History ComicBook / DCRebirth

* Tom King (''The ComicBook/OmegaMen'', ''ComicBook/{{Grayson}}''), Clay Mann (''Poison Ivy: Cycle of Life and Death''), John Timms (''ComicBook/{{Harley Quinn|Rebirth}}''), Steve Orlando (''ComicBook/{{Midnighter}}''), Creator/DanAbnett (''ComicBook/{{Aquaman|Rebirth}}''), Evan "Doc" Shaner, Jesus Merino, Amanda Conner, and Scott Snyder have signed DC-exclusive contracts

* ''ComicBook/{{Aquaman|Rebirth}}'' -- The King of the Seas wants to bring peace to the surface and undersea worlds. Too bad Black Manta thinks otherwise. Written by Dan Abnett & Brad Walker, drawn by Walker, Jesus Merino, & Phil Briones. Biweekly. [[superscript:RB]]

* ''ComicBook/{{Superman|Rebirth}}'' -- Jon Kent is exhibiting strange powers far beyond those of mortal men. It's up to his "Pa Kent", the pre-''ComicBook/{{Flashpoint}}'' Superman, to decide how he should handle that power. Written by Peter J. Tomasi and Patrick Gleason, drawn by Gleason and Doug Mahnke. Biweekly. [[superscript:RB]]

* '''''ComicBook/{{The Flash|Rebirth}}''''' -- A Speed Force storm hits Central City, producing lots of new speedsters, one of whom becomes a SerialKiller. Written by Joshua Williamson, drawn by Carmine Di Giandomenico and Neil Googe. Biweekly. [[superscript:RB]]

* ''ComicBook/{{Justice League of America|Rebirth}}'' -- Green Lanterns Jessica Cruz and Simon Baz and the pre-''Flashpoint'' Superman join the Justice League, but can the League trust the other-universal hero? Written by Brian Hitch, drawn by Tony Daniel and Fernando Pasarin. Biweekly. [[superscript:RB]]

* '''''ComicBook/{{Batman|TomKing}}''''' -- Two mysterious new heroes arrives to protect Gotham. Written by Tom King, drawn by David Finch & Mikel Janin. Biweekly.[[superscript: RB]]

* Tom King (''The ComicBook/OmegaMen'', ''ComicBook/{{Grayson}}''), Clay Mann (''Poison Ivy: Cycle of Life and Death''), John Timms (''ComicBook/HarleyQuinn''), Steve Orlando (''ComicBook/{{Midnighter}}''), Creator/DanAbnett (''ComicBook/{{Aquaman}}''), Evan "Doc" Shaner, Jesus Merino, Amanda Conner, and Scott Snyder have signed DC-exclusive contracts

* ''ComicBook/BatmanBeyondRebirth'' -- The return of Terry [=McGinnis=]. Written by Dan Jurgens, drawn by Bernard Chang. Monthly. [[superscript: RB]]

* ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueOfAmericaRebirth'' -- Green Lanterns Jessica Cruz and Simon Baz and the pre-''Flashpoint'' Superman join the Justice League, but can the League trust the other-universal hero? Written by Brian Hitch, drawn by Tony Daniel and Fernando Pasarin. Biweekly. [[superscript:RB]]

* ''ComicBook/{{Aquaman}}'' -- The King of the Seas wants to bring peace to the surface and undersea worlds. Too bad Black Manta thinks otherwise. Written by Dan Abnett & Brad Walker, drawn by Walker, Jesus Merino, & Phil Briones. Biweekly. [[superscript:RB]]

* ''ComicBook/DeathstrokeRebirth'' -- Written by Creator/{{Christopher Priest|Comics}}, drawn by Carlo Pagulayan, Igor Vitorino, & Felipe Watanabe. Biweekly. [[superscript:RB]]

* ''ComicBook/HarleyQuinn'' -- Written by Amanda Conner & Jimmy Palmiotti, drawn by Chad Hardin & John Timms. Biweekly. [[superscript:RB]]

* ''ComicBook/{{Midnighter}} & Apollo'' -- Written by Steve Orlando with art by Fernando Blanco.

See ComicBook/YoungAnimal for another series of new book launches designed to bring in new readers, this time harkening back to early '90s Creator/VertigoComics. See ComicBook/TheWildStorm for yet another relaunch: Warren Ellis' reboot of the universe formerly owned by Creator/{{Wildstorm}} Productions.

* AdaptationalBadass: There were various rules and limitations to [[spoiler:Doctor Manhattan's]] powers in [[spoiler: Comicbook/{{Watchmen}}]], to the point that despite developing CasualInterplanentaryTravel if every silo on Earth launched a nuclear weapon at once [[spoiler:he]] still would not be able to stop them all. Rebirth [[spoiler:Manhattan]] has no such rules or limitations, however.

* ''ComicBook/{{Deathstroke}}'' -- Written by Creator/{{Christopher Priest|Comics}}, drawn by Carlo Pagulayan, Igor Vitorino, & Felipe Watanabe. Biweekly. [[superscript:RB]]

* ContinuityReboot: Averted, which DC was very strident to establish before officially announcing Rebirth. It's essentially a merging of the Post-Crisis DCU with the New 52 setting. It is however, a starting point for new DC readers, much in the same way ComicBook/AllNewAllDifferentMarvel is for Marvel readers.

--> '''Geoff Johns''': Let’s say you’ve been given the position of writing Green Arrow from scratch. Clean slate. You might say, ‘Okay, I’m going to write this new character,’ and when someone says, ‘Well, what about Black Canary,’ you might say...‘nope.’ That means you completely misunderstand these characters.

* AdaptationalBadass: There were various rules and limitations to [[spoiler:Doctor Manhattan's]] powers in [[spoiler: Comicbook/{{Watchmen}}]], to the point that despite developing CasualInterpalentaryTravel if every silo on Earth launched a nuclear weapon at once [[spoiler:he]] still would not be able to stop them all. Rebirth [[spoiler:Manhattan]] has no such rules or limitations, however.

** ''Superwoman'' #1 also has Lois catch a fighter jet, leading to a memorable exchange borrowed straight from ''Film/{{Superman}}'':

* OffModel: In ''Titans: Rebirth'', Wally in his Kid Flash suit. Specifically, his logo is a red lightning bolt in a white circle with a red outline. When it ''shouldn't'' be, and in fact isn't in anything else, including ''DC Universe: Rebirth'' and subsequent issues of ''Titans''. Wally never used the circle on his Kid Flash suit; that's a Bart Allen thing, Wally's has always just been a simple red lightning bolt. Although it might be a retcon redesign, as was done for Speedy and Dick Grayson's Robin.

* UnReboot: One of the primary driving forces behind ''Rebirth'', though the case is something of a "''Soft'' Un-Reboot". While the preceding ''ComicBook/New52'' was advertised as a full-scale ContinuityReboot of the DC Universe, what actually happened in practice was a revamp in creative direction that would set up a new status quo, only for [[BroadStrokes older continuity to creep back into canon]], thus creating a massive conflict of interests between not just audience and creator, [[WriterConflictsWithCanon but creator and creator due to there being no agreement on was or wasn't canon]], making the pretense of it being a reboot almost entirely pointless. ''Rebirth'' addressed this with the approach that the events of the ''New 52'' era did happen, but "[[{{Retcon}} revealing]]" that the characters, elements, and status quo were really more along the lines of their earlier incarnations, allowing them to discard elements of the era that didn't work, preserve some that were worth keeping around, while also allowing the universe to [[RevisitingTheRoots revisit its roots]] and [[ContinuityPorn pay respect to the oodles of continuity it spent the last few years half-heartedly trying to ignore]].

* OverprotectiveDad: Deconstructed with [[spoiler:Supergirl and Batwoman's parents]]. They truly love their daughters and want to protect them at all costs. However, neither [[spoiler:Kara nor Kate]] appreciate their over-controlling, outright evil methods.

* ''[[ComicBook/BatgirlRebirth Batgirl]]'' -- Barbara leaves Burnside and goes backpacking through Asia to improve herself. Written by Hope Larson, drawn by Rafael Albuquerque. Monthly.

* '''''[[ComicBook/BatmanTomKing Batman]]''''' -- Two mysterious new heroes arrives to protect Gotham. Written by Tom King, drawn by David Finch & Mikel Janin. Biweekly.[[superscript: RB]]

* '''''[[ComicBook/NightwingRebirth Nightwing]]''''' -- Fresh off [[ComicBook/{{Grayson}} his stint as an agent of SPYRAL]], Dick returns to the identity of Nightwing, and takes on the Parliament of Owls. Initially written by Tim Seeley, drawn by Javi Fernandez and Marcus To. Biweekly. [[superscript:RB]]

* ''[[ComicBook/SupergirlRebirth Supergirl]]'' -- Kara ponders her place on Earth and wonders if she truly belongs on Krypton. Written by Steve Orlando, drawn by Brian Ching. Monthly. [[superscript:RB]]
* ''[[ComicBook/SupermanRebirth Superman]]'' -- Jon Kent is exhibiting strange powers far beyond those of mortal men. It's up to his "Pa Kent", the pre-''ComicBook/{{Flashpoint}}'' Superman, to decide how he should handle that power. Written by Peter J. Tomasi and Patrick Gleason, drawn by Gleason and Doug Mahnke. Biweekly. [[superscript:RB]]

* '''''[[ComicBook/TheFlashRebirth The Flash]]''''' -- A Speed Force storm hits Central City, producing lots of new speedsters, one of whom becomes a SerialKiller. Written by Joshua Williamson, drawn by Carmine Di Giandomenico and Neil Googe. Biweekly. [[superscript:RB]]
* '''''[[ComicBook/WonderWomanRebirth Wonder Woman]]''''' -- Diana reconciles inconsistencies in her past while flashing back to her origin. Initially written by Greg Rucka, drawn by Liam Sharp and Nicola Scott. Biweekly. [[superscript:RB]]

* ''ComicBook/{{Deathstroke}}'' -- Written by [[Creator/ChristopherPriestComics Christopher Priest]], drawn by Carlo Pagulayan, Igor Vitorino, & Felipe Watanabe. Biweekly. [[superscript:RB]]

** The second Aqualad is gay in this continuity. His original incarnation in ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'' was confirmed via WordOfGod to be polysexual.

** ''Comicbook/{{Supergirl}}'' fights her father (the second Cyborg-Superman) in the first arc of her book.

** Red Robin (Tim Drake) and Spoiler (Stephanie Brown) in ''Comicbook/DetectiveComicsRebirth''. He is a tactical genius. She is completely unpredictable. The two of them are used to bickering and bantering while they kick butts.
** Jeremiah and Eiza Danvers, Supergirl's foster parents in ''Comicbook/SupergirlRebirth''. They are a HappilyMarried pair of agents trained to deal with and take down alien threats.

-->'''[[spoiler:Pandora]]:''' This won't hide what you've done. [[spoiler:It's been my burden to carry. My curse to suffer through. The naive little Pandora unleashed evils upon the world.]] Skepticism. Doubt. Corruption. All things your cold heart believes in. But in the end, there was ''[[HopeSpringsEternal hope]]''. [[HopeBringer And the heroes of this universe embody it.]] Their hope, [[{{Determinator}} their devotion]], their [[ThePowerOfLove love]] for one another will vanquish what you've done. It may be over for me but they will prove you wrong. '''[[SuddenlyShouting They will prove that]] [[SillyRabbitCynicismIsForLosers you are nothing but a lonely, cruel]] [[KilledMidSentence monst]]--'''

** The Teen Titans are ''almost'' how they are in [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitans both Teen]] [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGO Titans shows]], albeit replacing Cyborg with Kid Flash. Then again, Kid Flash has made appearances in both shows as well.

** Basil Karlo/Clayface uses the name [[LegacyCharacter Matt Hagan]] in an audition. Doubly so, since WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries gave Hagan a background in acting like Karlo.

* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: In ''Comicbook/SupergirlRebirth'' appears Kryptonian werewolf Lar-On. His lycanthropy is caused by Red Kryptonite poisoning (Red K does weird things to Kryptonians), and he turns into a muscled, huge, red-furred humanoid wolf armed with EyeBeams.

** The first arc of Comicbook/GreenArrow sees Oliver losing his fortune and left for dead, a premise that had been done before, most recently during Jeff Lemire's run.
** Comicbook/RedHoodAndTheOutlaws has Red Hood working undercover by allying himself with Black Mask's crime organization. Not only is this a callback to WesternAnimation/BatmanUnderTheRedHood, it's also [[FollowTheLeader rather similar to]] Comicbook/{{Grayson}} as well as its followup Comicbook/{{Nightwing}}.

** Aqualad's Rebirth look is virtually the same as how he looked in ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'', as opposed to his initial appearance.

** A heavily reimagined version of Doctor Light was previously introduced in ''Comicbook/TrinityWar'' as a [[AdaptationalHeroism heroic]] scientist with a wife and three daughters. He also joined the Justice League of America very shortly after he gained powers in an accident. Though his wife and daughters are still canon in ''Rebirth'', ''Deathstroke'''s take on Doctor Light suggests that he was already a costumed supervillain (complete with powers) well before the events of ''Trinity War'', and that his brief time with the Justice League was merely a failed attempt to reform.

** Creator/{{Christopher Priest|Comics}}'s ''Justice League'' run has a flashback showing Comicbook/MartianManhunter as a member of the original Justice League, despite it previously having been established that he was not a member of the team in the post-''Flashpoint'' continuity. What's more, Cyborg and Raven act like old friends when they meet during ''Comicbook/DarkNightsMetal'', while another flashback in ''The Flash Annual'' seemingly shows Cyborg as a member of the original Teen Titans.

** ''Superwoman'': [[spoiler:Comicbook/LanaLang is the Red Electric Superwoman.]]

* SoProudOfYou: Before the destruction of Krypton, Zor-El told ''[[Comicbook/{{Supergirl}} Kara]]'' he was proud of her during a school excursion:

* EarlyBirdCameo: Kenan Kong makes his first appearance during the ''ComicBook/SupermanSuperLeague'' storyline.

* AluminumChristmasTrees: "Kenan Kong", or in Chinese name order "Kong Kenan", [[http://www.bleedingcool.com/2016/04/18/%E5%AD%94%E5%85%8B%E5%8D%97-kenan-kong-the-new-name-for-new-super-man/ is a plausible Chinese name,]] even if it reminds some of the very un-Chinese ''Series/KenanAndKel'' and ''Film/KingKong''. Parsed by Chinese characters, it would be ''Kong Ke-nan''. And ''Kong'' is the surname of none other than Creator/{{Confucius}} (derived from ''Kong Fu-zi'').

* ''[[ComicBook/{{Deathstroke}}'' -- Written by [[Creator/ChristopherPriestComics Christopher Priest]], drawn by Carlo Pagulayan, Igor Vitorino, & Felipe Watanabe. Biweekly. [[superscript:RB]]

** ''Rebirth'' by definition has to indulge in this, but ''Batman'' #6 takes it UpToEleven [[http://batman-news.com/2016/09/08/batman-6-review/ in dusting off old D-list Batman villains]] like Colonel Blimp and Kite-Man.

* ''[[ComicBook/DeathstrokeRebirth Deathstroke]]'' -- Written by [[Creator/ChristopherPriestComics Christopher Priest]], drawn by Carlo Pagulayan, Igor Vitorino, & Felipe Watanabe. Biweekly. [[superscript:RB]]

%%* FiveManBand: The cast of ''Detective Comics'' fits this role to a T:
%%** TheLeader: Batman
%%** TheLancer: Batwoman
%%** TheSmartGuy: Red Robin
%%** TheBigGuy: Orphan
%%** TheChick: Spoiler
%%** SixthRanger: Clayface

** Jeremiah and Eliza Danvers from ''Series/Supergirl2015'' and Selena from the ''[[Film/{{Supergirl}} 1984 Supergirl feature]]'' exist now in the main DCU.

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* ''[[ComicBook/TeenTitansRebirth Teen Titans]] '' -- Damian Wayne decides to lead the Teen Titans[[note]]Beast Boy, Starfire, Raven, Kid Flash[[/note]]...whether they like it or not. Written by Ben Percy, drawn by Jonboy Meyers. Monthly. [[superscript:RB]]
* ''[[ComicBook/TitansRebirth Titans]]'' -- Following up on threads left by ''ComicBook/{{Titans Hunt|2015}}'', featuring Nightwing, Donna Troy, Arsenal, Garth, and pre-Flashpoint Wally West. Written by Dan Abnett, drawn by Brett Booth. Monthly. [[superscript:RB]]

* ''ComicBook/{{Raven}}'' -- Written by Marv Wolfmann with art by Alisson Borges.

* ''ComicBook/{{Raven}}: Daughter of Darkness'' -- Raven faces a new otherworldly menace which is all too grounded in reality, all the while her personal life as Rachel Roth is in an uproar as her mother and aunt struggle for the soul of a Titan. which leads Baron Winters of the Night Force to intercede on Raven's behalf while she's on the adventure called The Girl with the Anime Eyes. written by Marv Wolfman with art by Pop Mhan. Twelve issues.

** ComicBook/{{Raven}}'s miniseries is about her moving away from the Titans and trying to live a normal life and attending high school, until one of her classmates goes missing, leading her to find a mysterious threat. It's pretty much the same premise as her miniseries from 2008.