DC animated universe chronology
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This is a chronological list of events that happen in the fictional continuity coined as the DC animated universe, which includes the TV animated shows Batman: The Animated Series, Superman: The Animated Series, The New Batman Adventures, Static Shock, Justice League, Justice League Unlimited, Batman Beyond and The Zeta Project.
[edit] Before Batman: The Animated Series
Certain events of the DC animated universe take place before the time period in which Batman: The Animated Series take place. These events are revealed in all the different series trough flashbacks and coments made by the characters.
- The universe is created. This event is seen in the Justice League Unlimited episode The Once and the Future Thing when Batman and John Stewart are traveling in time.
- Vandar Arg becomes inmortal, as seen in the Justice League episode Maid of Honor.
- Around 600 years before Batman: The Animated Series episode The Demon's Quest Ra's Al Ghul is born (according to what he says in the episode).
- Jonah Hex, El Diablo, Pow Wow Smith and Bat Lash fight with the Justice League (Batman, Wonder Woman, and John Stewart) against Tobias Manning, who gets technology of the Batman Beyond era thanks to Chronos. This event happened in The Once and the Future Thing, Part I, but is later erased by Batman and only he and John Stewart remember it.
- An aged Jonah Hex fights Ra's Al Ghul and his son, Arkady Duvall.
- Leslie Thompkins, Mathew Thorne and Thomas Wayne become friends at college. Around this time Alfred Pennyworth is with the Brittish Service.
- The Last Son of Krypton, part I
- Thomas and Martha Wayne are killed by Joe Chill, Bruce, their son is raised by Leslie Thompins and Alfred.
- The Gray Ghost series is produced.
- Bruce Wayne and Clark Kent develope their skills. The order of these events are not specified, but Clak Kent discovers his powers in his teenager years as seen in The Last Son of Krypton, part II and is visited by the Legion of Super Heroes and a future version of Brainiac soon after, as seen in The New Kids in Town. Bruce Wayne trains with Zatara and Yoru Sensei as seen in Night of the Ninja and Zatanna.
- Bruce Wayne finishes his training returns to (DCAU), starts fighting crime, meets Andrea Beaumont and developes the Batman identity. Andrea Beaumont's father is killed by Jack Napier. Certain events happen around this time (it could be before or after) James Gordon becomes the Police Commisioner, Jonathan Crane is fired from the Gotham University, Temple Fugate loses his business, Hamilton Hill gets elected as Mayor and Harvey Dent as Distric Attourney.
- Jack Napier becomes the Joker, Batman first fights the Joker, the Penguin, Rupert Thorne and Arnold Stromwell, Harvey Bullock becomes detective and Earl Cooper becomes the mechanic of the Batmobile. Richard Grayson becomes an orphan, gets adopted by Bruce Wayne and becomes Robin.
[edit] The Batman: The Animated Series
- Kirk Langstrom becomes Man-bat and is cured by Batman.
- Batman meets the Scarecrow
- Pamela Isley knows and becomes Harvey Dent's girlfriend. After she poisons Harvey, Batman fights her in her Poison Ivy identity.
- Batman apprehends the the Sewer King.
- Harvey Dent becomes Two-Face, Arnold Stromwell gives up crime.
- Batman meets Catwoman and Red Claw. The exact point at which Selina Kyle becomes catwoman is unknown, the same goes for Red Claw.
- Batman meets Mr. Freeze. The exact point at which Victor Fries becomes Mr. Freeze is unknown.
- Batman stops the Mad-Bomber with aid of the Gray Ghost.
- Roland Dagget's henchmen turn Matt Hagen into Clayface. Some years before, Matt suffered an accident that disfigured his face.
- Fist known appearance of Harley Quinn. Harlene Quinzel treats the Joker and becomes Harley Quinn at some point after Jack Napier becomes the Joker and before The Joker's Favor.
- Batman meets Killer Croc and stops him from framing Harvey Bullock. Harvey Bullock puts Croc in jail some years before Vendetta.
- The Clock King kidnaps mayor Hamilton Hill, who is rescued by Batman. Hill is campaigning for a second period, this means his fist appearance in On Leather Wings is at most three and a half years before this event and his last appearance happens at most four and a half years after.
- Jervis Tetch becomes the Mad Hatter.
- Tony Zucco is apprehended by Robin.
- Kyodai Ken attacks Bruce Wayne in Gotham City.
- Catwoman is released and starts acting as a hero. Batman meets Professor Achiles Milo. Roland Dagget loses his fortune.
- Batman meets Karl Rossum and later destroys HARDAC with aid of Barbara Gordon. Hardac produces an android duplicate of Batman.
- Batman meets the Riddler. Edward Nigma was fired some time prior to this event.
- A cassino themed after the Joker opppens its doors.
- Batman and Catwoman meet Professor Emile Dorian and Tygrus.
- Batman meets the Werewolf, who is Anthony Romulus an atlete that was mutated sometime before by Professor Milo.
- The Penguin tries to reform and fails.
- The Riddler is apprehended for the first time.
- Clayface apparently dies.
- Batman meets Talia and Count Vertigo.
- The Penguin sabotages the Batmobile.
- Harley Quinn meets Poison Ivy.
- Gordon is framed by Two-face and Barbara Gordon becomes Batgirl.
- Batman meets Ra's Al Ghul.
- Batman meets Maxie Zeus.
- Batman meets the Ventriloquist / Scarface.
[edit] Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
- Andrea Baumont starts kills Chuckie Sol and Buzz Bronsky as the Phantasm. The Joker kills Sal Valestra.
[edit] The Adventures of Batman & Robin
- Bullock as Batman to save his life.
- Batman and Janet van Dorn are kidnapped by the Arkham Asylum inmates. Poison Ivy later released and pretends being reformed.
- Poison Ivy flies away from Gotham.
- Batman meets the Terrible Trio.
- The Clock King is apprehended.
- Catwoman becomes a criminal again.
- Rupert Thorne hires Bane. Batman reveals Thorne that Bane and Candance were conspiring to kill him.
- Mary Dahl kidnaps her previous cast-mates as Baby Doll and is stopped by Batman and Robin.
- Alfred is kidnapped by Red Claw and rescued by Batman and Robin.
- Ra's Al Ghul goes to Gotham City to take Arkady Duvall, now more than 150 years old.
- The Riddler fakes being reform and is send back to Arkham.
- By paying the surgery, Bruce Wayne gives Two-face a second chance to be Harvey Dent, but he fakes a kidnapping during the procedure.
- Harley Quinn is declared sane and returnsto Arkham after a misunderstanding on her part causes her a break down.
- Lyle Bolton becomes Lock-Up.
- Grant Walker tries to freeze Gotham and Mr. Freeze finds his wife still alive.
- Barbara Gordon returns as Batgirl.
[edit] Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero and other events before The New Batman Adventures
- Mr. Freeze kidnaps Barbara Gordon to use her organs to revive his wife. As seen in Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero
- Batman reveals his identity to Batgirl, Dick Grayson quits being Robin
- Dick Grayson learns new skills over the world and becomes Nightwing.
- The Penguin becomes an untouchable kingpin of crime.
- While his wife recovers, Mr. Freeze loses his body and is only able to save his head. He builts an android body to move. Meanwhile, his wife becomes involved with her physician and marries him.
- Baby Doll is released and starts working as a hotel manager.
[edit] Before Superman: The Animated Series
- Brainiac gets a body and continues to traver through the universe collecting information of diverse worlds and destroying them.
- Beppo is sent into space.
- Lex Luthor amases his fortune. He trains Mercy Graves to become his personal bodyguard after she tries to rob him. Winslow Schott is framed for racketig by Bruno Manheim.
[edit] Superman: The Animated Series
- Clark Kent arrives to metropolis and gets a job at the Daily Planet. Superman makes his first appearance.
- Superman becomes enemy of Lex Luthor and John Corbin.
- The Toy-man tries to kill Bruno Manheim and kidnaps Lois Lane. Both are saved by Superman but the Toy-man escapes.
- Luthor discovers kryptonite.
- Luthor turns John Corbin into Metallo, who battles Superman and ends up lost in the ocean.
- Rudy Jones becomes the Parasite, steals Superman's power and ends up in prison.
- Superman meets Brainiac, and colaborates with Luthor to destroy him after discovering his plans. Superman saves all of Brainiac's information on Krypton.
- Superman meets Lobo. As a result of their adventure, Superman keeps an entire zoo of disapeared creatures from all the universe, which along with Brainiac's memories are kept in what becomes the Fortress of Solitude. One of these creatures (Starro from the comics) will eventually reappear in Batman Beyond to control the Justice League of that era.
- Manheims gang is aided by Kanto with Apokolips technology. It is unclear wherther Manheim's gang is what later becomes known as Intergang. Dan Turpin befriends Superman.
- Superman releases the Kryptom criminals from the Phanthom Zone.
- The Prometheon giant lands on earth and Superman, Emil Hamilton and General Hardcastle save Metropolis from him.
- Superman meets Flash and the Weather Wizard. Flash starts his superhero career a long time before this point and has faced the Weather Wizard once.
- Leslie Willis becomes Live Wire.
- Luthor creates Bizarro.
- Edward Lytener tries to kill Lois Lane, who is saved by Superman.
- Superman defeats Mxyzptlk, who ends banned from returning to earth as a result. It is unclear when does Superman meets Mxyzptlk for the frst time, the meeting might have been at any point after he gets a job at the Daily Planet.
- Metallo reapears on an island, he ends up buried in lava without his Kryptonite heart. He is eventually rescued and rebuilt by Intergang.
- Edward Lytener becomes Luminus and tries to get revange on Superman.
- Superman travels to an alternate reality where he rules the world along with Lex Luthor.
- Beppo returns to earth as a giant.
- Brainiac returns thanks to the data he stored on Lexcorp's system and forces Luthor to build him a new body. He also injects Luthor nano-robots.
- Luthor and Bruce Wayne make business together. The Joker and Harley Quinn move to Metropolis. Batman and Superman meet. Bruce Wayne has a romance with Lois Lane. Wayne Enterprises breaks business relations with Lexcorp.
[edit] The New Batman / Superman Adventures
The commentary of The Batman Superman Movie stated that the feature was intended to "kick off" the new Batman episodes, thus taking place before the first episode of The New Batman Adventures. In consecuece, the rest of the episodes of Superman: The Animated Series happen in parallel with the episodes of The New Batman Adventures. However, it is not possible to know wich Batman episode events comes before of after each Superman episode events. Here are the list of parallel of each series.
[edit] Superman: The Animated Series
- Superman meets Kalibak and defeat him.
- Superman meets Dr. Fate to fight agains Karkull. It is unreveal at wich point Dr. Fate starts his career.
- Bizarro goes to the fortress of solitude and discovers Brainiac's memories of Krypton, the program tals to him as if he ware Superman, so he thinks all the information is about him.
- Detective Kurt Bowman discovers Superman's secret identity before he is killed in the gas chamber.
- John Henry Irons becomes Steel. Metallo returns and reveals he was aided by Intergang.
- Superman meets Maxima, when she tries to kidnap him to make him her spouse. After aiding her against some conspiring servants he returns to earth. Lobo meets Maxima.
- Darkseid attempst to invade Metropolis. Bruno Manheim and Dan Turpin die.
- Supergirl arrives to earth and fights Granny Goodness and Intergang.
- Superman aids Volcana escape the organization that mutated her. This organization is later revealed to be tied to General Harcastle and Cadmus.
- Brainiac kidnaps Bruce Wayne. Superman substitutes for him as Batman and discovers Brainiacs plan with the aid of Robin and the Mad Hatter. According to www.batman-superman.com, this event happens after the events of Old Wounds and before Legends of the Dark Knight.
- The Toy-man returns to get back the super model Darcy, who is an android created by him.
- Mr. Mxyzptlk returns manipulating Bizarro to trouble Superman.
- Jax-Ur and Mala escape the Phanthom Zone on their own to become dicatators of a planet.
- Jimmy Olden is dubbed Superman's pal.
- Kyle Rayner becomes Green Lantern and faces Sinestro.
- Aquaman reveals his kingdom to the world.
- Supergirl saves the world from an alien form named Unity.
- Ra's Al Ghul tries to regain his youth by stealing Superman's powers.
- Darksaid brainwashes Superman to conquer earth. Superman fights and defeats Dearkseid phisically. However, as a result of this event, the world starts doubting Superman and the metahumans in general. This would also make Professor Emil Hamilton join Cadmus.
[edit] The New Batman Adventures
- Two-face kills Tim Drake's father. Tim is adopted by Bruce Wayne and trains to become the new Robin.
- Mr. Freeze return and tries to freeze Gotham City.
- The Ventriloquist is released and declared sane.
- Catwoman tries to seduce Nightwing.
- The Scarecrow threats to release in Gotham City a gas that takes away fear.
- King Barlowe dies and makes the Joker elieve he inherited his entire fortune.
- Clayface reveals that he is alive and that he can create beings from parts of himself.
- Baby Doll fall in love with Killer Croc and both go on a crime spree.
- Garfield Lynns become Firefly.
- The Scarecrow holds Gotham City hostage and poisons Batgirl with fear gas.
- Paige Munroe starts a crime spree as Calendar Girl, comiting a crime each holiday.
- Thomas Blake and the Cult of the Cat invite Catwoman to join but she refuses.
- The Mad Hatter uses the animals of the Flying Graysons Cyrcus to commit crimes.
- Batman, Robin, Jason Blood and Etrigan fight Klarion, the Witch boy. Batman, the Demon and Blood know each other from before.
- Firefly is apprehended by Batman for the second time.
- Poison Ivy, Harley Quinn and Live Wire team up. Supergirl and Batgirl meet, team up and become friends. This and ll the events after this point in The New Batman Adventures happen after Superman: The Animated Series' episode Little Girl Lost.
- Harley Quinn tries to kill Batman for the Joker and almost succeds.
- Bruce Wayne and several other millonaires are tricked by Poison Ivy to marry plant humanoids at her service.
- Jack Ryder becomes the Creeper.
- The Judge, a third personality developed by Harvey Dent tries to kill several criminals including himself.
[edit] Static Shock
- The Joker goes to Dakota.
- One of Virgil's teachers is revealed to be Darcy, the female companion android of the Toyman. The Toy-man is apprehended for the first time. Darcy's presence indicates that this and all the events after clearly happen some time after Superman: The Animated Series' episode Obsession.
- Static aids Batman to capture Harley and Ivy.
- Static Aids the Justice League defeat Brainiac. The appearance of the League, indicate that this and all the events after clearly happen after Justice League's episode Secret Origin.
- Fallen hero, Static aids John Stewart defeat Sinestro.
- Static travels to the future to aid the second Batman rescue a Justice League member that turns out to be himself.
[edit] Before Justice League
- Grodd is exiled from Gorilla City, Aresia is adopted by the Amazons, Hawkgirl is sent to earth to gather information for the Thanagarians, Kyle Rayner is send to Oa and John Stewart to Earth, Professor Ivo creates Amazo.
[edit] Justice League
- Batman and Superman rescue the Martian and join forces with the Flash, Hawkgirl, John Stewart and Wonder Woman to stop the Imperium.
- John Stewart is framed by the Manhunters and Kangar Ro for the destruction of a planet. Flash and Killowog become friends. The Manhunters are revealed as evil.
- Ohm orchestrates a murder attemp on his brother, Aquaman, to inherit his kingdom and declare war on the surface. Aquaman loses his left arm.
- The League defeats Felix Faust and Hades. Faust ends up dead.
- Superman and the Martian are abducted and taken to War World, defeat Mongul, its leader. Draaga, a gladiator, takes his place.
- Flash and Green Lantern meet and defeat Grodd.
- The League exposes Lex Luthor as a criminal. Luthor is diagnosed with cancer and send to prison, he escapes and gathers the Injustice Gang to destroy the Justice League, wich ends up defeating him. Mercy Graves becomes the new CEO of Lexcorp.
- Fury gahters the Injustice Gang to aid her eliminate all men.
- Luthor tries to destroy the League with a giant android. As a result of this battle, the League ends in another dimension where fiction within fiction comic book characters such as the Justice Guild of America and their enemies exist.
- Morgaine Le Fey tries to obtain the philosopher's stone and is stopped by the Justice League and Etrigan the Demon.
- Rex Mason becomes Metamorpho.
- Vandal Savage sends a lap top with historical and technological information to himself at the World War II era and alters the present. The League (sans Batman) travel to that era to stop him.
- Darkseid and Brainiac join forces. Desaad is killed by Darkseis. Darkseid dies.
- Lex activates Amazo. Amazo fights the League and leaves Earth to explore the Universe.
- John Dee becomes Doctor Destiny and tries to eliminate the Justice League.
- Vandal Savage tries to marry Princess Audrey from Kasnia.
- John Stewart, Hawgirl and Flash aid the Green Lanterns defeat Despero. Despero dies.
- In a parallel Earth, after Luthor becames President and kills the Flash, Superman kills him and the Justice League becomes the Justice Lords and takes over the world. In the present, the Justice Lords discover the League's dimension, cross over and tries to take over their Earth too. The League defeats these villains with aid from their Lex Luthor.
- Dr. Fate and Aquaman join forces with Solomon Grundy to stop
- The Joker takes Las Vegas hostage. John Stewart and Shayera Hal begin a relationship.
- Thanagar tries to invade Earth. Hawkgirl leaves the League.
- The League expands its rooster to 50 members.
[edit] Justice League Unlimited
[edit] After Justice League Unlimited
- Ace dies.
- Hawkgirl and John Stewart have a son.
- Robin is kidnapped and brainwashed by the Joker, who also downloads his personality in his brain. The Joker dies.
- Batman and Batgirl become lovers.
- Amanda Waller takes DNA samples from Batman.
- Amanda Waller sends the Clock King to alter Warren McGinnis DNA with Batman's.
- Amanda Waller sends the Phantasm to kill Terry McGinnis' parents. The Phantasm decides not to do the job at last minute.
- Batman develops a new suit that enhances his strenght, alouds him to have limited flight and to become partially invisible.
- Dereck Powers merges Wayne Enterprises with his company and becomes CEO.
- Batman gives up his super hero career.
[edit] Batman Beyond
[edit] After Batman Beyond
[edit] XXX Century
- The Legion of Super-Heroes is formed.
- The Legion goes to the past, to aid teenager Clark Kent defeat their centurie's version of Brainiac.
- The Fatal Five take mental control of the Legion. Supergirl, Green Arrow and John Stewart aid the Legion. Supergirl becomes a member of the Legion, begins a relationship with Brainiac and stay on the XXX century.
[edit] See also
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Batman: The Animated Series episodes |
