Universes/DC Universe — DC Studios/Research

PRE-BUILD INVENTORY · OCTOBER 25, 2026

The dates.
The evidence.

DC Universe — DC Studios: research table, product / access matches and inspection gaps.

VERIFICATION STATUS

Broad coverage.
Open questions.

20 catalogue records; 18 indexed works. Shared branch points, embedded scenes and anthology containers are distinguished.

A research edition, not a completed full-interior audit. A missing date remains an inspection gap until the actual work has been checked.

Inventory / contradiction checks

Reviewed the released main-project inventory through October 25, 2026, including the newly released Clayface and completed Lanterns season. Kept one screen history rather than separate universes for temporal jumps.
Checked producer confirmation: Clayface precedes Creature Commandos and is the same Matt Hagen. No exact year or unproved placement before Lanterns 2016 imposed.
Verified explicit Lanterns 2016 / 2026 dates and ten-year interval from the original Mundy interview. One complete season has two temporal positions and is counted once.
Separated Peacemaker’s six-month opening jump as an optional segment. Official DC explanation controls inherited canon; three years between broadcasts does not equal three fictional years.
Compared actual legal Milk-Bone preview pages; distinguished July 2025 indicia from the story. Attraction original narrative / audio and comic edition confirmed by DC announcements; inaccessible interiors qualified.
Gunn’s negative canon answers govern the junior novel and Krypto shorts. Print and audiobook share a story group. Actual seasonal short settings retained without treating upload years as fictional dates.
Original TV / comic / book / film access destinations matched. Amazon Superman product recovered from Amazon’s own article; no invented ASIN from 979 ISBNs. Current marketplace configuration remains authoritative.
Pre-build table reviewed for scope, duplicate season / comic-edition counts, estimates, canon, exact date claims, missing current releases and access limitations before page generation.

Verification still required

Full screen works not watched in this pass. Computer Use stopped at browser URL verification before any media inspection or publication. Date-prop and responsive / live-site checks need a working browser in a subsequent turn.
Clayface’s exact year and interleaving with Lanterns 2016 remain unconfirmed. Modern-era overlapping window is intentional; real October 2026 release is not a calendar placement.
Creature Commandos / Superman / Supergirl / Peacemaker calendar windows remain estimates where only relative or secondary scene evidence is available. Detailed older origins / dimension-local histories are outside this quick main-story pass.
Milk-Bone: only the advertisement and first two story pages in the publisher preview were inspected. Attraction comic full interior / title-variant comparison and complete junior novel / audio remain open. No uninspected book is called undated as a definitive fact.
Remaining short playback, season-two additions after the audit, retired promos and story content of companion books need direct verification. Source comics / profile books are not silently added as canon episodes.
Exact Amazon editions for several TV seasons / newer films / books not matched in this pass; corresponding official access / publisher information provided. Stock and region not guaranteed.

RESEARCH TABLE BEFORE PAGE BUILD

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Entry	Media / release	Story date	Canon / continuity	Placement / inspection	Sources	Edition / viewing match
Lanterns — Season 1, the 2016 storyHal and John investigate the earlier case.	TV seriesReleased August–October 2026	2016; the earlier period of the eight-episode seasonRelative / stated chronology	Confirmed canonDC Studios — main history & qualified connections	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.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	DC — Lanterns official launch / trailer details Chris Mundy — the 2016 and 2026 stories Lanterns — eight-episode inventory	View official series informationExact DC Studios series / HBO Max information, not the 2011 Green Lantern film. Choose the containing eight-episode season.
The Suicide Squad — retained Corto Maltese historyThe mission supplies Rick Flag’s death and Peacemaker’s injuries.	FilmReleased 2021	est. early 2020s; before Project ButterflyEvidence-based estimate	Assumed canonDC Studios — main history & qualified connections	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.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	DC — Peacemaker continuity explanation	View official title / viewing optionsCorresponding rights-holder title page; subscription, theatrical or regional offers may apply. No exact Amazon product matched unless separately linked.
Peacemaker — Season 1, Episodes 1–8, retained eventsChris joins the team confronting the Butterflies.	TV seriesReleased 2022	est. early 2020s; Project ButterflyEvidence-based estimate	Confirmed canonDC Studios — main history & qualified connections	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.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	DC — Peacemaker continuity explanation	View official title / viewing optionsCorresponding rights-holder title page; subscription, theatrical or regional offers may apply. No exact Amazon product matched unless separately linked.
Clayface — Matt Hagen’s originA disfigured actor pursues a treatment with monstrous consequences.	FilmReleased October 2026	Modern era; before Creature Commandos; exact year unstatedRelative / stated chronology	Confirmed canonDC Studios — main history & qualified connections	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.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	DC — Clayface (2026)Peter Safran — same Clayface / earlier story Clayface — released-film placement review	View official title / viewing optionsCorresponding rights-holder title page; subscription, theatrical or regional offers may apply. No exact Amazon product matched unless separately linked.
Creature Commandos — Season 1, Episodes 1–7Waller’s monster team undertakes the Pokolistan mission.	TV seriesReleased 2024–2025	est. late 2024–early 2025; modern Task Force M missionEvidence-based estimate	Confirmed canonDC Studios — main history & qualified connections	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.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	DC — Creature Commandos official series DC — Creature Commandos launches the new universe Creature Commandos — episode edition inventory	View official title / viewing optionsCorresponding rights-holder title page; subscription, theatrical or regional offers may apply. No exact Amazon product matched unless separately linked.
Peacemaker — Season 2, earlier opening sceneChris encounters the alternate dimension before the main time jump. · Embedded segment	TV segmentReleased 2025	Six months before the season’s main story; est. early 2025Evidence-based estimate	Confirmed canonDC Studios — main history & qualified connections	Optional embedded segment, separated because episode one contains an explicit six-month transition. Calendar remains estimated.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	Peacemaker S2 — six-month opening jump	View official title / viewing optionsCorresponding rights-holder title page; subscription, theatrical or regional offers may apply. No exact Amazon product matched unless separately linked.
Superman — James Gunn filmSuperman faces a manufactured international crisis.	FilmReleased 2025	est. 2025; three years into his public superhero careerEvidence-based estimate	Confirmed canonDC Studios — main history & qualified connections	The three-year public-career interval is reported from the opening text. Calendar and exact days remain estimated pending direct date-prop inspection.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	DC — Superman (2025)Superman — opening-text chronology Amazon — corresponding James Gunn film	Superman (2025) — digital film with Bonus X-RayExact corresponding digital product route recovered from Amazon’s own film guide. No current price / region / availability promise.
Peacemaker — Season 2, Episodes 1–8, main storyChris’s choices across dimensions threaten his team and the wider world.	TV seriesReleased 2025	est. 2025; after Superman and six months after the opening sceneEvidence-based estimate	Confirmed canonDC Studios — main history & qualified connections	Main season stays together. Its dimension travel does not require a second franchise selector. The exact calendar and nested flashbacks remain scene-audit tasks.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	DC — Peacemaker continuity explanation Peacemaker S2 — six-month opening jump Peacemaker S2 — placement after Superman	View official title / viewing optionsCorresponding rights-holder title page; subscription, theatrical or regional offers may apply. No exact Amazon product matched unless separately linked.
Supergirl — Kara and Ruthye’s journeyKara accompanies Ruthye on an interstellar quest.	FilmReleased June 2026	est. 2026; contemporary cosmic story after SupermanEvidence-based estimate	Confirmed canonDC Studios — main history & qualified connections	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.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	DC — Supergirl (2026)	View official title / viewing optionsCorresponding rights-holder title page; subscription, theatrical or regional offers may apply. No exact Amazon product matched unless separately linked.
Lanterns — Season 1, the 2026 storyThe same season returns to the later mystery. · Shared branch-point work	TV seriesReleased 2026	2026; ten years after the earlier investigationRelative / stated chronology	Confirmed canonDC Studios — main history & qualified connections	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.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	Chris Mundy — the 2016 and 2026 stories Lanterns — eight-episode inventory	View official series informationExact DC Studios series / HBO Max information, not the 2011 Green Lantern film. Choose the containing eight-episode season.
Superman: Welcome to Metropolis — junior prequel novelClark starts his Daily Planet life and investigates a mystery.	NovelReleased June 2025	Modern era; Clark’s early Metropolis career, before its film-inspired storyRelative / stated chronology	Non-canon connectedDC Studios — main history & qualified connections	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.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	PRH — Superman: Welcome to Metropolis James Gunn — junior novel / Krypto canon statements	View official book editionExact 144-page prequel, ISBN 9798217027095. A verified Amazon ASIN was not recovered; no invalid ISBN conversion.
Superman: Welcome to Metropolis — audiobookThe prequel is presented in audio.	AudiobookReleased June 2025	Modern era; same early-career prequel storyRelative / stated chronology	Non-canon connectedDC Studios — main history & qualified connections	Same story and position as the print edition, with its own official edition link. The audio release is not a later fictional adventure.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	PRH — Welcome to Metropolis audio edition James Gunn — junior novel / Krypto canon statements	View / sample official audio editionPublisher lists the 2h40m audio edition. Select audiobook; full recording not inspected.
Superman: A Friendship Unleashed #1 — Milk-Bone comicA licensed adventure celebrates the hero and his dog.	ComicReleased 2025	Modern era; an established Superman and Krypto share a dayRelative / stated chronology	Promotional onlyDC Studios — main history & qualified connections	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.Visually inspected the legally exposed advertisement and first two narrative pages from the publisher’s public preview. Remaining interior not inspected.	DC Universe Infinite — A Friendship Unleashed #1 DC — 2025 Comic-Con partner comic announcement	Read official comic / previewExact official comic page; reading availability and account / region requirements may vary. No dog-biscuit product substituted for a verified readable comic edition.
Superman Experience: Defenders Unite — playable attractionVisitors train for an original defense mission.	Interactive attraction / audioReleased April 2026	Modern era; a film-inspired mission with no confirmed screen-year placementRelative / stated chronology	Promotional onlyDC Studios — main history & qualified connections	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.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	WBD / DC — Defenders Unite attraction and original comic DC — attraction narrative walkthrough	View official experienceExact attraction information / tickets. No unrelated disc or comic product substituted; no booking made.
Superman: Defenders Unite / Superman Experience #1 — custom comicThe licensed experience has an exclusive comic.	ComicReleased 2026	Modern era; qualified attraction-related story windowRelative / stated chronology	Promotional onlyDC Studios — main history & qualified connections	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.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	WBD / DC — Defenders Unite attraction and original comic DC — Superman Experience #1 convention edition	View official comic edition informationExact on-site / convention comic record. No public legal full interior or exact Amazon product recovered.
Krypto Saves the Day! — School Bus ScuffleA chase disrupts the school run.	Animated shortReleased 2025	Modern era; a school-day outingRelative / stated chronology	Non-canon connectedDC Studios — main history & qualified connections	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.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	Krypto Saves the Day! — episode inventory Superman Homepage — official six-short embed inventory James Gunn — junior novel / Krypto canon statements	Watch on YouTubeCorresponding original DC Kids embed recovered from the official-upload inventory. Full playback not inspected.
Krypto Saves the Day! — Halloween HavocKrypto tangles with a Halloween cat.	Animated shortReleased 2025	Halloween night; exact year unstatedRelative / stated chronology	Non-canon connectedDC Studios — main history & qualified connections	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.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	Krypto Saves the Day! — episode inventory Superman Homepage — official six-short embed inventory James Gunn — junior novel / Krypto canon statements	Watch on YouTubeCorresponding original DC Kids embed recovered from the official-upload inventory. Full playback not inspected.
Krypto Saves the Day! — Package PandemoniumA holiday delivery causes trouble.	Animated shortReleased 2025	Christmas season; exact year unstatedRelative / stated chronology	Non-canon connectedDC Studios — main history & qualified connections	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.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	Krypto Saves the Day! — episode inventory Superman Homepage — official six-short embed inventory James Gunn — junior novel / Krypto canon statements	Watch on YouTubeCorresponding original DC Kids embed recovered from the official-upload inventory. Full playback not inspected.
Krypto Saves the Day! — Coastal CatastropheA beach snack leads to chaos.	Animated shortReleased April 2026	Summer beach day; exact year unstatedRelative / stated chronology	Non-canon connectedDC Studios — main history & qualified connections	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.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	Krypto Saves the Day! — episode inventory Superman Homepage — official six-short embed inventory James Gunn — junior novel / Krypto canon statements	Watch on YouTubeCorresponding original DC Kids embed recovered from the official-upload inventory. Full playback not inspected.
Krypto Saves the Day! — Season 2, Episodes 1–2Space Busted and Robo-Pal continue the cartoon adventures.	Animated shortsReleased September–October 2026	Modern era; Supergirl / Krypto adventuresRelative / stated chronology	Non-canon connectedDC Studios — main history & qualified connections	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.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	DC Kids — Space Busted, official complete short DC Kids — Robo-Pal, official complete short Apple TV — Robo-Pal licensed episode James Gunn — junior novel / Krypto canon statements	Watch Space Busted on YouTubeExact official first episode; second episode has its own access link.Watch Robo-Pal on YouTubeExact official second episode; stream and YouTube release dates can differ.

COVERAGE BOUNDARIES

Checked beyond the main stories

Other universes

All DC Comics / DCEU / Reeves Batman / Joker / animation histories

Outside this focused screen-continuity guide

Clayface is DCU despite Matt Reeves producing it. This does not import The Batman, Joker, the entire DCEU, every LEGO / animated game or thousands of source comics. Inherited events and explicit licensed connections are considered individually.

DC — Clayface (2026)DC — Peacemaker continuity explanation

Print inspiration

Source comics, new film-cover editions and the Clayface sampler

Not automatically DCU narrative

Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, All-Star Superman, Creature Commandos comics and classic Clayface reprints inspire / promote the films but do not occur as earlier chapters of their screen history. A new cover or edition is not a new screen-universe adventure.

DC — Supergirl (2026)DC — Creature Commandos official series James Gunn — junior novel / Krypto canon statements

Licensed companions

Superman: Friends and Foes! / activity and reference books

Edition verified; distinct additional narrative not established

The film character book and puzzle / activity companions are recorded rather than silently turned into independent dated adventures. Full interiors could reveal a retelling; if so, group it with Superman and its specific edition link.

PRH — Superman: Friends and Foes!PRH — Superman: Welcome to Metropolis

Coverage boundary

Older flashbacks, future projects and retired promotions

Quick-start main-story scope

Historical character origins inside Creature Commandos, detailed Peacemaker nested memories, future announced films / seasons and every retired campaign script have not received a full interior audit. No future release year is used as a story date. This guide does not claim an exhaustive every-scene DCU history.

Creature Commandos — episode edition inventory Peacemaker S2 — six-month opening jump Lanterns — eight-episode inventory

SOURCE REGISTER

Primary sources first.

PrimaryDC — Clayface (2026)
Official film, Matt Hagen premise and October 23, 2026 US theatrical date. Released at this audit; no invented home-video ASIN.
Producer interview / secondary hostPeter Safran — same Clayface / earlier story
Direct producer interview reported from EW: same Matt Hagen; film precedes Creature Commandos. No calendar year confirmed by this statement.
Secondary / released-film inspectionClayface — released-film placement review
Contemporary film inspection reports no printed year. Supports retaining the known relative placement without substituting the October 2026 release.
PrimaryDC — Creature Commandos official series
Corresponding seven-episode animated series, rather than the unrelated 2014 DC Nation shorts or a comics miniseries.
PrimaryDC — Creature Commandos launches the new universe
DC explicitly identifies this as the new shared universe’s launch. Does not date every historical flashback.
Secondary / episode inventoryCreature Commandos — episode edition inventory
Seven episodes released December 2024–January 2025. Broadcast dates are kept distinct from the modern mission’s estimated calendar.
PrimaryDC — Superman (2025)
Official film identity and edition / viewing destination. Actual complete film not inspected in this audit.
Secondary / film opening inspectionSuperman — opening-text chronology
Contemporary inspection reports thirty years since Clark’s arrival and three years since his public debut. Calendar remains estimated; no exact May day asserted.
PrimaryAmazon — corresponding James Gunn film
Amazon’s own product route identifies Superman with Bonus X-Ray, B0F9YGDWWB. Historic article prices are not copied as current offers.
PrimaryDC — Peacemaker continuity explanation
Official explanation retains nearly all S1 events, excludes original Justice League cameo / certain references, and confirms Rick Flag’s death as relevant history. Publication’s three-year viewing gap is not automatically fictional elapsed time.
PrimaryDC — Peacemaker series / editions
Corresponding original series and viewing information; exact Amazon season editions not matched in this pass.
Secondary / episode inventoryPeacemaker S2 — six-month opening jump
Episode-one inventory distinguishes its earlier scene and later six-month caption. Full episode / every flashback not directly inspected.
Secondary / episode inspectionPeacemaker S2 — placement after Superman
Separates the earlier opening scene from the later continuing story; contemporary reporting supports the post-Superman position. No exact uninspected prop day adopted.
PrimaryDC — Supergirl (2026)
Official Kara / Ruthye journey and June 26, 2026 release; a released film at this audit, not an upcoming placeholder.
PrimaryDC — Lanterns official launch / trailer details
Official August 16 premiere and two-month John / Hal training interval. Editorial theories about villains are not imported as confirmed plot.
Primary creator interviewChris Mundy — the 2016 and 2026 stories
Direct showrunner interview supplies 2016 and 2026, ten years apart. Superman lies between these periods. These are exact stated years, not release-year estimates.
Secondary / edition inventoryLanterns — eight-episode inventory
Eight episodes completed October 4, 2026. Used for the released-season inventory; detailed scene timecodes remain open.
PrimaryPRH — Superman: Welcome to Metropolis
Official David Lewman prequel junior novel, 144 pages, June 3, 2025. ISBN 9798217027095 is not an Amazon ASIN and is not converted to an invented ten-digit product code.
PrimaryPRH — Welcome to Metropolis audio edition
Publisher records June 24, 2025 audio, 2h40m. Same story position as the print prequel, not another sequel. Full audio not inspected.
Creator statements / secondary hostJames Gunn — junior novel / Krypto canon statements
Reproduces Gunn’s original Threads answers excluding the junior prequel and Krypto cartoons from main screen canon. Original post links recovered but did not load. This does not make every licensed item canon.
PrimaryDC Universe Infinite — A Friendship Unleashed #1
Actual legally exposed preview images checked: advertisement and first two narrative pages. Captions identify the upper atmosphere and Metropolis; no story-year caption on those pages. July 2025 is indicia publication information, not the fictional date. Remaining pages not inspected.
PrimaryDC — 2025 Comic-Con partner comic announcement
Official DC announcement identifies the 12-page Milk-Bone narrative and film partnership. Regional archive access may vary.
PrimaryWBD / DC — Defenders Unite attraction and original comic
Original interactive storyline and an on-site Josh Trujillo comic officially announced. Opening April 18, 2026 is not the fictional year.
PrimaryDC — attraction narrative walkthrough
First-hand official account includes the Daily Planet audio prologue, training and Darkseid mission. It is a film-inspired experience, not evidence that Darkseid has already invaded the screen DCU. Full attraction / comic not inspected.
PrimaryDC — Superman Experience #1 convention edition
Official convention edition credits Josh Trujillo / Bruno Abdias / Bernard Chang. April announcement calls the custom comic Defenders Unite; exact interior / edition identity remains to be compared, so not counted twice.
Secondary / episode inventoryKrypto Saves the Day! — episode inventory
Four first-season shorts and the released S2 Space Busted / Robo-Pal stories. Seasonal settings differ; real upload dates are not fictional years.
PrimaryDC Kids — Space Busted, official complete short
Exact official September 2026 upload and premise. Full playback not inspected; compatible region / platform applies.
PrimaryDC Kids — Robo-Pal, official complete short
Exact official video recovered from the contemporary release page; not an audio-only soundtrack or unofficial mirror.
PrimaryApple TV — Robo-Pal licensed episode
Licensed S2:E2 identity / original story. Official YouTube upload can occur later than initial streaming release.
Secondary / official-upload inventorySuperman Homepage — official six-short embed inventory
Contains original DC Kids embeds for the four S1 shorts and first two S2 episodes. Full shorts not watched; inventory / original URLs recovered.
PrimaryPRH — Superman: Friends and Foes!
24-page film companion / character introduction. Full interior not inspected; not asserted to contain a distinct additional plot.

The dates.The evidence.

Broad coverage.Open questions.