"Year One" is a frequently used naming convention for character origin stories in the DC Universe.
History
"Year One" stories typically detail the first year of a character's hero (or villain) activity, hence the title. Not every origin story is a Year One, but every Year One is an origin.
As "Year One" is first and foremost a naming convention, these stories come in widely varying structures and publication formats. For instance, the very first "Year One" story, 1986's "Batman: Year One," was a four-part arc seralized in issues of the Batman ongoing title. Two sequels would be published in the same way, "Batman: Year Two," and "Batman: Year Three," as would "Nightwing: Year One." Shortly after the Zero Hour continuity reboot, and in the summer of 1995 produced a "Year One" one-shot story in all of that year's annuals to cover it.
Currently, Year One stories are usually produced in the form of limited series not tied to any other publication. Being intended as the definitive origin stories for their title characters, Year One arcs generally have top creators working on them.
List of Year One comics
Storylines
- Batman: Year One
- The Flash: Year One (Born to Run)
- Guy Gardner: Year One
- Oracle: Year One - Born of Hope
- JLA: Year One (Volume 1)
- Robin: Year One (Volume 1)
- Batgirl: Year One (Volume 1)
- Nightwing: Year One
- Green Arrow: Year One (Volume 1)
- Metamorpho: Year One (Volume 1)
- Teen Titans: Year One (Volume 1)
- Two-Face: Year One (Volume 1)
- Huntress: Year One (Volume 1)
- Black Lightning: Year One (Volume 1)
- Wonder Woman: Year One
- Superman: Year One (Volume 1)
- Deathstroke: Year One
- Gotham City: Year One (Volume 1)
- The Riddler: Year One (Volume 1)
- The Joker: Year One
- Batman & Robin: Year One (Volume 1)
1995 Year One Annuals
- Action Comics Annual #7
- Adventures of Superman Annual #7
- Aquaman Annual (Volume 5) #1
- Azrael Annual #1
- Batman Annual #19
- Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight Annual #5
- Batman: Shadow of the Bat Annual #3
- Catwoman Annual (Volume 2) #2
- Deathstroke the Terminator Annual #4
- Detective Comics Annual #8
- Doomsday Annual #1
- The Flash Annual (Volume 2) #8
- Green Arrow Annual (Volume 2) #7
- Green Lantern Annual (Volume 3) #4
- Guy Gardner: Warrior Annual #1
- Hawkman Annual (Volume 3) #2
- Justice League America Annual #9
- Legionnaires Annual #2
- Legion of Super-Heroes Annual (Volume 4) #6
- Lobo Annual (Volume 2) #3
- New Titans Annual #11
- The Ray Annual (Volume 2) #1
- Robin Annual (Volume 2) #4
- Shadowdragon Annual #1
- Steel Annual (Volume 2) #2
- Sovereign Seven Annual #1
- Spectre Annual (Volume 3) #1
- Superboy Annual (Volume 4) #2
- Superman Annual (Volume 2) #7
- Superman: The Man of Steel Annual #4
- Wonder Woman Annual (Volume 2) #4
- See Also: 1995 Comics
Similarly Titled
- Ambush Bug: Year None
- Batman: Year 100
- Batman: Year Two
- Batman: Year Three
- Batman: Zero Year
- Little Batman: Month One
See Also
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