What are DC's best comic stories?

[babyblob]

Superman Red Son is a great one that i did not see on the list.

[Englehart Humperdinck]

Batman: Night Cries by Archie Goodwin and John Bolton

Scott Hampton drew that one.

[married guy]

Justice League - The Nail
Return of Barry Allen (Flash #74-80)
Terminal Velocity (Flash #95-100)
Dead Heat (Flash #108-111, Impulse #10-11)
Death/Reign/Return of Superman
Knightfall/Quest/End
Zombie Night at the Gotham Aquarium (Hitman #13-14. ANYBODY who hasn't read these two issues of Hitman - stop whatever you're doing and go read these books NOW!)
The Old Dog (Hitman #47-50)
Green Arrow - The Longbow Hunters
Green Lantern Corps: Recharge #1-6
Secret Six #1-36 (Honestly, the entire run is simply EPIC)
Hush (Batman #608-619)
Kingdom Come

I could keep going, but I think that's a decent start.

[marshal88]

the golden age - mini series
last days of the justice society - one shot after coie to send the jsa into limbo
armageddon ; inferno - mini series where the jsa was brought back from limbo
jsa jla virtue and vice - graphic novel
the books of magic - mini series

[WonderBoy]

Catwoman - Selina's Big Score
Batman: Hush (Batman #608-#619)
Justice (#1-#12)
Wonder Woman Gods & Mortals (#1-#7)

[failo.legendkiller]

Knightfall/Quest/End
Death/Reign/Return of Superman
The Judas Contract

[Englehart Humperdinck]

Strange Apparitions (Detective Comics #469-476)
The Painting That Ate Paris (Doom Patrol #26-29)
Enigma #1-8
The Nazz #1-4
Ronin #1-6
V for Vendetta #1-10
Mask (Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #39-40)
Mortal Clay (Batman Annual #11)
Prey (Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #11-15)
Season of Mists (Sandman #21-28)
The Pact (New Gods #7)
Uncle Sam #1 & 2
The Haunting of America (Spectre #37-50)
Why I Hate Saturn
Manhunter (Detective Comics #437-443)
Superman: Secret Identity #1-4
Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader (Batman #686 & Detective Comics #853)
To Kill a Legend (Detective Comics #500)

[Laufeyson]

Superman: American Alien
The Painting that ate Paris (Doom Patrol #26-34)
Batman: Dark Victory
Green Latnern: Earth One Vol. 1 and Vol. 2
Wonder Woman: Earth One Vol. 1 and Vol. 2
Jiro Kuwagata's Batman
Court of Owl and City of Owl
New 52 Animal Man
The Anatomy Lesson
American Gothic
Swamp Thing: Winter Special

[K7P5V]

A personal favorite would be...

The Batman Adventures: Mad Love

[Jcogginsa]

We've reached the point where all 48 slots are taken up. I'll still be taking further recs, but know that If I add anything else, I'll have to take something off.

1. Crisis on Infinite Earths (Crisis on Infinite Earths #1-12)
2. Infinite Crisis (Infinite Crisis #1-7)
3. Final Crisis (Final Crisis #1-7, Superman Beyond #1-2, Final Crisis: Submit #1)
4. All-Star Superman (All-Star Superman #1-12)
5. The Death of Superman (Action Comics #684, The Adventures of Superman #497, Justice League America #69, Superman: The Man of Steel #18-19, Superman #74-75)
6. Reign of the Supermen (Action Comics #687-691, The Adventures of Superman #501–505, Green Lantern #46, Superman #78–82, Superman: The Man of Steel #22–26)
7. For the Man Who Has Everything (Superman Annual #11)
8. What's So Funny About Truth, Justice, and the American Way? (Action Comics #775)
9. Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow (Superman #423, Action Comics #583)
10. Knightfall (Batman #491-497, Detective Comics #659-663)
11. The Dark Knight Returns (The Dark Knight Returns #1-4)
12. The Killing Joke (The Killing Joke #1)
13. Batman Year One (Batman #404-407)
14. A Death in the Family (Batman #426-429)
15. Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth
16. Batman R.I.P (Batman #676-681)
17. DC One Million (DC One Million #1-4, Green Lantern #1,000,000, Ressurection Man #1,000,000, Starman #1,000,000, Superman: Man of Tomorrow #1,000,000)
18. The Multiversity (The Multiversity #1-2, The Society of Superheroes: Conquerors of the Counter World, The Just, Pax Americana, Thunderworld Adventures, Multiversity Guidebook, Mastermen, Ultra Comics)
19. Seven Soldiers (Seven Soldiers #0-1, Shining Knight #1-4, The Guardian #1-4, Zatanna #1-4, Mister Miracle #1-4, Klarion #1-4, Bulleteer #1-4, Frankenstein #1-4)
20. Flex Mentallo (Flex Mentallo #1-4)
21. The Sinestro Corps War (Green Lantern #21-25, Green Lantern Corps #14-19, Green Lantern Sinestro Corps Special #1 )
22. Blackest Night (Blackest Night #0-8)
23. Gods and Mortals (Wonder Woman #1-7)
24. The Flash of Two Worlds (The Flash #123)
25. The Return of Barry Allen (The Flash #74-79)
26. Terminal Velocity (The Flash #95-100)
27. The Great Darkness Saga (Legion of Superheroes #290-294)
28. The Judas Contract (Tales of the Teen Titans #42-44, Tales of the Teen Titans Annual #)
29. The Terror of Trigon (New Teen Titans #1-5)
30. New Frontier (DC: The New Frontier #1-6)
31. 52 (52 #1-52)
32. Watchmen (Watchmen #1-12)
33. The Anatomy Lesson (Swamp Thing #22)
34. Wonder Woman: The Hiketeia
35. JLA: A League of One
36. Green Lantern: Rebirth (Green Lantern: Rebirth #1-6)
37. JLA/Titans: The Technis Imperative (JLA/Titans The Technis Imperative #1-3)
38. Kingdom Come (Kingdom Come #1-4)
39. Justice (Justice #1-12)
40. Snowbirds Don't Fly (Green Lantern/Green Arrow #85-86)
41. Tower of Babel (JLA #43-46)
42. Batman: The Long Halloween (Batman the Long Halloween #1-13)
43. World War III (JLA #36-41)
44. The Pact (New Gods #7)
45. Superman: Secret Identity (Superman: secret Identity #1-4)
46.Green Arrow: The Longbow Hunters (Green Arrow The Longbow Hunters #1-3)
47. Of Thee I sing (Hitman #34)
48. Hush (Batmanc #608-619)

[Englehart Humperdinck]

Knightfall was dragged out until Batman #500 and Detective Comics #666. The Killing Joke had no number. The Anatomy Lesson was in Saga of the Swamp Thing #21.

[Timothy Hunter]

Strange Apparitions (Detective Comics #469-476)
The Painting That Ate Paris (Doom Patrol #26-29)
Enigma #1-8
The Nazz #1-4
Ronin #1-6
V for Vendetta #1-10
Mask (Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #39-40)
Mortal Clay (Batman Annual #11)
Prey (Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #11-15)
Season of Mists (Sandman #21-28)
The Pact (New Gods #7)
Uncle Sam #1 & 2
The Haunting of America (Spectre #37-50)
Why I Hate Saturn
Manhunter (Detective Comics #437-443)
Superman: Secret Identity #1-4
Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader (Batman #686 & Detective Comics #853)
To Kill a Legend (Detective Comics #500)

Great choices.

[your_name_here]

Something tells me Alan Moore is going to win.

[Jcogginsa]

Something tells me Alan Moore is going to win.

I think Watchmen is likely a shoe-in for the final three, but I'm not certain about his other works here. I don't think The Killing Joke will make it in, that story has lost it's shine in recent years

[your_name_here]

I think Watchmen is likely a shoe-in for the final three, but I'm not certain about his other works here. I don't think The Killing Joke will make it in, that story has lost it's shine in recent years

If it’s not a Moore/Miller showdown I’d be surprised