2020 is a year dominated by editorial changes. Early in the year, Dan DiDio parts ways with the company after 10 years in charge, without an explanation from either party. The year is influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic, which sees more drastic changes like the break with Diamond Comic Distributors and the departure of more editorial staff, including editor-in-chief Bob Harras.
The next chapter in Scott Snyder's saga is Dark Nights: Death Metal, which sees the conflict with Perpetua culminate into Multiverse-changing events that birth the Omniverse: everything in the history of DC is canon now.
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Creators
The following creative talent passed away in the year 2020:
- Dale Crain
- David Wise
- Dennis O'Neil
- Frank McLaughlin
- Gene Reynolds
- Jim Janes
- Joe Sinnott
- Joel Schumacher
- Juan Gimenez
- Juan Vlasco
- Leslie Newman
- Martin Pasko
- Mort Drucker
- Nicola Cuti
- Richard Corben
- Steve Stiles
- Victor Gorelick
Titles
The following comic titles debuted with a 2020 cover date:
- American Vampire 1976 (Volume 1)
- Amethyst (Volume 4)
- Aquaman: Deep Dives (Volume 1 (Digital))
- Batman: Gotham Nights (Volume 1 (Digital))
- Batman: The Adventures Continue (Volume 1)
- Batman: The Adventures Continue (Volume 1 (Digital))
- Batman: Three Jokers (Volume 1)
- Batman: White Knight Presents Harley Quinn (Volume 1)
- Birds of Prey: Sirens of Justice (Volume 1 (Digital))
- Challenge of the Super Sons (Volume 1 (Digital))
- Crisis on Infinite Earths Giant (Volume 1)
- DC Classics: The Batman Adventures (Volume 1)
- DC Super Hero Girls: Infinite Frenemies (Volume 1 (Digital))
- DCeased: Dead Planet (Volume 1)
- DCeased: Hope at World's End (Volume 1 (Digital))
- DCeased: Unkillables (Volume 1)
- Daphne Byrne (Volume 1)
- Dark Nights: Death Metal (Volume 1)
- Far Sector (Volume 1)
- From Beyond the Unknown (Volume 1 (Digital))
- Ghosts (Volume 1 (Digital))
- Green Lantern: Blackstars (Volume 1)
- Harley Quinn and the Birds of Prey (Volume 1)
- Harley Quinn: Black + White + Red (Volume 1 (Digital))
- Harley Quinn: Make 'em Laugh (Volume 1 (Digital))
- He-Man and the Masters of the Multiverse (Volume 1)
- Hellblazer: Rise and Fall (Volume 1)
- Injustice: Year Zero (Volume 1 (Digital))
- John Constantine: Hellblazer (Volume 1)
- Legion of Super-Heroes (Volume 8)
- Plunge (Volume 1)
- Raised by Wolves (Volume 1 (Digital))
- Represent! (Volume 1 (Digital))
- Rorschach (Volume 1)
- Scooby-Doo: Mystery Inc. (Volume 1 (Digital))
- Shazam!: Lightning Strikes (Volume 1 (Digital))
- Strange Adventures (Volume 5)
- Superman Giant (Volume 2)
- Superman: Man of Tomorrow (Volume 1 (Digital))
- Swamp Thing: New Roots (Volume 1 (Digital))
- Tales from the Dark Multiverse (Volume 1)
- Teen Titans Go! To Camp (Volume 1 (Digital))
- Teen Titans Go!: Booyah! (Volume 1 (Digital))
- The Dollhouse Family (Volume 1)
- The Dreaming: Waking Hours (Volume 1)
- The Flash: Fastest Man Alive (Volume 1 (Digital))
- The Green Lantern: Season Two (Volume 1)
- The Low, Low Woods (Volume 1)
- The Question: The Deaths of Vic Sage (Volume 1)
- Titans Giant (Volume 2)
The following Comic titles were last published with a 2020 cover date:
- Aquaman Giant (Volume 1)
- Aquaman: Deep Dives (Volume 1 (Digital))
- Basketful of Heads (Volume 1)
- Batgirl (Volume 5)
- Batman Giant (Volume 2)
- Batman and the Outsiders (Volume 3)
- Batman: Creature of the Night (Volume 1)
- Batman: Curse of the White Knight (Volume 1)
- Batman: Last Knight on Earth (Volume 1)
- Batman: The Adventures Continue (Volume 1 (Digital))
- Batman: Three Jokers (Volume 1)
- Batman: Universe (Volume 1)
- Black Hammer/Justice League: Hammer of Justice! (Volume 1)
- Books of Magic (Volume 3)
- Collapser (Volume 1)
- Crisis on Infinite Earths Giant (Volume 1)
- DC Super Hero Girls Giant (Volume 1)
- DC Super Hero Girls: Infinite Frenemies (Volume 1 (Digital))
- DCeased: Hope at World's End (Volume 1 (Digital))
- DCeased: Unkillables (Volume 1)
- Daphne Byrne (Volume 1)
- Deathstroke (Volume 4)
- Dial H for Hero (Volume 1)
- Doom Patrol: Weight of the Worlds (Volume 1)
- Doomsday Clock (Volume 1)
- Event Leviathan (Volume 1)
- Flash Forward (Volume 1)
- Freedom Fighters (Volume 3)
- From Beyond the Unknown (Volume 1 (Digital))
- Gen:Lock (Volume 1 (Digital))
- Ghosts (Volume 1 (Digital))
- Gotham City Monsters (Volume 1)
- Green Lantern: Blackstars (Volume 1)
- Green Lantern: Earth One (Volume 1)
- Harleen (Volume 1)
- Harley Quinn (Volume 3)
- Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy (Volume 1)
- Harley Quinn: Black + White + Red (Volume 1 (Digital))
- He-Man and the Masters of the Multiverse (Volume 1)
- House of Whispers (Volume 1)
- Joker: Killer Smile (Volume 1)
- Justice League Odyssey (Volume 1)
- Lois Lane (Volume 2)
- Lucifer (Volume 3)
- Martian Manhunter (Volume 5)
- Plunge (Volume 1)
- RWBY (Volume 1)
- Shazam! (Volume 3)
- Super Sons (Volume 2)
- Supergirl (Volume 7)
The following One Shots were published with a 2020 cover date:
- Batman Tales: Once Upon a Crime
- Batman: Overdrive
- Batman: Pennyworth R.I.P. #1
- Batman: The Joker War Zone #1
- Batman: The Smile Killer #1
- Batman: White Knight Presents Von Freeze #1
- Batwoman/Supergirl: World's Finest Giant #1
- Birds of Prey Giant #1
- Birds of Prey (Volume 4) #1
- Catwoman 80th Anniversary 100-Page Super Spectacular #1
- DC Cybernetic Summer #1
- DC Super Hero Girls: Powerless
- DC's Crimes of Passion #1
- DC: The Doomed and the Damned #1
- Dark Knight Returns: The Golden Child #1
- Dark Nights: Death Metal Guidebook #1
- Dark Nights: Death Metal Legends of the Dark Knights #1
- Dark Nights: Death Metal Multiverse's End #1
- Dark Nights: Death Metal Rise of the New God #1
- Dark Nights: Death Metal Robin King #1
Characters
Selected 2020 character debuts. See all.
- Timothy Fox (Prime Earth)
- Ghost-Maker (Prime Earth)
- Christopher Nakano (Prime Earth)
- Wink (Prime Earth)
- Alexis Kaye (Prime Earth)
- Designer (Prime Earth)
- Lian Harper (Prime Earth)
- Emma Deropalis (Prime Earth)
- Andrina Curry (Prime Earth)
- Bao Pham (Prime Earth)
- Chronicler (Prime Earth)
- Kordax (Prime Earth)
- Lernaea (Prime Earth)
- Aerie (Prime Earth)
- Inertia (Prime Earth)
- Todd Rice (Prime Earth)
- Silver Ghost (Earth-Two)
- Harlan Graves (Prime Earth)
- Composite Swamp Thing (Prime Earth)
- Ruin of the Dreaming (Prime Earth)
- James Henton (Prime Earth)
- Mirror (Prime Earth)
- Bertok-Raaf (Prime Earth)
- Commius (Prime Earth)
- Sandra Bradley (Prime Earth)
- George the Hyena (Prime Earth)
- Epoch (Prime Earth)
- Patrick Wayne (Prime Earth)
- Clifford DeVoe (Prime Earth)
- Cassander Wycliffe Baker (Prime Earth)
- Roy Raymond III (Prime Earth)
- Marlene Simmonds (Prime Earth)
- Ryan Wilder (Prime Earth)
- Thomas Spuggs (Prime Earth)
- Mister Teeth (Prime Earth)
- Samuel Song (Prime Earth)
- Rupert Thorne (Prime Earth)
- Ultraa (Prime Earth)
- Dotsia (Prime Earth)
- Sojourner Mullein (Prime Earth)
- Gagsworth A. Gagsworthy (Prime Earth)
- Douglas Worth (Prime Earth)
- Albert Dekker (Prime Earth)
- Lindy Morris (Prime Earth)
- Elizabeth Chapel (Prime Earth)
- Rudolph Jones (Prime Earth)
- Yolanda Montez (Prime Earth)
- Primaa (Prime Earth)
- James Corrigan III (Prime Earth)
- Thinker Artificial Intelligence (Prime Earth)
Teams
Selected 2020 team debuts. See all.
