History WhamLine / TheDCU

* ''ComicBook/{{Aquaman}}'': "In a fit of rage, seeking revenge, [[YouKilledMyFather Aquaman killed Black Manta's father]]."

--> '''Wally West:''' [[{{ComicBook/Watchmen}} We're being watched]].

* ''ComicBook/FlashpointDCComics'':

** ''Green Lantern'' #12: "Hal Jordan will become the greatest Black Lantern."

** ''War of the Green Lanterns'': "Thaal Sinestro of Korugar. You have the ability to overcome great fear. You have been chosen. Welcome to the Green Lantern Corps."

* From the ads for the final issue of ''ComicBook/ADeathInTheFamily'', a direct TakeThat to those who thought DC wouldn't violate StatusQuoIsGod: "ComicBook/{{Robin}} is dead, murdered by ComicBook/TheJoker."
* ''[[ComicBook/{{Huntress}} Batman/Huntress: Cry for Blood]]'': "Isn't it obvious? Your mother and I were conceiving you, Helena Rosa. Now put that crossbow down before you accidentally murder your father."
** To explain, Helena Rosa Bertinelli became the murderous vigilante Huntress to answer the cry for blood of her murdered family. Suddenly she, and we, are discovering that she is not a Bertinelli at all, but a Cassamento, and that her father is very much alive. We then go on to learn that her father is the one who arranged the murder of her family, with the intent of sparing her mother, ''not'' her. [[LukeIAmYourFather The very man she has spent her adult life trying to identify and kill is her father]].
* ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'':
** The [[ItWasHisSled final line]] of chapter 11. Nite Owl and Rorschach have confronted Ozymandias and are prepared to stop his evil plan, only to find out, the hard way, that Ozymandias was prepared first:
--->'''Veidt:''' "Do it?" Dan, I'm not a Republic serial villain. Did you seriously think I'd explain my masterstroke if there was the slightest chance of you affecting its outcome? [[YouAreTooLate I did it thirty-five minutes ago.]]
** Also while Nite Owl and Rorschach are looking through Ozymandias' office for clues about who might be targeting heroes, having been unable to speak with Ozymandias themselves.
--->'''Nite Owl''': Rorschach, I think we're in '''bad''' trouble. The person behind this, the person we're up against... I think it's Adrian.
** And:
--->'''Comedian:''' "Jesus Christ Sally, can't a guy talk to his, y'know, his old friend's daughter?"
*** The wham comes when the listener realizes the reason for the stutter is because he didn't intend to say "old friend" at all.
** A bit less dramatic, but there is a part in ''Under The Hood'' where Hollis is talking about reading ''ComicBook/ActionComics'' as a kid, and mentions Franchise/{{Superman}}, ComicBook/LoisLane and ComicBook/JimmyOlsen. He then says "Of course, all of these old characters are gone and forgotten now."

** Clark Kent telling ComicBook/LoisLane he's been having nightmares...and he never ''had'' nightmares.

** ComicBook/LexLuthor in response to Lois questioning him about the Supermen Theory:
--->'''Lex:''' You see, I've learned the person who's created these metahumans for the government is themself a metahuman. I don't know their name, but I do know one thing about them. At some point in time...They were a member of the Justice League.
** Franchise/{{Batman}} to Dr. Manhattan in issue #7: "I know who you are."
** Doctor Manhattan reacts to a statement by Rorschach, "Cancer? [looks over at Ozymandias, looks back] Adrian does not have cancer."

* ''Franchise/GreenLantern'':

** ''Green Lantern #12'': "Hal Jordan will become the greatest Black Lantern."
** "KEEP IT AWAY FROM ME!!!". Not for the words themselves, but who says them; Larfleeze after his ring is briefly pulled off, only to fly back to him.

-->'''Earth-Two Superman:''' "Now this...This looks like a job for Superman!"
* ''ComicBook/TheSandman'': From the ''Seasons of Mist'' arc: when Morpheus enters hell to free Nada from imprisonment, he sends warning to Lucifer - Lucifer being the one whom Morpheus utterly humiliated in a previous arc, and has sworn vengeance on him. Upon hearing this news, Lucifer gathers the hordes of hell and the souls of the damned and makes what appears to be a ThisMeansWar declaration, promising that it will be a day that Morpheus and everybody else will never forget. When Dream eventually arrives, Hell is totally empty, besides Lucifer himself. Dream demands that Lucifer explain what's going on.
-->'''Lucifer:''' Isn't it obvious, dream king? I've quit.
* ''ComicBook/SuicideSquad'': "Frank Rock died in 1945."
** This one's especially painful. It was supposed to kick off a new story arc, but the series was [[CutShort cancelled prematurely]], which caused it to be the ''last'' line in the series.
* ''ComicBook/SecretSix'': "It's Aramaic. It translates to: Get Out Of Hell Free."
* ''ComicBook/{{Aquaman}}'': "In a fit of rage, seeking revenge, Aquaman killed [[BigBad Black Manta's father]]."
* ''ComicBook/{{Flashpoint}}'':
** "What did ''I'' do? Oh, Barry. My ''idol''. My ''inspiration''. That's the ''beauty'' of all this ''madness''. I didn't do ''anything''. Not a ''thing''. You see, it turns out... ''You're the villain today.''"
** "You're Thomas Wayne."
* ''Franchise/{{Batman}} ComicBook/TheLongHalloween'': "I am Holiday."
** Also, "You both know, don't you? There were two Holiday Killers."
* ''ComicBook/BatmanDarkVictory'': "What if the message isn't None Of You are Safe? What if it's '''Nine''' of you are safe?"
* ''ComicBook/TheDarkKnightStrikesAgain'':
-->'''Batman:''' ''[to the New Joker]'' So... it's you. I changed the abort code the night I fired you... ''Dick Grayson''.
* ''[[Franchise/{{Batman}} Batman and Robin #12]]'': "They're all jokes."
* ''ComicBook/GothamAcademy'' Second Semester #7:
--->'''Kyle''': Olive, none of us have even ''met'' Amy yet. We couldn't even tell you what she looked like.
* ''ComicBook/IdentityCrisis'' #6:
-->'''Zatanna''': NAMTAB POTS!
* ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'':
** ''ComicBook/KingdomCome'':
--->'''Norman:''' He had not turned his back at us. He stands in the sky... faith rewarded. (vision of [[BewareTheSuperman screaming Superman, which changes Norman's mood and reaction)]] ... [[OhCrap dear God]]. The threat of Armageddon hasn't ended. [[FromBadToWorse It's just begun...]]

--->''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'': I thought we'd come to this someday! Well, now that we have, I've got to tell you, Superman — '''There is NO planet Krypton!''' Moreover, Clark — There never '''WAS!'''

** At the second-to-last issue of ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes'' storyline ''ComicBook/TheGreatDarknessSaga'', the identity of the Master of Darkness is at last revealed:
--->"Go... for your master... '''for Darkseid!"'''
** ''ComicBook/NewSuperMan''
---> '''Ching Lung''': Without me, Super-Man Zero, there would be no you. Without me, there would be no superheroes. [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks For I am the very beginning]].
** ''ComicBook/TheOzEffect''
---> '''Mr. Oz''': I am Jor-El
* ''Franchise/WonderWoman'':
** In the ''ComicBook/New52'' version of ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'': [[ComicBook/NewGods BOOM]].
** ''ComicBook/WonderWomanRebirth'': Diana wraps her own Lasso of Truth around her wrist and asks herself a question; trying to figure out why the Amazons and Olympians don't seem to remember things:
--->''You are many to many. Peace-maker and war-fighter. Supplicant, aspirant, penitent. The true friend and the boon companion, the trusted soul and the truth-speaker...\\
...And you have been '''deceived'''.''
* ''[[Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica Justice League #50]]'' (ComicBook/{{New 52}}):
-->'''Batman''': It said there were three.
-->'''Green Lantern''': Three? Three ''[[ComicBook/TheJoker Jokers]]?''
* ''{{ComicBook/DC Rebirth}}'':
--> '''Wally West''': [[{{ComicBook/Watchmen}} We're being watched]].

--->'''The Floronic Man''': "He isn't Alec Holland. He never will be Alec Holland. [[TomatoInTheMirror He never was Alec Holland.]]"

--->'''The Floronic Man:''' "He should have let me finish. He should have listened. Then I'd have been able to explain the most important thing of all to him. I'd have been able to explain that [[{{Not Quite Dead}} you can't kill a vegetable by shooting it through the head]]."
* ''ComicBook/AmazonsAttack'' has these pages in the final panels.
--> '''Athena:''' Hmm, perhaps you're right. Perhaps "Justice" isn't the right word. But you have to admit... [[ComicBook/NewGods GOODNESS]] has certainly triumphed!

* ''ComicBook/TheSandman'': From the ''Seasons of Mist'' arc: when Morpheus enters hell to free Nada from imprisonment, he sends warning to Lucifer - Lucifer being the one whom Morpheus utterly humiliated in a previous arc, and has sworn vengeance on him. Upon hearing this news, Lucifer gathers the hordes of hell and the souls of the damned and makes what appears to be a This Means War!! declaration, promising that it will be a day that Morpheus and everybody else will never forget. When Dream eventually arrives, Hell is totally empty, besides Lucifer himself. Dream demands that Lucifer explain what's going on.

** "KEEP IT AWAY FROM ME!!!". Not for the words themselves, but who says them; [[spoiler:Larfleeze after his ring is briefly pulled off, only to fly back to him]].

---> '''[[spoiler:Ching Lung]]''': Without me, Super-Man Zero, there would be no you. Without me, there would be no superheroes. [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks For I am the very beginning]].

---> '''Mr. Oz''': I am [[spoiler:Jor-El]]

-->'''Green Lantern''': Three? Three [[spoiler:''[[ComicBook/TheJoker Jokers]]?'']]

--> '''Athena:''' Hmm, perhaps you're right. Perhaps "Justice" isn't the right word. But you have to admit... [[ComicBook/NewGods GOODNESS]] has certainly triumphed!

** Franchise/{{Batman} to Dr. Manhattan in issue #7: "I know who you are."

** Clark Kent telling Lois Lane he's been having nightmares...and he never ''had'' nightmares.

** Lex Luthor in response to Lois questioning him about the Supermen Theory:

** Batman to Dr. Manhattan in issue #7: "I know who you are."

* From the ads for the final issue of ''ComicBook/ADeathInTheFamily'', a direct TakeThat to those who thought DC wouldn't violate StatusQuoIsGod: "Robin is dead, murdered by the Joker."