Im starting this thread because 5 years ago you could type up in the browser what reading order you wanted to look for & get Multiple searches now hardly any. This is the list of story Arcs Im gonna go by. So if you want to add a Reading Order Please use Comic Issues not Tradebacks. I ignore Tradeback
If you See This * symbol it means a Reading Order for that Arc is in this Thread
If you See This (C) symbol it means a Crossover. mainly 2 Companies working on 1 storyline
DC Comics Story Arc Timeline from Flash of Two Worlds to Flashpoint
Pre-Crisis on Infinite Earths
*Flash of Two Worlds
*Vengeance of the Immortal Villain
*Crisis on Earth-One!" and "Crisis on Earth-Two
*Crisis on Earth-Three
*Zatanna's Search
*Green Lantern Secret Origin of the Guardians
*Fourth World
*Snowbirds Don't Fly
(C)Superman vs Spider-Man
*Aquaman: Death of a Prince
*Showcase #100
(C)Superman and Spider-Man
(C)Batman vs Hulk
*Crisis on Earth Prime
(C)The Uncanny X-Men and The New Teen Titans
*Superman: Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?
Crisis to Flashpoint
*Crisis on Infinite Earths
*Legends
*Watchmen
*Batman Year One & Two
*Millennium
*Cosmic Odyssey
*Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth
*The Killing Joke
*Invasion!
*Superman: Exile
*Janus Directive
Batman Year Three
A Lonely Place of Dying
*Armageddon 2001
War of the Gods
(C)Batman/Judge Dredd
(C)Batman versus Predator
Justice League Breakdowns
Eclipso: The Darkness Within
Superman: Panic in the Sky
The Death of Superman
(C)Batman/Grendel
Trinity
Bloodlines
(C)Batman/Judge Dredd II
(C)Batman vs. Predator II
(C)Batman/Punisher
(C)Spawn/Batman
(C)Batman-Spawn
Knightfall
*Fall of Metropolis & Worlds Collide - Crossover (makes sense to put this here because later on you start seeing characters from Milestone appearing Before ,During, & After Final Crisis)
End of an Era
(C)Punisher/Batman
Zero Hour
Prodigal
(C)Darkseid vs. Galactus
(C)Green Lantern/Silver Surfer
(C)Lobo/Judge Dredd
(C)Batman/Grendel II
(C)Superman/Aliens
(C)Batman/Judge Dredd III
Year One
(C)Spider-Man and Batman
The Way of the Warrior
Underworld Unleashed
(C)Catwoman/Vampirella
Dead Heat
Legends of the Dead Earth
The Final Night
DC vs. Marvel - Crossover
Batman: Contagion
Batman: Legacy
Kingdom Come
Pulp Heroes
Genesis
Ghosts
*DC One Million
*Batman: Cataclysm
Brotherhood of the Fist
Superman: Behold! The Millennium Giants!
Day of Judgment
JLApe: Gorilla Warfare!
Batman: No Man's Land
Chain Lightning
*Silver Age
Planet DC
JLA Earth 2
*Superboy: The Evil Factory
The Justice Society Returns!
*Emperor Joker
Batman: Officer Down
*Our Worlds at War
*Joker: Last Laugh
*Bruce Wayne: Fugitive
*A World Without Young Justice
Virtue and Vice
Graduation Day
*JSA: Black Reign
Hush Part 1
JLA/AVENGERS
THE OBSIDIAN AGE
Hush Part 2
PUBLIC ENEMIES
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These 2 are good reads
History of the DC Universe #1-2 (is said to Not read it until you've read at least up to Identity Crisis)
JLA-Z #1-3 (Around late 2003-2004 Dc Comics did A Universe Info on The JLA. So if you want to know about the JLA these books would be a nice set to get.)
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*Identity Crisis
*Countdown to Infinite Crisis
*Infinite Crisis
*Seven Soldiers of Victory
52 Weeks
One Year Later
*Amazons Attack
*Sinestro Corps War
*Countdown (to Final Crisis)
*New Krypton Part 1 (This is in Final Crisis near the beginning)
*Final Crisis
(I added Battle for The Cowl because it helps explains what happens after FC up to BN)
*Battle for The Cowl
Im adding a couple other Orders that take place throughout 2 or more story arcs)
Faces of Evil
Origins and Omens
*Blackest Night
Brightest Day
Reign of Doomsday
Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne
*Flashpoint