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Flash V2 (1990’s)

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The third Flash was Wally West, introduced in The Flash (vol. 1) #110 (Dec. 1959) as Kid Flash. West, Allen’s nephew by marriage, gained the Flash’s powers through an accident identical to Allen’s. Adopting the identity of Kid Flash, he maintained membership in the Teen Titans for years. Following Allen’s death, West adopted the Flash identity in Crisis on Infinite Earths #12 and was given his own series, beginning with The Flash (vol. 2) #1 in 1987. Many issues began with the catchphrase: “My name is Wally West. I’m the fastest man alive.” 

Batman: It’s Joker Time (2000)

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A Prestige miniseries finds the Clown Prince of Crime agreeing to be psychoanalyzed…on live television! Can the Dark Knight stop the unorthodox session when he doesn’t even know where it’s taking place?

The Joker’s time in Arkham Asylum has sent him madder than he was before by making him watch the Barry Dancer Show. He breaks out of there and is approached by the desperate show host, but is unable to speak due to his confinement.

Before Watchmen – Nite Owl (2012)

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The plot takes place in the early 1960s, where 15-year-old Daniel Dreiberg is trained by Hollis Mason, the Nite Owl who led the vigilante team The Minutemen, as he narrates his first adventures as the second Nite Owl. Dreiberg and Rorschach did not get along, but they started an early partnership when they begin looking at a series of prostitute murders. Each recalled the abuse their mother suffered when they were children. Nite Owl inadvertently allows seduction into his world of vigilantism, courtesy of the dominatrix madam The Twilight Lady; while Rorschach turns toward religion, bringing the duo back together to solve the case. The story debuted to mostly positive reviews.

Teen Titans V3 (2000’s)

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Writer Geoff Johns‘ Teen Titans series began in 2003, after a three issue mini-series entitled “Titans/Young Justice Graduation Day”, which saw the death of Donna Troy and Lilith, along with the disbanding of the 1998-2002 Titans roster and the Young Justice team. The relaunch came on the heels of the debut of the Teen Titans cartoon on Cartoon Network and reflected DC Comics chief executive Dan DiDio’s desire to rehabilitate the Titans as one of DC’s top franchise. Launched at the same time was a companion series, a revived version of “The Outsiders” which featured Nightwing and Arsenal, along with several other Titans members (Captain Marvel Jr. and Starfire).

Batgirl and the Birds of Prey (2016)

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Announced as part of DC Rebirth, the title debuted in July 2016 with a one shot, Batgirl and the Birds of Prey Rebirth #1, before being released monthly. The first story arc follows Batgirl, Black Canary and Huntress as they battle the Snake Men and Oracle, a villain using Batgirl’s former codename.

The series is written by Julie Benson and Shawna Benson. Claire Roe illustrated Rebirth #1 and issues #1 through #3 of the monthly series. Antonio Neto took over illustration duties beginning with issue #4.

Legionnaires (1994)

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Following Zero Hour, a new Legion continuity was created, beginning with a retelling of the origin story starting in Legion of Super-Heroes (vol. 4) #0 and then continued in spin-off sister series Legionnaires #0 (both released in October 1994). Lightning Lad was renamed Live Wire, and after the group’s founding, a large number of heroes were added to the roster very quickly. Several members from the previous continuity were given new codenames, and some new heroes were added, including XS (the granddaughter of Barry Allen, the second Flash), Kinetix, and Gates.

 

Identity Crisis ( 2004)

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One of DC’s top-selling series, the first issue was released in June 2004 and was ranked first in comic book sales for that period with pre-order sales of 163,111. The second issue saw a decline in sales and ranked third in comic book sales in July 2004 period with pre-order sales of 129,852. The story also adheres to the continuity changes introduced by Crisis on Infinite Earths, as heroine Wonder Woman was retconned out of the pre-Crisis JLA. In all further references to the JLA’s pre-Crisis adventures, including its origin story and the Secret Society incident, Wonder Woman is replaced by Black Canary. Following “Infinite Crisis“, however, Wonder Woman is restored as a founding member.

One of the major plot threads — the breakdown of relationships within the Justice League of America — is examined in the storyline “Crisis of Conscience” in JLA #115-119 (August–December 2005). The mini-series is followed by the crossover event “Infinite Crisis”.

Batman and Robin V2 (2011)

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The relaunched DC Universe features several notable differences from its previous incarnation, making all of the established heroes roughly five years younger than their previous versions before the relaunch. While much of Batman’s history from the previous DC Universe remains intact, Bruce Wayne is again the only hero serving as Batman and as such, he has replaced Dick Grayson in this title. Volume 2 features the exploits of Bruce and Damian, father and son, as Batman and Robin.

Batman / Grendel (1993)

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A two-part Batman/Grendel crossover, Devil’s Riddle and Devil’s Masque, was written and drawn by Wagner and colored by Wagner at the time of the Comico series, but was delayed by Comico’s bankruptcy. It was finally published by DC in 1993.

The story assumes that Hunter Rose and Batman live in the same fictional universe and are contemporaries. Bored with Argent the wolf and the NYPD, Hunter Rose comes to Gotham City to challenge the city’s protector to stop him before he commits an audacious crime. Hunter Rose becomes increasingly impressed with Batman but is still able to pull off his crime. However, Batman’s interference proves to be more trouble than he expected and Grendel winds up unintentionally endangering the life of a child and indirectly causing the death of a person he did not consider an enemy. Grendel and Batman’s final battle ends with the assassin just barely escaping Gotham, his arm broken by the Dark Knight in the process.

Although this story can be seen as out of continuity, Hunter Rose is depicted with a broken arm in the “Devil’s Advocate” short, featured inGrendel: Black, White, & Red.

Before Watchmen – Moloch (2012)

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Moloch, alias Edgar William Jacobi, was an ex-nemesis of the Minutemen who played a macguffin role in the original series. This story reveals engrossing information about Moloch’s childhood, his turn to villainy, and new details surrounding his death.