DCAU Comics

This article is written from the Real World perspective

Over the years, there have been several comic book series set in the DCAU. They were created by a different team than the cartoon-crew, and are generally not considered canon.

Canonicity and Continuity

Concerning the comics, Bruce Timm has stated in Modern Masters Volume 3: Bruce Timm (concerning the Batman Adventures Annual #2:

"Of course, we'd teamed them up previously in the comics- we'd done that annual. The comic book animated continuity is actually different than the actual animated continuity- they'll do things that contradict what we do and vice versa. But for the sake of the Demon story we did in the animated show, we subsumed the annual we had done into the animated continuity just to get things moving faster."

However, other DCAU creations for the comics, such as Roxy Rocket (introduced in the first annual) were also adopted but without the backstory. A myriad of characters appeared before their Animated counterparts, and substantially different—most notably Superman, Lex Luthor (Batman Adventures 25), Huntress (Batman & Robin Adventures # 19), Kyle Rayner, Aquaman (Adventures in the DC Universe #1), Amazo and Chronos (Justice League Adventures #6).

Two of the comics were adapted into episodes: "Mad Love" is an adaptation of the one-shot of the same name, and "Holiday Knights" is an adaptation of the Holiday Special. Both comics were written by Paul Dini and Bruce Timm.

The movies Batman: Mask of the Phantasm, Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero and Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker and the episode "Rebirth" were each adapted into a comic.

Comics

Batman titles

There has been an almost uninterrupted line of Batman titles:

• The Batman Adventures, Volume 1

• Ran for 36 issues (and 2 Annuals and 3 Specials) between October 1992 and October 1995. Starring Batman.

• Batman & Robin Adventures

• Ran for 25 issues (and 2 Annuals) between November 1995 and December 1997. Starring Batman and Robin.

• The Batman Adventures: The Lost Years

• Ran for 5 issues between January 1998 and May 1998. Starring Nightwing.

• Batman: Gotham Adventures

• Ran for 60 issues between June 1998 and May 2003. Starring Batman, Robin, Batgirl and Nightwing.

• The Batman Adventures, Volume 2

• Ran for 17 issues between June 2003 and October 2004. Starring Batman, Robin, Batgirl and Nightwing.

Other titles

• Superman Adventures

• Ran for 66 issues (and 1 Annual and 1 Special) between November 1996 and April 2002. Starring Superman

• Adventures in the DC Universe

• Ran for 19 issues (and 1 Annual) between April 1997 and October 1998. Starring the "JLA". Introduced Wonder Woman, Flash, Kyle Rayner, Aquaman and many others.

• Batgirl Adventures

• One Shot, February 1998. Starring Batgirl.

• Batman Beyond, Volume 1

• Ran for 6 issues between March 1999 and August 1999. Starring Batman (Terry McGinnis).

• Batman Beyond, Volume 2

• Ran for 24 issues between November 1999 and October 2001. Starring Batman (Terry McGinnis).

• Gotham Girls

• Ran for 5 issues between October 2002 and February 2003. Starring Batgirl, Renee Montoya, Catwoman, Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy.

• Justice League Adventures

• Ran for 34 issues between January 2002 and October 2004. Starring the Justice League.

• Batman: Harley and Ivy

• Ran for 3 issues between June 2004 and August 2004. Starring Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy; written by Timm and Dini.

• Justice League Unlimited

• Ran for 46 issues between November 2004 and August 2008. Starring the extended Justice League.

External links

• DCAU Comics at the DC Database