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Pre-Year 1 |
At age 8, Bruce Wayne witnesses
the murder of his parents, and makes a vow to never let the same thing happen
again to anyone else. |
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Pre-Year 1 |
Bruce begins training mind and
body for his pursuit for justice |
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YR. 1 |
Bruce becomes Batman at age 25. Lieutenant James Gordon arrives
from After being dismissed from Pamela
Isley becomes Poison Ivy as a result of experiments
conducted on her by Dr. Jason Woodrue. Selina Kyle becomes Catwoman. A failed comic turns to a life of
crime by calling himself the Red Hood. His fateful encounter with Batman
would lead to him becoming Batman's greatest foe: The Joker |
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YR. 2 |
Lieutenant Gordon becomes Captain
Gordon |
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YR. 3 |
At age 9, an orphaned Dick
Grayson becomes Bruce Wayne's ward and subsequently Robin. |
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YR. 5 |
Barbara Gordon becomes Batgirl |
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YR. 7 |
At age 13, Dick gets together
with Wondergirl, Kid Flash, Aqualad and Speedy to form the Teen Titans.
All are approximately the same age, except Speedy, who is 14. |
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YR. 13 |
At age 19, Dick is shot in the
shoulder by the Joker. Batman fires him from being Robin, so Dick
decides to leave for college |
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YR. 14 |
After getting caught trying to boost
the tires of the Batmobile, Jason Todd is taken in by Bruce Wayne and later
trained to be the second Robin. Barbara Gordon retires as
Batgirl. Soon after the Joker shoots Barbara, paralyzing her from the waist
down. Helena Bertinelli (after attending
a The Joker kills Jason Todd.
Tim Drake becomes the new Robin at age 13. |
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YR. 15 |
Dick Grayson sheds the Robin
persona, drops out of college (not that he needed it) to become Nightwing,
leading the Titans. Roy
Harper (aka Speedy aka Arsenal) takes custody of his baby daughter Lian
Harper |
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YR. 16 |
Stephanie Brown becomes the
Spoiler, at first to foil her father’s plans, and then later because she
develops a crush on Robin. Eventually they become boyfriend and girlfriend. At age 22, Dick goes to Bludhaven
to solve the murders of 21 men and ends up staying. Nightwing & Huntress pair up
to solve a mafia case and have a brief affair Barbara Gordon and Dinah Lance
team up to form the Birds of Prey. Stephanie Brown becomes pregnant
as a result of a previous relationship. |
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YR. 17 – No Man’s Land |
March – Spoiler gives birth to
her baby girl but gives it up for adoption. Huntress temporarily assumes a
Batgirl costume since Batman has disappeared. When he returns he lets her
keep it, until she fails to follow orders. Cassandra Cain becomes the new
Batgirl at age 17. Christmas Eve – Joker plans to
rob NML of hope by stealing all the babies. Huntress fights his henchman and
nearly dies, but is rescued by Batman and Nightwing. The Bat Clan and the
Blue Boys (what’s left of the GCPD) rush to find and stop Joker. They manage
to rescue the infants, but Commissioner Gordon’s wife, Sarah Essen-Gordon, is
shot and killed by the Joker. |
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YR. 18 |
January 1st – NML
ends. Batman reveals Robin’s identity
to Spoiler, and an angry and resentful Tim Drake breaks off the relationship. May – The Huntress is accused of
murder, and must prove her innocence to the Bat Clan with the help of the
Question. (Cry for Blood) Shortly after that she discovers the truth about
her family’s murder, and after final vengeance, throws her costume into the
river, vowing never to look back.... |
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PRESENT
CONTINUITY |
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Year 18 November |
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Year 19 February |
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Year 19 March |
“Friends”
Mini-Series (you’ll have to scroll down a bit once you get to the page to
find it.) |
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Year 19 April |
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