Creators
The following creative talent passed away in the year 2012:
- Actors:George Murdock
- Actors:Ian Abercrombie
- Actors:Michael Clarke Duncan
- Actors:Michael Rye
- Actors:Norman Alden
- Actors:Phyllis Thaxter
- Actors:Simon Ward
- Al Rio
- David Chantler
- Ernie Chan
- Hector Collazo
- Henry Colman
- Joe Kubert
- John Severin
- Moebius
- Ray Zone
- Robert L. Washington III
- Ron Muns
- Sheldon Moldoff
- Stephen Lord
- Tony DeZuniga
- Winrich Kolbe
Titles
The following comic titles debuted with a 2012 cover date:
- Ame-Comi Girls Vol 1
- American Vampire: Lord of Nightmares Vol 1
- Batman: Arkham Unhinged Vol 1
- Batman: Earth One Vol 1
- Batman Beyond Unlimited Vol 1
- Batman Beyond Vol 1 (Digital)
- Batman Incorporated Vol 2
- Before Watchmen: Comedian Vol 1
- Before Watchmen: Doctor Manhattan Vol 1
- Before Watchmen: Minutemen Vol 1
- Before Watchmen: Nite Owl Vol 1
- Before Watchmen: Ozymandias Vol 1
- Before Watchmen: Rorschach Vol 1
- Before Watchmen: Silk Spectre Vol 1
- Before Watchmen Vol 1
- DC Nation FCBD Super Sampler Vol 1
- DC Nation Vol 1
- Diablo Vol 1
- Dial H Vol 1
- Dominique Laveau: Voodoo Child Vol 1
- Earth 2 Vol 1
- End of Nations Vol 1
- Fairest Vol 1
- G.I. Combat Vol 3
- Green Lantern: The Animated Series Vol 1
- He-Man and the Masters of the Universe Vol 1
- Joe Kubert Presents Vol 1
- Justice League Beyond Vol 1 (Digital)
- Legends of the Dark Knight Vol 1
- Lot 13 Vol 1
- National Comics Vol 2
- New Deadwardians Vol 1
- Night Force Vol 3
- Phantom Lady Vol 1
- Punk Rock Jesus Vol 1
- Ravagers Vol 1
- Saucer Country Vol 1
- Smallville Season 11 Vol 1
- Spaceman Vol 1
- Superman Beyond Vol 1 (Digital)
- Superman Family Adventures Vol 1
- Sword of Sorcery Vol 2
- T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents Vol 4
- Talon Vol 1
- Team 7 Vol 2
- The Phantom Stranger Vol 4
- The Ray Vol 3
- Uncharted Vol 1
- Worlds' Finest Vol 1
The following Comic titles were last published with a 2012 cover date:
- All-New Batman: The Brave and the Bold Vol 1
- American Vampire: Lord of Nightmares Vol 1
- Batman: Odyssey Vol 2
- Before Watchmen: Nite Owl Vol 1
- Before Watchmen: Ozymandias Vol 1
- Before Watchmen: Silk Spectre Vol 1
- Blackhawks Vol 1
- Captain Atom Vol 3
- Cartoon Network Action Pack Vol 1
- DC Universe Online Legends Vol 1
- DMZ Vol 1
- Diablo Vol 1
- Doc Savage Vol 3
- Dominique Laveau: Voodoo Child Vol 1
- End of Nations Vol 1
- Gears of War Vol 1
- Green Lantern Super Spectacular Vol 1
- Hawk and Dove Vol 5
- Huntress Vol 3
- IZombie Vol 1
- Justice League International Vol 3
- Legion: Secret Origin Vol 1
- Men of War Vol 2
- Mister Terrific Vol 1
- My Greatest Adventure Vol 2
- National Comics Vol 2
- New Deadwardians Vol 1
- Night Force Vol 3
- Northlanders Vol 1
- OMAC Vol 4
- Penguin: Pain and Prejudice Vol 1
- Resurrection Man Vol 2
- Scalped Vol 1
- Shade Vol 2
- Spaceman Vol 1
- Star Trek/Legion of Super-Heroes Vol 1
- Static Shock Vol 1
- Supernatural Vol 1
- T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents Vol 4
- The Ray Vol 3
- Tiny Titans Vol 1
- Uncharted Vol 1
- Voodoo Vol 2
The following One Shots were published with a 2012 cover date:
- A Flight of Angels
- Aaron and Ahmed
- Arrow: Special Edition Vol 1 1
- Batman/Scooby-Doo Halloween Fest Vol 1 1
- Batman: Death by Design
- Batman: Earth One Special Preview Edition
- Batman Incorporated: Leviathan Strikes! Vol 1 1
- Beyond the Fringe Vol 1 1
- Craftsman Bolt-On System Saves the Justice League Vol 1 1
- DC Comics Presents: Elseworlds 100-Page Spectacular Vol 1 1
- DC Comics Presents: Wonder Woman Adventures Vol 1 1
- DC Nation FCBD Super Sampler/Superman Family Adventures Flip Book Vol 1 1
- Get Jiro!
- Ghosts Vol 2 1
- Gone to Amerikay
- Masters of the Universe: The Origin of Skeletor
- Mystery in Space Vol 3 1
- National Comics: Eternity Vol 1 1
- National Comics: Looker Vol 1 1
- National Comics: Madame X Vol 1 1
- National Comics: Rose and Thorn Vol 1 1
- Prince of Cats
- Right State
- Shooters
- Stieg Larsson's The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo Special
- The Judas Coin
- The New 52: FCBD Special Edition Vol 1 1
- Vertigo: First Blood Vol 1 1
Characters
The following characters debuted with a 2012 cover date:
- Aaron Cash (Prime Earth)
- Aaron Cole (Prime Earth)
- Aaron Helzinger (Prime Earth)
- Abel Tarrant (Green Lantern Animated Series)
- Abraham Attah (Prime Earth)
- Abysmus (Prime Earth)
- Ace of Spades (Doom)
- Ace of Spades (The Brave and the Bold)
- Acheron the Demon (Prime Earth)
- Adam Blake (Prime Earth)
- Adam Hunt (Arrow)
- Adam Strange (Earth-16)
- Addison Lao (Prime Earth)
- Adele Culp (Prime Earth)
- Adeline Kane (Prime Earth)
- Aegir (New Earth)
- Aga'po (Green Lantern Animated Series)
- Alan Scott (Earth 2)
- Alan Wayne (Prime Earth)
- Alanna (Earth-16)
- Alba Garcia (Prime Earth)
- Albert Caldecott (Prime Earth)
- Albert Davis (Arrow)
- Albert Lim (Prime Earth)
- Albert Michaels (Prime Earth)
- Albert Pratt (Earth 2)
- Aldo (Prime Earth)
- Alexander Fairchild (Prime Earth)
- Alexander Luthor (Earth-1)
- Alexander Peabody (Prime Earth)
- Alexander Staunton (Prime Earth)
- Alexandra Luthor (Earth-1)
- Alexei (Prime Earth)
- Alexi (Smallville)
- Alfred Pennyworth (Doom)
- Alfred Pennyworth (Earth-1)
- Alfred Pennyworth (Earth 3)
- Alfred Pennyworth (Teen Titans TV Series)
- Alton Carver (Prime Earth)
- Alura In-Ze (Prime Earth)
- Alya (Prime Earth)
- Amar Khan (Earth 2)
- Amaya (Prime Earth)
- Amazo (Prime Earth)
- Ambassador (Earth-16)
- Andrei Abramovichi (Arkhamverse)
- Andrew Haskell (Arrow)
- Angela Chen (Smallville)
- Anthony Ivo (Prime Earth)
- Anthony Woodward (Prime Earth)
- Anthony Zucco (Prime Earth)
- Anti-Monitor (Green Lantern Animated Series)
- Antimache (Ame-Comi)
- Anton Arcane (Prime Earth)
- Aphrodite (Prime Earth)
- Aquadog (Prime Earth)
- Archie Trundle (Prime Earth)
- Ares (Earth's Final Defense)
- Ares (Prime Earth)
- Areto (Ame-Comi)
- Argonaut (Prime Earth)
- Aristides Demetrios (Prime Earth)
- Arous (Prime Earth)
- Arsona (Prime Earth)
- Artemis, Goddess of the Hunt (Prime Earth)
- Artemis (Prime Earth)
- Arthur Light (Superman vs. The Elite)
- Asami Koizumi (Earth-16)
- Augustus Freeman (Prime Earth)
- Axel Walker (Prime Earth)
- Axel Walker II (Prime Earth)
- Ayo Keita (Prime Earth)
- Bane (Doom)
- Bane (Nolanverse)
- Bane (Prime Earth)
- Barack Obama (Ame-Comi)
- Barbara Ann Minerva (Doom)
- Barbara Eileen Gordon (Prime Earth)
- Barbara Gordon (Earth-1)
- Barbara Gordon (Smallville)
- Barbara Gordon (Super Best Friends Forever)
- Barbara Minerva (Prime Earth)
- Barbara Minerva (Super Best Friends Forever)
- Baron Winters (Prime Earth)
- Barry Allen (Doom)
- Barry Allen (Lego Batman)
- Bart Allen (Earth-16)
- Bartholomew Lash (Prime Earth)
- Bat-Cow (Prime Earth)
- Bat Head (Prime Earth)
- Batman (Earth 23)
- Batmongoose (Farm League)
- Batus (Prime Earth)
- Benjamin Reyes (Prime Earth)
- Beowulf (Prime Earth)
- Bernell Jones (Earth-16)
- Bernhard Baker (DC Universe Online)
- Bill Wilson (Nolanverse)
- Bizarro (Lego Batman)
- Black Beetle (Earth-16)
- Black Boris (Prime Earth)
- Black Manta (Lego Batman)
- Black Star (Prime Earth)
- Blackbriar Thorn (Earth-16)
- Blackbriar Thorn (Prime Earth)
- Bleez (Green Lantern Animated Series)
- Blood Rose (Prime Earth)
- Blume (Prime Earth)
- Boka (Earth-16)
- Bootface (Prime Earth)
- Bratha (Prime Earth)
- Brenda Ruskin (Prime Earth)
- Brian Nudocerdo (Arrow)
- Brighteyes (Prime Earth)
- Bro'Dee Walker (Green Lantern Animated Series)
- Bronchuk (Prime Earth)
- Brother Blood (Prime Earth)
- Bruce Wayne (Doom)
- Bruce Wayne (Earth 2)
- Bruno Mannheim (Prime Earth)
- Butcher (Prime Earth)
- Byth Rok (Green Lantern Animated Series)
- Cain, Sire of All Vampires (Prime Earth)
- Calvin Durham (Earth-16)
- Calvin Rose (Prime Earth)
- Carl Draper (Smallville)
- Carlos Alvarez (Prime Earth)
- Carly Diggle (Arrow)
- Carol Ferris (Doom)
- Carol Ferris (Earth-16)
- Carrie Kelley (The Brave and the Bold)
- Casey Washington (Prime Earth)
- Cassandra Cain (The Brave and the Bold)
- Cassandra Sandsmark (Earth-16)
- Catherine Cobert (Earth-16)
- Catherine Hamilton (Prime Earth)
- Catherine Todd (Prime Earth)
- Catherine Van Derm (Prime Earth)
- Ceebiss (Prime Earth)
- Centerhall (Prime Earth)
- Cerberus (Prime Earth)
- Ch'p (Green Lantern Animated Series)
- Chang Jie-Ru (Prime Earth)
- Charise Carnes (Prime Earth)
- Charles Murray (Prime Earth)
- Charon (Prime Earth)
- Chaselon (Green Lantern Animated Series)
- Cheetah (Ame-Comi)
- Chien Na Wei (Arrow)
- Chloe Sullivan (Smallville Earth-2)
- Choke (Prime Earth)
- Christopher Falchion (Prime Earth)
- Clarence Charles Batson V (Prime Earth)
- Clark Kent (Earth 45)
- Claudio Mardon (Prime Earth)
- Clay Brody (Prime Earth)
- Clay Ramsay (Prime Earth)
- Clifford Zmeck (Earth-16)
- Clypta (Prime Earth)
- Collector of Worlds (Earth-16)
- Congorilla (Earth-16)
- Corsar Thal (Prime Earth)
- Crispus Allen (Smallville)
- Cronus (Prime Earth)
- Crosscut (Prime Earth)
- Crush (Prime Earth)
- Crystal One (Prime Earth)
- Cullen Row (Prime Earth)
- Cyborg (Earth 23)
- Damian Wayne (Lego Batman)
- Damian Wayne III (The Brave and the Bold)
- Dane Maxwell (Prime Earth)
- Daniel Balogun (Prime Earth)
- Daniel Brickwell (Arrow)
- Daniel Cassidy (Prime Earth)
- Daniel Weaver (Prime Earth)
- Daniel West (Prime Earth)
- Danny the Street (Prime Earth)
- Danton Black (Prime Earth)
- Darla Dudley (Prime Earth)
- Darnell Caldecott (Prime Earth)
- Dataxen (Prime Earth)
- David Corporon (Prime Earth)
- David Graves (Prime Earth)
- David Hyde (Prime Earth)
- Dawnfire (Prime Earth)
- DeSaad (Prime Earth)
- Dean Higgins (Prime Earth)
- Deborah Dancer (Prime Earth)
- Deever Tweed (Prime Earth)
- Deimax (Prime Earth)
- Deity (Prime Earth)
- Demeter (Prime Earth)
- Derek Reston (Arrow)
- Desaad (The Brave and the Bold)
- Detritus (Prime Earth)
- Diablo Blacksmith (Prime Earth)
- Diana of Amazon Island (Earth 2)
- Diana of Themyscira (Ame-Comi)
- Diana of Themyscira (Doom)
Teams
The following teams debuted with a 2012 cover date:
- Army of the Dawn
- August 7
- Burners
- Challengers of the Unknown (Prime Earth)
- Chinese Triad (Arrow)
- Circle of Eternity (Prime Earth)
- Female Furies (Prime Earth)
- Justice League (Earth 23)
- Justice League (Prime Earth)
- League of Assassins (Prime Earth)
- Mean Machine
- Mutants (Prime Earth)
- New Guardians (Prime Earth)
- Night Force (Prime Earth)
- Omega Men (Prime Earth)
- Order of the Van Helsings
- Outsiders II (Prime Earth)
- Parliament of Limbs
- Penguin's Lieutenants (Prime Earth)
- Ravagers (Prime Earth)
- Red Hood Gang (Prime Earth)
- Rogues (Prime Earth)
- Royal Flush Gang (Prime Earth)
- Secret Society of Super-Villains (Prime Earth)
- Skullgirls
- Team 7 (Prime Earth)
- Teen Titans (Prime Earth)
- Templar Guardians
- Terminauts
- The Murder of Crows
- The Others (Prime Earth)
- Trinity of Sin (Prime Earth)
- Untitled (Prime Earth)
- Whisper Gang
- Wonders of the World
- Worldkillers
