2012

The following creative talent passed away in the year 2012:

• Jim Unger
• Else Holmelund Minarik
• Blaine

The following Animated Shorts debuted with a 2012 air date:

• No cartoons debuted in 2012.

The following Live Action films debuted with a 2012 air date:

• No Live Action films debuted in 2012.

The following comic titles debuted with a 2012 cover date:

• No comics debuted in 2012.

The following Comic titles were last published with a 2012 cover date:

• No comics were cancelled in 2012.

The following One Shots were published with a 2012 cover date:

• No One Shots were published in 2012.

The following pulp titles debuted with a 2012 cover date:

• No Pulps debuted in 2012.

The following pulp titles were last published with a 2012 cover date:

• No Pulps were cancelled in 2012.

The following characters debuted with a 2012 cover date:

• Match (Earth-16)
• Flish (Farm League)
• Oliver Queen (Arrow)
• Dinah Laurel Lance (Arrow)
• Timothy Drake (Earth-16)
• Roy Harper (Earth-16)
• Alexis Fritsche (Supurbia)
• Gio Taviani (Supurbia)
• Michael Smith (Supurbia)
• Ruth Smith (Supurbia)
• Eve White (Supurbia)
• Sovereign (Supurbia)
• Helen Heart (Supurbia)
• Paul Fritsche (Supurbia)
• Robert White (Supurbia)
• Jeremy Metzger (Supurbia)
• Tia Jenkins (Supurbia)
• Sarangel Metzger (Supurbia)
• Batu Metzger (Supurbia)
• Hayley Harper (Supurbia)
• Dion Jenkins (Supurbia)
• Zari Jenkins (Supurbia)
• Eli Metzger (Supurbia)
• Hector Hunt (Supurbia)
• Asher Fritsche (Supurbia)
• Stella Fritsche (Supurbia)
• William Batson (Prime Earth)
• Volthoom (Prime Earth)
• DeSaad (Prime Earth)
• Nommo Balewa (Prime Earth)
• Zannah of Khera (Prime Earth)
• Beowulf (Prime Earth)
• Tito (Clint Barton's neighbor) (Earth-616)
• Soldier One (Earth-616)
• Ixchel (Earth-616)
• Star (Earth-616)
• Deke (Clint Barton's neighbor) (Earth-616)
• Eternal Brain (Eternal) (Earth-616)
• Encephalon (Earth-616)
• Frederick Dukes (Clone) (Earth-616)
• Gemini (Thanos' Zodiac) (Earth-616)
• Happy the Horse
• Thoth
• Hugo Lopez (Earth-1610)
• Joshua (Earth-1610)
• Swamp Thing (Prime Earth)
• Mercury (Earth 2)
• Smithy (Earth-616)
• Quark (Earth-616)
• Red Feather III (Earth-616)
• Remus (Earth-616)
• Revolutionary (Dynasty) (Earth-616)
• Darlene Wright (Earth-616)
• Death-Stalker (Earth-616)
• Dennis Wells (Earth-616)
• Aquarius (Thanos' Zodiac) (Earth-616)
• Forrest Goldendawn (Earth-616)
• Calcabrina (Earth-616)
• Camazotz (Earth-616)
• Harvester (Assassin) (Earth-616)
• Tohil (Earth-616)
• Jacawitz (Earth-616)
• Namor (Earth-20329)
• Coyote (Earth-616)
• William Stryker, Sr. (Earth-1610)
• Howard Stark, Jr. (Earth-1610)
• Diana of Themyscira (Earth 42)
• Hank Hallmark (Earth 36)
• Optiman (Earth 36)
• Virusplague (Earth-616)
• Wyatt Crowley (Earth-616)
• Xavier (Earth-92323)
• Akihiro (Earth-11080)
• Barbara Gordon (Super Best Friends Forever)
• Bro'Dee Walker (Green Lantern Animated Series)
• Kara Zor-El (Super Best Friends Forever)
• Asami Koizumi (Earth-16)
• Donna Troy (Super Best Friends Forever)
• Raymond Palmer (Sword of the Atom Shorts)
• Theodore Kord (Earth-16)
• Mogo (Green Lantern Animated Series)
• Anti-Monitor (Green Lantern Animated Series)
• Diana of Themyscira (Ame-Comi)
• Bernhard Baker (Animal Man Shorts)
• Bekka (DCAU)
• Tomar-Re (Green Lantern Animated Series)
• Quentin Lance (Arrowverse)
• Ch'p (Green Lantern Animated Series)
• Chaselon (Green Lantern Animated Series)
• Aga'po (Green Lantern Animated Series)
• Byth Rok (Green Lantern Animated Series)
• Ragnar (Green Lantern Animated Series)
• Scar (Green Lantern Animated Series)
• G. Gordon Godfrey (Earth-16)
• Ambassador (Earth-16)
• Bleez (Green Lantern Animated Series)
• Tye Longshadow (Earth-16)
• Adam Strange (Earth-16)
• Black Beetle (Earth-16)
• Dinah Laurel Lance (Arrowverse)
• Guy Gardner (Green Lantern Animated Series)
• Iolande (Green Lantern Animated Series)
• Sardath (Earth-16)
• Talia al Ghul (Earth-16)
• Thomas Merlyn (Arrowverse)
• Henry Henshaw (Smallville)
• Bruce Wayne (Smallville)
• Darkseid (Prime Earth)
• Otis Berg (Smallville)
• Piñata (New Earth)
• Bottom Feeder (New Earth)
• Alina (New Earth)
• Larvox (Green Lantern Animated Series)
• Diviner (New Earth)
• Danielle Garrett (New Earth)
• Barbara Gordon (Smallville)
• Ray-Lan (Smallville)
• Blackbriar Thorn (Earth-16)
• President of the United States (Nolanverse)
• Lex Luthor (Lego Batman)
• Barack Obama (Ame-Comi)
• George W. Bush (Prime Earth)
• Lightfoot (Earth 2)
• George Washington (Prime Earth)
• Duela Dent (Ame-Comi)
• Pamela Isley (Ame-Comi)
• Selina Kyle (Ame-Comi)
• Cheetah (Ame-Comi)
• Columbia (Earth-12591)
• Zephyr Zog (Earth-12591)

• Negan
• Gregory (The Walking Dead)
• Dwight (The Walking Dead)
• Nick Fury Jr.
• Harper Row
• Alpha (Marvel Comics)
• Cullen Bloodstone
• Apex (comics)
• Anachronism (comics)
• Deathlocket
• Hummingbird (comics)
• Nara (comics)
• David Graves (character)
• S-Men
• Sludge (Transformers)

The following characters last appeared with a 2012 cover date:

• No characters had a final appearance in 2012.

The following teams debuted with a 2012 cover date:

• Chinese Triad (Arrow)
• Murder Circus (Earth-616)
• Mean Machine