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New History of the DC Universe #1

DC · Series began 2025 · August 2025

Dates

Cover date
August 2025
On sale
June 25, 2025
In stores
June 25, 2025
Pages
52

Editions and covers (8)

Copies of #1 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Creators

pencils: Chris Samnee, Todd Nauck, Jerry Ordwayinks: Chris Samnee, Todd Nauck, Jerry Ordwaycolors: Giovanna Niro, Matt Herms, John Kaliszscript: Mark Waid, Benjamin Le Clear, Dave Wielgosz, John Wellsletters: Todd Klein

Stories

  • New History of the DC Universe Book One · 30 pages

    Barry Allen chronicles the history of the DC Universe, from the beginning of time into the 1950's.

  • New History of the DC Universe Timeline Part One · 14 pages

Publisher’s description

LEARN THE DEFINITIVE HISTORY OF THE DC UNIVERSE! In celebration of 90 years of DC, super fan and writer Mark Waid turns back time to the very beginning of the DC Universe in a four-issue miniseries drawn by some of DC's greatest artists and told by the newest chronicler of time, Barry Allen, the Flash! In our debut issue, Barry takes us from the very birth of the DC Universe to the rise of the Justice Society. The Golden Age of heroes begins here!

Reprinted in

New History of the DC Universe 1 (2025 Edition) (2025)

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