DC Universe Presents is the name of twoDC Comics publications. The first was part of the UK 'Collector's Edition' line ofDC Comics published byTitan Magazines. Beginning March 2007, it was originally titledSuperman Legends and was published alongsideBatman Legends.[1] Titan also later released several other DC comics following on from the success ofSuperman andBatman Legends. The book was retitled asDC Universe Presents at issue 33 but continued the issue count ofSuperman Legends, despite the change in title and in some of its content. The title reprintedDC Comics from theUnited States includingJustice League,Superman andGreen Lantern and was edited by Mark McKenzie-Ray.
The second was a US title published as part of DC Comic'sThe New 52. The premise of the book was similar to that of DC's originalShowcase andDC Comics Presents series. It would introduce characters and concepts into the rebooted universe. The final issue of this series, #19, was published in April 2013.[2]
Stories printed inSuperman Legends included:
Superman Legends becameDC Universe Presents after issue #33. It continued the stories and issue count ofSuperman Legends while adding stories featuring other characters such asGreen Lantern andFlash. Issue #40 featured no Superman content because of a focus on Green Lantern due to the release of theGreen Lantern film.Issue #43 marked the first time thatThe New 52 comic strips were published in the UK. It featured the first issues of the newJustice League,Action Comics andGreen Lantern comics. According to the response to a fan letter, these stories were then due to continue being printed inDC Universe Presents for the foreseeable future, althoughAction Comics andGreen Lantern were later dropped in favour ofJustice League Dark andJustice League of America.
Titan published a new comic, simply titledSuperman, launched on 30 May 2013.[3] This series lasted only six issues before being replaced withBatman/Superman. Titan also published aSuperman Annual in August the same year.[4]
The comic was relaunched in 2014 asDC 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.[5]Forever Evil andJustice League United were amongst the stories printed in the new format.
US comics reprinted during Volume 2 included:
Titan ceased publication of all their DC Comics titles, includingDC Universe Presents, in December 2018.[6]
| DC Universe Presents | |
|---|---|
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| Schedule | Monthly |
| Format | Ongoing series |
| Genre | |
| Publication date | November 2011–June 2013 |
| No. of issues | 19 and issue numbered 0 |
| Main character | Various |
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 afterFlashpoint. The series ended with the 19th issue.[2]