History Franchise / TheDCU

* [[AmbiguouslyBi/TheDCU Ambiguously Bi]]

* ''Film/JonahHex''

Their distinguished competition is the Franchise/MarvelUniverse, published by Creator/MarvelComics. The two lines appear similar at first glance, but there are some very subtle differences between the two. While there are many exceptions, the main difference is that the super-hero community tends to have a stricter sense of [[BlackAndWhiteMorality black-and-white morality]] at DC. This is written as a mature philosophical stand-point, dealing with the heroic archetype and their place as trusted members of society; in the DCU the general public tend to have greater respect for their heroes and treat them with higher esteem. In turn, the heroes of the DCU must undergo the trials of having to keep their respect and morality, even when it goes under fire. The often [[PhysicalGod much]] higher [[SuperWeight power levels]] of DC heroes compared to Marvel heroes further widens the gap between the "super" and "normal" categories of characters.

* [[SuperWeight/TheDCU Super Weight]]

* [[HandicappedBadass/TheDCU Handicapped Badass]]

* [[AxCrazy/TheDCU Ax Crazy]]

* [[ForWantOfANail/TheDCU For Want Of A Nail]]

* [[EthicalSlut/TheDCU Ethical Slut]]

* [[AnIcePerson/TheDCU An Ice Person]]

* ComicBook/Anarky

* [[AdaptationalAttractiveness/TheDCU Adaptational Attractiveness]]

* [[HappilyMarried/TheDCU Happily Married]]

* KilledOffForReal: Many DC characters that have died were thought to come back after ''ComicBook/BlackestNight''. While [[ComicBook/BrightestDay 12 random people were brought back to life]], many more stayed dead. Examples are [[ComicBook/IdentityCrisis Sue Dibny]], [[ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica Johnny Quick (Johnny Chambers)]], ComicBook/TheQuestion [[ComicBook/FiftyTwo (Charles Victor Szasz)]], the ComicBook/ElongatedMan (Ralph Dibny), Eclipso (Jean Loring, that is - Eclipso itself is functionally immortal), the first two ComicBook/{{Blue Beetle}}s (Dan Garrett and Ted Kord), [[ComicBook/TheFlash Mirror Master I (Samuel Joseph Scudder)]], [[ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica Doctor Mid-Nite I (Charles M. McNider), Sandman (Wesley Dodds), Mister Terrific I (Terry Sloane), Damage (Grant Emerson)]], [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Kal-L (Earth 2)]], and many more not listed here. Many of those were brought back in the New 52 or ''Comicbook/DCRebirth'', however.

* ComicBook/{{Hourman}}

* [[MundaneUtility/TheDCU Mundane Utility]]

* [[ShipTease/TheDCU Ship Tease]]

* RememberTheNewGuy: DC Comics had several heroes that were created in the 70's and 80's, but were established as having been active during the 40's. Among them were Amazing-Man (chronologically, one of the earliest black superheroes) and ComicBook/CommanderSteel, both of whom were established as having fought alongside the members of the [[ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica JSA]].

* [[FateWorseThanDeath/TheDCU Fate Worse Than Death]]

* ComicBook/DoctorMidNite

* [[EyeBeams/TheDCU Eye Beams]]

* [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown/TheDCU No Holds Barred Beatdown]]

** The characters of Quality Comics, such as ComicBook/PlasticMan, Kid Eternity, and the ComicBook/{{Freedom Fighters|DC}}.

* ComicBook/{{Freedom Fighters|DC}}

* [[InterspeciesRomance/TheDCU Interspecies Romance]]

* [[MrFanservice/TheDCU Mr Fanservice]]

The streaming service called Creator/DCUniverse features numerous live action and animated adaptations of the DCU, as well as a large back catalogue of DC comics.

Not to be confused with Franchise/JamesGunnsDCUniverse, the film and multimedia DC Comics franchise in the making with Creator/JamesGunn as central creator.

* [[CloningBlues/TheDCU Cloning Blues]]