''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 by Pa ...

''. 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, or Justice League of America (JLA), is a group of superheroes appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The team first appeared in ''The Brave and the Bold'' #28 (March 1960). Writer Gardner Fox conceived the ...

'', ''

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'' 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 was 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, cros ...

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

'' 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 (on sale date). The series was written by Grant Morrison, drawn by Frank Qu ...

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

Superman/Batman ''Superman/Batman'' is a monthly American 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, ' ...

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

Action Comics ''Action Comics'' is an American comic book/Comic anthology, magazine series that introduced Superman, one of the first major superhero characters. The publisher was originally known as Detective Comics Inc., which later merged into National ...

'' * Issue 4: ''

Justice League of America The Justice League, or Justice League of America (JLA), is a group of superheroes appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The team first appeared in '' The Brave and the Bold'' #28 (March 1960). Writer Gardner Fox conceived t ...

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

Superman Confidential ''Superman Confidential'' is a comic book series published by DC Comics. Launched on November 1, 2006, it ran for a total of 14 issues before being discontinued in April 2008. It served as a platform to explore the early years of Superman's career ...

'' * 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

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 Justice League Dark, or JLD, is a superhero team appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The team made their debut in ''Justice League Dark'' #1 (September 2011). The team features some of the more supernatural characters in t ...

'' 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 '' Justice League United'' 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 Deadman or Deadman's may refer to: * "Deadman" or "dead man", are alternative terms for a dead man's switch * "Deadman's foot" is another name for a Salamander (metallurgy), Salamander in metallurgy * "Deadman anchor" is a buried object (log, con ...

** Writer: Paul Jenkins ** Artist:

Bernard Chang Bernard Chang (born 1972) is a Canadian-American artist/designer best known for his work in the comic book industry and entertainment design. Career Born in Montreal, Quebec, Chang started drawing comics professionally in 1992 while attending P ...

* 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. '' Wizar ...

** Artist:

Jerry Ordway Jeremiah Joseph 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 E ...

* Issues 9-11:

Vandal Savage Vandal Savage (Vandar Adg) 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 encountering a strange meteorite during prehis ...

** 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 ...

** Writer:

Fabian Nicieza Fabian Nicieza (; 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'', '' Gambit'', '' Deadpool'' and ' ...

** Artist: Jorge Jimenez * Issue 0: OMAC, Mister Terrific,

Hawk and Dove Hawk and Dove are a superhero team appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by Steve Ditko and Steve Skeates, they appeared in ''Showcase (comics), Showcase'' #75 (June 1968) during the Silver Age of Comic Books. The du ...

, Blackhawks, Deadman: This issue featured characters from titles cancelled when the Second Wave of

was announced. ** Writers: Dan DiDio,

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 (comics), Cable with writer Louise Simonson and the character Deadpool with wri ...

Tony Bedard Antony J. L. Bedard is an American writer and editor who has worked in the comic book industry since 1992, and in the video game industry since 2012. His best known video game works include several installments in the ''Call of Duty'' franchise, s ...

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

Black Lightning Black Lightning (Jefferson Michael "Jeff" Pierce) is a superhero who appears in American comic book published by DC Comics. The character, created by writer Jenny Blake Isabella with artist Trevor Von Eeden, first appeared in ''Black Lightning'' ...

and Blue Devil ** Writer:

Marc Andreyko Marc Andreyko (born June 20, 1970) is an American 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 Mar ...

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

Beowulf ''Beowulf'' (; ) is an Old English poetry, Old English poem, an Epic poetry, epic in the tradition of Germanic heroic legend consisting of 3,182 Alliterative verse, alliterative lines. It is one of the most important and List of translat ...

** Writer: Tony Bedard ** Artist: Jesus Saiz

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