The Culling (comics)

"The Culling" is a 2012 DC Comic crossover story arc in their relaunched The New 52. It involves three titles: Teen Titans, Legion Lost and Superboy, which is the conclusion to story arcs in all three titles involving the villainous organization N.O.W.H.E.R.E. It begins in Teen Titans Annual #1, and runs through the ninth issues of each of the three series. In its wake, a new series titled The Ravagers was launched.

Titles involved[]

Title	Issue(s)	Writer(s)	Artist(s)	Notes
Preludes
Superboy	#8	Tom DeFalco, Scott Lobdell	Iban Coella, R.B. Silva
Legion Lost	#8	Tom DeFalco	Aaron Kuder
Teen Titans	#8	Scott Lobdell	Ig Guara
Main Storyline
Teen Titans	Annual #1, #9	Tom DeFalco, Scott Lobdell	Brett Booth, Ig Guara	"The Culling" Part 1 & 4
Superboy	#9	Tom DeFalco, Scott Lobdell	R.B. Silva	"The Culling" Part 2
Legion Lost	#9	Tom DeFalco	Pete Woods	"The Culling" Part 3

Collected editions[]

The Culling: Rise of the Ravagers (Legion Lost #8–9, Superboy #8–9, Teen Titans #8–9 and Teen Titans Annual #1)
Teen Titans Vol. 2: The Culling (Teen Titans #8–14 and DC Universe Presents #12)
Superboy Vol. 2: Extraction (Superboy #0 & #8–12 and Teen Titans #10)
Legion Lost Vol 2: The Culling ( Legion Lost #0 & #8–16)

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1980s	"Crisis on Infinite Earths" (April 1985) "Legends" (November 1986) "Millennium" (January 1988) "Invasion!" (January 1989) "The Janus Directive" (May 1989)
1990s	"Armageddon 2001" (May 1991) "War of the Gods" (September 1991) "Eclipso: The Darkness Within" (July 1992) "The Death of Superman" (October 1992) "Knightfall" (April 1993) "Trinity" (August 1993) "Bloodlines" (1993) "The Children's Crusade" (December 1993) "Worlds Collide" (July 1994) "End of an Era" (August 1994) "Zero Hour: Crisis in Time!" (September 1994) "Underworld Unleashed" (November 1995) "Batman: Contagion" (March 1996) "DC vs. Marvel" (April 1996) "Batman: Legacy" (August 1996) "The Final Night" (November 1996) "Genesis" (October 1997) "Batman: Cataclysm" (March 1998) "DC One Million" (November 1998) "Batman: No Man's Land" (March 1999) "Day of Judgment" (November 1999) "JLApe: Gorilla Warfare!" (1999)
2000s	"Our Worlds at War" (August 2001) "Joker: Last Laugh" (December 2001) "Bruce Wayne: Fugitive" (March 2002) "JLA/Avengers" (September 2003) "Identity Crisis" (June 2004) "Infinite Crisis" (December 2005) "Amazons Attack!" (March 2007) "Sinestro Corps War" (August 2007) "Final Crisis" (July 2008) "Blackest Night" (June 2009)
2010s	"Brightest Day" (May 2010) "Reign of Doomsday" (January 2011) "Flashpoint" (May 2011) "The Culling" (November 2011) "Night of the Owls" (April 2012) "Death of the Family" (October 2012) "H'El on Earth" (October 2012) "Throne of Atlantis" (November 2012) Wrath of the First Lantern (February 2013) "Batman: Zero Year" (June 2013) "Trinity War" (July 2013) "Forever Evil" (September 2013) "Forever Evil: Blight" (October 2013) "The New 52: Futures End" (September 2014) "Convergence" (April 2015) "Darkseid War" (June 2015) Justice League vs Suicide Squad (February 2017) "The Button" (April 2017) "Dark Nights: Metal" (June 2017) "The Lazarus Contract" (July 2017) "Doomsday Clock" (November 2017) "Milk Wars" (March 2018) Drowned Earth "Heroes in Crisis" (September 2018) "The Terminus Agenda" (March 2019) "Year of the Villain" (May 2019)
2020s	"Dark Nights: Death Metal" (June 2020) "The Joker War" (September 2020) "Generations" (September 2020) "Endless Winter" (December 2020) "Future State" (January 2021) "Infinite Frontier" (June 2021) "Fear State" (August 2021) "" (March 2022) " (March 2022) "" (April 2022)
Launch lines	DC Implosion The New 52 DC Rebirth The New Age of DC Heroes New Justice The Sandman Universe Milestone Returns Infinite Frontier