DC Universe Timeline

Dating superhero comics is a bit of a mug's game. They're set at the time of publication (usually), but Superman has been published for seventy years and he's certainly not seventy years old. That's because there's a "sliding timeline" involved so that the heroes have always emerged x number of years before the present. (A lot of people disagree on what x is, and DC recently redefined it in any case.) Plus, some aspects of history slide-- Superman no longer hung out during World War II-- but others do not-- the Sandman is pretty firmly dated to 1938. Also there are retro stories.

Curious about what order the DC comics I read actually take place in, I put this together. This uses absolute dates, but I'm agnostic on whether or not I believe in them; I wanted this for the order of events more than anything else. Did Orion and Kalibak bust up Metropolis before or after Green Lantern and Green Arrow discovered America? What was Captain Comet doing in outer space when Connor Hawke was visiting Japan? Now I can know!

Note that this timeline borrows extensively from The Unauthorized Chronology of the DC Universe and the DC Comics Trade Paperback Timeline, though I don't always agree with either fellow. It will include some "New 52" titles, but only those for series that did not undergo substantial reboots (i.e., Batman and Green Lantern). It only includes Vertigo titles with substantial connections to the main DC universe, so The Sandman and Sandman Mystery Theatre are in, but Lucifer is not. All Vertigo universe titles are on their own page; Elseworlds DC titles follow at the end.

• 4,000,000,000 B.C.E.
• "The Heart of a Star" (in The Sandman: Endless Nights)

• 1915
• [Wesley Dodds (the Sandman) is born.]
• The Sandman: Overture: The Deluxe Edition [Dream of the Endless is imprisoned by a human sorcerer.]
• 1930
• [Dinah Drake (Black Canary) is born.]
• 1938
• Sandman Mystery Theatre: The Tarantula [Wesley Dodds debuts as the Sandman.]
• Sandman Mystery Theatre: The Face and The Brute
• Sandman Mystery Theatre: The Vamp
• Sandman Mystery Theatre: The Scorpion
• Sandman Mystery Theatre: Dr. Death and The Night of the Butcher
• Sandman Mystery Theatre: The Hourman and The Python

• 1939
• Sandman Midnight Theatre
• "The Mist" (in Sandman Mystery Theatre: The Mist and The Phantom of the Fair)
• The Golden Age Sandman Archives, Volume 1
• "The Phantom of the Fair" (in Sandman Mystery Theatre: The Mist and The Phantom of the Fair)
• Sandman Mystery Theatre: The Blackhawk and The Return of the Scarlet Ghost 
• 1940
• All-Star Squadron: "The Origin of the Shining Knight"
• "For America and Democracy!" (in Justice Society of America: A Celebration of 75 Years) [Eight superheroes come together to form the Justice Society of America.]
• All-Star Squadron: "The First Case of the Justice Society of America!"

• 1941
• All-Star Squadron: "The Origin of Johnny Quick"
• All-Star Squadron: "The Origin of Liberty Belle"
• All-Star Squadron: "The Origin of the Golden Age Robotman"
• All-Star Squadron: "The Origin of Tarantula!"
• The Sandman [Sandy the Golden Boy debuts as the Sandman's sidekick.]
• All-Star Squadron: "The World on Fire!" / "The Tyrant out of Time!" / "The Dooms of Dark December!" / "Day of the Dragon King!" / "Never Step on a Feathered Serpent!" / "Mayhem in the Mile-High City!" / "The World on Fire!" / "The Tyrant out of Time!" / "The Dooms of Dark December!" / "Day of the Dragon King!" / "Never Step on a Feathered Serpent!" / "Mayhem in the Mile-High City!" / "Carnage for Christmas!" / "Afternoon of the Assassins!" / "Should Old Acquaintance Be Destroyed..." / "To Slay the Body Electric!"

• 1942
• All-Star Squadron: "If an Eye Offend Thee...!" / "Star-Smasher's Secret!" / "Doomsday Begins at Dawn!" / "One Day, during the War..." / Crisis on Earth-Prime! / "The Three Faces of Evil!" / "The Magnetic Marauder!"
• All-Star Squadron: "Vengeance from Valhalla!" / "Death, Considered as a State of Mind!" / "...For the Dark Things Cannot Stand the Light...!" / "A Tale of Three Citadels!" / "The Powerstone Corrupts-- Absolutely!" / "When Fate Thy Measure Takes...!" / "The Man Who'll Know Too Much!"
• Infinity, Inc.: The Generations Saga, Volume One
• All-Star Squadron: "A Spectre Is Haunting the Multiverse!" / "By Hatred Possessed!" / "A Man Called Doome!" / "Day of the Black Dragon!" / "Uncle Sam Wants You!" / "Crisis on Earth-X!: The Prequel" / "The Battle of Santa Barbara-- Times Two!" / "The Wrath of Tsunami!" / "...That Earths May Live!" / Annual #3 / "Thunder over London!" / "Lightning in Berlin!" / "Detroit Is Dynamite!" / "Nobody Gets Out of Paradise Valley Alive!" / "The Rise and Fall of the Phantom Empire!"
• All-Star Squadron: "--Catch a Falling Starman!" / "Oh, Say, Can't You See...?" / "Ultimate Victory!" / "Night and Fog!" / "Give Me Liberty-- Give Me Death!" / "Philadelphia-- It Tolls for Thee!" / "See You in the Funny Papers!" / "The Secret Origin of Dr. Fate" / "Camelot 1942!" / "Death-Sword at Sunrise!"
• The Crisis on Infinite Earths [The Crisis on Infinite Earths affects 1942.]
• Justice Society of America: Shanghaied into Hyperspace! 
• All-Star Squadron: "The End of the Beginning!" 
• 1943
• Manhunter: "Red-Haired Kate" (in Vixens, Vamps & Vipers: Lost Villainesses of Golden Age Comics)
• 1946
• Doll Man: "Beauty and Her Beasts" (in Vixens, Vamps & Vipers: Lost Villainesses of Golden Age Comics)
  

• 1947
• The Black Canary Archives, Volume 1 [Dinah Drake debuts as the Black Canary.]
• [Wesley Dodds retires from being the Sandman.]
• Action Comics Weekly: "Another Fine War" [The Blackhawks reunite in the postwar era.]
• "The Injustice Society of the World!" (in Justice Society of America: A Celebration of 75 Years) [A group of criminals bands together as the Injustice Society to battle the Justice Society.]
• 1948
• Blackhawk: "Madame Butterfly" (in Vixens, Vamps & Vipers: Lost Villainesses of Golden Age Comics)
  
• 1950
• "The Man Who Conquered the Solar System!" (in Justice Society of America: A Celebration of 75 Years)
• Plastic Man: "The Figure" (in Vixens, Vamps & Vipers: Lost Villainesses of Golden Age Comics)
  
• 1957
• [Oliver Queen (Green Arrow) is born.]
• 1963
• [Bruce Wayne (Batman) is born.]
• 1964
• [Clark Kent (Superman) is born on Earth.]
• 1966
• "Solomon Grundy Goes on a Rampage!" / "Perils of the Psycho-Pirate!" (in Crisis on Multiple Earths: The Team-Ups, Volume One)
• 1970
• [Dinah Laurel Lance (Black Canary) is born.]
• 1971
• "Mastermind of Menaces!" (in The Black Canary Archives, Volume 1 / Crisis on Multiple Earths: The Team-Ups, Volume One)
• "The Big Super-Hero Hunt" (in The Black Canary Archives, Volume 1 / Crisis on Multiple Earths: The Team-Ups, Volume Two)
• [Bruce Wayne's parents are killed.]
• 1975
• [Jack Knight (Starman) is born.]
• 1976
• [Barbara Gordon (Batgirl/Oracle) is born.]
• 1977
• [Roy Harper (Speedy) is born.]
• 1978
• [Helena Bertinelli (Huntress) is born.]
• 1980
• "The Legion of Super-Heroes" (in Legion of Super-Heroes: 1,050 Years of the Future) [Clark Kent (Superboy) is recruited by the Legion of Super-Heroes of A.D. 2993.]

• 1984
• Green Arrow: Year One
• 1988
• Superman: Birthright [Clark Kent debuts as Superman.]
• Superman
• Green Arrow: The Wonder Year [Oliver Queen debuts as the Green Arrow.]
• "Gordon of Gotham" (in Batman: Gordon of Gotham)

• 1989
• Batman: Year One [Bruce Wayne debuts as Batman.]
• Batman: Year One: Deluxe Edition
• The Batman Chronicles: "Decoys"
• The Batman Chronicles: "Got a Date with an Angel"
• "The Peacemakers" (in Batman: The Ring, the Arrow and the Bat) [Green Lantern and Green Arrow meet for the first time.]
• Adam Strange: The Silver Age Omnibus [Adam Strange is transported to Rann and debuts as its champion.]
  
• Dark Moon Rising: Batman and the Monster Men
• Dark Moon Rising: Batman and the Mad Monk
• "Prey" (in Batman: Prey)
• Batman: The Man Who Laughs [Batman encounters the Joker for the first time.]
• Batman: Four of a Kind [Batman encounters the Riddler, Poison Ivy, the Scarecrow, and Man-Bat for the first time.]
• Two-Face: Year One #1 (in Batman: Two-Face and Scarecrow: Year One)
• Batman: Shaman

• 1990
• The Superman Chronicles, Volume One
• "The Arrow and the Bat" (in Batman: The Ring, the Arrow and the Bat) [Batman and Green Arrow meet for the first time.]
• Batman: Venom
• Wonder Woman by George Pérez Omnibus [Princess Diana comes to Man's World as Wonder Woman.]
• Batman: Snow
• "Ghosts" (in Batman: Haunted Knight: The Legends of the Dark Knight Halloween Specials: Three Tales of Halloween in Gotham City)
• Batman: Rules of Engagement
• Batman: The Long Halloween [Harvey Dent becomes Two-Face.]
• Absolute Batman: The Long Halloween 
• Showcase Presents The Elongated Man, Volume One [Ralph Dibny debuts as the Elongated Man.]
• Superman For All Seasons
• "Broken Nose" (in Batman: Year 100 and Other Tales: Deluxe Edition)
• "Choices" / "Madness" (in Batman: Haunted Knight: The Legends of the Dark Knight Halloween Specials: Three Tales of Halloween in Gotham City)
• Two-Face: Year One #2 (in Batman: Two-Face and Scarecrow: Year One)
• Batman: Year Two: Fear the Reaper
• "Terror" (in Batman: Prey)
• Absolute Batman: Dark Victory [Dick Grayson debuts as Robin.]

• 1991
• Catwoman: When in Rome
• Hawkworld
  
• Batman: Year 3 
• The Batman Chronicles: "The Penny Plunderers"
• Showcase Presents The Green Arrow, Volume One [Roy Harper debuts as Speedy.]
• "Flash of Two Earths!" / "Double Danger on Earth!" / "Vengeance of the Immortal Villain!" (in Crisis on Multiple Earths: The Team-Ups, Volume One) [The Flash breeches the vibrational barrier between Earths-One and -Two for the first time.]
• Robin: Year One
• "Full Circle" (in Batman: Year Two: Fear the Reaper)
• Crisis on Multiple Earths [The JLA and the JSA have their first team-ups.]
• "Crisis on Earth-One!" / "Crisis on Earth-Two!" / "The Most Dangerous Earth of All!" / "The Bridge between Earths!" (in Justice Society of America: A Celebration of 75 Years)

• 1992
• Elongated Man: "Green Lantern's Blackout!" (in 52: The Companion)
• "Teenage Sidekick" (in Batman: Year 100 and Other Tales: Deluxe Edition)
• The Green Arrow
• Batman: Fortunate Son
• Green Lantern: "Secret Origin of the Guardians!" (in Crisis on Multiple Earths: The Team-Ups, Volume One)
• Batgirl: Year One
  
• The Batman Chronicles: "Photo Finish" [Batgirl and Robin meet for the first time.]
• Crisis on Multiple Earths: The Team-Ups, Volume Two

• 1993
• Crisis on Multiple Earths, Volume 2
• "Peril of the Paired Planets!" / "Where Valor Fails... Will Magic Triumph?" (in Justice Society of America: A Celebration of 75 Years)
  
• Batman: Batgirl [Batgirl encounters the Joker for the first time.]
• Batgirl/Joker: "Clowntime"
• 1994
• "In Each Man There Is a Demon" (in Green Arrow / Black Canary: For Better or For Worse) [Black Canary crosses from Earth-2 to Earth-1.]
• Jack Kirby's Fourth World Omnibus, Volume One [The war between New Genesis and Apokolips reaches Earth.]
• Jack Kirby's Fourth World Omnibus, Volume Two
• Jack Kirby's Fourth World Omnibus, Volume Three
• Jack Kirby's Fourth World Omnibus, Volume Four
• Green Lantern co-starring Green Arrow [Green Lantern and Green Arrow go on a roadtrip to discover America.]
• "The Canary and the Cat!" (in The Black Canary Archives, Volume 1)
• Batman: The Cat and the Bat
• Adam Strange: "The Magic-Maker of Rann" (in 52: The Companion)
• Legends of the DC Universe: Folie a Deux

• 1995
• Crisis on Multiple Earths, Volume 3
• Batman: Night Cries
• Black Orchid (1973-76 feature) [The Black Orchid is created.]
• 1996
• "General Electric" (in The Sandman)
• Metal Men: "Evil Is in the Eye of the Beholder" (in 52: The Companion) [The Metal Men are destroyed.] 
• All Star Comics: Only Legends Live Forever [Kara Zor-L debuts as Power Girl.]
• Birds of Prey: "Batgirl/Catwoman"
• Crisis on Multiple Earths, Volume 4
• Batman: Strange Apparitions

• 1997
• Showcase Presents... Power Girl [Power Girl assumes the identity of Karen Starr.]
• Superman: Last Son of Krypton
• The Huntress: Origins [Helena Wayne debuts as the Huntress.]
• Crisis on Multiple Earths, Volume 5
• The Question: "What Makes a Hero?" (in 52: The Companion)
• Green Lantern vs. Eclipso
• Green Lantern: The Omega-Men Saga! [The Omega Men band together to fight the Citadel.]

• 1998
• Lex Luthor: Man of Steel
• Action Comics / The New Teen Titans: The Starfire Saga
• Crisis on Multiple Earths, Volume 6
• Superman: Miracle Monday
• Green Lantern: "Head Trip!" / "…And They Shall Crush the Headmen!"
• Green Arrow (1983 miniseries)
• The Omega Men: Citadel War
• DC Comics Presents: "The Last Secret Identity!" [Kristin Wells debuts as Superwoman.]
• Batman: Second Chances [Jason Todd debuts as Robin II.]
• Infinity, Inc.: The Generations Saga, Volume One [The descendants of the JSA band together as Infinity, Inc.]
• Infinity, Inc.: The Generations Saga, Volume Two

• 1999
• Justice League of America: Crisis in the Thunderbolt Dimension!
• Huntress: Year One [Helena Bertinelli debuts as the Huntress.]
• The Huntress (1989-90 ongoing)
• Nightwing: Year One [Dick Grayson assumes the identity of Nightwing.]
• The Omega Men: "Replicave Seeking" / "The Primus Army" / "Beware of Sleeping Tigorr..." / "A Dead Psions"
• Justice League of America: Family Crisis!
• Justice League: The Detroit Era Omnibus
• America vs. the Justice Society
• DC Comics Presents: "Welcome to Luthorcon III!"
• Jonni Thunder, a.k.a. Thunderbolt
• The Crisis on Infinite Earths [The multiverse is merged into one Earth.]
• The Omega Men: The Wombworld Saga [The Vega System is invaded by the Spider Guild.]
• Infinity, Inc. / Justice League of America: The Last JLA–Justice Society Team-Up!
• Crisis on Infinite Earths
• Crisis on Infinite Earths: The Absolute Edition
• Crisis on Infinite Earths (novelization)
• Infinity, Inc.: "Green Dreams & Precious Illusions"
• Shazam! The New Beginning [Billy Batson debuts as Captain Marvel.]
• The Omega Men: "Omega!"
• Last Days of the Justice Society of America
• Infinity, Inc.: "Shock Treatment" / "--You Can Call Me Psycho!" 
• Legends: The Collection

• 2000
• Black Orchid (1989 miniseries)
• Showcase Presents Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld
• History of the DC Universe
• Millennium
• The Weird (in Mystery in Space with Captain Comet, Volume Two)
• Batgirl: "The Last Batgirl Story" [Barbara Gordon retires from being Batgirl.]
• Green Arrow: The Longbow Hunters
• Batman: The Killing Joke: The Deluxe Edition [Barbara Gordon is crippled by the Joker.]
• Green Arrow: "Black Canary" / "The Powderhorn Trail"
• Green Arrow: Here There Be Dragons
• The Batman Chronicles: "Oracle: Year One: Born of Hope" [Barbara Gordon reinvents herself as Oracle.]
• Batman: Ten Nights of the Beast
• Infinity, Inc.: "A Death in the Family" / "To Love and Die in L.A." / "Death, When It Must Come..." 
• Action Comics Weekly: "...And the Pain Shall Leave My Heart" [Star Sapphire murders Katma Tui.]
• The Absolute Sandman, Volume One [Dream escapes imprisonment and reclaims his kingdom.]
• Batman: The Cult
• Animal Man [Animal Man comes out of retirement.]
• Booster Gold: "From the Depths" (in 52: The Companion)
• The Absolute Sandman, Volume Two
• Death: At Death's Door
• Cosmic Odyssey: The Deluxe Edition
• "A Death in the Family" (in DC Comics Classics Library: Batman: A Death in the Family) [Jason Todd (Robin II) is killed by the Joker.]
• Invasion! [Superman exiles himself into space.] 
• Wonder Woman by George Pérez Omnibus, Volume Two
• "Pavane" / "Original Sins" / "When is a Door" (in Batman: Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader?: The Deluxe Edition, With other tales of the Dark Knight)

• 2001
• Action Comics Weekly: "Beyond Phobus" / "Apocalypse" / "Total War" / "The End"
• L.E.G.I.O.N. '89 [Vril Dox II forms L.E.G.I.O.N.]
• Justice League Europe: "How Ya Gonna Keep 'Em Down on the Farm After They've Seen Paree?" [Justice League Europe is founded.]
• Animal Man: Origin of the Species
• Green Arrow: Blood of the Dragon
• The Many Deaths of the Batman 
• Swamp Thing: "Brothers" / "Shaggy God Thing" (in Neil Gaiman's Midnight Days)
• Adam Strange: The Man of Two Worlds
• Action Comics: "Superman on Earth" [Superman returns from his trip into space.]
• Green Lantern/Superman: Legend of the Green Flame
• Lex Luthor: The Unauthorized Biography 
• Hawkworld: "Enter... Hawkman!" [Katar Hol and Shayera Thal arrive on Earth, and debut as Hawkman and Hawkwoman.]
• Secret Origins: "Unfinished Business" [Dinah Drake Lance (Black Canary I) dies of cancer.]
• Justice League Europe: The Extremist Vector
• The Absolute Death
• Green Arrow: "Sunday on the Tarmac with George" [Green Arrow begins a global walkabout.]
• Batman: Year 3
• "A Lonely Place of Dying" (in DC Comics Classics Library: Batman: A Death in the Family)
• L.E.G.I.O.N. '90
• L.E.G.I.O.N. '91
• Armageddon 2001
• Wonder Woman by George Pérez Omnibus, Volume Three
• Wonder Woman: War of the Gods
• Justice League Europe: Breakdowns
• John Constantine, Hellblazer: "Hold Me" (in Neil Gaiman's Midnight Days)
• Green Lantern: Mosaic (1991 story arc) [A mad Guardian of the Universe relocates a selection of cities from various planets to Oa; John Stewart is installed as their guardian.]
• Elongated Man: Europe '92
• Green Arrow: "Home is the Hunter" [Green Arrow returns to Seattle.]
• Hawkworld: Escape from Thanagar!
• Eclipso: The Darkness Within
• L.E.G.I.O.N. '92
• Batman/Green Arrow: The Poison Tomorrow
• The Absolute Sandman, Volume Three
• Black Canary: New Wings
• The Brave and the Bold (1991-92 miniseries)
• Shado: Song of the Dragon
• Hawkworld: Flight's End [Hawkman and Hawkwoman apparently die.]
• Detective Comics: "Beyond the Law!" / "The Serpent Pit" [The Huntress comes out of retirement.]
• The Death of Superman [Superman dies.]
• "Gordon's Law" (in Batman: Gordon of Gotham)
• Robin III: Cry of the Huntress
• Black Canary: Hero Worship
• World Without a Superman
• Justice League Europe: Red Winter

• 2002
• "Auld Acquantaince" (in Green Arrow / Black Canary: For Better or For Worse) [Oliver and Dinah break up.]
• Black Canary: "The Dance of the Capoeira"
• Green Arrow: Killing Camp
• The Darkstars: "Mean Streets" / "Darkstar Rising" [Ferrin Colos establishes a Darkstar outpost on Earth.]
• L.E.G.I.O.N. '93
• Green Lantern: Mosaic (1992-93 ongoing) 
• "Knightfall" (in Batman: Knightfall) [Bruce Wayne's back is broken. Jean-Paul Valley becomes Batman.]
• Showcase '93: "Survival" / "Azmageddon"
• Black Canary: "Enter: The Huntress" / "That Which Does Not Kill Me..." / "Weaker Vessels" [The Huntress works with Black Canary and Oracle for the first time.] 
• Hawkman: A Rage of Hawks [Hawkman and Hawkwoman return.]
• Bloodlines
• Green Arrow: "Home Alki"
• "Knightquest" (in Batman: Knightfall)
• Green Lantern/L.E.G.I.O.N./Darkstars: Trinity [The universe's three space-based law-enforcement organizations clarify their jurisdictions after a conflict on the planet Maltus.]
• The Return of Superman [Superman returns to life.]
• Justice League Task Force: The Purification Plague
• The Darkstars: Eve of Destruction
• Guy Gardner, Warrior: Emerald Fallout
• Showcase '94/Robin: Benedictions
• The Darkstars: "Court Martial" [Donna Troy replaces Ferrin Colos as the Darkstar of Earth.]
• "KnightsEnd" (in Batman: Knightfall) [Bruce Wayne resumes the role of Batman.]
• The Huntress (1994 miniseries)
• L.E.G.I.O.N. '94
• The Crisis in Time
• Zero Hour: Crisis in Time [Oliver Queen kills Hal Jordan.]
• Green Arrow: "He Who Hesitates..." / "Cast Upon the Waters"
• R.E.B.E.L.S. '94 [L.E.G.I.O.N. is taken over by Querl Dox; Vril Dox forms R.E.B.E.L.S. to take it down.]
• The Starman Omnibus, Volume One
• The Ray: "The Flying Gypsy" / "The God Complex" / "Light & Death"
• "GCPD" (in Batman: Gordon of Gotham)
• The Absolute Sandman, Volume Four
• R.E.B.E.L.S. '95
• Bob the Galactic Bum: The Piker
• Deathstroke/New Titans/Darkstars: The Crimelord-Syndicate War
• New Titans/Green Lantern/Darkstars/Damage: The Siege of the Zi Charam

• 2003
• Black Canary/Oracle/Huntress: Birds of Prey [Barbara recruits Dinah for the Birds of Prey.]
• Green Lantern: "Stand" / "Last Stand" [The Darkstars are obliterated, with only four remaining.]
• R.E.B.E.L.S. '96 [L.E.G.I.O.N. is restored and R.E.B.E.L.S. is disbanded; Vril Dox retires to raise his son.]
• "Run of the Arrow" (in Green Arrow / Black Canary: For Better or For Worse) [Oliver Queen dies. Connor Hawke becomes Green Arrow.]
• Green Lantern: Emerald Allies
• The Starman Omnibus, Volume Two
• Catwoman: "The Huntress: Big Game" / "The Headmaster: Bigger Game"
  
• The Starman Omnibus, Volume Three
• Batman: Poison Ivy
• "Gordon of Gotham" (in Batman: Gordon of Gotham)
• JLA: Strength in Numbers
• "Two Down" (in Gotham Central: Half a Life)
• The Starman Omnibus, Volume Four
• "Lois Lane" (in DC Comics: The Sequential Art of Amanda Conner)
• Birds of Prey: Old Friends, New Enemies
• Hardcore Station
• DC One Million Omnibus
• The Spoiler: "Daddy's Little Vigilante" (in DC Comics: The Sequential Art of Amanda Conner)

• 2004
• Green Arrow: "Full Circle"
• The Sandman Presents: The Furies
• Birds of Prey, Volume 2
• Arsenal: Six Degrees
• The Starman Omnibus, Volume Five
• Steel: "Bridge the Past and Future" (in 52: The Companion)
• JSA: Justice Be Done
• Azrael: Agent of the Bat: "The Quakists" / "Fugitive" / "The Witness"
• Orion Omnibus
• "Happy Birthday Two You..." (in Gotham Central: Half a Life)
• The Starman Omnibus, Volume Six [Jack Knight retires from being Starman.]

• 2005
• The Adventures of Superman: "Child's Play"
• Superman/Batman: "Prelude to The Big Noise: Three Months Away"
• "Return to Krypton" (in Superman: Return to Krypton)
  
• Green Arrow: Quiver [Oliver Queen resumes his role as Green Arrow.]
• The Adventures of Superman: "Don't Cry for Me, Bialya" / "Strange Behavior"
• "The Parting Shot" (in Green Arrow and Black Canary: A League of Their Own)
• The Flash by Geoff Johns Omnibus, Volume One
• Superman: Our Worlds at War 
• "Prelude to War!"
• "All-Out War!"
• "Casualties of War!"
• The Adventures of Superman: "Shipbuilding"
• Superman/Batman: Our Worlds at War Aftermath!: Casualties of War!: The Big Noise
• Joker: Last Laugh
• "Joker Fun Facts" (in DC Comics: The Sequential Art of Amanda Conner)
• The Adventures of Superman: "Rubber Crutch"
• Green Arrow: Sounds of Violence

• 2006
• Green Arrow: The Archer's Quest
• The Adventures of Superman: "Cult of Persuasion (prologue)" / "Borba za Zhivuchest" / "A Lex"
  
• DC First: Batgirl/Joker: "Clowntime"
• The Adventures of Superman: Cult of Persuasion / Mirror, Mirror
• "Return to Krypton II" (in Superman: Return to Krypton)
• Birds of Prey: "Catwoman/Oracle"
• Formerly Known as the Justice League 
• The Adventures of Superman: "Alienation"
• Superman: Ending Battle
• The Adventures of Superman: "Small Perceptions"
• The Flash by Geoff Johns Omnibus, Volume Two
• Birds of Prey: "The Chaotic Code" (in DC Comics: The Sequential Art of Amanda Conner)
• Superman: Lost Hearts
• JSA: "Yesterday's War" / "The Tears of Ra" (in 52: The Companion)
• Batman: Gotham Knights: Knight Moves
• The Adventures of Superman: Superfiction, Part 1
• Action Comics: The Harvest

• 2007
• Gotham Central: In the Line of Duty
• Gotham Central: Half a Life
• The Adventures of Superman: Superfiction, Part 2
• Green Arrow: Straight Shooter
• Green Arrow: City Walls
• Action Comics: Hungry Ghost
• Superman Batman: Public Enemies
• Captain Atom: Armageddon
• Birds of Prey: Of Like Minds [Huntress joins the Birds of Prey.]
• The Adventures of Superman: Superfiction, Part 3
• Birds of Prey: Sensei & Student
• Superman Batman: Supergirl [Kara Zor-El debuts as Supergirl.]
• The Flash by Geoff Johns Omnibus, Volume Three
• Superman Batman: Absolute Power
• "Made of Wood" (in Batman: The Man Who Laughs)
• Gotham Central, Book Two: Jokers and Madmen
• JSA: Black Reign
• Birds of Prey: Between Dark & Dawn
• Prelude to Infinite Crisis [President Ross decides to not run for re-election.]
• Manhunter: Street Justice [Kate Spencer debuts as the new Manhunter.]
• Gotham Central, Book Three: On the Freak Beat
• JSA: Lost
• Identity Crisis
• Manhunter: Trial by Fire
• Batman: Dark Detective
• Green Arrow: Moving Targets

• 2008
• Sandman Mystery Theatre: Sleep of Reason
• Superman: For Tomorrow, Volume One
• Superman: For Tomorrow, Volume Two
• Adam Strange: Planet Heist [By this time, Vril Dox has reassumed control of L.E.G.I.O.N.]
• Birds of Prey: The Battle Within
• Day of Vengeance
• The OMAC Project
• Superman: Sacrifice
• "Perfect Pitch" (in Birds of Prey: Perfect Pitch)
• Seven Soldiers of Victory, Volume One
• Seven Soldiers of Victory, Volume Two
• Villains United
• Rann-Thanagar War
• The Infinite Crisis [The Infinite Crisis fractures the universe into 52 parallel worlds.]
• JSA: Mixed Signals
• JSA: "Power Trip" (in DC Comics: The Sequential Art of Amanda Conner)
• Gotham Central: Dead Robin
• Infinite Crisis
• Infinite Crisis (novelization)
• Infinite Crisis Companion
• "Who's Your Daddy?" (in Manhunter: Origins)
• Superman: Infinite Crisis
• Green Arrow: Heading into the Light
• Doctor 13: Architecture & Mortality
• 52 Omnibus (weeks 1-12)
• 52 (novelization)
• Infinite Crisis Aftermath: The Battle for Blüdhaven
• 52 Omnibus (weeks 13-25)
• Uncle Sam and the Freedom Fighters
• 52 Omnibus (weeks 26-34)

• 2009
• 52 Omnibus (weeks 35-44)
• Blue Beetle: Shellshocked [Jaime Reyes debuts as the new Blue Beetle.]
• 52 Omnibus (weeks 45-49)
• World War III
• 52 Omnibus (weeks 50-51)
• Mystery in Space with Captain Comet, Volume One [Captain Comet is resurrected.]
• Mystery in Space with Captain Comet, Volume Two
• Green Arrow: Crawling through the Wreckage
• 52 Omnibus (week 52)
• Omega Men (2006-07 miniseries)
• "Progeny" (in Birds of Prey: Perfect Pitch)
• Blue Beetle: Road Trip
• Birds of Prey: Blood and Circuits
• "Psychobabble" (in Manhunter: Origins)
• Countdown to Adventure
• Supergirl: "Rock On" (in DC Comics: The Sequential Art of Amanda Conner)
• Green Arrow: Road to Jericho
• Manhunter: Unleashed 
• Blue Beetle: Reach for the Stars
• The All New Atom: My Life in Miniature [Ryan Choi debuts as the all-new Atom.]
• The All New Atom: Future/Past
• Birds of Prey: Dead of Winter
• Rush City: Running the Clock
• Connor Hawke: Dragon's Blood
• 52 Aftermath: The Four Horsemen
• Countdown to Final Crisis: 51...50...49...48...47...46...45...44...43...42...41...40...39... 
• Countdown (novelization)
  
• Birds of Prey: Club Kids
• Uncle Sam and the Freedom Fighters: Brave New World
• Green Arrow and Black Canary: Road to the Altar
• Countdown to Final Crisis: 38...37...36...35...34...33...32...31...30...29...28...27...26...
• The All New Atom: The Hunt For Ray Palmer! 
• Countdown Presents: The Search for Ray Palmer
• Countdown: Arena
• Countdown to Final Crisis: 25...24...23...22...21...20...19...18...17...16...15...14...13...
• Countdown Presents: Lord Havok and the Extremists 

• 2010
• Superman: Last Son
• Green Arrow / Black Canary: The Wedding Album [Oliver and Dinah marry. Sort of.]
• Birds of Prey: Metropolis or Dust
• The Brave and the Bold: The Lords of Luck
• The Brave and the Bold: The Book of Destiny
• Countdown to Final Crisis: 12...11...10...09...08...07...06...05...04...03...02...01...00...
• The Death of the New Gods
• Rann-Thanagar Holy War, volume one
• Rann-Thanagar Holy War, volume two
• Birds of Prey: Platinum Flats
• Manhunter: Forgotten
• Superman and the Legion of Super-Heroes
• Green Arrow and Black Canary: Family Business
• Green Arrow and Black Canary: A League of Their Own
• Green Arrow and Black Canary: Enemies List
• The Final Crisis [For a month, Darkseid rules the Earth. Bruce Wayne is killed (kind of).]
• Absolute Final Crisis
• Final Crisis (novelization)
• Final Crisis Companion
• Final Crisis: Legion of 3 Worlds
• Final Crisis: Revelations
• Final Crisis: Rogues' Revenge
• Batman: Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader?: The Deluxe Edition, With other tales of the Dark Knight
• Oracle: The Cure [Oracle dissolves the Birds of Prey.]
• R.E.B.E.L.S.: The Coming of Starro [Vril Dox loses control of L.E.G.I.O.N. and reforms R.E.B.E.L.S. once more.]
• Green Arrow and Black Canary: Big Game
• The Great Ten
• Green Arrow and Black Canary: Five Stages
• Justice League: Cry for Justice
• Manhunter: Face Off 
• Final Crisis Aftermath: Ink
• Final Crisis Aftermath: Run!
• Wonder Woman: "Fuzzy Logic" (in DC Comics: The Sequential Art of Amanda Conner)
• Final Crisis Aftermath: Escape
• Final Crisis Aftermath: Dance
• Nemesis: The Impostors

• 2011
• Strange Adventures
• R.E.B.E.L.S.: Strange Companions
• R.E.B.E.L.S.: The Son and the Stars
• Justice League: Rise and Fall [Oliver and Dinah separate.]
• Birds of Prey: End Run [The Birds of Prey reunite.]
• Birds of Prey: The Death of Oracle
• Batman: Knight and Squire
• R.E.B.E.L.S.: Sons of Brainiac
• Superman: The Black Ring, volume one 
• Superman: Return of Doomsday
• Superman: The Black Ring, volume two
• Superman: Reign of Doomsday 
• R.E.B.E.L.S.: To Be a R.E.B.E.L. / Starstruck
• Green Arrow: Into the Woods
• Green Arrow: Salvation
• Weird Worlds
• My Greatest Adventure

• 2012
• The Flash: The Road to Flashpoint 
• The Flashpoint Paradox
• The World of Flashpoint featuring Wonder Woman
• The World of Flashpoint featuring Superman  
• The World of Flashpoint featuring Batman  
• The World of Flashpoint featuring Green Lantern 
• The World of Flashpoint featuring the Flash 
• Flashpoint 
• The Shade
• 2025
• "Some Years Later" (in Manhunter: Forgotten)

• 2088
• Batman: Year 100 and Other Tales: Deluxe Edition
• 23rd Century
• Sun Devils
  
• 2992
• Legion: Secret Origin
• 2993
• "The Legion of Super-Heroes" (in Legion of Super-Heroes: 1,050 Years of the Future) [Clark Kent (Superboy) of A.D. 1980 is recruited by the Legion of Super-Heroes]
• Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes: The Early Years

• 2994
• "The Stolen Super-Powers!" / "The Super-Sacrifice of the Legionnaires!" (in Legion of Super-Heroes: 1,050 Years of the Future)
• Legion of Super-Heroes Archives, Volume 3
• 2995
• Legion of Super-Heroes Archives, Volume 4
• 2997
• Legion of Super-Heroes Archives, Volume 6
• Legion of Super-Heroes Archives, Volume 7
• 2999
• Legion of Super-Heroes Archives, Volume 10

• 3000
• Legion of Super-Heroes Archives, Volume 11
• Legion of Super-Heroes Archives, Volume 12
• 3001
• Legion of Super-Heroes Archives, Volume 13
• "Crisis in the 30th Century!" and "Crisis in Triplicate!" (in Crisis on Multiple Earths, Volume 4)
• Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes, Volume One
• Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes, Volume Two 

• 3002
• Legion of Super-Heroes: The Great Darkness Saga: The Deluxe Edition
• 3003
• Star Trek / Legion of Super-Heroes
• Legion of Super-Heroes: The Curse: The Deluxe Edition
• 3008
• Superman and the Legion of Super-Heroes
• Final Crisis: Legion of 3 Worlds
• Legion of Super-Heroes, Volume 1: Hostile World 

It seems a little unfair to omit the DC titles that don't fit into this timeline, so here they are, ordered by publication date. Ones that share continuities are grouped together:

• Batman '66
• Batman vs. Three Villains of Doom (1966)
• Batman vs. the Fearsome Foursome (1966)  
• The Empire Galaktika [Earth-37]
• IronWolf (1973-74)
• Tales of the House of IronWolf (1974)
• Twilight (1990-91) 
• Ironwolf: Fires of the Revolution (1992)

• The Realm of the Fifteen Worlds
• Starfire (1976-77)
  
• Star Hunters (1977-78) 
• The Golden Age: A Different Look at a Different Era (1993-94)
• Legion of Super-Heroes [Earth-247]
• Legion Lost (2000-01)
• Superman: Red Son (2003) [Earth-30]
  
• Batman/Superman/Wonder Woman: Trinity (2003)
• Superman: Secret Identity (2004)

• Legion of Super-Heroes [Earth-Prime]
• Teenage Revolution (2004-05)
• Death of a Dream (2005-06)
• Strange Visitor From Another Century (2005-06)
• Adult Education (2005-07) 
• Dominator War (2007) 
• The Quest For Cosmic Boy (2007-08)
• Enemy Rising (2008) 
• Enemy Manifest (2008-09)
• Superman Returns: The Prequels (2006)

• All-Star Superman
• All-Star Superman, volume 1 (2006-07)
• All-Star Superman, volume 2 (2007-08) 
• Shazam!: The Monster Society of Evil (2007)