Earth-42

* Keep things stretched out. Don't rush.

See also:

* Factions (Earth-42)
* Locations (Earth-42)
* Species (Earth-42)
* Artifacts (Earth-42)
* Forces (Earth-42)
* Earth-42/Timeline

## Summary

* Y0
	+ **Superman**, Vol. 1: The Smallville Saga
	+ **Batman: Caped Crusader**, Vol. 1
	+ **Legends of the Dark Knight**, Vol. 1
	+ **Wonder Woman**, Vol. 1
	+ **Lantern Corps.**, Vol. 1
	+ **Legends of Tomorrow**, Vol. 1
	+ **Doom Patrol**, Vol. 1
* Y1
	+ **Green Lantern: Hal Jordan**, Vol. 1
	+ **Superman**, Vol. 2: Man of Metropolis
	+ **Batman: Caped Crusader**, Vol. 2: Trial of the Joker
	+ **Wonder Woman**, Vol. 2: The Spear of Destiny
	+ The Brave and the Bold: **Batman** and **Green Arrow**
* Y2
	+ **Superman**, Vol. 3
	+ **Green Lantern: Hal Jordan**, Vol. 2
	+ **Wonder Woman**, Vol. 3
	+ **Batman: Caped Crusader**, Vol. 3
* Y2.5
	+ The Brave and the Bold: **Batman** and **Wonder Woman**

Y0
--

* **Superman, Vol. 1: The Smallville Saga**
			* Through his telescope, Jor-El observes the Wayne Family on the planet Earth.
		- ~25 years prior to the present day:
			* Planet Krypton is destroyed. Baby Kal-El's pod narrowly escapes the atmosphere.
			* Baby Kal-El's pod crashes in Smallville, Kansas.
	+ Epilogue:
		- Lana Lang splits up with Clark Kent so that he will have the motivation to go see the world.
* **Batman, Caped Crusader Vol. 1**
	+ rough plotline:
		- Bruce returns to Gotham after the death of Philip Kane
		- Batman had been operating in Gotham prior to this, taking out Penguin's goons to try and get close to him (to get revenge for his father's death)
		- The Riddler and the Red Hood Gang support Batman, providing him with information and such
		- Batman eventually finds out that the Penguin's safehouse is at the deepest layer of the Iceberg Lounge and decides he has no choice but to storm it
		- the Penguin feared Bruce, so he started funding Doctor Death and Hugo Strange with resources allocated to him by the League of Assassins. now, they have come into the hands of the Joker, who has an army of Monster Men/Titans ready to take out the dam and flood Gotham
	+ Death of the Father
		- ~30 years prior to the present day:
			* Joe Chill murders Thomas and Martha Kent.
	+ Revered Return
		- Jim Gordon returns to Gotham with his children (James Jr. and Barbara) in tow. Upon arriving at the train station, he sees a news report that Bruce Wayne has also returned to Gotham.
		- Bruce Wayne is asked about the mysterious death of Philip Kane. Bruce Wayne accuses a connection between the Batman and his uncle's death.
		- Back at the Batcave, Alfred jokingly provides a "second, more official welcome home" to Bruce. Bruce explains that it was necessary to create confusion between his alter ego and public figure so that he wouldn't be suspected. Bruce alleges that he suspects who really killed his uncle.
		- At his first night as Detective, Jim Gordon asks for a briefing on who or what exactly the Batman is.
		- initial superhero shit. jim gordon sees the batman
		- In the Batcave, Bruce initially believes a mysterious force known as the "League of Assassins" to be behind the murder of Philip Kane.
		- doctor death gets involved? the riddler? idk
		- the riddler gives Bruce clues:
			* he tells Bruce about the corruption of Hugo Strange
	+ Titanic
		- Batman storms the Iceberg Lounge.
		- The Penguin tells Batman that he never killed Thomas Wayne (though he did order an assassination on Thomas, a random criminal got there first). Batman takes Penguin in the Batmobile.
		- Batman crashes the Policeman's Ball. The lights flicker out, Batman smashes in the ceiling, and delivers the Penguin tied up right in front of the Mayor's table.
		- Judge Faden announces the bail of Oswald Cobblepot is valid, and as such he is released from prison. The next day, Comissioner Loeb debriefs the city that the Batman is clearly a vigilante (not a
	+ Paint the Town Red
		- However, the real figure behind the Red Hood broadcast (Edward Nygma) declines to show up, leading the crowd to crown another person (Jack Napier) as the Red Hood instead.
	+ Rat with Wings
		- The Penguin reveals the machine gun concealed in his umbrella, and unloads his magazine on Batman.
	+ Alfred begs Bruce to rest, but the damaged Bruce
	+ Epilogue
		- Edward Nygma tells Batman that the corruption in Gotham runs deep. When Batman asks "who?", Riddler bursts out laughing. The Joker, hearing the Riddler laugh, does the same.
	+ ok new plan:
		- Batman, Vol. 1 -
			* features Jim Gordon's return to Gotham
			* Jim Gordon called on to help GCPD stop threats of the reservoir being exploded
			* the Riddler is arrested for sending in "threats", Batman explains it's not the Riddler
			* something with the Iceberg Lounge
			* anyways it ends with Joker Titan-ing out at the reservoir and Batman defeating him
		- Legends of the Dark Knight, vol. 1
			* will tell the prelude stuff - Bruce Wayne returning to Gotham, Batman vs Penguin, birth of the Joker and the Red Hood Gang, the Phantasm, Hugo Strange and Doctor Death
	+ new story starts here
	+ With Gordon and the GCPD's help, Batman defeats the Joker at the top of Gotham Reservoir (near Blackgate Penitentiary), thus preventing the city from being flooded.
	+ Epilogue:
		- The Joker is taken to Arkham Asylum.
* **Legends of the Dark Knight, Vol. 1**
	+ Bruce Wayne returns to Gotham, following the death of Philip Kane.
		- Bruce attends the funeral where he meets up with Katherine and Betty.
* **Wonder Woman, Vol. 1**
	+ History of the Amazons
		- ancient Greece - a time of troubles
			* Hera transports the city of Azarath to another dimension
	+ at the end Wonder Woman moves to America to settle down with Steve Trevor, but after battling Ares begins to realize she can't just fight evil to defeat it? so she becomes one of the first superheroes?
* **Lantern Corps., Vol. 1**
	+ Abin Sur is patrolling Sector 2814
	+ Abin Sur is forced to head into Sector 666
	+ Atrocitus tells Abin Sur of the prophecy of the Blackest Night, and of its location on planet Earth. This instills fear within Abin Sur.
	+ Abin Sur takes Atrocitus with him to planet Earth, where he attempts
	+ Conclusion:
		- Air Force pilot Hal Jordan approaches the crash site.
* **Legends of Tomorrow, Vol. 1**
	+ Billions or millions of years ago, the Maltusan Krona builds a machine that allows him to look through time.
	+ Roughly 200,000 years ago, Rip Hunter arrives in the past.
* **Doom Patrol, Vol. 1**
* **Green Arrow, Vol. 1**

Y1
--

* Green Lantern: Hal Jordan, Vol. 1
	+ Sinestro concludes that something must have been sapping the power of Abin Sur's lantern.
	+ Jordan naively assumes this to be the Black Hand
	+ seeking to understand what the other Green Lanterns have against humans, Hal searches out Alan Scott - or nah
* **Superman, Vol. 2: Man of Metropolis**
	+ Clark Kent graduates college and heads to Metropolis.
* **Batman, Caped Crusader Vol. 2: Trial of the Joker**
	+ Harvey Dent goes mad
	+ Epilogue:
		- Bruce Wayne adopts Dick Grayson
* **Wonder Woman, Vol. 2**
	+ Adolf Hitler seeks the Spear of Destiny, an artifact that can pierce through reality and kill gods.
	+ Steve Trevor is killed with the Spear of Destiny.
	+ For returning the Spear of Destiny, the Spectre grants Wonder Woman a wish.
		- Wonder Woman has the Spectre erase human memory of her.
	+ Epilogue:
		- Exiled from Themsycira and forgotten by the global conscious, Diana moves to America. Here, she moves into an apartment with Annetta Candy, granddaughter of Steve Trevor. The elderly Steve helps Diana move in.
* **The Brave and the Bold: Batman and Green Arrow**
	+ vs Merlyn, who is trying to assassinate Batman on Ra's al Ghul's orders
* **Green Arrow, Vol. 2**

Y2
--

* Superman, Vol. 3
* Green Lantern: Hal Jordan, Vol. 2
* Wonder Woman, Vol. 3
* Batman, Caped Crusader Vol. 3

Y3
--

* Aquaman, Vol. 1
* Justice League, Vol. 1

### Y3.5

* **The Brave and the Bold: Batman and Wonder Woman**
	+ Batman investigates Maxie Zeus, and finds that he has been tortured after Zeus fucked his wife, and thus learns that gods are real

# Ideas

* break Batman up into *The Caped Crusader* (detective stories?) and *The Dark Knight* (more fantasy/paranormal shit?) or maybe just Batman and then Batman and Robin which becomes Bat Family?
* teams:
	+ Stormwatch/The Authority - ARGUS's personal team (Stormwatch is black ops)
	+ Suicide Squad
	+ Team 7
	+ The Elite - spinoff of the Authority, but from a vigilante angle
	+ wtf is Wildcats? do we include them
	+ Agents of SHADE? Creature Commandos?
* Legends of the Dark Knight:
	+ vol. 1: the Red Hood
		- Batman returns to Gotham following the death of Philip Kane
		- Batman threatens ex-mayor Penguin, wanting to know the identity of his fathers killer
		- due to his exposure of Penguin and Falcone's corruption, the Red Hood gang begins to worship Bruce
		- Bruce tries out the whole superhero things, and defeats Doctor Death
		- the Red Hood gang ramps up, led by Anarky
		- Batman defeats Joker
	+ vol. 2 -
		- Phantasm (?)
	+ vol. 3 - Hugo Strange and Monster Men?
	+ one random volume - with Man-Bat, introduces Kate Kane Batwoman?
* Batgirl in vol. 2
* Batman
	+ vol. 1
	+ vol. 2
		- trial of the Joker
			* Batman is against it. but Dent wants to do it to restore law and order
		- Dent becomes Two-Face
* Batman vs Superman in y2/y2.5?
* Doom Patrol
	+ obv they adopt Beast Boy
	+ maybe have a Justice League vs Doom Patrol book?
		- Mr. Nobody and Lex Luthor have the two teams fight? maye the Ultra-Humanite or Gorilla Grodd?
	+ Vol 1 -
		- Niles Caulder collects + motivates the original squad
			* Negative Man, Robotman, Elasti-Girl
			* villain 1 is Genneral Immortus maybe? then leads to Mr. Nobody?
			* maybe after Vol. 1, they realize how Niles Caulder is a shitty guy and leave him, causing the second "Doom Patrol" to be formed? in the end, the two teams reunite
			* lore: Niles Caulder was forced to create ex-Nazi supervillains like Mr. Nobody (based on Dr. Manhattan) and General Immortus. he then fucks with the members of the Doom Patrol and puts them in accidents to create them, and has them fight Nobody and such. also, the timeline is fucked lmao.
	+ vol. 2
		- introduces Mento, a suitor of Elasti-Girl?
* Flash
	+ avoiding a relationship with Iris West at first... dates Patty Spivot? she eventually becomes Hot Pursuit?
* Green Arrow
	+ vol 1?
	+ we need Black Canary introduced before vol. 2, right...?
		- maybe Sara Lance was the one who was on Team 7 or whatever?
* Green Lantern
	+ when to bring in John Stewart? when Hal Jordan goes to space?
	+ ok maybe...
		- Hal and Sinestro head to Apokolips after Darkseid's investigation (this introduces to a lot of the cosmic leaguers)
		- Sinestro gets taunted by Darkseid and creates the Yellow Lantern Corps
* Justice League in y 2.5?
* Justice League Dark
	+ one story could introduce Ragman?
* The Brave and the Bold
	+ Batman/Wonder Woman vs Maxie Zeus? maybe in y2? y2.5? as soon as Wonder Woman starts doing shit again.
	+ Batman/Green Arrow vs Merlyn
	+ Batman vs Superman? Lex Luthor could have them fight?
	+ Superman/Martian Manhunter vs Lobo
* Superman vol 2 sees Superman heading to Metropolis for the first time?
* Superman vol 3 sees the arrival of Zod? and maybe Pa Kent dies too?
* Superman vs Mongul?
	+ Mongul wants the key to Warworld, and asks Superman to get it, he holds Superman's friends hostage (like his Bronze Age origin). maybe he has to fight the other Justice Leaguers. he's like "I'll get my friends free and then stop Mongul." the others dont believe him, but he does succeed. batman doesnt trust him because of this
* Teen Titans
	+ vol 1 in... y4?
		- Garth could be one of Mera's contacts in Atlantean high society, conspiring to help get Arthur back on the throne.
		- then, in the "Throne of Atlantis" event, the Justice League meets the aquagirl or sumn. or maybe save Lorena for something later, like Orm and Black Manta trying to turn humans into atlanteans? could be the introducion of like Dolphin
* Wonder Woman vol. 2 sees WW2 and the Justice Society?
	+ focuses on the Spear of Destiny? perhaps the Nazis successfully enslave Ares or something?
	+ people die and this retraumatizes Wonder Woman?
		- the original Fury dies so Diana calls upon the gods/amazons to revive her? or she just gets rly wounded so Diana takes her back to the island?
		- potentially even Steve Trevor?
		- at the end, Wonder Woman exchanges the Spear of Destiny to the Spectre in exchange for one wish - she uses the wish to change the timeline and have all forget her identity.
			* Steve Trevor marrries Helena Kosmatos instead of Wonder Woman
	+ or maybe introduce another Wonder Woman enemy?
		- Paula von Gunther/Warmaster
		- Gudra?
	+ Justice Society of America (Earth-42) and the All-Star Squadron?
		- JSA members. maybe dont "spill your load" on them all at once and save some of them later for a JSA book?
			* Hourman
			* Starman
			* Sandman
			* Jay Garrick
			* Alan Scott
			* Dr Fate
			* Spectre
			* Dr Midnite
			* Ray
			* Dan Garrett/Blue Beetle
			* Blackhawk Squadron
		- ASS members (if it is separate):
			* Iron Munro/Gladiator One
			* Liberty Belle
			* Johnny Quick
			* Fury???
			* Flying Fox???
			* Neptune Perkins?
			* Tsunami (or move her to after the war so she can mother Deep Blue?)
			* TNT/Dyna-Mite? or nah
			* and then Unknown Soldier? or save him for a JSA book later on?
		- other: Firebrand?
			* Black Condor
			* Human Bomb
			* Phantom Lady
			* Doll Man
			* Spirit
			* Star-Spangled Kid and Stripesy
		- a later team of Justice Society could involve:
			* Ted Kord
		- modern team:
			* Lady Blackhawk - was inspired by Wonder Woman
	+ Vol. 3 can maybe jump to the modern-day and include Wonder Woman coming out of retirement and encountering Barbara Ann Minerva and her plant god? then it expands to include the Green and the Red and this is how we get Swamp Thing and later Justice League Dark?
	+ Maxwell Lord or someone can build the Armed Response Environment Suits
* Wonder Woman vol. 3
	+ return to Themyscira? or save that for vol. 4?
	+ we need to introduce Cheetah at some point - maybe vol. 3 does this?
		- this enounter is what encourages her that she needs partners? and lays the motivation for JL Dark?
		- a group of archaeologists (including will-be Cheetah and Animal Man) discover the Amazons of Bana-Mighdall? the cheetah goddess gets awoken?
	+ and then vol. 4 does her return to Themyscira, after the Justice League gets their fame?
		- ARGUS + Maxwell Lord is there with ARES suits?
* Teen Titans
	+ original team:
		- starts when Amanda Waller tries to use Starro to control the League?'
		- Fab Five naturally breaks up by the conclusion of vol. 1- they have conflicting personalities
		- but then Vol. 2 starts with Raven approaching Robin for help
	+ origins:
		- Beast Boy
			* Animal Man's son in Africa? or nah
			* blood of a Martian + connection to the Red?
		- Cyborg
		- Donna Troy
* Wonder Woman: Golden Years
	+ one could be WW/Justice Society vs Helix, who - instead of being mutants - are demigods arranged by Dr. Love (a champion of Hera)
	+ and then vol. 2 could be Dr Fate/Wonder Woman/Mr. Bones and azarath in the 90s when Raven's mom is pregnant
* SHADE?
* Justice Society of America spins off from Wonder Woman?
* Superman: College Years
	+ he meets Lori Lemaris?
	+ he attempts to join the military but it isn't cut out for him
* Y3 sees Justice League?
	+ Harry's investigation of the Black Hand leads him to a Parademon - maybe the Black Hand was given his power ring/divining rod by Darkseid? idk bro lmao
* Jaime Reyes could be a kid hero, founding member of Justice League (like Cyborg/Shazam in other adaptations), and then a member of the Titans?
* Stephanie Brown is Riddler's nephew (or something?)
	+ maybe we find out Riddler has an estranged brother through the SUicide Squad,
* Forgotten Heroes is a team?
	+ put them on Legends?
	+ roster:
		- B'Wanna Beast
	+ roll in the characters from the Brave and the Bold (Batman tv show)
* Young Justice
	+ starting roster... is from the comics? or maybe kinda like the show?
		- Robin (Tim Drake), Superboy, Impulse - these are the big three from the original comic.
* Despero is a user of the Psych Force?
* characters:
	+ Argent
	+ Arkham Knight
	+ Azrael
	+ Catwoman
	+ Cave Carson
	+ Crimson Avenger
	+ Damien Darhk - member of HIVE and a terrorist?
	+ Hot Spot
	+ Jeremiah Arkham
	+ Mae Kent/Matrix/Supergirl
	+ Ragman
	+ Wild Dog - put on Suicide Squad?