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* [[Ancient Conspiracy]]: The Court of Owls in ''Batman'' and other Bat-books, who've been secretly controlling Gotham City for at least a hundred years.

* [[Ascended Meme]]:

** In his new series, most people react to [[Aquaman (Comic Book)|Aquaman]] as if they only knew him from the ''[[Super Friends]]'', [[What Kind of Lame Power Is Heart Anyway|What Kind Of Lame Power Is Talking To Fish, Anyway?]] version. This leads to him working so hard to prove that he is [[Badass]] that it doesn't actually make any sense for him to have that reputation he's trying so hard to shed in the first place.

** In his new series, most people react to [[Aquaman (Comic Book)|Aquaman]] as if they only knew him from the ''[[Super Friends]]'', [[What Kind of Lame Power Is Heart, Anyway?|What Kind Of Lame Power Is Talking To Fish, Anyway?]] version. This leads to him working so hard to prove that he is [[Badass]] that it doesn't actually make any sense for him to have that reputation he's trying so hard to shed in the first place.

** The hero formerly known as Captain Marvel will simply be "[[Shazam]]"; partially because (thanks to [[Writing Around Trademarks]]) [http://www.newsarama.com/comics/geoff-johns-curse-of-shazam-120126.html "everybody thinks he's called Shazam already, outside of comics."] [[I Am Not Shazam]] no more!

* [[Bat Family Crossover]]: "Night of Owls", hitting the Bat-books around the Second Wave after being built up in ''Batman'' since the relaunch.

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* [[Mythology Gag]]: Batwing's costume looks a lot like the imaginary African-American Batman (aka "Bat-Wings") in the seventies comic "The Batman Nobody Knows". Only less seventies.

* [[Never Trust a Trailer]]: {{spoiler|Most of the hype for ''Earth-2'' focused on that world's versions of the Big Three: Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman. They're killed off in the first issue.}}

* [[Nineties Anti Hero]]: There have been some comparisons of the New 52 with the early days of [[Image Comics]], which may be something to be expected when you've got Image co-founders [[Jim Lee]] and [[Rob Liefeld]] working for you.

* [[Nineties Anti-Hero]]: There have been some comparisons of the New 52 with the early days of [[Image Comics]], which may be something to be expected when you've got Image co-founders [[Jim Lee]] and [[Rob Liefeld]] working for you.

* [[Non-Indicative Name]]: As of "Zero Month", the New 52 features 55 books.

* [[Origins Issue]]: The focus of "Zero Month".