2005 saw the start of Infinite Crisis. After several miniseries and events leading up to it, the universe is reshaped again as a means to streamline continuity again.
Christopher Nolan's Batman Begins premieres, rebooting the movie continuity from the Burton/Schumacher movies and the Catwoman debacle from the year before.
Business-wise, DC launches a new initiative for exclusive contracts with creative talent, launches their DC Direct and DC Online websites, and sets up the All Star imprint. However, after the initial All Star Batman and Robin, the Boy Wonder (Volume 1), only All-Star Superman (Volume 1) follows.
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Creators
The following creative talent passed away in the year 2005:
- Bill Fraccio
- Fred Carrillo
- Hal Seegar
- Henry Sharp
- Jim Aparo
- John Albano
- Kelly Freas
- Mar Amongo
- Mort Leav
- Phil Martin
- Sam Loeb
- Will Eisner
Titles
The following comic titles debuted with a 2005 cover date:
- Albion (Volume 1)
- All Star Batman and Robin, the Boy Wonder (Volume 1)
- Angeltown (Volume 1)
- Astro City: The Dark Age (Volume 1)
- Batman: Dark Detective (Volume 1)
- Batman: Gotham County Line (Volume 1)
- Batman: Jekyll and Hyde (Volume 1)
- Batman: Journey Into Knight (Volume 1)
- Blood of the Demon (Volume 1)
- Breach (Volume 1)
- Captain Atom: Armageddon (Volume 1)
- Chikyu Misaki (Volume 1)
- Cipher (Volume 1)
- City of Tomorrow (Volume 1)
- DC Special: The Return of Donna Troy (Volume 1)
- Darkness/Superman (Volume 1)
- Day of Vengeance (Volume 1)
- Deadshot (Volume 2)
- Desolation Jones (Volume 1)
- Gals! (Volume 1)
- Green Lantern Corps: Recharge (Volume 1)
- Green Lantern (Volume 4)
- Hellblazer: Papa Midnite (Volume 1)
- Human Race (Volume 1)
- Infinite Crisis (Volume 1)
- Intimates (Volume 1)
- JLA Classified (Volume 1)
- JSA Classified (Volume 1)
- Jack Cross (Volume 1)
- Justice (Volume 1)
- Kamikaze Kaito Jeanne (Volume 1)
- Kikaider 02 (Volume 1)
- Legend (Volume 1)
- Legion of Super-Heroes (Volume 5)
- Lex Luthor: Man of Steel (Volume 1)
- Loveless (Volume 1)
- Majestic (Volume 2)
- Matador (Volume 1)
- Mnemovore (Volume 1)
- Monster Collection (Volume 1)
- Moon Child (Volume 1)
- Musashi Number Nine (Volume 1)
- Neverwhere (Volume 1)
- OMAC Project (Volume 1)
- Otherworld (Volume 1)
- Pieces of a Spiral (Volume 1)
- Question (Volume 2)
- Rann-Thanagar War (Volume 1)
- Robotech: Prelude to the Shadow Chronicles (Volume 1)
- Seimaden (Volume 1)
The following Comic titles were last published with a 2005 cover date:
- Adam Strange (Volume 2)
- Angeltown (Volume 1)
- Astro City: The Dark Age (Volume 1)
- Batman Villains Secret Files and Origins (Volume 1)
- Batman: Dark Detective (Volume 1)
- Batman: Gotham County Line (Volume 1)
- Batman: Jekyll and Hyde (Volume 1)
- Bionicle (Volume 1)
- Bloodhound (Volume 1)
- Books of Magick: Life During Wartime (Volume 1)
- Catwoman: When in Rome (Volume 1)
- Challengers of the Unknown (Volume 4)
- City of Tomorrow (Volume 1)
- DC Special: The Return of Donna Troy (Volume 1)
- Darkness/Superman (Volume 1)
- Deadshot (Volume 2)
- Fallen Angel (Volume 1)
- Green Lantern: Rebirth (Volume 1)
- H-E-R-O (Volume 1)
- Hard Time (Volume 1)
- Hellblazer: Papa Midnite (Volume 1)
- Human Race (Volume 1)
- Human Target (Volume 2)
- Identity Crisis (Volume 1)
- Intimates (Volume 1)
- JSA: Strange Adventures (Volume 1)
- Justice League Elite (Volume 1)
- Legend (Volume 1)
- Lex Luthor: Man of Steel (Volume 1)
- Madara (Volume 1)
- Majestic (Volume 1)
- Mnemovore (Volume 1)
- Monolith (Volume 1)
- Ocean (Volume 1)
- Otherworld (Volume 1)
- Promethea (Volume 1)
- Question (Volume 2)
- Razor's Edge: Warblade (Volume 1)
- Richard Dragon (Volume 1)
- Robotech: Prelude to the Shadow Chronicles (Volume 1)
- Seven Soldiers: Klarion (Volume 1)
- Seven Soldiers: Manhattan Guardian (Volume 1)
- Seven Soldiers: Shining Knight (Volume 1)
- Seven Soldiers: Zatanna (Volume 1)
- Sleeper (Volume 2)
- Smallville (Volume 1)
- Space Ghost (Volume 1)
- Stormwatch: Team Achilles (Volume 1)
- Superman Secret Files (Volume 1)
- Superman: Strength (Volume 1)
The following One Shots were published with a 2005 cover date:
- Appleseed: The Movie
- Batman Allies Secret Files and Origins 2005
- Batman Begins: The Official Movie Adaptation
- Batman/Danger Girl #1
- Batman: The Man Who Laughs
- Bizarro World (graphic novel)
- Constantine: The Official Movie Adaptation
- Countdown to Infinite Crisis #1
- Dead Boy Detectives #1
- Different Ugliness, Different Madness
- El Niño
- Energy and Safety Adventures #1
- JLA/Cyberforce #1
- John Constantine - Hellblazer: All His Engines
- LeapPad: Batman
- Megalex: The Anomaly
- Olympus (Humanoids)
- Prelude to Infinite Crisis #1
- Promethea Covers Special
- Superman: Infinite City
Characters
Selected 2005 character debuts. See all.
- Soranik Natu (New Earth)
- Lady Charis (Wildstorm Universe)
- Lori Zechlin (New Earth)
- Habib Bin Hassan (Wildstorm Universe)
- Scandal Savage (New Earth)
- Repo Man (New Earth)
- Ystina (New Earth)
- Timothy Zanetti (New Earth)
- Melmoth (New Earth)
- Iris West II (New Earth)
- Nikola Hanssen (Wildstorm Universe)
- Dark Supergirl (New Earth)
- Jai West (New Earth)
- Jake Jordan (New Earth)
- Miguel Devante (New Earth)
- Isamot Kol (New Earth)
- Peter Merkel, Jr. (New Earth)
- Jillian Pearlman (New Earth)
- Collins (Wildstorm Universe)
- Holly Granger (New Earth)
- Jack Dunning (New Earth)
- Raven (Wildstorm Universe)
- Vath Sarn (New Earth)
- Frank Ivers (New Earth)
- Batzarro (New Earth)
- Zhang Xiaomei (New Earth)
- Harmony of Khera (Wildstorm Universe)
- Kefong (Wildstorm Universe)
- Michelle Torres (New Earth)
- Vincenzo Baldi (New Earth)
- Derrick Coe (New Earth)
- Kieran Calahan (New Earth)
- Jacqueline Pemberton (New Earth)
- Sykes (Wildstorm Universe)
- Empty Vee (Wildstorm Universe)
- Lisa Yurigama (New Earth)
- Mary Keeny (New Earth)
- Yasemin Soze (New Earth)
- Mad Dog (New Earth)
- David Li (New Earth)
- Summer Swan (Wildstorm Universe)
- Matthew O'Connor (Wildstorm Universe)
- Leviathan Entity (New Earth)
- Henry Duke (Wildstorm Universe)
- Edward Stargard (New Earth)
- Erich Thonius (New Earth)
- Ebeneezer Badde (New Earth)
- Charity Bleak (New Earth)
- Richard Beren (New Earth)
- Barreer Wot (New Earth)
Teams
Selected 2005 team debuts. See all.
- Secret Society of Super-Villains (Villains United)
- Omni Mind and Community
- Shadowpact (New Earth)
- Secret Six (Villains United)
- Rainbow Raiders
- Newsboy Army (New Earth)
- Alpha Homeroom (Wildstorm Universe)
- Twelve Brothers in Silk
- Freedom Fighters (Absolute Power)
- Seven Soldiers of Victory III (New Earth)
- Superior Five
- Deviant Ones (New Earth)
- Coalition of Crime
- Time Tailors (New Earth)
