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Dawn of DC
Dawn of DC is a 2023 publishing initiative by the American comic book publisher DC Comics of its entire line of ongoing monthly superhero comic book titles. Following the events of the 2022 crossover storylines "Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths" and "Lazarus Planet", DC Comics started the Dawn of DC line in January 2023 with Action Comics #1051 and concluded with Absolute Power #4.
The initiative succeeds the Infinite Frontier line, and is itself succeeded by the DC All In initiative spearheaded by writers Joshua Williamson and Scott Snyder in October 2024.
DC Comics first announced the launch of Dawn of DC in November 2022. DC Publisher & Chief Creative Officer Jim Lee described that the "Dawn of DC is one of our most ambitious initiatives ever and is a chance for us to tell bigger and bolder stories across our line".
Unlike The New 52 or DC Rebirth where all titles were relaunched with new number one issues being released in a short period, Dawn Of DC instead is a yearlong storytelling initiative consisting of a slow rollout of new titles releasing throughout the year. Other books from prior to Dawn of DC, such as the Justice Society of America book that is being written by Geoff Johns as a part of The New Golden Age, will converge to the initiative. Action Comics by Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Batman by Chip Zdarsky, Catwoman by Tini Howard, Nightwing by Tom Taylor and Harley Quinn by Tini Howard are books which started prior to Dawn of DC and are now part of this initiative.
The first issue to be released under the Dawn of DC banner was Action Comics #1051 on January 24, 2023, with various others following suit thereafter.
The tone for many of the books in Dawn of DC was inspired by Mark Waid and Dan Mora's Batman/Superman: World's Finest, along with Tom Taylor's Nightwing series. Along with the tone, the series are more interconnected and intertwined with one another, helping to enhance the shared universe. What happens in one series is directly going to affect another. Tom King commented that "Superman is going to have an impact on Wonder Woman, and what happens in Batman is going to impact Superman. The world is cohesive, not separated".
In May 2023, the ongoing series Batman celebrated its 900th issue along with being the first issue of Batman to be officially branded in Dawn of DC, even though the previous arcs were set after the events of Dark Crisis. The next issue went back to its previous numbering with #136 but was the first DC title to include legacy numbering with #901. In June 2023, both Wonder Woman and The Flash celebrated their 800th issues along with marking their first series in Dawn of DC. Following issue #800 both series were relaunched in September, starting from issue #1 with new creative teams.
In July and August 2023, the Knight Terrors event, headed by Joshua Williamson with multiple tie-in mini-series by various creative teams, took over the publishing line.
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Dawn of DC
Dawn of DC is a 2023 publishing initiative by the American comic book publisher DC Comics of its entire line of ongoing monthly superhero comic book titles. Following the events of the 2022 crossover storylines "Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths" and "Lazarus Planet", DC Comics started the Dawn of DC line in January 2023 with Action Comics #1051 and concluded with Absolute Power #4.
The initiative succeeds the Infinite Frontier line, and is itself succeeded by the DC All In initiative spearheaded by writers Joshua Williamson and Scott Snyder in October 2024.
DC Comics first announced the launch of Dawn of DC in November 2022. DC Publisher & Chief Creative Officer Jim Lee described that the "Dawn of DC is one of our most ambitious initiatives ever and is a chance for us to tell bigger and bolder stories across our line".
Unlike The New 52 or DC Rebirth where all titles were relaunched with new number one issues being released in a short period, Dawn Of DC instead is a yearlong storytelling initiative consisting of a slow rollout of new titles releasing throughout the year. Other books from prior to Dawn of DC, such as the Justice Society of America book that is being written by Geoff Johns as a part of The New Golden Age, will converge to the initiative. Action Comics by Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Batman by Chip Zdarsky, Catwoman by Tini Howard, Nightwing by Tom Taylor and Harley Quinn by Tini Howard are books which started prior to Dawn of DC and are now part of this initiative.
The first issue to be released under the Dawn of DC banner was Action Comics #1051 on January 24, 2023, with various others following suit thereafter.
The tone for many of the books in Dawn of DC was inspired by Mark Waid and Dan Mora's Batman/Superman: World's Finest, along with Tom Taylor's Nightwing series. Along with the tone, the series are more interconnected and intertwined with one another, helping to enhance the shared universe. What happens in one series is directly going to affect another. Tom King commented that "Superman is going to have an impact on Wonder Woman, and what happens in Batman is going to impact Superman. The world is cohesive, not separated".
In May 2023, the ongoing series Batman celebrated its 900th issue along with being the first issue of Batman to be officially branded in Dawn of DC, even though the previous arcs were set after the events of Dark Crisis. The next issue went back to its previous numbering with #136 but was the first DC title to include legacy numbering with #901. In June 2023, both Wonder Woman and The Flash celebrated their 800th issues along with marking their first series in Dawn of DC. Following issue #800 both series were relaunched in September, starting from issue #1 with new creative teams.
In July and August 2023, the Knight Terrors event, headed by Joshua Williamson with multiple tie-in mini-series by various creative teams, took over the publishing line.