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</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Not to be confused with <a href="Superman_%26_Batman%3A_Generations" title="Superman &amp; Batman: Generations">Superman &amp; Batman: Generations</a>.</div>
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</style><table class="infobox ib-comic-book-title ib-comics"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><i>Generations</i></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><div class="infobox-caption"><i>Generations: Shattered</i> cover. Art by <a href="Ivan_Reis" title="Ivan Reis">Ivan Reis</a> and Joe Prado.</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Publication information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="List_of_comics_publishing_companies" title="List of comics publishing companies">Publisher</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="DC_Comics" title="DC Comics">DC Comics</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Genre</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">
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<ul><li><a href="Superhero_comics" title="Superhero comics">Superhero</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Publication date</th><td class="infobox-data">September<span class="nowrap">&nbsp;</span>2020&nbsp;– February<span class="nowrap">&nbsp;</span>2021</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Main character(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="plainlist">
<ul><li><a href="Batman" title="Batman">Batman</a></li>
<li><a href="Sinestro" title="Sinestro">Sinestro</a></li>
<li><a href="Kamandi" title="Kamandi">Kamandi</a></li>
<li><a href="Booster_Gold" title="Booster Gold">Booster Gold</a></li>
<li><a href="Starfire_(Teen_Titans)" title="Starfire (Teen Titans)">Starfire</a></li>
<li><a href="Doctor_Light_(Kimiyo_Hoshi)" title="Doctor Light (Kimiyo Hoshi)">Doctor Light</a></li>
<li><a href="Steel_(John_Henry_Irons)" title="Steel (John Henry Irons)">Steel</a></li>
<li><a href="Superboy_(Kal-El)" class="mw-redirect" title="Superboy (Kal-El)">Superboy</a></li>
<li><a href="DC_Universe" title="DC Universe">DC Universe</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="Dan_Jurgens" title="Dan Jurgens">Dan Jurgens</a></li>
<li><a href="Andy_Schmidt" title="Andy Schmidt">Andy Schmidt</a></li>
<li><a href="Robert_Venditti" title="Robert Venditti">Robert Venditti</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="Penciller" title="Penciller">Penciller(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Multiple</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="Colorist" title="Colorist">Colorist(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Hi-Fi</td></tr></tbody></table>
<p><i><b>Generations</b></i> is an event published by <a href="DC_Comics" title="DC Comics">DC Comics</a>. The event was originally announced as a limited comic book series that would have united all eras in the history of the <a href="DC_Universe" title="DC Universe">DC Universe</a>, and was scheduled to begin on <a href="Free_Comic_Book_Day" title="Free Comic Book Day">Free Comic Book Day</a> on May 2, 2020. However, following the career change of publisher <a href="Dan_DiDio" title="Dan DiDio">Dan DiDio</a> and the effects of the <a href="COVID-19_pandemic" title="COVID-19 pandemic">COVID-19 pandemic</a> on the comics industry, the series was delayed and intended plans changed. The event then gained a new form with the announcement of two one-shots titled <i>Generations: Shattered</i> and <i>Generations: Forged</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Shattered_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Shattered-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:2_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The event received generally positive reviews with critics praising the unique idea but criticized the pacing.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Publication_history">Publication history</h2></div>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Initial_plan">Initial plan</h3></div>
<p><i>Generations</i> was originally planned as the event that would unite all eras in the history of the <a href="DC_Universe" title="DC Universe">DC Universe</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-The_Beat_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Beat-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-THR_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-THR-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> starting with <i>Generation Zero</i>, which was scheduled to release during <a href="Free_Comic_Book_Day" title="Free Comic Book Day">Free Comic Book Day</a> on May 2, 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-Meaww_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Meaww-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, following the exit of publisher <a href="Dan_DiDio" title="Dan DiDio">Dan DiDio</a> from DC Entertainment in February 2020,<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and effects of the <a href="COVID-19_pandemic" title="COVID-19 pandemic">COVID-19 pandemic</a> on the comics industry, the series was delayed. Writer <a href="Scott_Snyder" title="Scott Snyder">Scott Snyder</a> stated the plans for <i>Generations</i> had become more "fluid", and in June 2020, <i>Generation Zero</i> was not part of DC's plans for the revised Free Comic Book Day.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A story featured in <i>Wonder Woman</i> #750 was considered a prelude to the event in its original form.<sup id="cite_ref-Shattered_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Shattered-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Revised_plan">Revised plan</h3></div>
<p>The story "Generations: Fractured" that appeared in <i>Detective Comics</i> #1027 is considered the first chapter in the event's new form.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Shattered_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Shattered-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In September 2020, DC announced the one-shot <i>Generations: Shattered</i> for release in January 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-Shattered_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Shattered-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As well, DC Comics publisher and chief creative officer <a href="Jim_Lee" title="Jim Lee">Jim Lee</a> stated that the 5G initiative, which would have occurred at the end of the original plan for <i>Generations</i>, was no longer happening. He said: "We had a lot of great ideas that we were floating around. And rather than dumping it all in one month and renumbering the line and going for that really short term spike in sales, we just naturally gravitated to the story ideas and concepts we love and building them into the mythology, the ongoing mythology, in a very organic way".<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Writer/artist <a href="Dan_Jurgens" title="Dan Jurgens">Dan Jurgens</a> added the revised version of the event came about through "a very organic process with a natural evolution of ideas".<sup id="cite_ref-JurgensNewsaramaOct2020_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JurgensNewsaramaOct2020-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p><i>Generations: Shattered</i> was originally teased as <i>Generations: Future State</i> in the <i>Detective Comics</i> #1027 story,<sup id="cite_ref-FutureStateNoConnection_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FutureStateNoConnection-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> suggesting a connection to the planned event "<a href="Future_State" title="Future State">Future State</a>", which was released in January and February 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While this was originally the plan, <i>Generations</i> no longer connects to "Future State", with Jurgens stating: "Originally, we were going to touch on what's coming with Future State. We're detouring from that a bit to focus more on our own story". Batman group editor Ben Abernathy also confirmed <i>Generations</i> was now its own story.<sup id="cite_ref-FutureStateNoConnection_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FutureStateNoConnection-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Generations</i> also picks up from the events seen at the end of <i><a href="Dark_Nights%3A_Death_Metal" title="Dark Nights: Death Metal">Dark Nights: Death Metal</a></i>. The characters featured in the event were selected "to reflect different periods of DC publishing history" and because they "made for a very interesting mix of personalities, backgrounds, powers, and capabilities". The <a href="Batman" title="Batman">Batman</a> in the event is from 1939, to represent the <a href="Golden_Age_of_Comic_Books" title="Golden Age of Comic Books">Golden Age of Comic Books</a>; <a href="Sinestro" title="Sinestro">Sinestro</a> represents the <a href="Silver_Age_of_Comic_Books" title="Silver Age of Comic Books">Silver Age of Comic Books</a>; <a href="Kamandi" title="Kamandi">Kamandi</a> is a representation of DC Comics' 1970s publishing and a link to the Great Disaster future; <a href="Booster_Gold" title="Booster Gold">Booster Gold</a>, <a href="Starfire_(Teen_Titans)" title="Starfire (Teen Titans)">Starfire</a>, and <a href="Doctor_Light_(Kimiyo_Hoshi)" title="Doctor Light (Kimiyo Hoshi)">Doctor Light</a> represent the 1980s; and <a href="Steel_(John_Henry_Irons)" title="Steel (John Henry Irons)">Steel</a> represents the 1990s.<sup id="cite_ref-JurgensNewsaramaOct2020_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JurgensNewsaramaOct2020-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Plot">Plot</h2></div>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Original_storyline">Original storyline</h3></div>
<ul><li><i><a href="Wonder_Woman" title="Wonder Woman">Wonder Woman</a></i> #750</li>
<li><i><a href="The_Flash_(comic_book)" title="The Flash (comic book)">The Flash</a></i> #750</li>
<li><i>Flash Forward</i> <a href="Trade_paperback_(comics)" title="Trade paperback (comics)">TPB</a></li></ul>
<p>During the <a href="1939_New_York_World's_Fair" title="1939 New York World's Fair">1939 New York World's Fair</a>, <a href="Wonder_Woman" title="Wonder Woman">Wonder Woman</a> saves <a href="President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">President</a> <a href="Franklin_D._Roosevelt" title="Franklin D. Roosevelt">Franklin D. Roosevelt</a> from terrorists which causes inspiration around everyone in the country including people like <a href="Alan_Scott" title="Alan Scott">Alan Scott</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>Following his incarceration for his role in the massacre on Sanctuary,<sup id="cite_ref-Heroes_in_Crisis_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Heroes_in_Crisis-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>N 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="Wally_West" title="Wally West">Wally West</a> is forcibly recruited by Tempus Fuginaut to restore the balance between the <a href="Multiverse_(DC_Comics)" title="Multiverse (DC Comics)">Light and Dark Multiverses</a>. When Wally finds <a href="Metron_(character)" title="Metron (character)">Metron</a>'s Mobius Chair, he also finds his children, <a href="Turtle_(comics)" title="Turtle (comics)">Jai</a> and <a href="Kid_Flash_(Iris_West)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kid Flash (Iris West)">Iris</a>, trapped. Before sitting on the chair, he makes a deal with Tempus to save his children and return them to his wife <a href="Linda_Park_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Linda Park (comics)">Linda Park</a>. Tempus agrees and Linda, Jai and Iris are reunited. Meanwhile, it is revealed that the Mobius Chair was upgraded with a portion of <a href="Doctor_Manhattan" title="Doctor Manhattan">Doctor Manhattan</a>'s powers, which causes Wally to become a godlike persona of himself.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>With Manhattan's powers, Wally begins investigating reality and finds out time and space are out of synchronicity, in spite of Manhattan restoring the universe.<sup id="cite_ref-Doomsday_Clock_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Doomsday_Clock-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>N 2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During a brief conversation with Tempus, Wally decides to complete the restoration of the timeline by mending all realities in one. But as he attempts to do that, Wally is interrupted by the presence of <a href="The_Batman_Who_Laughs" title="The Batman Who Laughs">The Batman Who Laughs</a> who wants to obtain those new powers. Wally has no choice but to find the Batman Who Laughs first.<sup id="cite_ref-Dark_Nights:_Death_Metal_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dark_Nights:_Death_Metal-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>N 3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Revised_storyline">Revised storyline</h3></div>
<ul><li><i><a href="Detective_Comics" title="Detective Comics">Detective Comics</a></i> #1027<i><sup id="cite_ref-:0_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></i></li>
<li><i>Generations: Shattered</i><sup id="cite_ref-Shattered_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Shattered-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>
<li><i>Generations: Forged</i><sup id="cite_ref-:2_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul>
<p>In <a href="Gotham_City" title="Gotham City">Gotham City</a>, <a href="Batman" title="Batman">Batman</a> is searching for a gang of museum vandals led by <a href="Calendar_Man" title="Calendar Man">Calendar Man</a>. As a mysterious flash of light appears to break reality, Batman is transported back to 1939 and transformed into his <a href="Golden_Age_of_Comic_Books" title="Golden Age of Comic Books">Golden Age</a> <a href="Batman_(Earth-Two)" title="Batman (Earth-Two)">counterpart</a> when he meets <a href="Kamandi" title="Kamandi">Kamandi</a>, who was sent by <a href="Booster_Gold" title="Booster Gold">Booster Gold</a> to search for him.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>In a distant future, a phenomenon causes reality to be erased, and Kamandi in being hunted by <a href="Man-Bat" title="Man-Bat">Man-Bats</a>, blaming him for the event, until he is rescued by an elder Booster Gold, who is shot by the Man-Bats. Booster delivers Kamandi his gauntlet containing Booster's robot companion Skeets, causing Kamandi to travel through time, recruiting <a href="Batman" title="Batman">Batman</a> (from the 1940s),<sup id="cite_ref-:1_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pre-<a href="Flashpoint_(comics)" title="Flashpoint (comics)">Flashpoint</a> versions <a href="Sinestro" title="Sinestro">Sinestro</a>, <a href="Starfire_(Teen_Titans)" title="Starfire (Teen Titans)">Starfire</a>, <a href="Doctor_Light_(Kimiyo_Hoshi)" title="Doctor Light (Kimiyo Hoshi)">Doctor Light</a>, <a href="Steel_(John_Henry_Irons)" title="Steel (John Henry Irons)">Steel</a>, and <a href="Superboy_(Kal-El)" class="mw-redirect" title="Superboy (Kal-El)">Superboy</a> (recruited by mistake instead of <a href="Brainiac_5" title="Brainiac 5">Brainiac 5</a>) and a younger Booster Gold. Together they face the <a href="Linear_Men" title="Linear Men">Linear Men</a>, who were brainwashed by <a href="Dominus_(DC_Comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dominus (DC Comics)">Dominus</a>, the mastermind behind the phenomenon. Once again, the timeline is disrupted and the heroes are marooned across several points of history.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>While in a different dimension, Dominus changes his own history in where he neglected his loved ones before, and dispatches others taken from various timelines to find and deal with the scattered heroes. Starfire, Dr. Light, and Kamandi are on <a href="Krypton_(comics)" title="Krypton (comics)">Krypton</a> prior to its destruction, where they are attacked by <a href="General_Zod" title="General Zod">General Zod</a>. Kamandi flees while Starfire and Dr. Light are captured, but the pair are then rescued by <a href="Jor-El" title="Jor-El">Jor-El</a>. Superboy and Steel are on prehistoric <a href="Thanagar" class="mw-redirect" title="Thanagar">Thanagar</a> where the two of them bond and talk about the future before they are attacked by <a href="Nemesis_Kid" title="Nemesis Kid">Nemesis Kid</a> and <a href="Eradicator_(character)" class="mw-redirect" title="Eradicator (character)">Eradicator</a>. In the future, Sinestro is fighting against <a href="Ultra-Humanite" title="Ultra-Humanite">Ultra-Humanite</a> and Booster Gold contends with <a href="Major_Force" title="Major Force">Major Force</a>. Dr. Light realizes her team is marooned in several points of history, and reassures Jor-El and <a href="Lara_(character)" title="Lara (character)">his wife</a> that their <a href="Superman" title="Superman">son</a> will be a great hero. Kamandi is attacked by <a href="OMAC_(Buddy_Blank)" title="OMAC (Buddy Blank)">OMAC (Buddy Blank)</a>, <a href="Artemis_of_Bana-Mighdall" title="Artemis of Bana-Mighdall">Artemis</a>, and <a href="Knockout_(DC_Comics)" title="Knockout (DC Comics)">Knockout</a> when Starfire saves him and gives him a lecture on not abandoning teammates. Dr. Light absorbs Krypton's red sun to manipulate the time stream and orders everyone to go to the Vanishing Point. Superboy and Steel barely defeat Eradicator and Nemesis Boy and make it to the Vanishing Point, while young Booster Gold saves Batman and they meet up with Sinestro and his group.
</p><p>The Heroes meet up at the Vanishing Point and realize that Dominus created an alternate timeline where he can still be with his family. Batman confronts Dominus and tries to reason with him but his children attack Batman. Batman is saved by his allies and they all weaken Dominus to the point where his family disappears. Enraged, Dominus nearly kills the heroes, but Steel realizes that if the heroes attack Dominus' chestplate he will be defeated. The heroes debate on killing him, but Steel realizes that if they destroy Dominus' source of power (a clock) then Dominus will live but he will be powerless. The heroes destroy the clock, allowing time to reset back to normal and all the heroes return to their respective timelines. When <a href="Waverider_(character)" title="Waverider (character)">Matt Ryder</a> takes Batman to his timeline, he reveals that the timeline is more like a Linearverse where characters age slower, which allows their legacy to live on forever.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Titles_involved">Titles involved</h2></div>
<table class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;">
<tbody><tr>
<th>Title / Issue
</th>
<th>Story
</th>
<th>Writer(s)
</th>
<th>Artist(s)
</th>
<th>Colorist(s)
</th>
<th>Release date
</th>
<th>Critic rating
</th>
<th>Critic reviews
</th>
<th>Ref.
</th></tr>
<tr>
<th colspan="9">Original Storyline
</th></tr>
<tr>
<td><i><a href="Wonder_Woman" title="Wonder Woman">Wonder Woman</a></i> #750
</td>
<td>"A Brave New World"
</td>
<td><a href="Scott_Snyder" title="Scott Snyder">Scott Snyder</a>
</td>
<td><a href="Bryan_Hitch" title="Bryan Hitch">Bryan Hitch</a>
</td>
<td>Mike Spicer
</td>
<td>January 22, 2020
</td>
<td>8.8/10
</td>
<td>19
</td>
<td><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><i><a href="The_Flash_(comic_book)" title="The Flash (comic book)">The Flash</a></i> #750
</td>
<td rowspan="2">"Generation Zero"
</td>
<td rowspan="2"><a href="Scott_Lobdell" title="Scott Lobdell">Scott Lobdell</a>
</td>
<td rowspan="2"><a href="Brett_Booth" title="Brett Booth">Brett Booth</a>
</td>
<td rowspan="2">Luis Guerrero
</td>
<td>March 4, 2020
</td>
<td>8.3/10
</td>
<td>12
</td>
<td><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><i>Flash Forward</i> <a href="Trade_paperback_(comics)" title="Trade paperback (comics)">TPB</a>
</td>
<td>July 8, 2020
</td>
<td>7.0/10
</td>
<td>67
</td>
<td><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<th colspan="9">Revised Storyline
</th></tr>
<tr>
<td><i><a href="Detective_Comics" title="Detective Comics">Detective Comics</a></i> #1027<sup id="cite_ref-:0_9-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</td>
<td>"Generations: Fractured"
</td>
<td><a href="Dan_Jurgens" title="Dan Jurgens">Dan Jurgens</a>
</td>
<td>Dan Jurgens<br><a href="Kevin_Nowlan" title="Kevin Nowlan">Kevin Nowlan</a>
</td>
<td rowspan="3">Hi-Fi
</td>
<td>September 15, 2020
</td>
<td>8.7/10
</td>
<td>19
</td>
<td><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2"><i>Generations: Shattered</i><sup id="cite_ref-Shattered_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Shattered-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</td>
<td rowspan="2">Dan Jurgens<br><a href="Andy_Schmidt" title="Andy Schmidt">Andy Schmidt</a><br><a href="Robert_Venditti" title="Robert Venditti">Robert Venditti</a>
</td>
<td>Oclair Albert<br>Doug Braithwaite<br>Bernard Chang<br>Scott Hanna<br>Klaus Janson<br>Dan Jurgens<br>Aaron Lopresti<br>Emanuela Lupacchino<br>Danny Miki<br>Rags Morales<br>Kevin Nowlan<br>Fernando Pasarin<br>Yanick Paquette<br>Paul Pelletier<br>Mike Perkins<br>Joe Prado<br><a href="Ivan_Reis" title="Ivan Reis">Ivan Reis</a><br>John Romita Jr.<br>Matt Ryan<br>Wade von Grawbadger
</td>
<td>January 5, 2021
</td>
<td>8.0/10
</td>
<td>15
</td>
<td><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2"><i>Generations: Forged</i><sup id="cite_ref-:2_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</td>
<td>Bernard Chang<br>Andrew Currie<br>Colleen Doran<br>Bryan Hitch<br>Dan Jurgens<br>Kevin Nowlan<br>Paul Pelletier<br>Mike Perkins<br>Joe Prado<br>Norm Rapmund<br>Marco Santucci
</td>
<td>February 23, 2021
</td>
<td>7.2/10
</td>
<td>12
</td>
<td><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</td></tr></tbody></table>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reception">Reception</h2></div>
<p>The overall series received mixed to positive reviews. According to Comic Book Roundup, the series received a score of 7.5 out of 10 based on 31 reviews.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Collected_edition">Collected edition</h2></div>
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<caption>
</caption>
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<th>Title
</th>
<th>Material collected
</th>
<th>Published date
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<th>ISBN
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<td><i>Generations</i>
</td>
<td><i>Generations Shattered</i> #1, <i>Generations Forged</i> #1, and material from <i>Detective Comics</i> #1027.
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<td>June 2021
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<li id="cite_note-Doomsday_Clock-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Doomsday_Clock_17-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">As depicted in <i><a href="Doomsday_Clock_(comics)" title="Doomsday Clock (comics)">Doomsday Clock</a></i>.</span>
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<li id="cite_note-Dark_Nights:_Death_Metal-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Dark_Nights:_Death_Metal_18-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">As depicted in <i><a href="Dark_Nights%3A_Death_Metal" title="Dark Nights: Death Metal">Dark Nights: Death Metal</a></i>.</span>
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<li id="cite_note-:2-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-:2_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:2_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:2_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.gamesradar.com/dc-february-2021-solicitations-and-covers-revealed/">"DC February 2021 solicitations and covers revealed"</a>. <i><a href="Newsarama" title="Newsarama">Newsarama</a></i>. November 14, 2020<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">November 19,</span> 2020</span>.</cite></span>
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<li id="cite_note-The_Beat-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-The_Beat_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite id="CITEREFQuaintance2020" class="citation news cs1">Quaintance, Zack (February 5, 2020). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.comicsbeat.com/dcs-generation-zero-to-tease-publishers-future-on-fcbd/">"DC's GENERATION ZERO to tease publisher's future on FCBD"</a>. <i>The Beat</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">February 14,</span> 2020</span>.</cite></span>
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<li id="cite_note-THR-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-THR_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite id="CITEREFMcMillan2020" class="citation web cs1">McMillan, Graeme (February 13, 2020). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/dc-reveal-hidden-history-generation-comics-1279347">"DC to Reveal Hidden History With 'Generation' Comics"</a>. <i>The Hollywood Reporter</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">February 14,</span> 2020</span>.</cite></span>
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<li id="cite_note-Meaww-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Meaww_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite id="CITEREFBabu2020" class="citation web cs1">Babu, Armaan (February 13, 2020). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://meaww.com/dc-comics-generations-wally-west-doctor-manhattan-free-comic-book-day-crisis">"DC's 'Generations' explains the new DC timeline and a Doctor Manhattan-ed Wally West kickstarts it all"</a>. <i>Meaww</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">February 14,</span> 2020</span>.</cite></span>
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<li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite id="CITEREFArrant2020" class="citation magazine cs1">Arrant, Chris (June 19, 2020). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.gamesradar.com/dcs-revised-free-comic-book-day-plans-no-longer-includes-generation-zero-gods-among-us/">"DC's revised Free Comic Book Day plans no longer includes Generation Zero: Gods Among Us"</a>. <i>Games Radar</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">June 19,</span> 2020</span>.</cite></span>
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<li id="cite_note-:0-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-:0_9-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:0_9-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:0_9-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:0_9-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite id="CITEREFArrant2020" class="citation web cs1">Arrant, Chris (August 10, 2020). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.gamesradar.com/missing-dc-generations-event-pops-up-in-detective-comics-1027-preview/">"Missing DC Generations event pops up in Detective Comics #1027 preview"</a>. <i><a href="Newsarama" title="Newsarama">Newsarama</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">August 11,</span> 2020</span>.</cite></span>
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<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.dccomics.com/blog/2020/02/05/dc-reveals-epic-game-changing-plans-for-free-comic-book-day-2020">DC Comics' official announcement</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li>"<a href="Crisis_on_Infinite_Earths" title="Crisis on Infinite Earths">Crisis on Infinite Earths</a>" (April 1985)</li>
<li>"<a href="Legends_(comics)" title="Legends (comics)">Legends</a>" (November 1986)</li>
<li>"<a href="Millennium_(comics)" title="Millennium (comics)">Millennium</a>" (January 1988)</li>
<li>"<a href="Invasion!_(DC_Comics)" title="Invasion! (DC Comics)">Invasion!</a>" (January 1989)</li>
<li>"<a href="Janus_Directive" title="Janus Directive">The Janus Directive</a>" (May 1989)</li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li>"<a href="Armageddon_2001" title="Armageddon 2001">Armageddon 2001</a>" (May 1991)</li>
<li>"<a href="War_of_the_Gods_(comics)" title="War of the Gods (comics)">War of the Gods</a>" (September 1991)</li>
<li>"<a href="Eclipso%3A_The_Darkness_Within" title="Eclipso: The Darkness Within">Eclipso: The Darkness Within</a>" (July 1992)</li>
<li>"<a href="The_Death_of_Superman" title="The Death of Superman">The Death of Superman</a>" (October 1992)</li>
<li>"<a href="Bloodlines_(comics)" title="Bloodlines (comics)">Bloodlines</a>" (1993)</li>
<li>"<a href="The_Children's_Crusade_(comics)" title="The Children's Crusade (comics)">The Children's Crusade</a>" (December 1993)</li>
<li>"<a href="Worlds_Collide_(comics)" title="Worlds Collide (comics)">Worlds Collide</a>" (July 1994)</li>
<li>"<a href="End_of_an_Era_(comics)" title="End of an Era (comics)">End of an Era</a>" (August 1994)</li>
<li>"<a href="Zero_Hour%3A_Crisis_in_Time!" title="Zero Hour: Crisis in Time!">Zero Hour: Crisis in Time!</a>" (September 1994)</li>
<li>"<a href="Underworld_Unleashed" title="Underworld Unleashed">Underworld Unleashed</a>" (November 1995)</li>
<li>"<a href="DC_vs._Marvel" title="DC vs. Marvel">DC vs. Marvel</a>" (April 1996)</li>
<li>"<a href="The_Final_Night" title="The Final Night">The Final Night</a>" (November 1996)</li>
<li>"<a href="Genesis_(DC_Comics)" title="Genesis (DC Comics)">Genesis</a>" (October 1997)</li>
<li>"<a href="DC_One_Million" title="DC One Million">DC One Million</a>" (November 1998)</li>
<li>"<a href="Day_of_Judgment_(comics)" title="Day of Judgment (comics)">Day of Judgment</a>" (November 1999)</li>
<li>"<a href="JLApe%3A_Gorilla_Warfare!" title="JLApe: Gorilla Warfare!">JLApe: Gorilla Warfare!</a>" (1999)</li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li>"<a href="Our_Worlds_at_War" title="Our Worlds at War">Our Worlds at War</a>" (August 2001)</li>
<li>"<a href="Last_Laugh_(comics)" title="Last Laugh (comics)">Joker: Last Laugh</a>" (December 2001)</li>
<li>"<a href="JLA/Avengers" title="JLA/Avengers">JLA/Avengers</a>" (September 2003)</li>
<li>"<a href="Identity_Crisis_(DC_Comics)" title="Identity Crisis (DC Comics)">Identity Crisis</a>" (June 2004)</li>
<li>"<a href="Infinite_Crisis" title="Infinite Crisis">Infinite Crisis</a>" (December 2005)</li>
<li>"<a href="Amazons_Attack!" title="Amazons Attack!">Amazons Attack!</a>" (March 2007)</li>
<li>"<a href="Sinestro_Corps_War" title="Sinestro Corps War">Sinestro Corps War</a>" (August 2007)</li>
<li>"<a href="Final_Crisis" title="Final Crisis">Final Crisis</a>" (July 2008)</li>
<li>"<a href="Blackest_Night" title="Blackest Night">Blackest Night</a>" (June 2009)</li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2010s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li>"<a href="Brightest_Day" title="Brightest Day">Brightest Day</a>" (May 2010)</li>
<li>"<a href="Reign_of_Doomsday" title="Reign of Doomsday">Reign of Doomsday</a>" (January 2011)</li>
<li>"<a href="Flashpoint_(comics)" title="Flashpoint (comics)">Flashpoint</a>" (May 2011)</li>
<li>"<a href="The_Culling_(comics)" title="The Culling (comics)">The Culling</a>" (November 2011)</li>
<li>"<a href="Batman%3A_Night_of_the_Owls" title="Batman: Night of the Owls">Batman: Night of the Owls</a>" (April 2012)</li>
<li>"<a href="Batman%3A_Death_of_the_Family" title="Batman: Death of the Family">Death of the Family</a>" (October 2012)</li>
<li>"<a href="H'El_on_Earth" title="H'El on Earth">H'El on Earth</a>" (October 2012)</li>
<li>"<a href="Throne_of_Atlantis" title="Throne of Atlantis">Throne of Atlantis</a>" (November 2012)</li>
<li>"<a href="Wrath_of_the_First_Lantern" title="Wrath of the First Lantern">Wrath of the First Lantern</a>" (February 2013)</li>
<li>"<a href="Batman%3A_Zero_Year" title="Batman: Zero Year">Batman: Zero Year</a>" (June 2013)</li>
<li>"<a href="Trinity_War" title="Trinity War">Trinity War</a>" (July 2013)</li>
<li>"<a href="Forever_Evil" title="Forever Evil">Forever Evil</a>" (September 2013)</li>
<li>"<a href="Forever_Evil%3A_Blight" title="Forever Evil: Blight">Forever Evil: Blight</a>" (October 2013)</li>
<li>"<a href="The_New_52%3A_Futures_End#September_2014_event" title="The New 52: Futures End">The New 52: Futures End</a>" (September 2014)</li>
<li>"<a href="Convergence_(comics)" title="Convergence (comics)">Convergence</a>" (April 2015)</li>
<li>"<a href="Darkseid_War" title="Darkseid War">Darkseid War</a>" (June 2015)</li>
<li>"<a href="The_Button_(comics)" title="The Button (comics)">The Button</a>" (April 2017)</li>
<li>"<a href="Dark_Nights%3A_Metal" title="Dark Nights: Metal">Dark Nights: Metal</a>" (June 2017)</li>
<li>"<a href="The_Lazarus_Contract" title="The Lazarus Contract">The Lazarus Contract</a>" (July 2017)</li>
<li>"<a href="Doomsday_Clock_(comics)" title="Doomsday Clock (comics)">Doomsday Clock</a>" (November 2017)</li>
<li>"<a href="Milk_Wars" title="Milk Wars">Milk Wars</a>" (March 2018)</li>
<li>"<a href="Heroes_in_Crisis" title="Heroes in Crisis">Heroes in Crisis</a>" (September 2018)</li>
<li>"<a href="The_Terminus_Agenda" title="The Terminus Agenda">The Terminus Agenda</a>" (March 2019)</li>
<li>"<a href="Year_of_the_Villain" title="Year of the Villain">Year of the Villain</a>" (May 2019)</li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2020s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li>"<a href="Dark_Nights%3A_Death_Metal" title="Dark Nights: Death Metal">Dark Nights: Death Metal</a>" (June 2020)</li>
<li>"<a href="Joker_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Joker War">Joker War</a>" (September 2020)</li>
<li>"" (September 2020)</li>
<li>"<a href="Endless_Winter" title="Endless Winter">Endless Winter</a>" (December 2020)</li>
<li>"<a href="Future_State" title="Future State">Future State</a>" (January 2021)</li>
<li>"<a href="Infinite_Frontier" title="Infinite Frontier">Infinite Frontier</a>" (June 2021)</li>
<li>"<a href="Fear_State" title="Fear State">Fear State</a>" (August 2021)</li>
<li>"<a href="War_for_Earth-3" title="War for Earth-3">War for Earth-3</a>" (March 2022)</li>
<li>"<a href="Shadow_War_(DC_Comics)" title="Shadow War (DC Comics)">Shadow War</a>" (April 2022)</li>
<li>"<a href="Dark_Crisis" title="Dark Crisis">Dark Crisis</a>" (May 2022)</li>
<li>"<a href="The_New_Golden_Age" title="The New Golden Age">The New Golden Age</a>" (November 2022)</li>
<li>"<a href="Lazarus_Planet" title="Lazarus Planet">Lazarus Planet</a>" (January 2023)</li>
<li>"<a href="Knight_Terrors" title="Knight Terrors">Knight Terrors</a>" (July 2023)</li>
<li>"<a href="Gotham_War" title="Gotham War">Gotham War</a>" (August 2023)</li>
<li>"<a href="Titans%3A_Beast_World" title="Titans: Beast World">Titans: Beast World</a>" (November 2023)</li>
<li>"<a href="House_of_Brainiac" title="House of Brainiac">House of Brainiac</a>" (April 2024)</li>
<li>"<a href="Absolute_Power_(comics)" title="Absolute Power (comics)">Absolute Power</a>" (July 2024)</li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Launch lines</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="DC_Universe" title="DC Universe">DC Universe</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="DC_Explosion_and_DC_Implosion" title="DC Explosion and DC Implosion">DC Explosion/DC Implosion</a> (1978)</li>
<li><a href="The_New_52" title="The New 52">The New 52</a> (2011–2016)</li>
<li><a href="DC_Rebirth" title="DC Rebirth">DC Rebirth</a> (2016–2017)</li>
<li><a href="The_New_Age_of_DC_Heroes" title="The New Age of DC Heroes">The New Age of DC Heroes</a> (2018–2020)</li>
<li><a href="New_Justice" title="New Justice">New Justice</a> (2018–2021)</li>
<li><i><a href="The_Sandman_Universe" title="The Sandman Universe">The Sandman Universe</a></i> (2018–2024)</li>
<li><a href="Infinite_Frontier" title="Infinite Frontier">Infinite Frontier</a> (2021–2023)</li>
<li><a href="The_New_Golden_Age" title="The New Golden Age">The New Golden Age</a> (2022–2024)</li>
<li><a href="Dawn_of_DC" title="Dawn of DC">Dawn of DC</a> (2023–2024)</li>
<li><a href="DC_All_In" title="DC All In">DC All In</a> (2024–)</li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other continuities</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><i><a href="Hanna-Barbera_Beyond" title="Hanna-Barbera Beyond">Hanna-Barbera Beyond</a></i> (2016–2019)</li>
<li><a href="Murphyverse" title="Murphyverse">Murphyverse</a> (2017–2023)</li>
<li><i><a href="Milestone_Returns" title="Milestone Returns">Milestone Returns</a></i> (2020–2025)</li>
<li><a href="Absolute_Universe" title="Absolute Universe">Absolute Universe</a> (2024–)</li></ul>
</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>
<div class="navbox-styles"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="DC_Comics_Multiverse191" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="DC_Comics_Multiverse191" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="DC_Comics" title="DC Comics">DC Comics</a> <a href="Multiverse_(DC_Comics)" title="Multiverse (DC Comics)">Multiverse</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="List_of_DC_Multiverse_worlds" title="List of DC Multiverse worlds">List of worlds</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="DC_Universe" title="DC Universe">Earth-0</a></li>
<li><a href="Earth_One_(DC_graphic_novel_series)" title="Earth One (DC graphic novel series)">Earth-1</a></li>
<li><a href="Earth-Two" title="Earth-Two">Earth-2</a></li>
<li><a href="Earth-Three" title="Earth-Three">Earth-3</a></li>
<li><a href="Fawcett_Comics" title="Fawcett Comics">Earth-5</a></li>
<li><a href="Just_Imagine..." title="Just Imagine...">Earth-6</a></li>
<li><a href="Ultimate_Marvel" title="Ultimate Marvel">Earth-7</a></li>
<li><a href="Marvel_Universe" title="Marvel Universe">Earth-8</a></li>
<li><a href="Tangent_Comics" title="Tangent Comics">Earth-9</a></li>
<li><a href="DC%3A_The_New_Frontier" title="DC: The New Frontier">Earth-21</a></li>
<li><a href="Kingdom_Come_(comics)" title="Kingdom Come (comics)">Earth-22</a></li>
<li><a href="America's_Best_Comics" title="America's Best Comics">Earth-25</a></li>
<li><a href="Captain_Carrot_and_His_Amazing_Zoo_Crew!" title="Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew!">Earth-26</a></li>
<li><a href="The_Jurassic_League" title="The Jurassic League">Earth-27</a></li>
<li><a href="Superman%3A_Red_Son" title="Superman: Red Son">Earth-30</a></li>
<li><a href="Earth_Prime" title="Earth Prime">Earth-33</a></li>
<li><a href="Injustice_(franchise)" title="Injustice (franchise)">Earth-49</a></li>
<li><a href="Milestone_Returns" title="Milestone Returns">Earth-93</a></li>
<li><a href="Milestone_Media" title="Milestone Media">Earth-1993</a></li>
<li><a href="Amalgam_Comics" title="Amalgam Comics">Earth-1996</a></li>
<li><a href="Absolute_Universe" title="Absolute Universe">Earth-Alpha</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Publication_history_of_DC_Comics_crossover_events" title="Publication history of DC Comics crossover events">Crossover events</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Major events</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><i><a href="Crisis_on_Infinite_Earths" title="Crisis on Infinite Earths">Crisis on Infinite Earths</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="Zero_Hour%3A_Crisis_in_Time!" title="Zero Hour: Crisis in Time!">Zero Hour: Crisis in Time!</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="Infinite_Crisis" title="Infinite Crisis">Infinite Crisis</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="Final_Crisis" title="Final Crisis">Final Crisis</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="Flashpoint_(comics)" title="Flashpoint (comics)">Flashpoint</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="Convergence_(comics)" title="Convergence (comics)">Convergence</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="Dark_Nights%3A_Metal" title="Dark Nights: Metal">Dark Nights: Metal</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="Doomsday_Clock_(comics)" title="Doomsday Clock (comics)">Doomsday Clock</a></i>
<ul><li><a href="List_of_Doomsday_Clock_characters" title="List of Doomsday Clock characters">characters</a></li></ul></li>
<li><i><a href="Dark_Nights%3A_Death_Metal" title="Dark Nights: Death Metal">Dark Nights: Death Metal</a></i></li>
<li><i></i></li>
<li><i><a href="Dark_Crisis" title="Dark Crisis">Dark Crisis</a></i></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Minor events</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li>"<a href="Flash_of_Two_Worlds" title="Flash of Two Worlds">Flash of Two Worlds</a>"</li>
<li>"<a href="Countdown_to_Infinite_Crisis" title="Countdown to Infinite Crisis">Countdown to Infinite Crisis</a>"</li>
<li><i><a href="52_(comics)" title="52 (comics)">52</a></i>
<ul><li>"<a href="World_War_III_(DC_Comics)" title="World War III (DC Comics)">World War III</a>"</li></ul></li>
<li><i><a href="Countdown_to_Final_Crisis" title="Countdown to Final Crisis">Countdown to Final Crisis</a></i>
<ul><li><i><a href="Countdown%3A_Arena" title="Countdown: Arena">Arena</a></i></li></ul></li>
<li><i><a href="Sinestro_Corps_War" title="Sinestro Corps War">Sinestro Corps War</a></i></li>
<li>"<a href="Trinity_War" title="Trinity War">Trinity War</a>"</li>
<li>"<a href="Forever_Evil" title="Forever Evil">Forever Evil</a>"
<ul><li>"<a href="Forever_Evil%3A_Blight" title="Forever Evil: Blight">Blight</a>"</li></ul></li>
<li><i><a href="The_New_52%3A_Futures_End" title="The New 52: Futures End">The New 52: Futures End</a></i>
<ul><li><i><a href="Earth_2%3A_World's_End" class="mw-redirect" title="Earth 2: World's End">Earth 2: World's End</a></i></li></ul></li>
<li>"<a href="The_Button_(comics)" title="The Button (comics)">The Button</a>"</li></ul>
</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other comics</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><i><a href="Elseworlds" title="Elseworlds">Elseworlds</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="Armageddon_2001" title="Armageddon 2001">Armageddon 2001</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="Crossover_(Image_Comics)" title="Crossover (Image Comics)">Crossover</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="DC_vs._Marvel" title="DC vs. Marvel">DC vs. Marvel</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="JLA/Avengers" title="JLA/Avengers">JLA/Avengers</a></i></li>
<li>"<a href="Worlds_Collide_(comics)" title="Worlds Collide (comics)">Worlds Collide</a>"</li>
<li><i><a href="Planetary_(comics)" title="Planetary (comics)">Planetary</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="The_Multiversity" title="The Multiversity">The Multiversity</a></i></li>
<li>"<a href="Milk_Wars" title="Milk Wars">Milk Wars</a>"</li>
<li><a href="Millarworld" title="Millarworld">Millarworld</a>
<ul><li><i><a href="Wanted_(comics)" title="Wanted (comics)">Wanted</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="Big_Game_(comics)" title="Big Game (comics)">Big Game</a></i></li></ul></li>
<li><i><a href="The_Unexpected_(2018_comic_book)" title="The Unexpected (2018 comic book)">The Unexpected</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="Tales_from_the_Dark_Multiverse" title="Tales from the Dark Multiverse">Tales from the Dark Multiverse</a></i></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other media</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Film</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><i><a href="Justice_League%3A_Crisis_on_Two_Earths" title="Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths">Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="Green_Lantern%3A_Emerald_Knights" title="Green Lantern: Emerald Knights">Green Lantern: Emerald Knights</a></i></li>
<li><a href="DC_Animated_Movie_Universe" title="DC Animated Movie Universe">DC Animated Movie Universe</a>
<ul><li><i><a href="Justice_League%3A_The_Flashpoint_Paradox" title="Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox">Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="Suicide_Squad%3A_Hell_to_Pay" title="Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay">Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="Justice_League_Dark%3A_Apokolips_War" title="Justice League Dark: Apokolips War">Justice League Dark: Apokolips War</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="Justice_League%3A_Crisis_on_Infinite_Earths" title="Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths">Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths</a></i></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="DC_Extended_Universe" title="DC Extended Universe">DC Extended Universe</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Television</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><i><a href="Super_Friends" title="Super Friends">Super Friends</a></i></li>
<li><a href="DC_Animated_Universe" title="DC Animated Universe">DC Animated Universe</a></li>
<li><i><a href="Lois_%26_Clark%3A_The_New_Adventures_of_Superman" title="Lois &amp; Clark: The New Adventures of Superman">Lois &amp; Clark: The New Adventures of Superman</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="Smallville" title="Smallville">Smallville</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="Batman%3A_The_Brave_and_the_Bold" title="Batman: The Brave and the Bold">Batman: The Brave and the Bold</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="Green_Lantern%3A_The_Animated_Series" title="Green Lantern: The Animated Series">Green Lantern: The Animated Series</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="Teen_Titans_Go!" title="Teen Titans Go!">Teen Titans Go!</a></i></li>
<li><a href="Arrowverse" title="Arrowverse">Arrowverse</a>
<ul><li>"<a href="Worlds_Finest" title="Worlds Finest">Worlds Finest</a>"</li>
<li>"<a href="Crisis_on_Earth-X" title="Crisis on Earth-X">Crisis on Earth-X</a>"</li>
<li>"<a href="Elseworlds_(Arrowverse)" title="Elseworlds (Arrowverse)">Elseworlds</a>"</li>
<li>"<a href="Crisis_on_Infinite_Earths_(Arrowverse)" title="Crisis on Infinite Earths (Arrowverse)">Crisis on Infinite Earths</a>"</li></ul></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Video games</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><i><a href="Mortal_Kombat_vs._DC_Universe" title="Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe">Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="DC_Universe_Online" title="DC Universe Online">DC Universe Online</a></i>
<ul><li><i><a href="DC_Universe_Online%3A_Legends" title="DC Universe Online: Legends">Legends</a></i></li></ul></li>
<li><i><a href="Injustice%3A_Gods_Among_Us" title="Injustice: Gods Among Us">Injustice: Gods Among Us</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="Infinite_Crisis_(video_game)" title="Infinite Crisis (video game)">Infinite Crisis</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="Injustice_2" title="Injustice 2">Injustice 2</a></i></li></ul>
</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>
<div class="navbox-styles"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Watchmen254" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Watchmen254" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><i><a href="Watchmen" title="Watchmen">Watchmen</a></i></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div>Created by <a href="Alan_Moore" title="Alan Moore">Alan Moore</a> and <a href="Dave_Gibbons" title="Dave Gibbons">Dave Gibbons</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Comics</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="Watchmen" title="Watchmen">Watchmen</a></i></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="Before_Watchmen" title="Before Watchmen">Before Watchmen</a></i></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="Doomsday_Clock_(comics)" title="Doomsday Clock (comics)">Doomsday Clock</a></i> ("<a href="The_Button_(comics)" title="The Button (comics)">The Button</a>")</span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="Dark_Nights%3A_Death_Metal" title="Dark Nights: Death Metal">Dark Nights: Death Metal</a></i></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="Rorschach_(comic_book)" title="Rorschach (comic book)">Rorschach</a></i></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="Flashpoint_Beyond" title="Flashpoint Beyond">Flashpoint Beyond</a></i></span></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="List_of_Watchmen_characters" title="List of Watchmen characters">Characters</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Comedian_(character)" title="Comedian (character)">Comedian</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Doctor_Manhattan" title="Doctor Manhattan">Doctor Manhattan</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Nite_Owl" title="Nite Owl">Nite Owl</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Rorschach_(character)" title="Rorschach (character)">Rorschach</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Silk_Spectre" title="Silk Spectre">Silk Spectre</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Adrian_Veidt" title="Adrian Veidt">Adrian Veidt</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="List_of_Doomsday_Clock_characters" title="List of Doomsday Clock characters"><i>Doomsday Clock</i> characters</a></span></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Adaptations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Films</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="Watchmen_(2009_film)" title="Watchmen (2009 film)">Watchmen</a></i> (2009)</span>
<ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Production_of_Watchmen_(2009_film)" title="Production of Watchmen (2009 film)">production</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Watchmen%3A_Music_from_the_Motion_Picture" title="Watchmen: Music from the Motion Picture">soundtrack</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Watchmen%3A_Original_Motion_Picture_Score" title="Watchmen: Original Motion Picture Score">score</a></span></li></ul></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="Watchmen_(2024_film)" title="Watchmen (2024 film)">Watchmen</a></i> (2024)</span></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">TV series</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="Watchmen_(TV_series)" title="Watchmen (TV series)">Watchmen</a></i> (2019)</span>
<ul><li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="It's_Summer_and_We're_Running_Out_of_Ice" title="It's Summer and We're Running Out of Ice">It's Summer and We're Running Out of Ice</a>"</span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="Martial_Feats_of_Comanche_Horsemanship" title="Martial Feats of Comanche Horsemanship">Martial Feats of Comanche Horsemanship</a>"</span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="She_Was_Killed_by_Space_Junk" title="She Was Killed by Space Junk">She Was Killed by Space Junk</a>"</span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="If_You_Don't_Like_My_Story%2C_Write_Your_Own" title="If You Don't Like My Story, Write Your Own">If You Don't Like My Story, Write Your Own</a>"</span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="Little_Fear_of_Lightning" title="Little Fear of Lightning">Little Fear of Lightning</a>"</span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="This_Extraordinary_Being" title="This Extraordinary Being">This Extraordinary Being</a>"</span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="An_Almost_Religious_Awe" title="An Almost Religious Awe">An Almost Religious Awe</a>"</span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="A_God_Walks_into_Abar" title="A God Walks into Abar">A God Walks into Abar</a>"</span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="See_How_They_Fly" title="See How They Fly">See How They Fly</a>"</span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Watchmen_(soundtrack)" title="Watchmen (soundtrack)">soundtrack</a></span></li></ul></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other media</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="Who_Watches_the_Watchmen%3F" title="Who Watches the Watchmen?">Who Watches the Watchmen?</a></i> (1987)</span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="Watchmen%3A_Motion_Comic" title="Watchmen: Motion Comic">Watchmen: Motion Comic</a></i> (2008–2009)</span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="Watchmen%3A_The_End_Is_Nigh" title="Watchmen: The End Is Nigh">Watchmen: The End Is Nigh</a></i> (2009)</span></li></ul>
</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Parodies</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="Saturday_Morning_Watchmen" title="Saturday Morning Watchmen">Saturday Morning Watchmen</a></i></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="Watchmensch" title="Watchmensch">Watchmensch</a></i></span></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">See also</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Charlton_Comics" title="Charlton Comics">Charlton Comics</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Blue_Beetle" title="Blue Beetle">Blue Beetle</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Captain_Atom" title="Captain Atom">Captain Atom</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Mr._A" title="Mr. A">Mr. A</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Nightshade_(DC_Comics)" title="Nightshade (DC Comics)">Nightshade</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Peacemaker_(character)" title="Peacemaker (character)">Peacemaker</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Peter_Cannon%2C_Thunderbolt" title="Peter Cannon, Thunderbolt">Peter Cannon, Thunderbolt</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Punch_and_Jewelee" class="mw-redirect" title="Punch and Jewelee">Punch and Jewelee</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Question_(character)" title="Question (character)">Question</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="DC_Rebirth" title="DC Rebirth">DC Rebirth</a></i></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="The_New_Golden_Age" title="The New Golden Age">The New Golden Age</a></i></span></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div>
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