In 2022, DC continues to explore the new continuity situation started in Infinite Frontier. They do this in a massive crossover series that spans most of the year, Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths.
AT&T reorganize their assets and merge WarnerMedia with Discovery. DC Entertainment and most other Warner properties now fall under the company Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. (WBD). Discovery's CEO, David Zaslav, also leads this new company, and immediately attracts negative attention. He cans several practically finished projects, including Batgirl, and shrinks the catalog of HBO Max.
In November, James Gunn and Peter Safran become co-CEO and co-chairmen of DC Studios (the former DC Films), following the success of The Suicide Squad and Peacemaker. They are tasked with overseeing the end of the DC Extended Universe and creating a new movie universe.
The DCEU sees only one movie, Black Adam. Matt Reeves' The Batman, a standalone reboot of the character, comes out to rave reviews and box office success. The Sandman premieres in Netflix, and was one of the streaming service's hit series for that year.
Creators[]
The following creative talent passed away in the year 2022:
- Alan Grant
- Albert DeGuzman
- Brian Augustyn
- Carlos Pacheco
- Danny Bulanadi
- Eric Jones
- Garry Leach
- George Pérez
- Jason Pearson
- Kevin O'Neill
- Kim Jung Gi
- Neal Adams
- Pat McCallum
- Stuart Margolin
- Terrence O'Hara
- Tim Sale
- Tom Palmer
- Tom Veitch
- Tony Dow
- Vincent Deporter
Titles
The following comic titles debuted with a 2022 cover date:
- Aquaman & The Flash: Voidsong (Volume 1)
- Aquaman: Andromeda (Volume 1)
- Aquamen (Volume 1)
- Batgirls (Volume 1)
- Batman Beyond: Neo-Year (Volume 1)
- Batman Incorporated (Volume 3)
- Batman White Knight Presents: Red Hood (Volume 1)
- Batman vs. Robin (Volume 1)
- Batman/Superman: World's Finest (Volume 1)
- Batman: Beyond the White Knight (Volume 1)
- Batman: Fortress (Volume 1)
- Batman: Gotham Knights - Gilded City (Volume 1)
- Batman: Killing Time (Volume 1)
- Batman: Knightwatch (Volume 1)
- Batman: One Bad Day (Volume 1)
- Batman: One Dark Knight (Volume 1)
- Batman: The Audio Adventures (Volume 1)
- Batman: The Knight (Volume 1)
- Batman: The Legacy Cowl (Volume 1 (Digital))
- Black Adam (Volume 1)
- Black Adam: The Justice Society Files (Volume 1)
- Blood Syndicate: Season One (Volume 1)
- DC Horror Presents: Sgt. Rock vs. the Army of the Dead (Volume 1)
- DC Speechless! (Volume 1 (Digital))
- DC vs. Vampires: All-Out War (Volume 1)
- DC: Mech (Volume 1)
- DCeased: War of the Undead Gods (Volume 1)
- Dark Crisis (Volume 1)
- Dark Crisis: Worlds Without a Justice League (Volume 1)
- Dark Crisis: Young Justice (Volume 1)
- Dark Knights of Steel (Volume 1)
- Duo (Volume 1)
- Earth-Prime (Volume 1)
- Flashpoint Beyond (Volume 1)
- GCPD: The Blue Wall (Volume 1)
- Gotham City: Year One (Volume 1)
- Harley Quinn: The Animated Series: Legion of Bats! (Volume 1)
- Justice League Incarnate (Volume 1)
- Justice League vs. the Legion of Super-Heroes (Volume 1)
- Luke O'Brian (DC Legends) (Volume )
- Multiversity: Teen Justice (Volume 1)
- Naomi: Season Two (Volume 1)
- Nubia: Queen of the Amazons (Volume 1)
- One-Star Squadron (Volume 1)
- Poison Ivy (Volume 1)
- Punchline: The Gotham Game (Volume 1)
- Red Hood: Outlaws (Volume 1 (Digital))
- Robin & Batman (Volume 1)
- Robins (Volume 1)
- Rogues (Volume 1)
The following Comic titles were last published with a 2022 cover date:
- Aquaman & The Flash: Voidsong (Volume 1)
- Aquaman/Green Arrow: Deep Target (Volume 1)
- Aquaman: Andromeda (Volume 1)
- Aquaman: The Becoming (Volume 1)
- Aquamen (Volume 1)
- Arkham City: The Order of the World (Volume 1)
- Batman '89 (Volume 1)
- Batman Beyond: Neo-Year (Volume 1)
- Batman Secret Files (Volume 1)
- Batman White Knight Presents: Red Hood (Volume 1)
- Batman vs. Bigby! A Wolf in Gotham (Volume 1)
- Batman/Catwoman (Volume 1)
- Batman: Killing Time (Volume 1)
- Batman: One Dark Knight (Volume 1)
- Batman: Reptilian (Volume 1)
- Batman: The Adventures Continue Season Two (Volume 1)
- Batman: The Detective (Volume 1)
- Batman: The Imposter (Volume 1)
- Batman: The Knight (Volume 1)
- Black Adam: The Justice Society Files (Volume 1)
- Black Manta (Volume 1)
- Blue & Gold (Volume 1)
- Catwoman: Lonely City (Volume 1)
- Checkmate (Volume 3)
- Crush & Lobo (Volume 1)
- DC Horror Presents: Soul Plumber (Volume 1)
- DC's Round Robin (Volume 1 (Digital))
- Duo (Volume 1)
- Earth-Prime (Volume 1)
- Flashpoint Beyond (Volume 1)
- Future State: Gotham (Volume 1)
- Green Lantern (Volume 6)
- Hardware: Season One (Volume 1)
- Harley Quinn: The Animated Series: The Eat. Bang! Kill. Tour (Volume 1)
- Icon & Rocket: Season One (Volume 1)
- Justice League Incarnate (Volume 1)
- Justice League Infinity (Volume 1)
- Justice League (Volume 4)
- Justice League vs. the Legion of Super-Heroes (Volume 1)
- Justice League: Last Ride (Volume 1)
- Legends of the Dark Knight (Volume 2)
- Mister Miracle: The Source of Freedom (Volume 1)
- Naomi: Season Two (Volume 1)
- Nubia and the Amazons (Volume 1)
- Nubia: Queen of the Amazons (Volume 1)
- One-Star Squadron (Volume 1)
- Pennyworth (Volume 1)
- Refrigerator Full of Heads (Volume 1)
- Robin & Batman (Volume 1)
- Robin (Volume 3)
The following One Shots were published with a 2022 cover date:
- Amethyst: Princess of Gemworld (graphic novel)
- Artemis: Wanted #1
- Batman Day 2022: Batman's Mystery Casebook Special Edition #1
- Batman Day 2022: Batman: Hush Special Edition #1
- Batman Returns: One Dark Christmas Eve: The Illustrated Holiday Classic
- Batman Secret Files: The Gardener #1
- Batman and Robin and Howard (graphic novel)
- Batman's Mystery Casebook
- Batman/Catwoman Special #1
- Batman/FaZe Clan #1
- Batman/Superman Authority Special #1
- Batman: Beyond the White Knight Showcase Edition #1
- Batman: Dear Detective #1
- Batman: Fear State: Omega #1
- Batman: One Bad Day - Penguin #1
- Batman: One Bad Day - The Riddler #1
- Batman: One Bad Day - Two-Face #1
- Batman: The Knight Compendium Edition #1
- Black Adam Special Edition #1
- Black Adam: The Justice Society Files: Atom Smasher #1
Characters
Selected 2022 character debuts. See all.
- Otho-Ra (Prime Earth)
- Osul-Ra (Prime Earth)
- Failsafe (Prime Earth)
- Nia Nal (Prime Earth)
- Shellestriah (Prime Earth)
- Abyss II (Prime Earth)
- Phantom-One (Prime Earth)
- General Immortus (Prime Earth)
- Bob Moss (Prime Earth)
- Corky Baxter (Prime Earth)
- Malik White (Prime Earth)
- Tracy Corben (Prime Earth)
- Alan March (Prime Earth)
- Christopher Chance (Prime Earth)
- Klee Pan (Prime Earth)
- Altuum (Prime Earth)
- Daniel Cormac (Prime Earth)
- Cody Kline (Prime Earth)
- Cayha (Prime Earth)
- Teacher II (Prime Earth)
- Sigrid Nansen (Prime Earth)
- Angel Breaker (Prime Earth)
- Charles Dante (Prime Earth)
- Harvey Dent, Sr. (Prime Earth)
- Honeysuckle (Prime Earth)
- Luis Rojas (Prime Earth)
- Omega-Bam-Man (Prime Earth)
- Lazarus Demon (Prime Earth)
- Mother III (Prime Earth)
- Dario Tomasso (Prime Earth)
- Ellec Inaego (Prime Earth)
- Sara Nakamura (Prime Earth)
- Darling (Prime Earth)
- Jeremy Stone (Prime Earth)
- Guldejo (Prime Earth)
- Image-Maker (Prime Earth)
- Gray Wolf (Prime Earth)
- Edmund Davies (Prime Earth)
- Thaaros (Prime Earth)
- Red Canary (Prime Earth)
- Anahi (Prime Earth)
- Gaboymila (Prime Earth)
- Tefé Holland (Prime Earth)
- Minute Man (Prime Earth)
- Poor Fellow (Prime Earth)
- La Agente Funebre (Prime Earth)
- Grace O'Halloran (Prime Earth)
- Kate Godwin (Prime Earth)
- Wingman IV (Prime Earth)
- Unmade (Prime Earth)
Teams
Selected 2022 team debuts. See all.