MASTER DC TIMELINE

This is mainly made of stuff that I think matters to the DCU (and is also written by good writers). Click on the links to see an issue by issue layout for each story arc!

Actual dates of publication are used for chronological order post 1999, but everything before is based on cover dates since the internet is lacking on those older comic release dates.

*** = Current location does not correspond with publication order but should be read due to continuity order.

1984

  • Swamp Thing: Rebirth In Viridian (1/84 - 8/84)

1985

  • Swamp Thing: Arcane Rituals (9/84 - 3/85)
  • Immortal Doctor Fate (1/85 - 3/85)
  • Green Lantern: The Will To Love (5/85 - 10/85)
  • Swamp Thing: American Gothic I (4/85 - 11/85)

1986

1987

  • Swamp Thing: Death In Crimson (8/86 - 1/87)
  • Legends (11/86 - 4/87)
  • Batman: Year One (2/87 - 5/87)
  • Green Lantern Corps: Crimson Dawn (1/87 - 6/87)
  • Swamp Thing: Across The Universe (2/87 - 9/87)
  • Doctor Fate: A War He Cannot Win (7/87 - 10/87)
  • JLI: A New Beginning (5/87 - 11/87)
  • Suicide Squad: Trial By Fire (5/87 - 12/87)
  • Green Lantern Corpse: Cogito, Ergo Sum (7/87 - 12/87)

1988

  • Millenium (1/88 - 2/88)
  • JLI: Global Collusion (12/87 - 5/88)
  • Suicide Squad: Nightshade Odyssey (1/88 - 8/88)
  • Deadshot: Beginnings (11/88 - 12/88)

1989

  • Batman: A Death In The Family (12/88 - 1/89)
  • Animal Man: Animal Instinct (9/88 - 3/89)
  • Suicide Squad: Rogues (9/88 - 3/89)
  • Cosmic Odyssey (12/88 - 3/89)
  • JLI: Around The World (6/88 - 4/89)
  • Suicide Squad: The Janus Directive (4/89 - 6/89)
  • Batman: The Killing Joke (7/88)
  • Sandman: Preludes & Nocturnes (1/89 - 8/89)
  • Doom Patrol: Crawling From The Wreckage (2/89 - 8/89)
  • JLI: Viva Europa! (4/89 - 9/89)
  • Animal Man: Origin of the Species (4/89 - 11/89)
  • JLI: Teasdale Imperative (10/89 - 11/89)
  • Batman: A Lonely Place of Dying (10/89 - 12/89)

1990

  • Suicide Squad: Apokolips Now! (7/89 - 3/90)
  • JLI: Sabbaticals (12/89 - 3/90)
  • Sandman: The Doll's House (9/89 - 6/90)
  • JLI: League in Despair! (4/90 - 7/90)
  • Doom Patrol: The Painting That Ate Paris (9/89 - 7/90)
  • Animal Man: Deus Ex Machina (12/89 - 8/90)
  • Batman: Gothic (4/90 - 8/90)
  • Batman: Dark Knight, Dark City (8/90 - 9/90)
  • JLI: The Extremist Vector (6/90 - 10/90)
  • Sandman: Dream County (7/90 - 10/90)
  • JLI: Un-Justice? (8/90 - 11/90)

1991

  • Suicide Squad: The Phoenix Gambit (4/90 - 1/91)
  • JLI: C'est La Vie! (11/90 - 1/91)
  • Doom Patrol: Down Paradise Way (8/90 - 2/91)
  • JLI: Born on the Force of July (1/91 - 3/91)
  • Sandman: Season of Mists (11/90 - 7/91)
  • JLI: There Shall Come A Conqueror (2/91 - 7/91)
  • JLI: Before The Storm (6/91 - 7/91)
  • Suicide Squad: The Dragon's Hoard (2/91 - 10/91)
  • Armageddon: 2001 (5/91 - 10/91)
  • Sandman: Fables & Reflections I (8/91 - 10/91)
  • Doom Patrol: Musclebound (3/91 - 12/91)
  • War of the Gods (9/91 - 12/91)

1992

  • JLI: Breakdowns (8/91 - 3/92)
  • Sandman: A Game of You (11/91 - 5/92)
  • Suicide Squad: The Final Mission (11/91 - 6/92)
  • Flash: Born To Run (5/92 - 6/92)
  • Doom Patrol: Magic Bus (1/92 - 7/92)
  • Sandman: Fables & Reflections II (6/92 - 8/92)

1993

  • Doom Patrol: Planet Love (8/92 - 1/93)
  • Death of Superman (12/92 - 1/93)
  • Superman: Funeral For A Friend (1/93 - 3/93)
  • Death: The High Cost of Living (3/93 - 5/93)
  • Sandman: Brief Lives (9/92 - 6/93)
  • Flash: Return of Barry Allen (3/93 - 8/93)
  • Batman: Knightfall (5/93 - 10/93)
  • Superman: Reign of the Supermen (6/93 - 10/93)
  • Sandman: World's End (7/93 - 12/93)

1994

  • Green Lantern: Emerald Twilight (1/94 - 3/94)
  • Batman: Knightquest (10/93 - 6/94)
  • Green Lantern: A New Dawn (5/94 - 8/94)
  • Batman: KnightsEnd (7/94 - 9/94)
  • Zero Hour: Crisis In Time (9/94 - 9/94)

1995

  • Starman: Sins of the Father (10/94 - 3/95)
  • Flash: Terminal Velocity (11/94 - 4/95)
  • Sandman: The Kindly Ones (2/94 - 7/95)
  • Underworld Unleashed (11/95 - 12/95)

1996

  • Starman: Night & Day (4/95 - 2/96)
  • Sandman: The Wake (8/95 - 2/96)
  • Batman: Contagion (3/96 - 4/96)
  • Death: The Time of Your Life (4/96 - 6/96)
  • Hitman: A Rage In Arkham (4/96 - 7/96)
  • Batman: Legacy (8/96 - 10/96)
  • Hitman: Ten Thousand Bullets (8/96 - 11/96)
  • JLA: A Midsummer's Nightmare (9/96 - 11/96)
  • The Final Night (11/96 - 11/96)

1997

1998

  • Starman: Infernal Devices (3/97 - 1/98)
  • Hitman: Ace of Killers (6/97 - 1/98)
  • JLA: Rock of Ages (9/97 - 2/98)
  • Batman: Cataclysm (3/98 - 5/98)
  • Flash: Emergency Stop (10/97 - 6/98)
  • Starman: To Reach The Stars (2/98 - 8/98)
  • JLA: Strength In Numbers (3/98 - 10/98)
  • Batman: Aftershock (6/98 - 10/98)
  • DC One Million (11/98 - 11/98)

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005 ~ COUNTDOWN

  • Superman: That Healing Touch (10/20/04 - 12/15/04)
  • Wonder Woman: Eyes of the Gorgon (7/21/04 - 11/17/04)***
  • Wonder Woman: Counting Coup (12/22/04 - 2/23/05)
  • Superman/Batman: Absolute Power (11/17/04 - 3/16/05)
  • Batman: Under The Hood (12/29/04 - 3/30/05)
  • JSA: Two of A Kind (12/8/04 - 4/13/05)
  • Teen Titans: Light's Out (1/12/05 - 4/20/05)
  • Superman: Road to Ruin (1/19/05 - 5/25/05)
  • Wonder Woman: Land of the Dead (3/16/05 - 5/25/05)
  • Justice League Elite Vol II (11/10/04 - 6/8/05)
  • Superman/Batman: With A Vengeance! (4/20/05 - 7/5/06)
  • Green Lantern: Rebirth (10/27/04 - 5/11/05)***
  • Adam Strange: Planet Heist
  • Superman: Lightning Strikes Twice
  • COUNTDOWN (contains the following stories below...)
    • The OMAC Project
    • Day of Vengeance
    • Villains United
    • Rann-Thanagar War
    • Superman: Sacrifice (SM #218-219 + AC #829 + A/S #641-645 + WW #218-221)
    • Batman: Family Reunions (#639-641) + Franchise (#645-647)
    • JSA: Black Vengeance (#73-75) + Lost & Found (#76-80)
    • JSA Classified: Power Trip (#1-4)
    • Green Lantern: No Fear (#1-6)
    • Flash: Rogue War (#220-225)
    • Titans/Outsiders: Insiders (TT #24-26 + OS #24-25)
    • Return of Donna Troy
    • Green Lantern Corps: Recharge
    • JLA: Crisis of Conscience (#115-119)

2006

  • INFINITE CRISIS (contains the following stories below...)
    • Gotham Central: Corrigan II (#37-40)
    • Wonder Woman: Marathon (#222-226)
    • Teen Titans: Lost & Found (#29-33)
    • Green Lantern: A Perfect Life (#7-8)
    • Adventures of Superman: Rack & Ruin (#646-648)
    • Batman: All They Do Is Watch Us Kill (#648-650)
    • Superman: This Is Your Life (SM #226 + AC #836 + A/S #649)
  • SEVEN SOLDIERS {this takes place before, during, and after Countdown/Infinite Crisis}
  • 52 ~ THE MISSING YEAR

ONE YEAR LATER

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

BEFORE THE NEW 52

2012 ~ THE NEW 52

2013

2014

2015 ~ DC YOU

2016 ~ DC REBIRTH

  • Grayson: Robin War (10/28/15 - 1/27/16)
  • Batman: Superheavy (6/10/15 - 4/27/16)
  • Grayson: A Leviathan Reborn (2/24/16 - 5/25/16)
  • Justice League: Darkseid War (4/29/15 - 5/25/16)
  • Superman: Final Days of Superman
  • DC Rebirth Special
  • Superman: Son of Superman (6/15/16 - 9/7/16)
  • Batman: I Am Gotham (6/1/16 - 9/7/16)
  • Detective Comics: Rise of the Batmen (6/8/16 - 9/14/16)
  • Action Comics: Path of Doom (6/8/16 - 8/24/16)
  • Deathstroke: The Professional (8/24/16 - 10/26/16)
  • Action Comics: Welcome To Metropolis (9/14/16 - 10/26/16)
  • Wonder Woman: The Lies (6/22/16 - 11/23/16)
  • Superman: Trial of the Super-Sons (9/21/16 - 12/21/16)
  • All-Star Batman: My Own Worst Enemy (8/10/16 - 12/28/16)

2017

  • Wonder Woman: Year One (7/13/16 - 1/11/17)
  • Batman: I Am Suicide (10/19/16 - 1/18/17)
  • Detective Comics: The Victim Syndicate (10/26/16 - 1/25/17)
  • Action Comics: Men of Steel (11/9/16 - 1/25/17)
  • Deathstroke: The Gospel of Slade (11/9/16 - 1/25/17)
  • Superman: Multiplicity (1/4/17 - 2/15/17)
  • Action Comics/Superman: Reborn (2/8/17 - 3/22/17)
  • All-Star Batman: Ends of the Earth (1/11/17 - 4/19/17)
  • Deathstroke: Twilight (2/8/17 - 5/3/17)
  • Detective Comics: League of Shadows (2/8/17 - 5/10/17)
  • Batman: I Am Bane (2/1/17 - 6/7/17)
  • Batman/Flash: The Button (4/19/17 - 5/17/17)
  • Deathstroke/Titans: The Lazarus Contract (5/10/17 - 6/7/17)
  • Wonder Woman: God Watch (2/8/17 - 6/14/17)
  • Super-Sons: When I Grow Up (2/15/17 - 6/21/17)
  • Wonder Woman: The Truth (12/28/16 - 6/28/17)
  • Superman: Black Dawn (4/5/17 - 7/5/17)
  • Action Comics: Revenge (4/12/17 - 7/26/17)
  • Detective Comics: Deus Ex Machina (5/24/17 - 8/9/17)
  • Batman: War of Jokes and Riddles (6/21/17 - 10/4/17)
  • All-Star Batman: First Ally (5/10/17 - 10/4/17)
  • Superman: Hopes & Fears (7/19/17 - 10/4/17)
  • Deathstroke: Defiance (7/5/17 - 11/1/17)
  • Detective Comics: A Lonely Place of Living (8/23/17 - 11/8/17)
  • Super-Sons: Planet of the Capes (7/19/17 - 11/15/17)
  • Action Comics: The OZ Effect (8/9/17 - 11/22/17)
  • Batman: Rules of Engagement (10/18/17 - 12/20/17)

2018 ~ NEW JUSTICE

  • Super-Sons of Tomorrow (12/20/17 - 1/17/18)
  • Justice League: The People vs The JLA (12/6/17 -2/7/18)
  • Detective Comics: Fall of the Batmen (11/22/17 - 2/14/18)
  • Superman: Imperius Lex (10/18/17 - 2/21/18)
  • Deathstroke: The Fall of Slade (12/6/17 - 3/7/18)
  • Dark Nights Metal (6/14/17 - 3/28/18)
  • Batman: Bride or Burglar (1/3/18 - 4/4/18)
  • Action Comics: Booster Shot (12/13/17 - 4/18/18)
  • Justice League: Justice Lost (2/21/18 - 4/18/18)
  • Superman: Bizarroverse (3/7/18 - 4/18/18)
  • Super-Sons: Parent Trap (2/21/18 - 5/23/18)
  • Detective Comics: Batmen Eternal (2/28/18 - 5/23/18)
  • Justice League: No Justice (5/9/18 - 5/30/18)
  • Batman: The Wedding (4/18/18 - 7/4/18)
  • Deathstroke: Batman vs Deathstroke (4/4/18 - 9/5/18)
  • Justice League: Totality (6/6/18 - 9/5/18)
  • Batman: Cold Days (7/18/18 - 10/17/18)
  • Justice League: Drowned Earth (9/19/18 - 11/21/18)
  • Batman: Tyrant Wing (11/7/18 - 12/12/18)

2019 ~ YEAR OF THE VILLAIN

2020

  • Batman/Superman: Infected (8/28/19 - 1/22/20)
  • The Green Lantern: Blackstars (11/6/19 - 1/22/20)
  • Justice League: Doomwar (8/28/19 - 1/29/20)
  • Flash Forward (9/18/19 - 2/19/20)
  • Dial H For Hero Vol II (9/25/19 - 2/26/20)
  • Year of The Villain: Hell Arisen (12/18/19 - 3/18/20)
  • The Green Lantern S2: Young Guardians (2/12/20 - 8/11/20)
  • Dark Nights: Death Metal (6/16/20 - 1/5/21)

2021 ~ INFINITE FRONTIER

  • FUTURE STATE
  • Infinite Frontier #0 (3/2/21)
  • The Green Lantern S2: Ultrawar (9/8/20 - 3/9/21)
  • The Swamp Thing: Becoming (3/2/21 - 6/1/21)
  • Superman: Father & Son (3/9/21 - 6/22/21)
  • Flash: Wally West Returns (3/30/21 - 7/13/21)
  • Infinite Frontier (6/22/21 - 9/7/21)
  • Robin: The Lazarus Tournament (3/2/21 - 9/28/21)
  • Action Comics: Warworld Rising (4/27/21 - 9/28/21)
  • Superman & The Authority (7/20/21 - 10/12/21)
  • The Swamp Thing: Conduit (7/6/21 - 12/7/21)

2022

  • Justice League Dark: The Great Wickedness (3/16/21 - 1/25/22)
  • Flash: Eclipsed (7/20/21 - 2/15/22)
  • Justice League Incarnate (11/30/21 - 3/1/22)
  • Batman: The Abyss (12/7/21 - 3/1/22)
  • Deathstroke INC (8/10/21 - 3/22/22)
  • Robin: I Am Robin (10/26/21 - 3/22/22)
  • Action Comics: No Hope On A World At War (11/9/21 - 4/26/22)
  • Shadow War (3/29/22 - 6/7/22)
  • The Swamp Thing: The Parliament of Gears (3/29/22 - 8/23/22)
  • Robin: Secrets & Shadows (6/28/22 - 8/23/22)
  • Action Comics: Warworld Revolution (5/31/22 - 8/30/22)
  • Flashpoint Beyond (4/12/22 - 10/18/22)
  • DC: The New Golden Age Special (11/8/22)
  • Black Adam: Theogony (6/21/22 - 11/15/22)
  • Superman: Kal-El Returns (9/27/22 - 12/27/22)
  • Dark Crisis (4/26/22 - 12/20/22)
  • Flash: All Pedal, No Brakes! (3/15/22 - 12/20/22)

2023 ~ DAWN OF DC

  • Flash: The One-Minute War (1/10/23 - 4/4/23)
  • Stargirl: The Lost Children (11/15/22 - 5/9/23)
  • Black Adam: East of Egypt (1/17/23 - 6/20/23)
  • JSA: The New Golden Age (11/29/22 - 8/1/23)

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