DC Timeline 21



DC Timeline 21 is the 21st of 61 universes in the DC portion of the Multiverse. This universe debuted in Lois and Clark, the New Adventures of Superman 101-102, Pilot in 1993.

History
In Metropolis, Clark Kent works at the Daily Planet with Lois Lane, Jimmy Olsen and Perry White, among others. He also begins his superheroic exploits as Superman with his identity a secret. He draws the ire of different villains, including Lex Luthor. After working together and becoming romantically linked, Lois and Clark marry, with Lois having become aware of Clark's other life as Superman. For a brief time, Lois will even have Superman's powers, temporarily becoming the superhero, Ultra Woman.

In a rather colorful Gotham City, Bruce Wayne aka Batman fights crime against the likes of the Riddler and Two-Face while also taking in Dick Grayson as his ward and training him to be the vigilante, Robin. Together, Batman and Robin work to take down the criminal underworld. Two years later, Barbara Wilson aka Batgirl joins the Bat-Team and together they fight the forces of Mister Freeze and Poison Ivy.

Danaverse Connection
While never directly interacting, both the characters of Metropolis and Gotham City make references to each other, including the famous quip by Batman, "This is why Superman works alone." The main hero characters all belong to their respective appropriate Councils in the Multiversal structure.

Lois Lane somehow regains her Ultra Woman powers as the Crisis War approaches.

Characters
To Be Added

Information
Though never explicitly stated by DC Comics that Lois and Clark, the New Adventures of Superman which aired on ABC is in the same universe as the Joel Schumacher directed Batman films, they are nonetheless listed as being in the same timeline in the Danaverse. This is the opposite of the Danaverse DC Multiverse designations when it comes to another pair of properties involving Superman and Batman, Earth-789. In DC Comics, Earth-789 combines the Christopher Reeve Superman movies, Supergirl (1984) and the Tim Burton directed Batman movies into one universe while in the Danaverse, the Reeve Superman and Supergirl movies are listed as DC Timeline 13 and the Burton movies are instead combined with Catwoman from 2004 to form DC Timeline 17.

Prior to the Earth-789 designation, it was believed that the Burton movies were in the same universe as the Schumacher movies. In the Danaverse, these pairs of movies are kept in separate universes though Batman's backstory in Batman Forever hints at being similar to that of DC Timeline 17 thanks to statements made by Dr Chase Meridian.