DC Modern Age
DC Modern Age
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I start the Modern Age at Crisis on Infinite Earths, but Frank Miller‘s The Dark Knight Returns and Alan Moore‘s Watchmen also helped to set the tone for our modern era. Superheroes could become fully fleshed characters and interact with realistic worlds. Comics might be for mature readers again. Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman were solidly rebooted and almost every aspect of the DCU was reinvented. As far as I know, we are still in the Modern Age of comics.

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Bat Lash 1-6 February – July 2008
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Jonah Hex: Two-Gun Mojo 1-5 August 1993 – December 1993
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El Diablo 1-4 March – June 2001
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Sandman Mystery Theatre 17-20 August – November 1994
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Sandman Mystery Theatre 21-28 December 1994 – July 1995
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Sandman Mystery Theatre 29-36 August 1995 – March 1996
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Green Lantern: Emerald Dawn II 1-6 April – September 1991
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Superman For All Seasons 1-4 September 1998 – December 1998
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Superman Confidential 1-5, 11 January – June 2007, March 2008
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Prestige July 1999
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Green Arrow: Year One 1-6 September – November 2007
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Legends of The Dark Knight 11-15 September 1990 – February 1991
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Batman and The Monster Men 1-6 January 2006 – June 2006
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Batman and The Mad Monk 1-6 October 2006 – February 2007
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Batman Confidential 7-12 August 2007 – February 2008
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Original Graphic Novel; Detective Comics 784-786 (Made of Wood) 2005 (September to November 2003)
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Legends of the Dark Knight 39-40, 50, 52-54 November 1992 – November 1993
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Batman: Shadow of the Bat Annual 3; Detective Comics Annual 8; Batman Annual 19; Legends of the Dark Knight Annual 5 1995
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Legends of the Dark Knight 71-73, 83-84, 89-90 May 1995 – January 1997
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Legends of the Dark Knight 65-68, 200 November 1994 – February 1995, April 2006
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Legends of The Dark Knight 192-196 August – December 2005
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Batman Confidential 1-6 February – August 2007
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Legends of The Dark Knight 137-141 January – May 2001
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Legends of the Dark Knight 35-36, 76-78 August 1992 – December 1995
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Batman: The Long Halloween 1-13 October 1996 – October 1997
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Batman: The Long Halloween 1-13 October 1996 – October 1997
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Catwoman: When in Rome 1-6 November 2004 – August 2005
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Legends of the Dark Knight Halloween Special 1-3; Batman: Madness; Batman: Ghosts Halloween 1993, 1994, 1995
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Detective Comics 575-578 June – September 1987
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Original Graphic Novel 1992
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Robin: Year One 1-4 January 2000 – January 2001
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Original Graphic Novel January 1991
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Year One: Batman / Scarecrow 1-2; Two-Face: Year One 1-2 July – August 2005, September – October 2008
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Batman Confidential 31-35 September – December 2009
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Metamorpho: Year One 1-6 December 2007 – February 2008
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Hawkworld (Prestige) 1-3 1989
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Man of Steel 6; Secret Origins Annual 2; Secret Origins 32, 35, 36; Showcase 4 1986, 1989, 1988, 1956
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JLA: Year One 1-12 January – December 1998
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Legends of the DC Universe 7-9; Legends of the Dark Knight 127-131 August – October 1998, March – July 2000
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Mini 1-6 July – September 2008
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Prestige 1997
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Batman Confidential 17 – 21 July – November 2008
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Batman 12, 35, 48, 109, 348; Bizarro Comics 224; The Brave and The Bold 162; Detective Comics 158, 186, 205, 223, 235, 244; World’s Finest Comics 30; material from Secret Origins TP 1942 – 1982, 1989, 2001
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