2016s

**2016** was a year of the 21st century.

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## Events

* Kord Industries' research and development budget has reached $707,000,000.
* "The Human Paradox" is released by Dynazty.
* At the age of 19, Maxine Hunkel begins to manifest powers of her own.
* The Joker is born.
* **Birth of The Reaper:** Andrea Beaumont becomes The Reaper and started to kill crime lords to killed her father.
* Basil Karlo becomes Clayface.
* Edward Nygma becomes The Riddler.

### January

#### 1st

* **The Man in The Mask:** Batman defeated Scarecrow and faced his fears.

#### 4th

* **Creatures of the Dark:** Batman defeated Man-Bat.

#### 10th

* Musical artist David Bowie passes away.

### February

* El Diablo kills six people in Los Angeles without being appreanded.
* **The Butcher and His Knife:** Batman defeated Victor Zsasz and stopped him for killing more people.
* **Capture of El Diablo**: El Diablo accidentally burns his family alive and surrenders to the authorities.

#### 4th

* El Diablo torches several inmates while in federal prison, prompting a transfer to Belle Reve, where he's put inside a container capable of dousing fire.

#### 14th

* **Stopping Toyman:** Clark faces Winslow Percival Schott, a criminal who uses toy-based or toy-themed devices and gimmicks in his various crimes, who goes by Toyman, who attacks Metropolis but Superman defeated him and took him to prison.
* **Terror of The Hatter:** Batman defeated Mad Hatter and saved Alice.

### March

#### 1st

* Wesley Rowe, a fake identity used by Barry Allen in 2017, had this date as the license issued date.
* **Croc in The Sewers:** Batman defeated Killer Croc and saved the hostages.

#### 5th

* Joker capture and tie Don Leo, a criminal boss who tried to take over the Joker's territory in Gotham.
* Joker kills Don Leo and acquires his criminal organization.
* Andrea came to Gotham and started to kill gang member
* **Scarface:** Batman took down Sal Maroni and Scarface.
* Andrea AKA Reaper kills Sal Maroni in prison and cops think it is Batman.

#### 6th

* **The Reaper:** Batman is on the run from the cops.
* Batman face The Reaper from killing Falcone.
* Andrea's fate is unknown.

### April

#### 1st

* Floyd Lawton is arrested after another one of his murders.

#### 2nd

* **Lex's Plan:** Lex Luthor learns of a joint U.S. Army and U.S. Navy nuclear missile test. He buys hundreds of acres of empty desert land and reprograms the two missiles to detonate in the San Andreas Fault, with his assistant Otis accidentally programming the second missile coordinates incorrectly. Knowing Superman could stop his plan, Lex deduces that a recently discovered meteorite is from Krypton and is radioactive to Superman.

#### 15th

* Various files about future Task Force X members are filed.
* **The Birth of Anarky:** Lonnie Machin becomes Anarky

#### 21st

* Musical artist Prince passes away.
* **The Fear:** Scarecrow escapes from Arkham.

### May

* The Skydeck viewing platform of the new LexCorp Tower is open to the public.
* **Clark and Lois:** Lois Lane tracks down Clark Kent in Smallville, with the intent of exposing him. However, Lois drops the story upon hearing of Jonathan Kent's sacrifice, keeping Clark's identity safe, which fuels Perry's suspicions.
* **The Cat:** Batman defeated Catwoman from robbing gems.
* Oswald Cobblepot returns to Gotham.

#### 20th

* The film *The Angry Birds Movie* is released.

#### 21st

* **The Man Who Melted:** Batman defeated Clayface from killing actors from the movie, The Terror.
* The film The Terror is released.

### June

#### 15th

* Files are updated and printed on criminals that Amanda Waller is interested in using for Task Force X.
* **Lex Meets Superman:** Luthor and his accomplices Otis and Eve Teschmacher retrieve a piece of it, Luthor lures Superman to his underground lair and reveals his plan to cause everything west of the San Andreas Fault to sink into the Pacific Ocean, leaving Luthor's desert land as the new West Coast of the United States. Luthor then exposes him to the meteor piece's mineral, Kryptonite, which weakens Superman greatly as Luthor taunts him about the second missile which will detonate in Hackensack, New Jersey.
* **The Earthquake:** Teschmacher is horrified that Luthor does not care that her mother lives in Hackensack. Luthor leaves Superman to die. Knowing he always keeps his word, Teschmacher helps Superman on the condition he will stop the eastbound missile first. After being freed, Superman diverts the eastbound missile into outer space, consequently preventing him from reaching the westbound missile before it explodes in the San Andreas Fault. Massive earthquakes erupt across California, damaging the Golden Gate Bridge and breaching the Hoover Dam. Superman mitigates the effects of the explosion by sealing the fault line.
* While Superman is busy saving others, Lois's car falls into a crevice from one of the aftershocks, trapping her as it fills with dirt and debris. She suffocates before Superman can reach her. Angered over failing to save her, Superman defies Jor-El's earlier warning not to manipulate human history, and instead heeds Jonathan's advice that he must be there for "a reason". He accelerates around Earth, traveling several minutes backward in time to prevent Lois's death while also undoing the damage caused by the missile and earthquake.

#### 16th

* Amanda Waller attends a meeting to propose the concept of Task Force X.
* **The Man of Steel:** After saving the West Coast, Superman delivers Luthor and Otis to prison, he visits Lois and they share a kiss before Superman flying into the sunrise.

#### 17th

* **Luthor's Other Plan:** Luthor was in prison but was bailed up by his assistant, Mercy Graves and Luthor told her about he stole some of Superman's DNA to create a clone of Superman.

#### 7th

* Katana completes a mission in Japan, where she kills a group of members of the Yakuza.

### July

#### 5th

* During Boston Brand's act, he was shot by an unknown assailant. Brand's spirit made a perfect landing, but he looked down and saw his body down in the middle of the ring surrounded by his colleagues. Instead of moving on, Brand's spirit was called by the goddess Rama Kushna. She took pity on him and gave him the power to possess the living, so he could bring his killer and others to justice as Deadman.

### October

#### 1st

* The last time any ship will reach a small city in Iceland, later rescued from starvation by Aquaman.

#### 5th

* **The Nightmare Of Gotham:** Batman defeated Scarecrow from turning Gotham into a living nightmare.

### November

#### 12th

* Lois Lane receives a paycheck of $1,210.40 from the Daily Planet.

#### 13th

* The king tide begins. Arthur Curry brings fish to a small Icelandic village.
* Catwoman is released from Arkham.

#### 14th

* Bruce Wayne arrives in a small Icelandic village in search of Aquaman.

#### 15th

* **Rescue at the Old Bailey Courthouse**: Wonder Woman saves a group of civilians from a terrorist organization that attempted to blow up the Old Bailey Courthouse in London.

#### 23rd

* Superman helps after a Metropolis gas explosion.
* Superman helps after a bus accident in Metropolis.
* **The Penguin:** Batman defeated The Penguin with the help of Catwoman.
* Harvey Dent started to hear his other side.

#### 30th

* DirecTV Stream is founded.
* Jane Doe became a costume creator

### December

* Wayne Enterprises delivers Diana's photograph from World War I to her at the Louvre on behalf of Bruce Wayne. She is touched by receiving the image, and reminisces on her time with Steve Trevor and fighting in the war.
* According to LexCorp's chief financial officer the company anticipates continued growth and profitability through the end of 2016.
* **Riddles of The Riddler:** Batman defeated The Riddler.

#### 2nd

* Superman stops armed robbers in Metropolis.

#### 5th

* Albert Michaels becomes Atomic Skull.
* Superman defeated Atomic Skull.

#### 9th

* Andrew Grimes receives an injury in the line of duty on which resulted in a broken collarbone and dislocated shoulder. He had been chasing a suspect down a fire escape and fell seven feet down onto the sidewalk hitting a vehicle that had been parked under the fire escape.
* Jane Doe's face got burned off by a explosion fire burning and losing all of her skin and became a serial killer.

#### 12th

* A file of the Gotham City Police Department is compiled for the retribution of Andrew Grimes.

#### 13th

* Superman prevents an attempted robbery in Metropolis.

#### 14th

* Superman saves a Metropolis school from burning down.

#### 15th

* Superman is asked questions by kids on what it's like being a superhero.

#### 16th

* **Freeze:** Batman defeated Mr. Freeze from killing Ferris Boyle.
* The film *Rouge One: A Star Wars Story is released.*
* Malcolm Arnold "Mal" Duncan becomes a superhero called Vox.

#### 17th

* Superman is seen performing a feat in Metropolis, which is documented by Bruce Wayne.

### Late

* "Drag Me Down" is released by Santa Cruz.