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    Default DC Comic Recommendations?

    What DC comics would you recommend? It can be from any era and about any character. Just looking for good DC stories.

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    Naomi, The Silencer, Green Lanterns (2016), New Super-Man; Deathstroke (2016), Sideways, The Terrifics, Red Hood and the Outlaws (2011 and 2016), from the top of my head.

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    1. Starman By James Robinson (1990's-2000's)
    2. The Flash (Wally West) by Mark Waid
    3. JSA by Geoff Johns
    AKA FlashFreak
    Favorite Characters:
    DC: The Flash (Jay & Wally), Starman- Jack Knight, Stargirl, & Shazam!.
    MARVEL: Daredevil, Spider-Man (Peter Parker), & Doctor Strange.

    Current Pulls: Not a thing!

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    Anything by the big baldy Magick-Man.

    Especially The Filth.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TheDragonKing View Post
    What DC comics would you recommend? It can be from any era and about any character. Just looking for good DC stories.
    Here is what I recommended on another thread:

    DC has 4-5 eras :

    • Gold / Silver / Bronze age - 1938-1986
    • Modern Age - 1986-2011
    • New52 - 2011-2016
    • Rebirth - 2016-ongoing



    DC is made of Several major heroes:

    • Superman
    • Batman
    • Wonder Woman
    • Flash (there has been multiple ones)
    • Aquaman
    • Green Arrow
    • Green Lantern (there has been mutiple ones)



    DC has also other great heroes

    • Shazam! (aka Capitain Marvel)
    • Martian Manhunter
    • Plastic Man
    • Atom
    • Black Canary
    • Booster Gold
    • Cyborg
    • Nightwing (formerly the first Robin)
    • Batwoman
    • Power Girl
    • ...



    DC has lesser known heroes that are a bit aside

    • Animal Man
    • Swamp Thing
    • John Constantine
    • Detective Chimp
    • The Watchmen
    • The Metal Men
    • ...



    DC heroes have younguer apprentice, and other young heroes

    • Robin (there has been a few)
    • Superboy
    • Aqualad
    • Supergirl
    • Beast Boy (aka Chagelling)
    • Speedy
    • Starfire
    • Kid Flash
    • Raven
    • Wonder Girl
    • Batgirl
    • ...



    DC has teams with these heroes:

    • The Justice League
    • The Justice of America (aka JLA)
    • The Teen Titans
    • The Titans
    • The Justice League Dark
    • The Suicide Squad (team of vilains forced to do good by the government)
    • The Green Lantern Corps
    • ...



    What to read ?

    You can read the main DC Events
    You can only read stories from one hero / team
    Or you can read it all

    Here are DC main events:

    • 1961 - Flash of Two Worlds - creation of the multiverse
    • 1985 - Crisis on Infinit Earths - recenter of the DC univers and start of the Modern age
    • 1986 - Legends - creation of the modern Justice League and the Suicid Squad
    • 1987 - Jutice League International - optional
    • 1994 - Zero Hour: Crisis in Time - return of the Multiverse
    • 2004 - Identity Crisis - events implying all of the DC's heroes
    • 2005 - Infinite Crisis
    • ???? - 52 - excellent - tells what happen in the missing year after Infinit Crisis
    • 2008 - Final Crisis
    • 2009 - Blackest Night - A Green Lantern Event - you should read the Green Lantern by Geoff Johns run
    • 2010 - Brightest Day - Consequence of Blackest Night
    • 2011 - Flashpoint - Flash disrupt time - start of the New52 era
    • 2013 - Justice League: Trinity War - prequel to Forever Evil - optional
    • 2014 - Forever Evil + Justice League: Forever Heroes
    • 2015 - Justice League: Darkseid War - sequel to Forever Evil - optional
    • 2016 - DC Univers Rebirth
    • 2017 - Batman/The Flash: The Button - optional
    • 2019 - Doomsday Clock - Should have read The Watchmen



    you should also read the following elswords:

    • DC: The New Frontier
    • Kingdom Come



    Then for the different heroes here are the reading orders of the main and good stories:

    Batman - appears mainly in 2 titles: Batman and Detective Comics

    • Batman: Year One
    • Batman: The Man Who Laughs
    • Batman: The Long Halloween + Batman: Dark Victory
    • The Killing Joke
    • Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth
    • Batman: Tales Of The Demon + Batman: Bride of the Demon + Batman: Birth Of The Demon
    • Batman: A Death in the Family
    • Batman Knightfall Omnibus (new version) vol.1-3
    • Batman: Legacy + Batman: Contagion + Batman: Catclysm - sequels to Knigtfall and prequels to No Man's Land - but optional to read
    • Batman: No Man's Land Omnibus vol.1-5
    • New Gotham Omnibus 1-2 or Batman: Evolution + Batman: Officer Down
    • Gotham Central vol.1-4 - optional but good
    • Batman Murderer ? + Batman Fugitive
    • Batman: Hush
    • Detective Comics: Heart of Hush + Streets of Gotham: Hush Money + Streets of Gotham: House of Hush - optional but very very good
    • Batman: Batman and Son or Batman by Grant Morrison Omnibus
    • Batman: The Black Mirror - optional
    • Batman, Incorporated + Batman Incorporated New52 #1-2
    • Batman & Robin New52 #1-7 or Batman & Robin by Peter J. Tomasi & Patrick Gleason Omnibus
    • Batman: Court of Owl -> Batman New52 tpb vol.1-2
    • Batman: Death of the Familly -> Batman New52 tpb vol. 3
    • Batman: Zero Year -> Batman New52 tpb vol. 4-5
    • Batman New52 tpb vol.6-10 - optional
    • Batman: I am -> Batman Rebirth tpb vol.1-3
    • Batman: The War of Jokes and Riddles -> Batman Rebirth tbp vol.4
    • Batman Rebirth tpb vol.5-... ongoing
    • Detective Comics Rebirth tpb vol.1-... ongoing
    • Batman: White Knight



    Superman - appears in 2 title: Superman and Action Comics

    1. Superman: Red Son - elseworld story
    2. All-Star Superman
    3. Superman by Geoff Johns - the main stories are:
    4. - Superman: Secret Origins
    5. - Superman: Last Son
    6. - Superman: Escape From Bizarro World
    7. - Superman: Brainiac
    8. The Death of Superman + The Return of Superman
    9. Superman: For Tomorrow
    10. Superman: Doomed (2016)
    11. --- You can skip the New52 and Rebirth eras ---
    12. Super Sons Rebirth tpb vol.1-... ongoing



    Wonder Woman - All runs can be read on their own

    • Wonder Woman by Geoges Perez Omnibus #1-3 - Wonder Woman pre-Modern Age
    • Wonder Woman by Greg Rucka Omnibus #1-2
    • Absolute Wonder Woman By Brian Azzarello & Cliff Chiang vol.1-2 - Wonder Woman New52
    • Wonder Woman: Rebirth Deluxe Edition Book 1-3 (Wonder Woman Rebirth)



    Flash

    • Flash by Mark Waid Book One and Two - really the best
    • The Flash By Geoff Johns Book #1-5
    • The Flash New 52 tpb #1-4 - The Brian Azzarello run - some like, some don't
    • The Flash New 52 tpb #5-9 - optional, less good than what Azzarello did
    • The Flash Rebirth tpb #1-... ongoing or The Flash Deluxe Edition Book #1-... ongoing - a good new starting point



    Green Arrow

    • Green Lantern / Green Arrow Omnibus - a great Bronze Age short serie
    • Green Arrow New52 - A very good new start
    • Grenn Arrow Rebirth



    Green Lantern

    • Green Lantern: Kyle Rayner Vol.1-2 - optional
    • Green Lantern by Geoff Johns Omnibus #1-3 - Massive but very good and complete <- it is a new start for the Green Lantern, what comes before is optional
    • Green Lantern New #4-8 - optional, to finish the New52 era started by Geoff Johns.
    • Hal Jordan & the Green Lantern Corps (Rebirth)



    Aquaman

    • Aquaman: Sub Diego + Aquaman: To Serve and Protect + Aquaman: Kingdom Lost - The John Arcudi run
    • Aquaman New52 tpb #1-3 + Justice League New52: Throne of Atlantis + Aquaman New52 tpb #4 - The Geoff Johns run - A very good starting point
    • Aquaman New52 tpb #5-8 - optional but good to understand the Rebirth era
    • Aquaman Rebirth tpb #1-... ongoing - continues from Aquaman New52



    Animal Man / Swamp Thing / John Constantine / Justice League Dark

    • Swamp Thing: The Bronze Age Omnibus (2017) - optional
    • Saga of the Swamp Thing Book #1-6 - The Alan Moore run
    • Swamp Thing by Brian K. Vaughan vol.1-2 - optional
    • Hellblazer vol.1-21
    • Lucifer: Book One-Five - optional - yes like the current tv show
    • The Animal Man Omnibus - The Grant Morrison run
    • Animal Man by Jeff Lemir - Animal Man New52 - tpb #1-5
    • Swamp Thing by Scott Snyder - Swamp Thing New52 part.1 - tpb #1-3
    • Justice League Dark by Jeff Lemir - Justice League Dark New52 - tpb #2-4
    • Swamp Thing by Charles Soule - Swamp Thing New52 part.2 - tpb #4-7
    • Justice League Dark: The Last Age of Magic - The Rebirth serie - ongoing



    And DC has non-super-hereo titles with it's label Vertigo Comics

    • 100 Bullets - I love it
    • American Vampire
    • Daytripper
    • Doom Patrol - yes like the current tv show
    • Fables
    • The Losers - yes like the current tv show
    • Northlanders
    • The Sandman
    • Scalped
    • Sweet Tooth
    • Transmetropolitan - I love it
    • Y: The Last Man







    Have fun with that to begin with

    If you want to know more about a specific hero, please tell us.

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    It just happens that Instocktrades.com
    Will be releasing Absolite Swamp Thing
    Vol.1 by Alan Moore and New 52
    Batman Omnibus vol.1 by Scott Snyder
    Around 3:00 PM EST on 10/15

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    Quote Originally Posted by My Two Cents View Post
    It just happens that Instocktrades.com
    Will be releasing Absolite Swamp Thing
    Vol.1 by Alan Moore and New 52
    Batman Omnibus vol.1 by Scott Snyder
    Around 3:00 PM EST on 10/15
    Nice but skippable.
    Absolute Swamp Thing will be a huge unreadable book.
    Batman omni by Scott Snyder will not include the full Owls crossover but only the Snyder issues.

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    A couple of great things from this year if you want to try something newer
    1. Man and Superman (written and drawn years ago, but only published recently) - one of the best Superman stories ever in my opinion, and with any luck will be considered a classic going forward.

    2. Harleen - one of the new Black Label titles, only issue #1 is out right now, but the story is great so far and the art is gorgeous!

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    Quote Originally Posted by jb681131 View Post
    Nice but skippable.
    Absolute Swamp Thing will be a huge unreadable book.
    Batman omni by Scott Snyder will not include the full Owls crossover but only the Snyder issues.
    Perhaps
    But I still plan on picking up both
    Last edited by My Two Cents; 10-11-2019 at 02:16 PM.

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    James Robinson's The Golden Age and the first twelve issues of John Ostrander's and Tom Mandrake's The Spectre.

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    Quote Originally Posted by My Two Cents View Post
    Perhaps
    But I still plan on picking up both
    Do as you wish with your money. But if I were you, I would rather pick up:

    OWL SAGA:
    Batman: The Court of Owls
    Nightwing: Traps and Trapezes
    Batman: Night of the Owls

    JOKER SAGA:
    Batman: Death of the Familly Saga
    Batman: Endgame

    ZERO YEAR SAGA:
    Batman: Zero Year: The Complete Collection (upcoming)

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    Superman Golden Age Vol. 1
    Batman Golden Age Vol. 1
    Wonder Woman by George Perez Vol. 1
    Green Lantern Secret Origin

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jcogginsa View Post
    Very good choices on these lists. Lesser known titles and a bit out of the main story books, but really great stories.

    I'll only remove Batman: Zero Year and I'm surprises to see Daredevil by Mark Waid but not Daredevil by Franck Miller.

    These lists are almost better than mines.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Restingvoice View Post
    Superman Golden Age Vol. 1
    Batman Golden Age Vol. 1
    Wonder Woman by George Perez Vol. 1
    Green Lantern Secret Origin
    In what way are Batman and Superman Golden Age your 1st recommandations !?
    Even if they are great, their are lots of much better stories.

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