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Dawn of DC

Dawn of DC is a 2023 publishing initiative by the American comic book publisher DC Comics of its entire line of ongoing monthly superhero comic book titles. Following the events of the 2022 crossover events Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths and Lazarus Planet, DC Comics started the Dawn of DC line in January 2023 with Action Comics #1051 and concluded with Absolute Power #4.[1]

Dawn of DC
Front and back covers of Dawn of DC Primer Special Edition (May 2023) #1, art by Joshua Williamson and Leandro Fernandez.
Publication information
PublisherDC Comics
Genre
Publication dateJanuary 2023 – October 2024
Main character(s)DC Universe
Creative team
Written byVarious
Artist(s)Various

The initiative succeeds the Infinite Frontier line, and will itself be succeeded by the DC All In initiative spearheaded by writers Joshua Williamson and Scott Snyder in October 2024.

Publication history

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DC Comics first announced the launch of the Dawn of DC in November 2022. DC Publisher & Chief Creative Officer Jim Lee described that the "Dawn of DC is one of our most ambitious initiatives ever and is a chance for us to tell bigger and bolder stories across our line".[1]

Unlike The New 52 or DC Rebirth where all titles were relaunched with new number one issues being released in a short period, the Dawn Of DC instead is a yearlong storytelling initiative where there is a slow rollout of new titles releasing throughout the year. Other books from prior to Dawn of DC, such as the Justice Society of America book that is being written by Geoff Johns as a part of The New Golden Age, will converge to the initiative.[2] Action Comics by Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Batman by Chip Zdarsky, Catwoman by Tini Howard, Nightwing by Tom Taylor and Harley Quinn by Tini Howard are books which started prior to the Dawn of DC and are now part of this initiative.[3]

The first issue to be released under the Dawn of DC banner was Action Comics #1051 on January 24, 2023, with various others following suit thereafter.

 
Dawn of DC promotional material by Dan Mora

The tone for many of the books in the Dawn of DC was inspired by Mark Waid and Dan Mora's Batman/Superman: World's Finest, along with Tom Taylor's Nightwing series. Along with the tone, the series are more interconnected and intertwined with one another, helping to enhance the shared universe.[4] What happens in one series is directly going to effect another. Tom King commented that "Superman is going to have an impact on Wonder Woman, and what happens in Batman is going to impact Superman. The world is cohesive, not separated".

In May 2023, the ongoing series Batman celebrated its #900th issue along with being the first issue of Batman to be officially branded in the Dawn of DC, even though the previous arcs were set after the events of Dark Crisis.[5] The next issue went back to its previous numbering with #136 but was the first DC title to include legacy numbering with #901. In June 2023, both Wonder Woman and The Flash celebrated their 800th issues along with marking their first series in the Dawn of DC. Following issue #800 both series were relaunched in September, starting from issue #1 with new creative teams.

In July and August 2023, the Knight Terrors event, headed by Joshua Williamson with multiple tie-in mini-series by various creative teams, took over the publishing line.[6][7]

After the end of Knight Terrors, DC Comics published a Batman and Catwoman crossover titled Batman/Catwoman: The Gotham War, headlined by Chip Zdarsky and Tini Howard. This crossover takes place within the main Batman and Catwoman series, with their respective artists drawing these issues. Additionally, a Red Hood-centric two-issue tie-in miniseries, Batman/Catwoman: The Gotham War: Red Hood, was written by Matthew Rosenberg and drawn by Nikola Čižmešija. This crossover took place from August 2023 to October of the same year.[8]

In October 2023, Superman with the 7th issue of its current volume celebrated its (legacy) 850th issue in an oversized special.[9]

Titans: Beast World, the Titans-centric event started in November 2023, with the main series being written by Tom Taylor featuring art by Ivan Reis, Danny Miki and Lucas Meyer. The event tied in to both Titans and Nightwing, also written by Taylor.[10]

At New York Comic-Con 2024, DC Comics announced the "Superman Superstars" initiative occurring in the Action Comics series. The initiative began in January 2024 with creators Jason Aaron and John Timms for the story arc I, Bizarro in Action Comics #1061-1063.[11] Following I, Bizzaro, Joshua Williamson, Rafa Sandoval and Miguel Mendoca took over for the next story arc, House of Brainiac, a cross-over between Superman and Action Comics from April to June 2024.[12] The next team to take over the initiative is Gail Simone and Eddy Barrows in #1067-1069 with the story Superman and the Challenge from the Stars.[13]

In July 2024, DC comics published the next company-wide summer event, Absolute Power written by Mark Waid and drawn by Dan Mora. The event consists of the titular four-issue mini-series.[14] The event uses threads built up in series published throughout the Dawn of DC, including the character of Failsafe from the events of the Batman series written by Chip Zdarsky with art by Jorge Jimenez, from Batman (vol. 3) #125–130 and #144-148. Along with the Brainiac Queen, a brand-new character created by Brainiac introduced during the events of House of Brainiac.[15] The event is set to last from July to October 2024, with the effects of the event to lead into the new DC publishing initiative, DC All In, from Scott Snyder and Joshua Williamson.[16]

Overarching narrative

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With the end of Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths, the Justice League was brought back from their supposed deaths. Amanda Waller, now inspired by this act, works under The Light to take action against all metahumans, both heroes and villains alike. In The Dawn of DC Primer #1 Waller tasked Peacemaker and Peacewrecker, her new right hands, with the goal of acquiring the Helmet of Hate from Lazarus Island. Whilst Peacemaker was off on his mission, Waller met up with a group of villains and gave them a new task, to kill the superheroes.

A new villain, Insomnia, fueled by his hatred of the Justice League and the superhero community (as a result of an attack by a group of evil Batmen which led to the deaths of his family) put the entire world to sleep.[17] He did this in order to find a mysterious object, the Nightmare Stone. After getting the Nightmare Stone, Insomnia brought the nightmares of the hero community to life. Following these events in "Knight Terrors", the world's opinion of the Justice League changed, no longer as beacons of hope but instead as avatars of fear.[17] Amanda Waller managed to steal the Nightmare Stone through all of the chaos and a mysterious figure (later revealed to be one of the missing pieces of Raven's soul) combined the stone with the Helmet of Hate in order to transform into Doctor Hate. Waller then tells Dr. Hate to target the Titans now that the Justice League are feared by the world.[18]

During the Necrostar incident, Waller and Peacemaker meets with the President of the United States and ask him to activate the emergency Bureau of Sovereignty in order to contain the threat. [19] In the aftermath, Amanda Waller takes control of the Hall of Justice by framing the Titans for Beast Boy's invasion; and Doctor Hate has trapped Raven in her soul gem.[20]

Waller meets with the Council of Light, which turns out to be multiple versions of Brainiac. [21] It's revealed that Brainiac teleported Amanda and her Suicide Squad when they fought the Crime Syndicate before Dark Crisis. Amanda is angry that Brainiac used her, and warns him to stay out of her way. [22]

Reviving Time Commander to rebuild Failsafe, and grooming a reset Brainiac Queen to her ideology, Waller sets to work to remove all Meta-humans permanently.

Changes to the DC Universe

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Following the events of the Dark Crisis, the Justice League, as a team, has gone onto a long term hiatus with the Titans, led by Nightwing, becoming the DC universe's premier superhero team.[23] The Titans are now located in Blüdhaven with their new Titans Tower being rebuilt over an old prison, which was destroyed following a prison breakout, led by the villain Heartless.[24] The villain Brother Blood has now changed public perception for himself and his cult, The Church of Blood now rebranded as The Church of Eternity. And is promoting this new change with the support of Teen Titans member Garth/Tempest. Garth rejected the offer to join this new Titans team in support of another who has the ability to be someone "who can make a real difference".[25]

Following the events of Dark Crisis, The Warworld Saga, Lazarus Planet and Action Comics #1050, a major change in the status quo occurred for the Superfamily. This includes the expansion of the Superman family and mythos with the addition of the Super Twins, Osul and Otho-Ra; Jon Kent now has new powers which mirror those of the Electric Blue Superman from the 1990s; and Lex Luthor has made the world forget Clark and Jon are Superman, courtesy of Manchester Black's abilities.[26] Luthor is now in prison following the events of Action Comics #1050 and has handed over the reins of LexCorp to Superman, with the company being renamed to Supercorp and having a new goal of helping Superman. Lois Lane also serves as the current editor-in-chief of the Daily Planet, with Perry White being on a sabbatical.[27] Steelworks was founded by John Henry Irons / Steel to bring forth Metropolis into becoming the City of Tomorrow.[28] Power Girl gained the abilities of telepathy due to the Lazarus Storm, and now goes by the name Paige.[29] Jimmy Olsen now has a new love interest in the form of ex-supervillain Silver Banshee who has damaged Superman's hearing so he no longer has superhearing, having done so after being threatened by a new group of evil mad scientist supervillains.[30] These scientists have been physically changing Supermans rogues making them more deadly and powerful.

Following the events of Lazarus Planet, the Doom Patrol, led by the Chief, a new personality of Crazy Jane, have a new mission statement: with a rise in the metahuman population, their goal is to help, protect and offer safe haven, for the world's metahumans.[31] Along with a new mission, the Doom Patrol have a new base named The Shelter, based out of an old missile silo, to provide shelter to new metahumans and place to where they can better improve their abilities.[32]

During the Dark Crisis, the superhero Oliver Queen / Green Arrow disappeared and did not return with the rest of the Justice League. This disappearance is investigated by the other members of the Arrow Family including Dinah Lance / Black Canary, Roy Harper / Arsenal and Connor Hawke / Green Arrow.[33] Lian Harper, who died in the 2009 story Cry for Justice, is now back alive and well, reunited with her father, Roy Harper, and has rejoined the Arrow family.[34] Connor Hawke ends up traveling to the future and meeting the Legion of Super-Heroes.[35] For some unknown reason, the Green Arrow family can no longer be reunited in its entirety for in the future they caused a "Great Disaster".

Following Lazarus Planet, magic in the DC Universe now works differently causing Billy Batson to use a new name, The Captain, as whenever he says "Shazam!", it triggers his transformation to occur.[36] Other than Mary Marvel, the rest of the Shazam Family no longer has powers.[37] Through the powers of Hippolyta, the meaning of "Shazam!" for Mary Marvel stands for new deities; Selene, Hippolyta, Artemis, Zephyrus, Aurora, and Minerva,[38] though her powers appear to be the same.

The Guardians of the Universe have mysteriously disappeared, and in their place, the United Planets have taken control of the Green Lantern Corps. They have stated that Sector 2814 (Earth) is a liability to the universe and have reassigned all Green Lanterns to other sectors across the universe. Furious at this change, Hal Jordan quit the Green Lantern Corps and returned to Earth.[39] Carol Ferris, Hal Jordan's long time romantic interest has moved on from Hal and now has a new fiance. John Stewart has retired from the Green Lantern Corps and now lives on Earth with his mother.

Titles

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Key
Color Meaning
Title continued into DC All In.

Ongoing series

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Title Issues Creative teams (excluding back-ups)[a] Debut date Conclusion Date
Writer(s) Artist(s) Colorist(s)
Action Comics #1051–1069 Phillip Kennedy Johnson
Jason Aaron
Joshua Williamson
Gail Simone 		Rafa Sandoval
John Timms
Miguel Mendonca
Eddy Barrows 		Matt Herms
Rex Lokus
Alejandro Sánchez 		January 24, 2023[40] September 25, 2024[41]
Catwoman (vol. 5)[b] #52–68 Tini Howard Sami Basri
Nico Leon
Stefano Raffaele 		Veronic Gandini February 21, 2023[42][43] September 18, 2024[41]
Superman (vol. 6) #1–18 Joshua Williamson Jamal Campbell
Gleb Melnikov
David Baldeón
Bruno Redondo 		Jamal Campbell
Alejandro Sánchez
Adriano Lucas
Nightwing (vol. 4)[c] #102–118 Tom Taylor Travis Moore
Bruno Redondo
Stephen Byrne 		Adriano Lucas March 21, 2023[44]
Harley Quinn (vol. 4) #28–43 Tini Howard Sweeny Boo March 28, 2023[45] September 25, 2024[41]
Green Arrow (vol. 7) #1–16 Joshua Williamson Sean Izaakse
Phil Hester 		Romulo Fajardo Jr. April 25, 2023[46]
Batman (vol. 3)[d] #135–152 Chip Zdarsky Mike Hawthorne
Jorge Jiménez
Belen Ortega 		Tomeu Morey May 2, 2023[47][48] September 4, 2024[41]
Shazam! (vol. 5) #1–15 Mark Waid
Josie Campbell 		Dan Mora
Emanuela Lupacchino 		Alejandro Sánchez
Trish Mulvihill
Green Lantern (vol. 7) #1–15 Jeremy Adams Xermánico Romulo Fajardo Jr. May 9, 2023[49] September 11, 2024[41]
Titans (vol. 4) Tom Taylor Nicola Scott
Travis Moore
Lucas Meyer 		Annette Kwok
Tamra Bonvillain
Adriano Lucas 		May 16, 2023[50] September 18, 2024[41]
Batman: The Brave and the Bold[e] #1– Various May 16, 2023[50] TBA
Poison Ivy #13–25 G. Willow Wilson Marcio Takara
Luana Vecchio
Haining 		Arif Prianto
Luana Vecchio 		June 6, 2023[51] September 25, 2024[41]
The Penguin #1–12 Tom King Rafael de Latorre Marcelo Maiolo August 22, 2023[52] July 24, 2024[53]
Birds of Prey (vol. 4) #1–13 Kelly Thompson Leonardo Romero
Javier Pina
Gavin Guidry 		Jordie Bellaire September 5, 2023[54][55] September 4, 2024[41]
Blue Beetle (vol. 10) #1–11 Josh Trujillo Adrian Gutiérrez Wil Quintana July 3, 2024[56]
Batman and Robin (vol. 3) #1–13 Joshua Williamson Simone di Meo September 12, 2023[2] September 11, 2024[41]
Green Lantern: War Journal #1–12 Philip Kennedy Johnson Montos Adriana Lucas September 19, 2023[57][58] August 21, 2024[59]
Wonder Woman (vol. 6) #1–13 Tom King Daniel Sampere Tomeu Morey September 18, 2024[41]
The Flash (vol. 6) Simon Spurrier Mike Deodato, Jr. Trish Mulvihill September 26, 2023[58][60] September 25, 2024[41]
Power Girl (vol. 3) Leah Williams Eduardo Pansica Romulo Fajardo Jr.

Limited series

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Title Issues Creative teams (excluding back ups) Debut date Conclusion date
Writer(s) Artist(s) Colorist(s)
Adventures of Superman: Jon Kent #1–6 Tom Taylor Clayton Henry
Darick Robertson 		Jordie Bellaire March 7, 2023[61] August 1, 2023[62]
Unstoppable Doom Patrol #1–7 Dennis Culver Chris Burnham
David Lafuente 		Brian Reber March 28, 2023[63] October 24, 2023[64]
Superboy: The Man of Tomorrow #1–6 Kenny Porter Jahnoy Lindsay April 18, 2023[65] September 19, 2023[66]
Spirit World (vol. 2)[f] Alyssa Wong Haining May 9, 2023[67] October 31, 2023[68]
Cyborg (vol. 3) Morgan Hampton Tom Raney Michael Atiyeh May 16, 2023[50] December 19, 2023[69]
The Vigil[f] Ram V Lalit Kumar Sharma Rain Beredo October 17, 2023[70]
City Boy[f] Greg Pak Minkyu Jung Sunny Gho May 23, 2023[50] November 7, 2023[71]
Justice Society of America (vol. 4)[g] #6-12 Geoff Johns Mikel Janín
Jerry Ordway 		Jordie Bellaire May 23, 2023[50]
Steelworks #1–6 Michael Dorn Sami Basri Andrew Dalhouse June 6, 2023[58] November 28, 2023[72]
Hawkgirl (vol. 2) Jadzia Axelrod Amancay Nahuelpan Adriano Lucas July 18, 2023[58][73] December 19, 2023[74]
Tales of the Titans[h] #1–4 Various October 24, 2023[75]
Fire & Ice: Welcome to Smallville #1–6 Joanne Starer Natacha Bustos Tamra Bonvillain September 5, 2023[76] February 6, 2024[77]
Wesley Dodds: The Sandman[g] Robert Venditti Riley Rossmo Ivan Plascencia October 10, 2023[78] March 12, 2024[79]
Jay Garrick: The Flash[g] Jeremy Adams Diego Olortegui Luis Guerrero October 17, 2023[78] March 19, 2024[80]
Alan Scott: The Green Lantern[g] Tim Sheridan Cian Tormey Matt Herms October 24, 2023[78][81] March 26, 2024[82][83]
Amazons Attack (vol. 2) Josie Campbell Vasco Georgiev Alex Guimarães
Outsiders (vol. 5) #1–11 Collin Kelly & Jackson Lanzing Robert Casey Valentina Taddeo November 14, 2023[84][85] September 11, 2024[86]
Speed Force (vol. 2) #1–6 Jarrett Williams Daniele Di Nicuolo Andrew Dalhouse April 9, 2024[87]
Red Hood: The Hill Shawn Martinbrough Sanford Greene Matt Herms February 13, 2024[88] July 31, 2024[89]
Kneel Before Zod #1–8 Joe Casey Dan McDaid David Baron January 2, 2024[90] August 7, 2024[91]
Sinister Sons #1–6 Peter Tomasi David Lafuente Tamra Bonvillain February 13, 2024[92] July 10, 2024[93]
Suicide Squad: Dream Team #1–4 Nicole Maines Eddy Barrows Adriano Lucas March 12, 2024[94] June 11, 2024[95]

One-shots

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Title Creative team Release date
Writer Artist(s) Colorist(s)
Dawn of DC We Are Legends Special Edition #1 Greg Pak
Ram V
Alyssa Wong 		Minkyu Jung
Lalit Kumar Sharma
Haining 		Sunny Gho
Romulo Fajardo Jr.
Haining 		May 2, 2023[96]
Dawn of DC Knight Terrors Free Comic Book Day Special Edition #1 Joshua Williamson Chris Bachalo
Howard Porter 		Chris Bachalo
Brad Anderson 		May 6, 2023[97]
The Dawn of DC Primer #1 Leandro Fernandez Daniela Miwa May 16, 2023[58]
Power Girl Special #1 Leah Williams Marguerite Sauvage May 30, 2023[50]
Supergirl Special #1 Mariko Tamaki Skylar Patridge Marissa Louise October 31, 2023[98]
Trinity Special #1 Tom King Daniel Sampere
Belén Ortega 		Tomeu Morey
Alejandro Sánchez 		January 30, 2024[99]

Events

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Title Issues Creative team Debut date Conclusion date
Writer(s) Artist(s) Colorist(s)
Knight Terrors
Knight Terrors: First Blood #1[i] #1 Joshua Williamson Howard Porter Brad Anderson July 4, 2023[7]
Knight Terrors: Batman #1–2 Guillem March Tomeu Morey July 4, 2023[100] August 1, 2023
Knight Terrors: Black Adam Jeremy Haun Nick Filardi
Knight Terrors: Poison Ivy G. Willow Wilson Atagun Ilhan Arif Prianto
Knight Terrors: Ravager Ed Brisson Dexter Soy Veronica Gandini
Knight Terrors: The Joker Matthew Rosenberg Stefano Raffaele Romulo Fajardo Jr.
Knight Terrors[i] #1–4 Joshua Williamson Giuseppe Camuncoli
Stefano Nesi
Caspar Wijngaard 		Tomeu Morey July 11, 2023[100] August 22, 2023
Knight Terrors: Green Lantern #1–2 Jeremy Adams Eduardo Pansica Luis Guerrero August 8, 2023
Knight Terrors: Robin Kenny Porter Miguel Mendonça Adriano Lucas
Knight Terrors: Shazam Mark Waid Roger Cruz Arif Prianto
Knight Terrors: The Flash Alex Paknadel Daniel Bayliss Igor Monti
Knight Terrors: Zatanna Dennis Culver David Baldeon Rain Beredo
Knight Terrors: Catwoman Tini Howard Leila Leiz Marissa Louise July 18, 2023[100] August 15, 2023
Knight Terrors: Nightwing Becky Cloonan
Michael W. Conrad 		Daniele Di Nicuolo Adriano Lucas
Knight Terrors: Punchline Danny Lore Lucas Meyer Alex Guimarães
Knight Terrors: Superman Joshua Williamson Tom Reilly Nathan Fairbairn
Knight Terrors: Wonder Woman Josie Campbell Juan Ferreyra
Knight Terrors: Action Comics Leah Williams
Phillip Kennedy Johnson 		Vasco Georgiev
Mico Suayan 		Alex Guimarães
Romulo Fajardo Jr. 		July 25, 2023[100] August 22, 2023
Knight Terrors: Angel Breaker Tim Seeley Acky Bright Brian Reber
Knight Terrors: Detective Comics Dan Watters Riccardo Federici Brad Anderson
Knight Terrors: Harley Quinn Tini Howard Hayden Sherman Triona Farrell
Knight Terrors: Titans Andrew Constant Scott Godlewski Ryan Cody
Knight Terrors: Night's End #1[i] #1 Joshua Williamson Howard Porter
Giuseppe Camuncoli
Trevor Hairsine 		Rain Beredo
Frank Martin 		August 29, 2023[7]
Batman/Catwoman: Gotham War
Batman/Catwoman: The Gotham War – Battle Lines #1 Chip Zdarsky
Tini Howard 		Mike Hawthorne
Adriano Di Benedetto 		Tomeu Morey August 29, 2023[101]
Batman (vol. 3) #137–138 Chip Zdarsky Jorge Jimenez September 5, 2023[101] October 3, 2023[101]
Catwoman (vol. 5) #57–58 Tini Howard Nico Leon Veronica Gandini September 19, 2023[101] October 17, 2023[101]
Batman/Catwoman: The Gotham War: Red Hood #1–2 Matthew Rosenberg Nikola Čižmešija Rex Lokus September 26, 2023[101] October 24, 2023[101]
Batman/Catwoman: The Gotham War – Scorched Earth #1 Chip Zdarsky
Tini Howard 		Mike Hawthorne
Adriano Di Benedetto 		Romulo Fajardo Jr. October 31, 2023[101]
Titans: Beast World
Tale of the Titans #4 Andrew Constant Brandt & Stein Lee Loughridge October 24, 2023[102]
Titans Beast World: Evolution[j] #1 Bob Haney
Marv Wolfman
Leah Williams 		Bill Molno
George Pérez
Marguerite Sauvage 		Bill Molno
Adrienne Roy
Marguerite Sauvage 		November 21, 2023[103]
Titans: Beast World #1–6 Tom Taylor Ivan Reis
Lucas Meyer 		Brad Anderson
Romulo Fajardo Jr. 		November 28, 2023[102] January 30, 2024
Titans (vol. 4) #6–7 Nicola Scott
Travis Moore
Stephen Segovia 		Annette Kwok
Tamra Bonvillain 		December 26, 2023[104] January 16, 2024
Titans: Beast World: Waller Rising #1 Chuck Brown Keron Grant December 5, 2023[103]
Titans: Beast World Tour: Metropolis Nicole Maines
Joshua Williamson
Dan Jurgens
Zipporah Smith 		Fico Ossio
Anthony Marques
Edwin Galmon 		Luis Guerrero
Pete Pantazis
Edwin Galmon
Titans: Beast World Tour: Gotham Chip Zdarsky
Grace Ellis
Gretchen Felker-Martin
Sam Maggs
Kyle Starks 		Miguel Mendonça
Daniel Hillyard
Ivan Shavrin
PJ Holden
Kelley Jones 		Mike Spicer
Rico Renzi
Ivan Shavrin
PJ Holden
José Villarrubia 		December 12, 2023[105]
Titans: Beast World Tour: Central City Si Spurrier
Jarrett Williams
Alex Paknadel
A.L. Kaplan 		Scott Koblish
George Kambadais
Serg Acuña
A.L. Kaplan 		Hi-Fi
Matt Herms
A.L. Kaplan 		December 19, 2023[105]
Titans: Beast World Tour: Atlantis Sina Grace
Frank Tieri
Meghan Fitzmartin 		Riccardo Federici
Valentine De Landro
Maria Laura Sanapo 		Lee Loughridge
Marissa Louise
Michael Atiyeh 		January 2, 2024[103]
Titans: Beast World Tour: Star City Joshua Williamson
Ryan Parrott
Robert Venditti
Ted Brandt 		Jamal Campbell
Roger Cruz
Gavin Guidry
Ro Stein 		Adriano Lucas
Alex Gumiaraes 		January 23, 2024[103]
House of Brainiac
Action Comics #1064–1066 Joshua Williamson Rafa Sandoval TBA April 9, 2024[106] TBA
Green Lantern (vol. 7) #10–12 Jeremy Adams Kevin Maguire
Superman (vol. 6) #13–15 Joshua Williamson Rafa Sandoval April 16, 2024[106]
Power Girl (vol. 3) #8–10 Leah Williams Eduardo Pansica April 23, 2024[106]
Superman: House of Brainiac Special #1 Joshua Williamson
Mark Russell 		Edwin Galmon
Steve Pugh 		April 30, 2024[106]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ For additional creative team information, see each title's individual article.
  2. ^ Although the story arc started in Catwoman (vol. 5) #51, the Dawn of DC banner was not added until #52.
  3. ^ Although the story arc started in Nightwing (vol. 4) #101, the Dawn of DC banner was not added until #102.
  4. ^ Although the Chip Zdarsky run of Batman started in Batman (vol. 3) #125, with all the events taking place after Dark Crisis, the Dawn of DC banner was not added until #135.
  5. ^ Though the series does not include the Dawn of DC banner, these titles were advertised to be in the Dawn of DC or have stories which occur during or have an effect in the Dawn of DC
  6. ^ a b c Part of the "We Are Legends" banner.
  7. ^ a b c d Also part of The New Golden Age, which started in November of 2022, headlined by Geoff Johns.
  8. ^ Though the series does not include the Dawn of DC banner, these titles were advertised to be in the Dawn of DC or have stories which occur during or have an effect in the Dawn of DC
  9. ^ a b c That non-italicized titles for Knight Terrors are the main issues.
  10. ^ One-shot collecting Teen Titans (vol. 1) #5, Tales of the New Teen Titans #3, and a story from Action Comics #1051.

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