9/2009 - DC Entertainment is formed. Diane Nelson is named President of the newly labeled company, which includes DC Comics, but also all DC-related multi-media ventures and licensing. Nelson's background is not in comics but in brand management. The timing of DC's restructuring is of note, as it comes just a couple of weeks after Disney's $4 billion buyout of Marvel.
2/18/2010 - Dan DiDio and Jim Lee are promoted, sharing the title Co-Publisher. DiDio was DC Executive Editor (basically Editor-In-Chief, since the position didn't exist during DiDio's tenure) and Lee was Editorial Director of his own WildStorm imprint, which moved from Image to DC Comics in 1998. Writer Geoff Johns was promoted to Chief Creative Officer, a position created to allow someone from within DC the opportunity to oversee and exercise some measure of creative control over DC products like films, television, and video games.
9/21/2010 - DC splits their offices between New York City and Burbank, CA. Lee is a West Coaster anyway, and this allows the company to have more direct physical contact with Warner Brothers' TV and film.
9/27/2010 - Bob Harras is named DC Comics' Editor-In-Chief. Harras held the EIC position at Marvel Comics from 1995-2000.
12/16/2010 - Nick Spencer is the first notable casualty in DC's new "fired before the first issue hits" practice, when he's announced as the new writer for Supergirl, then replaced on his very first issue by "co-writer" James Peaty.
8/31/2011 - The New 52 launches with 52 new monthly titles starting with all-new #1 issues, wiping the slate (mostly) clean and hoping to entice new readers with easy reading entry points.
9/16/2011 - Writer John Rozum quits Static Shock. due to disagreements with editor Harvey Richards and artist Scott McDaniel. The series is eventually canceled after just eight issues.
9/19/2011 - J.T. Krul is replaced on Green Arrow the same month as its first issue is released.
9/30/2011 - Writer-artist George Perez announces his departure from the flagship Superman book the same month its first issue is released. Perez completes his first arc, but is the first to dish on behind-the-scenes problems, "Unfortunately when you are writing major characters, you sometimes have to make a lot of compromises, and I was made certain promises, and unfortunately, not through any fault of Dan DiDio, he was no longer the last word, I mean a lot of people were now making decisions; they were constantly going against each other, contradicting, again in mid-story."
10/12/2011 - Editorial conflicts and strong differences of opinion with co-writer and artist Ethan Van Sciver cause writer Gail Simone to step away from Fury of Firestorm.
11/14/2011 - Ron Marz leaves Voodoo after his script to issue #5 is tossed out by editors. The series is canceled after ten issues.
1/19/2012 - DC Entertainment shows off their new logo. This fan wonders why the new logo didn't debut with the New 52 re-branding.