History of the New 52/Rebirth DC Universe: Flashpoint to Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths

Flashpoint #1

The History of the New 52/Rebirth DC Universe covers the DC Universe that came in the wake of the reality-changing event known as Flashpoint.

While the changes caused by the Flashpoint go all the way back to the Dawn of Time, this timeline will focus on the events following the Flashpoint event itself up until the present day. We are currently working on a more comprehensive timeline that will go back to the Dawn of Time.

Rebirth also altered the DC Universe, but while some of the changes were quite substantial these changes happened gradually rather than as a big shift, and as a result they 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]

History of the New 52/Rebirth DC Universe: Flashpoint to Year of the Villain

MAIN EVENT	EVENTS / GENERAL DCU	BATMAN	SUPERMAN	WONDER WOMAN	JUSTICE LEAGUE	GREEN LANTERN	FLASH	AQUAMAN	GREEN ARROW	TEEN TITANS	WAR / HORROR
	PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE CHANGE AS A RESULT OF FLASHPOINT	NIGHT OF THE OWLS: THE COURT OF OWLS TAKE OVER GOTHAM DEATH OF THE FAMILY	SUPERGIRL ARRIVES ON EARTH H'EL ON EARTH SUPERMAN AND WONDER WOMAN START DATING		JUSTICE LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL FORMED	RISE OF THE THIRD ARMY SIMON BAZ DEBUTS AS GREEN LANTERN WRATH OF THE FIRST LANTERN: VOLTHOOM DEBUTS	BARRY ALLEN PRESUMED DEAD	THE TRENCH DEBUTS THE OTHERS REASSEMBLE		TEEN TITANS DEBUT THE CULLING	ROTWORLD
	ATLANTIS ATTACKS THE SURFACE WORLD	ROBIN (DAMIAN) DIES GOTHTOPIA	PSI-WAR KRYPTON RETURNS		VIBE DEBUTS JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA DEBUT TRINITY WAR	GUY GARDNER BECOMES A RED LANTERN LIGHTS OUT	GORILLA WARFARE: GORILLA GRODD TAKES OVER CENTRAL CITY DANIEL WEST DEBUTS AS REVERSE-FLASH		OLIVER QUEEN LOSES QUEEN ENTERPRISES AND IS ACCUSED OF MURDER KOMODO DEBUTS	THE TEEN TITANS FACE TRITON
	THE CRIME SYNDICATE TAKE OVER THE EARTH	BATMAN ETERNAL DICK GRAYSON BECOMES AN AGENT OF SPYRAL	SUPERMAN: DOOMED SUPERGIRL BECOMES A RED LANTERN		METAL MEN DEBUT JESSICA CRUZ DEBUTS LEX LUTHOR JOINS THE JUSTICE LEAGUE	LIGHTS OUT			OUTSIDERS WAR
	TELOS FORCES HEROES OF CITIES FROM VARIOUS REALITIES TO FIGHT EACH OTHER FOR SURVIVAL MULTIVERSITY	ROBIN RISIS ENDGAME JAMES GORDON BECOMES BATMAN	TRUTH: SUPERMAN LOSES MOST OF HIS POWERS AND IDENTITY REVEALED SAVAGE DAWN		AMAZO VIRUS	GODHEAD HAL JORDAN BECOMES A RENEGADE GREEN LANTERN GREEN LANTERN CORPS SENT BACK IN TIME TO THE UNIVERSE BEFORE THE BIG BANG
	THE JUSTICE LEAGUE IS CAUGHT IN A WAR BETWEEN DARKSEID AND THE ANTI-MONITOR		FINAL DAYS OF SUPERMAN: SUPERMAN DIES AND IS REPLACED BY SUPERMAN OF PREVIOUS REALITY			JESSICA CRUZ BECOMES A GREEN LANTERN				TITANS REFORM
	WALLY WEST'S REENTRANCE TO THE POST-FLASHPOINT UNIVERSE CAUSES CHANGES TO HISTORY	NIGHT OF THE MONSTER MEN VICTIM SYNDICATE LEAGUE OF SHADOWS	SUPERMAN REBORN: TIME AND REALITY REALIGNS AS THE SUPERMEN OF TWO REALITIES MERGE		JUSTICE LEAGUE VS. SUICIDE SQUAD	THE PHANTOM LANTERN
	BARBATOS ENLISTS THE BATMAN WHO LAUGHS TO CONQUER AND DESTROY THE MULTIVERSE THE SOURCE WALL IS BROKEN	A LONELY PLACE OF LIVING: TIM DRAKE RETURNS BATWOMAN SHOOTS CLAYFACE AND JOINS THE COLONY	BOYZARRO DEBUTS THE KENTS MOVE TO METROPOLIS	WONDER WOMAN REFORM JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK	NO JUSTICE: THE OMEGA TITANS RETURN TO RE-ABSORB THE WORLDS OF THE UNIVERSE THE LEGION OF DOOM IS FORMED	GREEN LANTERN CORPS AND SINESTRO CORPS PART WAYS CONTROLLERS REBORN DARKSTARS RISING		SUICIDE SQUAD ATTEMPTS TO SINK ATLANTIS	OLIVER QUEEN CLEARED OF MURDER CHARGES	DEATHSTROKE ATTEMPTS TO UNDO THE DEATH OF HIS SON DEFIANCE DEBUTS: DEATHSTROKE, KID FLASH, JERICHO, POWER GIRL, RAVAGER AND TERRA
	SEVERAL HEROES FOUND DEAD AT THE SANCTUARY	ARKHAM KNIGHT DEBUTS			DROWNED EARTH PERPETUA FREED FROM THE SOURCE WALL THE WORLD FORGER DEBUTS			AQUAMAN DIES UNSPOKEN WATER AQUAMAN RETURNED TO THE LIVING BY MOTHER SHARK
	YEAR OF THE VILLAIN: LUTHOR OFFERS UPGRADES TO EARTH'S VILLAINS EVENT LEVIATHAN	CITY OF BANE	LEX LUTHOR BECOMES APEX LEX UNITY DAY: UNITED PLANETS FORMED SUPERMAN REVEALS IDENTITY TO THE WORLD	RETURN OF THE AMAZONS WARMASTER DEBUTS	LUTHOR ABSORBS THE MARTIAN MANHUNTER THE JUSTICE/DOOM WAR	GL JO MULLEIN ASSIGNED TO FAR SECTOR YOUNG GUARDIANS ABSORBED BY TEMPLAR GUARDIANS	FLASH (BARRY) AND REVERSE FLASH JOIN FORCES TO DEFEAT PARADOX REVERSE FLASH FORM THE LEGION OF ZOOM	ANDY CURRY IS BORN AQUAMAN AND MARA GET MARRIED		ROUNDHOUSE BETRAYS THE TEEN TITANS DJINN WARS ROBIN QUITS THE TEEN TITANS
	THE BATMAN WHO LAUGHS RESHAPES THE WORLD INTO A DARK REALITY	THE BATMAN WHO LAUGHS BECOMES THE DARKEST KNIGHT THE ROBIN KING DEBUTS	SUPERBOY-PRIME DIES FIGHTING THE DARKEST KNIGHT - RE-APPEARS ON RECONSTRUCTED EARTH PRIME	WONDER WOMAN DEFEATS THE DARKEST KNIGHT	THE TOTALITY IS FORMED	THE GREEN LANTERN CORPS GATHER REFUGEES FROM AROUND THE MULTIVERSE	MANY SPEEDSTERS TAKE UP REFUGE IN THE SPEED FORCE			TEEN TITANS PAST AND PRESENT MEET UP BEFORE THE BIG FIGHT
	THE MULTIVERSE IS REBORN, EXPANDING WITHOUT LIMIT	A-DAY: POISON GAS KILLS HUNDREDS OF INMATES AT ARKHAM SCARECROW'S FEAR STATE SET IN MOTION THE MAGISTRATE ENFORCE THE LAW ON NO MASKS IN GOTHAM	SUPERMAN FORMS THE AUTHORITY JON KENT BECOMES SUPERMAN AS KAL-EL LEAVES EARTH WARWORLD SAGA: SUPERMAN AND THE AUTHORITY GO TO TAKE DOWN MONGUL	WONDER WOMAN CAUGHT IN THE AFTERWORLDS IN THE SPHERE OF GODS YARA FLOR BECOMES THE NEW WONDER GIRL WONDER WOMAN RETURNS TO EARTH TRIAL OF THE AMAZONS	BLACK ADAM, NAOMI AND QUEEN HIPPOLYTA JOIN THE JUSTICE LEAGUE UNITED PLANETS BRIGADE BECOMES THE UNITED ORDER	GREEN LANTERN CORPS RESTRUCTURED CENTRAL POWER BATTERY OBLITERATED	FLASH (WALLY) IS CATAPULTED THROUGH TIME BY THE SPEED FORCE	JACKSON HYDE BECOMES AQUAMAN	BLACK CANARY AND DEATHSTROKE JOIN T.R.U.S.T.	ROY HARPER TURNS UP ALIVE TEEN TITANS ACADEMY ACCEPTS ITS FIRST STUDENTS CONNER HAWKE RETURNS	LEVI KAMEI BECOMES THE NEW SWAMP THING
	CONTROLLING THE GREAT DARKNESS PARIAH ATTEMPTS TO DESTROY THE MULTIVERSE TO CREATE A PERFECT MULTIVERSE OF HIS OWN DESIGN. THE NEW INFINITE MULTIVERSE IS CREATED	GOTHAM NOCTURNE JACE FOX LEARNS HE IS NOT TANYA'S SON ROBIN (DAMIAN) IS POSESSED BY THE DEVIL NEZRA	PROJECT BLACKOUT: LEX LUTHOR MAKES THE WORLD FORGET CLARK KENT IS SUPERMAN		THE JUSTICE LEAGUE DISBANDS		FLASH (BARRY) AND KID FLASH EXPLORE THE NEW INFINITE MULTIVERSE ONE-MINUTE WAR			THE TITANS RISE TO FILL THE VOID OF THE JUSTICE LEAGUE'S DISBANDMENT
	THE LAZARUS VOLCANO EXPLODES CAUSING MAGICAL RAIN THROUGHOUT THE PLANET CAUSING NEW METAHUMANS TO EMERGE AND POWERS TO BE ALTERED
	MOST OF THE WORLD IS SENT INTO SLEEP, AS INSOMNIA TRIES TO TAKE OVER. A DEADMAN POSSESSED BATMAN AND THE GOLDEN AGE SANDMAN ARE INSTRUMENTAL IN HIS DEFEAT

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 refereed 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.