The Other History of the DC Universe (Volume 1) with a cover date of March, 2021. It was published on January 26, 2021.
Synopsis for the 1st Story
Appearing in the 1st Story
Featured Characters:
- Bumblebee (Flashback and main story) (Narrator)
- Herald/Guardian (Mal Duncan) (Flashback and main story) (Narrator)
Supporting Characters:
- Teen Titans (Flashback only)
- Aqualad (Flashback only)
- Changeling (Flashback only)
- Cyborg (Flashback only)
- Dove (Don Hall) (Flashback only)
- Harlequin (Flashback only)
- Hawk (Henry Hall) (Flashback only)
- Jericho (Joseph Wilson) (Flashback only)
- Kid Flash (Flashback only)
- Lilith (Flashback only)
- Nightwing/Robin (Earth-One) (Flashback only)
- Nightwing (New Earth) (Flashback only)
- Raven (Flashback only)
- Speedy (Flashback only)
- Starfire (Flashback only)
- Troia/Wonder Girl (Flashback only)
Antagonists:
- Ahab Barstow (Flashback only) (As a spirit)
- Antithesis (Flashback only)
- Azrael, Angel of Death (Flashback only)
- Dr. Light (Flashback only)
- Gargoyle/Mr. Twister (Flashback only)
- Hell's Honkies (Flashback only)
- Storm Trooper (Flashback only)
- Wildebeest (Flashback only)
Other Characters:
- Adam (Flashback only)
- Adam Strange (New Earth) (Flashback only)
- Amethyst (Flashback only)
- Arthur Ashe (On a TV or computer screen)
- Arthur Swenson (Dies in flashback)
- Atomic Knight (Flashback only)
- Batgirl (Earth-One) (Flashback only)
- Big Bear (Flashback only)
- Blue Beetle (Earth-Four) (Flashback only)
- Black Lightning (Flashback only)
- Blue Devil (Flashback only)
- Broot (Flashback only)
- Captain Marvel (Earth-S) (Flashback only)
- Cindy Duncan (Flashback only)
- Cindy Evans (Flashback only)
- Colossal Boy (Flashback only)
- Creeper (Flashback only)
- Deadman (Flashback only)
- Dr. Fate (Flashback only)
- Elongated Man (Flashback only)
- Fay Evans (Flashback only)
- Firestorm (Flashback only)
- Frances Kane (Flashback only)
- Gabriel (Flashback only)
- Gnarrk (Flashback only)
- Gold (Flashback only)
- Green Lantern (John Stewart) (Flashback only)
- Hawkman (Carter Hall) (Flashback only)
- Henry Evans (Flashback only)
- Hippolyta (Earth-One) (Flashback only)
- Howard (Flashback only)
- Huntress (Earth-Two) (Flashback only)
- Jemm (Flashback only)
- Jillian Jackson (Flashback only)
- Justice League of America (Earth-One) (Flashback only)
- Batman (Flashback only)
- The Flash (Flashback only)
- Superman (Flashback only)
- Wonder Woman (Flashback only)
- Green Arrow (Mentioned only)
- Jericho of Hell's Corner (Dies in flashback) (Single appearance)
- Jerry Evans (Flashback only)
- Jimmy Connors (On a TV or computer screen)
- Jonah Hex (Flashback only)
- Jonni Thunder (Flashback only)
- Kamandi (Flashback only)
- Kole (Flashback only)
- Long Family (Flashback only)
- Barry Long (Flashback only)
- Barry Long, Jr. (Flashback only)
- Jenny Long (Flashback only)
- Terry's parents (Flashback only)
- Lori Lemaris (Earth-One) (Flashback only)
- Metropolis Police Department (Flashback only)
- Mister Miracle (Flashback only)
- New York City Police Department (Flashback only)
- Nuklon (Flashback only)
- OMAC (Earth-AD) (Flashback only)
- Phantom Stranger (Flashback only)
- Power Girl (Flashback only)
- The Question (Earth-Four) (Flashback only)
- Randolph (Flashback only)
- Robin/Jason Todd (Earth-One) (Flashback only)
- Rocky Davis (Flashback only)
- Samuel (Flashback only)
- Sarah Simms (Flashback only)
- Sgt. Rock (Flashback only)
- Shade, the Changing Man (Flashback only)
- Sharon Tracy (Flashback only)
- The Spectre (Jim Corrigan) (Flashback only)
- Supergirl (Earth-One) (Dies in flashback)
- Swamp Thing (Flashback only)
- Ted Landsmark (In a photograph only)
- Terry Long (Flashback only)
- Tula (Flashback only)
- Wayne Williams (In a photograph only)
- Zatanna (Flashback only)
- Althea Gibson (Mentioned only)
- Batman (New Earth) (Mentioned only)
- Brainiac (Earth-One) (Mentioned only)
- Branch Rickey (Mentioned only)
- Captain Calamity/Mr. Esper (Mentioned only)
- CYAs (Mentioned only)
- Ding Dong Daddy (Mentioned only)
- Flamesplasher Twins (Mentioned only)
- Green Lanterns (Mentioned only)
- Guardian (Jim Harper) (Mentioned only)
- Hell's Hawks (Mentioned only)
- Jack Johnson (Mentioned only)
- Jackie Robinson (Mentioned only)
- Jimmy Olsen (Earth-One) (Mentioned only)
- Joe Louis (Mentioned only)
- Ku Klux Klan (Mentioned only)
- La Pistolas (Mentioned only)
- LexCorp (Mentioned only)
- Martin Luther King, Jr. (Mentioned only)
- Max Schmeling (Mentioned only)
- Maynard Jackson (Mentioned only)
- Mento (Mentioned only)
- Newsboy Legion (Mentioned only)
- Puppeteer (Mentioned only)
- Sarah Charles (Mentioned only)
- Titans West (Mentioned only)
- United States Government (Mentioned only)
- Westies (Mentioned only)
- Wynton Marsalis (Mentioned only)
Locations:
- Multiverse (Flashback and main story)
- Antimatter Universe (Flashback only)
- Earth-One (Flashback only)
- Prehistoric Era
- 20th Century
- 1970
- 1975
- London (On a TV or computer screen)
- 1976
- Boston (In a photograph only)
- 1981
- United States of America
- Atlanta (In a photograph only)
- Gotham City
- Batcave (Mentioned only)
- Jupiter Labs
- Litchburg
- Long Island
- Metropolis
- Daily Planet
- Grand Avenue
- Hell's Corner
- Booker T. Washington Preparatory Charter School for Young Men (Mentioned only)
- Katherine Johnson Academy (Single appearance)
- YMCA boxing club
- Park Row (Mentioned only)
- Suicide Slum (Mentioned only)
- New Carthage
- New York City
- San Francisco
- Gabriel's Horn
- Fillmore (Mentioned only)
- S.T.A.R. Labs (Mentioned only)
- Winterland (Mentioned only)
- Titans Lair
- Chattahoochee River (Mentioned only)
- Midvale Orphanage (Mentioned only)
- University of California (Mentioned only)
- Yale University (Mentioned only)
- 1979 (Mentioned only)
- Australia (Mentioned only)
- Greece (Mentioned only)
- Themyscira (Mentioned only)
- Limbo (Flashback only)
- New Earth (Flashback and main story)
- New York City (Flashback only)
- San Francisco (Flashback only)
Items:
- Donna Troy's Lasso (Flashback only)
- Green Lantern Ring (Flashback only)
- Guardian's Shield (Flashback only)
- Horn of Gabriel (Flashback only)
- Trick Arrows (Flashback only)
Vehicles:
- Robin's Motorcycle (Flashback only)
Concepts:
Notes
- The comic wrongly lists the title and credits of the first issue as its own.
Trivia
- The character of Jericho was developed by Len Wein and Marv Wolfman in the original script for Teen Titans #20, but Carmine Infantino refused to publish it and had the issue rewritten and redrawn by Neal Adams. The edits changed Jericho from a Black character into a white character named Joshua.[1]
See Also
- Cover gallery for the The Other History of the DC Universe series
- Images from The Other History of the DC Universe Vol 1 2
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