DC Lore Study

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Fed up with continuity and consistency issues and fans of different era debating what's canon or not, I decided to just ignore everything and track down everything. The origins of DC Universe, the origins of various characters, landmark issues, important changes, and characterization in DCU history.
Whether they are still canon or not.
I want to do this chronologically, but sorting it out will take forever, so I'll just post it as I find it.

Everything here is taken from official previews, whether from comics news and reviews site or DC's digital comic store. The idea is to put a limit on how many pages can be included from one issue. Not everything I will post here I have read so anyone can comment to tell me what happens next or what should I check next.

Let's start with The Origins of DC Universe by Marv Wolfman and George Perez since that's the first one I found.
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This was created after the first Crisis, so I'm guessing the first paragraph is talking about the Crisis, and the being who died is The Monitor.
I don't know if DC ever created an origin of DCU before this. If they have, I like to know.
So here, at least as far back as the 80s, the concept of God Hand already existed. Now he's known as Dr. Manhattan, but back then, who knows.

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That page is familiar. I first saw it, I think, in New 52 Green Lantern. I'm going to post the new version once I find the picture.

That's about it for this issue's preview. I don't know what happens next.

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Found it. It's in the Wrath of the First Lantern. Don't know which issue though, so I can't track down the extended preview yet.
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In this version, the God Hand is wearing a ring.

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It's Green Lantern #17. This extra page is from CBR preview. Wait, it's time-traveling Volthoom? What?
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No. He just hijacked the moment.

Edit with info from Heavunion:
The hand originally appeared in Green Lantern #40 1965
It appeared again in The Multiversity Guidebook

The Hand appeared again in Green Lantern/New Gods Godhead #1 that also portray the history of Old and New Gods
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Then of course Crisis on Infinite Earths #1 version of the creation of the Multiverse
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[Heavunion]

The " God Hand " first appeared in Green Lantern #40 that came out in October 1965

https://50yearoldcomics.wordpress.co...-october-1965/

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That is cool. Looks like the Hand is one of the consistent lore of DC.

Okay up next is the Old and New Gods!
In the New 52 Darkseid origin from Justice League #23.1, The Old Gods were egoistic and uncaring, their wanton destruction spurred Uxas to take action
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During the war of Old Gods, Uxas absorbed The Old Gods power and became Darkseid
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Extended Preview from Comicx X-aminer
http://comics-x-aminer.com/2013/08/3...23-1-darkseid/

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Originally in Jack Kirby's The New Gods #1 The Old Gods went to war to fight an unleashed evil
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In Godhead #1 they went to war because of the darkness in their hearts
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Either way, the ancient world was destroyed and from it came New Genesis, and Apokolips
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More detailed description on New Genesis from The New Gods #2
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and #7
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Edit: Oh I should've checked. I didn't know the image is resized. I might cancel this thread and continue it on a blog.

[Atlas]

It has not been confirmed that Dr. Manhattan is now the "God Hand." It's merely speculation at this point.