Cassandra Cain Reading Guide Part 4: Alternate Universe Cass
We've had DCU Cass. We've had Rebirth Cass. But what of Cass from another reality? Well, here's Part IV, a reading list of Alternate Universe Versions of Cassandra Cain!
Part I reading guide you can find here.
Part II reading guide (Modern) you can find here.
Part III reading guide (Random) you can find here.
Part V reading guide (PAIN) you can find here.
Teen Titans #52-53
- Honorable mention to Titans Tomorrow Cass aka Batwoman, but-- she only shows up in three panels. She is Starroed like many Tomorrow Titans but does cry out to "Huntress" aka an older Charlotte Gage-Radcliffe who gets possessed first).
The curious thing about Titans Tomorrow Universe it is always in flux. Originally, her death (along with others by the hand of Duela Dent) caused the "bad tomorrow". Then the sequel well, cloning happened and Cass came back or the future still happened but now she was alive.
A further "revised" Tomorrow timeline shows up in Detective Comics #979 right after Titans Tomorrow Tim escape Jor-El alongside our Tim and then the two battle for a lengthy period in the present day DCU. #979 shows us the current variant of that future with Cass dying to Ra Al Ghul's hand. But-- we're told this by an unreliable narrator in General and Brother Eye. As they say, Steph died too, but when we are reintroduced to this timeline (showing how Tomorrow Tim is snatched by Jor-El) she is very much alive.
-DC Bombshells Black Bat-
DC Bombshells United #8, #18-19
- We don't really get a feel for Cassandra's character in this. Other than we see her for a few panels and learn both she and Katana overthrew their corrupt governments and rebuilt them from scratch. Cass leads a group called the "Bats of Blood and Iron" and goes by the Black Bat moniker.
She's not much a character in this, more a footnote in this story. I feel like if there ever was a spinoff series. We really should get to see Cassandra/Katana more do these things that are mentioned. But.. I probably doubt we ever will. Or amazing variant covers by Ant Lucia.
-DCeased-
DCeased: Unkillables #1-3
DCeased: Dead Planet #1-7
DCeased: War of the Undead Gods #1-8
- Though Cass doesn't appear in #1 and #4 of Dead Planet. Because the survivors don't come back to Gotham until #2 (when we see Cass again), and #4 (the journey to New Genesis). Cass shows up in #1 and #4 (War of the Undead Gods) so far.
Unkillables features the first full-on return of Cass's Batgirl costume in over ten years (2009 was the last time she wore it). It also explores the complicated mother/daughter relationship of Shiva/Cass.
Something big happens to Cassandra in Dead Planet. No spoilers (save Stephanie, who's over in DCeased: Hope at World's End), you're just gonna have to enjoy the moment like we did.
A curious little fact is this is the first DC Comic that has a universe that has Cass and Babs both as Batgirl (An infected Batgirl Babs is shown in the original DCeased), and her body is found by Cass and Jim Gordon in Unkillables #1 with both mourning the loss of her.
DCeased: War of the Undead Gods has Cass in the issues throughout but unlike the prior series doesn’t have a key role. Save for two noteworthy things in #1 and #7. That and has an AMAZINGLY gorgeous cover in #6 (a 1:50 variant and good luck finding one of those).
Interestingly, Cass is one out of two Bat-Family members to survive DCeased. Sadly, there could’ve been ONE MORE survivor if only writer Tom Taylor could give us the answer to that. Perhaps one day he will answer that subplot since he hasn’t SPOILED it.
- Amanda Conner Universe
Wonder Woman #600
Harley Quinn & the Birds of Prey (Black Label) #1-4
- A DCU similar but different as husband/wife team of Amanda Conner/Jim Palmiotti various DC books (Power Girl, Harley Quinn, Terra, Starfire, and suggestions related).
If you were disappointed with the way Cassandra was handled in the live-action Harley Quinn and the Birds of Prey movie this comic gives us a more traditional Cass.
Not only does she steal the series from everyone, but there are exceptionally sweet moments in the final issue. A highly recommended mini to pick up! Cass embarrassing the Joker is worth the price alone!
It’s possible this story takes place either probably after Wonder Woman #600 (which also features Cass by Conner).
Future State
Future State: The Next Batman #2, 4
Batman: Urban Legends #7
- Alternate future Gotham City where it is ruled tyrannically by a group known as the Magistrate. Rogues and Vigilantes alike are outlawed and hunted by the Magistrate’s chosen deputies and soldiers. Cass is the lone warrior who still follows Bruce’s ideology but is broken with Barbara missing and Stephanie breaking her heart (it is HEAVILY suggested the two had a relationship in this reality).To be entirely truthful, I was massively disappointed with this story. It was like being thrown into the middle of a story.
Once again, we get Dick acting like a dick to boot. “Hunter.. or Hunted...” on the other hand features Cass hunted by the Magistrate with exceptional art. Of the two stories THIS IS THE ONE TO READ. Even if it throws you again of not knowing what’s going on. At the very least “Hunter... or Hunted...” gives Cass more pathos and a better overall showing.
There are TWO more tales with this version of Cass in Future State: Gotham. But.. the only important things of those to note is the gorgeous variant cover #6). But please do avoid the other tale that involves FS Cass at the tail end of Future State Gotham. Unless you want PAIN.
Shadow of the Batgirl
- Literally this comic other than the OG Puckett/Scott run is a remarkable tale that nails the character of Cassandra Cain perfectly. Like literally, you just want a complete origin and character study of Cass/ Why... why is it suddenly raining in my room again? This graphic novel is that good for long time fans of the character. Newbie fans might be interested as it is a one and done (so far).
Batman: Wayne Family Adventures
Episode 1 "Moving In" (mentioned and acknowledges her adoption)
Episode 2 "The Last Cookie" (first appearance in the series)
Episode 5 "Arm Day"
Episode 7 "Vigilante Bingo" (mentions she's been Batgirl, Black Bat, and Orphan in this universe)
Episode 10 "Crush 3/3"
Episode 13 "Stupid Traditions"
Episode 14 "Unaccompanied"
Episode 15-16 "Family Ties"
- First Cass-centric arc in the series. Focuses on Cassandra's love for ballet, and Bruce trying to balance his life as a father and vigilante.
Episode 17 "Top Chef" (Thanksgiving episode)
Episode 19 "Bat-Cow's Day Out"
Episode 21 "Holiday Spirit" (Christmas episode)
Episode 22 "The Tournament"
Episode 32-33 "All Seeing"
- Second major arc focuses solely on Cass. The episodes showcase the many qualities of the character on why are a fan of the character. A good starting point for new readers on the character.
Episode 36-37 "Belonging"
Episode 48 "Shovel Talk"
- Cass and Duke centric episode with the family dealing with the possibility she has a boyfriend. Wackiness ensues.
Episodes 49-50 "One More" (mentioned only)
Episode 51 "Night In" (Season 1 finale)
Episode 52 Assassin (Season 2 Premiere)
Episode 56 “Why We Fight Part 2″
Episode 57 “Picture Day”
Episode 61 “What Matters Most Part 2″
Episode 66 “No Doors Allowed”
Episode 67 “Branching Out” (Cass/Steph meet Harley/Ivy wackiness ensues)
Episode 68 “Thankful”
Episode 70 “Hunted Part 2″
Episode 72 “Snowfall Part 1″ (part one of Holiday episode)
Episode 73 “Snowfall Part 2″ (part two of Holiday episode)
Episode 78 “Outlaws” (slight tie-in to Red Hood: Outlaw spinoff webtoon comic)
Episode 82 “Sneak Attack”
Episode 90 “What I Want Part 1″
Episode 91 “What I Want Part 2″ (first appearance of David Cain in series, first full appearance of Cass’s Batgirl costume, origin of Cass in this universe.)
Episode 93 ”Alarm Bells”
Episode 98 “Power Outage”
- Episodes 66-67, and 70 are the Cass-related episodes (so far). We get some amusing sister/brother antics in Episode 66 with Jason/Cass trying to impart their “wisdom” of dramatic entrances to Duke. Only for the later to give his own inclusion how make an entrance.
Episode 67 has Cass/Steph are watching over a bedridden Harley Quinn and meet Poison Ivy. Amusing adorable hijinks ensue.
Episode 70 reveals Babs making sure Cass/Steph are in on her mission. Showing the trust and bonds the three have with one another.
- Cass is mentioned in the spinoff series to WFA, Red Hood: Outlaws in episode 46.5 Like Son Part II, Damian records Bruce confessing and then hugging Jason that “I’m sorry. I was wrong.” To save himself, Damian says if Bruce does anything to him, he’ll tell Cass. Bruce relents.
- Episode 90-91 is Cass’s first central dramatic story in Season 2. She and Damian run afoul of Mad Hatter who brainwashes her to attack her sibling. In part 2 we see Cass’s origin in WFA, as it uses Pre-New 52 David Cain (in his first appearance in the series). Cass breaks free and Damian/her share a cute brother/sister moment afterward.
DC Vs. Vampires
DC vs. Vampires #2, #4-6
DC vs. Vampires: Hunter #1 (one panel)
DC vs. Vampires #10-11, #12 (in shadow)
- Cass is one of the few heroes in the DCU not taken over or killed by the vampires in this elseworlds story. Problematic art though for the main series sadly given the artist turned out to be very icky.
The writing is a mixed bag as well as Cass was a main character of the plot in the first half of the comic, before being dropped and randomly showing up in the latest issue.
One interesting tidbit of this version of Cass is that she moonlights as both Batgirl and Orphan (but only donning this identity with the Outsiders) in this universe.
Second interesting note is at the end of DC vs. Vampires #12, Cass is one of two people in the Bat-Family in #2 (the other being Alfred) to not have been killed or become a vampire.
Steph and Helena are also the only other Bat-Family members to have survived as well being human.
Young Justice
Young Justice: Targets #2-3
- Expands on the Cass introduced in Young Justice cartoon by revealing she knows ASL (I wish this was introduced in the main series). She has a few kickass moments in the comic as well.
However, she only appears in these two issues and that’s it. Only recommended if you enjoyed this version of Cass, and desire to see her storyline somewhat continued.
Dark Multiverse
Tales of the Dark Multiverse: Hush #1
Batman/Superman Authority Special #1
Dark Knights Death Metal: Robin King #1
In the “Dark Multiverse” there have been three variants of Cass that have appeared. The most “prominent” one among them is the one in Hush. Cass, Tim, and Barbara go down a darker path as they openly rebel against Thomas Elliot and his iron grip over Gotham with not Batman or Bruce Wayne to stop him.
Cass’s costume is a mixture of her Orphan and Kasumi costume. We never get much of her codename as she’s quickly killed by the Gray Son (Dick Grayson who’s been recruited by the Court of Owls). It is implied that this version of her and Tim had a relationship as his name is the last word she utters before collapsing dead.
We’re teased another evil Cass (along with the rest of the Bat-Family) who is part of the Empire of Shadows. Lead by Ra’s Al Ghul (Bruce Wayne) the Empire has taken over their respective Earth and learns of the multiverse. We see this version of Cass once near the end as her silhouette is quite clear in the shadows.
The final Dark Multiverse Cass is the one shown briefly in Dark Knights Death Metal Robin King #1. As the Batman Who Laughs gives Robin King a tour of an Earth where he “tortures” numerous Dark Multiverse Batmen and the survivors become his minions. One of those shown bears a strikingly resemblance to Cass, but the appearance has never been confirmed.
Injustice
Injustice: Year Zero #2
Though not fully appearing, Cass is namedropped in the prequel story to Injustice comics. It isn’t really known what became of this version of the character. But from the dialogue suggested by Superman to Batman, Bruce/Barbara having mentored her presumably as Batgirl (Babs is Oracle at the start of Injustice).
Batman: Last Knight on Earth
Batman: Last Knight on Earth Book Three
- Cassandra was originally one of the survivors of Omega’s original assault on the world. She (along with the rest of the Bat-Family) changed their personas to resemble Owls with Cass taking a more Talon-esque costume as shown here (they believed Omega had tainted the Bat mantle/symbol at this point).
We don’t know much else about this variant of Cass as she along with Tim Drake, Stephanie Brown, Jason Todd, and Kate Kate all perish by Omega’s hand right before a revived Bruce Wayne shows up.
But hey! Dick Grayson and Barbara Gordon survive.
.....
Look I get it they live because they have a kid (who also lives). But it just feels so darn cheap to have the most of the “Bat Family” to die right before Bruce shows up.
It feels so wrong to me and just like a certain someone high up above this creative team had this wet dream to kill them all off to tick off fans. Well, congrats! It worked!
Dark Knights of Steel
Dark Knights of Steel #6, 9
- No I didn’t forget this alternate Cass. It’s just that well.. we don’t know much fully about her yet save three things. #1 She’s the only Cass who was ever a Robin (a Robin in this universe are the “agents” who serve under Bruce Wayne (aka the Bat Knight) around this world. #2 She’s different then the rest of the Robins (as detailed in Dark Knights of Steel: Tales of the Three Kingdoms #1 they were all a crew of thieves until they caught the attention of Bruce but there was 0 Cass among them) in that we know next to nothing about her connection to Bruce here. #3 She’s placed in a position to free Prince Ka-El as she is the medical professional addressing his wounds but also keeping an eye on him.
Sure enough, she freed Ka-El to prevent the war between the three kingdoms.
Batman: Knightwatch
Batman: Knightwatch #5
- This one just feels more like an Easter Egg than an actual reference. Though not with the Bat-Family, this Cass is just a normal little girl, who just happens to really like Batman and the Bat-Family. Probably the only normal Cass of them all. But the sass is still there with this one.
Harley Quinn: The Animated Series
Harley Quinn & the Legion of Bats #4-6
- So far recently introduced only in the comics. This Cass is unique among other variants being she’s the same age as Damian. There’s not much know about her yet. Save we know Vixen/Batgirl (Barbara Gordon) were working on a case together that involved Cass.
She bonds with Damian, who in turn opens up being ACTUALLY friendly toward her. This Cass also makes friends with Tiffany Fox (who was targeted in the series by Black Mask).
Cass adopts her Orphan persona joining Dick, Damian, and Babs on a mission to stop Black Mask from taking over the Gotham Underworld while also having to deal with Poison Ivy and the Legion of Doom.
After Black Mask is defeated, Wonder Woman is called in to escort this Cass to Themyscira. This Cass is second to one other variant that is raised by the Amazons (the other being the Dark Knights of Steel version).
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DC Comics
Jonathan Samuel Kent & Damian Wayne - Don't Try This at Home, Kids!
Jon has recently gained his Kryptonian invulnerability. Damian, being Damian, decides to test the limits of Jon's new superpower. Jon's enthusiastic at first, but he eventually decides he's done testing. Damian disagrees, and so Looney Tunes-esque shenanigans ensue. Pure crack, maybe a pinch of angst. Takes place in the continuity established by "Battle of the Super Sons".
Jason Todd & Clark Kent - 101 Ways to Get Revenge on Superman
When Jason discovers that Superman stopped Bruce from killing the Joker after his death, the Red Hood decides he has a new target for his vendetta.
Damian Wayne, Mar’i Grayson, & Jake Grayson - A Little Ways Along the Family Tree
Whilst fighting a villain, Damian is catapulted into the future, where he teams up with Dick’s kids.
Tim Drake - A Lonely Place of Living
In this version of events, Tim made a mystical deal, that Batman would never lose another Robin.
Tim Drake & BatKids - A Very Common Sibling Game
Tim wages psychological warfare on his siblings. For fun, of course.
Tim Drake & Dick Grayson - The Cola Caper
The United States government has placed an embargo on the island of Santa Prisca, along with a recall of all recent Santa Priscan commercial imports. Tim and Dick are more concerned that the embargo means no more Zesti Cola for them. They decide they have no choice but to infiltrate Santa Prisca and the headquarters of the Zesti Cola Company to acquire the Zesti Cola secret recipe.
Tim Drake / Kon-El - Corporate With a Side of Catcalling
Conner Luthor has a chance encounter with the dashing Robin Hood-esque criminal known as Stray. Then it turns into a regular thing.
Miguel Montez, Harper Row, Tim Drake, & Cullen Row - Dial R
Harper invites Miguel to Gotham, where the H Dial is stolen. They enlist Robin’s aid to track it down.
Tim Drake / Kon-El - Fake it For the Win
TIm and Kon pretend to be newlyweds to compete on a game show during their cruise. When they win, they have to deal with the consequences.
Tim Drake / Cullen Row - He’s a Bombshell, I’m Your Wingwoman
TimCullen get-together set in the DC Bombshells continuity.
Khaji Da, Jaime Reyes, Paco, & Brenda - Khaji Da Goes to School
After Jaime pulls an all-nighter, Khaji Da agrees to pilot his body around for the day while his mind rests.
Tim Drake & Kon-El - Messing With the “S”
Fed up with Kon’s refusal to be a team player as part of Young Justice, Tim decides to mess with Superboy in his civilian persona.
Mia Dearden - Mia Dearden, Missing In Action
During a fight with a supervillain, Mia gets teleported to the middle of nowhere and has to make her way back to civilization.
Alfred Pennyworth, Bruce Wayne, & Dick Grayson - Recipe for Guardianship
Still in the hospital, Alfred walks Battinson through how to feed the small child he’s somehow acquired.
Damian Wayne, Bat-Cow, & Others - So You’re Cow’s Been Turned Into a Vampire
Bat-Cow gets turned into a vampire.
Tim Drake, Cassie Sandsmark, Aiden Kent, Oscar Allen, & N.O.W.H.E.R.E. - Two for the Price of Them
Tim’s 100th cloning attempt succeeds, but his efforts are interrupted by a supervillain attack. Now he’s on the run with two baby metahumans.
Tim Drake / Kon-El - Waltzing In the Rain
Tim and Kon go on a date above the clouds.
Billy Batson & Others - A Word in the Rain
Billy keeps pranking people by making them think he’s been vaporized by lightning.
Original Male Character, Original Characters, Garfield Lynns, Victor Fries, Stephanie Brown, & Tim Drake - Fly High, Little Firefly
Fusing The Batman (2004) with the main continuity. Back during Dick’s days as Robin, Garfield Lynns, AKA Firefly, worked with Dr. Jane Blazedale, a partnership that ended with Lynns becoming Phosphorus and being remanded to Arkham Asylum. To the knowledge of neither Lynns nor the Bat, however, the partnership between Lynns and Dr. Blazedale also resulted in an unexpected pregnancy. Dr. Blazedale named the boy Benjamin, Benji for short. She raised Benji in the East End, near Park Row, up until she was arrested and sent to Blackgate a year ago. Now Benji is living with his friend Blake’s family. Eventually, Benji decides to sneak into one of Lynns’s old hideouts and steals the Firefly equipment. Benji initially wanted to use the Firefly suit to gather enough wealth to afford a trade school or college. When Benji realized that he couldn’t follow through on an attempted robbery, he decided instead to become a vigilante a la Violet, stopping crime while taking some of the haul for himself. It isn’t glamorous or honorable, but honor won’t get Benji a better life.
Cassandra Cain, Mamaragan, & Others - A Single Word Spoken
A girl in the shape of a weapon is brought to Fawcett City, where she fulfills her purpose for the first and last time.
The girl who can no longer be a weapon hides from her wielder in an old subway and finds herself transported to a place of great magic.
There, the girl who wishes to be more than she was made to be finds a Wizard, who sees the girl for her heart and not for the blood staining her skin. The Wizard teaches the girl a name.
The girl speaks her first word.
And so she speaks power.
Tim Drake/Bernard Dowd - Pull My Heart Across the Ice
Tim and Bernard go on an ice skating date, for real this time. Tim enjoys acting like he doesn’t know how to ice skate. Fluff and humor.
Tim Drake/Bernard Dowd & Batfamily Members- The Tale of the Bedazzled Turtle
Bernard gets Tim a turtle figurine while they’re on a date to the Gotham Aquarium. When it goes missing at Wayne Manor, the hunt is on.
Tim Drake/Bernard Dowd - A High-Speed Romantic Tryst on an Open-Water Murder Shack
Tim and Bernard being cute on Tim's houseboat, they hear a commotion and find that a neighboring houseboat has been stolen and is speeding away. Cue chase, featuring bad puns.
Tim Drake, Young Just Us, Caitlin Snow, & Batfamily Members - Snowfall
Tim is investigating a case involving Mr. Freeze and a dangerous ice machine powered by a Self-Sustaining Thermodynamic Ultraconductor Engine. During the fight, however, Tim gets knocked into the STU engine, taking out the coolant system and causing the whole thing to explode. In the aftermath, Tim discovers that he has become a heat vampire, much like Caitlin Snow, AKA Frost.
Krypto the Superdog, Tim Drake/Kon-El Kent - Puppy Love
TimKon get-together from Krypto’s perspective.
Kon-El Kent & Others - Left Behind
When Kon died during the events of Infinite Crisis, he became a ghost. The worst part is, his future resurrection doesn’t change that.
Tim Drake & Dex-Starr - A Duck and a Cat Walk Into a Bar
What does one do after managing to befriend a cat with a red Power Ring?
Batfamily Members & Alfred Pennyworth - Alfred Calls Shotgun
Many claim that Alfred Pennyworth, Bruce Wayne’s valet/butler and the apparent true head of the household, is the most sane and responsible member of the family. They are very, very wrong. When Alfred Pennyworth sees a problem, Alfred Pennyworth will not hesitate to solve it with a shotgun, even when a shotgun is a terrible solution. Pure crack.
Duke Thomas & Tatsu Toro - Cracks Filled With Gold
Angst/comfort with Tatsu helping by teaching Duke to make kintsugi pottery.
Cullen Row, Harper Row, & Others - LGF: Little Green Friend
Cullen Row comes across a small, injured alien and takes it home. The alien isn’t quite sapient, but the two become fast friends. Hiding the alien from Harper is a challenge, though, especially when the alien starts growing.
Cullen Row - Rows and Rows of Worlds
Cullen Row comes across a strange object on the shore of Gotham Bay. Upon touching it, though, the thing sinks into Cullen’s hand. He passes out from the pain. When he wakes up, he finds himself on another Earth.
Dick Grayson & Bruce Wayne - Green Tights
During his first encounter with Two-Face, Robin gets chosen by a green Power Ring. Silver-Age versions of the characters.
Damian Wayne & Batfamily Members - Surnames and Succession
A character study of Damian Wayne’s early years at the manor, his habit of referring to people with their surnames, and the paradigm shift therein.
Damian Wayne & Batfamily Members - Out of Sight, Out of Reach
While on a mission, Damian gets caught in an explosion from a villain’s machine, which renders him invisible, inaudible, and mostly intangible.
Damian Wayne, Jonathan Samuel Kent, Kathy Branden, & Maya Ducard - Young Titans: Beginnings
Damian Wayne, AKA Robin, was well aware that each of his older brothers has had a super hero team to call their own. Richard led the Teen Titans and later the Titans. Todd led the Outlaws. Even Drake led Young Justice, as laughably immature as that team was. Damian, though, has yet to lead a team of his own. He decides to change that. Enlisting the aid of his friend Jon Kent, AKA Superboy, Damian sets out to form his own team of superheroes: the Young Titans! [The current roster is set to include Robin, Superboy, Nobody, and Beacon at first, then Suren Darga, Ma’alefa’ak, Abuse, and others. Additions beyond the core four would be gradual.]
Damian Wayne, Jon Kent, Kathy Branden, Maya Ducard, Ma’alefa’ak, & Others - Young Titans: Old Wounds
Damian’s new team, the Young Titans, have established themselves in the hero community and the wider public eye. They’ve gained some admirers and even a few Rogues. Unfortunately, they’ve also caught the attention of Lex Luthor. Superman’s greatest foe has given up on trying to clone or brainwash Kryptonians. That would be great, except that he’s decided to shift his focus to Martians instead. Lex has successfully cloned a Green Martian, and he has the perfect target in mind for a field test. In this sequel to “Forming the Young Titans,” the Young Titans will face a Justice League-level villain from long ago, born anew: Malefic.
Additional note: @jesncin has given me permission to use their depiction of Ma’alefa’ak as a basis for the character in this fic.
Young Titans, Tai Pham, & Others - Young Titans: Distant Heritage
A strange shockwave transports Tai Pham, first Green Lantern of his generation, to an unfamiliar city in the middle of a battle between a team of young heroes and a villain. Tai joins the team, these Young Titans, to figure out what brought him here and how to send him back home. At the same time, Ma’alefa’ak, now going mostly by Malek, is trying to reconnect with his brother and the history that seems determined to leave him behind.
Young Titans, Colin Wilkes, Original Characters, & Others - Young Titans: Ambrosia
Someone’s giving superpowers away and creating supervillains, and some of those powers are killing their users. The Young Titans need to find out who’s behind it and shut them down. That’s made more difficult by a new hero team, the Olympians, some of whose members are foes the Young Titans have faced before. This new team is sponsored by Lindworth Industries, which is premiering a revolutionary method of treating metagenes and working to rehabilitate Point City’s superpowered criminals.
Damian Wayne & Superheroes’ Pets - Damian Wayne, the Super Petsitter
Damian Wayne goes about his daily routine of caring for all of his animals. Dick takes and posts pictures of Damian doing so (he barely escapes with his life). Over the next few weeks, various members of the hero community (and a few outside of it) get in touch with Dick to ask if Damian would mind petsitting for them. Damian agrees to consider the requests, under the condition that he petsit their pets at Wayne Manor. Each chapter has Damian trying to petsit a different hero’s pet, from Wonder Woman’s kangaroo Jumpa, to Harley Quinn’s hyenas Bud and Lou, to Klarion’s familiar Teekl. Shenanigans will abound as Damian is having both the best and most annoying time of his life and his family slowly loses their sanity.
Damian Wayne - Animals Are Better Than People
Damian shapeshifter AU.
Damian Wayne & Egyptian Mythology - Heavy As A Feather
Damian Wayne takes in a stray cat one day. As the Bat luck would have it, the cat is actually Ammit the Devourer. Maybe Jason should stay away until it all gets sorted out. Just in case.
Damian Wayne & Original Honorspren Character - The Light In The Knight
Stormlight Archive fusion crossover. The Knights Radiant have been completely forgotten. Covers Damian's history in this world, where an honorspren finds him when he's in the League of Assassins.
Damian Wayne, Dick Grayson, Bruce Wayne, & Others - Small-Time Vehicular Mayhem
Damian goes on a class field trip to TinyTowne, where the class gets to simulate taking a driver’s license exam and drive around a miniature town. Damian finds the whole thing insulting, so he decides to cause chaos.
Bruce Wayne, Dick Grayson, Alfred Pennyworth, & Others - A Severe Lack of Ducks
AU where Tim never made the quadruple somersault connection and so he never joined the BatFamily.
Jason Todd & Bruce Wayne - The Words I Want to Say Get Stuck Behind My Lips
Jason Todd ends up transported to another universe. This Earth appears to be almost identical to his own, but the difference that sticks out the most is Bruce. In this universe, Bruce eventually started seeing a therapist within the hero community. He’s still Batman, but he’s not the emotionally incompetent lummox that Jason’s used to dealing with (read: pissing off). The two of them end up talking, and while Jason leaves more frustrated than ever with his universe’s Bruce, at least now he knows the words his Bruce could never get himself to say. [This is largely an excuse to write an actual emotionally productive conversation between Jason and Bruce where Bruce doesn’t just stare at Jason like a goldfish.]
Jason Todd & Original Characters - Jason Todd the Teaching Assistant
Jason takes a job as a TA at Gotham U for a case. He gets attached.
Jason Todd, Bruce Wayne, Alfred Pennyworth, & Others - The Hero’s Return to the Normal World
A “Jason Lives” AU. After the events in Ethiopia, Jason is left permanently impaired to where he can no longer be Robin. Where he’ll go from there is up to him.
Jason Todd, Boston Brand, & Others - Hallowed Walls
After Jason Todd dies, his soul finds its way to Nanda Parbat.
Justice League Members - When the Hell Did Our Lives Get so Weird?
The Justice League discusses the weirdest, grossest, and downright strangest villains each of them has fought, a conversation brought on by someone mentioning Starro. Humor, mostly dialogue.
Justice League Members - The SSN Justice
Bruce Wayne, Clark Kent, John Stewart, Barry Allen, and others serve on the crew of a submarine on a mission to find the lost city of Atlantis.
Edward Nygma - A Recursive Riddle
The Riddler gets trapped in a time loop wherein the only way out is to solve a seemingly impossible riddle.
Edward Nigma, Bruce Wayne, Jason Todd, & Others - What Lies Six Underground But Cannot Be Found?
Based on the whole “Riddler checks Jason’s grave and finds it empty” post.
Kon-El Kent, Tim Drake, Bart Allen, & Cassie Sandsmark - Red, Blue, Look at You
A piece of red Kryptonite splits Kon into blue and red versions of himself during a Young Justice mission. The blue version has the personality of Conner from the cartoon, while the red version has Kon’s personality from the start of YJ98.
Kon-El Kent, Bart Allen, Max Mercury, & Others - That Alabama Clone Life
AU where Max Mercury adopts Kon.
Jason Todd & Damian Wayne - Gotham's New Dynamic Duo!
Talia al Ghul sends Jason Todd away from the League of Assassins with a Damian Wayne in tow. When they get to Gotham, however, Damian stays with Jason instead of meeting Bruce. Damian eventually starts fighting at Jason's side as a vigilante.
Talia al Ghul, Bruce Wayne, Damian al Ghul, Alfred Pennyworth, Ravi, Ra's al Ghul, and Ace the Bat-Hound - Flight of the Demon's Daughter
Jason Todd stays dead, and Tim Drake doesn't become Robin, so Talia al Ghul is forced to take matters into her own hands.
Jonathan Samuel Kent & Jonathan Samuel Kent & Others - A Tale of Two Jon Kents
It sucked that Bendis aged up Jon. I want Sunshine Jon back as much as anyone. But I can acknowledge that there are some things about the aged-up Jon that I’d like to keep around (namely his relationship with Jay). So I thought, ¿por qué no los dos? We had two versions of Clark Kent running around for years back in the day, and Jon’s entire origin is based in multiverse shenanigans, so who’s to say that Sunshine Jon couldn’t be written back into the comics without erasing the aged-up Jon? Certainly not me.
One day, Sman!Jon encounters Mxyzptlk. Mxy, being who he is, isn’t a fan of Jon’s recent growth spurt. He intends to simply rewrite Jon’s history so that he never left with Jor-El, but Jon appeals to Mxy’s love of drama by explaining how Jon’s current existence as Superman has caused a lot of controversy in the nation. Mxy thinks about it, then decides to just have it both ways. He creates a duplicate timeline, from the beginning of Jon’s existence on Prime Earth to the moments before he decides to leave with Jor-El. Mxy then manipulates the alternate Jon to decide not to leave with Jor-El. Mxy then merges the alternate timeline with the main timeline, resulting in both Sman!Jon and Sunshine Jon existing simultaneously. Mxy then leaves them with a cryptic warning, hinting that only one of them will be able to remain in the main timeline. This story will alternate between the two Jons, exploring their perception of each other and the bond they end up forming, but other characters, especially Damian and Lois, will receive POV chapters as well. Kon will also get involved.
Chris Kent, Kathy Branden, Maya Ducard, & SuperFamily Members - The World Didn’t Stand Still
Kathy Branden decides to use her shop’s teleporter to peer in on the Phantom Zone. She comes back with Chris Kent in tow.
Chris Kent, Jon Kent, Lex Luthor, Task Force X, & Others - Nightwing Rising
It’s been four years since Chris was pulled out of the Phantom Zone, since he renounced Zod and Ursa for good. Four years since he reunited with his family, albeit with some new additions. He’s settled in, found his place in families both Kent and Super. Chris has everything he could have ever hoped for. He’s safe, and loved, and content.
If only that could last.
The Flamebird, ancient Kryptonian goddess of destruction, is coming. Nobody knows why. President Luthor is happy to give them a target while he sets his sights elsewhere.
And something is stirring inside Chris himself. He dreams the same dream, over and over, of shattered glass and shackled ghosts. Shadows and secrets call out to him, begging him to answer. Something else, just out of sight, coils around him with whispers of something more.
He’s just a boy. He’s not ready.
It doesn’t matter.
The Phantom Zone is trembling.
Perry White, Jimmy Olsen, & Space Cabby - Space Scoop Switcharooo
Space Cabby and Jimmy Olsen mistaken identity fic from Perry White's perspective.
Luke Fox, Harper Row, Cullen Row, Charlotte Gage-Radcliffe, & Others - Bats on the Periphery
A series of mostly unconnected oneshots centering on the Batfamily members outside the inner circle.
Batfamily Members - A Snowball Fight of Batty Proportions
The Batfamily have a snowball fight at Wayne Manor. At least it’s not the most mayhem they’ve ever caused. Pure crack.
Selina Kyle, Dick Grayson, Jason Todd, & Tim Drake - The Cattail Lounge
Prohibition-Era speakeasy AU. Selina Kyle runs the Cattail Lounge, one of the last surviving speakeasies in Gotham City alongside the Iceberg Lounge, owned by the vicious Oswald Cobblepot. The Cattail's on increasingly harder times as the Iceberg encroaches further and further. Dick Grayson, Jason Todd, and Tim Drake are in Ms. Kyle's employ.
Jason Todd & Jason Todd & Batfamily Members - Two Robins Means Twice the Magic!
Through multiversal and magic shenanigans, Jason Todd has his body and mind regressed to his early years as Robin, and a second Robin-aged Jason Todd gets dragged into their universe. The alternate-universe Jason is inexplicably much more violent, reckless, and irresponsible than their Robin-aged Jason. This fic explores everyone’s relationship with their Jason, especially Dick and Bruce, and their attempts to navigate and bond with the alternate-universe Jason.
Jason Todd, Tim Drake, Billy Batson, Anita Fite, & Others - The Echoes of Our Unjust Deaths
In which characters have dreams about alternate-universe versions of themselves. Unfortunately, Jason Todd, Tim Drake, and Billy Batson have recently been suffering constant nightmares about alternate-universe versions of themselves dying. Billy is able to figure out that something magical is going on that’s causing these nightmares for them, and so the three, along with Anita Fite, band together to get to the bottom of it. While doing so, they’ll try to navigate the complications their nightmares have created in their relationships with others. [Starring such stories as DC vs. Vampires, A World Without Young Justice, Injustice, Flashpoint, and more.]
Bernard Dowd / Tim Drake, Bernard Dowd & Bruce Wayne - Playing Darts With a Conspiracy Theorist
Tim introduces Bruce to Bernard. Bruce and Bernard get talking and eventually land on conspiracy theories about heroes, namely Gotham’s vigilantes. Bruce has spent many hours spreading false theories about the Bats online, so he’s read some weird ideas. But somehow Bernard’s theories are far more utterly off-the-wall than Bruce would have thought possible. Pure crack, heavy on dialogue.
“Big Hero Six AU” - The Titans of San Fransokyo
Bruce is not Batman. Dick is in the role of Tadashi and dies. Tim is in the role of Hiro and teams up with Dick’s university classmates, who are the Titans, though without powers. Baymax’s armor resembles Batman’s, but he still just goes by Baymax. Victor Fries instead of Callaghan.
Tim Drake & Batkids - Hell Hath No Fury Like a Robin Scorned
Tim’s siblings get on his nerves individually to the point that he gets revenge on each of them. Done in a 5+1 format.
Batfamily Members - The Gotham Grand Prix
The Batkids have a race through Gotham City.
Vicki Vale & Red Robin - Thinly Vale'd Animosity
Vicki Vale is dead certain that Wayne heir Tim Drake is secretly the vigilante Red Robin, but her every attempt to prove the connection blows up in her face.
Tim Drake / Bernard Dowd - They Keep Falling for Each Other All Over Again
An exploration of Tim and Bernard’s relationship through the years.
Damian Wayne - The Brown-Haired Demon
Damian dyes his hair brown for a mission, but he unintentionally uses dye that refuses to wash out, so he has to let it grow out naturally. Everyone around him is far more disturbed by Damian's new hair color than they have any right to be. Pure crack.
Young Justice Core Four - Mantle Semantics
The Young Justice Core Four discuss their codenames and what names they might consider using in the future.
Young Just Us - Merry Apokolips!
Young Justice gets trapped on Apokolips on Christmas Eve. Santa Claus comes to the rescue on his annual trip to give Darkseid a lump of coal. There may or may not be words had about that time Santa got hit by a meteorite.
Billy Batson & Dick Grayson - Batson and the Bat’s Son
Dick Grayson has tracked a human trafficking ring from Blüdhaven to Fawcett City. When Nightwing spots some thugs from the ring kidnapping a kid off the street at night, he follows them back to their base of operations. He busts the ring and rescues all of the kidnapped persons, including that night’s unconscious victim, Billy Batson. Nightwing makes sure Billy’s alright turns him over to Social Services. Dick spends the next few days in Fawcett looking into Billy. After learning about Billy’s history with foster homes, he impulsively decides to help the kid by fostering him. Billy knows Batman’s and Nightwing’s identities, though they don’t know his, so he agrees for the time being. Now Dick’s trying to take care of this kid who reminds Dick painfully of his younger self while balancing work and keeping his vigilante life secret.
Billy Batson & Sivana Family - Fostered by the Sivanas
AU where pre-powers Billy gets fostered by the Sivanas.
Dick Grayson & Billy Batson - To Hell And Back
Dick loses another brother. He refuses to accept that… Captain Marvel’s been to the Underworld before, right?
Billy Batson & Shazamily - Cats Can’t Say “SHAZAM!”
Doctor Sivana turns Billy into a ginger tabby cat, with the idea being that he won’t be able to say the magic word as an animal. With the Justice League unaware of the situation and Billy unable to reach out to them or any other allies, Billy tries to survive on the streets as a cat. Eventually, though, he's found by Darla Dudley and Mary Bromfield, who take him to live with the Vasquezes.
Billy Batson, Freddy Freeman, Tawky Tawny, Doctor Sivana, & Others - Lethe the Past Behind
"The boy woke in an alley." Preboot continuity, Billy Batson has mysteriously lost all of his memories. As such, Captain Marvel has also gone missing, and the Justice League are starting to get very concerned.
Selina Kyle, Billy Batson, & Tim Drake - Stray Tiger Cub
When Selina Kyle finds a kid passed out in an alley, skin and throat laced with Lichtenberg scars… well, she’s always had a fondness for strays. Told from Selina’s perspective. Something has gone wrong with the Rock, turning the magic lightning against Billy’s body. It leaves him powerless and without a voice.
Billy Batson, Kent Nelson, & Khalid Nassour - Crossroads
Billy Batson gets taken in by Kent Nelson as a kind-of apprentice, kind-of ward. Khalid is also there.
Tim Drake & Renee Montoya - Bat-Shaped Question Mark
Canon-divergent Red Robin AU where Renee didn't retire from the Question after Final Crisis. What if Renee took Tim under her wing during Red Robin?
Tim Drake & BatFamily Members - Late to the Party
Instead of becoming Robin following Jason Todd's death, Tim Drake joins the BatFamily after Damian Wayne is killed by the Heretic.
Billy Batson & Amon Tomaz - Through the Fields of Asphodel
Billy Batson (Captain Marvel) and Amon Tomaz (Osiris) journey into the Underworld, which has, for unknown reasons, been struggling between its Greek and Egyptian forms.
Billy Batson & Poseidon - Get In the Water
Captain Marvel picks a fight with Poseidon to save a passenger ship.
Tim Drake, Jack Drake, Dana Winters, & Others - A Key Change of Scenery
What if the Drake family didn't return to Gotham after moving to Keystone City following the events of Cataclysm?
Tim Drake, Bruce Wayne, Jason Todd, & Others - Home to Roost Regardless
An AU exploring a timeline where Jason never died, so Tim never got involved with the Waynes, so both of his parents were killed by the Obeah Man.
Tim Drake, Jack Drake, Janet Drake, Barbara Gordon, & Jason Todd - The Scale of a Legacy
The Drake family has a long history of powerful shifters, from wyrms to wyverns to hydras and everything in between, but most notably drakes. Members of the Drake family have influenced history for as long as there have been records to tell of them.
From the moment he was born, Timothy Jackson Drake was expected to continue his family’s proud legacy. There’s one small problem, though: Tim’s shift is the wrong kind of drake.
Tim Drake & Batfamily - Honey, I Shrunk the Tim
Tim gets hit by a shrinking spell.
Tim Drake & Others - Healing Factor
AU where Tim has a powerful healing factor. Anthology-style.
Tim Drake, Jaime Reyes, Kon-El, Bart Allen, & Cassie Sandsmark - Khepri of the Rising Sun
After a Teen Titans mission to help Doiby Dickles and the planet Myrg, the team's ship passes through an undetected electromagnetic storm that causes them to crash in the jungles of the planet Odym, home of the Blue Lantern Corps. As they are traveling to the Central Power Battery to get a new ride home, Tim comes across a near-defunct Reach scarab, likely left over from the Reach's attempted invasion of Odym. Tim takes the scarab to research it back in Gotham.
Tim Drake and Cassie Sandsmark - Archaeology Brats
Pre-canon canon-divergent AU where Tim and Cassie become friends as kids on their parents’ archaeological digs.
Tim Drake, Bernard Dowd, Darla Aquista, Teen Titans, and the Omnitrix - Tim Ten
Teen Titans-Era Tim Drake finds the Omnitrix during the time when he’s forced to stop being Robin.
Tim Drake/Bart Allen - Tim & Bart: Private Investigators
TimBart Sam&Max fusion.
Tim Drake/Kon-El Kent - World’s Finest Halloween
TimKon Halloween fic. Kon dresses up as Kryptonian Nightwing while Tim dresses up as Flamebird.
Tim Drake/Conner Kent & Others - Woo Be Upon Ye
Medieval TimKon AU. Conner is a prince, Tim is a commoner, Conner personally appoints Tim to the Royal Guard on a whim.
Tim Drake/Conner Kent, Bart Allen, Jaime Reyes, & Others - Conquest is Their Business
Continuation of medieval TimKon AU. Jaime is apprentice to the court mage of the Reach Empire. When he discovers that the Empire has developed a new type of magical weapon that enslaves its user, he steals one and flees the Empire. He ends up in the Kingdom of Metropolis and shares news of both the weapon and the Reach’s new alliance with the Kingdom of Krypton, and after much debate, a diplomatic envoy is sent to the Empire. Tim, Conner, Bart, and Jaime sneak aboard the envoy.
Tim Drake/Conner Kent, Bart Allen, Jaime Reyes, Lor-Zod, & Others - All’s Fair in Love and War
Further continuation of medieval TimKon AU. The Kingdom of Krypton declares war on the Kingdom of Metropolis.
Tim Drake & Batfamily Members - Birdsong
Wherein the bullet Tim took through the neck in Batman (2016) #125 takes out his vocal cords.
Harper Row, Cullen Row, Leslie Thompkins, & Duke Thomas - Caterwaul
Pre-Endgame, Harper gets transformed into a cat.
Bruce Wayne, Dick Grayson, Inspector Gadget, Penny, & Brain - M.A.D. Skulls
Inspector Gadget crossover. Black Mask is working with Dr. Claw and M.A.D.
Marvel Comics
Sam Alexander & Samus Aran - Adventure on Tallon IV
Metroid crossover.
Camp Camp
Space Kid, Dolph, & Others - War for the Lamp
Space Kid and Dolph find a magic lamp with a genie inside who will grant three wishes. When the rest of the camp finds out, the war for the last wish begins.
Max & Others - Flat Max
Max gets Flat Stanley-ed.
"Hilda" AU - Nikki's Adventures in Trolberg!
Details can be found in this post.
Max, Neil, Nikki, & Others - Drawing On the Walls
Max discovers how to do runic magic. Chaos ensues.
"Assassination Classroom" AU - The Cheery Teaching Octopus of Campbell High
David takes the place of Korosensei. Gwen takes the place of Kurasama. Camp Campbell's campers are E-Class. Campbell was ousted from the position of principal by Pikeman's father. The campers-turned-students have until the end of the school year to kill David before he destroys the Earth.
"The Sea Beast" AU - Ghost Coral and Buried Stories
For hundreds of years, sea beasts have wreaked havoc against mankind. In response, sailors called "hunters" venture out and hunt these sea beasts across the sea, returning to the capital with the beasts' horns. The most famous of these hunters were the crew of the Inevitable, led by the legendary Captain Campbell, his first mate Gwen Eddy, and his adopted son David Luna. One day, the Inevitable goes after the Red Bluster, the sea beast that took Campbell's [REDACTED] decades ago. Unknown to the crew, however, a young orphan girl named Nikki Maxwell has stowed away on the Inevitable.
"Astro Boy" Dadvid AU - Rebuilding Our Family Through Metal and Love
David is the head scientist. Max takes the place of Tobio. Max is killed in a lab accident. Overwhelmed by grief, David builds an android identical to Max and downloads Max's memories and personality into it.
“FNAF Security Breach AU” - Cameron Campbell’s Mega Pizzaplex
The Mega Pizzaplex is one of the most popular places in the city. And the stars of the show are the band, led by David Fazbear. One evening, though, something goes wrong with David’s battery, and the concert is cancelled. During that night, David reboots earlier than expected and discovers a boy named Max hiding in his torso compartment. Max says the security guard, Jen, is after him, so David decides to help Max leave the Mega Pizzaplex through the front entrance. Complications soon arise.
Max, Neil, Nikki, David, & Others - Camp Camp Koppai Koppai
Pikmin fusion.
Max, Neil, Nikki, & Others - The Chaos Trio Goes On a Pokémon Adventure!
Pokémon fusion.
Max, Neil, Nikki, & Others - The Campbell Zoo
Zoo AU.
Max & Others - Save and Load
Max discovers how to use save points.
Max & Kirby - Camp Poyo
Kirby crossover into Camp Camp.
Riordanverse
The Seven & Dionysus - For Hades’ Sake, Why’d He Have to Get Hot?!?
The gods are shaped by the mortal world’s perception of them. Supergiant Games’s Hades has recently taken the world by storm with its popularity, and so the Greek gods have found themselves influenced by the game’s depictions of them, especially Mr. D.
Percy Jackson & Others - Thick-Skinned Camper
AU where Heroes of Olympus never happened and Percy kept the Curse of Achilles.
Annabeth Chase, Leo Valdez, & Others - The Lengths One Will Go to For Their Laptop
Annabeth has a dream that the Kerkopes have Daedalus’ laptop. She’s determined to get it back.
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