Who's Who in the DC Universe
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Who's Who in the DC Universe (usually referred to as Who's Who, proper title Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe) is a comic book series which DC Comics published to catalogue the wide variety of fictional characters in their imaginary universe, the DC Universe.
Who's Who was the creation of Len Wein, Marv Wolfman and Bob Greenberger, and its first incarnation debuted in the first month of 1985 (cover dated March 1985) and ran 26 issues until 1987 (cover dated April 1987). It was essentially an encyclopedia in comic book form, listing the characters, places and things in the DC Universe. It began one month before the 12-issue limited series Crisis on Infinite Earths began, and therefore it is of interest to note that the earlier issues contemplate the characters pre-Crisis, whereas issues released subsequent to the conclusion of the limited series discuss the post-Crisis universe. For example, while both the Flash (Barry Allen) and Supergirl died during the Crisis, the Flash's death is not mentioned as issue #8 predates his death, but Supergirl's death is recounted 14 months later in issue #22.
Various updated versions of the Who's Who have appeared over the years, including Who's Who Update '87 (five issues, cover dated August to December 1987), Who's Who Update '88 (four issues, cover dated August to November 1988) and Who's Who in the DC Universe (16 loose-leaf issues with binders sold separately, cover dated August 1990 to February 1992). An unofficial version is available online here. DC Comics maintains an abbreviated version here.