Death of the Justice League
DC’s biggest event of the summer is here! Following the “Death of the Justice League” in Justice League #75
Previously: DC Infinite Frontier
Dark Crisis really begins with the Justice League dying in Justice League #75, but Justice League #75 really is the beginning of the third act of a 3 act saga. The first act is the launch point of the Infinite Frontier era: Infinite Frontier #0-6
Collects: Infinite Frontier #0, Infinite Frontier: Secret Files #1, and Infinite Frontier #1-6
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Following Infinite Frontier is “Act 2” which is Justice Incarnate. The story is heavily based on Grant Morrison’s Multiversity. It may make sense to read it, or else JLI might feel a little difficult to understand.
Collects: Justice League Incarnate #1-6
Finally, there’s the Death of the Justice League.
Shadow War
The other major prelude to Dark Crisis is also written by Joshua Williamson, and focuses on three different series of his coming together: Batman, Deathstroke Inc., and Robin. Of those, Robin and Deathstroke Inc. are the most important, while the Batman story is much smaller. These books take place before Death of the Justice League but around the same time as Infinite Frontier and Justice League Incarnate.
Robin Vol. 1: The Lazarus Tournament
Collects: The Prelude (“Demon or Detective”) in Batman #106 then Detective Comics #1034, and then Robin #1-6
Collects: Robin 2021 Annual, and Robin #7-11
Collects: Black Canary Story from Batman: Urban Legends #6 and Deathstroke Inc. #1-7
Read: Deathstroke Inc. #6-7 and Robin #12
Read: Shadow War: Alpha #1, Batman #122, Deathstroke Inc. #8, Robin #13, Batman #123, Shadow Warzone #1, Deathstroke Inc. #9, Robin #14, Shadow War: Omega #1
Dark Crisis Prelude
Dark Crisis has two preludes. The FCBD book is very unimportant, but is a sort of mood piece.
Dark Crisis #0 FCBD Special Edition 2022
Justice League: Road to Dark Crisis #1
Dark Crisis Checklist
There’s an official Dark Crisis Checklist out. However, as with most event checklist, the actual reading order based on chronology is different from the checklist which is based on release dates. I’ve added the other tie-ins that weren’t on the checklist to the mix.
April
May
Dark Crisis #0 FCBD Special Edition 2022
Justice League: Road to Dark Crisis #1
June
Dark Crisis: Young Justice #1
The Flash #783
July
Dark Crisis #2
Dark Crisis: Worlds Without a Justice League – Superman #1
Dark Crisis: Young Justice #2
The Flash #784
Aquamen #6
August
Dark Crisis #3
Dark Crisis: Worlds Without a Justice League – Green Lantern #1
Dark Crisis: Young Justice #3
The Flash #785
September
Dark Crisis #4
Dark Crisis: Worlds Without a Justice League – Wonder Woman #1
Dark Crisis: Young Justice #4
October
Dark Crisis #5
Dark Crisis: Worlds Without a Justice League – Green Arrow #1
Dark Crisis: Young Justice #5
November
Dark Crisis #6
Dark Crisis: Worlds Without a Justice League – Batman #1
Dark Crisis: Young Justice #6
December
Dark Crisis #7
Dark Crisis: War Zone #1
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Hello, I’m new to the rebirth reboot. I want to start it. I’m what order should I start to be up to speed with dark crisis?
Looks like you forgot Dark Crisis: The deadly green, somewhere between Dark Crisis #4 and #5
Also flash 786
Hello! Just picked up Flash #786. I was wondering about it’s placement in this event?
Has there yet to be a Dark Crisis collected edition or is this still currently ongoing?
Still ongoing. They will probably collect this in a couple trades.