I am new to the comic book scene and I’m wondering which ones to start with, which ones are the best to introduce me to the universe.
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I started in 2011 with Batman, the relaunched Batman book by Scoot Snyder, and it was the absolute best place I could imagine beginning.
Which characters are you most interested in?
If you have a particular DC Character in mind to start with i just Bumped to the top of the Support Forum the Start Reading Articles for many characters that was on our News Page.
Otherwise you should know that DC Comics did two reboots in the last 8 years which are good starting places to begin. Either of the two or a combo.
They are called
New 52 in 2011.
Rebirth in 2016.
Rebirth begins with Title
DC Universe Rebirth #1. There is no second issue.
Nathan .Payson has a Massive Rebirth checklist which i will bump to the top it is in the forum
Rebirth titles usually have a 0 issue followed by regular numbering
Listing by popular characters within 2011 or 2016
I suggest
Aquaman 2011 and 2016
Batman 2011
Detective 2016
Wonder Woman 2016
Superman
Superman Lois and Clark
Superman 2016
Supersons
This series highlights Jon Kent son of the pre 2011 Superman
If you feel you need a basic
background in DC History
I suggest these two videos
(less than 3 hours)
Secret Origins History of DC
Comics Golden Silver Bronze
Ages of Comics
Justice League New Frontier
Reimagining Golden Age
Batman Superman Wonder
Woman as Silver Age of Flash
Green Lantern and Martian
Manhunter starts. That is 6
of the major Justice League
Characters.
Best Series and Authors
.
Geoff Johns shows up a lot in
these lists. His works include
Aquaman 2011
New Teen Titans 2003
Green Lantern
Hawkman
JSA
Justice Society
Grant Morrison
JLA 1996
Batman and Robin 2009
Doom Patrol 1987
Animal Man 1988 not in
library
Alan Moore
Saga of Swamp Thing 1982
Warren Ellis
Planetary
If you like a particular character that has a
Start Reading Article in News
I can copy and paste it here.
I converted all to text.
Just Green Lantern to go.
Basic idea is that there is a lot more great comics than i mentioned
Like James Robinson Starman
And Tom King Omega Men
But they can wait.
Batman has
Year One
Hush
Dark Knight Returns
Many more
But that is why you need a short reading list
Also in 2011 and 2016 there are many recommended titles
Like
2011
Animal Man
Swamp Thing
Frankenstein
Demon Knights
Justice League Dark
Action
Wonder Woman
Justice League
Earth 2
Huntress mini series
Worlds Finest
But they can wait
As can events like
Death of Superman
Crisis on Infi ite Earths
Need nasics first
In Comic Book Page at the top
There are three sections
Browse
Characters
Storylines
Browze allows you to filter by
Era years are listed to help
A few Writers
A few Artists
Character list series the character is in. It also help you to see what characters you might be interested in
Spotlight is mainly events which you dont need right now
But there are also
Origin stories like Green Lantern
Batman arcs
Best of New 52
Finally we have a encylopedia giving basic info on selected characters.
There