Major events of the DC Universe lost year
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The Lost Year is a name given to a period of time in the fictional DC Universe. In 2006, DC Comics published the "Infinite Crisis" crossover, at the end of which reality is altered. Concurrently with the publication of Infinite Crisis, DC Comics' superhero comic book line featured "One Year Later" stories, which advanced the series' narratives one year in time. Readers found the series' protagonists for the most part in vastly different circumstances, changed by the events of the Infinite Crisis and the passage of a year's time.
Following the publication of the limited series Infinite Crisis, DC released 52, a weekly series set during the lost year. A first in comics, the series' narrative progresses in real time, in that each issue depicts a events set in a successive week of the year. In addition to 52 and flashback sequences in the "One Year Later" stories, the storylines in Shadowpact and begin during the lost year.
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Character changes
- Crispus Allen observes his family, his murderer, and another killer for a year before agreeing to join with the Spectre.
- Animal Man spends time on a foreign planet along with Starfire and Adam Strange (52 #5)
- Black Adam opens a Kandaq Embassy in New York City and works with other nations to create and enforce the 'Freedom of Power Treaty. (52 #1, 6)
- Brick uses his influence and powers to help the people living behind the wall in Star City.
- Bumblebee returns from space, shrinks in size, gains the ability to create electrical blasts, and joins the Doom Patrol. (Teen Titans vol.3 #36, 52 #4)
- Cheetah loses her feral appearance and controls a group of wild cheetahs.
- Green Arrow, in addition to training with a sword for a long period of time, becomes a billionaire, following the "Gun Run Stock Market Crash", which he causes. (Green Arrow vol. 2 #63)
- Harvey Dent is trained and put in charge of defending Gotham City by Batman until his return.
- Herald returns from space fused with part of Red Tornado, loses his lungs and vocal cords, changes his name to Vox, and joins the Doom Patrol. (Teen Titans vol.3 #36, 52 #4-5)
- John Henry Irons is able to turn his skin to stainless steel. (52 #4)
- Hal Jordan repeatedly ignores the Freedom of Power Treaty, causing multiple nations to consider him a criminal. (Green Lantern #10)
- Clark Kent regains his journalistic reputation.
- Kid Devil's meta-gene is tampered with, giving him a demon-like appearance.
- Mister Terrific Michael Holt becomes white bishop of Checkmate and Sasha Bordeaux's lover.
- Jimmy Olsen wins a Pulitzer for photo-journalism.
- Diana Prince becomes a secret agent after stepping down from the role of Wonder Woman.
- Cassandra Sandsmark becomes affiliated with a Kryptonian resurrection cult. (52 #1)
- Alan Scott loses his eyes and gains one of someone else's during a scrambled Zeta Beam that returns him to Earth. He later becomes the white king of Checkmate.
- Starfire spends time on a foreign planet with Animal Man and Adam Strange.
- Adam Strange loses his eyes and spends time on an alien planet with Animal Man and Starfire. (52 #5)
- Donna Troy becomes Wonder Woman after Diana disappears.
Deaths
- Terra-Man is ripped in two by Black Adam before assembled press in front of the Kahndaq Embassy in New York City. (52 #3)
Disappearances
- Numerous mad scientists, including Dr. Sivana are abducted.
Characters who spend much or all of the year missing or out of action
- Aquaman (Aquaman #40)
- Batman, Nightwing, and Robin travel the world, re-training and re-building trust. (Infinite Crisis #7)
- Blue Beetle disappears for an entire year which to him spans the length of a day. (Blue Beetle #2)
- Cyborg returns from space inoperable. He spends the year de-activated but undergoing repairs. (Teen Titans vol. 3 #34)
- Green Arrow wins the office of mayor of Star City and trains in martial arts and swordsmanship. (Green Arrow #60)
- The Outsiders fake their own deaths in order to work undercover.
- Vandal Savage travels into space, losing his immortality and experiencing the worst year of his life. (JSA: Classified #10)
- Shadowpact members Blue Devil, Detective Chimp, Enchantress, Nightmaster, Nightshade, and Ragman, in Riverrock, Wyoming, trapped inside a shield of solid bloodthat a group of magical supervillains called the Pentacle constructs over the town. (Shadowpact #1)
- The Spectre waits for the recently departed Crispus Allen to agree to join with him.
- Superman is de-powered and earns a Pulitzer for his coverage (as Clark Kent) of Intergang. (Infinite Crisis #7)
- Uncle Sam spends the year regenerating in the Mississippi River (Brave New World)
- Wonder Woman (Infinite Crisis #7)
Organizational Changes
- Checkmate is repurposed under the United Nations as an intelligence/intervention force designed to maintain a balance between Earth's humans and metahumans. See"Checkmate Personnel Changes" for more details on the changing face of Checkmate.
- The Doom Patrol's roster grows with the addition of Mento, Beast Boy, Vox, and Bumblebee.
- The JSA informally disbands, rarely meeting.
- The Outsiders fake their own deaths and work underground.
- The Teen Titans sees a series of more than 20 new members, including Hawk and Dove, Zatara, Kid Devil, Talon, Power Boy, Miss Martian, and Rose Wilson.
- Gotham City Police Department sees James Gordon's return to the role of Gotham City Police Commissioner, and Det. Harvey Bullock's re-instatement.
Checkmate Personnel Changes
- The White King - Alan Scott
- *The White King's Bishop - Mister Terrific
- *The White King's Knight - Thomas Jagger
- The White Queen - Dr. Amanda Waller
- *The White Queen's Bishop - King Faraday
- *The White Queen's Knight - Count Vertigo
- The Black Queen is Sasha Bordeaux
- *The Black Queen's Bishop - Comd. Jessica Midnight
- *The Black Queen's Knight - Jonah McCarthy
- The Black King - Col. Taleb Beni Khalid
- *The Black King's Bishop - Shen Li Po
- *The Black King's Knight - Fire
Changes in the Features of the DC Universe
- The Freedom of Power Treaty is created to address the imbalance in nationality of metahumans. It places limits on heroes's activities outside their nation of origin.
- Superboy memorials are erected in Metropolis next to Superman's memorial, and San Francisco, in front of Titans Tower. The Metropolis material appears to be erected within only a few days after Superboy's death, according to its appearance in 52 #1.
- In what is known as the "Gun Run Stock Market Crash", thousands of investors buy stock in companies with huge defense contracts and then suddenly sell everything off, scaring the market. Three gigantic companies that make weapons crash. There are theories that, in an act of economic terrorism, someone took the companies down and made a lot of money from it. In Green Arrow vol. 2 #63, Green Arrow implies that he is responsible for the Crash and is now a billionaire because of it.
- Many of Blüdhaven's residents live in refugee camps outside the mostly empty city's walls. Protests and riots frequently occur, and American soldiers shoot rioters. The fallout from Chemo's attack gives some people superpowers.
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