We are Yesterday

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"We are Yesterday"
Publisher DC Comics
Publication dateJune – September 2025
Title(s)
See below
Main characters
Creative team
Writer Mark Waid
Artists
  • Clayton Henry
  • Travis Moore
PencillerDan Mccaid
LettererSteve Wands
Colorists
EditorChris Rosa

"We are Yesterday" is a 2025 American comic book crossover storyline published by DC Comics. Serving as the beginning of the DC All In initiative, the crossover was written by Mark Waid, with art by Dan Mora. The storyline ran between June to September, 2025. The crossover received critical acclaim who praised the complex multiversal story, art, and action.

Contents

Publication history

The first major crossover of DC All In introduces the Legion of Doom and more in the pages of Batman/Superman: World’s Finest , Justice League Unlimited , and the Batman/Superman: World’s Finest 2025 Annual. [1] [2]

Plot

Prologue

While dealing with an enemy named Inferno who has been terrorizing the Green (Swamp Thing's avatar), Batman and Atom are trying to find out where Martian Manhunter's powers went following the events of Absolute Power . New Justice League member Air Wave helps free Gorilla Grodd and the rest of the prisoners out before escaping to meet up with the Legion of Doom (Joker, Lex Luthor, Bizarro, Sinestro, Captain Cold, Scarecrow, and Black Manta) from the past. Inferno is revealed to be an alternate name for the Legion of Doom. [3]

Main Story

In the past, Clark Kent and Bruce Wayne are going to Gotham City on a jet alongside Hal Jordan when Hal's jet malfunctions and he is forced to crash due to Grodd. Superman, Batman, and Flash go to Gorilla City, where Grodd manages to possess Superman's mind by separating the heroes from each other. Solovar teams up with Batman, Flash, and Hal to apprehend Superman, but he threatens to kill him using a powerful ape named Titano. They manage to free Superman from Grodd. While imprisoned, the present Grodd travels to the past and possesses his past self. [4]

Grodd frees himself and manipulates Air Wave to be on his side by giving him illusions of the Justice League being evil, while recruiting past versions of the Legion of Doom members to create time traveling devices. Grodd accesses Air Wave's memories to gain the Justice League's secrets before seemingly killing him. Wonder Woman, Hal Jordan, Black Lightning, Shazam, Carol Ferris, Green Arrow, Donna Troy and Stargirl arrive to confront them after tracing Air Wave's energy signature. [5]

Grodd remembers how in the past, he convinced the villains to work for him after instructing Sinestro to look into his mind where the heroes are victorious. The villains split off into teams to steal tachyon energy, and Scarecrow hits Robin with a ray gun, transporting him to the present where Batman and Nightwing meet him. When the rest of the heroes arrive to confront Grodd and the villains, Pythoness uses tachyon energy to send everyone to the present, leaving the heroes stranded in the past. [6]

When Robin shakes hands with Nightwing, Robin and past Batman/Superman are transported to the present, while current Batman, Nightwing and Superman are transported to the past. Past Batman, Superman and Robin take down Sinestro and Scarecrow while current Batman, Superman and Nightwing go to the Batcave and meet Alfred Pennyworth. The current heroes then head to Fortress of Solitude to get a time sphere from Legion of Super-Heroes to travel to the present, but Sinestro transport the past heroes to a Arabia 14 million BC. [7]

The time-displaced Legion of Doom defeat the current Justice League while also putting up time barriers, preventing the heroes from traveling in time. The Legion of Doom arrive at the Omega rift (where Darkseid allowed the League to kill him) to gain more power. Air Wave manages to communicate the rest of the League due to being a living transmission signal and relaying their voices. Atom realizes that Air Wave was weaponized to transport the League through time, and the rest of the League arrive in the present, but not before Grodd absorbs Darkseid's energy. [8]

When Air Wave arrives in the present with the Justice League, he also transports alternate versions of heroes including Batman Beyond (an alternate version of Tim Drake), Superman Blue, Aquaman with a hook for a hand, an early version of Barry Allen, and an early version of Batman. The Omega energy begins to overwhelm Air Wave, but Martian Manhunter manages to weaken Grodd long enough for Air Wave to take him out. Grodd is taken to custody, but because of the tampering with the Omega Rift, the time-displaced heroes are stuck in the present day. Meanwhile, the Time Trapper arrives in a pocket universe, where it meets with the World Forger to prepare for a future crisis event. [9]

Reading order

Prologue

Core Issues

Aftermath

Critical Reception

According to Comicbook Roundup, the event received an average rating of 8.1 out of 10 based on 222 reviews. [11]

References

  1. Brooke, David (January 23, 2025). "First ever DC All In initiative event 'We Are Yesterday' announced". AIPT. Retrieved October 4, 2025.
  2. Harth, David (May 30, 2025). "DC's Big We Are Yesterday Event Is Too Confusing to Be All In For". ComicBook.com. Retrieved October 4, 2025.
  3. Rossi, Kevin (March 26, 2025). "Justice League Unlimited #5: A Cosmic Gumbo". Comic Watch. Retrieved October 4, 2025.
  4. Franey, Christopher (April 16, 2025). "'Batman/Superman: World's Finest' #38 review". AIPT. Retrieved October 4, 2025.
  5. "Justice League Unlimited #6 review". Batman News. April 23, 2025. Retrieved October 4, 2025.
  6. Rossi, Kevin (April 30, 2025). "Batman / Superman: World's Finest 2025 Annual #1: Grodd Rising". Comic Watch. Retrieved October 12, 2025.
  7. Rossi, Kevin (May 21, 2025). "Batman/Superman: World's Finest #39: Time Warp". Comic Watch. Retrieved November 10, 2025.
  8. Goldfield, Ray (June 25, 2025). "Review - Justice League Unlimited #8: Time's End". GeekDad. Retrieved November 10, 2025.
  9. Johnston, Rich (June 25, 2025). "Absolute Legion And Doomsday Set Up DC Comics' New Crisis (Spoilers)". Bleeding Cool. Retrieved November 10, 2025.
  10. As, Trevor Van (March 19, 2025). "We Are Yesterday Reading Order Checklist". How To Love Comics. Retrieved October 4, 2025.
  11. "JUSTICE LEAGUE UNLIMITED: WE ARE YESTERDAY Reviews". ComicbookRoundup. November 2, 2025.