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4In 1986, Creator/DCComics made comic book history by [[ContinuityReboot rebooting their entire continuity]] in ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths''. Character histories were changed, merged in from other continuities, or even restarted from scratch. The ComicBook/PostCrisis Franchise/DCUniverse would never be the same.
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625 years later, they did it again.
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82011's "New 52" is DC's second major reboot, stemming from the ''ComicBook/{{Flashpoint}}'' event that resulted in a CosmicRetcon, turning what had become a CrapsackWorld AlternateTimeline into a CloseEnoughTimeline. (There were two other previous Post-Crisis Cosmic Retcons -- with ''ComicBook/ZeroHourCrisisInTime'' and ''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis'' / ''ComicBook/FiftyTwo'' -- but they were largely cosmetic.) In the wake of ComicBook/TheFlash messing with the TimeyWimeyBall, DC canceled all their ongoings (even ''Action Comics'' and ''Detective Comics'') and launched 52 new titles in their place. In this new continuity, superheroes have only emerged publicly in the last five years or so, with many only beginning to show up now. Even so, many major prior storylines are still canon, at least in BroadStrokes. Certain Creator/VertigoComics and Creator/{{Wildstorm}} characters have also been incorporated into this new continuity.
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10Of course, DC wouldn't let things stop there. In January 2012 they overhauled their corporate logo, and has since occasionally refreshed the line by replacing a few books with new ones.
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12After the 2015 CrisisCrossover ''ComicBook/{{Convergence}}'', DC has announced that [[http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/02/06/dc-comics-is-ending-the-new-52 they were ending the New 52 branding.]] Instead of a {{cosmic retcon}}, this new initiative --dubbed ''ComicBook/DCYou''-- was an update to the publishing slate, removing the "New 52" logo from its books, as well as adding 24 new titles to the surviving 25. [[note]]notably adding up to 49 and ''not'' 52[[/note]]. DC You only lasted for a year or so, before another big rebrand, ComicBook/DCRebirth, which actively used the rewinding of some of the more unpopular changes of the New 52 era as a selling point.
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14As of the conclusion of ''ComicBook/DoomsdayClock'', the New 52 is now a part of the multiverse, as Earth-52. A variation of this universe, called Earth-N52, appeared in the tie-in comic for ''Series/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths2019'' where it was destroyed.
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16For info on the changes made in the ''last'' big overhaul, see ComicBook/PostCrisis.
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18[[folder:The New 52]]
19Titles in '''bold''' continued past the end of "New 52" branding.
20!August/September 2011 (The New 52)
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22!!Superman
23[[index]]
24* '''''ComicBook/{{Action Comics|New52}}'''''
25* ''ComicBook/{{Superboy|New52}}''
26* ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl|2011}}''
27* '''''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'''''
28[[/index]]
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30All three Super-characters were scaled back to earlier versions and had their alien-ness highlighted: Clark Kent was not married to ComicBook/LoisLane and both Ma and Pa Kent passed away before Clark came to Metropolis, Superboy is a lab experiment created by N.O.W.H.E.R.E. as a "living weapon", and Supergirl has only recently arrived from Krypton[[note]]this was also the case prior to New 52 but the New 52 used it to give Supergirl a more 'alien' perspective compared to that of the Earth-raised Superman[[/note]]. ''Action Comics'' was set five years in the past, detailing the early years of Superman's career, while ''Superman'' was set in the present day. The other main change was that, like in MediaNotes/{{the Bronze Age|OfComicBooks}}, the ''Daily Planet'' had been bought by Galaxy Broadcasting; this time, however, it was Lois who moved to TV and Clark who stayed with print journalism. Also, their classic costumes were replaced with ceremonial Kryptonian battle armor with similar design elements.
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32!!Batman
33[[index]]
34* '''''ComicBook/{{Batgirl|2011}}'''''
35* '''''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'''''
36* ''Batman: The Dark Knight''
37* ''Batman and Robin''
38* ''ComicBook/{{Batwing}}''
39* ''ComicBook/{{Batwoman}}''
40* ''ComicBook/BirdsOfPrey''
41* '''''ComicBook/{{Catwoman}}'''''
42* '''''ComicBook/DetectiveComics'''''
43* ''Nightwing''
44* ''ComicBook/RedHoodAndTheOutlaws''
45[[/index]]
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47The Bat-books picked up more-or-less where they left off, with [[ComicBook/BatmanGrantMorrison Bruce Wayne appointing Batmen worldwide]] (including Batwing, who operated in a fictionalized version of the Democratic Republic of Congo). However Dick Grayson gave up the mantle of being the Batman of Gotham and returned to being Nightwing. Meanwhile, Barbara Gordon had recovered from her paralysis and become Batgirl again – replacing Stephanie Brown, who was apparently erased from continuity along with former Batgirl Cassandra Cain[[note]]both were reintroduced years later with new origin stories[[/note]]. Red Hood was finally shifted into the role of an antihero, albeit at first estranged from the rest of the Batfamily. The books also introduced the Court of Owls, an AncientConspiracy that has run Gotham for generations and has ties to Wayne's and Grayson's pasts. Later on, it was revealed that Tim Drake had never been Robin, only Red Robin, and that his parents were still alive and in witness protection.
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49!!Green Lantern
50[[index]]
51* '''''ComicBook/GreenLantern'''''
52* ''Green Lantern Corps''
53* ''Green Lantern: New Guardians''
54* ''ComicBook/RedLanterns''
55[[/index]]
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57The ''Green Lantern'' books picked up exactly where they left off pre-reboot. Hal Jordan has been dismissed from the Corps due to the "War of the Green Lanterns" and replaced by Sinestro of all people, though he soon takes Hal on as a sidekick. Kyle Rayner, meanwhile, has defied the Guardians and joined an alliance of Lanterns of other colors, and Atrocitus has begun reorganizing his Red Lanterns with a new sense of purpose. In "Zero Month", a new human Lantern, Simon Baz, is introduced.
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59!!Justice League and other DCU
60[[index]]
61* '''''ComicBook/{{Aquaman}}''''' - Aquaman is rebooted entirely: he is younger, was never married to Mera, and starts off without the throne of Atlantis.[[note]]Much of the work in substantially rebooting his backstory had already been done the previous year in ''ComicBook/BrightestDay''.[[/note]]
62* ''ComicBook/CaptainAtom''
63* ''ComicBook/DCUniversePresents'' - An AnthologyComic featuring new characters every few months; featured characters include ComicBook/{{Deadman}}, the ComicBook/ChallengersOfTheUnknown, ComicBook/VandalSavage, and ComicBook/BlackLightning and ComicBook/BlueDevil as a duo.
64* '''''ComicBook/TheFlash''''' - Barry Allen is also rebooted entirely, now younger and unmarried, dating Patty Spivot with Iris West only as a friend. However, the biggest change was that Wally West had been erased from continuity entirely. (A new version of Wally was introduced years later, now de-aged to early teens and [[RaceLift half-black]].
65* ''The Fury of ComicBook/{{Firestorm|DCComics}}: The Nuclear Men'' - Firestorm was rebooted and the very nature of his powers changed; rather than requiring a FusionDance, each person can become a Firestorm and can then merge into a stronger being if they wish. It's also being reimagined as an arms race metaphor, with multiple countries developing their own Firestorms.
66* '''''ComicBook/{{Green Arrow|JeffLemire}}''''' - Oliver Queen was rebooted entirely as well: now younger and clean-shaven, unattached to Black Canary, and with all his pre-reboot supporting cast erased apart from estranged former sidekick Roy Harper.
67* ''The Savage ComicBook/{{Hawkman}}'' - Needless to say the infamous [[ContinuitySnarl Hawk-Snarl]] is wiped away. Hawkman is now Katar Hol from Thanagar, hiding out on Earth as Carter Hall.
68* '''''ComicBook/{{Justice League|2011}}''''' - The New 52's flagship book, featuring six of the traditional Big Seven with Cyborg in place of ComicBook/MartianManhunter (who instead starts with ''Stormwatch'' before moving on to other titles). It also began including ''Curse of ComicBook/{{Shazam}}!'' backup stories around the same time as the second wave.
69* ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueInternational'' - A United Nations-approved Justice League.
70* ''ComicBook/MisterTerrific''
71* '''''ComicBook/{{Wonder Woman|2011}}''''' - Wonder Woman's origin is changed from being a clay statue sculpted by Hippolyta to being the demigod daughter of Hippolyta and Zeus (although the original origin is referenced as an in-universe cover-up).
72[[/index]]
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74!!Young Justice (teen heroes)
75[[index]]
76* ''ComicBook/BlueBeetle'' - Starring Jaime Reyes, who had been the third and current Blue Beetle pre-reboot, but with the strong implication is that he was now the '''only''' ComicBook/BlueBeetle in the [[Franchise/TheDCU DC Universe]].
77* ''ComicBook/HawkAndDove''
78* ''Legion Lost'' - A ''Legion of Super-Heroes'' spin-off focusing on a time-displaced squad stranded in the present day.
79* ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes''
80* ''[[ComicBook/{{Static}} Static Shock]]'' - Now taking place in New York, much of Static's Creator/MilestoneComics history has remained in Canon[[note]]As mandated by the late Creator/DwayneMcDuffie[[/note]]. His introduction to DC comics from 2 years prior have all been retcon except, curiously enough, being captured by the Darkside Club.
81* ''ComicBook/TeenTitansNew52'' - The first and only team of Teen Titans to exist in the DCU's new history, brought together to defend themselves from N.O.W.H.E.R.E., an organization with an interest in superpowered teens and the creators of Superboy; half the team are the classic junior versions of Justice League members (Red Robin, Superboy, Wonder Girl, and Kid Flash), and half are all-new characters (Solstice[[note]]who was actually introduced shortly before the reboot[[/note]], Skitter, and Bunker). The classic characters each had their personal histories substantially rewritten, such as Kid Flash now having no ties to the Flash family and being an amnesiac from a BadFuture.
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83
84!!The Edge (DarkerAndEdgier titles)
85[[index]]
86* ''ComicBook/{{Stormwatch|2011}}'': Now reimagined with a line-up of main-DC and former Creator/{{Wildstorm}} characters, and conceived as an age-old covert superhero team dedicated to [[ShootTheDog Shooting The Dog]] when necessary to protect the Earth.
87* ''ComicBook/{{Grifter|2011}}'': A former ''ComicBook/WildCATsWildStorm'' character gets a solo title.
88* ''ComicBook/{{Deathstroke}}''
89* ''ComicBook/SuicideSquad'': Essentially the same concept as former incarnations, a team of {{Boxed Crook}}s sent by covert forces on lethal and morally-ambiguous missions.
90* ''ComicBook/{{OMAC}}''
91* ''ComicBook/{{Blackhawk}}s''
92* ''Men of War'' - Featuring a descendant of ComicBook/SgtRock, it shows a soldier's ground-level view of superhuman conflicts.
93* ''ComicBook/{{Voodoo|2011}}'': Another solo title for a former ''ComicBook/WildCATsWildStorm'' member.
94* ''ComicBook/AllStarWestern'' - While not outright contradicting any previous stories, the series ties ComicBook/JonahHex closer to the wider DCU by sending him east to get to the bottom of a city that's as corrupt and lawless as any in the West - [[ComicBook/{{Batman}} Gotham]].
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97!!The Dark (supernatural/[[Creator/VertigoComics Vertigo]] titles)
98[[index]]
99* ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueDark''
100* ''ComicBook/SwampThing''
101* ''ComicBook/{{Animal Man|2011}}''
102* ''ComicBook/FrankensteinAgentOfSHADE''
103* ''ComicBook/IVampire''
104* ''ComicBook/ResurrectionMan''
105* ''ComicBook/DemonKnights'' - A brand new book, featuring a RagtagBunchOfMisfits in the DCU's DarkAgeEurope.
106[[/index]]
107
108!May 2012 (Second Wave)
109''Blackhawks'', ''Hawk and Dove'', ''Men of War'', ''Mister Terrific'', ''O.M.A.C.'', and ''Static Shock'' were canceled. New titles included:
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111* ''Batman Incorporated'' - The conclusion of the ''ComicBook/BatmanGrantMorrison'' saga.
112* ''ComicBook/Earth2'' - A reinvention of MediaNotes/{{The Golden Age|OfComicBooks}} parallel universe (once again separate from the main continuity), featuring new versions of the ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica characters (albeit not in a team). As part of this, everyone is YoungerAndHipper instead of elder veteran heroes, including things like making ComicBook/GreenLantern Alan Scott [[AdaptationalSexuality a gay man]] (a character trait [[CompositeCharacter inherited]] from his son Obsidian, who is now {{retgone}}, though a version of Obsidian [[UnrelatedInTheAdaptation who is no longer Alan Scott's son]] would later show up during the ''World's End'' era).
113* ''ComicBook/{{Huntress}}[=/=]ComicBook/PowerGirl: Worlds' Finest'' - Both characters have been returned to to their original Earth-2 origins, though they're now stranded on the main DCU Earth.
114* ''ComicBook/TheRavagers'' - Spinning out of ''Teen Titans'', this is a brand new team of N.O.W.H.E.R.E. refugees: [[ComicBook/Gen13 Caitlin Fairchild]], [[ComicBook/TeenTitans Beast Boy, Terra,]] and new characters Ridge, Thunder, and Lightning. In a minor but noticeable change, Beast Boy's odd coloring has gone from green to red as a connection to fellow beast-themed hero Animal Man.
115* ''GI Combat''
116* ''ComicBook/{{Dial H|For Hero}}'' - a [[Creator/VertigoComics Vertigo]]-style DarkerAndEdgier reworking of the older DC series ''Dial H For Hero'', keeping the basic concept of the Hero Dial that turns people into random superheroes but featuring entirely new characters.
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118
119!September 2012 (Zero Month)
120The one-year anniversary of the relaunch; in addition to replacing some titles, every book was a [[EpisodeZeroTheBeginning #0]] OriginsIssue. Replacing ''Captain Atom'', ''Justice League International'', ''Resurrection Man'', and ''Voodoo'' are:
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122* ''ComicBook/{{Talon}}'' - A new Bat-related book, featuring a former Court of Owls assassin suffering a ContractOnTheHitman.
123* ''ComicBook/Team7New52'' - Based on a Wildstorm title and set five years ago, with the team being a countermeasure to emerging superhumans. It has a mixed cast of DC and Wildstorm characters, including several who are also appearing in titles set in the present day.
124* ''Sword of Sorcery featuring ComicBook/{{Amethyst|PrincessOfGemworld}}'' - A fantasy book featuring an ''ComicBook/AmethystPrincessOfGemworld'' remake as the lead story. The main noticeable difference from the prior incarnation is that there's no OlderAlterEgo bits this time; Amethyst stays seventeen on both Earth and Gemworld.
125* ''ComicBook/ThePhantomStranger'' - Traditionally a mysterious character with a MultipleChoicePast, the Stranger is now established as having been punished by [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} the first magic users]] for some horrendous crime and all ''but'' explicitly stated to be [[spoiler:[[Literature/TheBible Judas Iscariot]]]].
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128! January/February 2013
129''GI Combat'' ended in December 2012, and ''Blue Beetle'', ''Frankenstein'', ''Grifter'', and ''Legion Lost'' in January 2013. Replacing them are:
130[[index]]
131* ''[[ComicBook/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica2013 Justice League of America]]'' - "The World's Most Dangerous Heroes" A rebooted [[ComicBook/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica JLA]]'', in this incarnation a separate entity from the Justice League under the command of the United States government. Led by Steve Trevor, the announced team members are Stargirl, ComicBook/{{Hawkman}}, ComicBook/GreenArrow, new ComicBook/GreenLantern Simon Baz, ComicBook/{{Catwoman}}, Katana, ComicBook/MartianManhunter, and Vibe.
132* ''ComicBook/{{Katana}}'' - Spinoff of ''Birds of Prey'' and ''Justice League of America''.
133* ''Justice League of America's ComicBook/{{Vibe}}'' - Spinoff of ''Justice League of America''.
134* ''ComicBook/{{Threshold}}'' - a new sci-fi book featuring reimagined versions of old RayGunGothic characters: the Star Rovers, Star Hawkins, Space Cabbie, Tom Tomorrow, Captain K’Rot, and Star Ranger. It also has ties to fellow space books ''Green Lantern'' and newly-canceled ''Blue Beetle'', including backup stories about Orange Lantern Larfleeze.
135* ''ComicBook/{{Constantine}}'' - A reboot of classic Creator/VertigoComics series ComicBook/{{Hellblazer}}, starring the New 52 incarnation of John Constantine.
136[[/index]]
137
138! April/May 2013
139''DC Universe Presents'' and ''I, Vampire'' ended in March, and ''Deathstroke'', ''Fury of Firestorm'', ''The Ravagers'', ''Savage Hawkman'', ''Sword of Sorcery'', and ''Team 7'' in April. DC originally advertised April as "WTF Certified", with that months' comics intended to have a high JustForFun/HolyShitQuotient; they later dropped that branding due to complaints about [[PrecisionFStrike the "F"]]. Replacements are:
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141* ''ComicBook/TheGreenTeam'' - Featuring a group of "teen trillionaire" investors looking to finance weird superscience projects.
142* ''ComicBook/{{Larfleeze}}'' - A ''ComicBook/GreenLantern'' spinoff starring the eponymous Orange Lantern.
143* ''ComicBook/TheMovement'' - A counterpoint to the "1%" ''Green Team'', it involves "99%-er" superhumans striking back against {{Corrupt Corporate Executive}}s and the like.
144* ''ComicBook/SupermanUnchained'' - A nine-issue miniseries by Scott Snyder and Jim Lee, concerning Superman's conflict with a superhuman controlled by the United States Military.
145* '''''Batman/Superman''''' - A team-up book detailing the early years of Batman's and Superman's adventures together.
146* ''ComicBook/TrinityOfSinPandora'' - Added to the DC mythos at the end of ''Flashpoint'', Pandora is the actual mythological figure and was cursed alongside the Question and Phantom Stranger; her crime being opening PandorasBox and unwittingly releasing evils unto the world. Feeling she's been wrongfully accused for all this time for anything bad that happens, she's now fed up and not going to take it anymore.
147[[/index]]
148
149!October/November/December 2013
150''ComicBook/DemonKnights'', ''ComicBook/{{Dial H|For Hero}}'', ''Threshold'', and ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes'' are ending their runs in August 2013. Except for Forever Evil, no new books for September because it was Villains month. Replacements are:
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152* ''ComicBook/JusticeLeague3000'': A brand new book that, like its title implies, focuses on the [[LegacyCharacter successors]] of the Justice League in [[TheFuture the year 3000]].
153* '''''Superman/Wonder Woman''''': A team-up book that focuses on Superman and Wonder Woman's adventures together and their growing relationship.
154* '''''ComicBook/HarleyQuinn''''': Featuring the Clown Princess of Crime and her adventures in Coney Island after she inherits an apartment complex there.
155* ''ComicBook/ForeverEvil2013'': A seven issue miniseries that takes place after the conclusion of ''ComicBook/TrinityWar'' and focuses on the villains.
156[[/index]]
157
158! April 2014
159''Justice League of America's Vibe'' and ''Katana'' ended in December 2013. ''Animal Man'', ''Teen Titans'', ''Nightwing'', ''Superman Unchained'', ''Justice League of America'', and ''Stormwatch'''s final issues were in March 2014. ''Suicide Squad'' ends in April 2014. Replacements are:
160[[index]]
161* ''[[ComicBook/AquamanAndTheOthers Aquaman & The Others]]'': Featuring Aquaman's time with his first SuperTeam, the Others.
162* ''DC Comics: ComicBook/SecretOrigins'': An anthology book that chronicles the origins of various DC characters each issue. Creative teams also switch with each issue.
163* ''Justice League United'': After ''Forever Evil'', the Justice League of America has disbanded and some of its former members have created a new League located in Canada. Its members include Martian Manhunter, Stargirl, Green Arrow, Animal Man, Supergirl, Adam and Allana Strange, and new superhero Equinox.
164* '''''ComicBook/{{Sinestro}}''''': The former leader of the Yellow Lantern Corps stars in his own series as he returns from his self imposed exile.
165[[/index]]
166
167! May 2014
168''ComicBook/TheMovement'' ended in May 2014. Replacing it is:
169[[index]]
170* ''ComicBook/TheNew52FuturesEnd'': Like ''ComicBook/BatmanEternal'', a weekly series. An aged Bruce Wayne sends [[ComicBook/BatmanBeyond Terry McGinnis]] back in time to prevent the [[AIIsACrapshoot AI satellite]] Brother Eye from taking over Prime Earth. Unfortunately, a miscalculation results in Terry being sent not quite far back enough--instead of ending up two years in the current period's past, he ends up five years into its future. As with Zero Month and Villains' Month, the September 2014 issues of various books tie in to the event with hypothetical looks into how Prime Earth might be five years from now.
171[[/index]]
172
173! June/July 2014
174''ComicBook/{{Larfleeze}}'' ended in June 2014. Replacing it is:
175[[index]]
176* '''''ComicBook/{{Grayson}}''''': Spinning out of the end of ''ComicBook/{{Nightwing}}'', Dick Grayson accepts a mission from Batman to become TheMole within Spyral, an intelligence organization introduced in ''ComicBook/BatmanGrantMorrison'', in a world-hopping SpyFiction series.
177* ''Infinity Man & The Forever People'': A ComicBook/NewGods series focusing on the eponymous group of New Genesis natives arriving on Earth.
178* '''''New Suicide Squad''''': After the first New 52 run of the ''Suicide Squad'' ended in April 2014, the series relaunched in July, with the team including Deathstroke, Joker's Daughter, Black Manta, Harley Quinn, and Deadshot.
179* ''[[ComicBook/GIZombie Star-Spangled War Stories Featuring G.I. Zombie]]'': A new series featuring a U.S. soldier as a zombie.
180* '''''Teen Titans''''': After the first New 52 run ended in April 2014, the series relaunched in July, with the team including Wonder Girl, Red Robin, Beast Boy, Raven, and Bunker.
181[[/index]]
182
183! October 2014
184''Superboy'', ''Birds of Prey'', ''Batwing'', ''All-Star Western'', ''Trinity of Sin: The Phantom Stranger'', and ''Trinity of Sin: Pandora'' are ending in August 2014. Replacing them are:
185[[index]]
186* ''Arkham Manor:'' After events in the ''ComicBook/BatmanEternal'' weekly series left Arkham Asylum destroyed and Bruce Wayne bankrupt, Wayne Manor is seized by the council as a new place to host the criminally insane.
187* '''''Deathstroke:''''' A rejuvenated attempt at a title starring the titular assassin.
188* '''''ComicBook/{{Lobo}}:''''' A book featuring the reinvented bounty hunter, facing off against his pre-reboot counterpart.
189* '''''ComicBook/GothamAcademy:''''' A book about a private school funded by Bruce Wayne in Gotham City.
190* ''ComicBook/{{Klarion}}:'' A new series about ComicBook/KlarionTheWitchBoy, in which he fights for the forces of chaos.
191* ''Trinity of Sin'': A team book between the unlikely combination of ComicBook/TheQuestion, ComicBook/ThePhantomStranger, and [[ComicBook/TrinityOfSinPandora Pandora]], all of whom seriously dislike each other.
192[[/index]]
193
194!Non-specific changes
195* Prime Earth: The main Earth most of the events take place gains a new name in Prime Earth, also known by the post-Crisis New Earth and Earth-0. It is unrelated to Earth-Prime (now Earth-33, according to Grant Morrison's upcoming ''The Multiversity''), the pre-New 52 "real world" where DC's writers lived and [[ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis Superboy-Prime]] originated from.
196* ComicBook/TheQuestion: In a drastic departure from his previous incarnation as a masked investigator, he was now punished alongside the Phantom Stranger and Pandora for unknown crimes by having his face and name erased. His quest is to find the question that, when answered, will return his identity to him.
197* Silver Banshee: Like ComicBook/TheQuestion, she has been changed fairly dramatically. She is now Siobhan Smythe, a good-natured [[RaceLift Irish]] punk girl and recurring supporting character in the ''Supergirl'' book. She hasn't used her powers much (except for being able to speak any language) and seems understandably afraid of them since they come from her supervillain father. She's also Kara's BFF.
198[[/folder]]
199
200----
201!!The New 52 contain examples of the following tropes:
202* AbortedArc:
203** The reboot forced this on a number of titles. Some books, including the final pre-New 52 issues of ''Justice League of America'' and ''Batgirl'', consisted of condensed accounts of the various story arcs that were planned for the titles, but which now had to be abandoned.
204** When ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueInternational'' ended, the annual wrapping up the events has a future version of Booster Gold stating that the leftovers of the team would form the Global Guardians, and become more successful than the JLI had ever been. The characters haven't been seen together since.
205** The identity of the New 52 incarnation of the Question was never revealed, and will forever remain... ''a question''. [[https://screenrant.com/geoff-johns-reveals-identity-new-52-question Geoff Johns revealed years later]] that the character was intended to be Narcissus from Myth/ClassicalMythology.
206* AdaptationAmalgamation: The New 52 merged characters and concepts from disparate corners of the DC Universe into a common origin: the Wizard (from ''ComicBook/{{Shazam}}'') and the Council of Eternity were the ones responsible for the creation of ComicBook/ThePhantomStranger and ComicBook/TheQuestion (who was given a mystical origin, instead of being an urban vigilante) - two longstanding characters from the DC Universe -, and newcomer Pandora. Pandora is also established as the releaser of the Seven Deadly Sins into the world, who are ''Shazam'' villains (and they did appear in the ''Shazam'' backup stories).
207* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance:
208** Cyborg is a founding member of the Justice League here, when in the original continuity he made his debut in the ''New Teen Titans'' iteration of the Teen Titans by Marv Wolfman and George Perez, long after the Justice League was first formed.
209** Darkseid is the Justice League's first adversary, when in the original canon he didn't show up until long after the Justice League first appeared.
210** Steel appears from the start in Creator/GrantMorrison's run on ''ComicBook/ActionComicsNew52'' during Superman's early days in Metropolis, when the original canon didn't have him show up in Superman's life until ''ComicBook/TheDeathOfSuperman''.
211** The majority of the Paul Kupperberg iteration of the ComicBook/DoomPatrol (the exceptions being Robotman, [[AdaptationalLateAppearance who doesn't join the team until its second roster]], and Rhea Jones, who [[AdaptedOut doesn't appear at all]]) appear as the first roster of the Doom Patrol when they are introduced in the ''ComicBook/ForeverEvil2013'' event, when in the original continuity the Paul Kupperberg roster was formed after the original Doom Patrol was wiped out by Captain Zahl.
212* AdaptationalLateAppearance: In this continuity, the classic Doom Patrol roster of Robotman, Elasti-Girl and Negative Man are members of the second formation of the Doom Patrol and are introduced during the "Injustice League" arc of ''ComicBook/JusticeLeague2011'', with the majority of the Paul Kupperberg roster (who were formed in the original continuity after Negative Man, Elasti-Girl and Robotman were seemingly wiped out, with Robotman at first appearing to be the sole survivor of the original team and since then being the only character to be affiliated with every roster of the team) being introduced earlier as [[AdaptationalEarlyAppearance their predecessors]] during the ''Forever Evil'' event.
213* AdaptationalSexuality: Lucy Lane, Lois's younger sister always depicted as a heterosexual before the New 52 (and even early in the New 52 - she dated Clark for a while) is revealed to be in a TransparentCloset in ''Lois Lane #1''.
214* AdaptationalSkimpiness: Negative Man in this continuity has a jacket as his only apparel besides his bandages rather than a full-bodied uniform.
215* AlternateSelf: ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} and ComicBook/PowerGirl are the exact same person from different universes. Power Girl is ''very'' reluctant to meet her mainstream universe self at first partly because she is worried the universe would explode if they actually touched. When they finally meet in ''Supergirl'' #19, [[spoiler: the universe is fine, the two Karas psychically bond, kick butt together and the only snag is Supergirl's fortress AI mistaking Power Girl, then Supergirl herself for a clone and trying to destroy her.]]
216* AlternateUniverse:
217** While a longstanding tradition in DC comics; the Second Wave had the re-established Earth-2 as a focus. (Not only with the ''Earth-2'' comic itself, but the stars of ''Worlds' Finest'' are refugees from that reality.)
218** In the finale of ''ComicBook/SupermanDoomed'', [[spoiler:Brainiac witnesses several past iterations of the DC Universe, such as [[MediaNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age Earth]], [[ComicBook/{{Flashpoint}} Flashpoint Earth]] and ComicBook/PostCrisis Earth.]]
219** ''Doomsday Clock'' reveals that the ''New 52'' is for the most part no longer canon to the mainstream universe and continues to exist as Earth-52. A variation of this Earth named Earth-N52 also exists as part of the multiverse established by the ''Franchise/{{Arrowverse}}'', which is primarily made up of DC's live action properties.
220* AnArmAndALeg: During their brief fight, [=SuperDoom=] rips Cyborg Superman's right arm off. After [=SuperDoom=] goes to Earth, Cyborg Superman reconstructs his arm.
221* AncientConspiracy: The Court of Owls in ''Batman'' and other Bat-books, who've been secretly controlling Gotham City since its founding.
222* AncientTradition: The ComicBook/{{Stormwatch}} organization, which traces its origins in ''ComicBook/DemonKnights''.
223* AnimatedAdaptation: The Justice League's origin story was adapted as ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueWar'', beginning a series of New 52-based movies for the WesternAnimation/DCUniverseAnimatedOriginalMovies brand - which had until then focused on self-contained stories, each set in their own continuities.
224* TheArtifact: Jonathan Carroll, Lois' boyfriend, rarely had any bearing on the ''Superman'' stories and was only there to show that Lois already had a boyfriend, to the point he dissappeared for entire story arcs. By the end of the ''New 52'', it was clear the writers had no idea what to do with him, so they eventually wrote him off altogether.
225* AscendedMeme:
226** In his new series, most people react to ComicBook/{{Aquaman}} as if they only knew him from the ''WesternAnimation/SuperFriends'', [[WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway What Kind Of Lame Power Is Talking To Fish, Anyway?]] version. This leads to him working so hard to prove that he is badass that it doesn't actually make any sense for him to have that reputation he's trying so hard to shed in the first place. This changes after ''ComicBook/ThroneOfAtlantis''; as mentioned below in the BewareTheSuperman example.
227** The hero formerly known as Captain Marvel will simply be "ComicBook/{{Shazam}}"; partially because (thanks to WritingAroundTrademarks) [[http://www.newsarama.com/comics/geoff-johns-curse-of-shazam-120126.html "everybody thinks he's called Shazam already, outside of comics."]] IAmNotShazam no more!
228* AWizardDidIt: At first the timeline changes were stated to be due to Flashpoint, then to Pandora. Turn out [[spoiler: Dr. Manhattan]] is responsible for the temporal problems as well as things generally being DarkerAndEdgier, because they've been tampering with the timeline to change people by altering their lives.
229* BatFamilyCrossover:
230** "ComicBook/NightOfTheOwls" hit the Bat-books around the Second Wave after being built up in ''Batman'' and ''Nightwing'' since the relaunch. It was followed up by ''ComicBook/DeathOfTheFamily'', which features the return of the Joker and includes every Bat-family book, Suicide Squad, and Teen Titans.
231** "ComicBook/{{Gothtopia}}" has Gotham become a paradise where its heroes work in the daylight. Crime is at an all time low, but no one knows why or how this happened...
232** In the Second Wave, "The Culling" involves ''Superboy'', ''Teen Titans'', and ''Legion Lost''. ''The Ravagers'' spun out of this event.
233** ''Green Lantern'''s New 52 status quo was based on a prior Lantern-family crossover, "War of the Green Lanterns", and proceeded to build to another event, "ComicBook/RiseOfTheThirdArmy". After the Third Army comes "ComicBook/WrathOfTheFirstLantern", in which the powerful First Lantern is freed from its prison and begins to wreak havok.
234** A short crossover, "ComicBook/LightsOut", happened in October 2013. It started in ''Green Lantern'', ran through ''Green Lantern Corps'', ''Green Lantern: New Guardians'', and ''ComicBook/RedLanterns'' before concluding in the second ''Green Lantern'' annual. It involves the Lantern corps to come together to stop an ancient being named Relic. Shortly after this came "Uprising", a civil war amongst the Green Lanterns against the shapeshifting Durlans, followed afterwards by the Lantern-line wide "Godhead" pitting the New Guardians, Green Lantern Corps, Red Lanterns, and Yellow Lantern Corps against the ComicBook/NewGods of New Genesis. By this point, it has become clear that the Lantern books are in a near-constant state of this, especially "Green Lantern" and "Green Lantern Corps".
235** "ComicBook/{{Rotworld}}", which involves ''Animal Man'', ''Swamp Thing'', and ''Frankenstein: Agent of S.H.A.D.E'' trying to stop The Rot, the force of death and decay, from killing all life on Earth.
236** "ComicBook/HelOnEarth" involves ''Superman'', ''Supergirl'', and ''Superboy'' trying to stop another kryptonian named H'el from ressurecting Krypton at the expense of Earth. It was followed by "ComicBook/KryptonReturns", which focuses on Superman, Superboy and Supergirl travelling in time to prevent H'El from destroying the universe.
237** "ComicBook/ThroneOfAtlantis": a crossover between ''Justice League'' and ''Aquaman'' which chronicles an invasion of the surface world by Aquaman's brother, Ocean Master, and the forces of Atlantis.
238** "ComicBook/TrinityWar" has the ''ComicBook/{{Justice League|OfAmerica}}'', ''ComicBook/{{Justice League of America|2013}}'', and ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueDark'' involved in a confrontation between the Trinity of Sin: [[ComicBook/TrinityOfSinPandora Pandora]], ComicBook/ThePhantomStranger, and ComicBook/TheQuestion.
239** "ComicBook/ForeverEvil2013: Blight" details the struggles of John Constantine trying to save Zatanna and the rest of the ComicBook/JusticeLeagueDark, but having to team up with [[ComicBook/TrinityOfSinPandora Pandora]], ComicBook/ThePhantomStranger and a new Dark team (featuring ComicBook/SwampThing) to stop Blight, an AnthropomorphicPersonification of Evil born as a result of the Crime Syndicate's invasion of their universe.
240** "ComicBook/SupermanDoomed" features a confrontation between Superman and Doomsday. In the aftermath, Superman is infected with a mysterious virus that begins to transform him into a Doomsday-like beast.
241* BewareTheSuperman:
242** Taking a page from the DC animated universe, governments in general are much more paranoid about superheroes, including Superman himself. The ComicBook/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica2013 was spun out for this explicit reason - they wanted a team under their direct control.
243** Pretty much all of America is afraid of Aquaman and Atlanteans after ''ComicBook/ThroneOfAtlantis''. What was "lol talking to fish is stupid", just got turned into "These guys could sink us all!"
244* BisexualLoveTriangle: Harley is head-over-heels for her boyfriend, ComicBook/TheJoker. The Joker is ''extremely'' [[DomesticAbuse physically and emotionally abusive]] but Harley always goes back to him in the end. Ivy on the other hand has feelings for Harley and the two have a much more stable relationship. Starting with the New 52 reboot, DC revamped Ivy and Harley's relationship to be more obviously romantic and requited. They're either FriendsWithBenefits or a non-monogamous couple.
245* BookEnds: The titles that ran consecutively since the New 52 started[[note]]''Detective Comics'', ''Green Arrow'', ''Green Lantern'', ''Action Comics'', ''Batman'', ''Catwoman'', ''Batgirl'', ''The Flash'', ''Aquaman'', ''Wonder Woman'', and ''Justice League''[[/note]] ended their runs on issue... #''52''. Also, their 52nd issues sported variant covers with variations of the first covers done up with the characters today (for instance, Superman on ''Action''[='s=] cover would be wearing his current costume, Sinestro on the ''Green Lantern'' cover would be wearing his Sinestro Corps costume, etc.)
246* BreakoutCharacter: After Batwing's [[LegacyCharacter legacy]] was passed from David Zavimbe to Luke Fox, he appears to have been accepted as a full fledged member of the Batfamily. This is probably because Luke lives in Gotham City while David lives in Africa.
247* BroadStrokes: Some of the pre-New 52 stories are considered to have still happened. The specific list includes ''ComicBook/TheKillingJoke'', the ''ComicBook/GreenLantern'' family during Creator/GeoffJohns' run (including ''ComicBook/BlackestNight''), ''ComicBook/BatmanGrantMorrison'', and some but not all of ''ComicBook/BrightestDay''.
248* CanonWelding: In May 2016 it was revealed that the true cause of New 52 wasn't the Flash, [[spoiler:it was Dr. Manhattan from ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'']].
249* ChekhovsGunman: Reign arrives on Earth, interrupting some silver-haired girl who was talking about how she just moved from Dublin, Ireland.
250* TheChosenMany: Inverted. After basically owning the LegacyCharacter trope in superhero comics for two decades, DC have thrown it away entirely with the New 52. Some Legacies reverted to their original owners, some to their most recent incumbents, but with one exception (Robin), they all went.
251** The titles of both ComicBook/{{Batman}} and ComicBook/{{Batgirl}} have reverted to their original owners. There seems to be some sort of editorial fiat against having Cassandra Cain and Stephanie Brown, Batgirls II and III, make appearances (several writers have reported that they asked to use them but have been refused), although it seems that Stephanie will be returning as Spoiler in 2014.
252** ''ComicBook/TheFlash'' continues the focus on the original, Barry Allen, that had started a few years prior, but the reboot wipes out Wally West's time as the original Kid Flash and third Flash.
253** The Justice Society suffered a major legacy implosion, with all of their children and grandchildren wiped from existence and the original JSA members becoming young again. The divide between Earth 2 and the main DCU also brought up a kind of OneSteveLimit, in that ComicBook/TheFlash and ComicBook/GreenLantern are the only superheroes with ongoing stories to have versions in both universes[[note]]Earth 2 also had versions of Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman, but they get killed off in the prologue of the series[[/note]]. Every other superhero is editorially confined to either one continuity or the other. So, for example, ComicBook/TheSpectre, traditionally a ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica character, is now in the main DC universe instead of Earth 2 with the rest of the rebooted Golden Age characters.
254** Jaime Reyes is the first Blue Beetle. Well, he isn't the first user of the Scarab, but the previous user was a ''Mayan astronomer'', wiping Dan Garrett and Ted Kord from the legacy-- though while Dan's status is unknown, Ted does exist, at least.
255* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome:
256** Not everyone from the old continuity exists in the New 52. Some of the more notable examples are Donna Troy (Wonder Girl I), Cassandra Cain (Batgirl II), and Dan Garrett (Blue Beetle I).
257** Subverted with Ted Kord (Blue Beetle II), Stephanie Brown (Batgirl III), and Wally West (Kid Flash I/Flash III). After all three being absent for two years, Ted appears at the conclusion of ''Forever Evil'', Stephanie returned as Spoiler in ''Batman: Eternal'', and Wally return in the third annual of ''The Flash''. Donna Troy returned during the Finches' run on ''Wonder Woman'', and Cassandra Cain returned in ''ComicBook/BatmanAndRobinEternal''.
258** Much of the Justice Society's extended membership disappeared, such as Ma Hunkel, who is replaced with a female version of the robotic Red Tornado [[spoiler:who has Lois Lane's mind and personality.]]
259* CivvieSpandex: Superman started his career wearing a T-shirt, jeans, and a cape as his costume.
260* ConflictBall: Supergirl can not accept the fact that she's been in stasis for twenty years and that her formerly baby cousin (Superman) has grown up in that time. As such she refuses to listen to anything he says. This came back to bite her in the ass when [[spoiler: she ended up in a relationship with H'El despite everyone else telling her that it was a bad idea]].
261* ContinuityReboot: Post-Flashpoint the DC Multiverse is seemingly wiped out, leaving a completely new continuity.
262* ContinuityRebooter: The Flash and/or Pandora. The Flash actually caused the DC Universe to be rebooted, but Pandora was the one who told him he had to. [[spoiler:Dr. Manhattan from ''Watchmen'' is eventually revealed to be the true instigator.]]
263* ContinuitySnarl: There are several examples, due to DC editorial's BroadStrokes approach to the previous DC continuity stating that most major events happened in some form until explicitly contradicted.
264** The epic scale and popularity of ''ComicBook/BatmanGrantMorrison'' and Creator/GeoffJohns's ComicBook/GreenLantern allowed their to histories carry over into the new status quo, but there are issues trying to cram everything into the new five-year timeline. Batman's timeline in particular is especially messy; despite the HandWave of Batman entering the game an extra year prior to the debut of the Justice League, there are still several issues working things out. For example, Batman managed to go through all four male Robins in those six years, but Damian is still eleven years old as he was in the old continuity ({{Hand Wave}}d by adding previously absent [[PlotRelevantAgeUp use of Apokolips technology]], whereas the greater time scale of the original continuity logically allowed Damian to organically age eleven years). Bruce's "death" and Dick Grayson temporarily becoming Batman have also been carried over, but details were left vague until ''Batman and Robin'' #33 simultaneously claimed that Darkseid hasn't attacked Prime Earth since the first arc of ''Justice League'' and that Batman was somehow still "killed" by the Omega Sanction from ''ComicBook/FinalCrisis''.
265** Batman's third sidekick, Tim Drake, also has his own problems. In the first issue of ''Teen Titans'', it was stated that Tim Drake kept his history as Robin and that previous iterations of the team existed, with references also being made to past Titans teams in ''Red Hood & the Outlaws''. Come the zero issue of ''Teen Titans'' a year later, and Tim's been retconned to have always been ''Red'' Robin and this is the first team of Teen Titans, with the collected edition of the first Titans arc [[CosmicRetcon outright removing the details that were retconned out]]. And as for the previously mentioned members of the Titans in ''Red Hood'', so far the word is, more or less, that Dick Grayson, Starfire, and Arsenal (and possibly some others) hung around with each other, but never called themselves any team name. (This would itself be retconned in the miniseries ''ComicBook/TitansHunt2015'', which established the original team ''did'' exist, but had been subjected to three seperate memory wipes on the subject.)
266* CrisisCrossover: Following the [[BatFamilyCrossover Justice League centered]] ''ComicBook/TrinityWar'', September 2013 sees the rise of ''Villains Month'', where all books in this month are temporarily replaced with villain-centric stories with #''X.Y'' numberings, showing that the heroes of the DCU have suffered following the war of the Justice Leagues.
267** Four miniseries will also be launched this month: the seven issue ''ComicBook/ForeverEvil2013'' starring ComicBook/{{Catwoman}} and ComicBook/LexLuthor and 3 six issue miniseries ''Forever Evil: [[ComicBook/{{Batman}} Arkham War]]'', ''Forever Evil: [[ComicBook/TheFlash Rogues Rebellion]]'', and ''Forever Evil: [[ComicBook/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica A.R.G.U.S.]]''.
268* CrossThrough:
269** "The Black Diamond Probability" is a banner given to various books following the history of Eclipso's PowerCrystal. It was brought into the world by Lucifer in ''ComicBook/DemonKnights'', used by Dr. Jekyll in ''[[ComicBook/JonahHex All-Star Western]]'', captured by A.R.G.U.S. in ''Team 7'' and stolen from A.R.G.U.S. in ''ComicBook/{{Catwoman}}''. ''Catwoman'' being the only non-historic title, this takes the Heart of Darkness up to the present, where it's in the possession of [[spoiler: Alex Montez, Eclipso's second host in the previous continuity]].
270*** This finally comes to a head as the Black Diamond and Eclipso wind up in Gemworld in ''Sword of Sorcery'', where it is revealed that Eclipso was a major historical figure, as well as literally born of, Gemworld, with Amethyst fighting to stop him.
271** "Psi War" has ''Superman'' and ''Superboy'' fighting the forces of the H.I.V.E. and other psychic villains, but the two don't team up or even cross paths during the event.
272* DarkerAndEdgier: Some aspects are this compared to when we last saw them. Two families are named "The Dark" and "The Edge".
273** Blue Beetle III (Jamie Reyes) was originally a fun book that didn't take itself too seriously - for example, the scarab was played as a HeroicComedicSociopath. In the New 52, it was initially just [[SociopathicHero a sociopath]], and Jaime couldn't rein it in as much as he used to at first.
274** The Teen Titans, as clearly shown by their outfits on their first cover. [[CoversAlwaysLie However, they have more colorful outfits in the book proper]].
275** [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Billy Batson]] has become a little brat from losing his parents. While he has still shown a [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold hidden heart of gold]], it's still jarring for readers used to seeing him as more of TheCape than Superman.
276** On the ComicBook/GreenLantern side of things, The Blues are eradicated except for Saint Walker, who then falls into such despair that his ring abandons him. These guys are the {{Hope Bringer}}s, and so now, there is no hope.
277** The gods of New Genesis have been changed from embodiments of freedom, innocence and virtue to [[JerkassGods the cosmic equivalent to the upper class]]. They've sold out Earth-2 to Apokolips and are currently waging war with the seven Lantern Corps for control of their rings.
278* TheEarthPrimeTheory: the main Earth is sometimes called Prime Earth (as well as New Earth and Earth-0), Earth-Prime having been renamed as above. It's described in The Multiversity Guidebook as "the foundation stone of the multiversal structure", and Doomsday Clock dubs it the Metaverse because of its unique status.
279* EasterEgg: Each Issue #1 (with the exception of ''ComicBook/Earth2'') included a one-panel background appearance by [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rsz_1pandora_new_earth_001_998.jpg Pandora]]. [[http://images.wikia.com/marvel_dc/images/4/44/Pandora_Catwoman_001.jpg Here she is hidden in the first issue of Catwoman]]
280* EpisodeZeroTheBeginning[=/=]OriginsIssue: The focus of "Zero Month".
281** Before the New 52, there was an Issue #0 of ''ComicBook/{{Batwoman}}'', which consists of Batman observing the heroine to get confirmation on her identity, eventually deeming her a worthy candidate for Batman Inc. It is included in the collected edition of the comic's first storyline. Funnily enough, this means that Batwoman has two Issue #0s in this continuity.
282** Played with in ''ComicBook/GreenLantern'' #0 and ''Green Lantern: The New Guardians'' #0 by being only the latter trope; featuring new present-day origins (of Earth's newest Green Lantern and an overhauled ''New Guardians'' roster) instead of flashbacks.
283* EverybodyHatesHades: Downplayed. Hades is presented as kind of a dick, but not outright evil because he doesn't seem to honestly understand how his actions affect others. It's suggested that no one can love him because he himself can't understand what love actually is. This may change after an encounter with Eros' guns (which serve the same purpose as his bow and arrows in the old days).
284* ExpendableAlternateUniverse:
285** Earth-2 is introduced being laid to waste by Darkseid's forces, with its Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman all killed in the space of a single issue. After the end of its series, the entire universe was destroyed, and the survivors forced to flee.
286** Earth-3 was destroyed by the Anti-Monitor.
287** Earth-7 is utterly devastated and corrupted by the Gentry.
288* {{Expy}}: The character Niko was initially stated to be [[Characters/TeenTitansCheshire Cheshire]] in solicits for ''Grifter''. This apparently changed before the issue hit stands, resulting in the character having a different backstory while still retaining a similar costume and appearance to Cheshire.
289* FingerPokeOfDoom: In ''Superman[=/=]Wonder Woman'' #2, Superman gets into a confrontation with Apollo the sun god and gets sent flying with a simple backhand slap. Then Apollo fires a sun-powered blast at Superman, who immediately starts beating Apollo down.
290* TheFirstSuperheroes: In a way to streamline their decades-long continuity (since 1938!), DC Comics resorted to a full ContinuityReboot of their universe - for the most part -, in an attempt to reintroduce the characters as "first supers" for a new generation. For instance:
291** Franchise/{{Superman}} heralds the dawn of superheroes, acting in the first six months of the New 52 five-year timescale;
292** The Franchise/{{Batman}}, the BadassNormal, is secretly already active for some time;
293** The Justice League only assembles at the beginning of the five-year timescale, after Superman, Batman and Green Lantern (the latter two holding [[BroadStrokes most of their continuity]] intact) debut in the public eye, and other heroes like Aquaman, Wonder Woman and Cyborg appear in public for the first time in the same arc.
294* FlashbackArc: Both ''Action Comics'' and ''Justice League'' begin with arcs showing how Superman and the League, respectively, got their start. ''Earth-2'' and ''Worlds' Finest'' begin with flashbacks showing how [[spoiler:that universe's Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman died]] and how Huntress and Power Girl arrived on Prime Earth.
295* HostileShowTakeover: September 2013 was "Villains Month"; which focused on the villains of each hero's respective comics. The covers feature the villains front and center, the heroes defeated in the background, and the villain's name written on top of the normal title.
296* HotterAndSexier:
297** The sexuality of traditional {{Ms Fanservice}}s Catwoman and Starfire (in ''Red Hood'') have been ramped up significantly. Notably, [[IronLady Amanda Waller]] also had a major redesign to slim her down when she has ''never'' been a particularly attractive woman (in either looks or personality).
298** The male characters are getting it a little, too. Jay Garrick and Alan Scott, as part of the YoungerAndHipper reboot in ''Earth 2,'' both went from senior heroes to young and very attractive (as drawn by Nicola Scott, who gives the readers plenty of FemaleGaze). Superman's facial features have been reworked, making him look more youthful and cute.
299** Altough not exactly handsome, Doctor Sivana became taller, more muscular and with better head and teeth proportions. [[spoiler: [[BodyHorror At first.]] ]]
300* InNameOnly:
301** ''DC Universe Presents: ComicBook/ChallengersOfTheUnknown'' stars nine characters who have the same names and roughly the same appearances as the five original Challengers and the four '90s Challengers. And they survive a plane crash. That is the sum total of similarities between the characters.
302** New 52 version of ''Team 7'' (the Creator/{{Wildstorm}} military team that started everything) are a paramilitary group with only [[Characters/WildCATSGrifter Cole Cash]], [[ComicBook/Gen13 John Lynch, Alex Fairchild]] and James Bronson (aka Mister Majestic) as the only Wildstorm members (with the exception of the latter, all were part of the original Team 7) and all the other are random DC heroes and [[ComicBook/AmandaWaller some]] [[ComicBook/{{Deathstroke}} villains]] working together.
303* IntercontinuityCrossover: A miniseries called ''DC Universe VS. The Masters of the Universe'' debuted in August 2013. It features the current Franchise/MastersOfTheUniverse ongoing comic crossing over into the DC Universe.
304* LawyerFriendlyCameo: In ''Superman/Wonder Woman'' #4, the world learns that the title duo are in a relationship breaks worldwide. Among the montage of reactions which include Green Lantern and the Flash is Franchise/{{Tintin}} doing a SpitTake of disbelief (he's shown from behind so we don't see his face but that iconic quiff is unmistakable and a very familiar-looking white dog is beside him.)
305* LighterAndSofter: Some books are much more lighthearted and humorous than the majority of the New 52.
306** ''ComicBook/HarleyQuinn'' is a comedic book about Harley's wacky adventures on Coney Island.
307** ''ComicBook/{{Batgirl|2011}}'' was quite dark and gloomy under Gail Simone's run, but her succeeding creative team gave the series a brighter, fun tone.
308** ''Constantine'' is inevitably this to the cancelled ''ComicBook/{{Hellblazer}}'', even if it's nominally "dark".
309* TheManBehindTheMan: Brother-Eye is responsible for the [=OMACs=] again, but in its appearance at the end of Justice League International, it mentions it has a new master before disappearing. Who exactly this being is hasn't been revealed as of 2014.
310* MistakenForAnImposter: Lois Lane mistook Supergirl for a "comely cosplayer" at their first meeting, mostly because she walked into Clark Kent's apartment when Clark and Lois were arguing with each other and romantic jealousy had cropped up.
311* TheMostWanted: The first arc of ''[[Characters/WildCATSGrifter Grifter]]'' is about Cole Cash becoming the World's Most Wanted, this because his recent connections with the [[HumanDisguise Daemonites]] that can hear and see them in their true forms, making crash a plane full of Daemonites disguised as humans ready for an invasion. This was televised, showing him as a terrorist that killed everyone on the plane, being wanted by the cops, the army and even [[ComicBook/GreenArrow some]] [[ComicBook/{{Midnighter}} heroes]].
312* MythologyGag:
313** Batwing's costume looks a lot like the imaginary African-American Batman (aka "Bat-Wings") in the seventies comic "The Batman Nobody Knows". Only less seventies.
314** The Batwing was also the name of the variation of the Batplane used in 1989's ''Film/{{Batman|1989}}''.
315* MovieSuperheroesWearBlack:
316** [[https://66.media.tumblr.com/4e3c493a4ac9c4b038ebfeefc24f5202/tumblr_n1t6p45Z6h1qkchcvo1_1280.jpg Superman's real New 52 outfit is segmented battle armor worn as tribute to his dead race]].
317** [[http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/11122/111223820/4587850-5635915615-42873.jpg Wonder Woman's (pre-Convergence/Rebirth) New 52 outfit is darker, utilizing colors such as silver and navy/dark (almost black) blue in lieu of gold and bright blue. though it retains the red chestplate, star-patterns and bathing suit look.]]
318** [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] with [[https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/c1/2c/e1/c12ce1e61c2d6aca03165354fdd34842.jpg Batman, who's New 52 suit retains its black and gray colors.]]
319** [[http://www.freaksugar.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Shazam.jpg Shazam's costume is mainly a far darker burgundy shade of red, balanced by a white cloak. golden belt, armbands and white/gold boots as well as a segmented appearance around the upper half of the lightning bolt in addition to the same look carrying onto the shoulders.]]
320* NeverTrustATrailer: Most of the hype for ''Earth-2'' focused on that world's versions of the Big Three: Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman. [[FirstEpisodeTwist They're killed off in the first issue.]]
321* TheNewAdventures
322* NiceJobFixingItVillain: In the second issue of ''Superman[=/=]Wonder Woman'', Superman gets in a fight with Apollo the sun god. Apollo blasts Superman with a beam of sunlight, not knowing that Superman gets his powers from the sun. The fight gets very one-sided after that.
323-->'''Superman:''' You blasted me with ''sunlight''? [[PreAssKickingOneLiner You don't know me very well, don't you]]?
324* NinetiesAntiHero: There have been some comparisons of the New 52 with the early days of Creator/ImageComics, which may be something to be expected when you've got Image co-founders Jim Lee and Creator/RobLiefeld working for you.
325* PlaceBeyondTime: Considering that Pandora hails from 8,000 BCE Macedonia, the Phantom Stranger is implied to be [[spoiler:Judas Iscariot]], thus marking him as born around the 1st century AD, and WordOfGod by Geoff Johns revealed the Question to be Narcissus, the future members of the Trinity of Sin are gathered ''at the same moment in time'' to be sentenced by the Council of Eternity.
326* PresidentSuperhero: In one of the universes of the New 52, the President of the USA is Kal-El. Also, [[RaceLift he's black]].
327* RaceLift:
328** Morgan Edge, General Eiling, and Etta Candy (as of the 7th issue of Justice League)
329** More of an 'Ethnicity Lift' but Silver Banshee is now explicitly Irish rather than being from a fictional half-Irish, half-Scottish island (though her accent is still a little... out there.) Oddly her surname was changed to the rather un-Irish 'Smythe'.
330** PlayedWith: the wizard ComicBook/{{Shazam}} has long been described as an ancient Canaanite, but this is the first version where he doesn't look white.
331** Dr. T.O. Morrow, formerly a Polish man who's real name was Tomek Ovadya Morah, is implied to be an American who's true name is Thomas Oscar Morrow, rather than an alias.
332** Flash villain Weather Wizard was formerly Mark Mardon. In the New 52, he is a Latino named Marco Mardon.
333** When Wally West finally showed up, he was made half-black.
334** Serafin of the Forever people had both his race ''and'' gender changed. Now he's Serafina.
335** Helena Bertinelli (The Pre-52 Huntress) is now mixed-race, likely to help separate her from Helena Wayne aka The Huntress of Earth-2.
336* RaisedInALab: Conner Kent/Kon-El was raised in a lab as an ArtificialHuman with ComicBook/{{Superman}}'s DNA and later released as a HumanWeapon.
337* RedSkiesCrossover: The ''Zero Year'' storyline running in Scott Snyder's ''Batman'' was going to be self-contained, but has since received tie-ins from the [[BatFamilyCrossover Bat Family titles]], ''Green Lantern'' and ''The Flash''. The tie-ins themselves zig-zag in relevance, with ''Nightwing'' merely featuring a teenaged Dick Grayson at a cinema when the black out starts and his attempt to get back to Haly's Circus in the midst of the chaos; whilst ''Green Arrow'' features Ollie's return from the island and his subsequent attempt to rescue his mother from the blackout, and his first meeting with Batman.
338* RelationshipUpgrade: ComicBook/{{Superman}} and ComicBook/WonderWoman become a couple since ''Justice League'' # 12.
339* RetCanon: A number of elements of other media incarnations made their way into the new DC Universe. Among them...
340** [[Film/GreenLantern2011 Amanda Waller's weight loss.]]
341** [[Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy Commissioner Gordon retaining red hair in the present]]. Similarly, Zsasz has been altered [[Film/BatmanBegins to have a beard]]. In addition to getting his outfit tweaked, Bane was later seen leading an army and in a flashback ''Detective Comics'', Vol. 2, # 19, had planned to steal a nuclear device to threaten Gotham much like he did in ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises''.
342** Bane's [[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamSeries new costume]], though it was later been tweaked to include [[Film/TheDarkKnightRises a vest and cargo pants]]. Similarly, Harley's new look seems to take after her ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity'' and ''Theatre/BatmanLive'' versions.
343** [[Series/WonderWoman2011Pilot Etta Candy's aforementioned Race Lift]].
344** [[Series/{{Arrow}} Tommy Merlyn as Oliver Queen's best friend before he became Green Arrow, John Diggle working with Ollie in the early days of his vigilantism]].
345** [[Film/ManOfSteel Faora being General Zod's Dragon and wearing a military armor]].
346* RetCon: Just a year in and they're already contradicting themselves. ''Teen Titans'' had Tim Drake mention his time as Robin and that there had been prior versions of the Titans. When the trade paperback came out, this was revised with Tim always being ''Red'' Robin (never regular Robin, though still Batman's sidekick), and omitting mentions of prior Titans.
347** The Titans were also originally referenced in the Batwoman series, with Flamebird claiming to have been part of the team and having fought Deathstroke. This dialogue also found itself edited when it came time for the trade paperback to be released.
348* RoguesGalleryTransplant:
349** Silver Banshee is now firmly linked with Supergirl rather than her original foe Superman (though as noted under AdaptationalHeroism she isn't evil, at least yet.)
350** Hector Hammond is currently antagonizing Superman; his history with the Green Lantern is partially alluded to. In any case, it seems he made his name fighting ''someone'' before targeting Superman, as he's already an infamous supervillain when introduced.
351** The Prankster was a Superman villain before the reboot, but is more or less Nightwing's archenemy now. He bears little resemblance to any previous incarnation, though, and it's not clear if there ever was a Superman villain Prankster in the new continuity.
352* SimpleSolutionWontWork: The Red Hood asks Batman, quite bluntly, [[JokerImmunity why he hasn't killed the Joker yet]] and ended the countless amounts of misery that he brings to Gotham every time he goes on a rampage. Batman points out that Gotham is such a CrapsackWorld that 1) killing the Joker wouldn't really reduce the amount of threats that are plotting from the shadows to hurt the citizens (a fact that he has evidence of with the Court of Owls, which [[MakeWayForTheNewVillains made itself known to Batman]] by cutting the Joker's face off) and 2) the possibility exists that if the Joker died he would resurrect anyway, or something even worse would appear to replace him (a fact that would manifest much later with the Batman Who Laughs). So for the DC Universe, it's damned if they do, damned if they don't.
353* StatusQuoIsGod: Face it, with all the radical changes introduced, not all of them were going to stick. Firestorm went back to his original powerset after about a year, and Power Girl's also started wearing her "boob window" costume after a year.
354* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute:
355** The original relaunch has ''ComicBook/SuicideSquad'' [[AddedAlliterativeAppeal supplant]] its SpiritualSuccessor, ''ComicBook/SecretSix'', as the VillainProtagonist team book.
356** In the second wave, ''GI Combat'' replaced ''Men of War'' as the military book, though the substitution ends at genre since the books are very different. Men of War is a fairly realistic modern war story, whereas GI Combat splits time between super-commando counter-terrorism (the "Unknown Soldier" segments) and soldiers who get sent back in time and battle dinosaurs.
357** ''Batgirl'' starring Barbara Gordon has been accused of cribbing from [[ComicBook/Batgirl2009 Stephanie Brown's run as Batgirl]] immediately before.
358* TamerAndChaster: The reboot has ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'', whose costume shows a lot of leg but otherwise has been notably downplayed in favour of a more ordinary teenaged girl look; ''ComicBook/PowerGirl'', who for about a year had a [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rsz_powergirlnew52_6447.jpg much more modest costume]] that even lacked her infamous "[[CleavageWindow boob window]]"; and the Star Sapphires in the ''ComicBook/GreenLantern'' books, whose new costumes aren't nearly as {{Stripperiffic}} as the old ones.
359* ThrowingOffTheDisability: Barbara Gordon, who had her paralysis healed.
360* TragicIntangibility: In issue 9 and 10 of ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'', the villain Anguish reveals she developed her {{Intangibility}} as a response to her abusive father. She explains that she can't feel anything and is so afraid of being hurt that she refuses Superman's offer to help her become fully solid again.
361* TronLines: Visible on members of the Ravagers' suits.
362* UnderwearOfPower: Surprisingly averted. Superman, Batman, and other characters no longer wear briefs as part of their costumes.
363* UnrelatedInTheAdaptation:
364** In ''ComicBook/Shazam2012'', Billy Batson and his friend Freddy Freeman are no longer foster siblings and Mary is no longer biologically related to Billy.
365** Tim Drake and Cassandra Cain are no longer Bruce Wayne's adoptive children.
366** [[ComicBook/AngelAndTheApe Sam Simeon]] is no longer Gorilla Grodd's nephew, nor is he [[AdaptationSpeciesChange a real gorilla]].
367** Alfred Pennyworth's daughter Julia is reintroduced. While her mother isn't identified, the fact that [[RaceLift she's mixed-raced now]] makes it unlikely her mom is WWII French Resistance operative Mademoiselle Marie.
368** Subverted in ''Justice League United'', where this continuity's version of Adam Strange's wife Alanna initially appears to be a human woman with no relation to Sardath, but near the end of the series turns out to still be Sardath's daughter after all.
369%%* WhamLine: In ComicBook/WonderWoman: [[ComicBook/NewGods BOOM]]. Explanation?
370* WolverinePublicity: Batman and the other Gotham heroes appear in more books than any other, having up to ''triple'' the exposure of the second-most-common franchises (Superman and Green Lantern).
371* YoungerAndHipper: Just about all the heroes, but especially the Earth-2 characters; who are now the same ages as their more mainstream counterparts when they were traditionally OlderAndWiser.

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