GENERATION 1

DAWN OF THE HEROIC AGE

24 YEAR TIME WINDOW

24 YEAR TIME COMPRESSION

G1 Y1 G1 Y2 G1 Y3 G1 Y4 G1 Y5 G1 Y6 G1 Y7 G1 Y8 G1 Y9 G1 Y10 G1 Y11 G1 Y12 G1 Y13 G1 Y14 G1 Y15 G1 Y16 G1 Y17 G1 Y18 G1 Y19 G1 Y20 G1 Y21 G1 Y22 G1 Y23 G1 Y24 G1 Y25

SENATE BANS
EVENTS
SUPERHEROES

THOMAS AND
MARTHA ALFRED
WAYNE PENNYWORTH THOMAS AND
BATMAN
XXX HIRED BY MARTHA
FAMILY
WAYNE WAYNE KILLED
FAMILY

KRYPTON
CLARK KENT
EXPLODES
BECOMES
SUPERMAN ------------------ CLARK STOPS
SUPERBOY.
FAMILY ROCKET BEING SUPERBOY
WORKS IN
CRASHES IN
SECRET
SMALLVILLE

WONDER WONDER
WOMAN WOMAN
DEBUTS JSA ENTERS PRISCILLA RICH RETREATS TO
WONDER
─────────── WORLD CHEETAH THEMYSCIRA
WOMAN
STEVE TREVOR WAR II DEBUTS FOLLOWING
CRASHES ON ATOMIC
THEMYSCIRA BOMB DROP

TEEN TITANS

JAY GARRICK
THE FLASH DEBUTS AS JAY JOINS JSA
THE FLASH

GREEN ALAN JOINS JSA

ALAN SCOTT
LANTERN / ─────────── DINAH
DEBUTS AS ALAN RETIRES AS
GREEN DINAH DRAKE LANCE
GREEN GREEN LANTERN
ARROW / DEBUTS AS BORN
LANTERN
BLACK CANARY BLACK CANARY

ARTHUR
ARTHUR CURRY'S XXX "THE
FATHER DIES OTHERS"
ARTHUR
AQUAMAN ─────────── ──────────
MEETS ORM
BLACK MANTA'S ARTHUR
FATHER DIES MEETS
VULKO

JUSTICE ZATARA
J'ONN J'ONZZ
LEAGUE / DEBUTS AS A
JSA DISBANDS ARRIVE ON EARTH
JUSTICE SOCIETY STAGE
CHARACTERS MAGICIAN

FREEDOM
FIGHTERS
FAWCETT / DAN GARRETT DEBUT FREEDOM DAN GARRETT
CHARLTON / DEBUTS AS ─────────── FIGHTERS GOES
QUALITY BLUE BEETLE ALL-STAR DISBAND UNDERGROUND
SQUADRON
FORMED

SGT. ROCK
NEWSBOY
AND EASY
WAR / BLACKHAWK LEGION JOIN CREATURE
COMPANY XXX TASK FORCE X
HUMOR / ASSEMBLES THE WAR COMMANDOS CHALLENGERS
ENTERS DEBUTS ASSEMBLED
??? CREW EFFORT AT DEBUT OF THE
EUROPEAN
HOME UNKNOWN
THEATER
FORMED
 GENERATION 2
THE SPACE AGE
XX YEAR TIME WINDOW

15 YEAR TIME COMPRESSION

G2 Y1 G2 Y2 G2 Y3 G2 Y4 G2 Y5 G2 Y6 G2 Y7 G2 Y8 G2 Y9 G2 Y10 G2 Y11 G2 Y12 G2 Y13 G2 Y14 G2 Y15
BATMAN AND
SUPERMAN
DEBUT
EVENTS

DICK GRAYSON
ROGUE GALLERY DEBUTS AS
DICK GRAYSON
DEBUT. JOKER ROBIN BARBARA
BATMAN DEBUTS AS
CATWOMAN ─────────── R'AS AL GHUL GORDON DEBUTS XXX
BATMAN DEBUTS BATMAN JOINS NIGHTWING
PENGUIN WORLD'S AND TALIA AS BATGIRL BLACK
FAMILY ────────── JLA ───────────
RIDDLER FINEST DEBUT ─────────── XXX
YEAR ONE JASON TODD
─────────── BATMAN & XXX
DEBUTS AS ROBIN
YEAR TWO SUPERMAN
DEBUTS

WORLD'S
SUPERMAN
FINEST
SUPERMAN DEBUTS SUPERMAN
BATMAN & SUPERGIRL DIES
FAMILY ──────────── JOINS JLA
SUPERMAN
XXX
DEBUTS

WONDER
WOMAN DIANA LOSES WONDER BARBERA
DONNA TROY XXX
WONDER RETURNS FROM POWERS WOMAN'S MINERVA
XXX ───────────
WOMAN THEMYSCIRA ─────────── XXX DEBUTS AS THE
WONDER WOMAN CIRCE XXX
────────── XXX RETURN NEW CHEETAH
XXX

NEW TEEN NAME CHANGED TO

TEEN TITANS
TITANS DEBUT "THE TITANS"
DEBUT. DICK,
TEEN TITANS DICK, CYBORG, ──────────────
TEEN TITANS WALLY, XXX XXX
XXX STARFIRE, JUDAS CONTRACT
GARTH, ROY,
RAVEN, BEAST ──────────────
DONNA
BOY XXX

WALLY WEST
BARRY ALLEN BARRY DIES
DEBUTS AS PROFESSOR ZOOM
DEBUTS AS THE BARRY MEETS JAY BARRY KILLS ───────────
KID FLASH BARRY JOINS FLASH MARRIES KILLS IRIS
THE FLASH FLASH (FLASH OF TWO PROFESSOR WALLY WEST
────────── JLA IRIS WEST ───────────
─────────── WORLDS) ZOOM DEBUTS AS THE
THE ROGUES XXX
YEAR ONE FLASH
DEBUT

JOHN STEWART IS
HAL JORDAN XXX
THE NEW GREEN
GREEN DEBUTS AS HAL JOINS JLA GUY GARDNER ───────────
LANTERN
LANTERN / GREEN LANTERN ─────────── XXX XXX JOHN STEWART
SINESTRO ────────────
GREEN ──────────── BLACK CANARY ──────────── ───────── DEBUTS AS A
XXX
ARROW / OLIVER QUEEN (DINAH LANCE) GREEN ARROW XXX GREEN LANTERN
BLACK CANARY DEBUTS AS JOINS JLA JOIN JLA ───────────
GREEN ARROW XXX

XXX
GARTH ──────────
AQUAMAN AQUAMAN TULA DEBUTS AS
AQUAMAN DEBUT AS XXX XXX XXX BREAK UP XXX AQUAGIRL DIES
DEBUTS JOINS JLA AQUAGIRL
AQUALAD ───────────
XXX

MARTIAN
JUSTICE MANHUNTER
LEAGUE / JOINS JLA HAWKMAN FIRESTORM
XXX XXX
JUSTICE SOCIETY ─────────── JOINS JLA JOINS JLA
CHARACTERS THE ATOM
JOINS JLA

XXX
BILLY BATSON
FAWCETT / ───────────
XXX
CHARLTON / XXX TED KORD XXX
───────────
QUALITY DEBUTS AS
XXX
BLUE BEETLE

XXX OF THE
WAR / ALEC HOLLAND
SWAMP THING
HUMOR / BECOMES
──────────
??? SWAMP THING
XXX
 GENERATION 3
THE AGE OF CRISIS
XX YEAR TIME WINDOW

15 YEAR TIME COMPRESSION

G3 Y1 G3 Y2 G3 Y3 G3 Y4 G3 Y5 G3 Y6 G3 Y7 G3 Y8 G3 Y9 G3 Y10 G3 Y11 G3 Y12 G3 Y13 G3 Y14 G3 Y15
JLI IS REPLACED
BY
EVENTS

NO MAN'S LAND DAMIAN

KNIGHTFALL JASON IS RED
──────────── DEBUTS
KILLING JOKE ─────────── STEPHANIE BROWN HOOD
CASSANDRA XXX ──────────
────────── TIM DRAKE DEBUTS AS ROBIN ──────────
BATMAN JASON TODD CAIN DEBUTS AS ────────── XXX
BARBARA DEBUTS AS ROBIN BIRTH OF THE DEMON DAMIAN IS BORN HUSH ────────────── XXX RETURNS XXX
FAMILY MURDERED BATGIRL BARBARA RETURNS AS ──────────
GORDON ─────────── JACK DRAKE ──────────
──────────── BATGIRL TIM DEBUTS
PARALYZED BARBARA GORDON MURDERED BATWOMAN
HARLEY QUINN AS RED
DEBUTS AS ORACLE DEBUTS
DEBUTS ROBIN

PUBLIC ENEMIES
DEATH OF CLARK AND LOIS ───────────
SUPERMAN LANE MARRIES PRESIDENT LUTHOR
SUPERMAN
──────────── SUPERMAN RETURNS ──────────── ─────────── SUPERBOY DIES PA KENT DIES
FAMILY
REIGN OF THE ELECTRIC BLUE JON KENT BORN
SUPERMEN SUPERMAN ───────────
SUPERGIRL XXX

XXX CASSIE
WONDER DEATH OF DONNA WONDER WOMAN
───────── SANDSMARK DONNA TROY RETURNS
WOMAN TROY KILLS MAX LORD
ARTEMIS DEBUTS DEBUT

ALL NEW TEEN TITANS

DISBANDS
ALL NEW TEEN
TEAM TITANS: KILLOWAT, TEAM TITANS ──────────── TEEN TITANS: TIM,
TITANS: XXX
XXX, XXX, DISBANDS XXX CASSIE, XXX,
TEEN TITANS XXX, PRYSM, ──────────────
NIGHTRIDER, TERRA, ────────────── ──────────── BLUE BEETLE,
ARGENT, RISK, XXX
XXX XXX YOUNG JUSTICE DEBUTS: XXX
XXX
TIM, CONNER KENT,
CASSIE, BART

XXX
WALLACE WEST WALLY MEETS ─────────── WALLY & LINDA'S
THE FLASH WALLY MARRIES LINDA BARRY RETURNS
BORN LINDA PARK BART ALLEN DEBUTS AS XXX
IMPULSE

GUY DEBUTS AS
DINAH & OLIVER
WARRIOR BLACKEST NIGHT
GREEN GUY - GL OF EARTH KYLE RAYNER AS GL BREAK UP AGAIN XXX XXX
─────────── XXX XXX ───────────
LANTERN / ─────────── ─────────────── ─────────── ─────────── ───────────
FINAL NIGHT ───────────── ───────────── BRIGHTEST DAY
GREEN HAL - GL OF SPACE XXX BREAK UP XXX BLACK CANARY BOP XXX XXX XXX
─────────── OLLIE AND DINAH BACK OLLIE - MAYOR OF STAR ───────────
ARROW / ─────────── ─────────────── ─────────── ─────────── ───────────
OLLIE DIES. CONNOR TOGETHER AGAIN CITY DINAH & OLIVER
BLACK CANARY XXX RISE OF PARALLAX KYLE RESSURECTS THE XXX XXX
HAWKE AS GREEN SEPARATE
─────────────── GUARDIANS
ARROW
XXX

XXX
AQUAMAN SUB-DIEGO ───────────
REJOIN JL ───────────── XXX
AQUAMAN AQUAMAN XXX XXX
─────────── LORENA MARQUEZ ───────────
AQUALAD XXX DEBUTS AS AQUAGIRL JACKSON HYDE
DEBUTS

MARTIAN
XXX MANHUNTER
JUSTICE
────────────── XXX RETURNS
LEAGUE / BOOSTER & RIP HUNTER
XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX ───────────── XXX XXX ──────────────
JUSTICE SOCIETY IN THE TIME STREAM
────────────── XXX XXX
CHARACTERS
XXX ──────────────
XXX RETURNS

XXX
─────────────
SHAZAM JOINS JL XXX
BILLY BATSON
────────────── ─────────────
XXX
FAWCETT / CAPTAIN ATOM XXX XXX
BLUE BEETLE ──────────────
CHARLTON / JOINS THE JL XXX ────────────── ────────────── XXX XXX
XXX FREEDOM FIGHTERS
QUALITY ────────────── XXX XXX
XXX
BLUE BEETLE JOINS ─────────────
─────────────
JL XXX
JAIME XXX
BLUE BEETLE

SWAMP THING
RETURNS TO
WAR / JOHN CONSTANTINE PUBLIC EYE
HUMOR / MEETS SWAMP XXX XXX ─────────────
??? THING CONSTANTINE
RETURNS TO
PUBLIC EYE
 GENERATION 4
THE AGE OF CRISIS
XX YEAR TIME WINDOW

5 YEAR TIME COMPRESSION

G4 Y1 G4 Y2 G4 Y3 G4 Y4 G4 Y5

EVENTS

DAMIAN
DAMIAN RETURNS
DEBUTS AS
──────────────
ROBIN
JIM GORDON BRIEFLY
───────────
COURT OF OWLS BECOMES BATMAN
BATMAN DICK GRAYSON BAT/CAT
──────────── ───────────────
FAMILY DEBUTS AS WEDDING
DAMIAN DIES BATMAN (BRUCE) AND
BATMAN
RED ROBIN UNITE
────────────
GOTHAM VIGILANTES
BRUCE
AS FORMAL TEAM
RETURNS

OZ EFFECT
────────────── ROGUL ZAAR
JON RETURNS
SUPERMAN KRYPTONIAN JOR-EL RETURNS ───────────
FROM FUTURE
FAMILY ARMOR ────────────── JON TRAVELS
/ AGED
KENTS BACK IN TO FUTURE
METROPOLIS

DIANA BACK AS
WONDER
DONNA TROY
WOMAN
TAKES OVER WONDER WOMAN
WONDER ────────────
WONDER RELINQUISHES GOD OF
WOMAN WONDER
WOMAN WAR MANTLE
WOMAN
MANTLE
BECOMES GOD
OF WAR

ORIGINAL TITANS
REFORM: DICK, LILITH,
DAMIAN'S NEW
WALLY, GARTH, ROY,
TEEN TITANS:
TIM RETURNS TO DONNA
ROBIN, KID
TEEN TITANS LEAD TEEN ────────────────
FLASH, CRUSH,
TITANS TEEN TITANS RE-FORM:
RED ARROW,
DAMIAN, KID FLASH,
ROUNDHOUSE
BEAST BOY, STARFIRE,
RAVEN

WALLY AND BART

THE FLASH DISAPPEAR INTO WALLY RETURNS BART RETURNS
TIME STREAM

HAL = GREEN
GREEN WAR OF THE LANTERN IN THE
LANTERN / GLS JUSTICE LEAGUE
OLLIE AND DINAH BACK
GREEN ────────── ────────────
TOGETHER
ARROW / HAL KILLS MAD KYLE DEBUTS AS
BLACK CANARY GUARDIAN THE WHITE
LANTERN

AQUAMAN JOINS
JUSTICE LEAGUE
────────────
AQUAMAN
ARTHUR
CROWNED KING
AGAIN

JUSTICE BOOSTER AWARE

RYAN CHOI RETURNS
LEAGUE / OF TIMELINE
────────────────
JUSTICE SOCIETY CHANGES,
BOOSTER RETURNS
CHARACTERS VANISHES

PLASTIC MAN
HIBERNATION
THE TERIFFICS
──────────── TED KORD RETURNS
FORMED
FAWCETT / BILLY BATSON = ────────────────
──────────
CHARLTON / SHAZAM, JOINS VIC ASSUMES THE
PLASTIC MAN
QUALITY JL QUESTION IDENTITY
WAKES FROM
──────────── AGAIN
HIBERNATION
VIC SAGE
RESURRECTED

WAR / HARLEY QUINN

HUMOR / JOINS SUICIDE
??? SQUAD