Hello DC Community, I wanted to make a post about helping me and the community for “Pointers” for reading comics, collectibles all that fun stuff. I am fairly new to this community and the DC universe in general. So this is a chat to help out people were to start a series of events in a comic or starting collecting collectibles.
So I love the DC lore I am starting reading the whole time line of the series I am starting with New Gods, Then Jack Kirby Fourth World, and then starting the crisis situation. That’s what I am starting so far, I am ready for any pointers. So just give out some help to people to start getting into Go DC Community!
After Dark Nights: Death Metal, the DC Universe goes into a possible future, with the “Future State”, then to the Infinite Frontier.
The Dark Night Death Metal series
Rebooted the DC Universe
So that everything in the more than 80 year old history of the DC Universe actually happened.
Before the heroes and villains didn’t remember everything.
But that series would be very confusing to a new reader
But
The Dark Night Death Metal 7
pages 26 to 36
Infinite Frontier 0
Might be enough
Here are the major
Starting points since that series ended
Justice League 2018 59
Wonder Woman 2016 770
The Flash 2016 768
Green Lantern 2021 1
Action Comics 2016 1029
Batman 2016 ( Tynion starts at 86 (101 is partial reboot with Bruce No Longer a billionaire))
Detective 2016 1035
Batman Urban Legends 2021 1
Joker 2021 1
Catwoman 2018 25
Swamp Thing 2021 1
Harley Quinn 2021 1
Nightwing 2016 78
Suicide Squad 2021 1
Teen Titans Academy 2021 1
Wonder Girl 2021 1
Superman Son of Kal el 1
Batgirls 1
If you want to understand the entire Comic Book Library here
First
Watch
Secret Origins the Story of DC Comics
In that hour and a half you will get a good overview of most of our comic book library. It was filmed in 2009 so of course can’t talk about newer than that
This is my complete list for New DC Readers. It is intended to introduce most of the major characters of the universe at a basic level. It is by year
This is my
Batman for new readers
if you want to learn significant events in super hero genre history. Most significant issues are mentioned here. It is by year
if you want to learn how Superman Batman.and Wonder Woman were created
Not every DC Comic Book
Is in the Library
Not Digitized Yet
Reserved for
Local Comic Book Stores
Like
Watchmen
Killing Joke
Most of Sandman
Most of Vertigo (Creator Ownership Licensing Issues)
Most of Black Label
Most
Comic Books
Come to the Library
6 months plus a week
After being published
But DCUI Subscribers
Get
Several Titles
Before or at the same time
As being published
Like
Here is what I wish I was told and did from the start
Ignore all the lists of must reads and greatest X stories ever. It resulted in me reading a bunch of bad comcis that were purely shock value. Just find a character and writer you like and read their stuff until it naturally leads you to enjoying some other works you find.
If a series is not your cup of tea then ditch it and try something else. Do not pour days or weeks into it hoping it will stop being bad.
If you really like a non A lister then check his/her appearences list on DC Database. That can really help you to find more stuff with them, especially crossovers like when I found the Stargirl/Impulse crossover.
Do not just check the creator list for the writer, but also the penciler (will become much more important when you are loving writers who unlike Kirby are not also a master artist).