Post Crisis Recommendations?

[TheDragonKing]

Has anyone got any post crisis runs to recommend? Also is the New 52 Earth 2 series worth a read?

[DrNewGod]

Byrne's Superman, Action Comics, and Man of Steel mini are all pretty good. I was also fond of both Perez's initial Wonder Woman relaunch, and Booster Gold's first dozen issues.

For later into Post-Crisis, Superman's "Panic In The Sky" and "Time After Time" arcs are fun.

[Riv86672]

The PC Flash relaunch w. Wally West was great, and still being referenced today.

Ostrander’s Suicide Squad.
It’s the original, the template for everything that’s come after in villains getting the spotlight.

Starman, the Will Payton version. Good superhero fun.

Animal Man and Doom Patrol are where Morrison became Morrison.

The Question, by the late, great, Denny O’Neil.

[Gaius]

Perez Wonder Woman

I've liked what I've read of Jim Starlin's Batman aside from Death in the Family.

[Vakanai]

Batman Year One
The Long Halloween
Dark Victory
The Man Who Laughs
Batman and the Monster Men
Batman and the Mad Monk
Trinity

Less sure on the continuity status on these but...
Superman Birthright
Man and Superman

[Zero Hunter]

I really liked the Earth 2 series for those first 2 years. After issue 28 though the book is just absolute garbage snd is tied to that horrible Worlds End mini series which was also just garbage.

[godisawesome]

Flash: The Return of Barry Allen + Flash Blitz.

Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps War + Blackest Night.

Young Justice Vol. One

Batgirl Vol. One

Robin Vol. One

Manhunter vol. One.

[Vampire Savior]

Byrne Superman and the triangle era of Superman comics.

Alan Grant Detective Comics

Gerard Jones Green Lantern + Green Lantern: Mosaic.

Those are some of my favorites.

[marshal88]

after the crisis , superman only had a couple of good stories - the pocket univerrse superboy saga , the matrix supergirl saga , the perez brainiac trilogy, the introduction of the linear men and the time and time again saga where superman biounce between the past and future - the one time supes went to wwii and worked as a circus strongman for several months, the red krptonite saga leading to the proposal , the underrated the red glass trilogy where superman finds a whole world against him.

of course , there's plenty of those famous storylines - death of superman , batman's knightfall , gl emerald twilight etc.

[jb681131]

Has anyone got any post crisis runs to recommend? Also is the New 52 Earth 2 series worth a read?

To be simple, post-crisis is after Crisis On Infinite Earths in 1985.
But some pre-crisis are still worth reading to understand the post-crisis like

• Watchmen by Alan Moore
• Swamp Thing by Len Wein
• A few Batman from the 70's/80's
• Crisis On Multiple Earths
• The FourthWorld by Jack Kirby
• Legion of Super-Heros: The Great Darkness Saga
• Charleston Comics by Steve Ditko
• ...

Anyways, here are the major DC stories/runs/titles to read:

1. 1938 - Action Comics #1 - 1st appearance of Superman
2. 1939 - Detective Comics #27 - 1st appearance of Batman
3. 1940-52 - The Spirit Archives by Will Eisner - Yes from the one of the awards - 26 vol.
4. 1959-85 - Flash: The Silver Age - The Flash by Carmine Infantino - 4 vol. followed by 2 omnibus (ongoing)
5. 1963-82 - Crisis On Multiple Earths - The JSA and JLA through the ages - 6 vol. + 2 team-ups vol.
6. 1966-82 - The Steve Ditko Omnibus - Charleston Comics by Steve Ditko: Shade, Hawk & Dove, Legion of Superheroes, Starman, The Outsiders, Specter, Desaad, ... - 2 omnibus
7. 1970-73 - The Fourth World by Jack Kirby - Massive Saga with The New Gods, Mister Miracle, The Forever People and Jimmy Olsen - Introduces Darkseid, Big Barda and Orion as well - 4 omnibus
8. 1970-72 - Green Lantern/Green Arrow - A very funny duo that commes back regularly in the comics - 1 omnibus
9. 1972-76 - Swamp Thing: The Bronze Age Omnibus - The original Swamp Thing saga by Len Wein and Bernie Wrightson (and then others) - 1 omnibus
10. 1982 - The Great Darkness Saga - The return of the great Darkseid - 1 omnibus
11. 1980-96 - The New Teen Titans - The Saga by Marv Wolfman and George Perez - 11 vol. (ongoing) or 3 omnibus
12. 1984-86 - Saga of the Swamp Thing - When Alan Moore takes over Swamp Thing (1st American Comics from Alan Moore) - 6 vol. or 1 omnibus
13. 1986 - The Watchmen by Alan Moore - The Launching story of the Modern Age - 1 omnibus
14. 1985-86 - Crisis On Infinit Earths (aka COIE) - Regroups all heroes into one univers - 1 omnibus
15. 1987 - DC: Legends - Follow-up to COIE, story in which the modern age Justice League and Suicide Squad are put in place - 1 vol.
16. 1987-89 - Justice League International - Direct follow-up to DC: Legends - 5 vol. or 1 omnibus
17. 1987-89 - Suicide Squad by John Ostrander - Direct follow-up to DC: Legends - 8 vol.
18. 1987-92 - Wonder Woman by George Perez - 4 vol. (ongoing) or 3 omnibus
19. 1986 - Batman: Year One - Origin Story by Frank Miller - 1 vol.
20. 1987 - Green Arrow: The Longbow Hunter - Start of a modern age darker Green Arrow - 1 vol.
21. 1987-90 - The Question by Denis O'Neil - The Charlton Comics detective - 6 vol.
22. 1988 - Batman: The Killing Joke - The popular Joker story by Alan Moore - 1 vol.
23. 1988-2013 - Hellblazer - The story of John Constantine - 21 vol.
24. 1988-89 - Animal Man by Alan Grant - A now classic work by the fine Alan Grant - 1 omnibus
25. 1989 - Arkham Asylum: A Serious House On Serious Earth - A strange and twisted take on Arkham and the Joker by Grant Morrison - 1 vol.
26. 1989-96 - Sandman by Neil Gaiman - The great Dark Fantasy saga - 10 vol. or 5 omnibus or 2 massive omnibus
27. 1989-93 - Doom Patrol by Grant Morrsion - Doom Patrol are a group of super-powered misfits - 6 vol. or 3 books or 1 omnibus
28. 1990-92 - Lobo by Keith Giffen & Alan Grant - The most out of the norme character you can find - 1 omnibus
29. 1995-99 - The Power of Shazam! - follows the SHAZAM familly by Jerry Ordway - in various other collections
30. 1987-97 - The Flash by Mark Waid - Start of the Epic 1987 reboot - 6 vol.
31. 1996-00 - Batman: The Long Halloween + Batman: Dark Victory - Great saga of the early days of Batman by Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale - 2 omnibus
32. 2000-06 - The Flash by Geoff Johns - End of the Epic saga started by Mark Waid - 5 vol. or 3 omnibus
33. 1994 - Green Lantern: Emerald Twilight/New Dawn - The downfall of Hal Jordan, the rising of Kyle Reyner - 1 vol.
34. 1994 - Gen13 - Story about "gene active" teens recruted by the governament by Jim Lee - 1 vol.
35. 1993-94 - The Death and Return of Superman - The Death of Superman + The Return of Superman - 2 vol. or 1 omnibus
36. 1993-95 - Batman: Knightfall - The great Bane/Azrael saga - 9 vol. or 3 new omnibus
37. 1994 - Batman: Mad Love - Introduction of Harley Quinn in the comics by the genius Paul Dini - 1 vol.
38. 1995-2000 - Preacher - Story of a posessed preacher by Garth Ennis - 9 vol. or 6 six books or 3 omnibus
39. 1996-2002 - Stormwatch + The Authority - The Warren Ellis era on this United Nation's crisis intervention team - 3 vol. or 1 omnibus + 5 vol. or 1 omnibus
40. 1998-2009 - Planetary by Warren Ellis - follows agents responsible for discovering the secret history of the world - 4 vol. or 1 omnibus
41. 1999 - Batman: No Man's Land - When Gotham becomes a war zone - 4 new omnibus
42. 1996-06 - JLA - The great saga started by Grant Morrison - 9 vol. or 4 omnibus
43. 2000 - Batman/Huntress: Cry for blood - A new take on Huntress by Greg Rucka - 1 vol. f
44. 2003-04 - Superman: Birthright - Retelling of Superman's origins by Mark Waid - 1 omnibus
45. 2003-06 - Wonder Woman by Greg Rucka - The main modern age saga - 3 omnibus
46. 2003-06 - Gotham Central - Crime and Gand Stories by Ed Brubaker and Greg Rucka - 4 vol. or 1 omnibus
47. 2006-12 - Green Lantern by Geoff Johns - The Saga of GL including: Rebirth, Sinestro Corps War, Blackest Knight, Brightest Day, War of the Green Lanterns, GL New 52 - 20 vol. or 3 massive omnibus
48. 2004-05 - Superman: For Tomorrow - Aclaimed story by Brian Azzarello - 2 vol. or 1 omnibus
49. 2004 - Identity Crisis - Follows the COIE storyline - 1 vol.
50. 2005 - Infinite Crisis - Follows the COIE storyline - 7 vol. or 1 omnibus
51. 2006-07 - 52 - tells what happens in the missing year after Infinit Crisis. - 4 vol. or 2 omnibus
52. 2006-08 - Seven Solders of Victory + Final Crisis - Concludes the COIE storyline - 2 vol. or 1 omnibus + 1 vol.
53. 2007-09 - Will Eisner's Spirit - The return of the Spirit - 5 vol.
54. 2008 - Superman: Brainiac - The Major story by Geoff Johns - 1 vol.
55. 2006-11 - Batman by Grant Morrison + Batman Incorporated - The saga by Morrsion - 2 omnibus + 4 vol. or 1 omnibus
56. 2011 - Flashpoint - The Event by Geoff Johns - 1 vol.
57. 2011-16 - Batman & Robin New 52 - Story by Peter J. Tomasi and Patrick Gleason (Should have read Batman by Grant Morrison vol.1 and Batman Inc.) - 7 vol. or 1 omnibus
58. 2011 - Batman: Court of Owls + Batman: Night of Owls - The Owls Saga by Scott Snyder - 2 vol. or 1 omnibus
59. 2011-14 - Wonder Woman New 52 - Saga by Brian Azzarello and Cliff Chiang - 6 first vol. or 2 Omnibus
60. 2011-14 - Aquaman New 52 - Story by Geoff Johns - 4 first vol. or 1 omnibus
61. 2012-13 - Shazam! New 52 - New origins by Geoff Johns - 1 vol.
62. 2011-14 - Flash New 52 - Flash by Francis Manapul and Brian Buccellato - 4 first vol. or 1 omnibus
63. 2011-14 - Green Arrow New 52 - Story by Jeff Lemire & Andrea Sorrentino - first 6 vol. or 1 omnibus
64. 2012-2016 - Justice League: Trinity War + Forever Evil + Forever Heroes + The Darkseid War Saga - The Main New 52 JL stories - 1 omnibus + 1 vol. + 1 vol. + 2 vol. or 1 omnibus
65. 2016 - Titan Hunt + DC Univers Rebirth + The Return of Wally West - The Main story for the Rebirth event (must know Flashpoint and The Watchmen) - 3 vol.
66. 2016-* - Aquaman Rebirth - By Dan Abnett - 9 vol. (ongoing)
67. 2016-19 - Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps - By Robert Venditti - 7 vol.
68. 2018-19 - Doomsday Clock - Concludes the Flash/Rebirth storyline - 1 omnibus
69. 2019 - Mr. Miracle by Tom King - The Eisner Award story - 1 vol.
70. 2019-21 - Dark Knight: Metal + Justice League: No Justice + Justice League by Snyder + Doom War + Batman Who Laughs + Death Metal - The Discovery of a Dark Multivers written by Scott Snyder - various vol.
71. 2019 - Heroes in Crisis - Yet another Crisis - 1 vol.
72. 2019-20 - Event Leviathan - Superman against the Leviathan Organisation - 1 vol.

I hope this answers your question.

And if you want more details on Batman, because it's much complex that with the other heroes feel free to ask.

[jb681131]

There are also some must read elseworld stories:

• The Dark Knight Returns - The Famous story by Frank Miller - 1 omnibus
• Superman: Red Son - by Mark Millar, what if Kal-El landed in Russia ? - 1 vol.
• DC: New Frontier - Big saga by Darwyn Cooke - 1 omnibus
• Kingdom Come - The aclaimed story by Mark Waid and Alex Ross - 1 vol.
• All-star Superman - The aclaimed serie by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely - 1 omnibus
• Superman: Secret Identity - Unusual take on Superman - 1 vol.

For some good ongoing series you can follow:

• The Green Lantern by Grant Morrison
• All-new Aquaman by Kelly Sue DeConnick
• Justice League Dark by James Tynion IV
• Wonder Twins by Mark Russell
• The Terrifics by Jeff Lemir
• Red Hood & the Outlaws by Scott Lobdell - continues in Red Hood: Outlaw
• Shazam! by Geoff Johns

And for your answer on Earth-2:

Earth-2 by James Robinsona and then Tom Taylor are fun to read.
Earth-2: World's End, is confusing and not worth it
Convergence that comes after World's End is a pointless and confusing event.

But you can read Earth-2, the Syndcated of Crime pops up in the Justice League title during the Darkseid War (2015).

[witchboy]

I'm a big fan of Peter David's 90s runs on Aquaman and Supergirl.

[Tony]

Hawkworld 3 issue mini was fantastic
Green Arrow Longbow Hunters 3 issue mini
the Doctor Fate series by Dematteis was fun mini plus regular
Black Hawk 3 issue series by Chaykin
Challengers of the Unknown by Loeb and Sale

I happily agree with stuff like post crisis Superman, Wally West Flash, Giffen and Dematteis Justice League. Just thought I'd throw in some early post Crisis stuff I didn't see mentioned.

[DrNewGod]

There are also some must read elseworld stories:

• The Dark Knight Returns - The Famous story by Frank Miller - 1 omnibus
• Superman: Red Son - by Mark Millar, what if Kal-El landed in Russia ? - 1 vol.
• DC: New Frontier - Big saga by Darwyn Cooke - 1 omnibus
• Kingdom Come - The aclaimed story by Mark Waid and Alex Ross - 1 vol.
• All-star Superman - The aclaimed serie by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely - 1 omnibus
• Superman: Secret Identity - Unusual take on Superman - 1 vol.

Post-Crisis was really where Elseworlds shined. I quite liked Batman: Holy Terror

[Vakanai]

There are also some must read elseworld stories:

• The Dark Knight Returns - The Famous story by Frank Miller - 1 omnibus
• Superman: Red Son - by Mark Millar, what if Kal-El landed in Russia ? - 1 vol.
• DC: New Frontier - Big saga by Darwyn Cooke - 1 omnibus
• Kingdom Come - The aclaimed story by Mark Waid and Alex Ross - 1 vol.
• All-star Superman - The aclaimed serie by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely - 1 omnibus
• Superman: Secret Identity - Unusual take on Superman - 1 vol.

For some good ongoing series you can follow:

• The Green Lantern by Grant Morrison
• All-new Aquaman by Kelly Sue DeConnick
• Justice League Dark by James Tynion IV
• Wonder Twins by Mark Russell
• The Terrifics by Jeff Lemir
• Red Hood & the Outlaws by Scott Lobdell - continues in Red Hood: Outlaw
• Shazam! by Geoff Johns

And for your answer on Earth-2:

Earth-2 by James Robinsona and then Tom Taylor are fun to read.
Earth-2: World's End, is confusing and not worth it
Convergence that comes after World's End is a pointless and confusing event.

But you can read Earth-2, the Syndcated of Crime pops up in the Justice League title during the Darkseid War (2015).

I'd also include Gotham by Gaslight and the Red Rain trilogy in the Elseworlds list.