''DC Universe Presents'' is the name of two

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publications. The first was part of the UK 'Collector's Edition' line of

published by

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. Beginning March 2007, it was originally titled ''Superman Legends'' and was published alongside ''

Batman Legends ''Batman Legends'' (retitled to simply ''Batman'' for its third and fourth volumes) was a monthly anthology comic book series published in the UK by Titan Magazines as part of their DC Comics 'Collector's' Edition' range. Initially published b ...

''. Titan also later released several other DC comics following on from the success of ''Superman'' and ''Batman Legends''. The book was retitled as ''DC Universe Presents'' at issue 33 but continued the issue count of ''Superman Legends'', despite the change in title and in some of its content. The title reprinted

from the

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including ''

Justice League The Justice League (also known as The Justice League of America) are a team of superheroes appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The team first appeared in ''The Brave and the Bold'' #28 (March 1960). The team was conceived ...

'', '' Superman'' and ''

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'' and was edited by Mark McKenzie-Ray. The second was a US title published as part of DC Comic's

The New 52 The New 52 is the 2011 revamp and relaunch by DC Comics of its entire Line (comics), line of ongoing monthly superhero American comic books, comic books. Following the conclusion of the "Flashpoint (comics), Flashpoint" Fictional crossover, cross ...

. The premise of the book was similar to that of DC's original ''

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'' and ''

DC Comics Presents ''DC Comics Presents'' is a comic book series published by DC Comics from 1978 to 1986 which ran for 97 issues and four ''Annual''s. It featured team-ups between Superman and a wide variety of other characters in the DC Universe. A recurring ba ...

'' series. It would introduce characters and concepts into the rebooted universe. The final issue of this series, #19, was published in April 2013.

Titan Magazine

Contents of ''Superman Legends''

Stories printed in ''Superman Legends'' included: * Issues 1-12: '' Superman: For Tomorrow'' * Issues 1-3, 5-9: ''

All-Star Superman ''All-Star Superman'' is a twelve-issue American comic book series featuring Superman that was published by DC Comics. The series ran from November 2005 to October 2008. The series was written by Grant Morrison, drawn by Frank Quitely, and digi ...

'' * Issues 1-2: The last two issues of ''

Superman/Batman ''Superman/Batman'' is a monthly comic book series published by DC Comics that features the publisher's two most popular superheroes: Superman and Batman. ''Superman/Batman'' premiered in August 2003, an update of the previous series, '' World' ...

: Public Enemies'' * Issues 3-7, 10-11: "Camelot Falls" from ''

Action Comics ''Action Comics'' is an American comic book/ magazine series that introduced Superman, one of the first major superhero characters. The publisher was originally known as National Allied Publications, and later as National Comics Publication ...

'' * Issue 4: ''

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'' #0 * Issue 8-11: ''

Superman Confidential ''Superman Confidential'' was a monthly comic book series from DC Comics. The series debuted on November 1, 2006 and was canceled in April 2008 after 14 issues. ''Superman Confidential'' featured Superman stories set in the early years of the ch ...

'' * Issue 13+: various comics from ''

'' including "Last Son" and "Bizarro World" * Issue 14+: ''

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Change to DC Universe Presents

''Superman Legends'' became ''DC Universe Presents'' after issue #33. It continued the stories and issue count of ''Superman Legends'' while adding stories featuring other characters such as

and

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. Issue #40 featured no Superman content because of a focus on Green Lantern due to the release of the Green Lantern film. Issue #43 marked the first time that any of

comic strips were published in the UK. It featured the first issues of the new ''

'', ''

'' and ''Green Lantern'' comics. According to the response to a fan letter, these stories were then due to continue being printed in ''DC Universe Presents'' for the foreseeable future, although ''Action Comics'' and ''Green Lantern'' were later dropped in favour of ''

Justice League Dark The Justice League Dark, or JLD, is a superhero team appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The team would make their debut appearance in ''Justice League Dark'' #1 (September 2011). The Justice League Dark team features som ...

'' and ''

''. Titan published a new comic, simply titled ''Superman'', launched on 30 May 2013. This series lasted only six issues before being replaced with ''Batman/Superman''. Titan also published a ''Superman Annual'' in August the same year.

Volume Two (Justice League Trinity)

The comic was relaunched in 2014 as ''DC Universe Presents Justice League Trinity'', a change which marked the beginning of a new volume for the title. Now published bi-monthly, the page count was increased to 100 pages to accommodate the four to five stories printed per issue. ''

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'' and ''

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'' were amongst the stories printed in the new format. US comics reprinted during Volume 2 included: * Issue 4: ''

'' #1-2, ''Justice League'' #24, ''Justice League of America'' #8 * Issue 10: ''Justice League'' #32, ''Justice League United'' #2, ''Justice League Dark'' #35, ''The Flash'' #4 * Issue 11: ''Justice League'' #33, ''Justice League United'' #3, ''Justice League Dark'' #36, ''The Flash'' #5 * Issue 12: ''Justice League'' #34, ''Justice League United'' #4, ''Justice League Dark'' #47, ''Wonder Woman'' #1

Cancellation

Titan ceased publication of all their DC Comics titles, including ''DC Universe Presents'', in December 2018.

The New 52

This series presented multi-issue and single-issue stories about different DC characters, each by a different creative team. It was published in the First Wave of new comics that DC released under The New 52 banner after Flashpoint. The series ended with the 19th issue. * Issues 1-5: Deadman ** Writer: Paul Jenkins ** Artist: Bernard Chang * Issues 6-8:

Challengers of the Unknown The Challengers of the Unknown is a fictional group of adventurers appearing in comic books published by DC Comics. The quartet of adventurers explored paranormal occurrences while facing several fantastic menaces. The characters' provenance is ...

** Writer:

Dan DiDio Dan DiDio (; born October 13, 1959) is an American writer, editor, and publisher who has worked in the television and comic book industries. From February 2010 until February 2020, he was the co-publisher of DC Comics, along with Jim Lee. '' Wiza ...

** Artist:

Jerry Ordway Jeremiah Ordway (born November 28, 1957) is an American writer, penciller, inker and painter of comic books. He is known for his inking work on a wide variety of DC Comics titles, including the continuity-redefining ''Crisis on Infinite Earths ...

* Issues 9-11:

Vandal Savage Vandar Adg of the Blood Tribe, more widely known as Vandal Savage, is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. He is said to be a Cro-Magnon warrior who gained immortality and advanced healing abilities after encount ...

** Writer: James Robinson ** Artist: Bernard Chang * Issue 12:

Kid Flash Kid Flash is the name of several fictional superheroes appearing in comic books published by DC Comics, originally created by John Broome and Carmine Infantino, as a junior counterpart to DC Comics superhero The Flash. The first version of the c ...

** Writer:

Fabian Nicieza Fabian Nicieza (born December 31, 1961) is an Argentine-American comic book writer and editor who is best known for his work on Marvel titles such as ''X-Men'', '' X-Force'', ''New Warriors'', ''Nomad'', '' Cable'', ''Deadpool'' and ''Thunderbol ...

** Artist: Jorge Jimenez * Issue 0: OMAC, Mister Terrific, Hawk & Dove, Blackhawks, Deadman: This issue featured characters from titles cancelled when the Second Wave of

was announced. ** Writers:

Dan Didio Dan DiDio (; born October 13, 1959) is an American writer, editor, and publisher who has worked in the television and comic book industries. From February 2010 until February 2020, he was the co-publisher of DC Comics, along with Jim Lee. '' Wiza ...

Rob Liefeld Robert Liefeld (; born October 3, 1967) is an American comic book creator. A prominent writer and artist in the 1990s, he is known for co-creating the character Cable with writer Louise Simonson and the character Deadpool with writer Fabian Nici ...

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, James Robinson ** Artists: Various * Issues 13-16:

Black Lightning Black Lightning (Jefferson Pierce) is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character, created by writer Tony Isabella and artist Trevor Von Eeden, first appeared in ''Black Lightning'' #1 (April 1977), during ...

and Blue Devil ** Writer:

Marc Andreyko Marc Andreyko (born 20 June 1970) is a comic book writer and screenwriter, best known for the true crime series ''Torso'' he co-wrote with Brian Michael Bendis and for co-creating the character Kate Spencer for DC Comics. Career Marc Andreyko c ...

** Artist: Robson Rocha * Issue 17:

Arsenal An arsenal is a place where arms and ammunition are made, maintained and repaired, stored, or issued, in any combination, whether privately or publicly owned. Arsenal and armoury (British English) or armory (American English) are mostly ...

** Writer:

Joe Keatinge Joe Keatinge is an American comic book writer and editor, best known for his writing work with Marvel Comics and Image Comics, and as the co-editor of '' Popgun'' with Mark Andrew Smith. Early life Joe Keatinge was born on June 11, 1982 in Sant ...

** Artist: Ricken * Issue 18: Starfire ** Writer: Joe Keatinge ** Artist: Federico Dallocchio * Issue 19:

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** Writer:

** Artist: Jesus Saiz

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