Earth-4

year 0: 2015

## Phase One

* **Batman, Vol. 1: Year One**
		- Bruce Wayne (Earth-4) returns to Gotham after the murder of his uncle Philip Kane. He dons the mantle of Batman and begins to investigate the murder, which points to Gotham crime boss and politician Oswald "Penguin" Cobblepot as responsible. Bruce attempts to confront Penguin head on, but this approach fails when Penguin calls his enforcers in and Bruce realizes he must act indirectly.
	+ Batman chases down elusive assassin Deadshot,
* **Flash, Vol. 1**
	+ Arc : Metahuman Crisis
* **Green Lantern, Vol. 1: First Flight** Test pilot Hal Jordan
* **Superman, Vol. 1: Son of Krypton**
	+ Arc One: Last Days of Krypton - Baby Kal-El escapes the destruction
		- On Krypton, introduces Zodd and Kara Zor-El
		- On Earth, introduces Jonathan and Martha Kent
	+ Arc Two: Wonder Years - Young Kal-El grows up in Smallvile. He meets Lana Lang and falls in love for the first time, discovering his powers.
	+ Arc Three: Smallville Mystery -
		- Eight Years Before Present
		- Now teenagers, Lana Lang and Clark Kent begin to identify some mysterious disappearances in town. Among them, young waitress Dolores Winters. Their investigations lead them to a man named John Corben, a serial killer who has recently moved into Smallville. Clark confronts him as he attempts to kill Lana Lang, and throws him off of her. In the process, he nearly destroys Corben's body. The duo consider the affair closed, but unbeknownst to them, the real kidnapper was the eccentric crippled genius named Jerry Shugel. Shugel collects Corben's body and promises to rebuild him.
	+ Arc Four: Ultra-Humanite
		- We learn Shugel's backstory. He was once a genius on the top of the world, but was afflicted with a degenerative disease. He squandered his wealth trying to find a cure, and ended up moving back to his hometown of Metropolis. He now seeks to find the "perfect body", whether that be by kidnapping one (like Dolores Winters) or by building one (as he will do to Corben). He rebuilds Corben into the cyborg **Metallo**.
		- Metallo heads to the Kent farm where Lana and Clark are hanging out, kills Jon Kent, and kidnaps Clark.
		- Clark's words to her inspire her to act up, and Lana heads to the Ultra-Humanite's lair. She disables Shugel and frees all the people he has kidnapped.
		- Clark dons his suit and moves to defeat the cyborg Metallo in the streets of Metropolis.
		- After all that has happened, Clark and Lana talk. Clark confesses his love to Lana, but she tells him that he doesn't belong by her side; rather, he should utilize his life saving the rest of the world. She bids him adieu, letting him know that she will always support him, but he has so much more to offer the world than she could ever help him accomplish in Smallville.
	+ Finale: Action!
		- Lex Luthor and Lois Lane both come to the town of Smallville, hoping to investigate how a young "superman" managed to stump both the deranged "Ultra-Humanite" and "Metallo". Lex convinces his car to move faster, nearly causing a car crash with a young Lois Lane. Before the two cars collide, Clark raises Lois's car out of the way, saving her life. She catches a look at his face, and the two lock eyes, before he places her car back down and leaves.
		- Having seen Superman in action, Lex Luthor takes the corpse of Metallo and puts it in stasis, promising to rebuild him.
* **Wonder Woman, Vol. 1**
	+ The two defeat the Nazi villain Doctor Poison
	+ Diana learns that Steve has another wife at home, with a daughter on the way, and grows disgusted.
	+ Ares kills Steve Trevor and tells Diana that, no matter what, war will never end. Diana is forced to acknowledge her truth, and surrenders her weapons to Ares.
	+ Finale:
		- Diana Prince arrives in America, looking up at the Statue of Liberty. Lightning suddenly cracks in the sky.
* **Green Arrow, Vol. 1**

## Phase Two

* **Superman, Vol. 2: Man of Metropolis**
	+ Year 1
	+ Arc One: Intergang
		- Having returned from college, Clark Kent heads to Metropolis. He applies for, and gets, a job at the Daily Planet. Here, he meets many new faces, such as Perry White, and most importantly, Lois Lane.
		- Lois Lane has been wanting to write a paper on the "man of tomorrow", Superman. That night, Superman visits her at her apartment. She writes an interview on him, noting how familiar he looks and how strange it is that she followed him to Metropolis from Smallville. Superman asks what else she's investigating, and learns she's been writing reports on a mysterious crime syndicate known as "Intergang". Wanting to impress her, Superman seeks them out.
		- Superman discovers Intergang has ties to Galaxy Communications, the competitor to the Daily Planet. This prevents Lois Lane from investigating them further, forcing Superman to do it alone. He confronts Morgan Edge directly, but the weaponry that Intergang wields is surprisingly more powerful than Superman anticipated, and is actually capable of hurting him.
		- Superman learns that Intergang is attempting to wield some sort of Mother Box device, and does all he can to damage the device. It does manage to break. Infuriated, Morgan Edge attempts to use another device: a Phantom Zone projector.
		- A portal opens over Metropolis, and an armada emerges.
	+ Arc : Black Zero Event
	+ Zodd asks Superman to turn his back on humanity. Superman refuses, and duels Zodd through Metropolis. Zodd begs Superman to kill him with a Kryptonite dagger. Superman refuses and instead uses the Phantom Zone Projector to send Zodd back to prison.
	+ Arc: Lunar Lobo
		- The issue ends with Lobo revealing that Superman isn't the alien that Lobo is targeting the bounty on, but rather, he has been sent by the White Martians to kill Martian Manhunter.
	+ Final Arc: Xenophobia
		- Lobo, Superman, and Martian Manhunter meet on a skyscraper. The trio discuss whether humanity will ever accept them. Lobo denies this, Manhunter states that he has no choice in the matter, and Superman responds that he has hope, before going to see his then-friend Lois.
		- Meanwhile, Lex Luthor buys out Galaxy Communications. He learns that Kryptonite weaponry could harm Superman.
* **Wonder Woman, Vol. 2**
	+ In the time since Steve Trevor's death, Wonder Woman has been living with Etta Candy (a descendant of Steve Trevor's).
* **The Brave and the Bold**
	+ Batman/Black Canary
		- Ra's al Ghul has dispatched Merlyn the Archer to kill Batman.
	+ Batman/Green Arrow
	+ Batman/Superman

## Phase Three

* **Justice League**
	+ Arc One: Parademon Invasion
		- Clark goes home to alert Martian Manhunter, who has been staying in Smallville as Martha Wayne's "boyfriend".
	+ Arc: Throne of Atlantis
	+ Arc: Task Force X
		- Feeling threatened by the growing vigilantism on the rise, Amanda Waller and the agents of ARGUS decide to organize a team to rival the Justice League.
		- Following the defeat of Task Force X, and a meeting with Deadshot and Batman, Amanda Waller agrees to authorize the Justice League of America as a government organization; however, she sends Maxwell Lord to be their government liaison.
* **Batman: Dark Victory**
	+ dent serial killer. maybe throw in a riddler serial killer? clayface?
	+ With Dent going to jail, Gordon reminds Bruce of the human victims of the situations. He points out the young Dick Grayson, now orphaned as his parents have been killed. It reminds Bruce of himself, years prior, and Bruce realizes he has a chance to end the cycle of violence. The issue ends with Bruce Wayne extending a hand to Dick Grayson.

## Phase Four

* **Robin: Year One**
* **Batgirl, Vol. 1**
* **Batman**
	+ As promised, Ra's al Ghul returns to Gotham to create Poison Ivy and empower Mr. Freeze
* **Shazam!**
* **Superman, Vol. 3**
	+ Arc One: Livewire -
		- Following his confrontation by Superman, Morgan Edge has fled Metropolis. Several hit pieces about the Daily Planet have surfaced, drawing attention to their connection to Superman. Superman incorrectly assumes Morgan Edge to be responsible. Regardless, all of the bad press culminates with a young Metahuman attacking the Daily Planet, calling herself **Livewire**, seeking revenge for those who died in the Black Zero event.
	+ superman debates what he's doing, and this urge to retire is strengthened when he meets his cousin kara on earth, and then lex luthor approaches and offers him kryptonite pills to make him normal while lex takes over as a superman figure?
* **Aquaman: King of Atlantis**
	+ Aquaman goes on a date with Wonder Woman, though finds that such a multicultural alliance would not be the best for Atlantis...

## Phase Five

* **Justice League of America**
	+ The Flash extends an offer to join the Justice League to Green Arrow, who refuses, stating that the mission's goals do not align with his own. Barry replies that he doesn't understand what Green Arrow means.

## Ideas

* superman arc titles:
	+ son of krypton
	+ man of steel
	+ man of tomorrow
	+ man of metropolis
* Superman
	+ Superman vs the Elite and Manchester Black
	+ Maxima tries to seduce Superman. maybe she does get a kid out of him?
		- he goes with her before his marriage to Lois - because Lana's words still ring true in his ear - but then soon discovers he truly loves Lois?
	+ tries to date Wonder Woman, but it doesn't work out.
	+ Martian Manhunter stays in Smallville, dating Martha Kent?
* Aquaman
	+ so maybe Ocean Master or someone has been trying to recreate the Meta Crisis to create more atlanteans on the surface?
* Batwoman
	+ marries policewoman Maggie Sawyer
* Batman
	+ Catwoman will flirt with Batman, and they'll have a few affairs, but ultimately their natures will prevent marriage
	+ we have two Harley Quinns, just like in White Knight continuity
* Green Arrow
	+ much more of a low-key street level than in our timeline
* Teen Titans
	+ formed by Raven after Robin leaves Bruce to go to Bludhaven
		- Dick leaves because he's injured + on leave and Bruce brings another Robin into the equation?
	+ starting lineup: Nightwing, Raven, Starfire, Beast Boy, maybe others like...
		- Cyborg?
		- Aquagirl?
	+ vol 1:
		- Raven wants to form a group to keep around her in the event Trigon uses her as a portal to come to the real world
		- they save Starfire together and grow close
		- however things start to go wrong and the team unravels, causing Raven to experience strong emotions and Trigon to surge forth
		- the Titans together manage to get Raven back under control and force Trigon back
	+ vol 2 starts off with them living in a cozy lil house, maybe on Batman's dime :)
* Wonder Woman
	+ contacted by the Blackhawks? maybe Black Canary?
	+ why does she come back to society/heroism after the death of Steve Trevor?
* Suicide Squad/Justice League team up - vs Starro the Conqueror
* overarching
	+ Power Girl is created as Galatea like in the DCEU, but reforms and becomes Karen Starr
	+ YJ created to be a govt team as opposed to TT, which is much more like an Outsiders than a JL