Story2012Released2012
Series
Arrow — Season 1
Oliver Queen returns from Lian Yu and starts the whole CW continuity.
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THE PRIME TIMELINE
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Story2013Released2013
Movie
Man of Steel
Clark Kent, the fall of Krypton, and the Black Zero event over Metropolis.
Origin point02
Story2013Released2013
Series
Arrow — Season 2
Slade Wilson’s siege, and the particle accelerator that creates the Flash.
1 direct dependency03
Story2014Released2014
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The Flash — Season 1
Barry Allen wakes from the coma; Eobard Thawne opens the time-travel door.
1 direct dependency04
Story2014–2015Released2014
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Arrow — Season 3
Ra’s al Ghul, the League of Assassins, and Sara Lance’s death.
1 direct dependency05
Story2015Released2015
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The Flash — Season 2
Zoom, Earth-2, and the multiverse arriving on television.
1 direct dependency06
Story2015–2016Released2015
Series
Arrow — Season 4
Damien Darhk, magic in the Arrowverse, and Laurel Lance’s death.
1 direct dependency07
Story2015 · Earth-38Released2015
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Supergirl — Season 1
Kara Zor-El on CBS, in a universe of her own until the Flash finds it.
Origin point08
StoryTime stream · 2016Released2016
Series
Legends of Tomorrow — Season 1
Rip Hunter assembles the castoffs of Arrow and The Flash to hunt Vandal Savage.
2 direct dependencies09
Story2015Released2016
Movie
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Bruce Wayne answers Metropolis; Lex Luthor builds Doomsday.
1 direct dependency10
Story2016Released2016
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Suicide Squad
Amanda Waller builds Task Force X in the vacuum Superman’s death leaves.
1 direct dependency11
Story2016–2017Released2016
Series
The Flash — Season 3
Flashpoint rewrites the timeline and Savitar closes the loop.
1 direct dependency12
Story2016–2017Released2016
Series
Arrow — Season 5
Prometheus, and the last season told through Lian Yu flashbacks.
1 direct dependency13
Story2016–2017 · Earth-38Released2016
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Supergirl — Season 2
The move to The CW, Mon-El, and Tyler Hoechlin’s Superman.
1 direct dependency14
StoryTime stream · 2016–2017Released2016
Series
Legends of Tomorrow — Season 2
The Legion of Doom chases the Spear of Destiny across history.
1 direct dependency15
Story2016Released2016
Special
Invasion!
The Dominators force the first four-show crossover, and the teams meet.
4 direct dependencies16
Story1918Released2017
Movie
Wonder Woman
Diana leaves Themyscira for the First World War — the earliest stop in the DCEU.
Origin point17
Story2017–2018 · Earth-38Released2017
Series
Supergirl — Season 3
Reign, the Worldkillers, and Kara’s life split between two identities.
1 direct dependency18
Story2017–2018Released2017
Series
The Flash — Season 4
The Thinker, the bus metas, and the arrival of Nora West-Allen.
1 direct dependency19
StoryTime stream · 2017–2018Released2017
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Legends of Tomorrow — Season 3
Time anachronisms, Mallus, and Constantine walking into the Waverider.
1 direct dependency20
Story2017–2018Released2017
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Story2017Released2017
Movie
Justice League
Steppenwolf, the Mother Boxes, and Superman’s return. Zack Snyder’s cut restores the full version.
2 direct dependencies22
Story2017 · Earth-XReleased2017
Special
Crisis on Earth-X
A fascist Earth invades a wedding; the crossover becomes a genuine event.
4 direct dependencies23
Story2018–2019Released2018
Series
The Flash — Season 5
Nora’s arrival, Cicada, and the first mention of a coming Crisis.
1 direct dependency24
Story2018–2019 · Earth-38Released2018
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Story2018–2019Released2018
Series
Arrow — Season 7
Oliver in Slabside, Emiko Queen, and the flash-forwards to 2040.
1 direct dependency26
StoryTime stream · 2018–2019Released2018
Series
Legends of Tomorrow — Season 4
Magical fugitives, Neron, and Constantine as a full member of the crew.
2 direct dependencies27
Story2018Released2018
Special
Elseworlds
John Deegan rewrites reality, the Monitor appears, and Kate Kane debuts.
3 direct dependencies28
Story2018Released2018
Movie
Aquaman
Arthur Curry claims Atlantis after answering the Justice League’s call.
1 direct dependency29
Story2019Released2019
Movie
Shazam!
Billy Batson gets the wizard’s champion in a world that already has a Justice League.
1 direct dependency30
Story2019 · Earth-38Released2019
Series
Supergirl — Season 5
Leviathan, and Lena’s break with Kara before the Crisis.
1 direct dependency31
Story2019–2020Released2019
Series
The Flash — Season 6
Bloodwork, and the countdown to the Crisis the newspaper promised.
1 direct dependency32
Story2019–2020Released2019
Series
Arrow — Season 8
Oliver’s final season, spent gathering what the Monitor asks for.
1 direct dependency33
Story2019–2020 · All realitiesReleased2019
Special
Crisis on Infinite Earths
The Anti-Monitor unmakes the multiverse; the survivors are merged onto Earth-Prime.
10 direct dependencies34
StoryTime stream · 2020Released2020
Series
Legends of Tomorrow — Season 5
Encores, Astra, and the Legends after the Crisis reset the board.
2 direct dependencies35
Story2020Released2020
Movie
Birds of Prey
Harley Quinn after the Joker, and the Gotham that fills the gap.
1 direct dependency36
Story1984Released2020
Movie
Wonder Woman 1984
Diana in the Cold War, and the cost of the Dreamstone’s wishes.
1 direct dependency37
Story2021Released2021
Series
Superman & Lois — Season 1
Clark and Lois raise two sons in Smallville on a post-Crisis Earth.
2 direct dependencies38
Story2021Released2021
Series
The Flash — Season 7
The Mirrorverse, and the other forces standing beside the Speed Force.
1 direct dependency39
Story2021 · Earth-PrimeReleased2021
Series
Supergirl — Season 6
Nyxlygsptlnz, the Phantom Zone, and the end of Kara’s run.
2 direct dependencies40
StoryTime stream · 2021Released2021
Series
Legends of Tomorrow — Season 6
Aliens instead of anachronisms, and Sara Lance’s abduction.
1 direct dependency41
Story2021Released2021
Movie
The Suicide Squad
Waller sends a second, more expendable squad to Corto Maltese and Starro.
1 direct dependency42
StoryTime stream · 2021–2022Released2021
Series
Legends of Tomorrow — Season 7
Stranded in 1925 without a Waverider, and Gideon made flesh.
1 direct dependency43
Story2022Released2022
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Superman & Lois — Season 2
Bizarro, Ally Allston, and the inverse world under Smallville.
1 direct dependency44
Story2021Released2022
Series
Peacemaker — Season 1
Christopher Smith survives Corto Maltese and is handed the butterflies.
1 direct dependency45
Story2021Released2022
Movie
The Batman
Year two of Bruce Wayne’s war, told as a Riddler serial-killer case. Its own continuity.
Origin point46
Story2022Released2022
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Story2022 (editorial)Released2022
Movie
Black Adam
Teth-Adam wakes over Kahndaq and the Justice Society comes to put him back.
Origin point48
Story2023Released2023
Series
The Flash — Season 9
The Red Death and the final chapter of the Arrowverse’s longest run.
1 direct dependency49
Story2023Released2023
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Story2023Released2023
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Shazam! Fury of the Gods
The Daughters of Atlas come for the power the wizard gave away.
1 direct dependency51
Story2023 · MultiverseReleased2023
Movie
The Flash
Barry runs back to save his mother and shatters the DCEU’s timeline instead.
4 direct dependencies52
Story2023Released2023
Movie
Blue Beetle
Jaime Reyes and the Scarab — a standalone origin with its own family at the centre.
Origin point53
Story2023Released2023
Movie
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
Black Manta, the Black Trident, and the last film of the DCEU.
1 direct dependency54
Story2022Released2024
Series
The Penguin
Oz Cobb climbs through the wreckage of the Riddler’s flooded Gotham.
1 direct dependency55
Story2024Released2024
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Superman & Lois — Season 4
Doomsday’s aftermath, and the quiet close of the CW’s DC era.
1 direct dependency56
Story2024Released2024
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Creature Commandos
The first DCU story: Waller’s monster squad, animated, with Rick Flag Sr.
Origin point57
Story2025Released2025
Movie
Superman
The DCU’s cornerstone. Three years into the job, Superman against Lex Luthor and a world of metahumans.
Origin point58
Story2025Released2025
Series
Peacemaker — Season 2
The bridge title: Chris Smith’s past is carried out of the DCEU and into the DCU.
3 direct dependencies59
Story2026Released2026
Series
Lanterns
Hal Jordan and John Stewart work an earthbound murder case as Green Lanterns.
1 direct dependency60
Story2026Released2026
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StoryUpcomingReleased2027
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Man of Tomorrow
Superman and Lex Luthor forced into the same corner. The DCU’s next tentpole.
3 direct dependencies63
StoryUpcomingReleased2027
MovieUPCOMING
The Batman Part II
Matt Reeves’ continuity continues, still deliberately outside the DCU.
2 direct dependencies64
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