INFINITE CRISIS: Chronologies *SPOILERS*

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A few weeks ago, I noticed as I was reading some of the comics spinning off from Countdown that they seemed to be covering a very small span of time. Going from Countdown to OMAC you could map the number of days exactly, and Crisis of Conscience seemed to pick up almost immediately thereafter and take us straight into Infinite Crisis #1. I got curious and wrote down the events day to day, and as I added in more and more stuff, it became like a giant crossword trying to get everything to fit. It really appealed to the puzzle-solver in me. There are still a few things that don't quite work, but for the most part, I ended up with a very workable timeline, and I thought the breakneck pace of it all only added to the drama.

Rather than being a chronology or reading order, this timeline breaks down everything between Countdown and Infinite Crisis, day by day.

This is still unfinished, obviously, and I will be updating it until IC is over, because it is a lot of fun for me, but I would love to hear what you guys think, and since, I'm sure, many of you are more detailed-oriented than I am, you might notice some errors or omissions that I had missed, or come up with a fix for the one or two things that seem irreconcilable to me right now.

Enjoy!

*UPDATED 1/22/06 with the last month of comics, more details on the Rann-Thanagar War, and corrections and revisions.



INFINITE CRISIS TIMELINE OF EVENTS

Day 1
Countdown Chapter 1
Superman 218
Batman 635-638 [1]
Green Arrow 50 p.26-29, 52 p.1-3 [2]
Villains United p.1-9
Day of Vengeance 2 p.1-6, 11-12

The Society, a consortium of Super-villains led by Lex Luthor, with Deathstroke, Calculator, Talia, Dr. Psycho, and Black Adam, continues recruiting members en masse. They are taken aback when they receive word that a third-rate former villain named Catman turns down their offer for membership.

Blue Beetle visits Oracle. She discovers that Kord Industries is almost bankrupt and that money has been siphoned through Waynetech and into a project called OMAC. She also discovers that Booster Gold is using Beetle's ATM card. After Beetle locates Booster, the two dine with Max Lord to see if they can find out what's going on with Kord's money, but he dismisses their concerns.

After fighting a mysterious cyborg called an OMAC near his new Fortress of Solitude in the Amazon the night before, Superman returns to Metropolis and encounters a new villain called Blackrock. He takes the villain's source of power (a Black Rock) and throws it into the sun.

Bruce Wayne learns that he has lost controlling interest in Kord Industries. A new vigilante, the Red Hood, announces his presence to Gotham's underworld. Gotham's new crime lord, the Black Mask, recruits Mr. Freeze. By evening, news of the Red Hood's exploits hits the papers.

As Speedy, Green Arrow, and Green Arrow's son Connor Hawke are about to walk in the front door of their home in Star City, it explodes.

Beetle goes to the Batcave, but gets waved away by Batman.

Shortly after Beetle leaves, the Red Hood disrupts a shipment to the Black Mask and releases Amazo. Nightwing, with his leg still healing, comes to check on Batman. Batman and Nightwing fight Amazo, Mr. Freeze, and the Red Hood, and recover 100 pounds of stolen kryptonite.

Eclipso, now in the host body of the insane Jean Loring, approaches the Spectre. The Spectre, untethered by a human host, is confused and without compassion - a being of pure vengeance. Eclipso is able to convince the Spectre to wage a war on magic to eliminate all evil from the world. He begins by attacking the bigs guns. He battles the Phantom Stranger and turns him into a mouse.


Day 2
Countdown Chapter 2
Villains United 1 p.10-15
Action Comics 827-828
Adventures of Superman 638
JSA 74 p.1-2, Day of Vengeance 2 p.13-15

A small team of villains called the Six make their first strike against the Society. The Six (Deadshot, Chesire, a Parademon, Ragdoll, Scandal, and the Fiddler) defeat a number of Society agents near the Amazon and plant some sort of explosive device in the ground. The Fiddler performs poorly and Deadshot kills him.

Superman battles Dr. Polaris in Metropolis, but Black Adam and Zoom show up to take him to the Society. At night, Metropolis Police Headquarters is attacked by a villain called Ruin, who is targeting Superman's loved ones. Jimmy Olsen is injured and Ruin escapes. When Superman gets home, he and Lois get a visit from Mr. Mxyzptlk. Mxy warns them of a coming crisis and reminds Superman that he must have faith in the future.

Late at night, Blue Beetle discovers a break-in at a Kord warehouse in Chicago. The kryptonite from Supergirl's spaceship is stolen in the heist. A number of heroes (including Superman, Hal Jordan, Power Girl, Hawkgirl, Hawkman, Dr. Fate, Nightwing, Starfire, Cyborg, Wonder Girl, Speedy, Green Arrow, and Black Canary) come to investigate, but leave early when nothing turns up. Nightwing leaves before Superman arrives, and Beetle tells only Superman and Hal Jordan about the kryptonite, thus Nightwing does not tell Beetle the kryptonite has already been recovered. After Superman and Jordan leave, Beetle is attacked by a hired gang of Madmen. Booster Gold returns, in costume, to help his friend.

Meanwhile, the Spectre attacks Hector and Lyta Hall in Salem. As Hector transforms into Dr. Fate, the Spectre traps both Hector and Lyta inside Dr. Fate's mask. He then blinds Madame Xanadu and begins destroying the gathering places of magic users.


Day 3
Countdown Chapter 2 p. 25-28, Chapter3
Teen Titans 21-23 [3], Outsiders 20-22
Batman 639-641
Day of Vengeance 2 p.14

Batman visits Zatanna, Jason Blood, Green Arrow, and Superman to investigate the nature of resurrection. He encounters the Red Hood again and the Red Hood reveals himself to be Jason Todd.

In the evening, Dr. Light captures Green Arrow in Star City.

While Beetle and Booster are at Beetle's home, an energy blast from the sky strikes the house and injures Booster. Beetle finds the original Golden Age Blue Beetle's Scarab in the wreckage and takes it to Fawcett City.

About the same time Booster's house is hit, Dr. Light makes a statement to the press about his capture of Green Arrow, using him as bait to lure the Titans so he can kill the children of the Justice League. It is Speedy's first official mission with the Titans. She is given a quiver of arrows that used to belong to Arsenal and includes a mysterious emergency arrow. All Titans, past and present, show up, including the Flash who tells the Titans the rest of the JLA is busy dealing with the aftermath of their recent encounter with the Crime Syndicate. Together, they defeat Light and rescue Green Arrow.

Someone dressed as Batman takes Dr. Light into custody, but it is Deathstroke, and he takes Light to the Society.

Shrapnel breaks into Outsiders' headquarters, and Nightwing and Starfire head back to Brooklyn to investigate.

Later, Speedy reveals to her teammates that she is HIV-positive.

After Deathstroke returns to the Society's HQ somewhere outside Gotham City, the Society discusses the kryptonite missing from Kord's warehouse and makes plans to recruit Captain Cold and the Flash's Rogues. Dr. Light demands retribution for his mystic lobotomy at the hands of the JLA, and Luthor tells him they are building it.

Blue Beetle uses the Scarab to locate the Wizard Shazam. The Wizard suggests the energy bolt was not magical in origin. He sends Beetle away, but not before taking the Scarab.

Late in the night, as a result of Shrapnel's break-in at Outsiders HQ, Indigo discovers that Wayne Industries has been funding the Outsiders, while Arsenal reveals that "Batman" has been giving him intel. Nightwing immediately leaves to confront Bruce Wayne.

Nightwing confronts Batman at the Batcave about funding the Outsiders, while Arsenal meets "Batman," who turns out to be Deathstroke. They fight, but Deathstroke leaves him alive. As morning breaks, Arsenal and Nightwing return to Outsiders HQ in Brooklyn and Arsenal puts it on lockdown.

About this time, Spectre attacks outlying areas of Atlantis, the San Francisco Bewitched Club, and the Fountain of Youth.

Also about this time, in the Polaris System, the Planet Rann materializes, the result of a spiteful rogue Thanagarian who hoped Thanagar would attack and destroy Rann. However, Thanagar is thrown off its orbit toward the sun, dooming the planet. Adam Strange and the Rannians begin a desperate plan to evacuate Thanagar.

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Day 4
Countdown Chapter 4
Adventures of Superman 640
Wonder Woman 218 p.7-9 [4]
Outsiders 23-25, Teen Titans 24-25 [3]
JSA 73-75

Arsenal discovers that someone has leaked all of the Outsiders intel on super villains. He interrogates the Outsiders to find a traitor. He believes it is Shift.

The JSA has a meeting to vote on whether to allow Atom Smasher to rejoin the team. Meanwhile, the Spectre and Eclipso decide to attack Black Adam's home of Kahndaq in retaliation for Black Adam's past imprisonment of Eclipso.

Deadshot travels to the Medikwe Game Preserve in Africa, home of Catman, and kills all of the lions in Catman's pride. He makes it look like Deathstroke did it.

Beetle is teleported back to Fawcett City, but his ship explodes and he loses conciousness.

As the school bell rings, the Wizard Shazam summons Billy Batson to the Rock of Eternity and tells him of the dangers of Eclipso and the Spectre. As Captain Marvel, he departs to find the JSA, while the Wizard examines Blue Beetle's Scarab.

Superman battles Ruin in Metropolis and finally unmasks him as former President Pete Ross.

Wonder Woman visits Wonder Girl at Titans Tower to discuss the recent revelation that Wonder Girl's father is Zeus.

Shortly thereafter, Luthor activates latent programming in Superboy that causes him to attack the Titans. He breaks Robin's arm. Indigo's Brainiac 8 programming is also activated and she attacks the Outsiders. Brainiac 8 and Superboy return to Metropolis where they are reunited with Luthor and Brainiac. The Outsiders join the Titans at STAR Labs Palo Alto medical facility. Superboy, Luthor, and Brainiac 8 attack them. Superboy breaks free of his programming and Shift kills Brainiac 8. Nightwing, tired of watching friends die, quits the Outsiders.

Later, Raven absorbs the burden of Robin's injury, allowing him to heal quickly.

On Rann, some of the Thanagarian refugees attack the Rannians, apparently declaring war.

Beetle wakes up on the JLA Watchtower. Wonder Woman comforts him and admits she believes his story that something odd is happening. Martian Manhunter receives a desperate message from Adam Strange, who claims Thanagar is attacking Rann. J'onn prepares to contact the League to send help when the message abruptly ends, but apparently the fighting quickly subsides, war is, for the time averted, and Adam Strange calls off the request for aid.
When Beetle teleports back to Earth, he breaks his goggles and discovers a tracking device built out of Booster's old robot Skeets. Beetle visits Booster in the hospital, then departs to face his destiny.

Meanwhile, Black Adam convinces Atom Smasher to return to Kahndaq to battle the Spectre. The JSA arrive just after the two have left, but Captain Marvel shows up with Hawkman, explains the situation, and the team heads to Kahndaq.

The JSA arrives in Kahndaq, and, despite Black Adam's objections, they join the battle against the Spectre. During the battle, Power Girl loses control of her heat vision. Atom Smasher offers himself to the Spectre in place of the citizens of Kahndaq. The Spectre accepts his offer, kills Atom Smasher, and leaves, but Black Adam revives him with the lightning of Shazam. At sunrise, the JSA takes the injured Atom Smasher and leaves Black Adam alone with his people in Kahndaq.


Day 5
Countdown Chapter 5, OMAC 1 p.1-10
Villains United 1 p.16-22, Villains United 2-3
Return of Donna Troy 1-4
Teen Titans 26 p.8 (flashback)
Adventures of Superman 641
Firestorm 16
Supergirl 1 p.1-18
Batgirl 65 p.1-11
Day of Vengeance 1 p.7-21, 2 p.7-11

Captain Marvel spends the day tracking the Spectre.

The Outsiders and Teen Titans (sans Robin and Speedy) are summoned to New Chronus in a Travel-sphere. They help rescue Donna Troy from the control of the Titans of Myth, who had captured and controlled her with the hope that she could save them from an impending Crisis. Donna traps the Titans of Myth in the hell dimension of Tartarus and takes New Chronus as her home.

The Six recruit Catman who, with his pride dead, has no reason to refuse. However, he secretly sends a message to Green Arrow to alert him to these developments.

Beetle traces the signal from the device in his goggles to the Checkmate castle in the Swiss Alps. Inside, he finds a database of all of earth's heroes, their secret identities, and their weaknesses. He is confronted by Max Lord, Checkmate's Black King. Lord explains that he wants to take earth back from the Meta-humans and put it in the hands of regular humans. He shoots Beetle in the head and sets the Brother I satellite to autonomous control, activating the OMAC Project.

While Clark Kent visits Pete Ross in Prison, the Parasite twins escape just as an OMAC attacks Superman for the second time. In the melee, one of the Parasites is killed, the other escapes, and apparently, Pete Ross escapes, or is taken, as well.

At dusk, Amazo captures Firestorm in Detroit for the Society.

Batgirl travels to Gotham. She suspects that shiva, the formerly of Ras al Ghul's League of Assassins, is her mother, and she hopes Batman can shed some light. He's unable to help her.

As night falls, the new Six arrive at their headquarters, the House of Secrets, and they're briefed by their mysterious leader, Mockingbird.

Supergirl observes the JSA as they battle Solomon Grundy. When she touches Power Girl, PG's powers go crazy, leading Mr. Terrific to conclude that the pair cannot occupy the same space.

During the night, Superman and Batman discuss recent events, including Superboy's mind control incident, in the Batcave.

In the middle of the night, the Six are sent on its first mission to Gotham Docks, but the Society is waiting for them and they're all captured.

Throughout the night and into the morning (for about nine hours) the Six are tortured as the Society tries to learn the identity of Mockingbird. Although Black Adam, now back in Gotham City, objects to the torture, Luthor reveals the explosive device left by the six in the Amazon and tells him another was found in Kahndaq. Eventually the Six escape. In the fight, Cheshire breaks Weather Wizard's arm and Deadshot kills Hyena to send a message to the Society.

Ragman is transported from Gotham City to the Mist Woods by the Enchantress and rescues her from an attack by the Spectre. The pair escape to the Oblivion Bar where various magic users discuss the Spectre's recent war on magic. Animal Man and Vixen are among those there, although they soon leave. With most of the magic heavy hitters disabled, Detective Chimp suggests they form a team to fight the Spectre before it's too late.

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Day 6
OMAC 1 p.11-23, OMAC 2, OMAC 3 1-14
Green Arrow 52 p.4-22 [2], 54-55
Superman 219 (Flashbacks) [5]
Day of Vengeance 2 p.15-22, 3,4
Robin 142
Birds of Prey 81-85 p.1-21 [6]
Batgirl 65 12-22
Villains United 4
Firestorm 17

Wonder Woman and Booster begin the search for the missing Blue Beetle. Batman receives a message from his one-time bodyguard and love interest, Checkmate Agent Sasha Bordeaux, informing him of Beetle's death. Meanwhile, Booster contacts Oracle for help in finding Beetle.

Green Arrow meets with the Flash in the JLA Watchtower to discuss the person targeting his family. While they're there, Batman arrives.

After Green Arrow and Flash leave, Batman summons Wonder Woman, Booster and Superman to the Watchtower and informs them of Beetle's death. He also tells them that someone has taken control of his spy satellite Brother MK I.

The Titans and Outsiders return from their adventure in space, while Donna Troy remains on New Chronus.

Green Arrow sends Zatanna to secretly watch after Speedy while she is at school. She returns to their new home/hq in the basement of the Steadman building and complains to Connor Hawke before Connor leaves to help Black Canary later in the night.

Back in Metropolis, Superman experiences hallucinations that Brainiac is taking control of Lois Lane. He takes her home where she will be safe before the hallucinations fade.

At the Oblivion Bar, A team consisting of Ragman, Enchantress, Detective Chimp, Nightshade, Blue Devil, and Jimmy Rook leave the bar and return to the Mist Woods where they pick up the Spectre's trail and track him to Budapest. They arrive in the middle of his battle with Captain Marvel. While Detective Chimp and Nightshade take a detour to Dayton, Ohio, to find the particularly powerful teenager Black Alice, the Enchantress funnels the power of magic beings from all over the world into Captain Marvel, giving him the upper hand for a time. The Spectre, drained of magic, retreats with Eclipso.

Robin accompanies a special forces team to the middle east in a mission against a meta-human strike force.

The Six attack a Society facility in Brazil that is being powered by the captive Firestorm. They learn that the Society intends to mindwipe all the heroes. In the battle, Firestorm is released, and the facility is destroyed. Black Adam leads the Society team there. Among the villains apparently working with the Society is the Parasite who escaped from prison earlier in the week.

Fearing the JLA will attract too much attention, Green Arrow approaches Black Lightning and asks for his help in tracking down Dr. Light who he suspects of destroying his home. The two locate a power surge in Chicago that matches Dr. Light.

In Chicago, Dr. Kimoyo Hoshi (the Second Dr. Light), has just learned of Ted Kord's death and has decided to accept the position of President of Kord Industries. As Green Arrow and Black Lightning rush to get there, Dr. Light I attacks Dr. Light II, beats her senselessly, and steals her starpower, making himself even more powerful.

Batgirl visits her father Cain in prison, but he won't reveal anything about her mother's identity.

After nightfall, Huntress and Nightwing work together briefly. The Brainiac virus begins killing Oracle and she is rushed (with Zinda, Black Canary, and Wildcat) from Singapore to JSA headquarters for emergency surgery. Batman visits Barbara at JSA HQ while she sleeps. Superman and Cyborg arrive to help with surgery. Black Canary leads a team, including Huntress, Wildcat, and Connor Hawke (Nightwing is MIA), that foils a Singapore drug delivery.

As Green Arrow and Black Lightning arrive in Chicago, they stumble into a trap and are attacked by Dr. Light's Society allies Mirror Master and Killer Frost. Although the heroes win, as morning breaks, they learn that the battle was a trick to lure Green Arrow away from Star City so that Dr. Light could kill his family.

After visiting Barbara, Batman meets Sasha in the Kord Warehouse. Max Lord realizes Sasha has betrayed him and the pair are attacked by OMACs. Meanwhile, Wonder Woman and Booster search for the missing Brother I satellite, and inform Guy Gardner of Beetle's death. Sasha is captured, but as the OMACs try to kill Batman, Superman shows up and rescues him.

About this time, Thanagar settles into a new orbit much closer to its sun, and the atmosphere of the planet ignites. On Rann, tensions rise between the Thanagarian refugees and the natives.


Day 7
Firstorm 18
Green Arrow 56-59
Wonder Woman 218 p.2-6, 10-22 [3]
OMAC 3 15-22, Superman 219[5], Action Comics 829[7], Adventures of Superman 642, WW 219, OMAC 4, WW 220, Adventures of Superman 643, JSA 76 [8], OMAC 5, OMAC 6 p.1-9 [9]
Day of Vengeance 5 p.1-13
Birds of Prey 85 p.22-23
Villains United 5 (p.1-11)
Batgirl 66-67
Nightwing 110 p.20-22, 111-112

The Shadowpact regroup at the Oblivion Bar and have breakfast while the Spectre goes into hiding to recover. Captain Marvel returns to Shazam. Shazam tells Marvel to stop pursuing the Spectre as the Wizard prepares to face his destiny. At the bar, the Shadowpact form a plan to use Black Alice to steal the Spectre's powers and defeat him. Enchantress begins the effort of locating the Spectre.

As morning breaks, Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman meet in the Watchtower and discuss the missing Brother I satellite. Wonder Woman departs and returns to her embassy, while Superman returns to the Daily Planet. Batman stays behind, determined to track down Checkmate and the satellite. No one realizes they are being watched by Max Lord.

Barbara Gordon awakens from surgery and is able to move her toes.

Firestorm arrives at STAR Labs in San Francisco exhausted and with his Meta-human powers acting up. He asks the people there to alert the Justice League about the facility in Brazil. Firestorm is attacked by an OMAC while at STAR Labs.

Dr. Light attacks Speedy's school and tricks her into leading him to her home where he hopes to kill both Speedy and Connor Hawke. Green Arrow and Black Lightning arrive, and Dr. Light takes Green Arrow prisoner while he seals Black Lightning, Connor, and Speedy in the building. As Green Arrow watches, Merlyn blows up the building with his loved ones inside. While Black Lightning tries to dig out Connor and Speedy, Green Arrow pursues Light and Merlyn.

Wonder Woman suspects her embassy staffer Jonah McCarthy is hiding something, but as she prepares to confront him, she must rush to Themiscyra to see to an injured friend. After Wonder Woman leaves, Jonah forces his way out of the embassy.

Max Lord takes control of Superman. While Superman hallucinates images of Brainiac, Darkseid, and Ruin killing the people he loves, Max Lord forces him to return to the Watchtower to kill Batman. He almost succeeds, but Batman activates security measures which alert Wonder Woman. She teleports up to the Watchtower and stops Superman, but Superman escapes as Wonder Woman must tend to the crititcally injured Batman. Superman flees to his Fortress. John Stewart, Hawkman, Black Canary, and Flash confront him there and take him to the Watchtower where they meet Martian Manhunter and Wonder Woman. Max Lord takes control of Superman again and he flies to Switzerland. Oracle provides the League with his location and Wonder Woman chases after him. Wonder Woman captures Max Lord. When he refuses to release Superman from his control, she kills him. With Max Lord dead, Brother Eye becomes fully autonomous and initiates a program intended to scatter the heroes. Black Canary immediately sends Wonder Woman and Superman to deal with separate crises. Fire joins Booster and Guy. Wonder Woman finally confronts Jonah and learns he is a member of Checkmate who has been spying on her for months.

Atom Smasher pleads guilty for his crimes in Kahndaq. Power Girl, whose powers have been acting up lately, has her first physical with Dr. Mid-Nite. Fire and Metamorpho tell Power Girl that Beetle is dead. With the Superman threat over and the sudden surge of crises ended, Hawkman joins the JSA for Atom Smasher's plea bargain. An OMAC attacks Jay Garrick, Wildcat, Alan Scott, and Hawkman, and is defeated by Atom Smasher as he exits the courthouse.

Batgirl encounters an OMAC, but it leaves her alone.

In Bludhaven, Nightwing discovers the criminal underworld is tied to Luthor's Society. He leaves word that he is looking for Deathstroke.

Wonder Woman and Superman confront Batman separately, but he wants nothing to do with them. Brother Eye contacts Batman directly and tells him all Meta-humans will be killed. In Russia, Guy Gardner, Booster, Fire, Metamorpho, and Mary Marvel join Red Rocket 7 in his battle with an OMAC, but Red Rocket 7 is killed and Fire is critically wounded.

Unbeknownst to Mockingbird, the Six break into a Society facility to steal the Society's intel on Mockingbird. Talia has some success recruiting Gotham villains into the Society. Luthor sends the Fearsome Five to capture Pariah, who has been sited nearby. Vandal Savage quits the Society. Somewhere in space, Sinestro captures Lady Quark.

Black Canary leaves the Watchtower and returns to the side of the recovering Oracle. As they are traveling in Zinda's jet, Batgirl makes contact. They pick her up in Detroit and Oracle agrees to drop her off in the Balkans to find Shiva.

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Deathstroke finds Nightwing. Nightwing tells him he no longer considers himself a hero and wants to join the Society. Deathstoke makes a deal: If Nightwing will train his daughter Ravager, Deathstroke will consider Nightwing's position. Nightwing dons a new costume, and, calling himself Renegade, he and Ravager go on their first mission. They rescue the young Sophia Tevis, a friend of Dick's from his time in the mob, from a halfway house. Dick takes her to Huntress, hoping that Huntress will take care of her, but she refuses. Huntress tells Dick to call Barbara Gordon, and presumably also tells him about Barbara's illness.

Meanwhile, Brother Eye attempts to kill the remaining Checkmate agents, but latent nanobots in Sasha turn her into a cyborg and save her life. Brother Eye activates all 1.3 million OMACs to eliminate the Meta-Humans once and for all. Sasha alerts all remaining Checkmate agents worldwide to the threat, and Director Bones provides a theory about using an electromagnetic pulse to disable the OMACs. Batman realizes that the Kord Warehouse breakin was targeting a prototype EMP generator that had not yet arrived and he aks Hal Jordan and John Stewart to assemble a team for him while he collects the EMP.


Day 8
OMAC 6 p.10-20
Robin 143-45
Superman 220-221
Batgirl 68-72
Birds of Prey 86
Villains United 5 p. 12-22, 6 p.1-21

Guy takes Fire to the hospital. While Guy goes to join Hal and John Stewart's team, Booster returns to the future.

Superman goes to visit Superboy on the Kents' Farm to sort through his mind control incident. The Eradicator emerges from the ruins of Superman's old Fortress, and with most of the other heroes occupied, Superman and Superboy rush to deal with him. An OMAC shows up and puts the Eradicator in a coma. Superboy reminds Superman that he has a responsibility to move past his personal problems. Superman returns to Metropolis renewed, just in time to save Bizarro from an OMAC. Bizarro spends the rest of the day trying to attract the attention of the Society until he challenges Zoom to a race for membership.

The team of heroes assemble in Libya with most of the JSA, JLA, Freedom Fighters and others, including Black Lightning, Animal Man and Vixen. Wonder Woman is there; Superman is not; Batman is at the Checkmate castle with Sasha. The Teen Titans (Cyborg, Beast Boy, Raven, Wonder Girl, and Kid Flash) assemble in san Francisco. Robin, unaware of the assemblage of heroes, battles the OMACs in Bludhaven with his special forces team. They defeat most of the OMACs with Beetle's EMP and a virus inflicted upon them by Sasha, but some 200,000 units survive.

After the battle, Ragman and Nightshade join Robin in Bludhaven to help round up some magic-oriented villains who escaped from an OMAC Meta-human prison. As they finish the clean-up, Wonder Girl shows up to get Robin's help.

Oracle moves into a new apartment and is greeted with a surprise party. Nightwing is there. After leaving the party he goes to Starfire's apartment, apparently needing to reconnect with the people he cares about.

The Fearsome Five capture Pariah. Apparently, Mammoth is captured at some point and returned to the Meta-human prison at Alcatarz.

Batgirl locates Shiva and the new League of Assassins, but she is frozen by Mr. Freeze, who now works for the Society, and turned over to Nyssa al Ghul, Talia's sister. Nyssa contacts Talia, Calculator, Deathstroke and the Penguin, and reports that their plan to freeze the world's oil reserves is ahead of schedule. Meanwhile, Batgirl convinces Mr. Freeze to help her escape, and together, they throw Freeze's wife's body in the Lazarus Pit, reanimating her as a terrifying monster. Freeze destroys the building, and the Society's plans, rather than let the adomination live. Batgirl escapes into the woods while Shiva and the League of Assassins follow. Batgirl is ultimately killed, but Shiva carries the body away, convinced this will not be the end of her daughter.

Mockingbird tells the Six he knows of their theft of the data on him. Cheshire reveals that she is a double-agent just as the Society sends a massive assault team to the House of Secrets. Mockingbird discovers that someone has taken control of Luthor's spy satellites. Pariah reveals to Luthor that he knows there are two Luthors and that this Luthor plans a betrayal. Luthor shoots him in the head. Mockingbird reveals himself to be the true Luthor (complete with battle armor), while the Society's Luthor is the imposter. Vandal Savage holds the Society's Luthor hostage and forces him to call off the attack to spare Savage's daughter, Scandal. When the smoke clears, the Parademon is dead, and Deadshot and Deathstroke are both injured, but expect to heal quickly.


Day 9
Action Comics 830-31
Birds of Prey 87
Outsiders 28
Superman 222 (flashbacks)
Batman 646
Supergirl 1 p.19-22, Supergirl 2 [10]

Nightwing and Starfire lie awake in her bed after a night of passion.

Superman briefly battles Dr. Psycho, Shrapnel, and Black Adam before letting them go, while Bizarro accepts membership in the Society.

Calculator goes without sleep to investigate Oracle, who has taken control of Luthor's spy satellites. Black Canary and Huntress travel to Turkey. Black Canary calls Green Arrow to make amends and ask for his help. At sunset, Oracle has a check-up with Dr. Mid-nite. He informs her that she isn't likely to sustain any more regeneration, but there are experimental treatments in Israel.

Meanwhile, Supergirl meets with Power Girl at the Statue of Liberty to discuss their recent encounter. Power Girl tells Supergirl they can't be friends, and that she detected a darkness in Supergirl.

Calculator contacts the Mockingbird Luthor to discuss Supergirl.

Jade recruits Captain Marvel Junior into the Outsiders. Then, responding to the leaks of Outsiders intel, Jade and Arsenal blow up Outsiders headquarters.

Batman examines Jason Todd's coffin and realizes there was never a body in it.

Superman fights the Weather Wizard (still with his arm in a sling) in Metropolis and sends his robot to protect Lois. A whistleblower offers clues to the spread of the OMACs (via vaccinations) to Lois, but an OMAC attacks. Superman's robot rescues them.

Supergirl goes to Smallville to see Superboy. The Titans (Cyborg, Beast Boy, Raven, and Wonder Girl) immediately respond when they see Supergirl approaching. After an awkward encounter, Kid Flash arrives with Robin and Starfire. Starfire takes Supergirl to help her find Luthor.



Day 10
Superman 222
Birds of Prey 88
JLA 115-116 [9]
Aquaman 34-36
Nightwing 113
Action Comics 832

Lois Lane returns home after the OMAC attack. Another OMAC (her intern) attacks her in her apartment. She detonates the gas from her hot water heater, causing an explosion that disables the OMAC, and Superman finds her safe and sound.

Despero, having heard the rumors of the Justice League's memory wipes, restores the memories of the old Secret Society of Supervillains.

While fighting for his wife Mera's life, Aquaman is attacked by an OMAC. By evening, the JLA tells Aquaman what Lois learned about the OMACs the night before. Meanwhile, sorcerors in Atlantis prepare a spell to save her that attracts the attention of the Spectre.

While the Calculator continues his search for Oracle, Black Canary and Green Arrow work together in Star City and make amends.

Their pleasant reunion is cut short, however, when Flash calls a meeting at the JLA Watchtower to discuss finally telling Batman about his mindwipe. Green Arrow and Hawkman come to blows. The meeting itself is cut short when Red Tornado is attacked by the Scret Society. Responding to the distress call, each member is captured in turn by the Secret Society and their unconcious bodies are dropped in front of Batman in Gotham City. Catwoman aids the League in Gotham and the Villains retreat. Batman lets Catwoman stay at the Batcave overnight while she recovers, but kicks the League out.

Nightwing leads Ravager on another training mission in Bludhaven, but while they are out Deathstroke finds and kidnaps Dick's friend Sophia Tevis to use as leverage against him.

The Society's Luthor sends Bizarro into the sun to retrieve the mysterious and powerful Blackrock that Superman recently put there.

In the middle of the night, the Spectre comes to Metropolis to eliminate Satanus.


Day 11
JLA 117-118-119 p.1-19 [11], Hawkman 46, Rann-Thanagar War 1
JSA Classified 1
Nightwing 114

By mid-morning, word of the Firestorm kidnapping has made it to the press.

Despero attacks the Martian Manhunter on the JLA Watchtower. J'onn crashes toward San Diego and make a mental connection with Aquaman who joins the battle. However, Despero takes control of the minds of both heroes.

Meanwhile, the Secret Society (targeting Lois Lane) attacks the Daily Planet. The League captures them, and debates whether to mindwipe them again. Zatanna visits Wonder Woman and Supergirl on Themiscyra.

Despero attacks the Batcave and manages to mind control most of the Leaguers. With Red Tornado's help, the League ultimately defeats him, but then disbands. Zatanna mindwipes the Secret Society for a second time.

Power Girl has her second physical, and leaves early. Power Girl has a hallucination and is confronted by the JSA, including Hawkgirl.

Black Canary rejoins Oracle on their jet.

A Hurricane strikes near New York. Hawkman and Hawkgirl are reunited and fight an OMAC, then take him to JSA HQ to be cured by Dr. Mid-Nite. They return to St. Roch and fight a Phoenix creature. Adam Strange travels to earth using the Zeta-Beam and asks Hawkman and Hawkgirl to come to Rann. They all teleport there together and discover that war has broken out between Thanagar and Rann.

[sudoku]

Convinced that Deathstroke will eventually have to take out his allies in the Society, Nightwing takes Ravager on a mission to stop a shipment of Venom ingrediants to the Society. They sneak into a Society facility, see Lex Luthor, and locate the shipment with the Society's own computers. This attracts the attention of Oracle who sends Arsenal to investigate. He ends up fighting, first alongside nightwing, and then against him. Nightwing makes off with the Venom and delivers it to Deathstroke.

Meanwhile, Kyle Rayner is sent to investigate a mercenary blockade near the Polaris System, but forbidden from taking sides in the Rann-Thanagar War.


Day 12
Rann-Thanagar War 2-4
Return of Donna Troy 4 p.21-22
Teen Titans 26 [12]
JLA 120-123 [13]
Aquaman 33-34
JSA 77 [14]
JSA Classified 2-3 p.1-20
Adventures of Superman 644 [15]
Nightwing 115
Outsiders 29 p.1-15
Superman 223

In the early morning, Nightwing devises a plan with Sophia Tevis to use her birthright to take control of Bludhaven's organized crime and effectively remove the "crime" element from it.

On Thanagar, as the war rages on, cultists resurrect the god Onimar Synn. On Rann, Blackfire of Tamaran, seeking a new homeworld, allies with the Thanagarians, then betrays them, joining the Rannian forces. Hawkman and Hawkgirl are reunited with Hawkwoman, and, together with Adam Strange, they pledge to fight the strange forces manipulating the war.

Kyle Rayner discovers that the mercenaries were searching for Nth Metal at the behest of someone on the destroyed surface of Thanagar. He travels with Captain Comet to investigate and the pair are attacked by Onimar Synn's zombie warriors. Kilowag arrives, searching for the defiant Rayner, and after the battle ends, the two begin the process of stabilizing Thanagar's orbit.

Unable to locate the Spectre, the Shadowpact begins leaking information of a supposed cache of magic weapons on an island in Indonesia so they can lure him there for their trap.

The Priestesses of Themiscyra send Wonder Woman to New Chronus to deliver Harbinger's History of the Universe Orb to Donna Troy. After Wonder Woman leaves, Donna analyzes the orb and discovers the coming crisis. She decides to head to earth to recruit a team of heroes to help her.

Deathstroke recruits the demon Sabacc into the Society. The Fearsome Five prepare to break their teammate Mammoth out of prison.

Raven visits Superboy on the Kents' farm in Kansas. She tells him his soul is growing and he is no longer a weapon of Luthor. She gives him a Titans communicator. Superboy sends her away, uninterested in becoming a hero again... for now.

The JSA have a meeting and discuss missing members. They are especially concerned about the missing Dr. Fate and Jakeem Thunder. Dr. Mid-nite searches Salem for a lead. Hal Jordon's cousin Airwave discovers the presence of New Chronus near earth. As he and Alan Scott go to investigate, Donna Troy asks them to join her strike force and they agree.

Checkmate agents try to take Power Girl's spaceship, but it is stolen by Psycho Pirate. Power Girl goes to Metropolis, sees Superman. She goes to Gotham, sees Huntress, and is captured by Psycho Pirate.

Donna Troy asks Supergirl and Red Tornado to join her team.

Superman goes to Zatanna to make sure he is no longer being mind-controlled and he forgives her for her mind-wipes. At sunset they fight the Toyman.

Lois Lane departs for Min-hara, Umec, to find out who tried to assassinate her months earlier.

Meanwhile, the Parasite returns to Metropolis and meets with the Mockingbird Luthor.

Meanwhile, Nightwing goes on a secret mission with Ravager. It turns out to be an attempt to kill Superman, but it backfires when Nightwing demonstrates to Ravager the selflessness of Superman's heroics. As the two escape, Superman realizes that Nightwing's villainy has been a ruse. Nightwing then confronts Deathstroke and promises not to poison Ravager's mind with heroic ideals as long as he keeps the Society out of Bludhaven. With the supervillains and mafia out of the way, Dick believes he has saved his city.

Aquaman's son Koryak finds his father in Sub Diego and tells him that Aquaman's wife Mera is in Atlantis, dying. Aquaman returns to his former kingdom and confronts his old sidekick Garth, who explains that Mera was cursed by sorcerors and is now growing lungs. She is being kept alive by Atlantis' own sorcery, but Aquaman forcibly takes his wife, hoping that the sub Diegan scientist Dr. Geist will be able to cure her.

Superman goes to his Fortress of Solitude where Supergirl tells him she is going to join Donna Troy's team. The Society's Luthor gives the Blackrock to a new villain to keep Superman occupied while he travels to the Arctic to continue his plan.

As Onimar Synn attacks Rann, Hawkman and his allies make a plan to rescue the Thanagarian Grand Mor, a leader who may be able to regain the loyalty of Thanagar's warriors and end the war.


Day 13
Villains United 6 p.22-23
OMAC 6 p.21
Wonder Woman 221
Adventures of Superman 645
JSA 78-80
Outsiders 29 p.16-21, 30 p.1-5
Rann-Thanagar War 5-6
Teen Titans 29 p.1-18 [2][16]
Firestorm 19
Aquaman 35-36
JSA Classified 3 p.21-23, 4 p.1-21
JLA 119 p.20-22, Day of Vengeance 5 p.14-24, 6, Infinite Crisis 1 [16]
Green Lantern 7

In the Polaris system, the rescue of the Grand Mor fails when Blackfire betrays her allies, kills Hawkwoman, and takes the Mor with her.

Aquaman brings Mera to to Geist in Sub Diego, but Geist promptly turns into an OMAC and attacks Aquaman. Unaware that he is human, Aquaman's son Koryak kills the OMAC. With the doctor dead, Aquaman ponders other way to heal Mera without sorcery, but Koryak secretly returns to Atlantis to convince the others to resume their healing spell.

Catman and Deadshot, now healed, meet Green Arrow in Venice. Catman warns him about the Society's plans to mindwipe the heroes and shows his disgust and disappointment over the JLA's use of similar techniques.

In Indonesia, the Spectre and Eclipso arrive. Black Alice steals the Spectre's power, but since he is a ghost, she has no way to use his power against him. While Eclipso continues to fight, the Spectre departs for the Rock of Eternity. With Black Alice's help, Nightshade sends Eclipso into a permanent orbit around the sun, nullifying her power. The Phantom Stranger finally gathers enough power to return to his human form, and using the little power he has left, he allows the Shadowpact to observe the action at the Rock of Eternity.

Meanwhile, Arsenal overhears radio chatter about the planned breakout of Mammoth at Alkatraz and assembles the Outsiders. They arrive just as an explosion frees Mammoth.

The JSA locates Fate's tower and discover that Hector Hall is no longer in our dimension. They also find a portal to the Fifth Dimension which they beleive will lead to Jakeeem Thunder and Thunderbolt, who have been missing since the JSA's battle with the Spectre.

Power Girl awakens a captive of the Psycho Pirate. He tells her the story of the Multiverse, and though she senses something to the story, she remembers nothing of the alternate world he describes to her. As evening arrives, he lets her go.

Electrical storms appear over Gotham City.

Wonder Woman leaves Themiscyra to turn herself in, but is delayed when an OMAC attacks her.

As night falls, Brother Eye broadcasts footage of Wonder Woman killing Max Lord.

In Min-hara, Lois Lane concludes that Checkmate is responisble for her attempted assassination, using it as a way to manipulate Superman.

The Mockingbird Luthor tells the Parasite to return to the Society and continue spying on them.

A large number of OMACs arrive in Metropolis but do not attack Superman. Superman sees Luthor atop the Daily Planet and is attacked by Ruin. Ruin and Luthor escape.

Donna Troy asks Cyborg to join her team, and he puts Beast Boy in charge of the Titans.

While Martian Manhunter is talking to John Stewart, who is on Oa, someone enters the JLA Watchtower and it explodes. Batman phones Tim Drake at Titans Tower and tells him Martian Manhunter is missing. Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman go to investigate the explosion site. Mongul, having heard of the League's recent breakdowns from Despero, comes to see for himself, and battles the three heroes before using a functioning League teleporter to escape.

In the Polaris system, the Rannians finally defeat Onimar Synn with Zeta Beam technology, and his zombie army turns to dust. Kyle Rayner and Kilowag announce that Thanagar can once again systain life, and the war seems over. However, a cosmic storm opens up in the middle of the Polaris System. Using the Thanagarians paranoia that it is a secret attack from Rann, Blackfire convinces the Grand Mor to renew the fighting.

Hawkman and Hawkgirl aid Adam Strange in the battle against a group of enraged Thanagarians led by Blackfire. As Kyle Rayner and Kilowag also join the fight, Blackfire's army retreats. The group of heroes then briefly investigate the cosmic storm. Across the galaxy, the Guardians of the Universe determine that the center of the universe has shifted from Oa to the storm.

The Spectre arrives at the Rock of Eternity and easily defeats Captain Marvel. The Rock is breached, allowing the imprisoned Mordru to escape. As Stargirl, Hourman, and Mr. Terrific enter the portal to the Fifth Dimension, Mordru attacks Fate's Tower and prevents the rest of the JSA from entering.

Also, as a result of the breach, Sabacc is able to take control of the Seven Deadly Sins and use them against the Outsiders at Alkatraz. However, Donna Troy shows up and traps Sabacc's soul in Katanna's sword, ending his control of the Seven Deadly Sins. Donna asks the Outsiders to join her strike force. Starfire, Shift, Jade, and Captain Marvel Junior join her.

[sudoku]

Spectre kills the Wizard Shazam and destroys his magic. The Rock of Eternity shifts across multiple dimensions before finally appearing over Gotham City where it explodes. It kills hundreds instantly and shoots Blue Beetle's Scarab hundreds of miles away to El Paso, Texas. Captain Marvel, transported along with the Rock, crashes into the car of Gotham Detectives Renee Montoya and Crispus Allen. Captain Marvel immediately leaves to find his family. The explosion releases the Seven Deadly Sins, causing carnage throughout Gotham City.

As the battle ends, inside Fate's mask, Hector Hall dies, but Lyta makes a deal with her son Dream who takes them into his dimension for eternity. In our world, the spirit Nabu personifies the role of Dr. Fate. Meanwhile, Thundebolt and the other JSAers return to Fate's Tower from the Fifth Dimension. As Thunderbolt defeats Mordru, Nabu departs to face the Crisis.

Power Girl returns to JSA headquaters, but discovers the team is gone. Ma Hunkle tells her about the battle with Mordru. Power Girls confides in Ma about her day, then cries. Finally, she puts on a strong face and returns home.

Psycho Pirate tells Luthor that Power Girls is ready and gets Luthor to promise that the Pirate can keep Power Girl for himself when Luthor is finished with her.

Jason Todd (the Red Hood) breaks into Titans Tower and fights, and beats, Tim Drake. Donna Troy shows up (with Starfire, Herald, and Bumblebee) to get Cyborg, and they find Tim Drake, beaten, but alive. Before leaving Titans Tower, Firehawk brings Firestorm, who joins Donna's team as well.

Donna Troy says goodbye to Nightwing and leads Starfire and Supergirl to New Chronus.

OMACs assemble en masse over Bludhaven.

With the Justice Leaguers on the moon, the Freedom Fighters are sent to investigate a Society facility south of Metropolis. However, the investigation turns into a bloody trap as the Society kills Phantom Lady, Black Condor, and Human Bomb, and sends Damage to intensive care. Uncle Sam vanishes. The Psycho Pirate captures the Ray.

Superman contacts John Stewart on Oa to update him on the Watchtower investigation. Stewart is able to download the the coordinates of Mongul's teleporter with his ring. As Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman part ways on the moon, Batman collects the Watchtower's black box, which he hopes contains surveillance footage that would explain who destroyed it.

John Stewart contact Hal Jordan, who is in Coast City with Green Arrow. He tells Hal about Mongul and sends him his coordinates. Hal and Green Arrow quickly find him in Ohio but they are incapacitated by his Black Mercy parasite flowers which cause the victim to see visions of a perfect life.

Hawkman and Hawkgirl, in a brief respite from war, make love as night falls.


Day 14
Teen Titans 29 p.19-20, Teen Titans 30 [17], 31
Infinite Crisis 1 - frame story & p.4-5 [17]
Wonder Woman 222-224
Adventures of Superman 646-47
Superman 224 [18]
Firestorm 20
Outsiders 31 p.6-22, Outsiders 32
JSA Classified 4 p.22
Infinite Crisis 2 [18]
Infinite Crisis 3 [19], Aquaman 37
Day of Vengeance Special
JSA 81
Infinite Crisis 4 p.1-8, Nightwing 116

Chaos reigns across the earth throughout the day, from explosions to hurricanes, tornadoes, and flooding.

The Outsiders remaining on earth catch a morning ferry from Alkatraz back to the mainland.

In Atlantis, Garth and the others prepare to use a massive amount of sorcery to cure Mera.

The devastation caused by the explosion of the Rock of Eternity continues to wreak havok across the country, particularly in El Paso, Texas. The Phantom Stranger sends the Shadowpact there to save lives. As they arrive, Superman also shows up and stops a falling building from crushing a number of people. He departs to investigate mysterious volcanic activity in California, leaving the Shadowpact to do their job. A teenager named Jaime finds Blue Beetle's Scarab in the rubble.

In Washington, the bodies of the Freedom Fighters are found strung up on the Washington Mounment. Damage is also found, alive, and rushed to Metropolis General Hospital.

Exploiting the damage caused by the Spectre's war on magic and using Raven's soulself as a conduit, Brother Blood escapes from Hell in Titans Tower. He teleports to Los Angeles and unleashes an army of demons on the city. Raven and Beast Boy alert the other Titans.

Superman finds a broken and confused Mxy on the street, suffering from the effects of the war on magic. With Mxy's help, Superman deduces the identity of Ruin as Dr. Hamilton and sets out to find him. Ruin, however, has captured Pete Ross, Lana Lang, and their son, and set a trap to trick Lt. Leocadio into killing Ross. As Superman confronts Hamilton, Mxy is hit by a kryptonite arrow and apparently dies. Leocadio uncovers the deception and rescues Ross and Lang, while Superman disables Ruin's armor and departs to spread the word on Ross's innocence.

Lex Luthor travels to Alaska in pursuit of his doppleganger and kills two pilots, stealing a private jet and taking it to the Arctic. He is attacked by OMACs. The plane crashes, but Luthor puts on his battle armor and joyfully kills four of the cyborg sentinels.

Superman battles and finally defeats Blackrock for the last time.

Wonder Woman turns herself in at the Hague International Criminal Court. Donna Troy returns to earth to invite her to New Chronus. She declines. Lois Lane arrives and asks Wonder Woman if she can lead her to a member of Checkmate. Wonder Woman tells her where she can find Jonah McCarthy.

Animal Man joins Donna Troy's team on New Chronus. Captain Marvel Junior feels the effects of Shazam's death and returns to earth. On their way to the cosmic storm, the team encounters a Rannian spacecraft under attack by Thanagarians. The Rannians have stolen a reverred Thanagarian hawk. As Firestorm and Animal Man investigate, the Rannians kill the Hawk, and the Thanagarians destroy the Rannian ship in retaliation, but they let the humans go.

Wonder Girl, Kid Flash, and Speedy join Raven and Beast Boy in Los Angeles and they engage Brother Blood in battle. In Smallville, Superboy ignores the Titans' summons for help. While the other Titans battle Blood and his demon and zombie minions, Raven and Beast Boy travel to Hell to close the door that separates Life and Death. With the door closed, Blood and his armies are damned back to Hell.

After observing the actions of Earth's heroes for years and years, and worried that his Lois Lane is dying, the Earth 2 Superman destroys the barrier keeping him in his "heaven," and he returns to earth with Lois, Alex Luthor of Earth 3, and Superboy of Earth Prime. at Alex Luthor's suggestion they set up a base in the Artic.

At the Hague, Wonder Woman is attacked by Cheetah, but subdues her. Meanwhile, the OMACs that had amassed over Bludhaven attack Themiscyra.

As Power Girl finally returns home, she is attacked by Clayface in her apartment. The Earth 2 Superman I rescues her and takes her to the Artic where he explains the Multiverse to her. She regains her memories when she touches the dying Lois Lane. Superman tells her they plan to save this "bad" earth by bringing back Earth 2.

Booster Gold returns from the future with a new Skids. Startled that the crisis has begun, he begins a search for Blue Beetle's Scarab.

The Joker takes out the Royal Flush Gang and learns he is not wanted on the Society.

Captain Marvel Junior returns to the Outsiders. Katanna learns from Sabbac, who is trapped in her sword, that the Society was trying to capture Marvel Junior to power some sort of device.

Meanwhile, in space, Starfire feels the presence of the Tamaran god X'hal. She takes a travelsphere with Jade and Shift to investigate, but it is destroyed by Blackfire, who was imitating the god to draw out her sister. Although Blackfire subdues the heroes for a time, they escape, and Starfire incapacitates her. Donna Troy returns to rescue them and they continue the journey to the center of the universe.

Lois Lane locates Jonah McCarthy in Switzerland. He sends her to see Sasha Bordeaux, who pulled the trigger in the assassination attempt. Sasha tells Lois that she is attempting to reform Checkmate for the good of mankind, but Lois leaves, satisfied that her assassin, now a cyborg, fell victim to Max Lord's machinations as well.

Wonder Woman defies the ruling of the Hague International Criminal Court and joins the battle in Themiscyra against the OMACS.

A group of Society villains attack Aquaman in Sub Diego, distracting the hero from the activities of Atlantis's sorcerors.

Fresh from his battle with Shazam, the Spectre attacks Gemworld, although Amethyst escapes with her life. The Spectre is quickly distracted by the sorcerors of Atlantis and attacks the city in full force, wiping it off the earth. The Spectre then pursues and destroys T'Charr and Terataya, the Lords of Chaos and Order that give power to Hawk and Dove.

Nabu calls a meeting of the "big guns" of magic at the home of Madame Xanadu where they plan to take down the Spectre once and for all. While the Phantom Stranger gathers a massive number of magic-based heroes (including Shadowpact, the Marvels, and Zatanna) in the chaotic Gotham City to recapture the Seven Deadly Sins, Nabu seeks out the Spectre for a final reckoning.

While some of the other heroes are used as bait for the Seven Deadlies, the Shadowpact capture them one by one. Meanwhile, Zatanna and the others collect the pieces of the Rock of Eternity and rebuild it.

[sudoku]

As Brother Eye shows Batman the chaos on Themiscyra, and Batman watches helplessly, the Earth 2 Superman arrives at the Batcave to ask for his help in replacing this earth with Earth 2. Batman asks if Dick Grayson is a better man Earth 2 than this earth, and Superman reluctantly admits that he is not. Batman turns on Superman, using the kryptonite entrusted to him by this earth's Superman. Superman destroys it and leaves, condemning Batman's paranoia. Meanwhile the Batcomputer continues to retrieve and decode the data from the JLA Watchtower black box.

Power Girl leaves the Arctic fortress to contemplate whether she wants to help restore Earth 2.

As the Amazons kill more and more OMACs, Wonder Woman realizes that the battle is being broadcast to the world in a successful effort by Brother Eye to turn humanity against them. Her mission of peace a failure, the Themiscyrans retreat from the earth to Olympus, leaving Diana wholly alone.

Meanwhile, as the Society villains retreat from Sub Diego, Aquaman learns of the destruction of Atlantis.

The Outsiders start gathering intel on the Society and its mysterious "device." Turning the tables on his old foe, Arsenal disguises himself as Deathstroke and convinces Society members Captain Cold, Mirror Master, and Captain Boomerang of his authenticity.

Donna Troy's team arrives in the Polaris System and begin fighting the chaos caused by the cosmic storm.

Unable to capture any of the Marvel family, the Society's Luthor betrays Black Adam and captures him. Moments later, the real Luthor attacks, destroying the Society Luthor's holographic equipment and revealing him to be Alex Luthor. Superboy Prime intervenes, crushing Lex Luthor's armor, but Lex teleports away before he can be killed.

Damage is transferred to a new facility after the doctors at Metropolis General do little to help him.

In Gotham, Felix Faust captures Nightshade, but not before she and the rest of Shadowpact trap each of the Seven Deadly Sins. With the Rock of Eternity reconstructed, Zatanna informs Captain Marvel he must become its new permanent resident in order to stabilize the wild magics. Meanwhile, Nabu tricks Spectre into killing him. As the final Lord of Chaos, Nabu knew his destruction would force God to take action against his spirit of vengeance. The Spectre dissolves, as he is readied for a new host. Nabu returns to Gotham with the news and gives his mask to the Shadowpact as he dies, foretelling the coming of a new Dr. Fate.

Captain Marvel takes residence in the Rock of Eternity, freeing Gotham's skies of the wild magics.

As night falls, the JSA responds to a crisis in Philadelphia as the hero Liberty Belle's powers run amuck.

Power Girl returns to the Arctic fortress. With the holographic equipment damaged, she sees the mysterious "device" - a huge tuning fork contructed from the carcass of the Anti-Monitor. Attached to the machine are Breach, Martian Manhunter, Black Adam, Lady Quark, and the Ray. The stunned Power Girl is quickly knocked unconcious by Superboy.

At the same moment, Batman finally accesses the Watchtower black box video and sees footage of Superboy Prime attacking Martian Manhunter and destroying the Watchtower on the order of "a Luthor."

Alex Luthor sends a team of villains to Bludhaven where they use Chemo to detonate a radioactive explosion that kills everyone in the city. As Superman and other heroes try to contain the radiation and help survivors, Nightwing rushes back from New York to find his adopted city destroyed. Although Superman forbids him from entering the city, Nightwing defies him and does his best to help before the conditions become too dangerous and Superman forces him to stay away. Batman finds him on the edge of town and enlists his aid.

In the Arctic, Alex Luthor and Super Boy Prime attach Power Girl to their machine, explaining that each person has a different, neccessary vibrational frequency embedded in their DNA. With Power Girl subdued, Superboy Prime finally receives permission to confront the Superboy of Smallville. Superman returns to stand by the bedside of his Lois.


Day 15
Infinite Crisis 4 p. 9-30
Firestorm 21
Aquaman 38

Following the destruction of Bludhaven, communication along the East Coast is completely knocked out. In the Batcave, Nightwing tells Batman he is going to Titans Tower in San Francisco to contact and organize the other heroes.

Aquaman and Green Lantern evacuate the survivors of Atlantis as Aquaman examines the damage and finds the body of his son.

In Los Angeles, Firehawk comes out of retirement to battle nuclear-powered villainy.

Booster Gold traces the Blue Beetle Scarab to El Paso where he finds it fused to the spine of the boy Jaime who found it the day before.

Superboy Prime confronts Superboy in Smallville and cannot contain his anger. He attacks him and the fight quickly spreads to Keystone City. Superboy finally uses his Titans communicator - and a massive force of Titans past and present, Doom Patrol, and JSA arrive to help. The raging Superboy Prime accidently kills Pantha, then maniacally starts killing maining others, including Wildebeast and Red Star. Wally West, Kid Flash, and Jay Garrick finally subdue him by forcing him into the Speed Force, but in the process, Wally West and his family are pulled somewhere else, and Kid Flash sees a vision of Barry Allen before they both disappear into the Speed Force. Jay Garrick immediately notices that the Speed Force vanishes along with them.

In the Polaris System, Firestorm is ripped apart by the energy storm, but Jason Rusch, one half of the Firestorm Matrix, is rescued from oblivion by the essence of Professor Martin Stein, who had been half of the old Firestorm.

With his tuning fork machine complete, Alex Luthor takes control of the OMACs from Brother Eye and sets them up as protectors of his fortress. He then uses the Psycho Pirate to force Black Adam to call on Shazam, and the magic unleashed by the Spectre, as he planned all along, proves to be the perfect fuel to power the device and vibrate the earth into two.


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[tony2074]

that, my friend is awesome. pat yourself on the back for a job well done. im not going to debate anything you've wrote down. im surprised no one else on here hasn't popped in to say their 2 cents. wel done and cheers.

[Calculator]

I was under the impression that the Society had been assembled in the weeks leading up to Infinite Crisis. And by weeks, I means at least two months. Gathering nearly 300 villains would be quite the task.

[Max_Dillon]

Great post man. You might want to ad Talia's failed attempt to recruit Hush into the Society from the pages of Gotham Knights. I'll have to find the issue number though

[Fenix]

Thank you, the timeline I was looking for. Great job. Thank you really.

[Kevinroc]

That timeline doesn't take into account things like the Green Lantern Corps: Recharge mini.

Kyle mentions working with Captain Comet to Guy in the mini.

[sudoku]

Thanks for all the kind words, guys.

Calculator, I think you're right about the society recruitment. I will change the wording for the next update.

I glanced through that Gotham Knights issue, but couldn't find anything that would give any clue as to where it takes place. It's entirely possible that it takes place before the timeline begins.

As for Recharge, I think it's going to turn out to be another "World Without a Justice League," in the sense that it won't fit in properly anywhere. As best I can tell, it takes place after Rann-Thanagar War, but before the League disbands. Since Hawkman was still on earth when the League disbanded, that is impossible. The only possible fix I can think of is that Kyle travels back in time between Rann 6 and Recharge 1, but perhaps the Rann-Thanagar War special will give us a better idea of where it was intended to take place.

Cheers!
sudoku

[Harry]

Nothing to add really - just wanted to say good work. Very useful.

[sudoku]

NOTES:
[1] Batman 635-638 appear to take place before the Warehouse break-in, despite the fact that the story involves the recovery of the kryptonite stolen from the warehouse. (Note that Nightwing still wears his leg brace in the Batman story, but not in "Countdown." Also, there is no mention of events from "Countdown" in the Batman story despite their obvious relevance. It is reasonable to assume they are not mentioned because they haven't happened yet.) In Countdown, Beetle never tells Nightwing that kryptonite is missing, and Nightwing would have no reason to believe it was relevant or bring it up. While it would have made sense for Nightwing to tell Superman about it, if he had seen him, Nightwing leaves before Superman arrives. Given the confusion surrounding the bankruptcy/hostile takeover of Kord, and the lack of any explanation of why the kryptonite was being shipped to the Black Mask from Max Lord, I am going to assume that the kryptonite was removed from the warehouse before the breakin on Day 2. To further complicate matters, In OMAC 6, Batman says the kryptonite was never found. Huh?

[2] In Green Arrow 54, Oliver suggests that the destruction of his home (in GA 50, 52) occured after he was kidnapped by Dr. Light. However, Green Arrow 50 involves the Outsiders in a pre-kidnapping tale, so Ollie simply has things backwards. The explosion happened before the kidnapping. Additionally, Green Arrow 52 asserts that two weeks pass between the destruction of Oliver Queen's home and the rest of the story. Outside constraints do not allow a passage of time that is anywhere close to that long. The actual passage of time in GA 52 should be only a few days.

[3] Issues of "Teen Titans" often give the day of the week on which the story takes place (since most Titans adventures occur on the weekends). Unfortunately, in this timeline, the dates do not match up with each other or outside sources. For example, the constraints of "Countdown" force Teen Titans 24-25 (a Saturday) and JSA 73 onto the same day. That would mean Billy Batson was going to school on a Saturday. Additionally, the number of days between Teen Titans 21-25 (a continuous Friday-Saturday) and Teen Titans 29 (a Sunday) do not add up to the right number (Teen Titans 27-28 is a fill-in story without any clue to its proper placement in the timeline). Therefore I am ignoring the days of the week as given in Teen Titans, at least for now.

[4] Wonder Woman 218 contains a note that it takes place before Teen Titans 24. However, this can only refer to the scene with Wonder Girl, as the rest of the story must take place the same day as Wonder Woman 219-220 (three days later), due to the events at the embassy.

[5] Superman 219 has built in an extra day (thanks to a "22 hours earlier" caption) between Max's initial control of Superman's mind and Superman's actual attack on Batman. Since later issues show that Max has instant control of Superman and does not have to waste time tricking him with hallucinations, this extra day seems odd and slows everything down. Therefore, I have placed the flashbacks in the previous day, even though it is before Max decides to use Superman to kill Batman. Max later makes a comment that it took years to manipulate Superman's mind to the point that he could control him, so the scenes in the flashback could be a result of such manipulation.

[6] Nightwing's appearance in this Brids of Prey story may prove to be problematic when compared to his appearances elsewhere. This story is something of a crossover with the story running in the "Nightwing" series. I have not tried to place the "Nightwing" story in the timeline because it doesn't seem to fit in anywhere. (It is also possible that the Huntress/Nightwing scenes do not occur simultaneously with the Oracle/Black Canary scenes.)

[7] Captain Marvel's one-panel appearance in Action Comics 829 is apocryphal.

[8] JSA 76 refers to the events of JSA 73-75 as "last month," which is not unreasonable if one assumes that the Kahndaq battle took place on one of the last days of the month. The two stories' direct ties to "Countdown" and "OMAC" require that they take place only days apart.

[9] Firefly's death (a single panel on the first page of OMAC 6) must be shown out of sequence, since he appears alive and well in JLA 115, and the JLA story must take place after OMAC.

[10] The "Supergirl" series presents a number of problems. The epilogue to Supergirl 1 and all of Supergirl 2 must take place after The "Insiders" story. However, the Titans (who are very hostile toward Superboy) seem to be completely out of character when compared to the "Teen Titans" book, where they seem eager for him to return to the team (and, in fact, give him a communicator and summon him to battle). Additionally, Supergirl 3 takes place after Supergirl has been with the Outsiders for "3 days," apparently training at their headquarters. But Nightwing is still a member in the Supergirl story, even though he quit the team at the end of the "Insiders." Also, the "Outsiders" comic seems to suggest that they destroy their headquarters shortly after the events of the "Insiders." There just isn't a place for this story to occur. Fortunately(?), neither the Titans nor the Outsiders do anything significant in these stories, and their appearances can easily be dismissed as apocryphal.

[11] In JLA 118, Zatanna visits wonder Woman on Themiscyra. Wonder Woman says she has been visiting a temple there "every day for a week" to sort through her feelings after killing Max Lord. That time frame doesn't fit with what is going on in "Wonder Woman" at the time, so I am ignoring the reference and assuming Wonder Woman is rounding up to the nearest full week. Also, Supergirl's presence here may be problematic when compared to what is going on in the "Supergirl" series. And finally, Aquaman is shown wearing green gloves in this story, but that must be in error since he does not begin wearing the gloves again until Aquaman 38.

[12] Teen Titans 26 begins with a caption that reads "One month later," suggesting it takes place a full month after Teen Titans 25. Once again, I am assuming this is rounding up to the nearest full month, as a month is far more time than this timeline will allow.

[13] JLA 120-123 appear to take place after the JLA Watchtower explosion, but before the beginning of Infinite Crisis 1 (with 124-25 taking place during or shorltly after IC 1). All other sources (most notably, Infinite Crisis 1 and Adventures of Superman 245) suggest that the explosion occurs only moments before IC 1. (JLA 120-123 must take place at least a day before IC 1 since Supergirl has not joined Donna Troy's team, which she informs Superman about the night before IC 1 (in Superman 223), while 120-121 must take place the day before 122, since 121 ends at night, and 122 starts during daylight.) Meanwhile, Supergirl's recruitment, Aquaman's return to Atlantis, and the death of Shazam are all placed on the same day - all impossible based on outside sources. Therefore, to preserve the integrity of this timeline, I am declaring most of the events of JLA 120-125 apocryphal. I'll refer only to the recruitment of Supergirl and Red tornado in the timeline. I know, this feels like cheating, but this story simply cannot be reconciled with everything else.

[14] The explanation of Jay Garrick's abence (that he is recovering from his conflict with Zoom) seems out of place. First of all, Jay did not seem to be seriously injured in his conflict with Zoom (in Flash 220-225). Secondly, due to the Weather Wizard's subsequent appearances, that battle must have happened much earlier - certainly before his appearances in the most recent issues of JSA. Perhaps, in his old age, he simply took the day off due to lingering soreness from that fight.

[15] In Adventures of Superman 644, Zatanna refers to the events of JLA 119 as occuring "the other day," which suggest that this story takes place about two days after JLA 119. However, I have placed it only one day later. Perhaps Zatanna has been so stressed out that it seems like days have passed when only one day actually has.

[16] Teen Titans 29 appears to place the broadcasting of the footage of Wonder Woman killing Max Lord sometime around 11pm Pacific Time. However, most other sources show the broadcast before sunset on the east coast (OMAC 6, WW 221, Adventures 645). I must assume that the scene with Wonder Girl is either shown out of sequence, or that the 11pm broadcast is a re-broadcast of some sort.

[17] Infinite Crisis 1 shows Superboy watching live footage of the Titans battling demons in Los Angeles. This scene is clearly shown out of sequence. The same scene is shown in Teen Titans 30 and is said to take place at 4:34 PM the day after the JLA Watchtower explosion (referenced the night before in Teen Titans 29). Based on Human Bomb's dialogue and other clues in IC 1, we can assume that most of IC 1 takes place the same night as the explosion. As long as we assume that the Earth 2 Superman and the others are watching scenes out of sequence, there is no problem.

[18] Infinite Crisis 2 and Superman 224 show Lois Lane working at the Daily Planet in Metropolis. However, it seems unlikely that she could have traveled back from Min-hara (shown in Adventures of Superman 645) and then to Switzerland (in Adventures 646) in such a short time. Since she doesn't do anything very important in IC 2 or Superman 224, the "Adventures" story will take precedance in determining what is apocryphal.

[sudoku]

[19] In Infinite Crisis 3, the scene in El Paso, Texas (p. 11-13) appears to take place immediately after the Rock of Eternity explosion. However, I am going to assume that the flaming, flying debris is magical in nature and not a direct projectile of the explosion. That would allow for some hours to pass between the explosion and this scene, which would give Superman time to leave the moon and explain why three teenagers are talking about going to school. As long as the scene takes place between the explosion and the Day of Vengeance special, its exact placement is not terribly important.

[sudoku]

Added all the new stuff published since December as well as some corrections and other additions.

I'd still love any help for further additions or corrections.

Especially having trouble placing these stories:

JSA Classified 5-7
Takes place "some weeks" after Crisis of Conscience. Also, the presence of Jakeem Thunder places this after the beginning of IC. Am I missing anything, or is it just too early to say when this takes place?

Green Lantern 1-6
I'm pretty sure all these stories take place after Countdown, so they should fit in the timeline. But I haven't read them very closely. Are there any clues as to their specific placement?

Action Comics 833-35
This story takes place over a 5 or 6 day span, but has nothing to do with Infinite Crisis. I am assuming it takes place after IC, because I cannot fit it in before, but only time will tell.

Superman 225
No idea.

Thanks and enjoy!

[d newton]

Sudoku:
Just curious as to why you placed Birds of Prey issue 87 (Day 9) between OMAC 6 pgs 20 & 21 (Days 8 & 13). Pg 20 panel 2 of the former has Oracle seeing Max's dead body on TV [which would place this issue afterwards] and commenting on why Diana did this.

[sudoku]

Whoops, you're right. I totally missed that one.

This presents a new problem:

I think Birds of Prey 87-88 must take place before JLA 115 because of what happens between Black Canary and Green Arrow in BoP 88 and the way they relate to each other in the JLA story.

The JLA story, of course, takes place before the broadcasting of the Max Lord footage.

This may just be a case of one or the other. Which point should take precedence in the placement of the story? The relationship between Canary/Arrow or Barbara's viewing of the Max Lord footage?

Also, I think it rather unhygienic that Dr. Mid-Nite would have a live Owl in a medical exam room..

[d newton]

The JLA story, of course, takes place before the broadcasting of the Max Lord footage.
I think you mean after here - Wonder Woman tells Zatanna what she did to Max Lord in JLA 118 IIRC.

This may just be a case of one or the other. Which point should take precedence in the placement of the story? The relationship between Canary/Arrow or Barbara's viewing of the Max Lord footage?
Can't we have both points you've mentioned? ;)

[sudoku]

I think you mean after here - Wonder Woman tells Zatanna what she did to Max Lord in JLA 118 IIRC.


It's a little confusing, but I did mean "before." The epilogue to OMAC 6 (the broadcasting of the footage) takes place after the main story in JLA 115-119 (but possibly before the epilogue in 119). In Teen Titans 29 and Adventures of Superman 645, we see that the broadcast of the footage and the destruction of the Watchtower happen within minutes or hours of each other.

Certain Leaguers know about Wonder Woman's actions ahead of the broadcast, of course. Apparently, Zatanna is among them. Presumably, Black Canary would know as well (since she was the one running things on the Watchtower when it happened), which makes Oracle's ignorance of the event in Birds of Prey 87 even more odd.

I am almost prepared to declare "Irreconcilable Continuity Error!"

[KHShapiro]

DC needs to hire you as an historian!

[sudoku]

Certain Leaguers know about Wonder Woman's actions ahead of the broadcast, of course. Apparently, Zatanna is among them. Presumably, Black Canary would know as well (since she was the one running things on the Watchtower when it happened),


Actually, I take that back. After reviewing OMAC 4, WW 220, and Adventures 643, it looks like the only three who know are Supes, Batman, and Wonder Woman. Black Canary would not have known unless one of those three told her.

[sudoku]

DC needs to hire you as an historian!

Luckily, for my own sanity, my knowledge only goes back the last few months (and the little bits that I remember from my childhood). Before Countdown, I hadn't read dc comics in almost ten years!

[Core]

So I'm in my local comic shop this week when I overhear this regular talking about a IC chronology project he was working on over the holidays. Being the nosy geek I am, I butted into they guy's conversation to ask him what he was talking about. It turns out that the guy, Paul Semones, has spent a considerable chunk of time disecting all the IC tie in comics (even the ones that weren't) in order to work out a manageable timeline for all the numerous (and sometimes seemingly unrelated) events.

And you know...it looks like he's done a bang up job of it too. The first of a three part article is up now at Silver Bullet Comics, and you can check it out here. (http://www.silverbulletcomicbooks.com/soapbox/113821636757544.htm). This first article is a recap of the build up from ID Crisis to IC, and it's a pretty fun read.

I haven't checked out anywhere near all the books in question, so I really can't judge the quality of the entireity of Paul's work. But it is definitely worth checking out, if for nothing else than the spread sheet that maps out every comic from Dr. Light's attack on the Teen Titans to IC #1.

[shaxper]

Interesting.

I've found myself wondering how much money it takes to get a firm grasp on the events of Infinite Crisis. For example, I needed to buy the Identity Crisis tpb ($25), Countdown to Infinite Crisis ($3?), Prelude to Infinite Crisis ($6?), the Day of Vengeance series including the special ($3 x 7), Wonder Woman #219 ($3), and one variant of Infinite Crisis #1-4 ($4 x4) plus avidly read the contents of this forum to understand the basic premise of what's happening at this point. I'd imagine having read the Omac Project, Villains United, and the Rann Thangaar (sp?) War series would have helped too. If I hadn't obtained Prelude to Infinite Crisis, I would have needed all the issues covered in that collection too. Then there are the official IC tie ins and the recent issues that create personal backstories for each hero leading up to IC. I figure I will have spent at least $100 on Infinite Crisis by the series end, simply to obtain a basic understanding of what's happening. This makes me wonder what would a full understanding cost and whether it would even be worth it? Besides, even with all the work Paul's obviously put into this project, there's a lot of old history being dredged up in these stories. I almost feel like I need to run out and buy a vintage run of Detective Chimp in order to fully appreciate Shadowpact.

[sudoku]

This guy has put together a very fun, detailed, and easy-to-follow chronology. I'm impressed.

In many ways, it is very similar to the chronology I have posted here:
http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?t=98613

although my version covers the same material over two weeks, while his takes four. I am eager to see what different conclusions the two of us have drawn!

[d newton]

Any thoughts on where Supergirl 1 to 3 go on your timeline, Sudoku? ;)

[PaulTiberius]

So I'm in my local comic shop this week when I overhear this regular talking about a IC chronology project he was working on over the holidays. Being the nosy geek I am, I butted into they guy's conversation to ask him what he was talking about. It turns out that the guy, Paul Semones, has spent a considerable chunk of time disecting all the IC tie in comics (even the ones that weren't) in order to work out a manageable timeline for all the numerous (and sometimes seemingly unrelated) events.

And you know...it looks like he's done a bang up job of it too. The first of a three part article is up now at Silver Bullet Comics, and you can check it out here. (http://www.silverbulletcomicbooks.com/soapbox/113821636757544.htm). This first article is a recap of the build up from ID Crisis to IC, and it's a pretty fun read.

I haven't checked out anywhere near all the books in question, so I really can't judge the quality of the entireity of Paul's work. But it is definitely worth checking out, if for nothing else than the spread sheet that maps out every comic from Dr. Light's attack on the Teen Titans to IC #1.


Core, thanks for the praise! I appreciate you spreading the word about my work here.

By the way, all three parts are now available to read, just not headlined on the front page yet.

[PaulTiberius]

Interesting.

I've found myself wondering how much money it takes to get a firm grasp on the events of Infinite Crisis. ... This makes me wonder what would a full understanding cost and whether it would even be worth it? Besides, even with all the work Paul's obviously put into this project, there's a lot of old history being dredged up in these stories. I almost feel like I need to run out and buy a vintage run of Detective Chimp in order to fully appreciate Shadowpact.

I could come up with a dollar figure on what I've invested here ... but I'm sure you'll forgive me for preferring not to do that. I don't think even I want to know! Just leave it at LARGE.

[PaulTiberius]

Sudoku:
Just curious as to why you placed Birds of Prey issue 87 (Day 9) between OMAC 6 pgs 20 & 21 (Days 8 & 13). Pg 20 panel 2 of the former has Oracle seeing Max's dead body on TV [which would place this issue afterwards] and commenting on why Diana did this.

In my own chronology, I've deliberately thrown out this reference to the footage. It's simply impossible to make work.

[PaulTiberius]

It's a little confusing, but I did mean "before." The epilogue to OMAC 6 (the broadcasting of the footage) takes place after the main story in JLA 115-119 (but possibly before the epilogue in 119). In Teen Titans 29 and Adventures of Superman 645, we see that the broadcast of the footage and the destruction of the Watchtower happen within minutes or hours of each other.

Certain Leaguers know about Wonder Woman's actions ahead of the broadcast, of course. Apparently, Zatanna is among them. Presumably, Black Canary would know as well (since she was the one running things on the Watchtower when it happened), which makes Oracle's ignorance of the event in Birds of Prey 87 even more odd.

I am almost prepared to declare "Irreconcilable Continuity Error!"

As a side note, in JSA #76, the Society seems to be aware of Max Lord's death just about as soon as it happens. There's no way to make the last page of OMAC #6 be on the same day as the Libya battle -- not if you want to fit in all the other DCU material. In any case, even the last few pages of that issue seem to allow a passage of some time. How long after the Libya battle is it when Batman goes to the Checkmate castle and kisses Sasha?

[PaulTiberius]

Any thoughts on where Supergirl 1 to 3 go on your timeline, Sudoku? ;)

I, for one, haven't been able to place Supergirl either. The Outsiders stuff makes things difficult. Presumably they have a new headquarters for stowing their jet somewhere.

[d newton]

In my own chronology, I've deliberately thrown out this reference to the footage. It's simply impossible to make work.
You chucked out the reference to the footage? Why? :confused:

[shaxper]

A terrifying amount to total, I'm sure!

[PaulTiberius]

You chucked out the reference to the footage? Why? :confused:

Birds of Prey #87-90 covers several days, including a Green Arrow/Black Canary jaunt in Star City that is already difficult to reconcile with JLA #115-119 and JLA #120-125.

The BoP arc begins with a bright, happy day in Metropolis (on which Barbara supposedly sees a news report of the footage -- and regards it rather casually), and ends with Batman involved in worrying about something as pedestrian as Huntress stirring up trouble among the Gotham crime families. There is no way these events can be simultaneous with the drama of Infinite Crisis, yet the release of the Wonder Woman footage is unquestionably set on the day Infinite Crisis really gets going.

The footage is a throwaway reference, nothing more. So I figure we're pretty safe throwing it away. It's unfortunate, but there's no alternative.

[PaulTiberius]

A terrifying amount to total, I'm sure!

Yeah. On average, I think I've spent more than $200 a month on comics the past year.

[d newton]

Birds of Prey #87-90 covers several days, including a Green Arrow/Black Canary jaunt in Star City that is already difficult to reconcile with JLA #115-119 and JLA #120-125. The BoP arc begins with a bright, happy day in Metropolis (on which Barbara supposedly sees a news report of the footage -- and regards it rather casually), and ends with Batman involved in worrying about something as pedestrian as Huntress stirring up trouble among the Gotham crime families. There is no way these events can be simultaneous with the drama of Infinite Crisis, yet the release of the Wonder Woman footage is unquestionably set on the day Infinite Crisis really gets going.

Not according to pg 1 of this thread which has this sequence of events:
Day 9 -
Birds of Prey 87.

Day 10 -
Birds of Prey 88.
JLA 115, 116.

Day 11 -
JLA 117 to 119 pg 19.

Day 12 -
JLA 120 to 123.

Day 13 -
JLA 119 pgs 20 to 22.

[PaulTiberius]

Okaayyyy... slightly confused. But I see that we now have two threads merged into one here. Got it.

Not according to pg 1 of this thread which has this sequence of events:
Day 9 -
Birds of Prey 87.

Day 10 -
Birds of Prey 88.
JLA 115, 116.

Day 11 -
JLA 117 to 119 pg 19.

Day 12 -
JLA 120 to 123.

Day 13 -
JLA 119 pgs 20 to 22.


Ah. Well, that's Ed Sudoku's chronology, which I highly respect, but disagree with on a number of points. He has built a timeline that involves just two weeks between the opening chapter of Countdown and the beginning of Infinite Crisis. I believe it must be four weeks.

As I say on SBC, my chronology involves interpretations and resolutions of inconsistencies that are entirely my own. And there are certainly places where I may revise my chronology later ... though the footage reference in Birds of Prey #87 is not something I can reconcile, I don't think ever.

In fact, if I'm not mistaken, I believe Ed ignores the footage reference as incorrect also. Ed?

(Incidentally, Ed and I have had a good exchange of ideas in private emails, regarding the differences and similarities in our respective chonologies. We may yet find ourselves borrowing ideas from each other in future revisions of our respective works.)

[Paul Newell]

Okaayyyy... slightly confused. But I see that we now have two threads merged into one here. Got it.

Yep. Sorry, I shoulda put a post up explaining...There seemed to be a lot of "cross conversation" going on so I merged the threads.

BTW, there's a sort of chronology happening here (http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?t=77469) which could use a bit of help. :)

[PaulTiberius]

Yep. Sorry, I shoulda put a post up explaining...There seemed to be a lot of "cross conversation" going on so I merged the threads.

BTW, there's a sort of chronology happening here (http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?t=77469) which could use a bit of help. :)

Newell, you have certainly done a lot of good work on that thread! Have you downloaded my Excel file from SBC to see how I've placed things according to my research? You might be able to find a few references in your own list that are out of order. Forgive me for not wanting to go through your material and make suggestions ... I'm really in need of a break, before I get going on a Version 2 for my chronology.

Plus, I'd definitely appreciate any comments from you on things in my project that look out of order!

[Paul Newell]

Thanks Tiberius, will do. :)

[PatrickG]

I, for one, haven't been able to place Supergirl either. The Outsiders stuff makes things difficult. Presumably they have a new headquarters for stowing their jet somewhere.

I'd place the Supergirl stuff pre-Countdown.

We can place her arrival on earth a few months before Identity Crisis. Her public debut at the end of the arc takes place after IDC, which presumably happens during the time that Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman allow the world to believe that she is dead (ie. between the first and second half of SUPERMAN/BATMAN #13).

SUPERMAN/BATMAN #19/SUPERGIRL #0 happens prior to the formation of the United Villains.

SUPERMAN #223 (set before IC #1 and after the villains have formed --- albeit at an indeterminate point) refers to the as-of-yet unpublished events of SUPERGIRL #4 and #5 as having already happened.

My Supergirl timeline would go...

SUPERMAN/BATMAN #8-13.5 (Pre-IDC)

Second half of SUPERMAN/BATMAN #13 (Post-IDC)

SUPERMAN/BATMAN #19/SUPERGIRL #0

SUPERMAN/BATMAN #23-25

SUPERGIRL #1-5

Countdown

JLA disbands. Current JLA arc with Supergirl begins.

SUPERMAN #224

INFINITE CRISIS #1-4

[PaulTiberius]

I'd place the Supergirl stuff pre-Countdown.

I don't think that works at all. In Supergirl #2, she meets Superboy during his exile in Smallville after "Insiders." At least, I think that's explicitly stated. I'll be researching it more some time next month.

[sudoku]

In fact, if I'm not mistaken, I believe Ed ignores the footage reference as incorrect also. Ed?

That's right. I need to add a footnote to the next version that clarifies this.

I should also note that I might eventually add six days to my timeline between "Insiders" and the beginning of IC. That would fix the days of the week references from Teen Titans. I doubt it would seriously alter the order of things, but it would alleviate some of the crowding (for example on day 10, I have Birds of Prey 88 and JLA 115-116, when really, that seems like too busy a night for Black Canary and Green Arrow. It'd probably work better if JLA 115-116 comes the day after BoP 88.)

I see why you placed JLA 115 before BoP 87-88, Paul (It was to tie the JLA reference to the Firestorm kidnapping directly to Villains United 4, while BoP 87 clearly takes place after Villains United 6). For my timeline, however, I gave precendence to the Black Canary/Green Arrow relationship, so it made more sense for BoP 88 to precede JLA 115. I assumed that Lois was writing her Firetorm story several days after the actual kidnapping had taken place (it could have very easily been a detailed investigative report, rather than a "breaking news" piece).

[sudoku]

Any thoughts on where Supergirl 1 to 3 go on your timeline, Sudoku? ;)

I've placed Supergirl 1 and 2, but I haven't touched #3 yet. The 10th footnote explains my reasoning.

I think Supergirl may turn out to be one of those series that reads great as an independant story but doesn't gel well with the bigger picture.

[PaulTiberius]

I see why you placed JLA 115 before BoP 87-88, Paul (It was to tie the JLA reference to the Firestorm kidnapping directly to Villains United 4, while BoP 87 clearly takes place after Villains United 6). For my timeline, however, I gave precendence to the Black Canary/Green Arrow relationship, so it made more sense for BoP 88 to precede JLA 115. I assumed that Lois was writing her Firetorm story several days after the actual kidnapping had taken place (it could have very easily been a detailed investigative report, rather than a "breaking news" piece).

I am the first to admit my connection of Firestorm #16/Villains United #4 to JLA #115-119 is extremely tenuous. In fact, that's one item I may revisit, which my result in a compression of my "backbone" from four weeks to three.

In fact, I thought as I was generating the file that it would probably be better to have Lois working on an investigative report, just as you say, some time after the Firestorm events. But I was starving for anything -- anything! -- that would help to explicitly define the amount of time between "Sacrifice" and IC #1, and that was literally the only thing I found.

Regarding the Dinah/Ollie interactions, we have three things: their involvement in "Perfect Pitch" (BoP #87-90), "Crisis of Conscience," and "World Without a Justice League." The "CoC" timeline is pretty short -- just two days. And the only time they are seen together then is in the company of at least Green Lantern, who is carrying them around on a flying platform. It seems possible they simply shared an awkward silence, not wanting to air their private business around their teammates.

And since in "Perfect Pitch," Dinah only says they just haven't "talked" things out, not that they haven't "seen" each other, it can work. On the other hand, Ollie seems surprised at Dinah's physical shape, as if he hasn't seen her at all since the break up. I'm beginning to think I might ought to rework these arcs.

The final effect will be that my timeline is compressed by a full week, due to the Firestorm "last week" dependency. I'm not sure I'm willing to do that yet.

[PaulTiberius]

Ed, you have Return of Donna Troy before "Insiders." How do you figure that? RoDT #2 clearly tries to place this after "Insiders," since Shift says Nightwing had decided to leave the team.

[sudoku]

Ed, you have Return of Donna Troy before "Insiders." How do you figure that? RoDT #2 clearly tries to place this after "Insiders," since Shift says Nightwing had decided to leave the team.

You may be reading this backwards (perhaps because CBR displays posts in reverse order when you are replying?). I have "Insiders" on Day 4 and "Return of Donna Troy" on Day 5 (I figured that would explain why Kid Flash and Wonder Girl were still at Titans Tower, since it would be a Sunday, but on the downside, it allows very little time for Cyborg's repairs).

Or perhaps, I have accidently shifted one or the other and failed to correct my mistake, but if that's the case, I can't find the error.

[lawman]

Wow! Now, this is the sort of fannish attention to detail that does my heart good to see! As a long-time fan of careful continuity, I find this effort fascinating. Excellent work!

Of course, I disagree with quite a bit of it. :)

(Paul Semones, same kudos to you, and no slight intended, but I just haven't had a chance to read your version yet... drop me an e-mail via my site, linked below, and I'd be happy to send you comments!...)

Here's the thing: there's just no need to pack all these events into such a short period (two weeks -- or even four, for that matter -- from Countdown to Infinite Crisis, inclusive of all mini-series). Consider that Titans #26 explicitly places itself "one month later" after Superboy's rampage in #24-25 (which rampage was "not three days ago" as of "Sacrifice" (Adventures of Superman #642), in the midst of OMAC Project and thus hot on the heels of Countdown). Consider also that the JSA #73-75 tie-in to the early issues of Day of Vengeance was "last month" as of #76, which also follows shortly after Countdown. And both these references were in stories by Geoff Johns, architect of the whole shebang, so they shouldn't be casually disregarded. Consider also that the events of Batman #635-641 span "five weeks" prior to Red Hood's unmasking, starting after OMAC Project (since in OP #6 Batman himself remarks that the stolen Kryptonite has not yet been recovered).

Nor are these the only examples; you've had to disregard the internal day references in Teen Titans and dismiss several other stories as "apocryphal" to make this tight compression work.

I think there is a more elegant solution, one that allows time for all the intervening stories without the awkward crowding and overlapping. In my interpretation, there are roughly 2-1/2 months between the beginning of Countdown and the beginning of InfC.

More detailed comments to follow...

[lawman]

Taking it from the top...

First of all, there's no need to try to pin down the various tie-in mini-series so precisely, as (except for OMAC Project) they don't actually intersect the "main" storyline(s) except at a select few points. Villains United, Rann/Thanagar, and Day of Vengeance can each take place at various points scattered over several weeks. In particular, as I noted last post, the beginning of DoV intersects with JSA #73-75, which is "last month" as of OMAC Project/JSA #76. Thus, whenever you have scenes from one of these inserted on a specific day, I'm forced to ask "why? how?"

Second: I'll trust the content of Batman's own scenes as to when the Kryptonite was recovered, meaning its discovery toward the beginning of the 5-week-long Red Hood arc must follow OMAC Project #6. (The only anomaly is Metamorpho's passing remark to the Kryptonite in JSA #76, but that's incidental to that book's plot, and IMHO the Batman scenes take precedence.) The rationalization about who Nightwing talked to in Countdown just doesn't ring true.

I think the Superman/Ruin arc in Adventures #636-640 also belongs weeks earlier -- prior to the "Vanishing" and the whole "For Tomorrow" arc, which itself leads into Superman #217 (with an additional break of "three weeks").

When you take the internal "weekend" dates in Titans #21-23 and 24-25 into account, the former story (Dr. Light's attack) must fall earlier than you have it (albeit only by a few days), and the latter (Superboy's rampage) slightly later. Given that Titans #21 starts only a single week after Mia's "trial run" with the Titans in Green Arrow #46, as well, I think it's likely that Ollie was accurate when he remembered (in GA #54) that story occuring prior to the events of GA #50-52.

So, what we wind up with are two tight stretches of days (one surrounding Countdown, the other InfC), but with quite a few events leading up to the former and falling in between the two, over a span of several weeks in each case. Let's take the first "stretch" first...

Prelude events...
-- Including Adam Strange mini-series
-- Including Spectre encounters in DoV #1, JSA #73-75, and Dov #2-5 (the month before Countdown)
-- Including much Society recruiting, including possibly early scenes of VU

Day 1-2 (Fri-Sat)
Titans #21-23/Outsiders #20
(Mia officially joins the Titans, and Dr. Light attacks; Shrapnel invades Outsiders HQ and is defeated, then the team joins the battle with Light.) One week after GA #46, and coincides (per Flash's dialogue) with JLA #107-114.

Days 3-7
Events of Countdown
(Beetle discovers financial shenanigans, confronts Batman, goes off on his own, gets killed)
Possibly August 15-19, based on a newspaper seen in the story.

Day 9 (Sat)
Titans #24-25/Outsiders #20-25
(Indigo attacks the Outsiders; Superboy attacks the Titans; both teams join forces.)
One week after the Light battle; requires a continuity "gap" in Outsiders #20.

Day 10-14
OMAC Project #1-3, JSA #76, "Sacrifice" (Supes/WW isues), OMAC #4-6
(Batman learns of Beetle's death; Superman goes nuts; Diana kills Max; most OMACs defeated)
Going by the Titans day-of-week references, Max's death falls on Day 12, a Tuesday. There's really no need to "interpret out" the "22 hours" caption in "Sacrifice."

Then we have several weeks before the final scene of OMAC (Brother Eye's release of the Diana footage), during which fall (among other things):
-- the first Red Hood arc (Batman #635-641), covering five weeks -- note that Batman's treatment of his fellow Leagur's place this before] the "Crisis of Conscience" arc
-- Titans #26, "one month later," in which Conner learns he has a soul
-- Superman #220, which logically follows Titans #26
-- Return of Donna Troy
-- remainder of Villains United (and note the time plausibly needed for Deadshot to heal in #6)
-- JLA #115-119 ("Crisis of Conscience"; also linked to VU via Firestorm reference), except for the final scene in the Watchtower
-- Rann/Thanagar War (including Hawkman and Hawkgirl, thus after the JLA arc)
-- Adv. Superman #644, with Superman and Zatanna, also after "CofC"
-- quite a few other stories, including sundry Society and OMAC attacks (and heck, just the stories in Batman's own titles after Red Hood's unamsking -- including the Hush/Clayface arc, "War Crimes," and the second Red Hood arc, among others -- easily occupy a month based on internal references!)

More to follow!...

[PaulTiberius]

Lawman, some of the difficulties you're mentioning are addressed in detail in my SBC work. When I get a chance, I'll come back to this thread and think through your points more closely. But for every "Five weeks earlier" or "One month later" reference in Batman #635 or Teen Titans #26, there are other references that work to compress the timeline much more tightly. Whether you push the timeline longer or squeeze it tighter, something has to be disregarded as incorrect somewhere.

[lawman]

Well, you're right that everything isn't ever perfectly reconcilable. And I haven't yet read your take on things, so I reserve the right to adjust my judgment. :)

But all else being equal, I find this overall sequence of stories seems to contain more explicit references like this (indicating longer time spans), whereas the indications of shorter spans (like, e.g., DoV #5, or the odd elision in Robin #145-46) are usually (A) implicit, and (B) so compressed that there's no way they can be taken at face value and still accommodate other stories -- so, for both reasons, they're easier to set aside.

Beyond that, when weighing things in the balance, I tend to grant precedence to references from a character's own book and/or a story's primary writer wherever possible (e.g., trust Titans over outside clues as to how long Conner spends in Smallville). (Admittedly, this doesn't work for the two examples I just cited -- both of which, interestingly, were written by Willingham. Rather sloppy of him, no? But hey, no rule of thumb in perfect...)

[PaulTiberius]

Wow! Now, this is the sort of fannish attention to detail that does my heart good to see! As a long-time fan of careful continuity, I find this effort fascinating. Excellent work!

Of course, I disagree with quite a bit of it. :)

(Paul Semones, same kudos to you, and no slight intended, but I just haven't had a chance to read your version yet... drop me an e-mail via my site, linked below, and I'd be happy to send you comments!...)

Lawman, first of all, major major respect for your website! I'll be browsing that in the weeks to come, no doubt! I had never seen it, but I believe your site is what a friend recently mentioned to me over coffee.

Now, let me just say that Ed Sudoku and I have been conversing a bit privately, and he and I may be converging toward a three-week timeline from Countdown to IC#1. Some of the references you are taking issue with are (I believe) from his initial work in this thread, and I believe he's planning on easing things into a longer sequence.

But I still have problems with some of your reasoning. Let the arguments begin! :)

[PaulTiberius]

Here's the thing: there's just no need to pack all these events into such a short period (two weeks -- or even four, for that matter -- from Countdown to Infinite Crisis, inclusive of all mini-series).

I am the first to say I wish I could make the timeline more expansive. But other than the single-point-of-reference captions you have noted (all of which I struggled with mightily!), most of the structural story elements don’t allow it. Actually, there are plenty of references that force it toward a short timeline. Unless you deliberately place Superman #220 out of sequence (something I have absolutely avoided – rearranging the order of non-fill-in issues within a title) the Superman titles claim the events immediately preceding “Sacrifice” are within days of Teen Titans #26. This is something I didn’t cover in my SBC write-up, but S #218 is best seen as the day before “Sacrifice” Day 1, and S #221 is still referencing it as only a few days ago … but of course in between these issues we have the Smallville issue in S #220 crossing over with TT #26, contradicting the “One month later” caption there.

The entirety of the Wonder Woman title during this timeframe requires major, and almost indefensible, time stretching within issues to even allow my four-week timeframe (and this is by co-arcitect Rucka).

Willingham’s Robin title argues for a passage from “Insiders” to the opening of Infinite Crisis as barely a week, and very nearly explicitly places all of OMAC Project #4-6 as on the same day (or one previous) as Infinite Crisis #1-4. Clearly, the late issues of Robin are utterly impossible to take at face value.

Day of Vengeance – if events on the Rock of Eternity are taken as in literal sequence with events on earth (a question I deliberated in my SBC write-up) – places less than three weeks between the days surrounding the first chapters of Countdown and the opening of Infinite Crisis #1.

And of course, we must assume major time gaps in OMAC #6 and JLA #119 to allow even the two weeks Ed has plotted and/or the four weeks of my chronology.

As you state, there are, of course, a handful of explicit captions that force the chronology the other way – toward being much longer. And we have all of the Batman run arguing for a lengthy timeline as well. Simply put, somewhere something has to give, and we’ll never be able to make every time reference fit. The best we can do is minimize the number of things that must be considered as errors… and I prefer the default of throwing out a single caption to twisting the structural flow of entire runs.

[PaulTiberius]

Consider that Titans #26 explicitly places itself "one month later" after Superboy's rampage in #24-25 (which rampage was "not three days ago" as of "Sacrifice" (Adventures of Superman #642), in the midst of OMAC Project and thus hot on the heels of Countdown). Consider also that the JSA #73-75 tie-in to the early issues of Day of Vengeance was "last month" as of #76, which also follows shortly after Countdown. And both these references were in stories by Geoff Johns, architect of the whole shebang, so they shouldn't be casually disregarded.

Indeed, I would prefer not to have to disregard either reference. But like I said, other events argue against them.

Consider also that the events of Batman #635-641 span "five weeks" prior to Red Hood's unmasking, starting after OMAC Project (since in OP #6 Batman himself remarks that the stolen Kryptonite has not yet been recovered).

I can’t agree with you that Batman #635-638 is after OMAC #6. If your only basis for this is Rucka’s line of dialogue where Batman tells the Green Lanterns that the Kryptonite hasn’t been found (or is it “recovered”?), then you have to disregard Johns’ statement in JSA #76 that it was. I prefer to split the difference and have either a) Batman lying to the GLs, or b) Batman not actually taking possession of the Kryptonite in B #638. (There is also the troubling theory that there were two batches of the green stuff, but this is entirely speculative, and not supported by anything explicit anywhere.) I do plan on re-examining Batman’s and Metamorpho’s comments in these two issues, as well as looking closely at whether or not Batman could have been forced to leave the K behind in his pursuit of Red Hood. (Memory fails me at the moment.)

[PaulTiberius]

Nor are these the only examples; you've had to disregard the internal day references in Teen Titans and dismiss several other stories as "apocryphal" to make this tight compression work.

I believe you’re referring to Ed’s first chronology here, where “Lights Out” and “Insiders” go on the same weekend, due to Outsiders dependencies. I, of course, place them on consecutive weekends as the dialogue explicitly requires (which also requires forcing a rather uncomfortable gap in between Outsiders #20 and #21), and – I hate to keep speaking for Ed like this – I think he may be planning on correcting this.


I think there is a more elegant solution, one that allows time for all the intervening stories without the awkward crowding and overlapping. In my interpretation, there are roughly 2-1/2 months between the beginning of Countdown and the beginning of InfC.


I’d love to see a spreadsheet of your placement of things into a 2-1/2-month timeline. Got one handy? :)

At this point, I don’t see too much awkward crowding of anything – at least in my four-week timeline – other than the very big problem of fitting in Batman #639-649. In fact, in our discussions, Ed and I have been converging toward a three-week timeline, since my four-week backbone is extremely tenuous in the third and fourth weeks, and the events within those two weeks are in fact rather sparse.

In any case, it’s a huge ordeal to make a coherent timeline, isn’t it? And what fun, too! :D All this back and forth is very cool.

Takes me back to the days in 1998 when a bunch of us Star Trek bulletin board addicts started arguing things loudly enough to get the attention of the Star Trek editors … and a year later, our chronology work was officially sanctioned and published! Makes me feel all warm inside … Dan DiDio, are you reading? ;)

[lawman]

Anyway, moving along: we finally get to Infinite Crisis...

...and here, Sudoku, I think your difficulty is that you treat the events of InfC #1 as if they were in fact all simultaneous, as presented -- and thus wind up moving other things back and forward rather awkwardly to accommodate that (e.g, having Donna leave Earth then return again). It still doesn't quite work, though, as you yourself note WRT what Conner's watching on TV... I think you're quite accurate in your notes when you say, "As long as we assume that the Earth-2 Superman and the others are watching scenes out of sequence, there is no problem."

Given that, then, here's my take...

Day "0"
OMAC Project #6 (end), WW #221
(Footage of Max's death is broadcast worldwide)

Day 1
JLA #119 (end), Adv. Superman #645
(The Watchtower is destroyed) -- note: Lois in mid-east
JLA #120
(JLAers gather at cave, then Batman leaves for moon)
InfC #1 (selected scenes)
(Big 3 battle Mongul and each other on moon; Society ambushes Freedom Fighters)

Day 2
JLA #121; JSA #77
(Arthur attempts to regroup JLA, contacts Nightwing; JSA encounters Donna approaching Earth)

Day 3 (Sunday)
JLA #122-23 (Donna recruits Supergirl & RT in NYC)
WW #222 (Diana surrenders to ICC; Donna & Kara visit; fights Cheetah)
JSA #78-80 (JSA goes to Fate's tower & 5th dimension)
InfC #1 (cont'd), DoV #5-6 (Rock of Eternity detonates over Gotham)
--longer-than-apparent continuity gap in DoV #5
JLA #124-25 (Key defeated in Gotham)
Outsiders #29-31 (first scene) (7 Deadliy Sins attack Alcatraz; Donna recruits Starfire, Jade, & Shift)
Titans #29 (Donna recruits Cyborg; Red Hood attacks Tim)
--reference to "breaking footage" of Max's death is inaccurate
Superman #223 (Supergirl bids farewell to Clark, in Peru)
InfC #1 (Bloodhaven scene) Donna says goodbye to Dick; OMACs change protocol
Hawkman #47-48 (fight Komand'r; prequel to Donna's arrival at Polaris)
Action #832 (Spectre, now without Eclipso, visits Metropolis)
--note: Lois back in Metropolis; date given as Halloween (10/31)

Day 4 (Monday)
Titans #30-31 (Brother Blood attacks)
Firestorm #20 (Donna & crew in space)
Outsiders #31-32 (Donna & co in space, vs. Komand'r)
Adv. Superman #646-47 (final unmasking of Ruin)
-- note: Lois in Europe: visits Diana, then Geneva
InfC #1 (climax): Kal-L & co. escape Alex's "prison" dimension
WW #223 (night) (learns of new OMAC attack on Themyscira)

Day 5
Superman #224 (Luthor flies to arctic)
InfC #2 (Kal-L rescures Power Girl, explains her history)
InfC #3, Aquaman #37, WW #224
(Spectre destroys Atlantis; Batman argues with Brother Eye & meets Kal-L; Diana sends Themyscira away; the two Luthors meet)
Superman #225 (S. flies west -- with brief stop in El Paso -- to fight fires)
JSA #81? (side battle in Philly)
DoV Special (Rock reconstructed, Spectre finally defeated)

... and so on from there, in pretty much the sequence you present.

Thoughts?

[PaulTiberius]

Anyway, moving along: we finally get to Infinite Crisis...

...and here, Sudoku, I think your difficulty is that you treat the events of InfC #1 as if they were in fact all simultaneous, as presented -- and thus wind up moving other things back and forward rather