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    New 52 Time-Line

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    cosmo111687

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    #1  Edited By cosmo111687

    The best that I can tell, the new 52 time-line goes something like...: 
     
     
    <5 Years ago
     
    Demon Knights 
    All-Star Western
    Action Comics 
    DC Comics Presents: Deadman 
    Aquaman
    Green Arrow
    The Savage Hawkman 
    The Fury of Firestorm
     
     
    5 Years Ago 

    Justice League   
      
    Between 5 Years Ago and Now 
     
    Green Lantern: The New Guardians  
    Superboy 
    Supergirl 
    Catwoman 
     
     
    Now
     
    Batgirl
    Nightwing 
    Birds of Prey  
    Batman & Robin
    Batwing 
    Teen Titans 
    Red Hood & The Outlaws 
    Batwoman 
    Superman 
    Stormwatch 
    Men of War 
    Justice League International 
    Justice League Dark 
    Animal Man 
    Swamp Thing 
    Resurrection Man 
    Voodoo 
    I, Vampire 
    Deathstroke 
    Frankenstein, Agent of S.H.A.D.E. 
    Blackhawks  
    Suicide Squad 
    Hawk and Dove 
    Static Shock 
    Mr. Terrific 
    Captain Atom 
    OMAC
    Green Lantern 
    Red Lanterns 
    Green Lantern Corp 
     
    In the Future/Across Time 
     
    Legion Lost 
    Legion of Super-Heroes
     
    Don't Know/No established date
      
    Batman: The Dark Knight 
    Detective Comics
    Wonder Woman

    The Flash 
    Grifter 
    Blue Beetle 
     
     
    What do you guys think? Anything you might want to correct/dispute/etcetera?

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    #2  Edited By The Poet  Moderator

    @cosmo111687: cool! Its nice to see a visual like this to understand when things are... thanks!

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    #3  Edited By Darthmat

    I would add a 100s of Years ago category and place Demon Knights and All-Star Western there.

    As for Aquaman and Green Arrow there is no indication that those take place in the past (to my knowledge).

    The Savage Hawkman takes place now because he's clearly been Hawkman before.

    Fury of Firestorm I'd put between 5 years ago and now.

    Why doesn't Catwoman take place now?

    Teen Titans and Superboy definitely both take place now.

    Batman: The Dark Knight, Wonder Woman, The Flash, Grifter, and Blue Beetle should all take place right now. In TDK, his villains already know him. As for the rest, DC said everything should be taking place at the same time.

    Detective Comics seems to be in between 5 years and now because Joker seems pretty new.

    BUT it's totally awesome you initiated this. :)

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    #4  Edited By Avenging-X-Bolt

    Demon Knights takes place in the dark ages. so that would be more like 1000'''s of years ago instead of just 5

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    #5  Edited By RedOwl_1

    Batgirl is of the past, isn't it? We're talking about 3 years after "the killing joke" and NOW they are in Bruce return (of course of his journey for Batman Inc.) But this post is a good idea

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    #6  Edited By GamerGeek360

    Am I the only person who noticed that the first category is less than 5 years ago rather than greater than?

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    #7  Edited By Durakken

    The timeline that seems to work as far as i can tell is...

    Year 0 = Batman: Year One

    Year 1 = Joker's Debut

    Year 2 = Superman's Debut, Green Lantern's Debut, Flash's Debut, Cyborg's Debut, Aquaman's Debut, Wonder Woman's Debut, Robin's Debut, Justice League forms, Darkseids first appearance.

    Year 3 = Teen Titans likely form this year with Dick Grayson as leader.

    Year 4 = Dick Grayson becomes Nightwing, Jason Todd Becomes Robin and subsequently dies, Batman:The Killing Joke occurs. Tim Drake becomes Robin. Knight Saga occurs. Death of Superman and some form of Reign of Superman occurs. Kyle Rayner becomes GL.

    Year 5 = Contagion, Cataclysm, and No Man's Land occurs. Jason Todd is resurrected in the summer. GL: Rebirth occurs.

    Year 6 = Sinestro Corp war, Brightest Day, Blackest Night all occur this year. Some variation of the events of Gang War and 52 occur. Renee Montoya dies.

    Year 7 = Current year we're in.

    It's becoming easier to say what books didn't occur than it is to say what did occur.

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    #8  Edited By thetasigma2

    Grifter should come at the same time period as Voodoo in my opionion as at the end of Voodoo #3 we see the same creatures featured in Grifter.

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    #9  Edited By Sir_Deadpool

    @The Poet said:

    @cosmo111687: cool! Its nice to see a visual like this to understand when things are... thanks!

    exactly!

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    #10  Edited By 218Comics

    I'm pretty sure that Flash and Blue Beetle are in the current time line.

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