Category: Post-Crisis

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The Post-Crisis DCU: Earth-Prime

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The real earth, on which you and I live. Or do we?

Earth Prime was reported destroyed in the Crisis on Infinite Earths, but you can’t keep a good Earth down.

“Mirror Moves”, “Spooks”, “A New Science of Life”, “Time in a Bottle”, “Crisis”, “Purification Day”, “Monkey Puzzles” & “Deus Ex Machina”
Reprinted in The Animal Man Omnibus, original publication in Animal Man #8, #14, 19 & 22 – 26, April 1990 – June 1990.
“Suicide Attack”
Reprinted in Suicide Squad, vol.7: The Dragon’s Hoard, original publication in Suicide Squad #58, October 1991.
“Mighty Rivers”
Reprinted in The Kingdom, original publication in The Kingdom #2, February 1999.
“Whirlwind Ceremony”
Reprinted in The Flash by Mark Waid, Book Eight, original publication in The Flash #159, April 2000.
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The Post-Crisis DCU 19 – Year Seventeen

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Batman/Huntress: Cry for Blood
Reprints Batman/Huntress: Cry for Blood #1-6 ().
Batman: New Gotham, vol.2
Reprints Detective Comics #755-765 () & Superman #168 ().

Wonder Woman: Paradise Lost
Reprints Wonder Woman #164-170 (January 2001 – July 2001) & Wonder Woman Secret Files #2 (July 1999, Troia story only).

Wonder Woman: Paradise Found
Reprints Wonder Woman #171-177 (August 2001 – February 2002) & Wonder Woman Secret Files #3 (May 2002, profile pages only).
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The Post-Crisis DCU 16 – Year Fourteen

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Batman: Prelude to Knightfall
Reprints Batman .
Batman: Knightfall, vol.1
Reprints Batman .
Batman: Knightfall, vol.2
Reprints Batman .
Batman: Knightquest: The Crusade, vol.1
Reprints Batman .
Batman: Knightquest: The Crusade, vol.2
Reprints Batman .
Batman: Knightquest: The Search
Reprints Batman: Shadow of the Bat #21-23 (), Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #59-61 (); & Justice League Task Force #5-6 (), & Robin #7 ().
Wonder Woman and Justice League America, vol.2
Reprints Justice League America #86-91 (), Justice League International #65-66 (); & Justice League Task Force #13-14 ().
Batman: Knightsend
Reprints Batman .
Batman: Prodigal
Reprints Batman .
Batman: Troika
Reprints Batman .
Zero Hour
Reprints Zero Hour #4-0 ().
Green Lantern: Kyle Rayner, vol.2
Reprints Green Lantern #58-65 (), The New Titans #124-125 (), Guy Gardner: Warrior #27-28 (), The Darkstars #34 (), & Damage #16 ().
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The Post-Crisis DCU 14 – Year Twelve

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Suicide Squad, vol.1: Trial by Fire
Reprints Suicide Squad #1-8 (May 1987 – December 1987); & Secret Origins #14 (May 1987).
Justice League International Book One: Born Again
Reprints Justice League #1-6 (May 1987 – October 1987) & Annual #1 (September 1987); Justice League International #7-17 (November 1987 – September 1988) & Annual #2 (July 1988); & Suicide Squad #13 (May 1988).
This volume crosses over with Suicide Squad: The Nightshade Odyssey, below.
Batman: Second Chances
Reprints Batman #402-403 & 408-416 (December 1986 – January 1987 & June 1987 – February 1988) & Annual #11 (Penguin story only, July 1987).
Note that #408-411 occur in the previous year, while the remaining stories taking place at this time.
Green Arrow: The Longbow Hunters
Reprints Green Arrow: The Longbow Hunters #1-3 (August 1987 – October 1987).
Millennium
Reprints Millennium #1-8 (January 1988 – February 1988).
A reading order for this event can be found here.
Suicide Squad, vol.2: The Nightshade Odyssey
Reprints SUICIDE SQUAD #9-16, JUSTICE LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL #13, and DOOM PATROL/SUICIDE SQUAD #1
Green Arrow, vol.1: Hunters Moon
Reprints Green Arrow #1-6 ().
Batman: The Killing Joke
Original graphic novel ().
Green Arrow, vol.2: Here There Be Dragons
Reprints Green Arrow #7-12 ().
The Demon: From The Darkness
Reprints The Demon #1-4 (vol.2; January 1987 – April 1987) & #22 (vol.3; April 1992).
Placed here for the timing of the volume 2 miniseries.
Batman: The Demon Trilogy
Reprints Batman: Birth of the Demon #1 (January 1993); Batman: Bride of the Demon #1 (January 1991); & Batman: Son of the Demon #1 (December 1987).
Takes place across a longer span with considerable gaps between its three parts, placed here as a best fit.
Batman: The Cult
Reprints Batman: The Cult #1-4 ().
Nightwing: Old Friends, New Enemies
Reprints Action Comics Weekly #613-618 & 627-634 (August 16, 1988 – September 20, 1988 & November 22, 1988 – January 10, 1989); & Secret Origins #13 (April 1987).
Invasion!
Reprints Invasion! #1-3 (December 1988 – January 1989).
Doom Patrol, Book One
Reprints Doom Patrol #19-34 (February 1989 – July 1990).
Aquaman: The Legend of Aquaman
Reprints Aquaman: The Legend of Aquaman #1 (1989); & Aquaman #1-5 (June 1989 – October 1989).
Placed here for the miniseries; Legend of Aquaman is a retelling of his origin.
Adam Strange: Between Two Worlds
Reprints Adam Strange vol.1 (March 1990 – May 1990); JLA #20-21 (July 1998 – August 1998); & Adam Strange vol.2 (November 2004 – June 2005).
Only the first story in this volume occurs at this point, the other two stories occur here and here respectively.
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The Millenium Crossover Reading Order

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For all that it does sprawl a little, this is actually a surprisingly tight crossover. Few parts of it don’t align well, and the parallel storytelling – especially in week four – is inspired. A shame so few of the tie-ins are reprinted. It fits into the main timeline here.

Harbingers
Suicide Squad #8 [1] Suicide Squad, vol.1: Trial by Fire
Week One
Millennium #1 Millennium
Firestorm #67 not reprinted
The Flash #8 [2] The Flash: Savage Velocity
Justice League International #9 Justice League International, vol.2
Justice League International Omnibus, vol.1
Outsiders #27 not reprinted
Wonder Woman #12 [3] Wonder Woman by George Perez, vol.1
Wonder Woman by George Perez Omnibus
Week Two
Millennium #2 Millennium
Batman #415 Batman: Second Chances
Blue Beetle #20 Showcase Presents: Blue Beetle
Superman #13 The Man of Steel, vol.3
Swamp Thing #68 [4] Swamp Thing: Wild Things
Secret Origins #22 not reprinted
Young All-Stars #8 [5] not reprinted
Young All-Stars #9 [5] not reprinted
Week Three
Millennium #3 Millennium
Adventures of Superman #436 The Man of Steel, vol.3
Booster Gold #24 Showcase Presents: Booster Gold
Green Lantern Corps #220 not reprinted
Infinity Inc. #46 not reprinted
Week Four
Millennium #4 Millennium
Teen Titans Spotlight #18 not reprinted
Action Comics #596 The Man of Steel, vol.3
Captain Atom #11 [6] not reprinted
Detective Comics #582 [6] Batman: The Dark Knight Detective, vol.1
Spectre #10 [6] not reprinted
Suicide Squad #9 [6] Suicide Squad, vol.2: The Nightshade Odyssey
Week Five
Millennium #5 Millennium
Justice League International #10 [7] Justice League International, vol.2
Justice League International Omnibus, vol.1
Firestorm #68 [7] not reprinted
The Flash #9 The Flash: Savage Velocity
Wonder Woman Vol. 2 #13 Wonder Woman by George Perez, vol.1
Wonder Woman by George Perez Omnibus
Outsiders #28 not reprinted
Week Six
Millennium #6 Millennium
Superman #14 The Man of Steel, vol.3
Blue Beetle #21 Showcase Presents: Blue Beetle
Secret Origins #23 [8] Swamp Thing: Wild Things
Week Seven
Millennium #7 Millennium
Adventures of Superman #437 The Man of Steel, vol.3
Booster Gold #25 Showcase Presents: Booster Gold
Green Lantern Corps #221 not reprinted
Infinity Inc. #47 not reprinted
Week Eight
Millennium #8 Millennium
Spectre #11 not reprinted
Teen Titans Spotlight #19 not reprinted
Legion of Super-Heroes 3 #42 [9] not reprinted
Legion of Super-Heroes 3 #42 [9] not reprinted
Aftermath
Suicide Squad #10 Suicide Squad, vol.2: The Nightshade Odyssey
Manhunter #1 [10] not reprinted
New Guardians #1 [11] not reprinted

Notes:

  1. Reintroduces a character very important in the Manhunter mythology.
  2. Continues directly from the previous issue of The Flash.
  3. Continues directly from the previous two issues of Wonder Woman.
  4. These issues of Swamp Thing reference events from Millennium, but are not bannered as crossovers.
  5. These issues of Young All-Stars are placed here as they follow on from Secret Origins #22.
  6. These four issues weave in and out of each other telling intersecting stories, and can be read in any order.
  7. Justice League International #10 and Firestorm #67 occur in parallel.
  8. Only the Woodrue story from this issue is reprinted here.
  9. These two issues of Legion of Super-Heroes came out in weeks 2 and 6 of the event respectively, but take place a thousand years later, and have no real bearing on the rest of the event.
  10. A new series that spins out of the events of Millennium and Suicide Squad.
  11. A new series that spins out of the events of Millennium.
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The Post-Crisis DCU 17 – Year Fifteen

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Power of Shazam, Book 2: The Worm Turns
Batman: The Chalice
Reprints Batman .

Adam Strange: Between Two Worlds
Reprints Adam Strange vol.1 (March 1990 – May 1990); JLA #20-21 (July 1998 – August 1998); & Adam Strange vol.2 (November 2004 – June 2005).
Only the middle story in this volume occurs at this point, the other two stories occur here and here respectively.

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The Tangent Universe Reading Order

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The DC Universe completely reconceptualised. You know the names- but not like this

The Post-Crisis DC Multiverse

Tangent Comics, vol.1
Reprints Tangent Comics: The Atom #1; Tangent Comics: Metal Men #1; Tangent Comics: The Flash #1; Tangent Comics: Green Lantern #1; & Tangent Comics: Sea Devils #1 (all December 1997).
Tangent Comics, vol.2
Reprints Tangent Comics: Joker #1; Tangent Comics: Nightwing #1; Tangent Comics: Batman #1; Tangent Comics: Secret Six #1; & Tangent Comics: Doom Patrol #1 (all December 1997).
Tangent Comics, vol.3
Reprints Tangent Comics: The Superman #1; Tangent Comics: Wonder Woman #1; Tangent Comics: Joker’s Wild #1; Tangent Comics: JLA #1; Tangent Comics: Tales of the Green Lantern #1; Tangent Comics: Power Girl #1; Tangent Comics: Nightwing: Nightforce #1; & Tangent Comics: Trials of the Flash #1 (all September 1998).
The Kingdom
Reprints The Kingdom #1-2; The Kingdom: Kid Flash #1; The Kingdom: Nightstar #1; The Kingdom: Offspring #1; The Kingdom: Planet Krypton #1; & The Kingdom: Son of the Bat #1 (all February 1999).
This story features only a cameo of the Tangent Universe, however it is included as the earliest confirmation that it exists as part of the DC Multiverse.
Infinite Crisis
Reprints Infinite Crisis #1-7 (December 2005 – June 2006).
This story features only a brief appearance of the Tangent Universe, however it is important to setting up the subsequent stories and the designation of Earth 97 of the DC Multiverse being applied.
Ion, vol.2: The Dying Flame
Reprints Ion #7-12 (December 2006 – May 2007).
Countdown: Arena
Reprints Countdown: Arena #1-4 (all February 2008).
The Flash is the only Tangent character to appear in this series, and the timeline is now designated of Earth 9 of the DC Multiverse.
Tangent: Superman’s Reign, vol.1
Reprints Justice League of America #16 (February 2008) & Tangent: Superman’s Reign #1-6 (May 2008 – October 2008).
Tangent: Superman’s Reign, vol.2
Reprints Tangent: Superman’s Reign #7-12 (November 2008 – April 2009).

The New 52 DC Multiverse

The Multiversity Deluxe Edition
Reprints The Multiversity #1-2 (October 2014 – June 2015); The Multiversity: Guidebook #1 (March 2015); The Multiversity: Mastermen #1 (April 2015); The Multiversity: Pax Americana #1 (January 2015); The Multiversity: The Just #1 (December 2014); The Multiversity: The Society of Super-Heroes: Conquerors of the Counter-World #1 (November 2014); The Multiversity: Thunderworld Adventures #1 (February 2015); & The Multiversity: Ultra Comics #1 (May 2015).
Convergence: Crisis Book Two
Reprints Convergence: Justice League of America #1–2, Convergence: Swamp Thing #1–2, Convergence: The Flash #1–2, Convergence: The New Teen Titans #1–2, & Convergence: Wonder Woman #1–2 (all June 2015 – July 2015).
The Tangent Universe crosses over with the New 52 Universe in this volume.
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The Post-Crisis DCU 18 – Year Sixteen

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Superman: The City of Tomorrow
Reprints Superman #151-164 (..); The Adventures of Superman #573-576 (..); Superman: The Man of Steel #95-98 (..); Action Comics #760-763 (..); & Superman: Y2K #1 (..).
Superman: Emperor Joker
Reprints Superman #160-161 (September 2000 – October 2000); The Adventures of Superman #582-583 (September 2000 – October 2000); Superman: The Man of Steel #104-105 (September 2000 – October 2000); Action Comics #769-770 (September 2000 – October 2000); & Emperor Joker #1 (October 2000).
Batman: New Gotham, volume one
Reprints Detective Comics #742-753 ().
Superman: President Luthor
Reprints Superman #162-165 (…); The Adventures of Superman #581 & 586 (.. & ..); Superman: The Man of Steel #108-110 (September 2000 – October 2000); Superman: Lex 2000 #1 (..); Secret Files & Origins: President Luthor #1 (..);& Lex Luthor: The Unauthorized Biography #1 (..).
Batman: Officer Down
Reprints Batman #587 (August 2001); Robin #86 (August 2001); Birds of Prey #27 (August 2001); Catwoman #90 (August 2001); Nightwing #53 (August 2001); Detective Comics #754 (August 2001); & Batman: Gotham Knights #13 (August 2001).
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The Kingdom Come Reading Order

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Mark Waid and Alex Ross’ epic alternate future of the DC Universe.

Due to the vast amount of time travel involved in these stories, there is no overall order – depending on which character you choose to follow, you’ll get a different order. This timeline largely adheres to the original publication order, but notes where this breaks down.

Kingdom Come
Reprints Kingdom Come #1-4 (May 1996 – August 1996) plus additional material.
This is the Absolute edition, containing a plethora of special features including annotations to the story.
The Kingdom
Reprints The Kingdom #1-2 (both February 1999); The Kingdom: Kid Flash #1 (February 1999); The Kingdom: Nightstar #1 (February 1999); The Kingdom: Offspring #1 (February 1999); The Kingdom: Planet Krypton #1 (February 1999); & The Kingdom: Son of the Bat #1 (February 1999).
This story occurs next in publication order, earliest in terms of actual chronology, and between the appearance of Superman in Thy Kingdom Come (see below) and the epilogue to that story.
Justice Society of America: Thy Kingdom Come, Part 1
Reprints Justice Society of America #7-12 (September 2007 – March 2008).
The appearance of Superman in this story occurs during the fourth chapter of the original Kingdom Come story, and continues into the next volume.
Justice Society of America: Thy Kingdom Come, Part 2
Reprints Justice Society of America #13-18 (April 2008 – October 2008) & Annual #1 (September 2008).
The appearance of Superman in this story occurs during the fourth chapter of the original Kingdom Come story. It follows on from the previous volume, and continues into the next volume.
Justice Society of America: Thy Kingdom Come, Part 3
Reprints Justice Society of America #19-22 (November 2008 – February 2009); Justice Society of America Kingdom Come Special: Superman (January 2009); Justice Society of America Kingdom Come Special: Magog (January 2009); & Justice Society of America Kingdom Come Special: The Kingdom (January 2009).
The appearance of Superman in this story occurs mostly during the fourth chapter of the original Kingdom Come story, and follows on from the previous volume. The epilogue to this volume occurs after his appearance in The Kingdom above.