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"One Year Later" event logo.

One Year Later was a 2006 event running through the DC Universe. As the title suggests, it involves a narrative jump exactly one year into the future of the DC Comics Universe following the events of the Infinite Crisis event, to explore major changes within the continuities of the many different comic books within the DC Comics range.

Synopsis

Following the events of the limited series crossover Infinite Crisis, every DC comic series jumped ahead in-story by one year. The events of the missing year were depicted in real-time in the weekly comic book series 52. The "One Year Later" event started in March 2006, starting the same week that Infinite Crisis #5 went to press, and before the first issue of 52. Most first issues bearing the "One Year Later" logo were the first parts of multi-issue storylines, and featured major changes to the status quo of each character, often intentionally left unexplained as these details would be filled in by the remaining issues of Infinite Crisis and the 52 series.

Numerous prominent heroes were missing or inactive for most of the year as the "One Year Later" issues commenced. Heroes known to have been gone for the missing year were Aquaman, Batman, Blue Beetle, Green Arrow, Hawkman, Martian Manhunter, Nightwing, Robin, Superman, and Wonder Woman. The Flash has been missing, but Jay Garrick had been protecting Keystone City in his absence.

The DC Trinity

The year-long absence of the three main superheroes of the DC Comics universe - Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman - and their return to active duty was a significant part of both the "One Year Later" series and 52 series.

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Cover art for Superman #650, the first issue of Up, Up, and Away.

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Batman

The Batman storyline, Face the Face, was written by James Robinson, with art by Leonard Kirk and Don Kramer. It ran through Batman #651-654 and Detective Comics #817-820.

It concerned Batman and Robin's return to Gotham City after a year-long absence, and their investigation of a mysterious vigilante murdering low-rank supervillains (including the Ventriloquist and KGBeast), who appeared to be connected to Harvey Dent, who had reformed and had taken up battling crime on Batman's behalf during his absence. Whilst Dent was not responsible for the killings (the mastermind was actually Great White, who over the previous year had established himself as Gotham's reigning crime boss) the resulting stress, paranoia and resentment of being under suspicion saw the return of his "Two-Face" persona and his self-scarring, thus returning to his life of crime. The finale also saw Bruce Wayne offer to adopt Tim Drake, the current Robin, as his son following the deaths of his parents and the events of the Crisis.

As well as Two-Face, One Year Later also saw the return of several other significant elements of the Batman mythos that had previously been written out or retired, including the return of James Gordon as Gotham's police commissioner and Detective Harvey Bullock.

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Cover art for Wonder Woman #1, the first issue of Who is Wonder Woman?.

Wonder Woman

Unlike the Batman and Superman series, Wonder Woman was reintroduced with a new volume at issue one in June, 2006. The introductory storyline was titled "Who is Wonder Woman?", and it was written by Allan Heinberg with art by Terry and Rachel Dodson.

In the story, Donna Troy is depicted as having taken over the Wonder Woman title in Diana's absence, while Diana is shown to have accepted a government position at the Department of Metahuman Affairs under the alias of Diana Prince at Batman's urging. She is directed by Sarge Steel and is ironically assigned to the rescue mission of the new Wonder Woman, who has been captured by several of Wonder Woman's super-nemeses demanding that the "real" Wonder Woman be submitted to them. She is partnered on the case with a reluctant Tom Tresser. Within the story it has been revealed that prior to her admission into the department Diana was also photographed in the company of an eastern mystic code-named I Ching (implying that she spent most of the previous year travelling), and that the World Court has dropped the charges against her for the killing of Maxwell Lord. The story will be completed in the series' first Annual in 2007.

"One Year Later" storylines

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Cover art to Green Lantern vol. 4, #10, the One Year Later issue. Art by Simone Bianchi.
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The Teen Titans One Year Later. Cover art to issue #34 by Tony Daniel.
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Arthur Joseph Curry, the new Aquaman. Cover to Aquaman: Sword of Atlantis #40. Art by Butch Guice.
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The Justice League of America One Year Later. Cover art to issue #2 by Michael Turner.

Cancellations

In line with of the events of Infinite Crisis and 52, DC Comics canceled some of its long-running series, including; Wonder Woman vol. 2, The Flash vol. 2, Gotham Central, Batman: Gotham Knights, Plastic Man, JLA, Superman vol. 2, and Batgirl.

Renaming

  • Adventures of Superman has been renamed to simply Superman, restoring the original title of this series with issue #650.
  • Aquaman has become Aquaman: Sword of Atlantis with issue #40, starring a new lead character.
  • Firestorm has been retitled Firestorm: The Nuclear Man from issue #23 onwards.
  • Hawkman is renamed Hawkgirl from issue #50 onward.
  • Legion of Super-Heroes is now titled Supergirl and the Legion of Super-Heroes starting with issue #16.[1] The title also used a "1001 Years Later" logo for several issues.

New series

As they are new titles, many of the following do not have the "One Year Later" to indicate a time jump since the previous issue.

Spin-offs from the Countdown Mini-series:

Follow-ups to Infinite Crisis:

Relaunches:

Brave New World:

Replacements for cancelled titles:

In July 2006, most DC Comics titles wrapped up their 'One-Year Later' story lines and no longer display the 'One-Year Later' bullet on their covers.

Significant events of the lost year

Main article: Events of the DC Universe lost year

Aquaman

Aquaman's mysterious disappearance was subsequently followed by the arrival of one Arthur Joseph Curry. This new Arthur's origin appear to be similar to the Golden Age 'Aquaman's. Arthur meets 'The Dweller,' who has an enchanted hand similar to Orin's and has been confirmed to be the original Aquaman. 'The Dweller' also tells Arthur of his future, which seems to be describing past events involving the original Aquaman.

Freedom of Power Treaty

Main article: Freedom of Power Treaty

There is a new Freedom of Power Treaty. The specifics and structure have not been detailed, but it appears to place limits on the activities of heroes outside their nation of origin. Having broken the treaty numerous times, Hal Jordan is considered a criminal by most of the world. Only the Rocket Reds, Green Lantern Hal Jordan, and the Outsiders have been confirmed to be affected by it (Green Lantern #10, 2006). The Outsiders are operating illegally and the organization is underground with all current members (excluding Nightwing) presumed dead. As well as this, the Chinese government has formed a superteam called the Great Ten in the intervening year, and is currently working on a supersoldier program.

Gotham City

James Gordon has returned to the role of Gotham City Police Commissioner. Although the exact details have not been revealed as yet, it is known that his return - and that of Harvey Bullock - to the GCPD follows the cracking of a major corruption case in the GCPD by Bullock. Harvey Dent, believed cured of the multiple-personality disorder/psychosis issues that created his Two-Face persona, has been in charge of keeping Gotham safe as a result of a deal with Batman.

Superboy memorials

Monuments to the fallen hero have been erected in at least two locations:

  • In Metropolis, the statue depicting Superman holding an eagle dating back to his first battle with Doomsday has been joined by one of Superboy (as seen in Action Comics #837), honoring his sacrifice and actions during Infinite Crisis. 52 #1 depicts the memorial, apparently erected within only a few days after Superboy's death.
  • A second statue has been erected in San Francisco, in front of Titans Tower.

Aftermath

The repercussions of One Year Later are still felt today in the DCU in a number of ways.

One of the more noticeable occurrences to come out of Infinite Crisis and One Year Later was the change in Batman's demeanor. He has become more accepting of others opinions, showed signs of being polite, and apologizes to allies when he makes errors in judgment or candor. This does not demean his approach to crime, however.

Many Silver Age components have been reintroduced to Superman and his supporting cast. The character of Mon-El, the interior design of the Fortress of Solitude, and Superman starting his career by being known as a "super-boy" (sans uniform) are all recognizable Silver Age components that were not included in continuity before Infinite Crisis.

Bart Allen's tenure as The Flash was one of the shorter lived occurrences, as the new series starring him lasted 13 issues, the last of which included the character's death. Predecessor Wally West has since retaken the mantle of the Scarlet Speedster.

Notes

  • Grant Morrison has mentioned in interviews that he has, in his spare time, redesigned several unused DC characters. He presented them to Dan DiDio as part of his Seven Soldiers of Victory proposal with several of them, including the redesigned Freedom Fighters and the Atom, debuting in 2006.

External links

  1. ^ Superman #654
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