DC Blank Slate

DC Blank Slate is a comic book initiative designed to be an equivalent to the popular yet controversial Ultimate Marvel universe with the comics being published making multiple changes to the source material and mixing up the core of some characters. It started publishing on May 16th, 2016.
==Comics==
===Ongoing===
*/Batman/
*/Superman/
*/Wonder Woman/
*/Green Lantern/
*/Flash/
*/Doom Patrol/
*/Justice League/
===Limited===
*TBD
==Characters==
===Main===
====Batman====
*Bruce Wayne/Batman - the cold and aloof Autistic heir to the Waynes who saw his family die in front of him and was raised by his butler since then as now all grown up, he keeps to himself and trained under four figures in Gotham City: the assassin William Wintergreen, the famed boxer Ted Grant, police detective James Gordon and the enigmatic Ra's Al Ghul. Having taken the lessons from all four at heart, he decides to become a masked vigilante known as the Batman, striking Gotham through fear although he begins to learn that maybe fear isn't the only way to deal with threats.
*Jason Todd/Robin/Nightwing - a street wise yet aggressive and somewhat violent preteen who Bruce found on the streets after saving him from anarchists working for the Joker as he ends up begging Bruce to accept him as his sidekick. He soon begins life as Robin, helping Bruce out as sometimes his unresolved anger issues can cause him to act recklessly in battle as he starts to counteract Batman, with both of them sticking up for each other's flaws. Eventually, learning that there are more towns as he moves to Bludhaven to make out his own identity as the Nightwing.
====Superman====
*Kal-El/Clark Kent/Superman - the last son of Krypton who crash landed in the farm town of Smallville as he was found by the recent widower Jonathan, whose wife Martha died in a car crash while expecting. Clark was raised the best that he could be raised although it left Clark with some self esteem issues, especially with Jonathan's approach of Clark trying to hide his sudden and scary alien powers. Years later, he moves to Metropolis and gets a job as an investigative journalist as he suddenly activates his powers when saving a little girl from getting hit by a car. Now heralded as a hero, Clark decides to become Superman, finding the suit in his old crashed pod as he tries to come to terms with his powers and the fact people don't hate him for being different.
====Wonder Woman====
*Princess Diana/Wonder Woman - the studious and inquisitive princess of Themyscira who has always been fascinated by Man's World, often sending her sister figure and guardian of Man's World, the Wonder Woman, known as Nubia to give her books from Man's World to read. After Nubia has suddenly been betrayed by someone she trusted and killed, the Queen hosts a tournament to see who would follow her up as the next Wonder Woman as Diana, pretending to be a masked nameless Amazon, wins the tournament as she takes a new Wonder Woman suit plus the Lasso of Truth and Bracelets of Invulnerability to Man's World, travelling the world to protect it. She goes a somewhat more methodical approach when it comes to fighting, never truly rushing into battle.
====Green Lantern====
*John Stewart/Green Lantern - a brave and formidable yet reckless ex-military officer who uncovers a Green Lantern ring as after learning that his employers plan on using the ring to power mindless supersoldiers they deem Manhunters, he flees and becomes a global vigilante, fighting crime all over the world while beginning to learn what exactly his ring comes from and befriending a few figures as well, while fighting villains both working for CADMUS, of their own volution or even fighting people from outer space.
====Flash====
* Barry Allen/Flash - a geeky and nerdy student at Keystone University who is a massive fan of superheroes as he practically worships the old Titans known as the Justice Society. One fateful day, he got struck by lightning while doing an experiment as he gains super speed as he decides to follow the legacy of the original Flash, Jay Garrick, becoming the protector and defender of Central City.
====Doom Patrol====
* Niles Caulder/The Chief - an aging government agent working for the D.E.O. who pitched the idea of the Doom Patrol, a team of operatives entuned with the strange and bizarre as he watches them over, giving them missions and treating them as practically his own children, truly caring for them and their safety.
* Cliff Steele/Robotman - an egotistical and reckless race car driver known for his love for speed who got in a tragic car accident with only his brain being intact as his brain was implanted into a robotic body courtesy of S.T.A.R. Labs as he begins to become depressed, seeing his life as practically over as he gets visited by the Chief, being recruited to the Doom Patrol as he uses his enhanced strength to help the team out.
* Valentina Vostok/Negative Woman - a Russian pilot and former agent of rival organization to the D.E.O. known as CADMUS who attempted to run away from CADMUS by using one of their plans. Unfortunately for her, she merges with a cosmic entity known as the Negative Spirit and her body becomes living radiation as she joins the Doom Patrol, having a massive sense of morals and justice.
* Rita Farr/Elasti-Girl - a transgender actress in Hollywood who was cast in mainly side roles as while filming what she deemed was her big break in Africa, she gazed upon strange volcanic gases which grants her the ability to change any aspect of her body, ranging from expanding parts of her body to even shapeshifting as she was deemed a monster by the cast and crew and was found by Niles Caulder. She joins the Doom Patrol and slowly starts to be happy about her newfound powers, being somewhat bubbly despite all of the terrible things that happened to her.
* Joshua Clay/Tempest - a rebellious yet good-hearted college student and former military soldier who was forcefully inducted into the US military after joining a rebellious street gang as during his time at the US government, he saw how violent they are and how they primarily follow CADMUS' orders as he one day lashes out against his commanding officer, Benjamin Krullen, and unlocks genetic powers inside of him, the ability to create blasts that can melt anything. Now on the run from the military, he met Niles Caulder who gave him the officer to join the Doom Patrol as he willingly joins.
====Justice League====
===Supporting===
====Batman====
*Alfred Pennyworth - Bruce's aging butler who raised him ever since his parents' death as he tries to be understanding of his goals as Batman but can't really connect to him, being forced to be some sort of eye in the sky figure for Batman, although he doesn't want to see someone he raised as his own son die during his war on crime.
*Commissioner James Gordon - the Commissioner of the GCPD who is fully aware that Bruce is Batman and helped him craft the identity as he is Batman's eyes in the GCPD and is obsessed with justice.
*Thomas Blake/Catman - a more brutal vigilante who sees crime as something that needs to be squashed out, taking an identity slightly inspired by Batman's. He has his encounters with Batman, issuing in a romantic tension between them.
====Superman====
*Lois Lane - a senior journalist of the Daily Planet who is quite rude and egotistical, having an easily breakable pride as she is forced to mentor Clark, having no idea that Clark has an anxious little crush on her. When she learns of Superman, she becomes somewhat obsessed with getting an interview from him, believing that cracking the Superman case is what would cause her popularity to skyrocket heavily.
*Dru-Zod/Steve Lombard - a Kryptonian who was groomed by his parents as a teenager into becoming a revolutionary, seeing Krypton as a corrupt society as during his training, Krypton was rumored to be destroyed as Zod's parents made an escape pod so that Zod can go to a planet and prevent it from ending up like Krypton. He ends up arriving on Earth and takes the human identity of Steve Lombard, getting a job at the Daily Planet and waiting until society reveals itself as corrupt to make changes. Eventually Superman reveals himself and thanks to Zod's training to hate the House of El, he goes into a rage and attempts to kill Superman. After revealing that he has no memories of Krypton and with some introspection, Zod begins to mellow out and starts to become somewhat of an ally to Clark, wanting to rebuild Krypton but make it right, unlike what happened previously.
====Wonder Woman====
*Steve Trevor - a cocky and egotistical mercenary who initially fought Diana when she entered Man's World as she ends up taking him as her prisoner and companion as he reluctantly starts to bond with her, being her guide into the criminal underworld as he can sometimes try to make money without Diana's permission.
*TBD
*Queen Hippolyta - Diana's cold and distant mother and the Queen of the Amazons of Themyscira who reluctantly keeps up the tradition of the Wonder Woman as she hosts the tournament to see who will become the next Wonder Woman, growing even more angry when her own daughter wins the tournament, reluctantly letting her go but refusing to talk to her.
====Green Lantern====
*Kilowog - one of the last Green Lanterns actually doing hero work after the manslaughter of the Green Lantern Corps who was targeted and gunned down by space pirates, with his ring crashing down on Earth and being found by John. An AI reconstruction of Kilowog is inside of the ring as he decides to sometimes talk to John when he needs advice, although he doesn't exactly give the answers John is seeking.
====Flash====
*Iris West - Barry's roommate who is quite lazy and is somewhat of a slacker as she doesn't really care about the geeky science stuff Barry is into as she finds the Flash to be somewhat interesting but pays him no attention, just preferring to longue around and do barely anything besides watch TV. Barry seems to have a crush on her that she doesn't notice at all.
*George "Captain Boomerang" Harkness - a goofy and silly Australian police officer who moved to Central City as he believes himself to be the coolest around and has a friendship with the Flash, being an informant of his although he prefers to be called Captain Boomerang because he keeps attracting the Flash to go back to him for help.
====Doom Patrol====
*TBD
====Justice League====
*TBD
=== Antagonists===
====Batman====
*Aaqil el-Baccus/Ra's Al Ghul - the enigmatic yet pious leader of the League of Demons who was born and raised as the Ra's Al Ghul, head of the Demon, by the mysterious Sensei as he believes that it is his goal to bring peace to the world, having trained Bruce but grew hatred when he refused to join the League of Demons as he wants to rebuild Gotham and the world, not caring about how much blood he has to spill.
*The Joker - a terrifying and nihilistic anarchist who dresses himself up as a clown and believes that both life and the government themselves are jokes, gathering a massive following of likeminded anarchists as he just wants to cause chaos and discord, encountering Batman and being somewhat obsessed with him, seeing him as a fascinating opponent.
*Edward Nigma/The Riddler - a nerdy and geeky intern at the G.C.P.D. who happens to be a vigilante known as the Riddler who sees the rich and powerful of Gotham as inherently corrupt and villainous as he wants to destroy society and start anew, clashing against Batman who he wants to turn to his side, seeing them as two sides of the same coin.
====Superman====
*Alexander "Lex" Luthor - a young scientist working for S.T.A.R. Labs who learns of Superman and begins to believe that he is a threat, smuggling S.T.A.R. Labs tech to numerous criminals and lowlifes to destroy Superman. After getting fired for this, Lex creates his own startup in LexCorp which begins to blow up massively as he becomes a far bigger threat to Superman with his newfound power and wealth.
*Toyman - a puppet-like android whose creator tragically died before programming was complete who has the goal to spread fun and to make people happy as unfortunately due to having no real moral code, he begins causing havoc and chaos over Metropolis, often causing chaos over Metropolis and having no real idea what he is doing is wrong.
==== Wonder Woman ====
*Barbara Ann Minerva/Cheetah - a seemingly friendly adventurer who was Nubia's partner and lover as she decides to be somewhat supportive of Diana as the new Wonder Woman. It is revealed that she was the one who betrayed and killed Nubia, sacrificing her body to give her the power and strength to be worshipped as a heroine, wearing an outfit themed around a cheetah complete with razor sharp clawed brass knuckles as her paranoia causes her to target Diana and attempt to kill her too.
*Doris/Giganta - an Amazonian from a Northern tribe known as the Jotunn who despises the Amazons of Themyscira with a passion as she is called Giganta due to being over eight feet tall as she wields a gigantic axe and becomes obsessed with murdering Wonder Woman due to her being from Themyscira.
====Green Lantern====
*General Wade Eiling - a cold and power-hungry general working under CADMUS who wants to develop super soldiers, being the one who pitched the idea of the Manhunters and believes that the Green Lantern ring can power it. After realizing that John Stewart left with "his property" he begins a manhunt for Stewart, sending numerous officers and mercenaries after him to reclaim the Ring, while trying to find other sources to power the Manhunters.
====Flash====
*The Black Racer - a terrifying and dangerous god-like entity who has been targeting humans to slaughter and absorb, soon becoming a menace to the Flash after he stopped him from committing murders, causing humanity to learn of the Black Racer, giving him the nickname of the Reverse Flash thanks to his speed rivaling Flash's.
*Grodd - a gorilla from the Central City Zoo who during the lightning strikes that gave the Flash his powers, gave him human intellect as he initially tried to make friends with humanity but was rejected due to being an escaped gorilla. Hating that humanity fears him, Grodd grows a hatred for humanity, developing methods to enhance his intellect and even gaining tech that can enslave minds as he wants humanity to suffer for rejecting him.
====Doom Patrol====
*The Brain - an unnamed scientist who worked for the DEO who experimented with the remains of a deceased alien race known as the Dominators, injecting their DNA into himself as he begins to mutate into a gigantic and terrifying brain-like monster as he becomes the Doom Patrol's most dangerous threat and wants to conquer and to be loved by everyone.
====Justice League====
*TBD
==Trivia==
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Category:2016
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