon Sur, Lyssa Drak, other notable Sinestro Corps members, Carol Ferris/Star Sapphire (a Violet Lantern), Atrocitus (a Red Lantern), and Saint Walker (a Blue Lantern)
Martian Manhunter 3 - J'onn J'onzz must return to Earth to save his planet after the people fall under the influence of a cult-like leader.
Main cast: J'onn J'onzz/Martian Manhunter, Despero (the conquering invader), Ma'alefa'ak (J'onn's brother who joins Despero at first), other notable Martians, including White Martians.
The Justice League vs. The Secret Society of Super-Villains - The Justice League meet their match when they discover that a legion of their former nemeses have banded together to form a League of their own.
Main cast: The various Justice League members established so far, including newcomer Firestorm, Lex Luthor, the Joker, the Cheetah, Sinestro, Gorilla Grodd, Black Manta, Killer Frost, Doctor Polaris, anyone else we can get to join the Secret Society, the Outsiders team, and Mister Miracle and Big Barda in a final cameo appearance.
Aqualad - Jackson Hyde, Garth, and Tula Marius join forces to protect a young Atlantean girl being hunted by a killer shark.
Main cast: Jackson Hyde/Aqualad, Garth/Tempest, Tula Marius/Aquagirl, Dolphin (a strange young girl), Nanaue/King Shark (the shark hunting her), and Dr. Stephen Shin (an ally)
Apokolips War - Darkseid arrives on Earth, seeking the motherboxes and the Anti-Life Equation. All super-teams come together in a desperate bid to stop him at all costs.
Main cast: The Justice League, the Outsiders, the Teen Titans, the Secret Society of Super-Villains, Amanda Waller and the Suicide Squad, Orion and the New Gods, Mr. Miracle, Big Barda, Darkseid, Desaad, Granny Goodness, Kalibak, other followers of Darkseid.
And that brings us to the end of Phase Nine. What do you think so far?
Before we begin phase ten proper, let me start with a little bit of trickery I'd be pulling if I were making such a universe. Somewhere in the course of all this, maybe around Phase Six, I'd have another director start making a teenage Clark Kent series, completely disconnected from this universe, or at least, so it would seem. This series would include:
Clark Kent - A young farm boy starts developing extraordinary powers upon his thirteenth birthday, while his friends and classmates find themselves preyed upon by an unknown attacker.
Main cast: Clark Kent, Jonathan and Martha Kent (Clark's parents), Lana Lang, Pete Ross, Leslie Willis, Chloe Sullivan, and Whitney Fordman (Clark's friends), and Winslow Schott/Toyman (the local toy store owner).
Clark Kent 2 - As Clark enters high school, he discovers a strange dog with the same powers as his own, while an alien monster lurks in Smallville, draining the life from its victims.
Main cast: Clark Kent, Krypto, Lois Lane (head of the school paper), Rudy Jones/Parasite (the former school janitor, transformed into a monster), Jonathan and Martha Kent (Clark's parents), Lana Lang, Pete Ross, Leslie Willis, and Chloe Sullivan (Clark's old friends).
Now, we are primed for Phase Ten, building up to the Crisis on Infinite Earths:
The Marvel Family 3 - Billy, Mary, and Freddy find themselves approaching adulthood, all the while a team of their former adversaries come together under the direction of a strange alien worm.
Billy Batson/Captain Marvel, Mary Batson/Mary Marvel, Freddy Freeman/Captain Marvel Jr., Mister Mind (the alien worm), Doctor Sivana, Ibac, Captain Nazi, and Mister Atom (his old villains), Black Adam (ruler of Kahndaq and former foe of Billy), Uncle Dudley and Tawky Tawny (returning characters), and Metron (a New God reaching out to Billy for help).
Green Lantern 4 - As Hal Jordan becomes increasingly more erratic, an ancient foe of the Green Lantern Corps emerges from the depths of space, seeking justice for the crimes of the Corps.
Main cast: Hal Jordan, Guy Gardner, John Stewart, Soranik Natu (the daughter of Sinestro hunted by the Manhunters), Sinestro (leader of the Sinestro Corps), the Manhunters (the Corps's predecessors), various Green Lantern members, the Guardians of the Universe, Carol Ferris/Star Sapphire, Atrocitus, Saint Walker, other returning characters.
The Flash 3 - A young boy arrives from the future, claiming to be the grandson of Barry and Iris. His arrival sets Barry on a path to discovering the truth of his mother's death.
Main cast: Barry Allen/Flash, Wally West/Kid Flash, Iris West, Bart Allen/Impulse, Eobard Thawne/Reverse Flash (Bart's uncle obsessed with the Flash), Meloni Thawne (Bart's mother), Joe West (Iris and Wally's father), various Rogues, including Mirror Master, and Don and Dawn Allen (Barry and Iris's newborns).
The Seven Soldiers of Victory - Oliver Queen and Roy Harper of the Justice League, and Sylvester Pemberton and Pat Dugan of the Justice Society, find themselves pulled from their time and teamed up with a detective from the thirties, a gunslinger from the old west, and a knight of camelot to investigate a threat to the multiverse.
Main cast: Oliver Queen/Green Arrow, Roy Harper/Speedy, Sylvester Pemberton/Star-Spangled Kid, Pat Dugan/Stripesy, Lee Walter Travis/Crimson Avenger, Greg Saunders/Vigilante, and Sir Justin/Shining Knight (the seven soldiers), King Kull (a caveman also pulled from his time), the Monitor (the being who pulled them from their time).
Supergirl 2 - Supergirl encounters a strange little imp who sends her to an alternate universe where the Justice League are villainous conquerors instead of heroes.
Main cast: Kara Zor-El/Supergirl, Kara Zor-Il/Power Girl (Kara's alternate self), Ultraman, Owlman, Superwoman, Johnny Quick, Power Ring (various members of the Crime Syndicate), Alexander Luthor, Lois Lane (resistance fighters), Mr. Mxyzptlk (the imp), Linda Danvers, Zor-El, Alura (returning characters).
Clark Kent 3 - After escaping from Earth-Three, Supergirl and Power Girl find themselves in a new dimension, a dimension inhabited by a teenage version of Superman.
Main cast: Clark Kent, Kara Zor-El/Supergirl, Kara Zor-Il/Power Girl, Lois Lane, Krypto, Jonathan and Martha Kent, Leslie Willis/Livewire (Clark's former friend, given electricity powers, who escapes into the multiverse), and Mr. Mxyzptlk.
The Crisis on Infinite Earths - All of our heroes are brought together in a desperate bid to save the multiverse from being entirely devoured by a being of pure anti-matter.
All members of the Justice League, the Justice Society, the Outsiders, the Seven Soldiers of Victory, the Suicide Squad, the Teen Titans, and the Secret Society of Supervillains that you can muster, plus alternate universe variants of several, including notable cameos like Kingdom Come Superman, the Batman Who Laughs, and so on, the Monitor, and the Anti-Monitor (the true villain).
And that, is the end of Phase Ten, and arguably, kind of a good stopping point of an era, sorta like Infinity War and Endgame. But don't worry, there's more still to come.
After the Crisis on Infinite Earths major event, we start a new era, kicking it off with a phase full of broad sweeping strokes that knock out a ton of our major players.
Nightwing: Under the Red Hood - Nightwing goes up against a new vigilante in Bludhaven, one not afraid to kill their criminal targets in brutal ways. Little does he know, the vigilante is secretly his long dead brother Jason.
Main cast: Dick Grayson/Nightwing, Tim Drake/Robin, Stephanie Brown/Spoiler, Jason Todd/Red Hood, Roman Sionis/Black Mask (a powerful crime boss), Garfield Lynns/Firefly (Black Mask's enforcer), Bruce Wayne and Barbara Gordon (other members of the Bat Family).
Batman & Batgirl 3 - After a series of attacks on former villains and the murder of the Mad Hatter, Batman and Batgirl investigate Arkham Asylum, only to find themselves trapped inside as all of the criminals held there break free.
Main cast: Bruce Wayne/Batman, Barbara Gordon/Batgirl, James Gordon (Barbara's father), Selina Kyle/Catwoman (Bruce's girlfriend), Dr. Jonathan Crane, Dr. Thomas Elliot (staff at Arkham, Elliot is secretly behind the attacks), the Joker, Harley Quinn, Penguin, Riddler, Two-Face, Mr. Freeze, Poison Ivy, and Killer Croc (villains in Arkham).
Superman: Doomsday - The Justice League find themselves at their wits' end as an indestructible monster crashlands on Earth, forcing Superman and Lex Luthor to work together to find some way to destroy it.
Main cast: Clark Kent/Superman, Lex Luthor, Lois Lane (Clark's wife), Doomsday (the monster), Jonathan Kent, Martha Kent, Jimmy Olsen, Perry White, Emil Hamilton, Supergirl, Power Girl, the teenage Clark Kent (returning characters), various Justice League members, Metallo (Lex's bodyguard), and John Henry Irons (a construction worker Clark befriends)
Wonder Girl 3 - Feelings of jealousy and inadequacy lead Donna Troy's friend Vanessa to strike a deal with their enemy Doctor Psycho in exchange for superpowers of her own.
Main cast: Donna Troy/Troia, Cassie Sandsmark/Wonder Girl, Vanessa Kapatelis/Silver Swan, Doctor Psycho, Helena Sandsmark and Julia Kapatelis (Cassie and Vanessa's mothers), Wonder Woman, and Circe.
Green Arrow 3 - An old flame from Oliver's past returns, warning him that his former mentor Merlyn has been sent to assassinate him.
Main cast: Oliver Queen/Green Arrow, Dinah Lance/Black Canary, Roy Harper/Arsenal, Mia Dearden/Speedy, Shado (Oliver's old love), Merlyn (Oliver's trainer in the League of Shadows), and Ben Turner/Bronze Tiger (an assassin working with Merlyn)
Teen Titans 3 - The Teen Titans are forced to work together with their old enemy Deathstroke after several of their number are abducted by a group called the Wildebeest Society.
Main cast: Starfire, Cyborg, Beast Boy, Raven, Mal Duncan, Bumblebee, Ravager, Omen, Pantha, Red Star, other various Teen Titans, possibly the original five (the team), Slade Wilson/ Deathstroke (their former villain), Joseph Wilson/Jericho (Slade's son and a former Titan, driven mad), the Wildebeest Society (former HIVE members working for Jericho), and Baby Wildebeest (a creature genetically engineered by the Society).
Green Lantern: Parallax - After Hal Jordan turned against the Corps and wiped them out, only one ring remained, delivered by the last surviving Guardian to a young boy named Kyle Rayner.
Main cast: Kyle Rayner/Green Lantern, Hal Jordan/Parallax, Ganthet (the last Guardian), Jennifer-Lynn Hayden (a girl with green powers similar to the Lanterns), Alexandra DeWitt (Kyle's crush), John Stewart, Guy Gardner, and others (eventually discovered survivors), Thaal Sinestro (leader of the Yellow Lanterns), and the Indigo Tribe (caring for the survivors).
And that, is the end of Phase Eleven, the start of a new day. What do you think? Would you watch a series like this?
And now, in Phase Twelve, after the devastating deaths of so many major Justice League members, including Superman, Green Lantern, the Flash, and Green Arrow, and the mysterious disappearance of Batman, the Justice League does its best to rebuild under a new banner, the Justice League International, funded by sympathetic businessman Maxwell Lord. We start with:
Blue Beetle & Booster Gold 2 - A time agent arrives from the future, recruiting Booster Gold to help him investigate an inventor creating tech far too early for his time.
Main cast: Ted Kord/Blue Beetle, Michael Jon Carter/Booster Gold, Rip Hunter (the time agent), T.O. Morrow (the inventor in question), Red Tornado (a robot built by Morrow), Michelle Carter/Goldstar (Michael's sister), The Atom, Light, Mister Miracle, Big Barda, Guy Gardner, Wonder Woman, Maxwell Lord (notable members of the new Justice League).
Rocket Red - Russian soldier Dimitri Pushkin joins a program to become a superhero in a new push by their government towards peace and unity with the world, only to uncover a plot by certain government officials to undermine said push.
Main cast: Dimitri Pushkin/Rocket Red, the Rocket Red Brigade (his teammates), Anatoli Knyazev/KGBeast (an assassin sent to disrupt peace talks), HAMMER (the group KGBeast works for), and the Outsiders.
Fire and Ice - Two young women from different worlds, both born with mystical elemental powers, apply for membership to the new Justice League team and work together to stop a major threat to the world's climate.
Main cast: Beatriz da Costa/Fire, Tora Olafsdotter/Ice, Wonder Woman, Guy Gardner (the Justice League members sent to evaluate them), Minister Blizzard (a sorcerer with similar powers as Tora), Sigrid Nansen, Yara Flor, and other family members of both.
The Flash 4 - Struggling to live up to his fallen brother-in-law, Wally West becomes the new Flash, only to create a new enemy of his own when he refuses to use his time travel abilities to reverse a tragedy.
Main cast: Wally West/The Flash, Linda Park (his girlfriend), Iris West, Joe West, Don and Dawn Allen (his family), Hunter Zolomon/Zoom (his new enemy), Ashley Zolomon (Hunter's estranged wife), Golden Glider, The Top, Mirror Master, Pied Piper, the Trickster, and Rainbow Raider (a new team of Rogues).
The Atom 2 - Tragedy strikes the Watchtower as Elongated Man's wife Sue Dibny is murdered by someone within the tower, prompting a lockdown.
Main cast: Ray Palmer/The Atom, Jean Loring (Ray's wife), Ralph Dibny, Blue Beetle, Booster Gold, Mister Miracle, Big Barda, Kimiyo Hoshi, Maxwell Lord (other Leaguers inside with them), Sue Dibny (the victim), and Doctor Arthur Light (a villain being held on board).
Vixen - A young woman from Ghana inherits an ancient totem that gives her the powers of any animal she wishes, and finds herself hunted by her power-hungry uncle.
Main cast: Mari Jiwe McCabe/Vixen, General Maksai (her uncle), Richard Jiwe (her father), John Stewart (a Leaguer who aids her), Tantu, Anansi (figures from the Totem's origin story).
Justice League International - The Justice League's partnership with Maxwell Lord turns out to have all been a hoax, as he reveals his involvement with a group called Checkmate, and their scheme to bring down the Justice League once and for all.
Main cast: Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Blue Beetle, Booster Gold, Atom, Captain Atom, Guy Gardner, John Stewart, Ralph Dibny, Fire, Ice, Light, Rocket Red, Vixen, Red Tornado, Mister Miracle, Big Barda, any other Justice League members, Maxwell Lord, Amanda Waller, Checkmate, the Suicide Squad.
And that brings us to the end of Phase Twelve. What do you think so far?
Next up, we have our Justice League Dark phase, introducing many of the major occult-themed heroes. A major running thread will be that Raven, having left the Teen Titans, will be seeking out aid from magic users to help keep her powers contained. Otherwise, we have:
Constantine - A string of murders apparently caused by "bad nightmares" causes two detectives to work together, one a paranormal skeptic, the other a believer.
Main cast: John Constantine, Dr. Terrence Thirteen, John Dee/Doctor Destiny (a man with the ability to enter dreams), Penny Dee (John's ex-wife), and the Phantom Stranger.
Zatanna - Something goes wrong during a sealing ceremony, causing world-renowned sorcerer Giovanni Zatara to disappear, prompting his daughter Zatanna to set out to find him.
Main cast: Zatanna Zatara, Giovanni Zatara, Felix Faust (an ancient wizard broken free), Zachary Zatara (Zatanna's cousin), Sargon the Sorcerer, Doctor Mist (other sorcerers who vanished).
Etrigan the Demon - Centuries ago, a young knight betrays Camelot to Morgan le Fay, resulting in his being cursed to share a soul with a demon. In the modern day, the knight, still alive, seeks a way to end his curse.
Main cast: Jason Blood, Etrigan (his demon), Morgaine le Fay, Madame Xanadu (a seer who helps and guides Jason), King Arthur, Merlin (figures from Jason's past).
Swamp Thing - After a laboratory explosion in a swamp, a scientist there awakens to find himself reborn as a monster made of swamp matter, hunted as the cause of the explosion.
Main cast: Alec Holland/Swamp Thing, Anton Arcane (an occult fanatic seeking his power), Abigail Arcane (Anton's niece), Matthew Cable (an investigator), and Linda Holland (Alec's wife killed in the explosion).
Doctor Fate 3 - A new host for the Doctor Fate mantle is chosen in Khalid Nassour, a young medical student who encounters the Mask of Fate by accident.
Main cast: Khalid Nassour/Doctor Fate, Kent Nelson (the previous Doctor Fate and a spiritual guide for Khalid), Nabu (spirit of the mask), Bastet (an Egyptian goddess who chose him), Anubis (a rogue Egyptian god), Jared Stevens (a thief who tried to steal the mask), other Egyptian gods.
Deadman - A circus acrobat is murdered, but his spirit is allowed to remain on Earth in order to uncover the indentity of his killer.
Main cast: Boston Brand/Deadman, Trixie Magruder and Fred Thorpe (other circus performers), Bobo (Fred's pet chimp), Dr. Terrence Thirteen (a skeptical investigator), the Hook (Boston's killer), Brother Blood (leader of the cult Hook belongs to).
Justice League Dark - Raven is captured by the Cult of Trigon in order to complete the ritual to summon her father into the mortal world. Zatanna, Constantine, Swamp Thing, Etrigan, Deadman, and Doctor Fate join forces to rescue her.
Main cast: Zatanna Zatara, John Constantine, Alec Holland/Swamp Thing, Jason Blood & Etrigan, Boston Brand/Deadman, Khalid Nassour/Doctor Fate, and Raven (the team), Brother Blood (leader of Trigon's cult), Trigon (Raven's father), Doctor Thirteen, Madame Xanadu, the Phantom Stranger (various allies).
And that brings us to the end of Phase Thirteen and the introduction of Justice League Dark. What do you think so far?
Next, we have a phase that will act, in part, as a send off for many of our heroes, especially Wonder Woman. We have:
Hippolyta - The legend is told of how Themyscira and its Amazons came to be, including a fateful battle between its queen and the hero Hercules.
Main cast: Hippolyta, Hercules, Zeus, Athena, Ares, Antiope and Philippus (notable Amazons), Circe (a powerful sorceress).
Supergirl 3 - Supergirl finds herself flung into the far future, where she befriends a team of young heroes and finds a world where she feels at home for the first time since her cousin’s death.
Main cast: Kara Zor-El/Supergirl, Kara Zor-Il/Power Girl, Linda Danvers, Jimmy Olsen (Kara’s friends who went with her), Cosmic Boy, Saturn Girl, and Lightning Lad (the new team), Brainiac 5 (a descendant of Brainiac), Brainiac (Kara’s old nemesis broken free), Mr. Mxyzptlk (the imp who sent her to the future), Bouncing Boy, Matter Eater Lad, Triplicate Girl, Nemesis Kid (other young heroes in training).
Wonder Woman 4 - Wonder Woman discovers the existence of Reform Island, a place where her mother has kept her various foes captive, just in time for a revolt to begin among the captives.
Main cast: Princess Diana/Wonder Woman, Queen Hippolyta, Donna Troy, Cassie Sandsmark, Steve Trevor and Etta Candy (Diana’s friends), Cheetah, Giganta, Silver Swan, the Baroness, Doctor Poison, Queen Clea, Zara, Blue Snowman, Hypnota, Eviless (captives of Reform Island), Circe and the Duke of Deception (leaders of the coup), Nubia (guardian of the Doors of Death), and Artemis (Diana’s fallen friend, warning her from the underworld)
Reign of the Supermen - After three years without a Superman, three new “Supermen” arise: one, an ordinary man inspired by the hero, one, a mysterious teenage clone, and one who claims to be the resurrected hero himself.
Main cast: John Henry Irons/Steel, Kon-El/Superboy, Hank Henshaw/Cyborg Superman, Lois Lane (Superman’s widow), Lex Luthor and Emil Hamilton (Superboy’s creators), Natasha Irons (John’s niece), Dubbilex (a creation of Project Cadmus), Jonathan and Martha Kent (Superman’s parents), Jon Kent (Superman’s toddler son), and Clark Kent (a teenage multiverse variant staying with the Kents).
Doom Patrol - After leaving the Teen Titans, Beast Boy finds his way to a unique street where all the outcasts of society have gathered.
Main cast: Garfield Logan/Beast Boy, Danny the Street (the street), Robotman, Elasti-Woman, Negative Man, Crazy Jane, Flex Mentallo (residents of the street), Dorothy Spinner (a strange little girl who brought the street to life), and Mr. Nobody (a sinister creation of Dorothy).
Aquaman 3 - Aquaman finds himself overthrown by an Atlantean revolutionary driven to wage war with the surface world.
Main cast: Arthur Curry/Aquaman, Corum Rath (the usurper), Queen Mera, Orm Marius, Jackson Hyde, Garth, Tula Marius, Dolphin, Dr. Stephen Shin, Queen Atlanna, Nuidis Vulko (returning cast), Lorena Marquez (a human girl aiding Arthur), Kadaver (Corum’s ally), and Aquababy.
War of the Gods - Wonder Woman fails and Ares breaks free, kicking off a war between the Olympian Gods that could result in the destruction of the entire world.
Main cast: Wonder Woman, Ares, Queen Hippolyta, Aquaman, Zeus, Athena, Steve Trevor, Etta Candy, Donna Troy, Cassie Sandsmark, Nubia, Artemis, Hercules, Cheetah, Giganta, Silver Swan, the Baroness, Circe, the Duke of Deception (returning characters), other Greek Gods.
And that brings us to the end of Phase Fourteen. What do you think so far?
Next up, for Phase Fifteen, we’ll be entirely focused on the League of Shadows. We have:
The Huntress - A wealthy heiress witnesses the murder of her father at the hands of the mob and sets out to take down his killers herself.
Main cast: Helena Bertinelli/Huntress, Vic Sage/Question (a detective who aids her), Renee Montoya (a cop investigating the murder), Steven Mandragora (the mob boss), Victor Zsasz (his hired assassin), Franco and Maria Bertinelli (Helena’s parents)
Son of Batman - The Bat Family continue to investigate the disappearance of Batman and nine villains from Arkham Asylum, when a strange young boy appears, claiming to know his location.
Main cast: Damian Wayne (son of Batman), Dick Grayson, Barbara Gordon, Jason Todd, Tim Drake, Stephanie Brown, Alfred Pennyworth, and Jim Gordon (the Bat family), Jonathan Crane/Scarecrow (head of Arkham)
Birds of Prey - Barbara Gordon recruits Dinah Lance and Helena Bertinelli to help her investigate the League of Shadows.
Oracle, Black Canary, and Huntress (the team), Lady Shiva (an assassin sent by the League to take them out), David Cain (a high ranking League member), Dinah Drake (Canary’s mother), and Sin (a mysterious little girl)
Richard Dragon - The legend is told of a young orphan taken in by the League of Shadows, raised up to be a powerful warrior.
Main cast: Richard Dragon, Ben Turner/Bronze Tiger (his best friend), O-Sensei (their master), David Cain, Lady Shiva, Merlyn, Ra’s Al Ghul (other League members), Bruce Wayne, Oliver Queen (students of Richard).
Red Arrow - Roy Harper finds and trains the son of Oliver Queen, all the while seeking vengeance upon Merlyn for Oliver’s murder.
Main cast: Roy Harper/Red Arrow, Mia Dearden/Speedy, Connor Hawke/Green Arrow, Merlyn, Jade Nguyen/Cheshire (a League assassin who offers Roy help).
Batman Incarcerated - After their disappearance from Arkham four years ago, Batman and nine villains find themselves locked away in a League prison, run by a brutal warden.
Main cast: Batman, Catwoman, Joker, Harley Quinn, Penguin, Riddler, Two-Face, Poison Ivy, Mr. Freeze, and Killer Croc (the inmates), Bane (the warden), and Cassandra Cain (a young League assassin assigned to the prison)
The League of Shadows - After breaking free, Batman reunites with his family and the Birds of Prey as they all rush to stop a scheme to wipe Gotham from the map.
The Bat Family, the villains locked up with Batman, the Birds of Prey, Roy Harper, Mia Dearden, Connor Hawke, and Richard Dragon (our heroes), Talia Al Ghul (Damian’s mother), Ra’s Al Ghul (leader of the League), David Cain, Cheshire, Lady Shiva, Bronze Tiger (notable members of the League).
And that is our League of Shadows phase. What do you think so far?
Next up, after a few phases of absence, we return to the stories of the Justice Society with their modern day successors, starting with:
Stargirl - Teenager Courtney Whitmore discovers superhero gear in her stepfather’s attic, sending her on a journey to discover the fates of the Justice Society team.
Main cast: Courtney Whitmore/Stargirl, Pat Dugan (her stepdad), Jakeem Williams, Yolanda Montez (Courtney’s friends), Cameron Mahkent/Icicle Jr., Henry King Jr./Brainwave, Artemis Crock/Tigress (a new Injustice Society), their mysterious benefactor, Merry and Henry King Sr. (Brainwave’s parents), and Michael Holt/Mr. Terrific.
Starman - As Courtney Whitmore starts to put together her new Justice Society, she encounters the son of her Cosmic Rod’s original user, disillusioned from his father’s hero work.
Jack Knight, Courtney Whitmore/Stargirl, David Knight (Jack’s fallen brother), Mark Desmond/Blockbuster, Roland Desmond (the villains), Jakeem Thunder, Wildcat, STRIPE, Brainwave, Artemis Crock, Cyclone, Atom Smasher, Mr. Terrific (the new Society)
Jade and Obsidian - Jennifer-Lynn Hayden sets off on a journey to find her long lost twin brother and learn the truth behind her powers.
Main cast: Jennifer-Lynn Hayden/Jade, Todd Rice/Obsidian, Alan Scott/Green Lantern (the twins’ father), Rose Canton/Thorn (the twins’ mother), Kyle Rayner (Jade’s boyfriend), Molly Mayne (Alan’s second wife), and Doiby Dickles (Alan’s best friend)
Hawkwoman - The daughter of Hawkman and Hawkgirl inherits her parents’ powers and uses them to try and save her brother from a terrible prophecy.
Main cast: Kendra Saunders/Hawkwoman, Hector Hall/Silver Scarab, Norda Cantrell/Northwind (a warrior sent to kill Hector), Doctor Fate, and Wotan.
Hourman - The son of the original Hourman encounters a robot resembling his father sent from the future in pursuit of a fugitive.
Main cast: Rick Tyler, Matthew Tyler (the robot), Rex Tyler (Rick’s long lost father), Beth Chapel/Doctor Mid-Nite, Jesse Quick (new Society members), Hank Hall/Extant (a multiverse variant of a fallen hero).
Black Adam - The former nemesis of Captain Marvel finds a clue to the lost hero’s possible location and sets off on a journey of redemption.
Main cast: Black Adam, Isis, Osiris (Adam’s new wife and stepson), Mary Bromfield, Freddy Freeman (Billy’s adult siblings), Sabbac (a demonic chosen one manipulating Adam), and Billy Batson/Captain Marvel.
Infinity Inc. - A new Justice Society comes together to learn once and for all what became of the original Justice Society twenty years before.
Main cast: Stargirl, Starman, STRIPE, Jesse Quick, Jakeem Thunder, Jade, Obsidian, Cyclone, Hawkwoman, Silver Scarab, Northwind, Atom Smasher, Doctor Mid-Nite, Hourman, Wildcat, Artemis Crock, Brainwave, Captain Marvel, Black Adam, and Mr. Terrific (the new team), Ultra-Humanite, Thinker, Vandal Savage, Wizard, Solomon Grundy, Icicle Jr., and Sportsmaster (the Injustice Society), and the old Justice Society.
And that completes our Infinity Inc. phase. I hope you enjoyed. Thanks for reading.
Next up, we have Phase Seventeen, entirely centered on the formation of a Young Justice team. We’ll have:
Superboy - Kon-El sets out on an expedition back to the lost planet of Krypton to help salvage what’s left of his people. He is accompanied by the young multiverse variant of Superman, who has started going down a dark path.
Main cast: Kon-El Kent/Superboy, Clark Kent/Superboy-Prime, Professor Emil Hamilton, Zor-El, Dubbilex (members of the expedition crew), Jack Nimball (a member of the expedition crew and multiverse variant of Clark’s old nemesis Toyman), and Eradicator (a dangerous robot activated by Nimball).
Titans East - Cyborg leads a squad of Teen Titans to investigate an explosive incident in Dakota City, resulting in the creation of multiple teen metahumans.
Main cast: Cyborg, Bumblebee, Mal Duncan, Mas y Menos (members of the Titans team), Virgil Hawkins/Static, Gear, Hotstreak, Aquamaria (new teenage metahumans), Major Disaster (the man responsible for the Big Bang), Holocaust (a teen meta metahuman recruited by Disaster to collect the others), and various other metahumans.
Blue Beetle 2 - A young teen named Jaime Reyes discovers the lost scarab of the fallen hero Ted Kord, leading to Ted’s best friend Booster Gold taking him on a quest to save the hero and rewrite history.
Main cast: Jaime Reyes/Blue Beetle, Michael Jon Carter/Booster Gold, Ted Kord/Blue Beetle, Black Beetle (a mentor who teaches them there is a way), Rip Hunter (Booster’s son and time officer), Jaime’s family and friends.
Miss Martian - After a White Martian is detected having crashlanded on Earth, J’onn J’onzz is recruited to help hunt it down.
Main cast: J’onn J’onzz/Martian Manhunter, M’gann M’orzz/Miss Martian (the White Martian), Cameron Chase (head of the DEO), Aubrey Sparks/Scorch, Michael Miller/Human Flame (two fire-based metahumans trained to hunt Martians).
Impulse - Bart Allen trains under a new speedster, uncovering a secret plot left behind by Eobard Thawne to take revenge from beyond the grave.
Main cast: Bart Allen/Impulse, Jenni Ognats/XS (Bart’s cousin), Owen Mercer (Bart’s best friend), Max Mercury (Bart’s new mentor), Cobalt Blue (Eobard Thawne’s ancestor), Inertia (a clone of Bart created by Cobalt Blue), and Meloni Thawne (Bart’s mom).
Firestorm 2 - As Ronnie Raymond is diagnosed with terminal cancer, an old adversary of Martin Stein’s surfaces, bent on taking revenge.
Main cast: Ronnie Raymond, Martin Stein (Firestorm), Jason Rusch (Ronnie’s best friend and choice of successor), Caitlin Snow/Killer Frost (Ronnie’s fiancée), Multiplex (Martin Stein’s old enemy), Lorraine Reilly/Firehawk (a creation of Multiplex).
Young Justice - A team of young heroes come together to stop a scheme by an alien race known as the Reach to take over the planet Earth.
Main cast: Superboy, Tim Drake, Cassie Sandsmark, Impulse, Miss Martian, Blue Beetle, Cyborg, Static, and Jason Rusch (the main members of the new team), The Reach, Black Beetle (the invaders).
And that’s about it! What do you think so far? What would you like to see happen next?
Next up, for Phase Eighteen, we have a Cosmic Phase set almost entirely out in space. We have:
Lobo - A brutal spacefaring bounty hunter takes on a new assignment: travel to Earth and kill the Justice League.
Main cast: Lobo, various Justice League members including: Kyle Rayner, Wally West, Steel, Power Girl, Booster Gold, Red Tornado, Vixen, Fire, Ice, Rocket Red, Mister Miracle, and Big Barda; Kanjar Ro (the man who hired Lobo).
Hawkman & Hawkgirl: Return to Thanagar - Katar and Shayera Hol finally return to their homeworld after fifteen years of exile, in order to save their people from their fascist dictator.
Main cast: Katar Hol/Hawkman, Shayera Hol/Hawkgirl, Queen Hyathis (the queen), Hro Talak (her enforcer), Fel Andar (a former Earth-based spy), Sharon Parker, Charley Parker (the human family Fel had to leave behind).
Adam Strange - A young scientist studying zeta rays suddenly finds himself transported to a planet thousands of miles away.
Main cast: Adam Strange, Sardath (a scientist on the other end), Alanna (Sardath’s daughter), Buddy Baker/Animal Man (Adam’s best friend), Grayven (a surviving son of Darkseid trying to win back glory), the rulers of Rann.
Starfire - Starfire returns to her homeworld of Tamaran, choosing to stop running from her people’s needs and take back her rightful throne.
Main cast: Koriand’r/Starfire, Komand’r/Blackfire (her sister), the Citadel (the alien race Blackfire allied herself with), Galfore (Starfire’s old caretaker), and Lobo (a mercenary hired by Starfire to help her).
Green Lantern 6 - A teenage girl named Jessica Cruz stumbles across the Ring of Volthoom, a leftover from the Crisis on Infinite Earths.
Main cast: Jessica Cruz, Kyle Rayner, Simon Baz (Kyle’s newest recruit), John Stewart, Arisia Rrab, Soranik Natu (other notable Green Lanterns), Neal Emerson/Doctor Polaris (a scientist who wants to harness the ring’s power), Volthoom (the ancient being who created the ring).
Legion of Super-Heroes - In the far future, Earth comes under attack by an immensely powerful being called the Sun Eater, prompting the team to enlist a team of criminals to help stop it.
Main cast: Cosmic Boy, Saturn Girl, Lightning Lad, Supergirl, Brainiac 5, Triplicate Girl, Phantom Girl, Chameleon Boy, Colossal Boy, Shrinking Violet, Invisible Kid, Kid Quantum, Star Boy, Bouncing Boy, Matter-Eater Lad, Ultra Boy, Element Lad, Dream Girl, Ferro Lad, Karate Kid, and Lightning Lass (the Legion), Sarya, Mano, Tharok, Validus, and the Persuader (the five criminals), R.J. Brande, Shvaughn Erin (allies of the team), and the Sun Eater.
The Rann-Thanagar War - War erupts between the planets of Rann and Thanagar after Rann is mysteriously transported into the orbit of Thanagar.
Main cast: Adam Strange, Hawkman, Hawkgirl, Starfire, Lobo, Animal Man, Blackfire, and Golden Eagle (Cosmic Justice), Kyle Rayner, Jessica Cruz (Green Lanterns called in to help), Hro Talak (leader of the rogue Thanagarians), and Kanjar Ro (an alien crime lord seeking to profit from the war).
And that is Phase Eighteen. Just four more left to go. See you then!
Next up, we have a sequel phase for the Justice League Dark. We start with:
The Spectre - Sensing a great evil on the horizon, the spirit of vengeance descends to Earth and possesses a human body in order to prevent the apocalypse.
Main cast: Jim Corrigan/The Spectre, Khalid Nassour/Doctor Fate, Boston Brand/Deadman, Bruce Gordon/Eclipso (The Spectre’s arch nemesis), Crispus Allen (a police officer), The Phantom Stranger, the Presence.
Etrigan the Demon 2 - Jason Blood investigates an ancient tapestry and the disappearance of a young girl from an ancient medieval castle.
Main cast: Jason Blood, Etrigan the Demon, June Moon (the missing girl), the Enchantress (an ancient sorceress locked away inside a tapestry), Madame Xanadu, and Merlin.
Constantine 2 - John Constantine helps an angel after he is cast to Earth for falling in love with a human.
Main cast: John Constantine, Zauriel (the angel), Shannon Coyne (Zauriel’s love), Asmodel (Zauriel’s commander plotting a coup in Heaven), Lucifer, and the Presence.
The Rogues - The Flash’s Rogues team find themselves in trouble when a new member leads them into a trap that will force them to sell their souls.
Main cast: Captain Cold, Owen Mercer, the Trickster, Heat Wave, Pied Piper, Mirror Master, Golden Glider, Weather Wizard, and Rainbow Raider (the Rogues), Abra Kadabra (a new Rogue), Neron (a demon who offered Abra Kadabra real magic), Blaze and Satanus (Neron’s representatives).
Zatanna 2 - Zatanna becomes a teacher for a whole new generation of magic users, including one boy who seems to have an important destiny.
Main cast: Zatanna Zatara, Zachary Zatara (her brother), Timothy Hunter, Traci Thirteen, Lori Zechlin, and Klarion (Zatanna’s new students), Giovanni Zatara (Zatanna’s deceased father).
Swamp Thing 2 - The Swamp Thing has built a peaceful life for himself deep in a swamp, until a man obsessed with “the Green” kidnaps his daughter.
Main cast: Alec Holland/Swamp Thing, Abby Holland, Tefe Holland (Alec and Abby’s daughter), and Jason Woodrue/Floronic Man (Tefe’s kidnapper).
Justice League Dark 2 - The Justice League Dark team are brought together once again as one of the most powerful demons in hell strikes a deal that breaks him free of his prison.
Main cast: Zatanna, John Constantine, Etrigan the Demon, Swamp Thing, Deadman, Khalid Nassour, the Spectre, Zauriel, Timothy Hunter (the team), the Rogues (some having broken free of Neron’s grasp), Neron, Blaze and Satanus (Neron’s minions).
And that’s about it! What do you think so far? We’re almost done.
Next up, for Phase 20, we have a post-Batman phase, sorta Gotham Knights/Batman Inc. vibes. For a refresher, we last saw the bulk of the Bat Family take down the League of Shadows, resulting in the Joker’s death and Batman’s conditional retirement from hero work. Next, we have:
Batwoman - The cousin of Batman, a former marine, is recruited by her cousin to be part of a Batman Incorporated initiative.
Main cast: Kate Kane/Batwoman, Bruce Wayne, Alfred Pennyworth, Jacob Kane (Kate’s father), Alice (Kate’s long lost sister), and Renee Montoya (the new police commissioner).
The Batgirls - A new successor to the Joker has been causing trouble around Gotham, leading Barbara Gordon to recruit Stephanie Gordon and Cassandra Cain to help track her down.
Main cast: Barbara Gordon/Oracle, Cassandra Cain/Batgirl, and Stephanie Brown (the Batgirls), Alexis Kaye/Punchline (Joker’s new successor), Charlotte Gage-Radcliffe (a girl who idolizes Batgirl), Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy (two reformed villains Barbara consults for aid), James Gordon (Barbara’s retired father), and Duela (a girl manipulating Alexis).
The Robins - Dick Grayson, Jason Todd, Tim Drake, and Damian Wayne must work together to stop a young anarchist threatening to destabilize all of Gotham.
Main cast: Dick Grayson/Nightwing, Jason Todd/Red Hood, Tim Drake/Red Robin, and Damian Wayne/Robin (the Robins), Lonnie Machin/Anarky (the young anarchist), Duke Thomas, Harper Row, Cullen Row (various kids who help the Robins), Bruce Wayne, Selina Wayne, Alfred Pennyworth (the Robins’ family), Rupert Thorne, Roland Daggett, Hamilton Hill, and Lucius Fox (various billionaires and CEOs targeted by Anarky).
Azrael - In the wake of Batman’s retirement, a secret order working inside Gotham activate a sleeper agent genetically enhanced to become his replacement.
Main cast: Jean-Paul Valley/Azrael, Bruce Wayne (the former Batman), Lincoln March, Cressida Clarke, the Talons, and Dr. Simon Hurt (members of the Court of Owls), Selina Wayne (Bruce’s wife), Leslie Thompkins (a nurse who takes Azrael in).
The Birds of Prey 2 - The Birds of Prey find themselves targeted by the daughter of Ra’s al Ghul, who sends a family of deadly assassins to take them down.
Main cast: Dinah Lance/Black Canary, Helena Bertinelli/Huntress, Kate Spencer/Manhunter, Sonia Sato/Judomaster, and Cynthia Reynolds/Gypsy (the Birds of Prey), Nyssa Raatko (Ra’s al Ghul’s daughter), the Twelve Brothers in Silk (her assassins), the White Canary (the brothers’ sister and secretly Dinah’s long lost sister), Talia al Ghul (Nyssa’s sister), Dinah Drake, Larry Lance, Barbara Gordon, and Vic Sage/Question (allies of the team).
Batwing - A former child soldier takes up a mantle based on Batman in order to avenge his brother and fight for the freedom of his people.
Main cast: David Zavimbe/Batwing, Isaac Zavimbe/Massacre (his brother), General Keita (a cruel warlord), Matu Ba, Kia Okuru (his allies), and Luke Fox (a young ally of Batman’s).
The Bat Family: One Last Fight - The Bat Family come together one last time to take down a megalomaniacal billionaire who unleashes a weather machine upon Gotham.
Main cast: Batman, Catwoman, Nightwing, Oracle, Red Hood, Batgirl, Red Robin, Spoiler, Robin, Signal, Bluebird, Batwoman, Batwing, Misfit, Harley Quinn, Poison Ivy, Mister Freeze, Two-Face, Man-Bat, Penguin, Riddler, Killer Croc, Joker’s Daughter, the Birds of Prey, Azrael, Jim Gordon, Talia al Ghul, and Alfred Pennyworth (Batman Incorporated), Maximilian Zeus (a billionaire who believes himself a God).
And that, is our final farewell to the majority of the Bat Family. We have two planned phases left. See you next time.
Next up, we have a second-to-last phase building up to the Blackest Night saga. We have:
Green Lantern 7 - Kyle Rayner and his team work together to bring down a serial killer with a strange new ring.
Main cast: Kyle Rayner, John Stewart, Jessica Cruz, Jo Mullein (Kyle’s team), Jade and Obsidian (Kyle’s girlfriend and her brother), Soranik Natu, Arisia Rrab, Katma Tui, Tomar-Re (other notable Lanterns), William Hand/Black Hand (the serial killer), Alexandra DeWitt, Alexander Nero (Kyle’s classmates in college).
Doom Patrol 2 - The Doom Patrol work together to take on their nemeses, the Brotherhood of Evil, unaware of their employers’ hand in all of their creation.
Main cast: Robotman, Elasti-Woman, Mento, Negative Man, Beast Boy, Crazy Jane, Flex Mentallo, Dorothy Spinner, and Danny the Street (the Doom Patrol), Niles Caulder (their boss), the Brain, Monsieur Mallah, Madame Rouge, and General Immortus (the Brotherhood of Evil).
Firestorm 3 - One of the Black Rings unleashed by Black Hand enters the Firestorm matrix, resurrecting Ronnie Raymond from inside it as an unstoppable zombie.
Main cast: Jason Rusch, Lorraine Reilly (the current Firestorm), Martin Stein (their mentor), Caitlin Snow/Frost (Ronnie’s ex-fiancée), Ronnie Raymond/Deathstorm (the original firestorm, risen from the dead).
Steel 2 - Steel finds himself challenged by a new vigilante who accuses him of being unworthy to carry Superman’s mantle.
Main cast: John Henry Irons/Steel, Natasha Irons/Steel (his niece), Manchester Black (the new vigilante), Power Girl, Matrix (two major allies of Steel), the Authority (Manchester’s team), Lois Kent, Jon Kent, Martha Kent, and Jonathan Kent (the Kent family that John is close to).
The Atom 3 - Years ago, Dr. Ray Palmer disappeared after his wife became a serial killer. Now, his young protégée Ryan Choi races against a team put together by Amanda Waller to try and find him.
Main cast: Ryan Choi/Atom, Ray Palmer (the former Atom), Adam Cray, Bertram Larvan, and the Micro Squad (a team put together by Waller), Amanda Waller (a government agent looking for Ray), Princess Laethwyn and the Morlaidhans (a tiny civilization where Ray has made his home).
The Speed Force - The various members of the Flash Family must band together to help stop the escape of a powerful speedster who has proclaimed himself a god.
Main cast: Wally West/Flash, Bart Allen/Impulse (the Flashes), Barry Allen/Flash (a version of the original Flash from before his death), Iris Allen, Linda West, Dawn and Don Allen, Joe West, Meloni Thawne, Jenni Ognats/XS (members of the West-Allen family), Max Mercury (a mentor of Bart), Julian Desmond/Doctor Alchemy (a servant of Savitar), Savitar (god of the Speed Force), Eobard Thawne, Hunter Zolomon, and Malcolm Thawne (other speedsters sacrificed by Desmond), and the Black Flash.
Justice League: Prometheus - Already having suffered major losses, the Justice League team find themselves infiltrated by a mastermind who has studied the team and learned all their weaknesses.
Main cast: The Justice League, mostly made up of the remaining stragglers plus a ton of new B-Listers, including Captain Atom, Mister Miracle, Big Barda, Red Tornado, Fire, Ice, Guy Gardner, Vixen, Blue Devil, the Ray, Tasmanian Devil, Aztek, and so on, Prometheus (the mastermind plotting against them), Young Justice, Infinity Inc., Justice League Dark (other hero teams manipulated by Prometheus), Lex Luthor and the Secret Society of Villains, Amanda Waller.
In Blackest Night - Just when the world finds themselves without a Justice League, Black Hand and the demonic Nekron unleash their true attack, a zombie apocalypse resurrecting billions of fallen heroes and villains across the universe. This is a two-parter.
Main cast: Basically every major hero still alive (Kyle Rayner and Sinestro will be major players), Black Hand, Nekron (leaders of the Black Lantern Corps), a zombie army full of every major dead character (including Superman, Hal Jordan, Barry Allen, Green Arrow, most of the Doom Patrol, Ted Kord, Ronnie Raymond, much of the original Justice Society, a ton of villains, and anyone else we can get back).
And that is that phase. What do you think? Next, we’ll have our big finale. See you then.
And now, we come to our final phase, all with a strong future theme to them, and ending with the restoration of the Multiverse. We have:
Batman Beyond - In the distant future, a young teen named Terry McGinnis stumbles upon the secret identity of the Batman, an old retired billionaire named Bruce Wayne.
Main cast: Terry McGinnis/Batman, Bruce Wayne, Derek Powers/Blight (a billionaire responsible for Terry’s father’s death), Mary McGinnis, Matt McGinnis, Max Gibson, Dana Tan (Terry’s friends and family), Dick Grayson, Barbara Gordon, Jason Todd, Tim Drake, Selina Wayne, Damian Wayne, Helena Wayne, Stephanie Brown, Cassandra Cain (Bruce’s family).
The Seven Soldiers of Victory 2 - Metron pulls his seven soldiers from their times once again in order to help put the universe back in order.
Main cast: Green Arrow, Red Arrow, Sylvester Pemberton, STRIPE, Crimson Avenger, Vigilante, and Shining Knight (the team), Metron (their mentor), Nebula Man (A cosmic entity created in the fallout of the Crisis).
Fury - In the future, the daughter of Wonder Woman and Steve Trevor clashes with a businesswoman who wants to place all enhanced beings under surveillance.
Main cast: Lyta Trevor/Fury, Wonder Woman and Steve Trevor (her parents), Veronica Cale (the business woman), Doctor Cyber (Veronica’s head scientist), Godwatch (the group Veronica has formed), Donna Troy, Cassie Sandsmark, Yara Flor, Etta Candy, Nubia, Artemis, Cheetah, Giganta, and Silver Swan (Lyta’s aunts).
The Phantom Zone - While trapped in the Phantom Zone, the young multiverse variant of Superman, Superboy-Prime, encounters a young warrior there named Mon-El.
Main cast: Clark Kent/Superboy-Prime, Lar Gand/Mon-El, Lor-Zod and Thara Ak-Var (Kryptonian scientists exploring the Zone), Jax-Ur (a mad scientist who has seized control of the zone).
Son of Superman - Superman’s son Jon Kent takes up his father’s mantle, just in time to take on a madman who endowed himself with radioactive powers.
Main cast: Jon Kent/Superman, Clark Kent and Lois Lane (his father), Joseph Martin/Atomic Skull (the new villain), Conner Kent, Karen Page, John Henry Irons, Natasha Irons (Jon’s allies), Jay Nakamura (Jon’s love interest), and Lena Luthor (current head of Lexcorp).
The Legion of Super-Heroes 2 - A former student of the Legion discovers a special gem that empowers her with incredible power, leading her to enact a strategy to bring down the Legion once and for all.
Main cast: Most previously established Legion members, plus a few new faces, Sarya/Emerald Empress (the new villain), the Fatal Five (the team Sarya puts together), RJ Brande, Shvaughn Erin (allies of the team).
Final Crisis - In a three-part finale, Superboy-Prime’s desperate bid to recreate his own universe results in the awakening of an ancient and powerful force that threatens to destroy all universe.
Main cast: The Legion, Mon-El, Superboy-Prime, Jon Kent, Terry McGinnis, Lyta Trevor, the Seven Soldiers of Victory, Metron (the heroes trying to combat the threat), Imperiex (the ancient entity), Krona (the being who split the multiverse in the first place), Lois Lane, Jonathan Kent, Martha Kent, Krypto, and Leslie Willis/Livewire (Superboy-Prime’s lost family and friends)
And that is our finale. I so hope you enjoyed this little project of mine, as what I would do if I were creating a DC Universe. It’s not perfect, but I am satisfied with it.
