A focused chronology of the new DC Studios screen universe containing Clayface, Creature Commandos, Superman, Peacemaker, Supergirl and Lanterns. Licensed prose, comics, cartoons and the Superman attraction remain visible with separate canon qualifications. This is a quick-start research edition, not all DC continuities.
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WHERE TO START
DC Universe — DC Studios: watch order
Clayface precedes Creature Commandos, but its exact year and relation to Lanterns’ 2016 story remain unconfirmed. The modern screen story continues through Superman, Peacemaker season two and Supergirl, with Lanterns also returning to 2026. Use the canon filter to remove non-canon books, cartoons and promotional material.
Story order follows events within a history. Release order follows when works came out. Use the filters below to compare them; estimates and earlier scenes stay labelled.
Clayface belongs to the same DCU as Creature Commandos and Superman. Lanterns depicts two periods in this history, not two universes. Peacemaker’s dimension travel is part of its continuing narrative. Older DCEU events are retained only as established by the new projects; licensed prequel / promotional stories do not automatically become screen canon.
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Reading the timelineConfirmed, assumed and disputed stories appear together. “est.” marks inference. “After” means relative order. Separate continuities retain their own history.
SELECTED CONTINUITY
DC Studios — main history & qualified connections
2016
TV seriesConfirmed canonReleased August–October 2026
2016; the earlier period of the eight-episode season Relative / stated chronology
Hal and John investigate the earlier case.
Placement Mundy explicitly supplies this year. One complete season has two temporal blocks; the later reference below is not another season. Exact scene / episode interleaving not audited.
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Inspection: Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected
est. early 2020s; before Project Butterfly Evidence-based estimate
The mission supplies Rick Flag’s death and Peacemaker’s injuries.
Placement A contextual predecessor, not wholesale import of every DCEU detail. DC explicitly retains Flag’s murder; old screen calendars need reconciliation with the new history.
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Inspection: Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected
est. early 2020s; Project Butterfly Evidence-based estimate
Chris joins the team confronting the Butterflies.
Placement Canon label refers to the retained story. DC excludes the original Justice League cameo and certain hero references. Neither the old 2022 release nor the real three-year wait proves the new fictional year.
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Inspection: Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected
Modern era; Clark’s early Metropolis career, before its film-inspired story Relative / stated chronology
Clark starts his Daily Planet life and investigates a mystery.
Placement Official licensed prequel, explicitly excluded from screen canon by Gunn. Broad early-career window, not a fabricated exact date or another obligatory main-film chapter.
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Modern era; before Creature Commandos; exact year unstated Relative / stated chronology
A disfigured actor pursues a treatment with monstrous consequences.
Placement Safran establishes its earlier position and the same Matt Hagen. No exact year is shown according to released-film reporting. Interleaving with Lanterns 2016 and inherited early history is not settled; this is an overlapping window immediately preceding the Commandos anchor.
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Inspection: Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected
est. late 2024–early 2025; modern Task Force M mission Evidence-based estimate
Waller’s monster team undertakes the Pokolistan mission.
Placement Main present-day plot grouped. Older character histories occur inside these episodes; release dates alone do not date them. Modern window is a qualified reconstruction, not seven separate years.
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Inspection: Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected
Modern era; a school-day outing Relative / stated chronology
A chase disrupts the school run.
Placement Independent seasonal cartoon; Gunn excludes this series from main screen canon. Named season / occasion is the story clock; upload year is not assigned as a fictional year.
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est. 2025; three years into his public superhero career Evidence-based estimate
Superman faces a manufactured international crisis.
Placement The three-year public-career interval is reported from the opening text. Calendar and exact days remain estimated pending direct date-prop inspection.
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Inspection: Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected
Modern era; an established Superman and Krypto share a day Relative / stated chronology
A licensed adventure celebrates the hero and his dog.
Placement Legal opening pages show space play followed by Metropolis. No fictional year on the inspected pages. The July 2025 indicia date is publication metadata. Full issue still requires inspection before making a stronger placement.
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Inspection: Visually inspected the legally exposed advertisement and first two narrative pages from the publisher’s public preview. Remaining interior not inspected.
Edition / access: Exact official comic page; reading availability and account / region requirements may vary. No dog-biscuit product substituted for a verified readable comic edition.
est. 2025; after Superman and six months after the opening scene Evidence-based estimate
Chris’s choices across dimensions threaten his team and the wider world.
Placement Main season stays together. Its dimension travel does not require a second franchise selector. The exact calendar and nested flashbacks remain scene-audit tasks.
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Inspection: Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected
Modern era; a film-inspired mission with no confirmed screen-year placement Relative / stated chronology
Visitors train for an original defense mission.
Placement Original story includes an in-character Daily Planet audio prologue and interactive action. Film-inspired Darkseid scenario is not evidence of a canonical screen invasion. Audio is included in the attraction, not counted as a separately released drama.
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Modern era; qualified attraction-related story window Relative / stated chronology
The licensed experience has an exclusive comic.
Placement Official announcements use two titles for Josh Trujillo’s custom comic / convention edition. One inventory record pending interior comparison; neither a duplicate new story nor canon Darkseid debut is assumed.
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Halloween night; exact year unstated Relative / stated chronology
Krypto tangles with a Halloween cat.
Placement Independent seasonal cartoon; Gunn excludes this series from main screen canon. Named season / occasion is the story clock; upload year is not assigned as a fictional year.
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Inspection: Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected
Christmas season; exact year unstated Relative / stated chronology
A holiday delivery causes trouble.
Placement Independent seasonal cartoon; Gunn excludes this series from main screen canon. Named season / occasion is the story clock; upload year is not assigned as a fictional year.
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Summer beach day; exact year unstated Relative / stated chronology
A beach snack leads to chaos.
Placement Independent seasonal cartoon; Gunn excludes this series from main screen canon. Named season / occasion is the story clock; upload year is not assigned as a fictional year.
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Inspection: Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected
est. 2026; contemporary cosmic story after Superman Evidence-based estimate
Kara accompanies Ruthye on an interstellar quest.
Placement Released film, not its source comic’s exact history. Calendar is qualified; the 2021–2022 Woman of Tomorrow comics are inspiration, not a DCU prequel.
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Inspection: Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected
Modern era; Supergirl / Krypto adventures Relative / stated chronology
Space Busted and Robo-Pal continue the cartoon adventures.
Placement Both released episodes are inventoried together within a qualified broad era. They are not later main-film incidents. Additional season-two stories are not asserted released at this audit.
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2026; ten years after the earlier investigation Relative / stated chronology
The same season returns to the later mystery.
Placement Same eight-episode product as the 2016 block. Shared record avoids double-counting the containing season. Exact year and interval come from Mundy’s interview.
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Inspection: Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected
These entries still lack enough evidence for a useful story-era insertion. Supported estimates and source-story retellings appear in the main timeline; remaining gaps need further research.