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Legacies of the DC Animated Universe is a fan-made webcomic featuring the characters and storylines of the animated series set within the continuity known as the DC Animated Universe, or DCAU, the 14-year-spanning animated saga produced by Warner Bros. and DC Comics under the creative team of Bruce Timm, Paul Dini, Dwayne McDuffie, and many others. The webcomic is written by Ted Kendrick and illustrated by James Strecker, and chronicles the time period set between the conclusion of Justice League Unlimited and the beginning of Batman Beyond.

The series can be found here.


The Web-Comic contains the following tropes:

  • Aw, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other: After 10 years of watching Clinton's frozen state, Enid admits that despite how much a pain he was, she really did love him.
  • Back from the Dead: The explanation for the Scarecrow's redesign in The New Batman Adventures is that he committed suicide in Arkham only to be saved at the last moment by Hades, who then offers to make Crane more powerful in exchange for his soul. Crane takes the offer and later rises from the grave to wreak havoc once more, stealing the clothes of a gravekeeper he killed upon coming back to life in the process.
  • Big Damn Heroes: The third issue ends with Checkmate's atom bomb on Apokolips threatening to destroy New Genesis as well. The following issue begins with Mister Miracle arriving at the last moment to help Checkmate by throwing the bomb through a Boom Tube to parts unknown.
  • Big Good: The Council of Quintessence comprised of Zeus, Phantom Stranger, Ganthet, Highfather and Shazam.
  • Call-Back:
    • Following the defeat of the Imperium, many stragglers went into hiding, taking various disguises, including Veronica Vreeland, Snapper Carr and so on.
    • Tim Drake mentions still being on the Titans in issue 5.
    • Multiple events are shown during the Phantom Stranger's narration in the prologue, including the Justice Lords, Superman's Brainwashed and Crazy state under Darkseid's rule, the breakup of Batman and Robin, the death of the Joker, the Flash's battle with the Brainiac-Lex Luthor fusion, and more.
    • Superman refers to the Justice League in issue 2 as his Super Friends, much like the Flash did in "Secret Origins".
    • In Issue 3 following Checkmate's siege of Apokolips, Superman suggests a treaty between Earth and the New Gods that he names after Dan Turpin.
  • The Cameo: Many in issue 9.
  • Continuity Nod:
    • Static and Big Barda inducted into the Justice League as shown in Batman Beyond and Static Shock. Static also wears his future costume from the episode "Future Shock" of his show.
    • Mr. Freeze's head is revealed to be in the custody of Warren Powers and his associates, along with both of his previous bodies from Batman the Animated Series and The New Batman Adventures, and a cryogenically frozen Dora Smithy.
    • The ninth issue takes place ten years after the Near-Apocalypse of '09.
    • Lex Luthor and Darkseid are shown on the Source Wall in the prologue, as was their fate post-Justice League Unlimited.
    • Much like Scarecrow, Killer Croc's redesign in The New Batman Adventures gets an in-universe explanation of being experimented on by Dr. Jeffrey Burr with nanites.
    • Two members of the Jokerz bear a resemblance to Captain Clown and Jekko the Clown.
    • Issue 8 takes place during Bruce Wayne's final night as Batman, previously depicted in the first scene of Batman Beyond.
  • Deal with the Devil: The Scarecrow's New Batman Adventures look is the result of a deal he made with Hades to return from the dead after committing suicide.
  • The End of the World as We Know It: The first issue is set in Gotham City of 2056 during an invasion that the Quintessence calls the beginning of the end. That same invasion is featured in the final panel of issue 9.
  • Evil Versus Evil: Between the Royal Flush Gang, the Ts, and the Jokerz.
  • Fantastic Racism: Following Darkseid's invasion, the people of Earth aren't very trusting of the New Gods. So much so that Amanda Waller gives orders to blow up Apokolips, which will also destroy New Genesis. When Superman learns this from Lois, he is not happy about this.
  • Heroic Sacrifice: Peacemaker blows himself and a bunch of Parademons up to keep Cameron and Nemesis going. All that remains of him is his trademark helmet.
  • Mythology Gag: Both the first and ninth issues feature red skies appearing across the world as a result of unknown invaders. The ninth issue also ends with Pariah appearing just as the invaders arrive to 2019.
    • In issue 8, Derek Powers' mother announces her intentions to create a superhero of her own that she calls Power Girl, only for Derek to tell her that the name is already taken.
    • Nemesis refers to Peacemaker as "our comedian", referencing the Watchmen character inspired by him.
  • Power Trio: The trio of Cameron Chase, Peacemaker, and Nemesis of Checkmate.
  • Rightful King Returns: Orion takes Darkseid's place as ruler of Apokolips in hopes to quell the denizens.
  • Sequel Hook: At the end of issue 3, Batman gets a call from Robin telling him that Arkham Asylum was destroyed during the invasion and all its prisoners have escaped, setting the stage for the next issue.
  • Strong Family Resemblance: When Orion becomes the new ruler of Apokolips, he uses a Mother Box to change his face to look a little more like Darkseid.
  • Took a Level in Badass: Condiment King has become a full-fledged supervillain in the Batman Beyond era and the leader of a new Royal Flush Gang. However, the new Ten and Ace aren't too enthused by him.
    • After being broken out of his time-loop by Bruce Wayne in an attempt to get his help in stopping an invasion, David Clinton escapes to the end of time and succeeds in becoming a Physical God.
  • What the Hell, Hero?: Snapper Carr calls out Superman for not being present during the Near-Apocalypse of '09. However, when it turns out that Snapper is actually an Imperium in disguise, the Imperium switches to accusing the League of killing their race.

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