History of the Post-Crisis DC Universe

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The History of the Post-Crisis DC Universe covers the DC Universe that came in the wake of the reality-changing event known as Crisis on Infinite Earths.

While the changes caused by the Crisis go all the way back to the Dawn of Time, this timeline will focus on the events following the Crisis event itself up until the DC Universe was changed drastically again during the event known as Flashpoint. We are currently working on a more comprehensive timeline that will go back to the Dawn of Time.

Zero Hour and Infinite Crisis also altered the DC Universe, but for the most part these were minor changes, and will be handled in comments in the references.

The timeline below flows vertically from top to bottom. The events in the first column serve as the starting point for all entries in that row. Each row is divided into 11 columns focusing on events relating to the character groups listed at the top. At the bottom of the timeline is a scrollbar which will enable you to see columns that are not visible in standard view. [Note: The scrollbar is not visible on tablets and mobile devices but the columns can easily be swiped to the side]

Also see here for an incomplete listing of key historical points in the DC Universe.

History of the Post-Crisis DC Universe: Legends to Flashpoint

MAIN EVENT	EVENTS / GENERAL DCU	BATMAN	SUPERMAN	WONDER WOMAN	JUSTICE LEAGUE	GREEN LANTERN	FLASH	AQUAMAN	GREEN ARROW	TEEN TITANS	WAR / HORROR
	GLORIOUS GODFREY TURNS PEOPLE AGAINST SUPERHEROES SUPERHEROES BANNED SUICIDE SQUAD FORMED	BATMAN JOINS JL BATMAN REJOINS THE OUTSIDERS STRIKE FORCE KOBRA DEBUTS	SUPERMAN MEETS THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES JOSE DELGADO DEBUTS AS GANGBUSTER	WONDER WOMAN DECLINES MEMBERSHIP OF THE JUSTICE LEAGUE CHEETAH (BARBERA MINERVA) FIGHTS WONDER WOMAN FOR THE FIRST TIME	JUSTICE LEAGUE IS REBORN ERIC STRAUSS BECOMES DR. FATE NEW FIRESTORM APPEARS	ROCKET RED BRIGADE DEBUTS GUY GARDNER JOINS THE JUSTICE LEAGUE JOHN STEWART AND KATMA TUI MARRY	WALLY WEST WINS THE LOTTERY SPEED McGEE DEBUTS RED TRINITY DEBUTS			THE NEW TITANS DEFEAT THE HYBRID WILDEBEEST DEBUTS THE NEW TITANS MEET INFINITY, INC.	SWAMP THING RETURNS TO EARTH
	MANHUNTER SLEEPER AGENTS ACTIVATED NEW GUARDIANS FORMED	TEN NIGHTS OF THE BEAST KILLING JOKE: BARBARA GORDON PARALYZED JASON TODD MURDERED	SUPERMAN AND WONDER WOMAN FIGHT DARKSEID SUPERGIRL SAGA: SUPERMAN EXECUTES POCKET UNIVERSE CRIMINALS	WONDER WOMAN MEETS CIRCE SILVER SWAN DEBUTS MYNDI MAYER DIES	ROCKET RED REVEALED AS MANHUNTER JUSTICE LEAGUE VS. SUICIDE SQUAD MANGA KHAN DEBUTS	GREEN LANTERN CORPS SENTENCE SINESTRO TO DEATH THE GREAT POWER BATTERY IS BROKEN	CHUNK DEBUTS FLASH ATTENDS WELCOME HOME PARTY FOR CAPTAIN COLD		THE LONGBOW HUNTERS: SHADO DEBUTS, DINAH IS TORTURED	DOOM PATROL REFORMED VIGILANTE (CHASE) COMMITS SUICIDE THE NEW TITANS MEET INFINITY, INC.	SWAMP THING AND ABBY CABLE CONCEIVE WITH THE HELP OF JOHN CONSTANTINE CHECKMATE DEBUTS SWAMP THING IS LOST IN TIME
	ALIEN ALLIANCE ATTACK EARTH GENE BOMB ACTIVATED L.E.G.I.O.N. FORMED	BARBARA GORDON DEBUTS AS ORACLE MUD PACK DEBUTS	SUPERMAN: EXILE SUPERMAN RETURNS TO EARTH BRAINIAC ASSUMES TRUE FORM DAY OF THE KRYPTON MAN	WONDER WOMAN JOINS JLE WONDER WOMAN MEETS AMAZONS OF BANA-MIGHDALL SHIM'TAR DEBUTS	JUSTICE LEAGUE EUROPE FORMED HUNTRESS JOINS JUSTICE LEAGUE AMERICA FIRESTORM BECOMES A FIRE ELEMENTAL	COSMIC ODYSSEY: JOHN STEWART PARTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF XANSHI	WALLY MEETS LINDA PARK WALLY MOVES TO KEYSTONE CITY				DREAM (MORPHEUS) RELEASED FROM IMPRISONMENT MATT CABLE DIES. BECOMES MATTHEW THE RAVEN SWAMP THING RETURNS ABBY GIVES BIRTH
	LUTHOR MAKES A DEAL WITH MXYZPTLK, WHO TAKES AWAY SUPERMAN'S POWERS TO MAKE HIM LUTHOR'S EQUAL	DARK KNIGHT, DARK CITY TIM DRAKE DEBUTS AS ROBIN	DARK KNIGHT OVER METROPOLIS CLARK KENT PROPOSES TO LOIS LEX LUTHOR "DIES" CLARK KENT REVEALS IDENTITY TO LOIS TIME AND TIME AGAIN	AMAZONS APPEAR AT THE UNITED NATIONS DR. PSYCHO DEBUTS WONDER WOMAN ARRESTED	ANIMAL MAN LOSES FAMILY JUSTICE LEAGUE EUROPE MOVE TO LONDON JUSTICE LEAGUE EUROPE FIGHT STARRO	APPA ALI APSA CREATES THE MOSAIC WORLD GUARDIANS RESTORE THE GREEN LANTERN CORPS JOHN STEWART PUT IN CHARGE OF THE MOSAIC WORLD	FLASH SHOT BY VANDAL SAVAGE				ROSE WALKER REVEALED AS A DREAM VORTEX LUCIFER ABANDONS HELL
	WAVERIDER ARRIVES IN PRESENT TIME HANK HALL BECOMES MONARCH MONARCH DEFEATED BY EARTH'S HEROES WAR OF THE GODS	EXPLOSIONS EXPOSE OLD GOTHAM BUILDINGS CITY OF ASSASSINS BIRTH OF THE DEMON	LEX LUTHOR II DEBUTS PANIC IN THE SKY SUPERMAN JOINS JLA AGENT LIBERTY DEBUTS	CIRCE SETS IN MOTION A CLASH AMONG THE DEITIES OF WORLD OF THE GODS WONDER WOMAN DIES AND IS BROUGHT BACK TO LIFE	BREAKDOWNS: MAX LORD SHOT, JUSTICE LEAGUE LOSES UN SANCTION JUSTICE LEAGUE REBORN: BLOODWYND AND MAXIMA JOIN	HAL JOINS JUSTICE LEAGUE EUROPE GANTHET'S TALE EVIL STAR RISING GUY GARDNER GETS YELLOW POWER RING	GORILLA WARFARE: FLASH AND GREEN LANTERN FIGHT HECTOR HAMMOND AND GORILLA GRODD			TEAM TITANS: KILLOWAT, MIRAGE, NIGHTRIDER, REDWING, TERRA TITANS HUNT: DEATHSTROKE KILLS JERICHO BABY WILDEBEEST BORN
	ECLIPSO TAKES CONTROL OF MANY OF EARTH'S HEROES STARMAN (WILL PAYTON) DIES	JEAN PAUL VALLEY DEBUTS AS AZRAEL BANE DEBUTS	BLAZE/SATANUS WAR	WONDER WOMAN JOURNEY INTO SPACE		THE THIRD LAW: GREEN LANTERN CORPS VS. ENTROPY				TOTAL CHAOS: TITANS AND TEAM TITANS UNITE TO DEFEAT LORD CHAOS
	DEATH OF SUPERMAN BLOODLINES: ALIENS ARRIVE ON EARTH. ATTACKS TRIGGER META-GENE IN SOME HUMANS KNIGHTFALL	BANE BREAKS BATMAN'S BACK JEAN PAUL VALLEY DEBUTS AS BATMAN KNIGHTQUEST KNIGHTSEND: BRUCE RETURNS AS BATMAN	DOOMSDAY DEBUTS REIGN OF THE SUPERMEN: ERADICATOR, STEEL, SUPERBOY AND CYBORG SUPERMAN DEBUT CAT GRANT'S SON KILLED BY TOYMAN SUPERMAN RETURNS WORLDS COLLIDE	DIANA TAKES A JOB AT TACOWHIZ THEMYSCIRA RETURNS	JUSTICE LEAGUE DEFEATED BY DOOMSDAY NEW JUSTICE LEAGUE LED BY WONDER WOMAN JUSTICE LEAGUE TASK FORCE FORMED JUDGMENT DAY: ICE DIES	COAST CITY DESTROYED EMERALD TWILIGHT: RISE OF PARALLAX KYLE RAYNER DEBUTS AS GREEN LANTERN GUY BECOMES WARRIOR	THE RETURN OF "BARRY ALLEN" ARGUS DEBUTS	AQUAMAN LOSES HAND		ROY HARPER BECOMES ARSENAL NIGHTWING AND STARFIRE ALMOST MARRY
	ZERO HOUR: ENTROPY EATS AWAY AT THE UNIVERSE, CAUSING TIME TO COLLAPSE AND TIMELINES TO BLEND THE UNIVERSE IS RESTARTED WITH SUBTLE DIFFERENCES	DICK GRAYSON DEBUTS AS BATMAN BRUCE RETURNS AS BATMAN SARAH GORDON PROMOTED TO COMMISSIONER	CONDUIT DEBUTS DEAD AGAIN: BRAINIAC RETURNS LEX LUTHOR BACK TO HEALTH AGAIN	ARTEMIS DEBUTS AS WONDER WOMAN		KYLE JOINS THE NEW TITANS	BART ALLEN DEBUTS AS IMPULSE TERMINAL VELOCITY: FLASH VS. KOBRA		OLIVER DIES. CONNER HAWKE AS GREEN ARROW	TEAM TITANS DISBANDS THE SIEGE OF THE ZI CHARAM TITANS DISBANDS	MORPHEUS IS KILLED BY THE KINDLY ONES. DANIEL BECOMES THE NEW DREAM
	NERON MAKES A DEAL WITH HEROES AND VILLAINS ALIKE CAPTAIN MARVEL DEFEATS NERON WHEN MAKING AN ALTRUISTIC DEAL	SEVERAL OF BATMAN'S FOES UPGRADED BY NERON CONTAGION: CLENCH VIRUS RELEASED IN GOTHAM	TRIAL OF SUPERMAN SUPERGIRL (MATRIX) MERGES WITH LINDA DANVERS SUPERBOY JOINS THE RAVERS			KYLE AND THE DARKSTARS FIGHT GRAYVEN HARD TRAVELLING HEROES: THE NEXT GENERATION	DEAD HEAT: WALLY LOST IN TIME JOHN FOX AS THE FLASH	THE HUNTER/GATHERERS ATTEMPT TO CONQUER EARTH	BLACK CANARY / ORACLE: BIRDS OF PREY
	THE SUN-EATER ENGULFS THE SUN TURNING EARTH DARK FOR DAYS THE SUN IS REIGNITED BY PARALLAX	VESPER FAIRCHILD DEBUTS	CLARK AND LOIS LANE MARRY ELECTRIC BLUE SUPERMAN	CASSIE SANDSMARK DEBUT	JLA REPLACES JUSTICE LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL JLA FIGHTS WHITE MARTIANS TOMORROW WOMAN AND ZAURIEL DEBUT	FATALITY DEBUTS		AQUAMAN REJOINS JL		ALL NEW TEEN TITANS: ATOM, ARGENT, JOTO, PRYSM, RISK
	THE GOD-WAVE TAKES A SECOND TURN OVER EARTH	CAMERON CHASE DEBUTS CATACLYSM: EARTHQUAKE HITS GOTHAM CITY DOMINUS DEBUTS	MILLENNIUM GIANTS SUPERMAN'S NORMAL POWERS RETURN	DIANA DIES AND BECOMES GODDESS OF TRUTH QUEEN HIPPOLYTA BECOMES WONDER WOMAN DIANA BECOMES MORTAL AGAIN AND RETURNS AS WONDER WOMAN	WORLD WITHOUT GROWN-UPS: BEDLAM TRANSPORTS ALL ADULTS TO A NEW EARTH	A YOUNG HAL AS GREEN LANTERN TRANSPORTED TO THE PRESENT AND FIGHTS PARALLAX	WALLY MARRIES LINDA		BROTHERHOOD OF THE FIST	ALL NEW TEEN TITANS DISBANDS YOUNG JUSTICE DEBUTS: TIM, CONNER KENT, CASSIE, BART
	JUSTICE LEAGUE OF THE 853RD CENTURY ARRIVE IN PRESENT TIME JLA FIGHTS SOLARIS	NO MAN'S LAND CASSANDRA CAIN DEBUTS AS BATGIRL HARLEY QUINN DEBUTS	SUPERMAN: KING OF THE WORLD STRANGE VISITOR DEBUTS	WONDERDOME DEBUTS DEVASTATION DEBUTS	CRISIS TIMES FIVE JLAPE: GORILLA WARFARE	JADE BECOMES A GREEN LANTERN KYLE ATTEMPTS TO CREATE A NEW GREEN LANTERN CORPS	WALLY JOINS THE TITANS FLASH (WALTER WEST) DEBUTS	BLUBBER, LAGOON BOY AND SHEEVA DEBUT		TITANS REFORM
	ASMODEL IS MERGED WITH THE SPECTRE-FORCE AND RELEASES HELL ON EARTH SENTINELS OF MAGIC DEBUT		IMPERIEX DEBUTS BRAINIAC 13 TRAVELS FROM 64TH CENTURY AND UPGRADES METROPOLIS		WORLD WAR III: MAGEDDON DESCENDS ON EARTH TOWER OF BABEL: RA'S AL GHUL USES BATMAN'S SECRET FILES TO DEFEAT THE JLA	HAL BECOMES THE NEW SPECTRE
	KLARION TURN YOUNG HEROES OLDER AND OLD HEROES YOUNGER	OFFICER DOWN: JIM GORDON SHOT	TRICKING MXYZPTLK INTO GIVING HIM HIS POWERS THE JOKER REMAKES THE UNIVERSE IN HIS IMAGE LEX LUTHOR ELECTED PRESIDENT	GODS OF GOTHAM	JUSTICE LEAGUES	CIRCLE OF FIRE: KYLE'S RING GIVES BIRTH TO OBLIVION			OLIVER QUEEN RESURRECTED MIA DEARDEN DEBUTS
	IMPERIEX ATTACKS EARTH	JOKER: LAST LAUGH BRUCE ACCUSED OF THE MURDER OF VESPER	KANSAS BOMBED	QUEEN HIPPOLYTA DIES
	THE JLA GO TO THE PAST TO SAVE AQUAMAN AND ATLANTIS TRUTH OF ATLANTIS' SINKING REVEALED	HUSH DEBUTS			NEW JLA ASSEMBLED: ATOM, FAITH, FIRESTORM, GREEN ARROW, HAWKGIRL, JASON BLOOD, MAJOR DISASTER, NIGHTWING
	OBSIDIAN, MORDRU AND ECLIPSO BAND TOGETHER TO DEFEAT THE JSA SENTINEL REASSUMES GREEN LANTERN NAME	STEPHANIE BROWN DEBUTS AS ROBIN WAR GAMES STEPHANIE BROWN PRESUMED DEAD	PUBLIC ENEMIES SUPERGIRL (KARA ZOR-EL) ARRIVES ON EARTH		SISTER SUPERIOR DEBUTS		BART ALLEN BECOMES KID FLASH	SAN DIEGO SINKS INTO THE OCEAN BECOMING SUB-DIEGO	DINAH & OLIVER BREAK UP AGAIN	TEEN TITANS: ROBIN (TIM), IMPULSE (BART), SUPERBOY (CONNER), WONDER GIRL (CASSIE), BEAST BOY, CYBORG, STARFIRE BROTHER BLOOD (SEBASTIAN) DEBUTS THE TEEN TITANS MEET THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES
	SUE DIBNY IS MURDERED THE JLA'S MIND-ALTERING OF DR. LIGHT YEARS BACK COMES TO LIGHT	JACK DRAKE MURDERED		DEATH OF DONNA TROY	JUSTICE LEAGUE ELITE DEBUTS MANITOU RAVEN DIES	KYLE RESURRECTS THE GUARDIANS GREEN LANTERN REBIRTH: HAL RESURRECTED	WALLY & LINDA'S TWINS BORN	LORENA MARQUEZ DEBUTS AS AQUAGIRL	OLIVER HAS A FLING WITH MANITOU DAWN	SPEEDY JOINS THE TEEN TITANS
	ALEXANDER LUTHOR ATTEMPTS TO RECREATE THE MULTIVERSE A 52 EARTH MULTIVERSE IS CREATED AND EARTH ONCE AGAIN SEE MINOR CHANGES IN HISTORY	JASON TODD RETURNS AS RED HOOD BATWOMAN (KATE) DEBUTS	SUPERBOY DIES	DONNA TROY RETURNS WONDER WOMAN KILLS MAX LORD	BOOSTER AND RIP HUNTER IN THE TIME-STREAM		WALLY AND FAMILY TAKEN BY THE SPEED FORCE BART BECOMES THE FLASH			THE TEEN TITANS FIGHT SUPERBOY-PRIME
		BATMAN BACK IN GOTHAM DAMIAN DEBUTS JEZEBEL JET DEBUTS	SUPERMAN REGAINS HIS POWERS CHRIS KENT DEBUTS	DONNA TROY AS WONDER WOMAN DIANA AS AGENT PRINCE AMAZONS ATTACK WASHINGTON D.C.	JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA REFORM HALL OF JUSTICE BECOMES NEW HQ LIGHTNING SAGA	ARKILLO BECOMES A MEMBER OF THE SINESTRO CORPS SEVERAL "DEAD" GREEN LANTERNS TURN UP ALIVE IN SECTOR 3601	BART IS KILLED BY THE ROGUES WALLY AND FAMILY RETURN FROM THE SPEED FORCE	ARTHUR/ORIN BECOMES DWELLER IN THE DEPTHS ARTHUR JOSEPH CURRY BECOMES NEW AQUAMAN	OLIVER QUEEN - MAYOR OF STAR CITY ROY JOINS THE JLA AS RED ARROW
	SINESTRO'S NEWLY ASSEMBLED CORPS ATTEMPT TO BRING ABOUT A NEW WORLD ORDER	RESURRECTION OF RA'S AL GHUL BATMAN R.I.P.: BATMAN DEFEATS THOMAS HURT	PA KENT DIES NEW KRYPTON IS CREATED AND PUT IN ORBIT OPPOSITE OF EARTH			ANTI-MONITOR AND SUPERBOY-PRIME BECOME MEMBERS OF THE SINESTRO CORPS ALPHA-LANTERNS DEBUT RED LANTERNS DEBUT
	DARKSEID TAKES OVER THE EARTH USING THE ANTI-LIFE EQUATION FOLLOWING DARKSEID'S DEFEAT MANDRAKK TRIES TO BRING ABOUT THE END OF THE UNIVERSE	BATMAN THROWN BACK IN TIME TIM DEBUTS AS RED ROBIN DAMIAN DEBUTS AS ROBIN DICK GRAYSON DEBUTS AS BATMAN	SUPERMAN VISITS THE MONITOR WORLD WORLD WITHOUT SUPERMAN MON-EL TAKES OVER IN SUPERMAN'S ABSENCE		MARTIAN MANHUNTER DIES CRY FOR JUSTICE	BLUE LANTERN CORPS DEBUT HAL JORDAN BRIEFLY A RED LANTERN HAL ENCOUNTERS LARFLEEZE	BARRY ALLEN RETURNS	AQUAMAN DIES
	DEAD HEROES AND VILLAINS ARE SELECTED FOR THE BLACK LANTERN CORPS NERON RISES THE LIGHT ENTITY IS UNCOVERED		LAST STAND OF NEW KRYPTON WAR OF THE SUPERMEN: NEW KRYPTON WAGES WAR ON EARTH		FIRESTORM, MARTIAN MANHUNTER, HAWKMAN AND HAWKGIRL RESURRECTED	BLACK HAND COMMITS SUICIDE AND BECOMES A BLACK LANTERN JADE RESURRECTED	CAPTAIN BOOMERANG AND REVERSE-FLASH RESURRECTED	AQUAMAN RESURRECTED		HAWK RESURRECTED	DEADMAN RESURRECTED
		BRUCE RETURNS TO THE PRESENT	REIGN OF THE DOOMSDAYS		ECLIPSO RISING			JACKSON HYDE DEBUTS			SWAMP THING AND CONSTANTINE RETURN TO PUBLIC EYE

Comments

Not all Main Events in the timeline are big crossovers, as we've strived to make each period last cover about one year of published material.

A casual reading of a few DC comics will make it clear that a whole month does not usually pass for the characters in between monthly issues of a issue. Many issues begin hours or even minutes after the previous month's story. As a result of this we have focused on the sequence of events rather than years or exact time in the timeline.

Also, while specific dates sometimes appear in stories, as well as mention of contemporary fashions, and usage of contemporary slang, this is what is generally referred to as Topical References. These are specific dates (or other) added by a writer or artist to make it seem current at the time the story is being published. They are not necessarily indicators of when - what year or even what decade - a story took place, when looking at the history of the DC Universe as a whole.

References

The issues referenced in the timeline will be listed below, but we're not quite done with adding them at this time.