Major events of the DC Universe
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During its 75 years of publication, DC Comics has produced many noteworthy stories set in its fictional DC Universe. The following is a list of the major storylines that took place within the "Modern Era of Heroes", a period that covers a fixed number of years before the present (regardless of when the stories were published.) (see: sliding timescale) Only major crossovers, or stories with major impact on leading characters, are included.
For events that took place before the Modern Era, see Timeline of the DC Universe.
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| Event | Year Published | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Great Darkness Saga | 1982 | In the 30th century, The Legion of Super-Heroes battles Darkseid |
| Crisis on Infinite Earths | 1985 | The Anti-Monitor tries to destroy the DC Multiverse but succeeds only in merging it into a single universe; numerous characters die |
| Legends | 1986 | Darkseid unleashes Glorious Godfrey to turn the people of Earth against its superheroes |
| Millennium | 1988 | An Oan and a Zamaron grant powers to new heroes, while the Manhunters infiltrate many heroes' lives |
| Cosmic Odyssey | 1988 | Darkseid strives to gain the Anti-Life Equation |
| Invasion! | 1988 | The Dominators lead an alliance of alien races to invade Earth |
| Armageddon 2001 | 1991 | DC's superheroes go up against Monarch, future ruler of the world |
| War of the Gods | 1991 | The gods fight DC's heroes (and each other) due to Circe's plotting |
| Panic in the Sky | 1992 | Earth's superheroes fight Brainiac and his Warworld |
| The Darkness Within | 1992 | Eclipso possesses many heroes and escapes his prison |
| Death of Superman/Reign of the Supermen | 1993 | Doomsday kills Superman, then four different "Supermen" try to take his place |
| Knightfall | 1993 | Bruce Wayne is crippled by Bane and replaced as Batman by Azrael |
| Trinity | 1993 | The Green Lantern Corps, The L.E.G.I.O.N., and The Darkstars go up against the beings called "The Triarch" |
| Bloodlines | 1994 | The DC superheroes go up against alien parasites; new superheroes are created from some of their victims |
| Worlds Collide | 1994 | The DC superheroes meet their Milestone Comics counterparts. |
| Zero Hour | 1994 | Extant and Parallax attempt to recreate the Multiverse; a new timeline emerges |
| Underworld Unleashed | 1995 | The demon Neron manages to "buy" the souls of many heroes and villains |
| DC vs. Marvel | The Marvel and DC superheroes meet and fight at the wish of two Cosmic Beings (Note: Is not considered to be canon) | |
| Final Night | 1996 | A Sun-Eater threatens life on Earth by devouring the Sun |
| Genesis | 1997 | Darkseid battles Earth's heroes when the Genesis Wave strikes; many superbeings have their powers altered or negated |
| Millennium Giants | Three Celestial-like giants threaten Earth | |
| DC One Million | 1998 | A possible future of the DCU (supposedly representing issue #1,000,000 of various series); a future Justice League trades place with the current one, unintentionally creating Solaris |
| No Man's Land | 1999 | Batman fights to retain control in a quake-ravaged, anarchic Gotham City |
| Day of Judgment | 1999 | Demonic forces threaten the Earth; Hal Jordan becomes the Spectre |
| Our Worlds at War | 2001 | Imperiex threatens the universe |
| JLA/Avengers | 2004 | Krona seeks to destroy the universe, and a game by The Grandmaster is put in place |
| Identity Crisis | 2004 | Sue Dibny is mysteriously murdered; the Justice League of America is revealed to have performed "mindwipes" on various supervillains |
| Countdown to Infinite Crisis | 2004 | Consists of the one-shot Countdown to Infinite Crisis and four miniseries which spin out of this comic: Day of Vengeance, in which Shadowpact is formed to defend magic from the Spectre; Rann-Thanagar War; Villains United, in which the Secret Six is formed to fight the Secret Society of Supervillains; and The OMAC Project, in which Batman's mistrust of his fellow heroes leads to the creation of an army of cyborgs |
| Infinite Crisis | 2005 | Kal-L, the Superman of Earth-Two, and several other characters return to attempt to change the universe for the better |
| One Year Later | 2006 | All DC comics jump forwards in time by one year; the series 52 tells the story of the intervening period |
