Comic Book Herald has the following guides for reading DC Comics:
Dive In To DC Universe Comics
The Best 100 DC Comics Since Crisis on Infinite Earths (1986 – 2020)
Fast Track Guide to Classic DC Comics (1942 to 2000)
The 40 most essential reads in DC Comics from the 40’s through the 90’s! Includes classics like Batman: Year One, the Dark Knight Returns, and Superman: Man of Steel, among many others.
Fast Track Guide To the Modern DCU (2000 to 2011)
This guide will cover the 25 most essential DC Comics stories during the 2000’s (leading up to DC’s New 52)!
Where to Start With DC Comics!
The simplest guide for approaches to start reading DC Comics this year.
Fast Track Guide to DC’s New 52 (2011 to 2016)
Fast Track Guide to DC Rebirth (2016 – Present)
DC Characters Reading Orders
America’s Best Comics (Tom Strong, Promethea, etc)
Damian Wayne (Robin, Son of Batman)
Darkseid (New Gods, 4th World)
Nightwing (Richard Grayson, First Robin)
Question (Vic Sage, Renee Montoya)
DC Comics Event Timeline
Crisis on Infinite Earths
Legends
Watchmen (1986)
Frank Miller’s Batman Year One & Dark Knight Returns (1986)
Millenium
Cosmic Odyssey
Invasion!
The Janus Directive (1989) – The issues and reading order this event can be found within the Suicide Squad reading order, as Suicide Squad Vol. 4
Wonder Woman: War of the Gods
The Death of Superman
Check out Comic Book Herald’s full Death of Superman reading order.
World Without a Superman
The Return of Superman
Bloodlines (1993)
Knightfall
Zero Hour
Underworld Unleashed
The Final Night
DC vs. Marvel Comics (1996)
Kingdom Come
DC One Million
Day of Judgment
JLA: Earth 2
DC Reading Order (2000 to Infinite Crisis)
The Comic Book Herald guide to getting up to speed with the DC Comics of the 2000s. Check out the full DC reading order! Includes:
Our Worlds at War
Identity Crisis (2004)
Seven Soldiers
Infinite Crisis
52
Sinestro Corps War
Final Crisis
Batman: Battle For the Cowl
Blackest Night Reading Order (2009)
Brightest Day Reading Order (2010)
Flashpoint
The New 52 (2011 – 2016)
The New 52 reading order includes every DC Comic that was released from 2011 to mid-year 2016. This also includes all New 52 event reading orders such as Night of the Owls or Forever Evil!
Convergence Reading Order (2015)
A complete, annotated Convergence reading order for new DC comics fans!
DC Rebirth (2016)
Dark Nights: Metal (2017)
DC Rebirth Year Two (2017-2018)
Doomsday Clock (2017-2018)
DC Rebirth Year Three (2018-2019)
Heroes in Crisis (2018-2019)
Event Leviathan (2019)
Year of the Villain (2019)
DC Rebirth Year Four (2019-2020)
Year of the Villain: The Infected (2019-2020)
Legion of Super-Heroes: Millennium (2019)
Batman: Joker War (2020)
Dark Nights: Death Metal (2020 – 2021)
DC Future State (2021)
DC Infinite Frontier (2021)
Dark Crisis (2022)
Dawn of the DCU (2023)
Absolute DC Universe (2024 – )
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