Fictional history of the DC Universe

The fictional history of the DC Universe is a timeline of the major events in the fictional DC Universe. It represents fictional settings for most of the stories featured in DC Comics' publications. DC has published several official timelines with publications such as History of the DC Universe. These timelines coincide with each other because they were published by DC Universe. Plotholes are common in the Golden Age of Comics throughout the Modern Age because of the concept of the Multiverse. The timeline represents fictional time in the Golden Age, Silver Age, and Modern Age of comics. Due to the "floating timeline" that is applied to events in the Modern Age, everything published in the past 5 decades are considered to have taken place in the present. Please note that DC has officially revised its universe's history several times, such as in the limited series Crisis on Infinite Earths (1985), Zero Hour (1994) and Infinite Crisis (2006) and events in the current continuity might no longer be the same as when they were originally published. All dates are approximate unless stated otherwise and all listings include the individual timelines of the DC Universe.

Creation / The Big Bang
There have been several "creation" stories for the DCU. The current theory (which has been repeatedly revisited, as noted below) was first shown in the Brainiac story in Action Comics #544 (June 1983).
 * Crisis on Infinite Earths: The Anti-Monitor appears at the dawn of creation to undo the universe. The Spectre, backed up by superheroes, fights the Anti-Monitor and allows the universe to be created.
 * Zero Hour: Parallax is defeated before time begins. The Spectre initiates the Big Bang through Damage.
 * Our Worlds at War: Imperiex destroys the previous universe. He is sent back again with Brainiac 13, who helps recreate the Big Bang.
 * The current universe is created by (and in turn creates) The Source.
 * The Prescence initiates the Big Bang

The Dawn of Time

 * Superman and Waverider leave Doomsday at the end / beginning of time, where history loops over.
 * c. 20,000,000,000 B.C. – Dawn of Time
 * c. 19,000,000,000 B.C. – The Endless appear into existence. They appear in order: Destiny, Death, Dream, Destruction, Desire, Despair and Delight.
 * 19,500,000 B.C. – The Prescence creates the angel Lucifer Morningstar to ignite suns, Michael to provide the energy to start the worlds and Gabriel to impose shape on the worlds formed
 * c. 18,000,000,000 B.C. – GodWorld is formed.
 * c. 17,000,000,000 B.C. – Life begins to evolve on GodWorld.
 * c. 15,000,000,000 B.C. – Humanoid beings on the GodWorld became known as the Old Gods and fought titanic wars.
 * Imperiex is reborn in the new universe and begins his eons-long destiny of remaking the universe again.

Billions of years ago

 * The GodWorld is destroyed in a great war caused by the Old Gods' greatest weapon, Mageddon. The gods are killed, and the "Godwave" is unleashed on the universe. This creates forces in the universe (such as the Speed Force and the Metagene) that allow certain superpowers to exist. It also gives birth to new gods on planets all around the universe, including Earth.
 * Mageddon is imprisoned in a gravity sink on the outer curve of space-time.
 * The remains of Godworld form the planets Apokolips and New Genesis.
 * Many of the then existing cosmic entities meet to discuss the ways and means of the universe. There the first Despair convinces Rao to spark life on the planet Krypton, doomed at the onset, and suggests that he should let one Kryptonian survive, in order that he might despair at the loss of his home.
 * c. 10,000,000,000 B.C. The Oan Race begins on the planet of Maltus. A group of Maltunians with superior intelect and mental powers emigrate to Oa a planet in the center of the known universe..
 * c. 4,000,400,000 B.C.
 * An experiment by the Oan Krona made to witness the creation of the universe, creates the Multiverse and Anti-Matter Universe; his people decide to atone for this accident by becoming the Guardians of the Universe..
 * The Guardians bind all the wild ¨random¨ magic in the universe into the Starheart orb at the farthest reaches of space.
 * c. 3,000,000,000 B.C.
 * The evolved Oans leave and split between the female Zamarons and the two male halves: the Guardians of the Universe and Controllers.
 * The Guardians create the Manhunter androids to serve as their agents. However, they eventually rebel against their masters.
 * The Guardians replace the Manhunters with sentient beings and create the Green Lantern Corps first with rayguns charged by batteries. Eventually, they award the corps miraculous power rings driven by the weavers will.
 * the Universe is divided into 3600 individually patrolled sectors.
 * The Zamarons temporarily reside on the planet Korugar before moving on to Zamaron. The male Oans swear not to interfere with them as the killing of a male Korugarian by them or their agents can result in the destruction of the main Green Lantern power battery.
 * The Psions are created from genetically altered lizards by the Guardians.

Pre-20th Century

 * Civilization begins on the planet Krypton.
 * 100 million years ago. – Armageddon 2001: Captain Atom travels through time in chase with Monarch. He also encounters Chronos.
 * 250,000 Years Ago, ancient Kryptonians create the creature that would become Doomsday
 * 100,000 Years Ago, the Homo_Magi an offshoot of the developing human race, emerge with a genetic predilection to magic, later founding the fabled city of Atlantis.
 * 50,000 Years Ago
 * Caveman Vandar Adg gains immortality from exposure to a strange meteor, setting him on the path to becoming the evil Vandal Savage.
 * 40,000 Years Ago
 * Atlantis sinks beneath the Atlantic Ocean. By this time, the majority of Atlantis`s Homo Magi-descendants have abandonment sorcery in favor of science and technology. But the citizens of the Atlantean city of Tritonis embrace dark magic to prevent their doom, later evolving into a race of mer-people as result..
 * Some other Atlantean cities survive underwater thanks to their protective domes. The surviving Atlanteans use magic and technology to change themselves into water-breathing forms, and continue to live under the sea, unknown to the rest of mankind.
 * 30,000 Years Ago
 * Anthro, the first Cro-Magnon Man, is born. He becomes a leader among early humans.
 * The Guardians of the Universe accomplish mass genetic tampering with the Martian species, giving them a weakness of fire and making them shy away from being chaotic creatures.
 * A spaceship crashes into Earth, containing a Guardian of the Universe and a burning Martian. The Martian kills a tribe of Cro-Magnons and is later killed by Vandal Savage.
 * A plague wipes out most of the Martian race.
 * 5000 BC: Dr Mist appears.
 * 2600 BC: Shazam gives power to Teth-Adam, a protectorate to watch over his lands while he is gone, who builds the first of the pyramids in Egypt, after which he speeds up civilization to rule it by killing the first of the pharaohs. Shazam only returns to banish Teth-Adam into another dimensional realm. Two Thanagarians crash on the planet.  After their deaths the culture and technology is hidden and their civilization disappears.
 * 1200 BC: The Amazon race is born.
 * To protect the Amazons from persecution, the Greek gods transport them to the island of Themyscira, where they do not age.
 * Roman Empire: The Golden Gladiator appears.
 * 64 AD: – Doctor Doome summons the Roman emperor Nero to battle the Seven Soldiers of Victory in 1942. Five tyrants from the past were summoned with his time machine. Nero captures Captain Atom. The alien civilization has settled on Earth waiting in disbelief for Monarch and their leader returning (Alpha Centurion joins the alien civilization and spends centuries with these aliens).
 * 6th century Middle Ages.
 * Silent Knight appears.
 * Merlin gives the Shining Knight, Sir Justin of the Round Table, magical equipment.
 * Morgaine le Fey destroys Camelot; Merlin unleashes his half brother, the demon Etrigan to battle against her forces, after Morgaine le Fey`s defeat Merlin Binds the Demon Etrigan to a peasant named Jason which drives him mad and fuel a murderous rampage which earns the possessed peasant the sobriquet of ¨Jason-of-the-Blood¨ or simply Jason Blood..
 * 10th century
 * 968: The Viking Prince appears.
 * 12th century
 * 1191: Through Etrigan´s influence Jason Blood betrays the Pope´s Cardinal in Jerusalem, murdering 50 crusading knights suing for the Turks withdrawal from Jerusalem. For his blasphemy Etrigan became a favorite in Hell at the court of Lucifer.
 * 16th century
 * To combat Jewish persecution in the Prague Ghetto, Rabbi Loew creates a defender out of clay, with the Hebrew word for truth,¨Ernet¨, inscribed in his forehead. Later, the Council of Rabbis decrees that a human agent should replace the Golem and thus fabricate the living costume of the Ragman. the Golem mysteriously disappears..
 * 17th century
 * 1660: Jason Blood and Etrigan journey to the New World, leaving death and pestilence in their wake... and earning greater favor in Hell. Through their later exploits are limited neither by continent nor plane, both Blood and Etrigan find themselves more and more time in the Americas, drawn to its bloodshed..
 * 18th century
 * Late 1700s: Uncle Sam, Firehair, Tomahawk appears.
 * 19th century
 * The Age of Western Heroes: Jonah Hex, Bat Lash, Cinnamon, El Diablo, Scalphunter, Nighthawk, El Papagayo, Pistolera, Quentin Turnbull, Max Mercury, Pow Wow Smith, Super-Chief, Terra-Man, Don Caballero, Johnny Thunder, Matt Savage, Madame .44, Hawk son of Tomahawk and the Trigger Twins. The Kent family appears.
 * 1826: The Daily Planet is founded.
 * 1891: God's original Spirit of Vengeance, the rogue Eclipso, is freed from an eternity imprisoned in the Heart of Darkness, a fabled flawless black diamond. the Heart of Darkness is cut into a 1000 pieces and Eclipso´s evil is spread across the Earth. Various occult defenders including the Phantom Stranger will battle Eclipso in the century that follows.
 * 1899: A cult dedicated to Satan attempts to sacrifice the souls of two infants, Instead the demon Koth damns the souls of the cult and finds the infants spirited away. Rescued by Zator, a disciple of mystics known as The Seven, the infants are raised in the arcane arts and are later named Dr. Occult and Rose Psychic

20th Century
Pre-Golden Age Era The Golden Age of Heroes
 * World War I: Balloon Buster and Enemy Ace appears.
 * 1917: in an attempt to redeem his centuries of sin, Jason Blood attempts to aid the British and insure a swift victory against the Kaiser´s forces at Ypres in France during WWI. Etrigan slaughter the British instead, further damning Blood.
 * 1919: Morpheus, the Lord of Dreams, is imprisoned.
 * 1935: armed with the mystical symbol of The Seven, Dr Occult first investigations of the supernatural begin.
 * 1938
 * October 30, 1938 : Coinciding with the panic caused by Orson Welles' infamous broadcast, newspaper publisher Lee Travis makes his debut as the Crimson Avenger, becoming the first publicly-recognized costumed hero of the twentieth century (the Sandman, another Golden Age superhero, began his career on an unidentified day in early October 1938, although he is not recognized by the public until 1939). As the first modern superhero, the Crimson Avenger's exploits set the standard for all others, and to this day his costume is used in the Justice League of America's induction ceremony, in Travis's honor.
 * In his quest to revealing the secrets of true magic state magician Giovanni "John" Zatara uncovers a manuscript written by his ancestor Leonardo da Vinci and from it discovers the "backwards" spells he will use as an arcane adventurer. First thwarting Nazi spies and saboteurs during WWII, Zatara´s later exploits will take him beyond the mortal realm.
 * 1939
 * Alan Scott discovers a magic lantern forged from the Starheart and becomes Earth's first Green Lantern.
 * The Spectre, who began the Spirit of Vengeance after Eclipso fell out of God's favor, takes the mortal form of slain police Jim Corrigan


 * 1940
 * Empowered by the Lords of Order, archeologist Kent Nelson becomes Doctor Fate after years spent under the tutelage of Nabu the Wise who bequeathed to Nelson a mystical amulet, helmet and cape to face the forces of chaos.
 * 1941
 * December 9, 1941: Two days after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor brings the U.S.A. into the second World War; America's heroes try to retaliate only to find that a spell cast by Hitler and the Dragon King (using the Spear of Destiny and the Holy Grail, respectively) causes magical and magic-sensitive people to fall under their control if they enter Nazi-held territory. This leaves most of the truly powerful heroes out of the War. A time travelling heroine from the future clad in Red, White & Blue arrives and is in pursuit of an entity called Dark Angel. She is Queen Hippolyte of the Amazons who has replaced her daughter as Wonder Woman. President Franklin D. Roosevelt then organizes all of America's superheroes into the All-Star Squadron, to protect the homefront. Normal people without special powers (such as Easy Company) fight the war, along with secret experimental soldiers like the Creature Commandos.
 * Sgt. Frank Rock and the men of Easy Company appears, to battle against the Nazis.
 * The Justice Society of America, the world's first superhero team, is founded by America's fledgling costumed heroes in response to the outbreak of World War II.
 * 1945
 * During the Nazi purgue of the Warsaw Ghetto the latest Ragman Jerzy Reganiewicz rallies a defiant against the German storm troopers. despise the tragic outcome of Warsaw, the Ragman gives hope in the face of genocide. After the war Jerzy travels to America, renaming himself ¨Gerry Regan¨ and establishing the Rags ´n´ Tatters Pawnshop in Gotham City.
 * Dr Occult sacrifice his soul in order to help the Justice Society of America defeat the soulless Stalker. To spare Occult´s life, Rose Psychic shares her own soul with him, forging Dr Occult in a new unified being, both male and female..
 * 1951 The Justice Society of America disbands, after being subjected to McCarthyism. (Adventure Comics #466) Superhero activity declines (but doesn't totally disappear) afterwards. Queen Hippolyta who fought as a member of the Justice Society & The All-Star Squadron as Wonder Woman leaves this era and returns to her rightful time in the present. In response to this, the covert government organization Task Force X is formed to fill the gap left by the departing heroes.
 * 1953: Most superhero activity has ceased by this time.

Character origins

 * c. "58 Years Ago"
 * Krypton explodes. The Kryptonian scientist Jor-El manages to save his baby son, Kal-El by sending him to Earth in a prototype starship. The planet's remains become kryptonite.
 * c. "1968"
 * Nathaniel Christopher Adam, a United States Air Force airman in the Vietnam War, is sentenced to death; as an alternative to execution, he participates in a military experiment which Adam survives as alien metal melted into his body and the excess energy threw him forward in time.
 * c. "38 Years Ago"
 * A scientist, Dr. Saul Erdel, accidentally teleports J'onn J'onzz, the last living Martian, to Earth. He is secretly active for years, studying humanity and fighting crime under several false identities.
 * Kal-El's spacecraft lands outside of Smallville, Jonathan and Martha Kent find him. They adopt him and name him Clark Kent.
 * Bruce Wayne is born to Thomas Wayne and Martha Wayne in Gotham City.
 * American lighthouse keeper Arthur Curry raises the son of exiled Princess Atlanna of Atlantis.
 * c. "30 Years Ago"
 * A mugger murders Thomas and Martha Wayne in what will come to be known as "Crime Alley" in Gotham City. Their son Bruce swears to fight a war on crime. . The killer, Joe Chill is eventually caught..
 * Zatanna is born. She is the daughter of Zatara, whose magical heritage has decelerated his aging process.
 * c. "29 Years Ago"
 * Hippolyta, queen of the Amazons, yearns for a child and carves a statue of a little girl out of clay; her gods grant her wish by turning it into a real girl that she names Diana.
 * c. "24 Years Ago"
 * Young, immature Oliver Queen is shipwrecked and trains, eventually becoming the Green Arrow upon his return to civilization


 * c. "22 Years Ago"
 * Clark Kent starts using his powers to help others in secret.
 * Bruce Wayne begins his training in a variety of disciplines.
 * Princess Diana, the only child on Themyscira, is lonely. Amazon Sorceress Magala creates a "mystic twin" companion for Diana from a fragment of the young princess' soul which was subsequently kidnapped by an enemy of Hippolyta known as Dark Angel. Dark Angel places the twin in a state of suspended animation for years.

Modern Era of Heroes: Year One

 * Superman
 * Clark Kent emerges as Superman. This inspires a new generation of superheroes to debut as well. Later, he joins the staff of the Daily Planet as a reporter. His first true nemesis is the white-collar criminal Lex Luthor.


 * Batman
 * January 4, Lieutenant James Gordon arrives to Gotham and Bruce Wayne at age 25 returns to Gotham after 12 years abroad.
 * March 11, James Gordon get ambushed by its fellow officer Flass and others due not being corrupt as them, later that night he retaliates against Flass beating him up and leaving him naked on the road; Bruce Wayne trying to discover a way to fight crime goes to East End and gets stab by Holly Robinson, a minor prostitute, is attacked by Selina Kyle and gets shot by a cop, he returns home wounded and depress by his failure, a bat crashes its window inspiring him on becoming Batman.
 * April 4, Gordon stops a lunatic from killing an innocent girl, the press name him a hero cop.
 * April 6, Bruce Wayne begins his career as the Batman, going around Gotham`s roofs, stops robs and crimes on night.
 * April 9, Commissioner Gillian B. Loeb gets informs of a ¨giant bat¨ all over the city.
 * May 15, by now Batman have committed 78 acts of assault moving from criminals to corrupt cops ,ow getting the attention of the GCPD.
 * May 19, at a social reunion between the Mob leaders and other corrupt figures of Gotham Batman enters and declares ¨None of you are safe¨ officially declaring war against the corruption of the city.
 * May 20, Commissioner Loeb assign Gordon the immediate capture of Batman.
 * June 2, the police start placing traps for batman with no effect.
 * June 6, Gordon interrogate assistant district attorney Harvey Dent thinking he might be Batman, Batman being on the same room hides until Gordon leaves. Later that night he gets shot by cops after saving a woman, he gets cornered on an abandoned building.
 * June 7, at order of Commissioner Loeb the building on which Batman is hide gets blown up leaving only him an a cat surviving the bombing. Selina and Holly interested by the news go the place. Batman manages to escape leaving 4 officers with broken bones.
 * June 17, Selina leaves East End with Holly.
 * July 5, Gordon starts an affair with detective Sarah Essen.
 * August 7, Selina Kyle is inspired by Batman to become Catwoman
 * September 2, Gordon manages to apprehend drug dealer Jefferson Skeevers.
 * Around September, Batman pursue the criminal Red Hood to the Ace Chemical plant, he falls into the chemical basin disappears after that.
 * September 5, in order to stop their affair Sarah request transferring out of Gotham, Skeevers go out of jail on bail, later Batman beats him to confess his crimes.
 * September 12, Detective Arnold Flass is implicated on the Skeever`s drug operation.
 * September 25, Gordon confronts Bruce Wayne to judge if he might be or not Batman, later he confess his wife about his affair.
 * October 12, James Gordon Jr. is born,
 * November 2, Catwoman slashes The Roman´s face after robing him.
 * November 3, James Gordon Jr. is kidnapped by the Roman goons and later rescue by Batman which let to his father James Gordon to trust him. Flass testify against Loeb and others on the police. days after that Gordon is promoted to Captain.
 * November 22, Commissioner Loeb resigns, Edward Grogan is appointed as new commissioner by the mayor.
 * November 23, Bruce Wayne starts a romantic relationship with Julie Madison, Batman discovers the rests of a woman.
 * November 24, Hugo Strange send a three monster like men to kill Maroni`s men to get money from them.
 * November 25, Batman discovers Hugo`s hideout but is attacked by the monster men, manages to escape but is wounded, Hugo creates a the prince of the monster men using batman`s DNA material.
 * November 26, realizing that his deals with Maroni are no longer useful Strange send his Monster men to Maroni`s mansion. Batman uses his first version of Batmobile to stop them.
 * December 3, The Joker try to contaminate the water supply.


 * Wonder Woman
 * Diana, Princess of the Amazons, arrives in America, where she takes the costumed identity of Wonder Woman.
 * She later rescues her long lost "twin" Donna after she was left to die in a building fire by Dark Angel and brings her home to Paradise Island where she is trained by both the Amazons and the Titans of Myth.
 * Flash
 * Central City police scientist Barry Allen is hit by lightning and chemicals, becoming the Flash at age 24, named after his childhood hero.
 * Green Lantern
 * Green Lantern Abin Sur is on a fatal crash course to planet Earth, where he chooses test pilot Hal Jordan to succeed him as Green Lantern of Sector 2814.
 * Aquaman
 * Arthur Curry Jr. begins adventuring as Aquaman.
 * Martian Manhunter
 * J'onn J'onzz reveals his existence to the public and becomes known as the Martian Manhunter.
 * Black Canary
 * Dinah Laurel Lance makes her debut as the second Black Canary.

Modern Era of Heroes: Year Two

 * Superman
 * Various of Superman's Rogues first appear throughout his second year of crime fighting. Notable foes include Braniac, Bizarro, the Parasite, the Prankster, the Toyman, Metallo and Mr. Mxyzptlk.
 * Batman
 * Various of Batman's Rogues first appear throughout his second year of crime fighting which gradually phases out the gangsters in favor of the "freaks". Notable foes include the Penguin, Poison Ivy, the Riddler, Solomon Grundy, the Mad Hatter, Mr. Freeze, the Calender Man, the Penny Plunderer.
 * June Johnny Vitti nephew of Carmine "The Roman" Falcone gets married on a hot day of June later that night Falcone puts a bounty of 1 million dollars over Batman and Catwoman. Harvey Dent, Batman and Captain James Gordon meet at the roof of GCPD and swear to bring down the Roman.
 * July Bruce Wayne becomes the new director of Gotham City Bank.
 * October the Holiday assassin kills Johnny Vitti on his bathtub. On Halloween Batman and Harvey Dent destroy one of Falcone`s warehouse full of money. The Vitti goons attempt an attack on Dent`s house as revenge for Vitti`s kill, the attack is unsuccessful.
 * November on Thanksgiving Batman fight Solomon Grundy on the Gotham`s sewer. at night 5 of the Roman`s goons are killed by Holiday.
 * December on Christmas Eve Joker escapes prison, he later attacks a family and the Maroni`s restaurant. On Christmas Joker attacks Harvey Dent on his house and Milos, the Roman personal guard is killed by Holiday. On New years Eve Joker on a crazy attempt of getting rid of Holiday steal a plane and try to kill lots of people on the center of Gotham, Batman ruins the attempt and Joker returns to Arkham. Alberto Falcone disappears, presumably attacked by Holiday

Modern Age of Heroes: Year Three

 * Batman
 * February On Valentines Day Maroni`s restaurant is attacked and 4 of Maroni`s goons are killed by Holyday, Sal Maroni declares war against him. the same day Bruce Wayne is taken under Poison Ivy`s control.6
 * March Sofia Falcone is released from prison on parole, Poison Ivy forces Bruce Wayne as director of the GCB to open business with Falcone Imports. On Saint Patrick`s Day Sal Maroni`s safe house is attacked by Holiday. 7
 * April On April`s fools day Holiday attacks the Riddler but let him live
 * May on Mothers day Jonathan Crane escapes Arkham. Gordon and Harvey go to question Bruce Wayne about his connection with Falcone. Holiday kills the ¨Gunsmith¨.8
 * June on Fathers Day Luigi Maroni is killed by Holiday. Harvey Dent go visit his father, he gave him a 2 face coin. 9
 * July on 4 of July the Gotham City Coroner its killed by Holyday. Bruce Wayne spend the festivity with Selina Kyle, Batman stops Mad Hatter and Scarecrow from a rob. 10
 * August on August 2, Carmine Falcone birthday Sal Maroni throw Acid on Harvey Dent`s Face, he escape the hospital after recovering from it, Carla Falcone is killed on the coroner`s office. 11
 * September on Labor`s Day after a month disappeared Harvey dent meet Solomon Grundy and befriends with him. Sal Maroni is killed by Holiday. 12
 * October October 31 Harvey Dent debut as Two Face, releases inmates from arkham and kill Carmine Falcone with 2 bullets on the head, then go to his office and kills his former assistant Vernon then turn himself in. 13
 * Green Arrow
 * Roy Harper makes his debut as Speedy.

Modern Age of Heroes: Year Four

 * Former College Proffesor Jonathan Crane officially makes his debut in Gotham City as the Scarecrow. He pursues those he blamed for his troubled past hoping to be confronted by Batman & Robin (Year One: Batman/Scarecrow #1-2).
 * Wally West makes his debut as Kid Flash.
 * Garth makes his debut as Aqualad.
 * Superman and Batman discover each others secret identities and forge a strange friendship (Superman/Batman Annual #1).
 * A number of superheroes: The Flash, Green Lantern, Martian Manhunter, Aquaman, Wonder Woman, Superman & Batman form the Justice League. They would all eventually share secrets.
 * Batman confides in Superman about his worries in adjusting to working in a group despite the two of them working well together and despite taking in Robin (Justice League of America vol. 2 #0).
 * The Justice Society of America officially comes out of retirement and begins regular team-ups with the newly-formed JLA.

Modern Era of Heroes: Year Five

 * Donna Troy returns to America. Inspired by her sister, Wonder Woman, she makes her debut as Wonder Girl.
 * Robin, Kid Flash and Aqualad unite in Hatton Corners to defeat the villain Mr. Twister (The Brave and the Bold #54). Shortly thereafter, the three join forces with Wonder Girl and Speedy and call themselves the Teen Titans (Teen Titans #53; Secret Origins Annual #3).
 * Hollywood stuntman Buddy Baker receives the powers of Animal Man.
 * Soldier of Fortune Rex Mason is transformed into Metamorpho, The Element Man.
 * Barbara Gordon becomes Batgirl.

Modern Era of Heroes: Year Six

 * Guy Gardner becomes Hal Jordan's back-up as Green Lantern of Earth.
 * John Stewart becomes Hal Jordan's new back-up as Green Lantern of Earth after Guy Gardner is injured.
 * Air Force Pilot Travis Morgan first journeys to the lost world of Skartaris.

Modern Era of Heroes: Year Six

 * Kara Zor-L, then age 18, lands on Earth after her rocket ship departs the Krypton of the Earth-Two dimension. She is discovered by Superman and eventually joins the JSA and makes her debut as Power Girl.
 * Former Olympic Athlete Jefferson Pierce debuts as the urban super-hero Black Lightning.
 * Wally West graduates high school.

Modern Era of Heroes: Year Seven

 * Raven arrives and helps create the New Teen Titans: Raven, Starfire, Cyborg, Changeling, Robin, Wonder Girl & Kid Flash.
 * Batman quits the JLA to form his own team, the Outsiders.
 * Dick Grayson, age 17, as Robin, is "fired" by Batman.

Crisis On Infinite Earths

 * Shortly after leaving the mantle of Robin, Dick Grayson makes his debut as Nightwing.
 * A divergent faction of the Guardians of the Universe wake Guy Gardner from his coma and reactivate his status as Green Lantern.
 * Jason Todd, age 14, takes up the mantle of Robin from Dick Grayson.
 * The Flash dies while saving the world from the Anti-Monitor; his nephew Wally West takes over the identity.
 * The Multiverse is destroyed, condensing reality into a single universe and rewriting the history of the new singular existence.
 * Superman and Lois Lane of Earth-Two, Alexander Luthor Jr. of Earth-Three, and Superboy of Earth-Prime retreat to their own paradise dimension to observe the newly reconstructed Earth-One.
 * The wizard Shazam grants Fawcett City orphan Billy Batson the power of Captain Marvel. Dr. Sivana's bodyguard Theo Adam learns how to access the powers of his ancestor Teth-Adam to become Black Adam.
 * Hal Jordan is exiled into space by the Guardians of the Universe. John Stewart becomes the sole Green Lantern of Earth.
 * Nathaniel Christopher Adam makes his debut as Captain Atom.
 * Maxwell Lord revives the Justice League and expands the line-up beyond recognition as the Justice League International.

Modern Era of Heroes: Year Eight

 * Lian Harper is born to Speedy and Cheshire.
 * Superman executes three Kryptonian, Phantom Zone criminals from a pocket universe.
 * The Joker shoots and permanently paralyzes Barbara Gordon from the waist down.
 * Jason Todd is killed by the Joker.

Modern Era of Heroes: Year Nine

 * Katar Hol and Shayera Thal come to Earth from Thanagar as Hawkman and Hawkwoman.
 * John Stewart leaves to lead the Mosaic.
 * Wonder Woman rallies the heroes of Earth to battle in the War of the Gods.
 * Jason Todd returns to life as consequence of Superboy-Prime.
 * Lex Luthor fakes his own death in a plane crash. He later returns as his own "son" in a younger clone body.
 * Hal Jordan returns from space to reclaim control of Sector 2814 from Guy Gardner. Guy Gardner begins using Sinestro's power ring as his own.
 * Tim Drake becomes the third Robin at 13.

The Death of Superman

 * The monster Doomsday defeats the entire Justice League and kills Superman in Metropolis.
 * Superboy, Cyborg-Superman, The Eradicator and Steel emerge.
 * Coast City is destroyed by Mongul and Cyborg-Superman.
 * Superman is resurrected.
 * The Parallax entity possesses Hal Jordan.
 * Parallax ravages the Green Lantern Corps. He destroys the Central Power Battery and murders all the Guardians of the Universe save Ganthet.
 * Kyle Rayner becomes the last active Green Lantern.
 * Batman suffers a broken back at the hands of Bane and is replaced by Jean-Paul Valley.
 * Iris Allen returns from the future with Bart Allen.
 * Zero Hour: Parallax kills the Time Trapper and defeats Extant. The Golden Age Dr. Mid-Nite and Atom perish; the first Hourman, believed to be killed, is removed from the timeline and replaced by the third, android Hourman.
 * Oliver Queen dies and his son, Connor Hawke, takes up the mantle of Green Arrow.
 * Geo-Force and the Outsiders are accused of killing the Queen of Markovia.
 * The new Outsiders disband.
 * Captain Marvel shares his powers with Billy Batson's sister Mary and their friend Freddy Freeman, resulting in the origins of Mary Marvel, Captain Marvel Jr., and the Marvel Family
 * A new Teen Titans is formed to fight the H'San Natall invasion. The new roster: A newly de-aged Atom II, Argent, Joto, Risk and Prysm. Eventually Joto dies and Captain Marvel, Jr. joins the team. Shortly after defeating the invasion the team disbands.

Modern Era of Heroes: Year Eleven

 * Hawkgirl makes her debut at 19.
 * A new JLA and JSA are formed.
 * Princess Diana, a.k.a. "Wonder Woman" is killed by the Demon Neron and is transfigured by the Olympian Gods as a new Olympian- Diana, the goddess of truth. Meanwhile on Earth, Diana's mother Queen Hippolyte takes up the mantle of Wonder Woman to continue where Diana left off. She would subsequently find herself involved in a time travelling adventure to the 1940s where she becomes known as that era's "Golden Age Wonder Woman".
 * Guy Gardner is infused with Vuldarian DNA and becomes The Warrior.
 * After a being called the Sun-Eater extinguishes the sun, Parallax sacrifices himself to reignite it.
 * Clark Kent and Lois Lane are wed.
 * Superman briefly experiences a shift in his abilities and transforms into the energy-based Superman Blue.
 * Oliver Queen is resurrected and becomes Green Arrow once again.
 * Superboy, Robin, and Impulse form Young Justice.
 * The Titans reform.
 * Hal Jordan becomes the new host spirit for The Spectre.
 * No Man's Land: Gotham City is struck by a massive earthquake. The Federal government, finding that the cost of rebuilding Gotham would be too great, declares the city a "No Man's land", meaning Gotham is no longer a property of the United States. Most of the populace evacuates, but those who remain form territorial tribes in order to protect themselves. After restoration by Lex Luthor, the order is lifted one year later, and Gotham City is readmitted into the U.S.
 * Lex Luthor is elected president of the United States of America.
 * Our Worlds at War: Almerac and Warworld are destroyed. Imperiex Prime almost succeeds in destroying the universe and recreating a Big Bang only to be deterred by the Earth and the alien alliance.
 * Kyle Rayner's powers grow exponentially and becomes Ion. He expels his massive energies to recreate the Guardians of the Universe and recharge the Central Power Battery on Oa.
 * An old friend of Batman's Thomas Elliot comes back as Hush. Hush tears the life of Bruce Wayne life apart at the seams. Jason Todd becomes entangled in the affair and appears before Batman, although because of Clayface his return is not confirmed..

Modern Era of Heroes: Year Twelve

 * In the Midwestern city of Dakota, the leaders of all of the Paris Island gangs choose to settle their differences in a massive "gang bang" confrontation dubbed the "big bang". Mayor Jefferson ordered the Police Department to spray all present gang members with an experimental tear gas laced with a radioactive marker that would allow the police to track the participants. The gas contained a mutagen called "quantum juice" (or "Q-juice") that killed most exposed to it and mutated the rest. The survivors became superheroes and supervillains known as "bang babies". The survivors of two gangs (the Paris Bloods and Force Syndicate) formed the core of the Blood Syndicate. Virgil Ovid Hawkins (age 15) became the electricly powered super hero Static.
 * Donna Troy is killed by a Superman robot and Brainiac 8
 * Young Justice and the The Titans disband, reform as the Outsiders & the new Teen Titans.
 * The Spectre erases the Flash's secret identity from the world.
 * Krona seeks to erase both the DC Universe and the Marvel Universe to observe the creation of a new universe. After heroes from both universes fight to stop Krona, Flash and Hawkeye imprison him in a cosmic egg.
 * Lex Luthor is removed from office by Superman and Batman.
 * Kara Zor-El arrives on Earth.
 * Black Adam, Atom-Smasher, and a band of younger JSA members overthrow the Kahndaqi government, and Adam appoints himself ruler.

Batman: War Games

 * The Spoiler becomes the fourth Robin but is soon fired by Batman
 * Black Mask unites the gangs of Gotham City. The Spoiler is presumed dead.

Identity Crisis and Green Lantern: Rebirth

 * Sue Dibny is murdered by Jean Loring.
 * Jack Drake (Robin's father), and Captain Boomerang kill each other simultaneously.
 * The Atom shrinks himself to microscopic size and disappears for time away, after discovering his wife was a psychopath.
 * Wally West and Zatanna return the Top's memories, and he subsequently starts the Rogue War.
 * Coast City is reconstructed.
 * The Vanishing, a mysterious force of nature, causes millions of people, including Lois Lane, to disappear. Superman, as it turns out, finds them in an alternate universe Phantom Zone-type dimension, where he tries to create a new world for humans to avoid the same fate as Krypton. Eventually, he destroys this place after an alternate Zod tries to take over, the Fortress of Solitude is destroyed after a fight with Wonder Woman, and Lois and the other humans are returned with their memories of the whole event erased.
 * Hal Jordan is resurrected and Parallax is imprisoned in the Central Power Battery. The Spectre remains without a host.
 * The Guardians of the Universe return.
 * Green Lantern Corps reforms; doubles its membership.
 * Guy Gardner loses his Vuldarian abilities and rejoins the Green Lantern Corps with a promotion to the Green Lantern Honor Guard.

Countdown to Infinite Crisis

 * Superman erects a new Fortress in Ecuador.
 * Alexander Luthor, Jr. of Earth-Three begins to masquerade as Lex Luthor and forms a new Secret Society.
 * Superboy-Prime punches Alexander Luthor's paradise dimension causing continuity ripples, resetting many aspects of the DC Universe's past.
 * Eclipso possesses Jean Loring.
 * Jason Todd confirms his resurrection, revealing himself to Batman as the new Red Hood.
 * Maxwell Lord kills Blue Beetle.
 * Superboy-Prime instigates the Rann/Thanagar War.
 * Superboy-Prime destroys the JLA Watchtower. The Justice League disbands.
 * Psycho-Pirate reveals the existence and destruction of the Multiverse to Power Girl.
 * Lex Luthor, Brainiac, Superboy and Indigo / Brainiac 8 attack the Titans and Outsiders.
 * The Seven Soldiers of Victory repel an invasion by Gloriana Tenebrae, the witch queen from the future.
 * Wonder Woman executes Maxwell Lord.

Infinite Crisis

 * Superman of Earth-Two breaks free from Alexander Luthor, Jr.'s paradise dimension and rescues Power Girl from attackers to return her memories erased during Crisis on Infinite Earths.
 * Jade dies and gives the last of her power to Kyle Rayner, transforming him into Ion once again.
 * The Spectre kills Shazam.
 * Jaime Reyes finds the Blue Beetle scarab and becomes the new Blue Beetle.
 * Wally West and Bart Allen disappear into the Speed Force with Superboy-Prime in an attempt to imprison him.
 * Crispus Allen becomes a new host for Spectre.
 * Superboy dies fighting Superboy-Prime.
 * The Battle of Metropolis
 * Superman of Earth-Two and Alexander Luthor, Jr. are killed. Superboy-Prime is imprisoned inside Oa.
 * Superman loses his powers, and becomes Clark Kent full-time.
 * Batman, Nightwing, and Robin retreat to Nanda Parbat to train.

After Infinite Crisis

 * The "Cult of Conner" forms.
 * Adam Strange, Animal Man, and Starfire are stranded on an alien planet.
 * Harvey Dent cares for Gotham City in Batman's absence.
 * Freedom of Power Treaty is signed.
 * Lex Luthor's Everyman Project; First appearance of new Infinity, Inc.
 * Supernova debuts in Metropolis.
 * Kate Kane debuts as Batwoman in Gotham City.
 * Black Adam gives Adrianna Tomaz the power to become Isis.
 * Booster Gold dies.
 * Supernova reveals that he is Booster Gold.
 * James Gordon returns as Commissioner of the Gotham Police Department.
 * Donna Troy becomes Wonder Woman

Modern Era of Heroes: Year Thirteen

 * The New Year's Everyman tragedy.
 * John Henry Irons has Lex Luthor arrested on charges related to the New Year massacre
 * Ralph Dibny sacrifices his life to trap Felix Faust and Neron in Dr. Fate's tower.
 * World War III: Black Adam destroys the nation of Biyala, killing all of its citizens, and most of Earth's heroes band together to defeat him. Aquaman disappears.
 * The Question dies of lung cancer. Renee Montoya takes the mantle of the Question.
 * Batwoman and The Question discover the Crime Bible.
 * Booster Gold, Supernova, and Rip Hunter discover the return of the Multiverse.
 * Ralph and Sue Dibny continue existence as ghost detectives.

One Year Later

 * Superman and Batman return after being missing for nearly one year. Diana returns from her people to again take up the role of Wonder Woman.
 * Superman rebuilds the Fortress of Solitude in the Arctic once again. Clark Kent and Lois Lane briefly adopt Chris Kent / Lor-Zod until his father, General Zod, escapes the Phantom Zone and leads an attack on Metropolis.
 * Bart Allen becomes The Flash
 * Cyborg awakens, and Robin returns to lead the Teen Titans.
 * The Justice League and Justice Society of America reform.
 * Robin is officially adopted by Batman.
 * A new Aquaman emerges.
 * The Sinestro Corps forms. The newly reborn Anti-Monitor, Hank Henshaw, and Superman-Prime join as key members.

Countdown to Final Crisis

 * Queen Hippolyta (manipulated by Granny Goodness ) is brought back to life by Circe and leads an attack on the United States of America.
 * Bart Allen is killed by the Rogues.
 * Wally West returns from the Speed Force with the aid of The Legion of Super-Heroes.
 * The Sinestro Corps War begins.
 * The Guardians of the Universe rewrite the Book of Oa to allow lethal force.
 * The power of Ion is transferred to Daxamite, Sodam Yat.
 * Parallax is split into fours and imprisoned in the lanterns of Earth's Corps members.
 * Superman-Prime is transported elsewhere in the Multiverse.
 * Ganthet and Sayd join to create a new Corps powered by the blue light of hope.
 * The Anti-Monitor is locked inside a giant power battery, signaling the start of the prophesied Blackest Night.
 * The Guardians of the Universe create the Alpha Lanterns.
 * Atrocitus begins recruiting for the Red Lantern Corps.
 * A Monitor, Jason Todd, Donna Troy, and Kyle Rayner travel through the Multiverse to find Ray Palmer.
 * Monarch and his cohort, Forerunner, search the Multiverse recruiting an army to stop the Monitors.
 * Booster Gold joins forces with Rip Hunter to correct temporal anomalies throughout the DC Universe.
 * Lex Luthor, The Joker, and Cheetah reform the Injustice League Unlimited and are consequently defeated by the Justice League of America.
 * Starman unintentionally opens a dimensional rift and accidentally pulls Superman from Earth-22 into the mainstream DC Universe.
 * Justice Society meets the reborn Gog of the Third World. Superman-22 throws Gog into the Source Wall and returns to his own universe.
 * Ray Palmer is found on Earth-51.  Monarch's army and the Monitors wage war here.  Superman-Prime resurfaces and causes Monarch to explode, destroying the entire universe.
 * Talia al Ghul reveals the result of her forced affair with Batman; Damian. Ra's al Ghul returns to life.
 * The Challengers and Ray Palmer return to the mainstream DC Universe.
 * All of the New Gods except for Orion and Darkseid are killed by The Source. Orion destroys Darkseid on Earth.
 * Ray Palmer, Donna Troy, and Kyle Rayner threaten to police the Monitors, solving "Who Monitors the Monitors?"
 * Spoiler returns and reveals herself to Robin as having survived the events of the War Games.
 * Booster Gold and his sister, Goldstar, form the Time Masters.
 * The Black Glove and the Joker attack Batman by taking advantage of an old self-destruct code embedded in his psyche from an experiment years before.

Final Crisis

 * Libra, equipped with the Crime Bible, returns seeking to breathe new life into the recently disassembled Secret Society of Super Villains.
 * Orion is murdered. Dan Turpin stumbles upon the Dark Side Club.
 * Libra murders Martian Manhunter.
 * Atrocitus' Red Lanterns form to exact revenge on Sinestro. The first Blue Lanterns and Orange Lanterns appear.
 * Granny Goodness captures Batman and others to recreate the New Gods with the Anti-Life Equation.
 * Barry Allen recruits Jay Garrick and Wally West into the Speed Force to stop Orion's death, but all fail.
 * Superman is coerced into helping Zillo Valla and other multiversal variations of himself save the Bleed from Mandrakk the Dark Monitor.
 * Legion of Three Worlds:
 * The Time Trapper plucks Superboy-Prime from the destroyed Earth-51 and sends him to the 31st century to assemble the Legion of Super-Villains.
 * After battling Mandrakk the Dark Monitor, Superman is summoned to the 31st century to aid the Legion of Super-Heroes against Superboy-Prime.
 * Conner Kent and Bart Allen return to life in the 31st century.
 * Darkseid's forces unleash the Anti-Life Equation onto the people of Earth.
 * Darkseid is reborn through the host of Dan Turpin.
 * Libra vanishes after a coup d'état by Lex Luthor.
 * Batman shoots Darkseid using the same Radion bullet used to kill Orion, but is soon after hit by Darkseid's Omega Sanction.
 * The Flashes lead the Black Racer through the Speed Force to Darkseid, freeing Dan Turpin.
 * Superman returns from the future to kill Darkseid and construct the Miracle Machine.
 * Exiled Monitor Nix Uotan summons the Green Lantern Corps and the Supermen of the Multiverse to destroy Mandrakk the Dark Monitor.
 * Apokolips is reborn as New Genesis.
 * Nix Uotan reconstructs Earth-51 by seeding it with elements from other universes.

Post-Final Crisis

 * Superman releases the Bottled City of Kandor from Braniac's grasp, reviving over 100,000 Kryptonians who recreate Krypton on the exact opposite side of the Sun from Earth on the same orbit.
 * Barry Allen attempts to readjust a changed world.
 * Dick Grayson officially becomes the new Batman, Damian Wayne the new Robin, and Tim Drake the new Red Robin.

For more major events that take place within this time period, see Major Events of the DC Universe.

Future

 * 25th Century Booster Gold, Skeets, and Professor Zoom come from this era.
 * c. 2800 AC: Bizarro-Brainiac enlarges McMurdo City, which becomes Big City.

Legion of Super-Heroes

 * c. 3000 AC: Legion of Super Heroes is formed.
 * Barry Allen lives during this era, following his murder trial and before his death in the Crisis on Infinite Earths.
 * The Legion is officially sponsored by United Planets.
 * Death of Dream Girl.
 * Supergirl arrives from the past following the Zeta Beam accident after Infinite Crisis.
 * Bart Allen is born.
 * Owen Mercer is born.
 * c. 64th Century AC: Magic and Science have become one and the criminal Abra kadabra is exiled to the 20th Century where he again takes up a life of crime.
 * 64th century: Brainiac 13's home time.

Alternate and possible future events
As of Infinite Crisis, these future events are unconfirmed.
 *  2030  Monarch reigns for 20 years on Earth and the being Waverider is born. He uses the Timestream to change the future.
 *  c. 2030  The son of Donna Troy turns into Lord Chaos, an oppressor king of world. The Monarch will create the Team Titans.
 * 853rd century Solaris destroys thousands of Superhumans and with the aid of Supermen, Justice Legion Alpha save the solar system. An android Hourman escapes to the past.


 * The Great Disaster. Jack Kirby's Fourth World presented a scenario known as The Great Disaster, which destroys human civilization sometime between the 20th and 30th centuries.  Infinite Crisis and Countdown have contained a number of implicit and explicit references to the event, and that it may come to pass in the near future.


 * Future Earth A.D. (After Disaster)- the world is ruled by evolved animals with intelligence, Kamandi is the last human on Earth.

The End of Time

 * The Legion of Super-Heroes' enemy, the Time Trapper, lives at the end of time. The universe begins to collapse as it is consumed by entropy.
 * Krona tries to look past this time to view the beginning of the universe, only to unleash entropy on the early universe wiping out countless lives. Doomsday is sent here, consumed by entropy, and later escapes.
 * Epoch the Lord of Time goes to the year 1 billion and creates the Timepoint.
 * 100,000,000,000 A.D. – The universe finally ends. Mister E and Timothy Hunter visit here briefly.  Destiny closes his book and dies, and Death sends Mr. E and Tim Hunter back.  Death figuratively closes shop on the universe. (The Books of Magic)
 * The universe loops back to the beginning. It is the job of Imperiex to end and recreate the DC Universe.