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"DARKSEID IS"

And lo, there came a time when the Teen Titans went their separate ways.  Crushed in their idealism by the Justice League, the young heroes disbanded in the wake of their failure to prevent the assassination of peace activist Arthur Swenson.  Convinced that they were doing more harm than good, Robin, Wonder Girl, Speedy, Kid Flash, and Hawk & Dove gave up their costumes, but found a new benefactor in Mr. Jupiter, and someone their own age, Mal Duncan, who still believed in them. 

Green Arrow challenges Green Lantern to prove he cares as much about humans as he does aliens.  Together, they hit the road and explore America. 

Media mogul Morgan Edge is discovered to be under the employ of a dark god.

Superman's worst nightmare, the existence of Kryptonite, finally ends, but then he begins losing his powers, too.

Escape artist Thaddeus Brown finally meets the one trap he can't break free from: death itself.  His mysterious pupil Scott Free, however, takes up the Mister Miracle identity in tribute.

"DARKSEID IS"

Batman is captured by the League of Assassins and locked in a prison cell.  He finds his cellmate Talia beguiling, and in many ways the perfect match he never expected to find.  Then he meets the master of the League, Ra's al Ghul, who reveals that Talia is his daughter, and the whole reason the League was sent after Batman was to trick him into falling in love with her. 

A man named Damian and a woman named Linda are arguing, casting recriminations against each other, and all their secrets are exposed.  Linda accuses Damian of having murdered her previous lover.  Before he can object, a Swamp Thing appears and murders Damian.  Linda can't know that this Swamp Thing is her reanimated lover.

Green Arrow's quest to redeem Green Lantern's humanity hits a snag when he discovers his sidekick Speedy has become a junkie, and he had no idea.

Mister Miracle reunites with the love of his life, Big Barda, as they confront the vengeance of Apokolips, the world Scott Free escaped years ago.

John Stewart is mad at the world but feels totally impotent to affect real change.  Then he's awarded the power ring of Green Lantern.

"DARKSEID IS"

The Seven Soldiers of Victory reunite from across time to battle their greatest foe.

Jason Blood becomes the Demon
and if you look for rhyme or reason
you'll just end up feeling sick
for 'tis a king's most wicked trick.

Wonder Woman ends a personal crusade to prove herself in the world of man on its own terms and resumes her Amazonian crusade by returning to Paradise City and performing twelve labors.

Billy Batson once more utters the word "Shazam!" and becomes Captain Marvel, having been denied the transformation for years by the evil Doctor Sivana.

Klarion the Witch Boy
is in the employ
of a mischievous spirit
to test the Demon's wit.

The Sandman enters your dreams in a bright costume.

The Spectre exacts grim wrath on criminals.

Libre briefly has the powers of a god and transcends his enemies in the Justice League, but can't balance the scales of his own nature.

"DARKSEID IS"

Stalker exchanges his soul in order to become a warrior, but realizes he lost his humanity in the process.

Ronnie Raymond and Martin Stein converge into the Firestorm matrix.

The Reverse-Flash murders Iris Allen, the Flash's wife.

Green Lantern discovers Guy Gardner being held prisoner by Sinestro in the Phantom Zone.  Like John Stewart, Guy had been considered an alternate for Hal Jordan's power ring.  In rescuing him, Hal found that Sinestro had broken Guy, leaving him with brain damage and in a coma. 

"DARKSEID IS"

It's a decade fraught with trauma, all of it orchestrated by the dark god of Apokolips, himself battling a never-ending war in the Fourth World against his counterparts on New Genesis.  In his mad quest for the Anti-Life Equation, Darkseid has the heroes of Earth question everything they had long assumed about themselves.  Eventually the whole affair ends in implosion, and perhaps a rebirth...

Adapted from DC COMICS YEAR BY YEAR: A VISUAL CHRONICLE, based on entries from
TEEN TITANS #25, 26
GREEN LANTERN/GREEN ARROW #76, 85, 86, 87
SUPERMAN'S PAL, JIMMY OLSEN #134
SUPERMAN #233
MISTER MIRACLE #1, 4
DETECTIVE COMICS #411
BATMAN #232
HOUSE OF SECRETS #92
JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #100, 111
THE DEMON #1, 7
WONDER WOMAN #203, 204
SHAZAM! #1
SANDMAN #1
ADVENTURE COMICS #431
STALKER #1
FIRESTORM, THE NUCLEAR MAN #1
THE FLASH #275
GREEN LANTERN #123
(1970-79)