Lawndale's Finest

A Daria fanfiction series by NightGoblyn and winner of the "Favorite New Series" award in the 4th Daria Fanworks Awards. The stories recast several of the characters from Daria in the roles of superheroes or supervillains from DC comics.

Beginning with "Lawndale's Finest: The Dark Knight," smk has come aboard as the official series editor. Jim North's entry as a story author makes this series a shared world.

"The Dark Knight" won Favorite Crossover, "Detective Stories #3: The Line of Duty" was nominated for Favorite Melodrama, and "Detective Stories" as a whole was nominated for Favorite New Series in the 2009 Daria Fanworks Awards.

Table of Contents
The first full length story is "The Last Daughter of Krypton," which sets the tone for the series and introduces some of the main characters and many supporting characters. Last Daughter is four chapters long:


 * Chapter One: Strange Visitor from Another Planet


 * Chapter Two: The Girl of Steel


 * Chapter Three: A Great Sub-Urban Newspaper


 * Chapter Four: The Never Ending Battle

The second full length story is "The Dark Knight," which continues the main storyline and introduces Daria Morgendorffer. Like "Last Daughter," it is four chapters long:


 * Chapter One: Millionaire Playgirl


 * Chapter Two: Fear and Loathing in Lawndale


 * Chapter Three: The Girl Wonder


 * Chapter Four: The Ace of Knaves

In addition to the full length stories, several smaller pieces have been written. Stories under the heading of "Action Stories" tend to involve Jane, Quinn, or Scarlett, while stories under the heading "Detective Stories" tend to follow members of the Gotham PD, ADA Harvey Dent, Daria, or Stacy.


 * Action Stories #1: Ace Reporter


 * Action Stories #2: Deep Trouble


 * Action Stories #3: Two Knights Defense


 * Action Stories #4: Power Struggle, written by Jim North


 * Detective Stories #1: The End of an Era, written by LSauchelli.


 * Detective Stories #2: Daughters of the Demon


 * Detective Stories #3: The Line of Duty, written by LSauchelli.


 * Detective Stories #4: Fledge.


 * Detective Stories #5: Belfry, written by LSauchelli.

Time Line
A handy guide to what order the stories occur in, and which ones are simultaneous with other stories. And yes, some of the stories below haven't been written yet.

LF:LDoK 1 (Quinn’s freshman year)

LF:LDoK 2

LF:LDoK 3

LF:LDoK 4 / DS #1

AS #1

LF:DK 1 / AS #2 (summer, school break)

LF:DK 2

LF:DK 3 / LF:BatB 1 (Quinn’s sophomore year)

LF:DK 4 / LF:BatB 2 / AS #3 / DS #2

AS #4

LF:BatB 3 / DS #3

LF:BatB 4