History ComicBook / JustImagineStanLeeCreatingTheDCUniverse

* StupidEvil: [[BigBad Lady Zakara]] randomly kills her own men at the slightest provocation or failure, then tries to kill [[TheDragon Zorgul]] ''even though he has been effective and completely loyal so far'', and refuses to listen to a warning from one of her men until it's too late despite him insisting multiple times. Zorgul himself somehow buys it when she tells him his attempted murder was an accident. And the {{Mooks}} as a whole still accept to follow Zakara despite her proving several times [[BadBoss she is the worst boss ever]].

* [[ComicBook/TheSandman Sandman]]

20 years after this continuity was established, a one-shot revisiting the ''Just Imagine'' universe titled ''Tales from Earth-6: A Celebration of Stan Lee'' was released, which had a multitude of authors writing new stories for Stan Lee's take on the DC heroes.

In 2023, a one-shot revisiting the ''Just Imagine'' universe titled ''Tales from Earth-6: A Celebration of Stan Lee'' was released, which had a multitude of authors writing new stories for Stan Lee's take on the DC heroes.

* AdaptationalSuperpowerChange: Instead of being able to breathe underwater, communicate telepathically to fish and having the durability to survive underwater pressure, this continuity's Aquaman is able to transform into living water as well as manipulate the water around him.

* MythologyGag: A book about reinvented DC heroes appropriately has a villain named [[ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths Crisis]].

%%* TheNudifier: Green Lantern and Parasite.

* AdaptationalSuperpowerChange: Instead of being able to breathe underwater, communicate telepathically to fish and having the durability to withstand underwater pressure, this continuity's Aquaman is able to transform into living water as well as manipulate the water around him.

* AdaptedOut: Martian Manhunter is the only one of the main Justice League roster who does not get a counterpart in this universe, presumably because of a reinventing of him would've been more difficult to conceive than the other heroes' reimaginings.

* AdaptedOut: Martian Manhunter is the only one of the main Justice League roster who does not get a counterpart in this universe.
* AlliterativeName: Many (but not all) characters, including Superman (Salden)- Wayne Williams (Batman), Maria Mendoza (Wonder Woman), Mary Maxwell (The Flash), Leonard Lewis (Green Lantern), Robert Rogers (Captain Marvel), Ramon Raymond (Aquaman), and Joanie Jordan (Catwoman). [[SignatureStyle Not surprising considering this is Stan Lee we're talking about.]]

* BadassNormal: Batman, naturally.

%%* ThoseTwoGuys: Fly-By-Night Comics.

* AdaptationDyeJob: Superman is blond and Lois Lane is raven-haired.

* AdaptationDyeJob: Superman is blond.

* RaceLift: Batman's black, Robin's Hispanic, and Wonder Woman is Peruvian and gets her powers from {{Mayincatec}} mythology. Whilst she never gets empowered in the comic, Dinah Drake is also African-American.

* AdapatedOut: Martian Manhunter is the only one of the main Justice League roster who does not get a counterpart in this universe.

* BeardnessProtectionProgram: Inverted. Batman got out of prison knowing that Handz would be after him, so he shaved his head {{bald|OfAwesome}} and turned his goatee into a handlebar mustache.

* BeardnessProtectionProgram: Inverted. Batman got out of prison knowing that Handz would be after him, so he shaved his head {{bald|OfAwesome}} and turned his goatee into a [[BadassMoustache handlebar mustache]].

* MythologyGag: A book about reinvented DC heroes appropriately has a BiggerBad named [[ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths Crisis]].

In 2001, Creator/StanLee was asked to re-write [[Franchise/TheDCU the DC Universe]] from the bottom up. Wait... Batman's the son of a cop? Superman's an AntiHero? Robin's a thief? How did all this happen?

ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin, ''Just Imagine...'' was a series started in 2001, when Stan Lee collaborated with Creator/DCComics to reimagine DC's biggest heroes from his own storytelling perspective. Origins are radically changed (as are the causes for their powers) while still keeping to the basic feel of the various characters.

* BadBoss: Lady Zakara, who run STEALTH, practically kills her minions on a whim if one so much as even questions her as well as failure. When she does get her hands on time travel, she kills even more just to keep the secert to herself despite one trying to warn her of the effects of said time travel.

* PrisonsAreGymnasiums: Part of Batman's backstory; after being framed for a crime he didn't commit, the skinny Wayne Williams started exercising strenuously until he had nearly doubled in size. He also spent a lot of time in the prison library, [[GeniusBruiser training his mind to match his body]].

* ''Sandman''

* AlliterativeName: Many (but not all) characters, including Superman (Salden)- Wayne Williams (Batman), Maria Mendoza (Wonder Woman), Mary Maxwell (The Flash), Leonard Lewis (Green Lantern), Robert Rogers (Captain Marvel), Ramon Raymond (Aquaman), and Joanie Jordan (Catwoman). [[SignatureStyle Not surprising considering this is Stan Lee we're talking about]].

* BeardlessProtectionProgram: Batman got out of prison knowing that Handz would be after him, so he shaved his head [[BaldOfAwesome bald]] and turned his goatee into a [[BadassMoustache handlebar mustache]].