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The Smallville Chronology

By Loki Arrowverse, BBB-Revisit, Comics, Content, DC Comics, DC Elseworlds, Random, Superhero, Superman family, Television, Web

One of the most successful television re-imaginings of Superman, and its spinoffs.

Kara and the Chronicles of Krypton, episode 1
Kara and the Chronicles of Krypton, episode 2
Kara and the Chronicles of Krypton, episode 3
Kara and the Chronicles of Krypton, episode 4
Kara and the Chronicles of Krypton, episode 5
Kara and the Chronicles of Krypton, episode 6: A six part animated series featuring Kara before she departed Krypton, now on YouTube
Oliver Queen Chronicles: A six part animated series featuring Green Arrow’s origin; included as a bonus feature on the Smallville season six dvd. Note that only the first three episodes are considered canonical.
Smallville season one, episodes 1-3: Episodes of the series
Smallville: Dragon: Tie-in novel
Smallville season one, episodes 4-7: Episodes of the series
Exile and the Kingdom: Tie-in comic reprinted in Smallville, volume 1
Smallville season one, episodes 8-10: Episodes of the series
Smallville: Flight: Tie-in young adult novel
Smallville: Animal Rage: Tie-in young adult novel
Smallville season one, episodes 11-14: Episodes of the series
Smallville: Strange Visitors: Tie-in novel
Smallville season one, episodes 15-16: Episodes of the series
Smallville: Whodunnit: Tie-in novel
Smallville season one, episodes 17-18: Episodes of the series
Beauty: Tie-in comic reprinted in Smallville, volume 1
Smallville: Hauntings: Tie-in novel
Smallville season one, episodes 19-21: Episodes of the series
Smallville season two, episode 1: Episode of the series
What I Did on My Summer Vacation: Tie-in comic reprinted in Smallville, volume 1
Smallville season two, episode 2: Episode of the series
The Chloe Chronicles, introduction: Episode of the web-series featuring Chloe Sullivan, included as a bonus feature on the Smallville season two dvds
Smallville season two, episode 3: Episode of the series
The Chloe Chronicles, Video One: Episode of the web-series featuring Chloe Sullivan, included as a bonus feature on the Smallville season two dvds
Smallville season two, episode 4: Episode of the series
The Chloe Chronicles, Video Two: Episode of the web-series featuring Chloe Sullivan, included as a bonus feature on the Smallville season two dvds
Smallville season two, episode 5: Episode of the series
The Chloe Chronicles, Video Three: Episode of the web-series featuring Chloe Sullivan, included as a bonus feature on the Smallville season two dvds
Smallville season two, episode 6: Episode of the series
Vows: Tie-in comic reprinted in Smallville, volume 1
Smallville: Silence: Tie-in novel
The Chloe Chronicles, Video Four: Episode of the web-series featuring Chloe Sullivan, included as a bonus feature on the Smallville season two dvds
Smallville season two, episode 7: Episode of the series
Paterfamilias: Tie-in comic reprinted in Smallville, volume 1
Smallville season two, episodes 8-9: Episodes of the series
Smallville: Shadows: Tie-in novel
Smallville season two, episodes 10-11: Episodes of the series
The Chloe Chronicles, Volume Two: Episodes One to Seven of the web-series featuring Chloe Sullivan, included as a bonus feature on the Smallville season three dvds
Smallville season two, episodes 12-13: Episodes of the series
Chimaera: Tie-in comic reprinted in Smallville, volume 1
Phelan: Tie-in comic reprinted in Smallville, volume 1
Smallville season two, episodes 14-15: Episodes of the series
Smallville: City: Tie-in novel
Smallville season two, episodes 16-20: Episodes of the series
Raptor: Tie-in comic reprinted in Smallville, volume 1
Smallville season two, episodes 22-23: Episodes of the series
Smallville season three: Episodes of the series
Smallville season four: Episodes of the series
Smallville season five, episodes 1-15: Episodes of the series
The Vengeance Chronicles: Episode of the web-series, included as a bonus feature on the Smallville season five dvds
Smallville season five, episodes 16-22: Episodes of the series
Smallville season six: Episodes of the series
Justice and Doom: Episode of the web-series, included as a bonus feature on the Smallville season six dvds. Takes place in parallel with episodes 10-22 of season six
Smallville season seven: Episodes of the series
Smallville season eight: Episodes of the series
Smallville season nine: Episodes of the series
Smallville season ten: Episodes of the series
Smallville Season Eleven, vol.1: Guardian: Tie-in comic reprinting chapters 1-12 of the digital comic
Smallville Season Eleven, vol.2: Detective: Tie-in comic reprinting chapters 13-24 of the digital comic
Smallville Season Eleven, vol.3: Haunted: Tie-in comic reprinting chapters 25-27, 29-31, 33-35 & 38-40 of the digital comic
Smallville Season Eleven, Special #1: Effigy: Tie-in comic reprinting chapters 28, 32, 36 & 37 of the digital comic
Smallville Season Eleven, vol.4: Argo: Tie-in comic reprinting chapters 42-22, 27-29 & 51-53 of the digital comic
Smallville Season Eleven, Special #2: Valkyrie: Tie-in comic reprinting chapters 41, 45-46 & 50 of the digital comic
Smallville Season Eleven, vol.5: Olympus: Tie-in comic reprinting chapters 56-58, 60-62 & 64-69 of the digital comic
Smallville Season Eleven, Special #3: Hollow: Tie-in comic reprinting chapters 54-55, 59 & 63 of the digital comic
Smallville Season Eleven, vol.6: Alien: Tie-in comic reprinting chapters 1-12 of the Smallville: Alien digital comic
Smallville Special: Titans: Tie-in comic reprinting chapters 1-4 of the Smallville: Titans digital comic
Smallville Special: Harbinger: Tie-in comic reprinting chapters 1-4 of the Smallville: Harbinger digital comic
Smallville Season Eleven, vol.7: Lantern: Tie-in comic reprinting chapters 1-12 of the Smallville: Lantern digital comic
Smallville Season Eleven, vol.8: Chaos: Tie-in comic reprinting chapters 1-12 of the Smallville: Chaos digital comic
Smallville Season Eleven, vol.9: Continuity: Tie-in comic reprinting chapters 1-12 of the Smallville: Continuity digital comic
Crisis on Infinite Earths, part two: Episode 9 of Batwoman, season one

This world is also Earth 167 in the Arrowverse.

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The Superman Movie Chronology

By Loki Arrowverse, BBB-Revisit, Content, DC Comics, DC Elseworlds, Film, Random, Superhero, Superman family, Television

Featuring the definitive screen Superman and the definitive screen Clark Kent, Christopher Reeve, plus the continuations.

Superman: The 1978 film on Blu-ray, featuring Christopher Reeve as Superman
Superman II: The 1980 film on Blu-ray, featuring Christopher Reeve as Superman
Superman III: The 1983 film on Blu-ray, featuring Christopher Reeve as Superman
Supergirl: The 1984 film on Blu-ray, featuring an appearance by Jimmy Olsen
Superman IV: The 1987 film on Blu-ray, featuring Christopher Reeve as Superman.
It is unclear whether or not this film is canon in this universe
Superman Returns: The 2006 film on Blu-ray, featuring Brandon Routh as Superman
Batwoman, season 1, episode 9: “Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Two”: Episode of the tv series in digital format, featuring Brandon Routh as Superman
The Flash, season 6, episode 9: “Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Three”: Episode of the tv series in digital format, featuring Brandon Routh as Superman
Legends of Tomorrow, season five, episode 1: “Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Five”: Episode of the tv series in digital format, featuring Brandon Routh as Superman

This world is also Earth 96 in the Arrowverse.

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The Arrowverse Chronology: Year Six

By Loki Arrowverse, BBB-Revisit, Content, DC Comics, Literature, Television

Arrow season six, The Flash season four,
& Legends of Tomorrow season three

Legends of Tomorrow, episode 1
Arrow, episodes 1-3
The Flash, episodes 1-2
Legends of Tomorrow, episode 2
The Flash, episode 3
Legends of Tomorrow, episode 3
Arrow, episode 4
The Flash, episode 4
Legends of Tomorrow, episodes 4-5
The Flash, episode 5
Arrow, episodes 5-6
The Flash, episodes 6-7
Legends of Tomorrow, episodes 6-7
Arrow, episode 7
Supergirl, season 3, episodes 8 – part one of the Crisis on Earth-X event
Arrow, episode 8 – part two of the Crisis on Earth-X event
The Flash, episode 8 – part three of the Crisis on Earth-X event
Legends of Tomorrow, episode 8 – part four of the Crisis on Earth-X event
Arrow, episode 9
The Flash, episode 9
Legends of Tomorrow, episodes 9-10
The Flash, episode 10
Arrow, episode 10
Legends of Tomorrow, episode 11
The Flash, episode 11
Arrow, episode 11
Legends of Tomorrow, episodes 12-13
The Flash, episode 12
Arrow, episode 12
The Flash, episode 13
Arrow, episode 13
Legends of Tomorrow, episodes 14-18
The Flash, episode 14
Arrow, episodes 14-15
The Flash, episodes 15-16
Arrow, episodes 16-18
The Flash, episodes 17-19
Arrow, episodes 19-20
The Flash, episode 20
Arrow, episode 21
Arrow, episodes 19-20
The Flash, episode 21
Arrow, episodes 22-23
The Flash, episodes 22-23
The Flash: Climate Changeling – novel

Main Arrowverse Menu

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The Carl Hiaasen Universe Reading Order

By Loki Comedy, Content, Crime, Literature, Random

Part crime thriller, part satire of Florida, Hiassen’s work is like nothing else.

Tourist Season: November-December
Tommy Tigertail and Al Garcia are introduced in this book. (The year is not specified in the book, but this is the most recent year where the dates and days of the year match for it.)
Published in 1986
Double Whammy: January
Skink and Jim Tile are introduced in this book, Al Garcia returnss.
Published in 1988
Skin Tight: January-February
Mick Stranahan, Luis Cordova, Kipper Garth and Chemo are introduced in this book, Al Garcia returns.
Published in 1989
Native Tongue: July-August
Skink and Jim Tile appear.
Published in 1991
Strip Tease: July
Features Al Garcia. (This novel explicitly starts in September, but that does not match the date for the death of Anthony Salerno, a plot point in this book. It has been dated accordingly.)
Published in 1993
Stormy Weather: August-September
Features Skink and Jim Tile
Published in 1995
Lucky You: November-December
tom Krome is introduced. (The year is not specified in the book, but this is the most recent year where the dates and days of the year match for it.)
Published in 1997
Sick Puppy: April-May
Features Skink and Jim Tile. Introduces Twilly Spree.
Published in 2000
Basket Case: August-September
Has no explicit connections to Hiaasen’s other works, but is too good not to include.
Published in 2002
Skinny Dip: April
Mick Stranahan, Luis Cordova, Kipper Garth, Skink and Twilly Spree return.
Published in 2004
Nature Girl: January
Tommy Tigertail returns.
Published in 2006
Scat: Twilly Spree returns.
Published in 2009
Star Island: June-July
SKink, Jim Tile and Chemo return.
Published in 2010
Bad Monkey: July
Andrew Yancy, Rosa Campesino, Rogelio Burton, Sonny Summers and Tommy Lombardo are introduced.
Published in 2013
Skink – No Surrender: Summer
Features Skink and Jim Tile
Published in 2014
Razor Girl: February-March
Andrew Yancy, Rosa Campesino, Rogelio Burton, Sonny Summers and Tommy Lombardo return.
Published in 2016
Squeeze Me: January-March
Features Skink and Jim Tile, appears to take place in a world without Covid-19
Published in 2020

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The Thing From Another World Chronology

By Loki Comics, Content, Film, Games, Horror, Random, Science Fiction

The classic John Carpenter movie, and its assorted spin offs

The Thing: The 2011 prequel movie on Blu-ray.
The Thing: The 1982 original movie on Blu-ray.
The Thing: Infection at Outpost 31: Board game adaptation of the original movie.
The Thing From Another World and Climate Fear: Comic sequel to the original movie.
The Thing: Game for Xbox, released 2002. Sequel to the original movie.
Slither: Date specified in film. The character of R.J. McReady also appears in this film.

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The First Law Reading Order

By Loki Content, Fantasy, Literature, Random

Joe Abercrombie’s grimdark fantasy world.

Made a Monster: Short story
A Beautiful Bastard: Short story
Small Kindnesses: Short story
The Fool Jobs: Short story
Skipping Town: Short story
The Blade Itself: Novel
Before They Are Hanged: Novel, continues in 576
Hell: Short story
Two’s Company: Short story
Last Argument of Kings: Novel, continues in 577
Best Served Cold: Novel, continues in 580
Wrong Place, Wrong Time: Short story
Some Desperado: Short story
Yesterday, Near a Village Called Barden: Short story
The Heroes: Novel
Three’s a Crowd: Short story
Freedom!: Short story
Red Country: Novel
Tough Times All Over: Short story
The Thread: Short story published in the novel A Little Hatred
A Little Hatred: Novel
The Trouble With Peace: Novel
The Wisdom of Crowds: Novel

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The Takeshi Kovacs Reading Order

By Loki Comics, Content, Literature, Random, Science Fiction

Richard K. Morgan’s excellent sci-fi noir series. Now a Netflix show.

Altered Carbon: Novel published 2002.
Broken Angels: Novel published 2003.
Woken Furies: Novel published 2005.
Altered Carbon: Download Blues: Graphic novel published 2019.
Altered Carbon: One Life, One Death: Graphic novel published 2022.

Your mileage may vary, but many Kovacs fans claim that Morgan’s later A Land Fit For Heroes series is a continuation of his tales. Whether or not you agree with that, they’re a cracking good read, well worth your time.

The Steel Remains: Novel published 2008.
The Cold Commands: Novel published 2011.
The Dark Defiles: Novel published 2014.

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The Neal Stephenson Universe Reading Order

By Loki Content, Crime, Espionage, History, Literature, Random, Science Fiction

It turns out that one of our greatest living science fiction writers has been sneakily building a universe all this time.

Quicksilver (The Baroque Cycle, volume one): Novel published in 2003.
The Confusion (The Baroque Cycle, volume two): Novel published in 2004.
The System of the World (The Baroque Cycle, volume three): Novel published in 2004.
Cryptonomicon: Novel published in 1999
Jipi and the Paranoid Chip: Short story published in Forbes magazine’s July 7, 1997 issue
Reamde: Novel published in 2011
Fall, or, Dodge in Hell: Novel published in 2019

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The World of Black Hammer Reading Order

By Loki Comics, Content, Random, Superhero

Jeff Lemire’s brilliant reimagining of classic superhero tropes.

Barbalien: Red Planet: Reprints Barbalien: Red Planet #1-5 (November 2020 – March 2021).
Set in the 1980s.
The Last Days of Black Hammer: Reprints The Last Days of Black Hammer #1-20 (January 2022 – July 2022), originally published on the Tales from the Farm Substack.
Set in the 1980s.
Skulldigger and Skeleton Boy: Reprints Skulldigger and Skeleton Boy #1-6 (December 2019 – February 2021).
Set in the 1990s.
Black Hammer, vol.1: Secret Origins: Reprints Black Hammer #1-6 (July 2016 – December 2016).
Black Hammer, vol.2: The Event: Reprints Black Hammer #7-11 & 13 (March 2017 – July 2017 & September 2017).
Sherlock Frankenstein and the Legion of Evil: Reprints Sherlock Frankenstein and the Legion of Evil #1-4 (October 2017 – January 2018) & Black Hammer #12 (August 2016).
Doctor Andromeda & The Kingdom of Lost Tomorrows: Reprints Doctor Star & The Kingdom of Lost Tomorrows #1-4 (February 2018 – June 2018).
Originally titled Doctor Star, name changed due to legal action.
Black Hammer ’45: From the World of Black Hammer: Reprints Black Hammer ’45 #1-4 (March 2019 – June 2019).
Most of this series takes place in 1945, but it is placed here based on the dating of the framing sequence.
Black Hammer: Streets of Spiral: Reprints Black Hammer Giant-Sized Annual #1 (January 2017); Black Hammer: Cthu-Louise #1 (December 2018); Free Comic Book Day 2019: Black Hammer #1 (May 2019); World of Black Hammer Encyclopedia #1 (July 2019).
It is not entirely clear when the stories in the volume are set, but it is placed here as the Encyclopedia contains spoilers for earlier stories.
Black Hammer, vol.3: Age of Doom, Part I: Reprints Black Hammer: Age of Doom #1-5 (April 2018 – September 2018).
This volume includes a brief crossover with one of Lemire’s other works, Sweet Tooth.
Black Hammer, vol.4: Age of Doom, Part II: Reprints Black Hammer: Age of Doom #6-12 (October 2018 – September 2019).
Black Hammer / Justice League: Hammer of Justice!: Reprints Black Hammer / Justice League: Hammer of Justice! #1-5 (July 2019 – November 2019).
While this story appears to take place much earlier (possibly between Secret Origins and The Event), it also contains spoilers for Age of Doom, hence its placement here.
Crossover, vol.1: Kids Love Chains: Reprints Crossover #1-6 (November 2020 – April 2021).
It is unclear whether Colonel Weird‘s appearance here is canonical.
Colonel Weird: Cosmagog: Reprints Colonel Weird: Cosmagog #1-4 (October 2020 – January 2021).
Black Hammer, vol.5: Reborn, Part One: Reprints Black Hammer Reborn #1-4 (June 2021 – October 2021).
Black Hammer, vol.6: Reborn, Part Two: Reprints Black Hammer Reborn #5-8 (October 2021 – January 2022).
Black Hammer, vol.7: Reborn, Part Three: Reprints Black Hammer Reborn #9-12 (February 2022 – May 2022).
The Unbelievable Unteens: Reprints The Unbelievable Unteens 1-4 (August 2021 – November 2021).
Black Hammer, vol.8: The End: Reprints Black Hammer: The End #1-6 (August 2023 – March 2024).
The Quantum Age: Reprints Quantum Age #1-6 (July 2018 – January 2019).
Set in 2141.

There are also two additional volumes titled Black Hammer Visions volumes 1 and 2 – these have been specified to be non-canon by Lemire, but they’re still fun.

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The What We Do In The Shadows Viewing Order

By Loki Comedy, Content, Film, Horror, Random, Television

The hilarious mockumentary about vampires living in Wellington, New Zealand and its spinoffs

What We Do In The Shadows

The 2014 film

Wellington Paranormal, season one

The 2018 television series featuring the two cops who appear in the original film

What We Do In The Shadows, season one, episodes 1-7

The 2019 television series.
Episode seven features characters from the original film, as well as numerous guest stars (and allusions to still more), implying that the following films and television series also take place in this world:

What We Do In The Shadows, season one, episodes 8-9

Episode nine features a Babadook.

What We Do In The Shadows, season one, episode 10

Wellington Paranormal, season two

The 2019 season of the tv show

What We Do In The Shadows, season two

The 2020 season of the tv show

Wellington Paranormal, season three

The 2021 season of the tv show

What We Do In The Shadows, season three

The 2021 season of the tv show

Wellington Paranormal, season four

The 2022 season of the tv show

What We Do In The Shadows, season four

The 2022 season of the tv show

What We Do In The Shadows, season five

The 2023 season of the tv show

What We Do In The Shadows, season six

The 2024 season of the tv show

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