Flashpoint will go down in history as one of the most influential events in DC Comics history, given that the Flash focused event marked the end of the post-Crisis DC Universe (1985 to 2011) and led into the launch of DC’s New 52. Say what you like about the alternate reality Flashpoint universe, but it’s the rare superhero comic event that actually managed to change everything.
The story itself has now become well known (with an adapted version in CW’s The Flash), following the aftermath of Barry Allen’s efforts to keep Reverse-Flash from murdering Barry’s mother when he was a child.
The main event is written by Geoff Johns, marking his involvement in 6 major DC events in 6 years. While the previous Johns events spiraled out of his work on Green Lantern (including the immensely popular Blackest Night), Flashpoint is the first (and, well, last) event to follow Johns work on Flash: Rebirth and the return of Barry Allen to the DC Universe.
Below you’ll find a complete guide to the events of Flashpoint, including essential prelude comics and all the related tie-ins. Enjoy the comics, and get ready for Flashpoint to take you straight into the New 52.
Previously: Brightest Day
Road to Flashpoint
Collects: Flash Rebirth #1 to #6
The Flash Volume 2: The Road to Flashpoint
Collects: The Flash #8 to #12
Flashpoint: The World of Flashpoint Featuring Superman
Collects: Booster Gold #44 To #47
Collects: Time Masters: Vanishing Point #1 to #6
Flashpoint Collected Graphic Novels
Collects: Flashpoint #1 to #5
Flashpoint: The World of Flashpoint Featuring The Flash
Collects: Grodd of War #1, Kid Flash Lost #1 to #3, Legion of Doom #1 to #3, Reverse Flash #1, Citizen Cold #1 to #3
Flashpoint Featuring Wonder Woman
Collects: Emperor Aquaman #1 to #3, Outisder #1 to #3, Lois Lane and The Resistance #1 to #3, Wonder Woman and The Furies #1 to #3
Flashpoint: The World of Flashpoint Featuring Superman
Collects: World of Flashpoint #1 to #3, Booster Gold #44 to #47, The Canterbury Cricker #1, Project Superman #1 to #3)
Flashpoint: The World of Flashpoint Featuring Batman
Collects: Batman: Knight of Vengeance #1 to #3, Deadman and The Flying Graysons #1 to #3, Deathstroke and the Curse of the Ravager #1 to #3, Secret Seven #1 to #3
Flashpoint: The World of Flashpoint Featuring Green Lantern
Collects: Hal Jordan #1 to #3, Abin Sur #1 to #3, Frankenstein and The Creatures of the Unknown #1 to #3, Green Arrow Industries #1
Flashpoint Comics Checklist
Intro to the Flashpoint Universe
Flashpoint: Project Superman 1
Flashpoint: Project Superman #2
Flashpoint: Wonder Woman and the Furies #1
Flashpoint: Green Arrow Industries #1
Flashpoint: Wonder Woman and the Furies #2
Flashpoint: Lois Lane and the Resistance #1
Flashpoint: The Canterbury Cricket #1
Flashpoint: Deadman and the Flying Graysons #1
Flashpoint: Deadman and the Flying Graysons #2
Flashpoint: Deadman and the Flying Graysons #3
Flashpoint: Abin Sur: The Green Lantern #1
Flashpoint: Abin Sur: The Green Lantern #2
Flashpoint Event Begins
Flashpoint: Deathstroke and the Curse of the Ravager #1
Flashpoint: Deathstroke and the Curse of the Ravager #2
Flashpoint: Batman: Knight of Vengeance #1
Flashpoint: Batman: Knight of Vengeance #2
Flashpoint: Batman: Knight of Vengeance #3
Flashpoint: Deathstroke and the Curse of the Ravager #3
The World of Flashpoint
Flashpoint: Lois Lane and the Resistance #2
Flashpoint: Frankenstein and the Creatures of the Unknown #1
Flashpoint: Frankenstein and the Creatures of the Unknown #2
Flashpoint: Frankenstein and the Creatures of the Unknown #3
Flashpoint: Emperor Aquaman #1
Flashpoint: Emperor Aquaman #2
Flashpoint: Wonder Woman and the Furies #3
Flashpoint: Emperor Aquaman #3
Flashpoint: Abin Sur: The Green Lantern #3
Flashpoint, Pandora, and the New 52
Flashpoint: Lois Lane and the Resistance #3
Flashpoint: Project Superman #3
Epilogue
The Flashpoint universe has made an infrequent return throughout DC Rebirth, with references during the following comics.
Next: The New 52
I just read through Batman #50, it’s the wedding issue. What’s it got to do with Flashpoint?