#JLA 115

[cardboard-writer]

J'onn, what were you even doing there?

Source: JLA Vol 1 #115 by writers Geoff Johns and Allan Heinberg with art by Chris Batista.

[perenians]

PEREN’S CURATED KYLE RAYNER READING LIST 💚

CORE CHARACTERIZATION:

green lantern volume 3 issues #0 and #48-181, annuals #4, 6-9

PERSONAL RECOMMENDATIONS:

green lantern: secret files (1998)

green lantern: circle of fire (2000)

ion: guardian of the universe (2006)

convergence: green lantern/parallax (2015)

CROSSOVERS, EVENTS, OTHER APPEARANCES:

hard travelling heroes - the next generation (1996): green arrow volume 2 #110-111 (ties into green lantern volume 3 #77-78)

dc universe holiday bash (1996) #1

flash/green lantern: faster friends (1997)

dc universe holiday bash (1997) #1

three of a kind (1998): green lantern volume 3 #96, green arrow volume 2 #130, the flash volume 2 #135

aquaman volume 5 #10

JLA volume 1 #1-76

new titans #115-130, annual #11

JLA/titans (2002)

countdown presents: the search for ray palmer (2008)

ARGUABLY IMPORTANT READING:

rann-thanagar war (2005)

green lantern: the sinestro corps war (2008)

blackest night (2009)

brightest day (2010)

green lantern: war of the green lanterns (2011)

green lantern: rise of the third army (2013)

green lantern new gods: godhead (2014)

green lantern: lights out (2015)

AVOID:

green lantern: new guardians (2011) - it’s bad. also just kind of gross in its treatment of kyle & his dad

omega men (2015) - mischaracterization of both the original omega men AND kyle

hal jordan and the green lantern corps (2017) - sucks.

[thequiver]

Who is.... Ralph Dibny | The Elongated Man? - A Reading Guide

Ralph Dibny is a powered superhero from DC Comics first introduced in 1960. Ralph gains his ability to stretch his body to comic proportions as a result of his chronic ingestion of what is basically an essential oil. Ralph's hero work is largely based out of Opal City (which is kind of a stand-in for Baltimore, MD). Ralph is best known for his membership with the Justice League of America, Justice League Europe, and the Croatoans. Ralph is a devoted husband to his wife Sue, has his own exhibit at the Flash Museum, and is one of, if not the best detective in detective comics!

A selection of my favorite Ralph Dibny comics can be found in chronological order under the cut If you're interested in a full list of Ralph's appearances, please dm me and I'm happy to send you scans of a of my handwritten list!

The Flash (1959) #112, 115, 119, 124, 130, 134, 138 Detective Comics (1937) #328-345 Justice League of America (1960) #51 The Flash (1959) #206, 208, 210, 212 Justice League of America (1960) #100, 102, 105-106, 109-114, 116-121, 128-129, 131-134 Detective Comics (1937) #465-466, 468 Justice League of America (1960) #142-143 The Flash (1959) #252-253 Justice League of America (1960) #159-160, 210-212 (flashbacks), 161-168, 179, 181-183, 186-188 Detective Comics (1937) #500D The Flash (1959) #296 Justice League of America (1960) #189-191 The Brave and the Bold (1955) #177 Justice League of America (1960) #197-200 The Flash (1959) #323-325, 327-329 Justice League of America (1960) #226-227, Annual 2 (1984), 233-239 The Flash (1959) #341, 349 DC Retroactive: JLA - The 80's (2011) #1 <- chronologically this is where the story goes even if the issue is from 2011 Secret Origins (1986) #30

From here we really enter into Ralph's Justice League Europe era, so I'm separating the out a little bit

Justice League International (1987) #24 Justice League Europe (1989) #1-9 The Flash (1987) #35 Justice League Europe (1989) #10, 13-19, Annual 1, 20-21 The Flash (1987) #48-49 Justice League Europe (1989) #25-29 Justice League America (1989) #54 Justice League Europe (1989) #30 Justice League America (1989) #55 Justice League Europe (1989) # Annual 2, 31-33 Justice League America (1989) #58 Justice League Europe (1989) #34-35 Justice League Quarterly (1990) #6 Justice League America (1989) #60 Justice League Europe (1989) #36 Elongated Man (1992) #1-4 Justice League Europe (1989) #37-40 Green Lantern (1990) #25 (set during JLE #40) Justice League Europe (1989) #41-42, Annual 3, 43-503 Justice League Quarterly (1990) #9

Justice League International Take 2 through to Zero Hour

Justice League Task Force (1993) #1 Justice League International (1993) #51, Annual 4, 53-57 Justice League Task Force (1993) #10-12 Justice League America (1989) #89 Justice League Task Force (1993) #13 Justice League International (1993) #65 Justice League Task Force (1993) #14 Justice League International (1993) #66-67 Justice League America (1989) #92 Justice League Task Force (1993) #16 Justice League International (1993) #68 Zero Hour: Crisis in Time (1994) #1, 3

Post Zero Hour through to 52. This period of comics contains the highly controversial Identity Crisis, which centers around the death of Ralph's wife, Sue.

Starman (1994) #56, 61-63, 65, 67-68, 70-73, 75, 80 Doom Patrol (2001) #4-6 Formerly Known as the Justice League (2003) #1-6 Identity Crisis (2004) #1-7 52 (2006) #1-2, 4-5, 7-8, 11-13, 18, 21, 24-25, 27, 31-33, 39, 41-42, 52

After 52, Ralph comes back as a ghost for a few issues and later as a black lantern during Blackest Night but tbh I didn't enjoy those much at all so they're not included

[rezonan]

DC Reading Order Part 1

A few months ago, I did a read order on Batman alone and I thought I would do one based of the early years of the Post Crisis(With some extras around) Continuity to the first Event, Legends.

Batman: The Knight

Batman #404 - Batman: Year One

Batman #405

Man of Steel #1 (1986)- Basically Superman Year One

Man of Steel #2

Batman #406

Batman #407

Catwoman-Her sister's keepers

Man of Steel #3

Man of Steel #4

Man of Steel #5

Man of Steel #6

The Power of Shazam! oneshot

Superman/Shazam: First Thunder #1 (2005)

Superman/Shazam: First Thunder #2

Superman/Shazam: First Thunder #3

Superman/Shazam: First Thunder #4

Wonder Woman Vol. 2 #1 (1987)

Wonder Woman Vol. 2 #2

Wonder Woman Vol. 2 #3

Wonder Woman Vol. 2 #4

Wonder Woman Vol. 2 #5

Wonder Woman Vol. 2 #6

Wonder Woman Vol. 2 #7

Aquaman Vol. 2 #1 (1986)

Aquaman Vol. 2 #2

Aquaman Vol. 2 #3

Aquaman Vol. 2 #4

Batman: Shaman

Batman and the Monster Men

Batman and the Mad Monk

Batman: The Man Who Laughs[Jokers First appearance]

Batman: Four of a Kind #1 [ Basically When Poison Ivy, The Riddler, Scarecrow, and Man-Bat first appear collected into one book]

Batman: Rules od Engagement

Batman: Gothic

Batman: Prey

Batman: Venom

Legends of the Dark Knight #6

Legends of the Dark Knight #7

Legends of the Dark Knight #8

Legends of the Dark Knight #9

Legends of the Dark Knight #10

Legends of the Dark Knight #11

Legends of the Dark Knight #12

Legends of the Dark Knight #13

Legends of the Dark Knight #14

Legends of the Dark Knight #15

Legends of the Dark Knight #16

Legends of the Dark Knight #17

Legends of the Dark Knight #18

Legends of the Dark Knight #19

Legends of the Dark Knight #20

Green Arrow: Year One #1 (2007) - origin of Green Arrow.

Green Arrow: Year One #2

Green Arrow: Year One #3

Green Arrow: Year One #4

Green Arrow: Year One #5

Green Arrow: Year One #6

Green Arrow: The Wonder Year #1 (1993)

Green Arrow: The Wonder Year #2

Green Arrow: The Wonder Year #3

Green Arrow: The Wonder Year #4

Batman: The Long Halloween

Batman: Dark Victory

Catwoman: When in Rome

Robin: Year One

Batgirl: Year One

Green Lantern Vol. 4 #29

Green Lantern Vol. 4 #30

Green Lantern Vol. 4 #31

Green Lantern Vol. 4 #32

Green Lantern Vol. 4 #33

Green Lantern Vol. 4 #34

Green Lantern Vol. 4 #35

Superman Vol. 2 #1 (1987)

Superman Vol. 2 #2

Superman Vol. 2 #3

Superman Vol. 2 #4

Superman Vol. 2 #5

JLA: Year One #1 (1998)

JLA: Year One #2

JLA: Year One #3

JLA: Year One #4

JLA: Year One #5

JLA: Year One #6

JLA: Year One #7

JLA: Year One #8

JLA: Year One #9

JLA: Year One #10

JLA: Year One #11

JLA: Year One #12

Blue Beetle #1 (1986)

Blue Beetle #2

Blue Beetle #3

Blue Beetle #4

Blue Beetle #5

Blue Beetle #6

Blue Beetle #7

Blue Beetle #8

Legends of the DC Universe #7

Legends of the DC Universe #8

Legends of the DC Universe #9

Legends of the Dark Knight #127

Legends of the Dark Knight #128

Legends of the Dark Knight #129

Legends of the Dark Knight #130

Legends of the Dark Knight #131

Batman #408

Batman #409

Nightwing Vol. 2 #101 - Nightwing: Year One

Nightwing Vol. 2 #102

Nightwing Vol. 2 #103

Nightwing Vol. 2 #104

Nightwing Vol. 2 #105

Nightwing Vol. 2 #106

Batman The cult (For some Jason Robin stuff)

Legion of Super-Heroes Vol. 3 Annual #2

Booster Gold #8

Booster Gold #9

Batman #401

Detective Comics #568

Legends #1 (1986)

Green Lantern Corps #207

Legends #2

Cosmic Boy #1 (1986)

Justice League of America #258

Secret Origins Vol. 2 #10

Firestorm Vol. 2 #55

Legends #3

Cosmic Boy #2

Justice League of America #259

Firestorm Vol. 2 #56

Blue Beetle Vol. 6 #9

Legends #4

Warlord #114

Cosmic Boy #3

Justice League of America #260

Blue Beetle Vol. 6 #10

Warlord #115

Superman Vol. 2 #3

Adventures of Superman #426

Action Comics #586

Legends #5

Cosmic Boy #4

Justice League of America #261

Legends #6

Secret Origins Vol. 2 #14

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[augustheart]

Want to get into the Doom Patrol but unsure about where to start with all of these different runs and authors? It’s okay! Comics are confusing sometimes, and that’s what I’m here to help with. I’ve tried to slim down the required reading so you aren’t going through upwards of 450 issues trying to weed out what’s necessary and what’s not. Hopefully this helps you on your trip down paradise way. As usual, bolded issues are personal favorites.*

• Doom Patrol vol. 1 (1964):

My Greatest Adventure: #80, #84

Doom Patrol: #86-88, #90-91, #98-100, #104-105, #108-109, #112, #115-118, #121

• Showcase (1956): #94-96

• Doom Patrol vol. 2 (1987):

Kupperberg: #1-3, #11-16

Morrison: #19-22, 25-30, #35-36, #42-44, #49-52, #55-57, #59-62

Pollack: #64-67, #70, #74-79, #81-82, #84-87

• Teen Titans vol. 3 (2003): #32 (Infinite Crisis tie-in), #34-37

• Doom Patrol vol. 5 (2009): #1-3, #6-9, #13-15, #19-22 (#19 continues from Secret Six vol. 3 (2008) #30)

• Doom Patrol vol. 6 (2016): 

Doom Patrol: #1-12

Milk Wars: JLA/Doom Patrol Special, Doom Patrol/JLA Special

(*Since none of these come equipped with content warnings, feel free to ask me for them before starting any issue you’re not sure about! Many later Doom Patrol issues explored heavy topics like abuse, assault, and suicide, with varying degrees of success, and those topics can pop up unexpectedly, as well as narrative bigotry like racism and transphobia that I’ve tried to exclude as much as possible.)

[kiseiakhun]

Hi! Do you have any idea if there’s a Kyle reading guide or something like that?

Have this list put together by @macabrekawaii. I bolded some of the titles I find fun or just more important, but you'll realize they're all at the start of the list lol because I haven't actually... read that many comics either...

If this looks scary to you, just read through his Ion arc as a Kyle speedrun. I haven't gotten there yet because I'm reading things chronologically like a loser but I heard it's good. It's also one of the more iconic Kyle stories, so you know.

(I've heard varying things on Omega Men. Some people laud it as a return to a more traditional Kyle, a normal boy who's just trying to do his best, some people hate it because of writing choices. Personally I'm saving it until I get the Kyle Vibes(tm) down so I have a fuller understanding of his character but you should totally form your own opinion on it. There are. A lot. Of opinions.)

KYLE VIBES BREAKDOWN

Green Lantern vol.3 #49-181 in particular 48-55, 129-136, 142-150 Green Lantern vol.3 #0 Flash vol. 2 #128-129 Three of a kind (Green Lantern #96, Green Arrow #130, Flash #135) (it's also just very good!) Aquaman vol.5 #10 Green Lantern Annual vol.3 #4-9 New Titans #115-117, 118-130 New Titans Annual #11 JLA/Titans: The Technis Imperative #1-3 (kis note: peak Kyle/Wally dumbassery) Wonder Woman #125 Titans #6 JLA vol.1 #1-76 (if you wanna just speedrun, 1-8, then 22-23 which is the story with Dream i am obsessed with) Green Lantern Secret Files & Origins 2005 Green Lantern: Circle of Fire Green Lantern Rebirth Rann/Thanagar War: Infinite Crisis Special Ion The whole War of Light stuff is pretty good but like, expansive. Sinestro Corps Countdown to Final Crisis Countdown Presents: The Search for Ray Palmer (extremely good especially if yr a filthy JayKyle shipper) Blackest Night Brightest Day War of the Green Lanterns Green Lantern: New Guardians v1 #1-16 Wrath of the First Lantern arc (in particular Green Lantern v5 #17-20, GL:NG #17-20) New Guardians: Gods and Monsters Godhead arc: New Gods: Godhead #1 Green Lantern Volume 5 #35 Green Lantern Corps Volume 3 #35 Green Lantern: New Guardians #35 Red Lanterns #35 Sinestro #6 Green Lantern Volume 5 #36 Green Lantern Corps Volume 3 #36 Green Lantern: New Guardians #36 Red Lanterns #36 Sinestro #7 Green Lantern Volume 5 #37 Green Lantern Corps Volume 3 #37 Green Lantern: New Guardians #37 Red Lanterns #37 Sinestro #8 Green Lantern Annual (Volume 5) #3 N ew Guardians: Storming the Gate (GL New Guardians vol 6 #35-40) Omega Men #1-12 Green Lanterns #9, 22-24

[rcyharper]

Can you recommend some good roy comics? Like the one you’ve just posted with lians birthday

There's a recommended reading section in this carrd if you want.

If you want specifically issues where he's clearly the main character, then off the top of my head:

Action Comics (1938) #613-618, #626-640

Secret Origins #38

New Titans where he's leading the team in general but I guess #115, 119, 126 have some parts with his view point

Showcase '94 #7 and Showcase '95 #8 (the latter is the issue you mentioned)

Arsenal Special #1, Batman + Arsenal and the Arsenal mini

Teen Titans (1995) #15 (but that's part of a bigger arc)

I don't think there's a Titans 1999 issue that's specifically focused on him

Green Arrow The Archer's Quest (GA 2001 #16-21)

GA 2001 #32

Outsiders (2003) #11

Some of the Tornado's Path (JLA 2006 #1-7 is from his perspective)

Justice League of America (2006) #11

Titans (2008) #19

Convergence: The Titans (2015) #1-2

Green Arrow 2016 #18-20

Titans 2016 #19-22

[batcatromance]

Hi! Im new to reading comics and all, just started reading Batmans comics but i wanna read their relationship from the start to this day, comic by comic but I couldn’t find that kinda reading order on online. Do you have a list that i can read only their relationship developments? If u answer that would be great thanks already 😊

Here is a range of comics you can take a look at - I am sure I have missed a few, but this gives you a nice list to work with.

Bronze Age (pre-Crisis): 

Batman (vol.1) issues 308-326, 332-335, 355, 382, 382, 389-400

Detective Comics (vol.1) issues 479, 488, 503, 506-509, 521, 526, 556-565, 569, 570

The Brave and the Bold (vol.1) issue 197

Modern Age (post-Crisis):

Batman (vol.1) issues 404-407, 608-619, 

Detective Comics (vol.1) issues 846-850

Streets of Gotham (vol.1) issues 14, 16-21

Catwoman (vol.2) issues 38-40, 94

Catwoman (vol.3) issues 32, 66-82

Batman Long Halloween 

Batman Dark Victory 

Catwoman When in Rome

Gotham City Sirens issues 1-26

JLA (vol.1) issues 115-119

For the New 52 reboot, the BatCat relationship was not great, but check out Catwoman (vol.4) issues 1 and 2 and Detective Comics (vol.2) issues 27-29.

For Rebirth, you can pretty much read most of Batman (vol.3) - issues 1-86 and definitely Annual # 2.

[katekaned]

Barbara Gordon made her DC comics debut in 1967 in Detective Comics #359, “The Million Dollar Debut of Batgirl.” Initially introduced to the comics as a way to test fan reception to the idea of a new “Batgirl” appearing in the 1960s ABC Batman show, Barbara would outlast her television counterpart and go on to become a vital part of the DC universe and a fan favorite character. 

Under the cut is a summary of Barbara Gordon’s comic history pre-New 52 and an extensive list of comics in which she appears as the information jockey and wheelchair-using superhero, Oracle.

Basic Reading

Batman Chronicles #5 (1996)

Black Canary/Oracle: Birds of Prey (1996)

Birds of Prey (1999)

Batgirl (2000)

Batgirl (2009)

Birds of Prey (2010)

Pre-Crisis on Infinite Earths, Barbara was the daughter of Gotham Police Commissioner James Gordon and the head librarian at the Gotham City Public Library. Barbara takes on a second job as Batgirl after fighting Killer Moth while dressed up in a Batman-inspired costume for a masquerade ball. Although Batman is resistant to the idea of a girl helping him fight crime, he is unable to prevent Babs from assisting him and Robin in protecting Gotham. She also develops a close friendship and working relationship with Supergirl. During the 1970s, Barbara Gordon became a Congresswoman and continued to operate as Batgirl in Washington, D.C. After failing to be reelected, Babs returned to Gotham, where she worked as Batgirl up until the Crisis.

Post-Crisis on Infinite Earths, Barbara’s continuity underwent extensive reconstruction. No longer Jim Gordon’s daughter, she was his niece until her parents died while she was a teenager and her uncle brought her to Gotham and adopted her. A talented athlete and genius with a photographic memory, Babs longed to join the GCPD, but Jim did not like the idea of her having such a dangerous career. Eventually, Babs found her own way to help in joining Batman and Robin in fighting crime as Batgirl. In Batgirl Special (1988), Barbara retired from being Batgirl and resumed her civilian life. Later that year, the infamous graphic novel, The Killing Joke, was published. In Alan Moore’s story, Barbara Gordon was shot and assaulted by the Joker, in an attempt to drive her father insane. As a result of her gunshot wound, Babs was paralyzed from the waist-down and began using a wheelchair to get around. Although she served as little more than a plot device, the repercussions of what happened to her in The Killing Joke would reshape much of the DC Universe. 

Here’s where Oracle enters. Although DC editorial, by and large, had no further plans for Barbara Gordon’s character post-Killing Joke, writers Kim Yale and John Ostrander sought to create a place in comics for a superhero in a wheelchair who had no special powers of her own. Thus, Oracle was created as Barbara Gordon’s hacker and information specialist superhero persona. Oracle would first appear in Ostrander’s run on Suicide Squad before slowly reappearing as a Batman supporting character in the 1990s. In 1996, Chuck Dixon wrote the one-shot Black Canary/Oracle: Birds of Prey, which eventually spun off into its own popular and much beloved series in 1999. Oracle remained an integral part of DC canon, training two new Batgirls, working with Batman, the Birds of Prey and even the Justice League, until the New 52 reboot in 2011, when DC decided to return Babs to her status as Batgirl. The editorial decision to have Barbara undergo surgery to rid her of her paralysis has undergone major scrutiny and been heavily maligned by disability advocates, however, Babs is no closer to returning to her role as Oracle or her wheelchair.

Below is a (mostly) chronological list of Oracle’s most prominent appearances in DC comics! (My personal favorites will be bolded.)

[As a note - many of Oracle’s early appearances have her hiding behind a computer/in a cameo role, as her identity was not yet revealed to comic readers. I am including these early appearances in my list to show people how the mystery unfolded, but if you want to skip they will be marked with an asterisk!]

Oracle Appears

Batman Chronicles #5: Oracle -- Year One: Born of Hope (1996) [Not Oracle’s first appearance historically, but the story of how she came to be and essential to her character.]

Suicide Squad #23 [1st appearance!] - #24, #26 (1989)*

Manhunter #13 (1989)*

Suicide Squad #32, #38 (1989-1990)*

Firestorm: The Nuclear Man #98 (1990)*

Batman #451 (1990)

Suicide Squad #48-#49 (1990-1991)

Suicide Squad #51 (1991)

Hawk and Dove #22-24 (1991)

Suicide Squad #54-#57, #59, #61, #63-#65 (1991-1992)

Hacker Files #5-#6 (1992-1993)

Oracle Joins the Bat-Family / Meets Black Canary

Showcase '94 #12: "A Little Knowledge" (1994)

Batman #520 (1995)

Nightwing #2 (1995) [A cameo appearance but the beginning of Dick and Babs’ complicated and lengthy post-crisis history]

Underworld Unleashed: Patterns of Fear #1 (1995)

Black Canary/Oracle: Birds of Prey #1 (1996)

Showcase '96 #3: "Birds of a Feather" (1996)

Detective Comics #695 - #696 (1996)

Robin #30, #33 (1996)

Birds of Prey: Manhunt #1- #4 (1996)

Green Arrow #115 - #117 (1996 - 1997)

Birds of Prey: Revolution #1 (1997)

Nightwing #7 (1996)

Nightwing Annual #1 (1997)

Birds of Prey: Wolves #1 (1997)

Detective Comics #706 - #707 (1997)

Nightwing #½ (1997)

Azrael: Agent of the Bat #32, #35 - #37 (1997)

Batman #547 (1997)

DC Universe Holiday Bash #2: "The Old Lane" (1997)

Nightwing/Huntress #3 (1998)

Nightwing #16, #18

Birds of Prey: Batgirl #1 (1998)

Cataclysm

Batman: Shadow of the Bat #73 (1998)

Batman #553 (1998)

Batman: Shadow of the Bat #74 (1998)

Nightwing #20 (1998)

Detective Comics #721 (1998)

Robin #53 (1998)

Nightwing #24 (1998)

Oracle Joins the Justice League 

JLA #17 - #19 (1998)

JLA: Secret Files & Origins #2 (1998)

DC One Million #1 - #2 (1998)

JLA #1,000,000 (1998)

DC One Million #3 - #4 (1998)

JLA/Titans #1 - #3 (1998)

JLA #36 - #41 (1999 - 2000)

JLA: Secret Files & Origins #3 (2000)

Road to No Man’s Land

Robin #55 (1998)

Azrael: Agent of the Bat #47 (1998)

Azrael: Agent of the Bat #49 (1999)

Detective Comics #727 (1998)

Batman #562 (1999)

Robin #58 (1998)

Batman Chronicles #15: "Between Stars Above and Below" (1999)

Birds of Prey #1- #14 (1999 - 2000)

No Man’s Land

Batman: No Man's Land #1 (1999)

Batman: Shadow of the Bat #83 (1999)

Batman #563 (1999)

Detective Comics #730 (1999)

Batman #565 (1999)

Detective Comics #732 (1999)

Azrael: Agent of the Bat #54 - #55 (1999)

Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #119 (1999)

Batman: Shadow of the Bat #87 (1999)

Batman #567 (1999) [Introduces Cassandra Cain, the second Batgirl and Oracle’s first protege.]

Detective Comics #734 (1999)

Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #120 (1999)

Batman: Shadow of the Bat #88 (1999)

Detective Comics #735 (1999)

Batman #569 (1999)

Batman: Day of Judgment (1999)

Nightwing #35, #37 - #39 (1999)

Robin #71 (1999)

Batman #573 (2000)

Detective Comics #740 (2000)

Azrael: Agent of the Bat #60 - #61 (2000)

Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #126 (2000)

Detective Comics #741 (2000)

Birds of Prey #15 - #19 (2000)

Batgirl #1 - #5 (2000)

Batman: Gotham City Secret Files & Origins (2000)

Azrael: Agent of the Bat #64 - #65 (2000)

Batman: Gotham Knights #6 (2000)

Nightwing #44 (2000)

The Hunt for Oracle

Nightwing #45 (2000)

Birds of Prey #20 (2000)

Nightwing #46 (2000)

Birds of Prey #21 (2000)

Nightwing 80-Page Giant #1 (2000)

Birds of Prey #22 - #26 (2000 - 2001)

Batgirl #7, #9 - #10 (2000 - 2001)

Batman: Gotham Knights #12 (2001)

Azrael: Agent of the Bat #72 - #74 (2001)

Officer Down

Robin #86 (2001)

Birds of Prey #27 (2001)

Catwoman #90 (2001)

Nightwing #53 (2001)

Detective Comics #754 (2001)

Birds of Prey #28 - #35 (2001)

Batgirl #14 (2001)

Batman #590 (2001)

Harley Quinn #6 - #7 (2001)

Azrael: Agent of the Bat #80 - #82 (2001)

Batgirl #17 (2001)

Nightwing #55 - #58 (2001)

Harley Quinn #11 (2001)

Nightwing: Our Worlds at War #1 (2001)

Joker: Last Laugh

Joker: Last Laugh Secret Files #1 (2001)

Birds of Prey #36 (2001)

Batgirl #21 (2001)

Joker: Last Laugh #3 (2001)

Joker: Last Laugh #5 (2001)

Robin #95 (2001)

Joker: Last Laugh #6 (2002)

Nightwing #63 (2002)

Birds of Prey #37 - #38 (2002)

Robin #96 - #97 (2002)

Azrael: Agent of the Bat #84 (2002)

Batgirl #22 - #23 (2002)

Azrael: Agent of the Bat #88 - #90 (2002)

Batgirl: Secret Files & Origins (2002)

Bruce Wayne: Murderer? / Fugitive

Batgirl #24 (2002)

Nightwing #65 (2002)

Batman: Gotham Knights #25 (2002)

Birds of Prey #39 (2002)

Nightwing #66 (2002)

Batman: Gotham Knights #26 (2002)

Robin #99 (2002)

Birds of Prey #40 (2002)

Batman #600 (2002)

Batgirl #27 (2002)

Birds of Prey #43 (2002)

Batgirl #29 (2002)

Batman: Gotham Knights #30 (2002)

Azrael: Agent of the Bat #91 (2002)

Batman #605 (2002)

Batgirl #25 - #26 (2002)

Azrael: Agent of the Bat #93 - #95 (2002)

Batgirl #30 (2002)

Birds of Prey #44 - #48 (2002)

Nightwing #71 - #73 (2002)

Batgirl #33 (2002)

Nightwing #75 (2003)

Batman: Family #3, #6, #8 (2003)

Birds of Prey #49 - #53 (2003)

Batgirl #35 - #37 (2003)

Nightwing #77 - #79 (2003)

Birds of Prey: Catwoman/Oracle (2003)

Batgirl #39 - #42 (2003)

Birds of Prey #54 - #55 (2003)

Nightwing #81 (2003)

Detective Comics #790 (2004)

Nightwing #83 - #89 (2003 - 2004)

Batgirl #45 - #54 (2003 - 2004)

Birds of Prey #56 - #74 (2002-2004) [Gail Simone’s iconic run on Birds of Prey begins with issue 56 and goes until 108. This is an absolute must-read for any Oracle/Barbara Gordon fan]

Birds of Prey: Secret Files & Origins (2003)

War Games

Detective Comics #797 (2004)

Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #182 (2004)

Nightwing #96 (2004)

Batgirl #55 (2004)

Batman #631 (2004)

Detective Comics #798 (2004)

Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #183 (2004)

Nightwing #97 (2004)

Batman: Gotham Knights #57 (2004)

Catwoman #35 (2004)

Batman #632 (2004)

Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #184 (2004)

Nightwing #98 (2004)

Robin #131 (2004)

Batman: Gotham Knights #58 (2004)

Batgirl #57 (2004)

Catwoman #36 (2004)

Batman #633 (2004)

Birds of Prey #75 - #90 (2004 - 2006)

Batgirl #67 (2005)

Nightwing #117 (2006)

Villains United: Infinite Crisis Special #1 (2006)

Robin #148 (2006)

Birds of Prey #92 - #95 (2006)

52 #34 (2007)

Nightwing Annual #2 (2007) [Although this issue is all about Dick and Barbara’s relationship, I would not recommend reading it as it treats both Barbara and Dick’s ex Starfire/Koriand’r incredibly poorly.]

Hawkgirl #64 (2007)

Birds of Prey #96 - #108 (2007)

Black Canary Wedding Planner (2007)

Green Arrow/Black Canary Wedding Special (2007)

Birds of Prey #109 - #123 (2007 - 2008)

Batgirl #2 - #3, #5 - #6 (2008)

Nightwing #150, #153 (2009)

Green Arrow and Black Canary #16 (2009)

Birds of Prey #124 - #127 (2009)

Oracle: The Cure #1 - #3 (2009)

Adventure Comics #516 - #518 (2010) [Appears in the backup feature “The Atom”]

Batgirl #1 - #12 (2009 - 2010)

Detective Comics #862 (2010) [Oracle appears in backup feature “The Question”]

Bruce Wayne: The Road Home: Batgirl (2010)

Bruce Wayne: The Road Home: Oracle (2010)

Birds of Prey #1 - #7 (2010 - 2011)

Batgirl #15 - #16 (2011)

Birds of Prey #8 - #10 (2011)

Batgirl #19 - #21 (2011)

Birds of Prey #11 - #13 (2011)

Batman Incorporated #8 (2011)

Detective Comics #872 - #873 (2011)

Detective Comics #879 - #881 (2011)

Batgirl #24 (2011)

Birds of Prey #14 - #15 (2011)

[filthy-vigilantes]

DC Events: Where to Start

***long post***

Getting in to comics is rather hard and finding a good starting place or a good recommended must-reads is hard and confusing and you typically get hundreds of different answers.

This is another one of my personal list that I'm working through and hope to collect. I've done a bit of research, and think this is a good list for those who want to get in to DC as a whole, want to branch out from specific characters or want to know more about the in-universe history of the DCU.

Crisis on infinite earths

This is a 12 issue limited series that changed the DC Multiverse in to one cohesive Universe, the DC universe.

Identity crisis

This is a 7 issue limited series that revolves around a murder mystery. It also explores the gray morality and line between right and wrong that heros go through. This story had a lasting impact in the comics.

Crisis of Conscience (JLA #115-119)

This story arc serves as a follow up to Identity Crisis.

Countdown to Infinite Crisis

A one-shot that marked the start of Infinite Crisis

OMAC Project

This is a 6 issue limited series that leads in to Infinite Crisis. The story deals with a surveillance of earth's metahumans.

Day of Vengeance

Another 6 issue limited series that leads in to Infinite Crisis.

Villains United

Yet another 6 issue limited series that leads in to Infinite Crisis. This one revolves around Lex Luthor's army of villains.

Rann-Thanagr War

This is the final 6 issue limited series leading in to Infinite Crisis.

Infinite Crisis

This is a 7 issue limited series that is a sequel to Crisis on Infinite Earths, reboots aspects of the current DCU the fix contradictions that came from the first crisis.

Seven Soilders

This is a metaseries that consistent of 7 interrelated mini series. Introduces plot points that show up in Countdown to Final Crisis and Final Crisis itself.

DC 52

A 52 issue limited series that serves as a conclusion to infinite crisis and leads into Countdown to Final Crisis.

Countdown: Arena

This is a 4 issue miniseries that is apart of the Countdown to Final Crisis event. Display different versions of characters from different earths, along with their skills and abilities.

Countdown to Adventure

An 8 issue limited series that is apart of the Countdown to Final Crisis Event.

Countdown to Final Crisis

This is a 51 issue limited series that begins with #52 and counts down to #1

Doctor Fate: Countdown to Mystery

An 8 issue limited series that is apart of the Countdown to Final Crisis event and introduces the new Doctor Fate.

Countdown Presents: The Search for Ray Palmer

This is a metaseries of 6 different one-shots, showcasing the different earths

Countdown Presents: Lord Havok and the Extremist

A 6 issue miniseries showcasing earth-8 and the effect they have on the events of Final Crisis.

Death of New Gods

This is an 8 issue limited series that set the foundation for the events of Final Crisis.

Salvation Run

A 7 issue limited series that is a tie in to Final Crisis and focus on the DC universe's villains.

Final Crisis

This is a 7 issue mini series that deals with the multiverse and the death of a couple of major characters.

Final Crisis: Rouge's Revenge

This is a 3 issue mini series that serves as a tie in to Final Crisis and a follow up to Salvation Run.

Final Crisis: Legions of Three Worlds

A 5 issue limited series that is another final crisis tie in and shows the reinvention of the Legion of Super Heros

Final Crisis: Revelations

This 5 issue limited series is the final Final Crisis tie in.

Flashpoint

This is 5 issue limited series that reboots that ends the continuity of New Earth and starts Prime Earth and the New 52.

Blackest Night

A metaseries consisting of one 8 issue series and five 3 issue mini series. Deals heavily with the Green Lantern Corps, and power rings along with the discovery that Bruce Wayne isn't dead.

Brightest Day

A 25 issue maxi series that severs as a follow up and conclusion to Blackest Night.

Dark Nights: Metal

This is a 6 issue mini series, that has 7 one shots associated with it (Batman: The Red Death; Batman: The Murder Machine; Batman: The Dawnbeaker; Batman: The Drowned; Batman: The Merciless; Batman: The Devastator; The Batman Who Laughs). It explores the discovery of the Dark Multiverse.

Heros in Crisis

This is a 9 issue limited series that deals with death of several heros and the struggles heros go through.

Event Leviathan

A 6 issue limited series that shows the arrival of a new villain and plots several heros against each other.

Dark Nights: Death Metal

A 7 issue limited series that has several associated one-shots (Dark Nights: Death Metal - Legends of the Dark Knight; Dark Nights: Death Metal - Trinity Crisis; Dark Nights: Death Metal - Speed Metal; Dark Nights: Death Metal - Multiverse's End; Dark Nights: Death Metal - Robin King; Dark Nights: Death Metal - Rise of New Gods; Dark Nights: Death Metal - Infinite Hour Exxxtream! ; Dark Night: Death Metal - The Multiverse Who Laughs; Dark Nights: Death Metal - The Last Stories of the DCU; Dark Nights: Death Metal - The Last 52: War of the Multiverse). Serves as a sequel to Dark Nights: Metal.

[biggoonie]

INFINITE CRISIS OMNIBUS HC NEW EDITION

written by BILL WILLINGHAM, DAVE GIBBONS, GEOFF JOHNS, GREG RUCKA, and JUDD WINICK art by IVAN REIS, JOE PRADO, JOE BENNETT, RAGS MORALES, JESUS SAIZ, PHIL JIMENEZ, KARL KERSCHL and others cover by JIM LEE and SCOTT WILLIAMS This hardcover collects the 2005 event including ACTION COMICS #826 and 829, ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN #639 and 642, COUNTDOWN TO INFINITE CRISIS #1, DAY OF VENGEANCE #1-6, DAY OF VENGEANCE INFINITE CRISIS SPECIAL #1, JLA #115-119 #1, INFINITE CRISIS #1-6, INFINITE CRISIS SECRET FILES 2006 #1, THE OMAC PROJECT #1-6, THE OMAC PROJECT INFINITE CRISIS SPECIAL #1, RANN-THANAGAR WAR #1-6, THE RANN-THANAGAR INFINITE CRISIS SPECIAL #1, SUPERMAN #216 and #219, VILLAINS UNITED #1-6, VILLAINS UNITED INFINITE CRISIS SPECIAL #1 and WONDER WOMAN #129. OMAC robots are rampaging, magic is dying, villains are uniting, and a war is raging in space. ON SALE 06.10.20 | $150.00 US | 1,424 PAGES FC | 7.0625” x 10.875” ISBN: 978-1-77950-344-2

[thequiver]

Who is Roy Harper? - A Reading Guide

Roy Harper is a DC Comics legacy character introduced in the Golden Age as the protégé/son of Green Arrow (Oliver Queen). Roy was the original Speedy and had an extremely close relationship with his adoptive father Oliver Queen throughout the Golden and Silver Ages. In 1971, DC released the "Snowbirds Don't Fly" storyline in response to Nixon's announced War on Drugs. This storyline was a PSA designed to show what not to do when a loved one (particularly a young adult child) is struggling with addiction. This story would change the trajectory of Roy's story and cemented his role as a recovered addict, a part of his character that has unfortunately come to be his defining quality rather than being part of his larger story. Roy is a single father to Lian Harper (his daughter with the assassin Jade Nguyen/Cheshire), and has a sibling bond with family members Connor Hawke, Mia Dearden, and Emiko Queen. Roy's origins have always been connected to America's Indigenous Peoples and later comics have cemented their role in his life with his having been adopted by the Diné/Navajo as a young child before being adopted by Ollie in his teenaged years. Roy has had multiple mantles over the years, from Speedy, to Arsenal, to joining the Justice League of America as Red Arrow - but in every iteration is he the very image of a hero.

Reading list (with totally legal links) under the cut!

This reading list begins in the Golden Age and will take you through Pre-52 comics, and then end with the Green Arrow 80th Anniversary Super Spectacular! New 52 is left out because that is not Roy Harper, and Rebirth and more current comics are being left out for a lot of reasons that I won't list here.

If multiple issues are listed for one run at a time, only the first issue will be linked, the assumption is that you will be able to navigate to the following issues from there.

Golden Age:

More Fun Comics #78, 81-82, 89, 91-92

World's Finest Comics #7, 57, 70

Adventure Comics #121, 133, 137, 151, 155, 164, 166, 179, 184, 189, 196

Silver Age and Beyond:

Adventure Comics #233

World's Finest Comics #88

Adventure Comics #246, 256, 260-263

Teen Titans Vol 1 #4, 11, 19-43

The next story on this list is "Snowbirds Don't Fly" - it is HEAVILY RECOMMENDED to read the above stories BEFORE reading Snowbirds as they should be considered required context for the storyline as they are the context the story is building from. Don't be a Judd Winick- do your reading kids.

Green Lantern Vol 2 #85-86

Action Comics #436

Teen Titans Vol 1 #44-52

Green Lantern Vol 2 #100

Teen Titans Vol 1 #53

World's Finest Vol 1 #251

Best of DC #18

New Teen Titans Vol 1 #27, 29-32

Tales of the Teen Titans #50

New Teen Titans Vol 2 #19-21

Action Comics Vol 1 #613-618, 627-634, 636-640

Secret Origins Vol 2 #38

New Titans Vol 1 #60-69, 97

Green Arrow Vol 2 #75

New Titans Vol 1 #99-114

Showcase '94 #7

New Titans Vol 1 #0, 115-130, Annual #11

Green Arrow Vol 2 #97-101 * these issues should be read with the understanding that the writer, Chuck Dixon, is a vocal hater of Oliver Queen and did his best to ruin the character's image before and during the character's death as soon as he took over the run

Showcase '95 #8

Batman + Arsenal #1

JLA/Titans Vol 1 #1-3

Arsenal #1-4

The Titans Vol 1 #1-50 Annual #1

Green Arrow Vol 3 #1-15*, 16-21 - *(most Roy centered issues are 1, 5-6, and 8-9)

Titans/Young Justice: Graduation Day #1-3

Teen Titans/Outsiders Secret Files/Origins Vol 1 (2003)

Outsiders Vol 3 #1-33

Green Arrow Vol 3 #32, 44-50

DC Special Return of Donna Troy #1-4

Outsiders Vol 3 #44-46, Annual #1

Justice League of America Vol 2 #1-31

Titans Vol 2 #1-14, 17-19

Justice League: Cry for Justice

[dyketectivecomics]

How do you feel about zatannas role in identity crisis and the fallout involving her after?

tl;dr - I personally like the potential that it provides as a rallying point to further develop her character, but I also think that DC wasted that potential. 

(Let’s recap for anyone who hasn’t read through Zatanna’s appearances like some of us lmao)

Overall, in Identity Crisis, Zatanna, and more specifically her power, is used as little more than a plot device. We’re given the narrative clues that she’s young & easily swayed into agreeing to go along with the plan, should the vote turn out that way (with her voting positively to mind-wipe Light, of course). But nothing further than that. We’re not offered many clues about her own potential internal conflict about those choices in the event itself, because the narrative isn’t focused on that, it’s focused on the murder mystery. Fair enough. But you’d expect it to be addressed SOME time, though... right?

But that’s the thing, it’s not even addressed in the next major event that she’s more directly involved in the next year (Seven Soldiers in 2005), and even the follow up in JLA (issues #115-119 for those just now following along here, also in ‘05) was a little... lackluster. Because just as soon as she takes a stand this time around, a refusal to mind-wipe the Secret Society for the second time, all it takes is one quick conversation with Diana about The Greater Good and Difficult Choices to change her mind. (So for those keeping score, she’s mind-wiped those villains TWICE now, with the second time having a better, more nuanced understanding of what it means.)

The only other times we see DC dive a little further into Zee’s guilt on this matter, mostly involve how she’s manipulated Catwoman’s memories and personality (solo issues #50-51, and brought up again in Gotham City Sirens #17-19), and her trying her best to make amends with Selina on that front. Which I think did a marginally better job of shedding some light on how she was processing those choices, but only just.

Even her solo series, for as much as I LOVE it, kind of glosses over this part of her history and any guilt she may still feel about it. Granted, by that point, it’s been 6-ish years since the initial event and god only knows how long in-continuity (yaaaay timelines in comics, right?). But it’s still... a little bit of a sore spot for me personally, knowing that the solo was cut off when it was. 

Because her solo? Would have been the PERFECT time & opportunity to do a deep dive into Zee’s psyche, and into how that event formed her and who she was before/after. So many little potential plot threads were clearly being set up along the way, and Zee processing her history more? Would have been a fascinating read! 

So to tie it back to your question, and to what I think gets a little lost in the fandom’s buzz on character’s like Zee: Whether a reader personally agrees or disagrees with Zatanna’s choices are irrelevant, because it’s a compelling narrative, and that’s all that really matters. It’s a great moral conflict for us to make meta over and that fandom philosophers could have a field day debating, and most of all, it adds a depth to Zatanna’s character that hadn’t quite been there before. But all of that depth unfortunately almost went out the window because DC didn't explore it when they really SHOULD have. At least not to the extent that I would like to see it.

(But then again, if her appearance in the upcoming Catwoman issue is anything to go by, maybe we’ll have a chance for it to be readdressed in a new light.)

Until then, I have yet to see many people in fandom really talking about this point, at least not without their own personal feelings on the morality of the matter clouding their meta (the closest I’ve seen it brought up was with the parallel of YJ season 3 and her and M’gann’s manipulation of Artemis’ grief. And god were there some BAD takes around that time.) And it certainly hasn’t been brought up in any fics I’ve read (but I’ve been doing a lot less fic reading lately anyways), but I don’t expect it to be handled well by amateur authors (myself included) at all.

Because it’s a complicated issue and it’s a complicated narrative. But damn does it deserve to be explored.

[dailydccomics]

JLA #115