DC Universe’s comic collection had grown immensely since it’s conception and and the comics in the collection are getting better and better. Instead of reading them all I’ve decided to all everyone what the best comic book stories are here, I’m looking for specific arcs, series, single issues anything (arcs/vol would be preferable)
I liked what they have of Titans rebirth and Batman: Zero Year is really good. All of Scott Snyder’s run is really good. If I had to recommend a comic run it’d have to be Scott Snyder’s ‘Court Owls’ arcs.
Justice league: darkseid war
Batman: Knightfall
Alan Moore’s Swamp Thing. I’ve been enjoying it immensely
Aquaman 2011, by Geoff Johns
Detective Comics 472 to 476, by Engleheart and Rogers
Detective Comics 2016, by Tynion
JLA 1996, by Morrison
Teen Titans 2003, by Geoff Johns
Wonder Woman 2016 Year One, by Rucka and Scott
Huntress of Earth 2, 2011 mini, by Pau Levitz
Saga of Swamp Thing by Alan Moore
Superman 2016, by Tomasi
New Frontier, by Cooke
Wow. I didn’t know DCU had so many great comics. I’ve read a bunch of them on paper but wow. Definitely a recommendation for newbies
Especially with this most recent update, we have a ton of great stuff, but just from stuff I’ve read (and I didn’t read that many comics before I got DCU) :
Crisis on Infinite Earths is a new favorite of mine.
We now have all of Jack Kirby’s Fourth World stuff, too, and that’s all definitely brilliant.
I’m personally partial to the original runs of Nightwing and Birds of Prey, of which we have a substantial amount.
George Perez’s Wonder Woman run is also here in its entirety, and that’s absolutely brilliant.
Mark Waid’s Flash is probably the best run on one of the Big Five that I’ve seen
While we’re on the subject of Mark Waid, hot take: his JLA run is far better than Grant Morrison’s. Morrison had a more filled-out roster, but never did anything with it other than write action scenes. Waid had a kinda lopsided big-seven-plus-Plastic-Man lineup but really made it work.
Geoff Johns’ run on Green Lantern is up there with Waid’s Flash (though I actually enjoyed the Green Lantern Corps book that ran alongside it more - I believe most of that was written by Peter Tomasi).
While we’re on the subject of Waid, Morrison, and Johns (also Greg Rucka, but I still haven’t read most of his better-known work), 52 is really worth a read, though you might get lost if you’re not good with continuity. All four writers (or at least the ones whose work I’ve read) are major Silver Age buffs and use a ton of obscure characters and background details, so it’s easier to appreciate if you also are familiar with all of that.
The 1999 Titans series is an underrated great read (the latter 25 issues of the series’ 50-issue run kind of went off the deep end, but the first half, which is all we have at the moment, is excellent).
And if you’re looking for something funny, I love both Justice League International (of which DCU has the first 22 issues) and Young Justice (of which DCU has the entire original run).
Oh! And Detective Comics #826! That’s been my favorite single issue so far.
I recently read Planetary and it was a great book. Can’t wait until we get more.
The 2011 series of Animal Man is very good
I laughed reading every issue of Super Sons and that is not an easy task.