I think, for brand new readers, the New 52 is a great starting point along with knowing a brief history of some of the major events like COIE. After reading some new 52 titles then you can either continue into Rebirth or jump right to current runs of series! Love your videos, always so informative and well done.
I agree wholeheartedly. It is in its own pocket and was totally about new readers. Has everything in there and plenty of riskier ventures that payed off like Dial H
As someone who prefers chronological order so I can get introduced to characters and stories before they show up casually comics is going to be tough to get into
post crisis is a good place to start. find a character you like and start at their post crisis beginning. i started like you and then after reading like 80+ comics i just started to read whatever from whenever
I love that dc actually reboots from time to time. Im a completionist and this is why i have a hard time getting into marvel because they never rebooted so i feel like i need to read it all. I decided to start at the new 52 (technically i started at flashpoint) and im about 400 issues in. I read it as chronologically as possible and it works for me.
Thanks for making this! It’s been decades since I read a comic but I’m looking to get back into it. I was a Marvel guy but I’m hearing DC has better writers these days.
Well done! Smart and comprehensive DC-reading advice. A personal note: as a Denny O'Neil superfan (and author of THE DENNY O'NEIL TAPES book,) I was delighted to see your 2nd recommendation is the O'Neil/Adams Batman run. “Secret of the Waiting Graves"... awaits! (That’s Detective 395. I have a letter to the editor in that issue, too.)
Starting with Dawn of the DCU isn't a bad place to start for sure! Pro: So far it's been a pretty accessible debut with Action Comics #1051 being a pretty easy starting point and Lazarus Planet primarily being an accuse to introduce new characters and tease new launching pads. Con: A little too early. With only 11 issues to read, you will read "everything" very quickly, but the first arcs of storylines aren't out yet, and there's still a ton of questions about what is and isn't continuing from Infinite Frontier to Dawn of the DCU (like the Batman Family) If you want to do a little more to read without immediately catching up, Infinite Frontier is another great starting point. Pro: There's a ton of new characters and many Dawn of the DCU storylines foundations are in Infinite Frontier (Robin and Nezha, War World Saga, Nightwing's return to the DCU, and the elevation of characters like Jonathan Kent to new roles). Con: Like Dave said the big "storylines" of the universe: Dark Crisis, War for Earth-3, Fear State, Trial of the Amazons, and Shadow War all really struggled to deliver on the promises of the great stories that built up to them. It's also about transitioning to a new generation rather than continuing with the generation of the movies. If you want stories with heroes that are in the movies, you'll be disappointed by Jonathan Kent being the Superman of Earth, Hal Jordan basically being MIA for the entire 2 years, Aquaman being Jackson Hyde, etc. The stories with the younger heroes are some of the best of Infinite Frontier, but they aren't the DCEU versions. That being said, if you want stories that feel like their isn't a ton of history, then new heroes being the lead characters might work out well for you. Rebirth was where I personally started. It's the most "OG" version of the DCU you will get. Pros: Most of the core movie characters are in roles similar to the DCEU versions. Superman is the primary superman, there is only 1 batman, Aquaman is Arthur Curry, etc. But whatever you do, DON'T read Justice League (2016). Their hasn't been a beloved and impactful Justice League story since New52. Also the new two big characters they added Jonathan Kent and Jessica Cruz have become staples of DC Comics. With both having Animated Movies already telling their stories (Battle of the Supersons and Justice League and the Fatal Five) Con: It started 7 years ago and falls apart after Dark Nights Metal. That being said the first 2 years of Rebirth are some of the most consistent storylines DC ever release. New 52: The last official hard reboot of DC. Everything before New52 "didn't happen" even though most of it was implied to have happened. Pros: The main storylines of Batman, Superman, Green Lantern, and Wonder Woman have some of the most revered runs of the last 15 years. Cons: There are a lot of rough stories in New52, and a lot of bloat. If you start here, look at CBH's fast track guide to know what to actually read vs. skip. If I were to get into comics today, I would personally start with Infinite Frontier, but there's no 1 incredible answer. 1 Possibility is to transition from Dave's recommendation to read the greatest hits of each hero before diving into modern and/or post-modern comics.
Imo I know it's decisive but the new 52 is a great start. Go from there to rebirth and on. And for all the criticism DC gets for timelines and reboots, it's confusing but it at least has start and end points and connective stories. Marvel is far harder to explain because they don't even ATTEMPT to make continuity work they do the whole pretend it all works method. Marvel hasn't had real continuity since Jim shooter. Ever since then it's the wild West. Anyways I digress. At least DC tries to make it make sense for better or worse.
@@ultimateslinger9857 it is but also remember there is no collectibility in manga. Everything has millions of copies, so if you are a person who cares about that it doesn't exist there. Recently a company is trying to do graded copies like cgc but it's a failure, mangas format is just not suitable for what comics are. I also cannot stand the art the panel work or the format of manga. I wish I did but I just can't get with the program there's not much there for me
Tbh im new to comics, started with injustice, struggling to follow up, injustice was beautiful to me. From a Manga fan getting into comics, it was peak
@@micaiahtaylor8741 way too much. It all connects to things like The Death and Life of Superman, Emerald Twilight so many more Crisis and of course Blackets Night.
I had a weird start. I started with Watchmen, then new 52 (Darkseid War, Final Days of Superman), road to rebirth, and Rebirth! Though crisis on infinite earth interest me I should probably read it
I’ve watched every dc movie ever I’ve seen every dc animated show and movie so I’ve always had knowledge to the characters especially from the new 52 dc animated movies so I picked up my first comic run starting out with flashpoint and the new 52 justice league 1-4 volumes. Then had a blast with Batman court of owls and transitioned to deathstroke. Since then I’ve herd we transitioned to rebirth and new frontier but they are only minor reboots so I started reading dark knights metal and then went straight to new frontier just for the sake of continuity but really just read what interest you that’s all that matters for new readers I’d say Start with elseworlds story’s like Batman killing joke or long Halloween shit maybe Batman/superman Batman hush novels that really give you knowledge of character you like
I got back into comics after a decade-plus layoff in the past year. I had never read much if any DC in my earlier fandom, but I read the Fourth World comics recently and they are by far my favorite comics of all time.
Brand new fan! I got into the Titans HBO Max series and started learning about the Titans and Doom Patrol. I'm reading lots of #1s, old classics like Morrison and Wolfman/Perez and looking forward to Knight Terrors
DC Comics is the true leader when it comes to being the Supercomics with the major titles loved by comic readers globally. That is why they are way ahead of the "world in 2075!" i.e. the world of comics and for many good reasons, the world of science fiction.
A video on the best of DC would be an interesting window into their reputation for having "perpetual sellers" like Dark Knight Rises in a way that Marvel has never quite replicated
My advice for jumping into the modern DC Universe: A good place to start would be with the recent Superman 1. A really great jumping-on point for new and old readers alike. There are also new runs of Doom Patrol, Wonder Woman, Hawkgirl, Green Arrow, Shazam!, Superboy, Superman (Jonathan Kent), Titans, Green Lantern, Hawkgirl, Powergirl, Cyborg, Batman: The Brave and the Bold, The Flash, and Batman and Robin- as well as new series like Steelworks and The Penguin. Other good recent beginnings would be with Action Comics 1051 and ESPECIALLY with Dan Mora and Mark Waid’s “Batman/Superman: World’s Finest.” That run will be a classic in a very short amount of time, if it’s not already. Now, most of these series haven’t started yet or JUST started and are only 6-12 issues, making it an easier investment to make. I suggest starting with Superman or Batman/Superman and then picking a character or two you love and go from there. Then, check out books from your local library to fill gaps in knowledge and experience those great, classic stories. That’s how I did it, and it’s been blast so far.😊
I started my reading journey with Dark Nights Metal event. Then went back at the New 52 JL tittles from Geoff Johns since the Snyder films take a lot of inspiration from those comics. Then I went to the gold and silver age most important stories as some elseworlds like Batman Earth One, The Long Halloween etc.
Crisis on Infinite Earths is where I would start reading DC. From 86 to 96 is the best place to start reading. At least to get an idea of what the characters use to be.
So RUclips recommended a teen titans video and I thought 'i used to love that show" then remembered I used to love the justice league cartoon too, and batman was my favourite DC superhero, you know back when everything was pretty much batman, superman and Marvel's Spiderman. So I thought i could read some comic books. It is so hard to find a continuity or wtv and stick with it. At this point I am one week in, hooked, read don't know what, ordered a bunch of batman/robin/nightwing comics online and still don't know wtf I am doing because there are like a million dc entries and apparently not a correct way to read them
@@axium9328 I started from the opening Rebirth comic where wally is trapped in the speed force then followed that up with the batman rebirth and the flash rebirth
I mostly read Marvel which I've read the first comics to now, in the point of reaching the ultimate comics making my journey a little bit longer until I catch up. But this time I wanted to read the DC comics, but all of them would be to much for me. So, I'm gonna start at New 52 from your suggestion, thanks!
I'm getting into DC by reading all of post crisis batman. As in every comic in the mainline Batman publication all the way from #401 to #713. I just like the idea of having an entire era of a single publication collected and read. And I know it's going to take ages but I think it's worth it. Plus I can always take breaks and read something else as needed. I've been following this path for a while now and so far I'm really enjoying it. That being said, not everyone has my obsession with being a completionist. Ultimately I think it's more a case of what kind of reader you are. Do you want to follow one character or read key stories from a few different characters? Do you care about chronology or are you happy to jump around. Do you mind if you don't understand every reference to other events that you come across? Also how much are you willing to spend? Being obsessive can get pricey very quickly. And how much time do you have to read comics? They key is not to get hung up on the best way to do it and end up doing nothing. But just jump in and try a method and see if it works for you. If not then try something else, but just do it.
As a long term DC reader of 40+ years I reccomend starting with one of the 75th "Anniversary" books of your favourite characters, it goes through from the very 1st issue of that character through main important stories in each era, but around 1986 I'd jump into Crisis on infinite earths and then start with Batman Year One/Man of Steel/Perez WW/Hal Jordan Vol 1 or Emerald Dawn/Mark Waids Flash, then through all the "events" Millenium, DC 1 Million, Final Night, Identity Crisis, Infinite Crisis, 52, Blackest Night, Final Crisis etc up to Flashpoint, then new 52, then DC Rebirth and so on, some say skip new 52, but imho story arcs like Green Lantern goes mainly untouched and is a must read, Batman court of owls is decent but the rest meh, Aquaman is gd, WW too, Animal Man, All star Western and a few others worth the read, so definitely read new 52, but choose carefully, then DC Rebirth will make fans of pre new 52 very happy. So yeah if you want to go through a fast track from start that's it, or you could jump into post crisis as imo Modern/Dark era stories are top notch, or if you have less reading time start new 52 as it's "kind of" a reboot, unnecessary but hey what's done is done, or start DC Rebirth but you might be a bit confused and might want to go back and see what you have missed. All in all DC is wonderfully Dark at times, gritty, mysterious and Epic and that's how I like it, yes silly can creep in but it's far less than the more serious characters and apart from the obvious Superman Batmam WW GL Flash etc, if you like mysterious check out lots of JSA characters like The Spectre, The Phantom Stranger, Dr Fate, Hourman, Sandman, Dr Midnite and OG Flash/GL, also Sandman(morpheus) Constantine, Madame Xanadu, Zatara/Zatanna, The Demon, The Question, Swamp Thing etc, lots of DC Vertigo goodness for more mature folks. Happy DC Reading guys!!! 🤩
Been getting into comics more lately, though mine have been indie titles like Scott Pilgrim. Batman is my main interest as I grew up with the Animated Series and the Tim Burton films. I am also playing through the Arkham games again right now. He’s my favorite super hero and yet I barely read the comics. I believe I have Year One and The Man Who Laughs. Was thinking of trying the stories I don’t know well like Long Halloween or Hush. Or locate some comics from the 70s and 80s, I guess mainly from when Tim Drake started as Robin.
I wanna start in the order the comics were created, i don’t care which place is best to start, I just care in which order they came out. For example did Superman 32 come before or after green lantern 12. I don’t know if those are real, it’s just an example. I only want to know dates, number of comic, title, and series. And also order of when it was created.
you said it all DC Rebirth is definetely the follow up to new 52 i think it is bizarre that it was so many years ago lol new 52 was awesome in some areas
I’m still confused 😩 I started watching flash and arrow and I’m hooked!! Is the next step watching supergirl ? And Superman and Lois and which comics coincide with the current universe I am watching
Hm. Well, Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow is a fantastic recent portrayal of Supergirl. Green Arrow JUST started a new comic series a couple days ago, and The Flash has his 800th comic coming up later this year, a special anniversary issue. For Superman, the new Superman run has been a really great place to start for new readers, and Action Comics 1051 (I think?) is a good place to start for new readers who like a lot of what Superman and Lois has to offer (It even has an ongoing back issue of Superman and Lois). I think those should be good places to push off from with what you’ve been watching. I hope that helps!😊
Question for people from America, how can I download the DC app if I'm in Europe, will the app be available for us soon and how to buy DC comics, ebay, amazon or something else? Thank you
I'm gonna do a "Hot Take here" cause I'm an older gentleman: if you're a very young kid,start with a Kiddie style comic that has the most BASIC interpretations of these Iconic characters and DC has put out "Justice League Action" type comics before and Maybe you've seen the cartoons. Cause if you go immediately to super dark stories like Final Crisis or Darkest night ,it might Scar you when you're Young. I'd say if you've watched the series "Batman:The Brave and The Bold" I'd go find the original comic series that THAT show is based on. Or if you're an older pre teen/Teen I'd go with the "Year One" series. There's so much content that isn't Canon. When I got back in it was DC Zero Hour:Crisis in Time.
Shazam start with Shazam he's fun has the cool bad guys and good variety of storylines, or my favorite the original hellblazer run or new 52 was good to but my favorite
I'd say Rebirth ran into a different problem than New 52. New 52 had some great books, but poor editorial oversight. There were contradictory timelines, some writers used stuff other writers said never happened, etc. Rebirth brought back the DC history and optimism, but then got purposely derailed by other editors (seemingly 1 in particular) who disagreed with the shift (and just seems to REEEAAAALLLY hate Wally West, Dick Grayson and the JLI). Did...did he just call Identity Crisis a "classic storyline" Eww. I really wouldn't call those Marvel soft reboots. For me the closest Marvel has come to a reboot is when they folded in Miles Morales to the main universe after the second Secret Wars (not to be confused with Secret Wars II). Jumping into it shortly after Crisis on Infinite Earths was what started to hook me. I or my parents (on my behalf) had picked up random comics at the grocery store, but shortly after Crisis is when DC really started hooking me on the larger lore, then they cemented their hold as the Superman books moved into the triangle era, which really hooked me week to week. Oooo, greatest DC books list... I'll play. Off the top of my head, in no particular order, and no doubt forgetting a bunch that I will kick myself for later, and definitely not sticking to 15, I'll mention: Byrne's Man of Steel Batman Year One beginning of Perez Wonder Woman JLI Ostrander's Suicide Squad Superman Chronicles volume 1 Superman: The Dailies The Superman Story Superman #400 Must There be a Superman? Green Lantern/Green Arrow For the Man Who Has Everything Moore's Swamp Thing Wolfman/Perez Teen Titans Levitz Legion of Super Heroes Best of DC Digest # 50 Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow Crisis on Infinite Earths History of the DCU really anything Perez drew at DC Watchmen Dark Knight Returns Camelot 3000 Birthright Superman for All Seasons Batman: Long Halloween Legends of the Dark Knight (especially #s 1 - 20) Kirby's Fourth World books The Weird Morrison's Animal Man All Star Superman Sandman really anything Gaiman wrote at DC Transmetropolitan Invisibles Swamp Thing #88 Morrison's Doom Patrol Killing Joke really anything Moore wrote at DC Gotham Central Ostrander/Mandrake Spectre and Martian Manhunter Arion: Lord of Atlantis Warlord Longbow Hunters Arak: Son of Thunder Milestone's original run Paradox Press Jeff Smith's Captain Marvel Sunday Comics Ordway's Power of Shazam Waid's Flash JLA Year One Kingdom Come really anything Waid writes at DC really anything Ross draws at DC Lucifer U.S. Death/Funeral/Reign/Return of Superman most of the triangle era Superman JLA/DC 1,000,000 Gerard Jones Green Lantern books Johns JSA Robinson's Starman Invasion Superman: Secret Origin Green Lantern: Secret Origin Morrison's Action Comics Hitman Simone's Secret Six and All New Atom Priest's Steel Kessel's Superboy David's Supergirl and Young Justice Gotham by Gaslight Secret Identity Red Son JLA: The Nail JLA/Avengers DC Vs Marvel Up in the Sky Superman Smashes the Klan Cave Carson has a Cybernetic Eye Way's Doom Patrol It's a Bird
I kinda lost track after the first 2 years of rebirth, and everything from the last 4 or 5 years has been super confusing. It feels like they’ve rebooted like 3 times now with back to back universe shattering events.
I tell you guys I'm all about diversity, but making Steve Trevor and Lex Luther African American in the new,DC united heroes is going overboard.. an d...and I'm black myself. Its sad pathetic and shocking how mainstream comicbook writers and editors are so against creating new original minority superhero characters that they use ethnicity swop as a compensation. The late Dwayne McDuffie elaborated on this years ago in an interview and unfortunately basically attitudes of predominantly white writers and artist is still the same and really a reflection of their personal feelings about themselves, their race, and the myriad of ethnicities around them.
The best advice is to go to Crisis on Infinite Earth, read from there it 2010 and then pick up Lazarus Event and be done. Do not dive into the muck of Flashturd and New Poopy-2
I wish that comics would work like TV. Have a run and end it. Then reboot it with different takes. Also just make some of the superheroes stay in their own books. I want a Superman series (and other ones) where the other heroes don't exist.
plase marvel and dc make new comic in the future with lots of new supervillains and lots of ancient aliens races and demonic races who are most powerful than Astral Regulator" Thanos and The Heart of the Universe and True form Darkseid and true from of oblivion and beyonder realm and beyonder family and beyonders and the presence family and overvoid and the presence and one above all and Eternal Absolute Infinity and the god of everthing and and the great attractor and the supreme maker and the supreme maker and theiy can destroy entire multiverses and omniverses and dc and marvel omniverses and please make omniverses secret wars and Dark Crisis of Infinite ominiverses and overoid aliens races and plase make eternal void enitties and they are most powerful than the great darkness and presence and one above all and one below all and empty hand and perpetua and darkest knigh and enddless family and the writer and anti life equation and they can be created and destroyed Infinity multiverses and omniverses and they have Infinity powers and lots Advanced Extraterrestrial Civilizations
@@piotrd7355 are you slow? There’s no point in getting invested in a character arc if it’s just going to be retconned. All that character development is down the drain for no reason. 🙄
@@CaptainChapin Very nice. Why do you start a conversation by insulting me? Do you want to follow a coherent story that takes place over 40 or 50 years? Because I don't, I don't care. Finished runs have a beginning and an end. They are a coherent story and they don't have to be set in a narrative frame spread over 100 years to enjoy reading them.
@@CaptainChapin The point is the excellent story. I agree that the constant rebooting is absolutely ridiculous, but every movie ends, every novel ends, every song ends, every modern video game ends, every TV show goes off the air. Many movies and shows get rebooted, many songs get covered by other singers, and none of it changes my enjoyment of the original one iota. The point of getting into comics is not feeling certain that this particular version of the story will continue forever, it's the same point as getting into any story: enjoying that specific story. Also insulting other commenters doesn't help your argument at all, ever.
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I think, for brand new readers, the New 52 is a great starting point along with knowing a brief history of some of the major events like COIE. After reading some new 52 titles then you can either continue into Rebirth or jump right to current runs of series! Love your videos, always so informative and well done.
I agree wholeheartedly. It is in its own pocket and was totally about new readers. Has everything in there and plenty of riskier ventures that payed off like Dial H
As someone who prefers chronological order so I can get introduced to characters and stories before they show up casually comics is going to be tough to get into
Why do you need to read say superman issues from the 40s? Just pick up a modern story for a character with a volume one and just read.
@@akkakkakekkn I literally explained why
Managed out to figure out an order to read?
@@gakeeeen yeah, whatever I can be bothered to read.
post crisis is a good place to start. find a character you like and start at their post crisis beginning. i started like you and then after reading like 80+ comics i just started to read whatever from whenever
When I was into reading new comics, Rebirth was a great place to start.
My first DC comics I got was Batman Hush and Justice League (new 52). Those were good starting points I thought
That’s where I started too. Along with nightwing
I love that dc actually reboots from time to time. Im a completionist and this is why i have a hard time getting into marvel because they never rebooted so i feel like i need to read it all. I decided to start at the new 52 (technically i started at flashpoint) and im about 400 issues in. I read it as chronologically as possible and it works for me.
marvel has a reboot going. ultimate
I know not everyone can start at the beginning; but during Covid I started with Fun Comics#1, 1934.
Thanks for making this! It’s been decades since I read a comic but I’m looking to get back into it. I was a Marvel guy but I’m hearing DC has better writers these days.
Well done! Smart and comprehensive DC-reading advice. A personal note: as a Denny O'Neil superfan (and author of THE DENNY O'NEIL TAPES book,) I was delighted to see your 2nd recommendation is the O'Neil/Adams Batman run. “Secret of the Waiting Graves"... awaits! (That’s Detective 395. I have a letter to the editor in that issue, too.)
As someone that's been getting into comics recently this video is truly amazing, I appreciate the guide!
Woahhh DJF didn’t think I’d see ya here. Love your videos!
Starting with Dawn of the DCU isn't a bad place to start for sure!
Pro: So far it's been a pretty accessible debut with Action Comics #1051 being a pretty easy starting point and Lazarus Planet primarily being an accuse to introduce new characters and tease new launching pads.
Con: A little too early. With only 11 issues to read, you will read "everything" very quickly, but the first arcs of storylines aren't out yet, and there's still a ton of questions about what is and isn't continuing from Infinite Frontier to Dawn of the DCU (like the Batman Family)
If you want to do a little more to read without immediately catching up, Infinite Frontier is another great starting point.
Pro: There's a ton of new characters and many Dawn of the DCU storylines foundations are in Infinite Frontier (Robin and Nezha, War World Saga, Nightwing's return to the DCU, and the elevation of characters like Jonathan Kent to new roles).
Con: Like Dave said the big "storylines" of the universe: Dark Crisis, War for Earth-3, Fear State, Trial of the Amazons, and Shadow War all really struggled to deliver on the promises of the great stories that built up to them. It's also about transitioning to a new generation rather than continuing with the generation of the movies. If you want stories with heroes that are in the movies, you'll be disappointed by Jonathan Kent being the Superman of Earth, Hal Jordan basically being MIA for the entire 2 years, Aquaman being Jackson Hyde, etc. The stories with the younger heroes are some of the best of Infinite Frontier, but they aren't the DCEU versions. That being said, if you want stories that feel like their isn't a ton of history, then new heroes being the lead characters might work out well for you.
Rebirth was where I personally started. It's the most "OG" version of the DCU you will get.
Pros: Most of the core movie characters are in roles similar to the DCEU versions. Superman is the primary superman, there is only 1 batman, Aquaman is Arthur Curry, etc. But whatever you do, DON'T read Justice League (2016). Their hasn't been a beloved and impactful Justice League story since New52. Also the new two big characters they added Jonathan Kent and Jessica Cruz have become staples of DC Comics. With both having Animated Movies already telling their stories (Battle of the Supersons and Justice League and the Fatal Five)
Con: It started 7 years ago and falls apart after Dark Nights Metal. That being said the first 2 years of Rebirth are some of the most consistent storylines DC ever release.
New 52: The last official hard reboot of DC. Everything before New52 "didn't happen" even though most of it was implied to have happened.
Pros: The main storylines of Batman, Superman, Green Lantern, and Wonder Woman have some of the most revered runs of the last 15 years.
Cons: There are a lot of rough stories in New52, and a lot of bloat. If you start here, look at CBH's fast track guide to know what to actually read vs. skip.
If I were to get into comics today, I would personally start with Infinite Frontier, but there's no 1 incredible answer. 1 Possibility is to transition from Dave's recommendation to read the greatest hits of each hero before diving into modern and/or post-modern comics.
Imo I know it's decisive but the new 52 is a great start. Go from there to rebirth and on. And for all the criticism DC gets for timelines and reboots, it's confusing but it at least has start and end points and connective stories. Marvel is far harder to explain because they don't even ATTEMPT to make continuity work they do the whole pretend it all works method. Marvel hasn't had real continuity since Jim shooter. Ever since then it's the wild West. Anyways I digress. At least DC tries to make it make sense for better or worse.
Geez. I don’t read manga, but I respect the fact that you can just buy vol 1 which is the beginning and read till the end. That just sounds simpler
@@ultimateslinger9857 it is but also remember there is no collectibility in manga. Everything has millions of copies, so if you are a person who cares about that it doesn't exist there. Recently a company is trying to do graded copies like cgc but it's a failure, mangas format is just not suitable for what comics are. I also cannot stand the art the panel work or the format of manga. I wish I did but I just can't get with the program there's not much there for me
@@ultimateslinger9857Manga just works differently. You can pick up no 1s in comics & have a good time.
Personally I started reading DC with mostly Rebirth and I have jumped and read some of the older iconic stuff every once in a while.
Tbh im new to comics, started with injustice, struggling to follow up, injustice was beautiful to me. From a Manga fan getting into comics, it was peak
I actually started with Crisis on Infinite Earths. It was a great place because I was able to tackle some of the best stories.
What did you get into from there ?
@@micaiahtaylor8741 way too much. It all connects to things like The Death and Life of Superman, Emerald Twilight so many more Crisis and of course Blackets Night.
I had a weird start. I started with Watchmen, then new 52 (Darkseid War, Final Days of Superman), road to rebirth, and Rebirth! Though crisis on infinite earth interest me I should probably read it
I’ve watched every dc movie ever I’ve seen every dc animated show and movie so I’ve always had knowledge to the characters especially from the new 52 dc animated movies so I picked up my first comic run starting out with flashpoint and the new 52 justice league 1-4 volumes. Then had a blast with Batman court of owls and transitioned to deathstroke. Since then I’ve herd we transitioned to rebirth and new frontier but they are only minor reboots so I started reading dark knights metal and then went straight to new frontier just for the sake of continuity but really just read what interest you that’s all that matters for new readers I’d say Start with elseworlds story’s like Batman killing joke or long Halloween shit maybe Batman/superman Batman hush novels that really give you knowledge of character you like
Note that there are sooooo many websites that give you scans of the books for free so age doesn’t matter for them
This page is a gem
I got back into comics after a decade-plus layoff in the past year. I had never read much if any DC in my earlier fandom, but I read the Fourth World comics recently and they are by far my favorite comics of all time.
Brand new fan! I got into the Titans HBO Max series and started learning about the Titans and Doom Patrol. I'm reading lots of #1s, old classics like Morrison and Wolfman/Perez and looking forward to Knight Terrors
Check out the new unstoppable Doom patrol comic, I’ve been reading it and it’s excellent
What do you think of titans now?
DC Comics is the true leader when it comes to being the Supercomics with the major titles loved by comic readers globally. That is why they are way ahead of the "world in 2075!" i.e. the world of comics and for many good reasons, the world of science fiction.
A video on the best of DC would be an interesting window into their reputation for having "perpetual sellers" like Dark Knight Rises in a way that Marvel has never quite replicated
You are my herald. I will follow you anywhere.🖤
My advice for jumping into the modern DC Universe:
A good place to start would be with the recent Superman 1. A really great jumping-on point for new and old readers alike.
There are also new runs of Doom Patrol, Wonder Woman, Hawkgirl, Green Arrow, Shazam!, Superboy, Superman (Jonathan Kent), Titans, Green Lantern, Hawkgirl, Powergirl, Cyborg, Batman: The Brave and the Bold, The Flash, and Batman and Robin- as well as new series like Steelworks and The Penguin. Other good recent beginnings would be with Action Comics 1051 and ESPECIALLY with Dan Mora and Mark Waid’s “Batman/Superman: World’s Finest.” That run will be a classic in a very short amount of time, if it’s not already.
Now, most of these series haven’t started yet or JUST started and are only 6-12 issues, making it an easier investment to make.
I suggest starting with Superman or Batman/Superman and then picking a character or two you love and go from there. Then, check out books from your local library to fill gaps in knowledge and experience those great, classic stories. That’s how I did it, and it’s been blast so far.😊
I started my reading journey with Dark Nights Metal event.
Then went back at the New 52 JL tittles from Geoff Johns since the Snyder films take a lot of inspiration from those comics.
Then I went to the gold and silver age most important stories as some elseworlds like Batman Earth One, The Long Halloween etc.
I’d start with Crisis on Infinite Earths and back track to any characters that perk your interests
Crisis on Infinite Earths is where I would start reading DC. From 86 to 96 is the best place to start reading. At least to get an idea of what the characters use to be.
So RUclips recommended a teen titans video and I thought 'i used to love that show" then remembered I used to love the justice league cartoon too, and batman was my favourite DC superhero, you know back when everything was pretty much batman, superman and Marvel's Spiderman. So I thought i could read some comic books. It is so hard to find a continuity or wtv and stick with it. At this point I am one week in, hooked, read don't know what, ordered a bunch of batman/robin/nightwing comics online and still don't know wtf I am doing because there are like a million dc entries and apparently not a correct way to read them
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DC's released some of the very best comic books and novels of all time, absolute facts!
rebirth is where i started even though i had a bit of piror knowledge of new52 through the movies
From which comic did you star from?
@@axium9328 I started from the opening Rebirth comic where wally is trapped in the speed force then followed that up with the batman rebirth and the flash rebirth
For me: JLA (1997), JSA (1999), Ostrander's Suicide Squad, 52 (event).
I mostly read Marvel which I've read the first comics to now, in the point of reaching the ultimate comics making my journey a little bit longer until I catch up. But this time I wanted to read the DC comics, but all of them would be to much for me. So, I'm gonna start at New 52 from your suggestion, thanks!
I'm getting into DC by reading all of post crisis batman. As in every comic in the mainline Batman publication all the way from #401 to #713. I just like the idea of having an entire era of a single publication collected and read. And I know it's going to take ages but I think it's worth it. Plus I can always take breaks and read something else as needed. I've been following this path for a while now and so far I'm really enjoying it.
That being said, not everyone has my obsession with being a completionist. Ultimately I think it's more a case of what kind of reader you are. Do you want to follow one character or read key stories from a few different characters? Do you care about chronology or are you happy to jump around. Do you mind if you don't understand every reference to other events that you come across? Also how much are you willing to spend? Being obsessive can get pricey very quickly. And how much time do you have to read comics? They key is not to get hung up on the best way to do it and end up doing nothing. But just jump in and try a method and see if it works for you. If not then try something else, but just do it.
For me, New Teen Titans Rebirth run is the best (the one where Damian is the robin). It gives me nostalgia of Teen Titans cartoon.
As a long term DC reader of 40+ years I reccomend starting with one of the 75th "Anniversary" books of your favourite characters, it goes through from the very 1st issue of that character through main important stories in each era, but around 1986 I'd jump into Crisis on infinite earths and then start with Batman Year One/Man of Steel/Perez WW/Hal Jordan Vol 1 or Emerald Dawn/Mark Waids Flash, then through all the "events" Millenium, DC 1 Million, Final Night, Identity Crisis, Infinite Crisis, 52, Blackest Night, Final Crisis etc up to Flashpoint, then new 52, then DC Rebirth and so on, some say skip new 52, but imho story arcs like Green Lantern goes mainly untouched and is a must read, Batman court of owls is decent but the rest meh, Aquaman is gd, WW too, Animal Man, All star Western and a few others worth the read, so definitely read new 52, but choose carefully, then DC Rebirth will make fans of pre new 52 very happy.
So yeah if you want to go through a fast track from start that's it, or you could jump into post crisis as imo Modern/Dark era stories are top notch, or if you have less reading time start new 52 as it's "kind of" a reboot, unnecessary but hey what's done is done, or start DC Rebirth but you might be a bit confused and might want to go back and see what you have missed.
All in all DC is wonderfully Dark at times, gritty, mysterious and Epic and that's how I like it, yes silly can creep in but it's far less than the more serious characters and apart from the obvious Superman Batmam WW GL Flash etc, if you like mysterious check out lots of JSA characters like The Spectre, The Phantom Stranger, Dr Fate, Hourman, Sandman, Dr Midnite and OG Flash/GL, also Sandman(morpheus) Constantine, Madame Xanadu, Zatara/Zatanna, The Demon, The Question, Swamp Thing etc, lots of DC Vertigo goodness for more mature folks.
Happy DC Reading guys!!! 🤩
Awesome video. Love from India 🇮🇳
Been getting into comics more lately, though mine have been indie titles like Scott Pilgrim. Batman is my main interest as I grew up with the Animated Series and the Tim Burton films. I am also playing through the Arkham games again right now.
He’s my favorite super hero and yet I barely read the comics. I believe I have Year One and The Man Who Laughs. Was thinking of trying the stories I don’t know well like Long Halloween or Hush. Or locate some comics from the 70s and 80s, I guess mainly from when Tim Drake started as Robin.
I wanna start in the order the comics were created, i don’t care which place is best to start, I just care in which order they came out.
For example did Superman 32 come before or after green lantern 12.
I don’t know if those are real, it’s just an example.
I only want to know dates, number of comic, title, and series. And also order of when it was created.
how can i read the Denny O'Neil Neal Adams batman jokers 5 way revenge????
Thank you!
Action comics & detective comic as far as i know continued their numbering after rebirth.
I am the one crazy guy who just started at action comics 1 and is going in publication order.
you said it all
DC Rebirth is definetely the follow up to new 52
i think it is bizarre that it was so many years ago lol new 52 was awesome in some areas
Miss your videos from the krakkin krakoa age! Always need dave vids!
I just subscribe to your awesome channel. Keep up the good work.
We also need to understand that we live in newer era with social network, iphone and so on, I mean for those who want to catch up with the modern era.
I appreciate this a tonne
Interest announced. Please make those vids.
I’m still confused 😩
I started watching flash and arrow and I’m hooked!! Is the next step watching supergirl ? And Superman and Lois and which comics coincide with the current universe I am watching
Hm. Well, Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow is a fantastic recent portrayal of Supergirl. Green Arrow JUST started a new comic series a couple days ago, and The Flash has his 800th comic coming up later this year, a special anniversary issue. For Superman, the new Superman run has been a really great place to start for new readers, and Action Comics 1051 (I think?) is a good place to start for new readers who like a lot of what Superman and Lois has to offer (It even has an ongoing back issue of Superman and Lois).
I think those should be good places to push off from with what you’ve been watching. I hope that helps!😊
Comics and movies don’t connect
Thx very much for this video
Question for people from America, how can I download the DC app if I'm in Europe, will the app be available for us soon and how to buy DC comics, ebay, amazon or something else? Thank you
Great stuff.
I started reading after Crisis on Infinite Earths.
Man that shot at the Indians/Guardians was not called for😂
The omnibus order all say #1 imma assume that means all ?
Just noticed you said go cubs ! Chicago native ? Im from midway !
Y’all please I need help 🙏 I want to read Batman comics what series is the best to start with?? First time trying to read comics in my whole life.
Watch the Batman
It's cartoon series with the origins of many villans and heroes
Detective comic #1 was the first appearance of Batman
U can Google for all of his comics
I just started myself. Year one was awesome. Now I’m reading the long Halloween another fan fav.
I'm gonna do a "Hot Take here" cause I'm an older gentleman: if you're a very young kid,start with a Kiddie style comic that has the most BASIC interpretations of these Iconic characters and DC has put out "Justice League Action" type comics before and Maybe you've seen the cartoons. Cause if you go immediately to super dark stories like Final Crisis or Darkest night ,it might Scar you when you're Young. I'd say if you've watched the series "Batman:The Brave and The Bold" I'd go find the original comic series that THAT show is based on. Or if you're an older pre teen/Teen I'd go with the "Year One" series. There's so much content that isn't Canon. When I got back in it was DC Zero Hour:Crisis in Time.
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thank you :)
Ooo exciting
Shazam start with Shazam he's fun has the cool bad guys and good variety of storylines, or my favorite the original hellblazer run or new 52 was good to but my favorite
can someone list the comics please
I'd say Rebirth ran into a different problem than New 52. New 52 had some great books, but poor editorial oversight. There were contradictory timelines, some writers used stuff other writers said never happened, etc. Rebirth brought back the DC history and optimism, but then got purposely derailed by other editors (seemingly 1 in particular) who disagreed with the shift (and just seems to REEEAAAALLLY hate Wally West, Dick Grayson and the JLI).
Did...did he just call Identity Crisis a "classic storyline" Eww.
I really wouldn't call those Marvel soft reboots. For me the closest Marvel has come to a reboot is when they folded in Miles Morales to the main universe after the second Secret Wars (not to be confused with Secret Wars II).
Jumping into it shortly after Crisis on Infinite Earths was what started to hook me. I or my parents (on my behalf) had picked up random comics at the grocery store, but shortly after Crisis is when DC really started hooking me on the larger lore, then they cemented their hold as the Superman books moved into the triangle era, which really hooked me week to week.
Oooo, greatest DC books list... I'll play. Off the top of my head, in no particular order, and no doubt forgetting a bunch that I will kick myself for later, and definitely not sticking to 15, I'll mention:
Byrne's Man of Steel
Batman Year One
beginning of Perez Wonder Woman
JLI
Ostrander's Suicide Squad
Superman Chronicles volume 1
Superman: The Dailies
The Superman Story
Superman #400
Must There be a Superman?
Green Lantern/Green Arrow
For the Man Who Has Everything
Moore's Swamp Thing
Wolfman/Perez Teen Titans
Levitz Legion of Super Heroes
Best of DC Digest # 50
Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow
Crisis on Infinite Earths
History of the DCU
really anything Perez drew at DC
Watchmen
Dark Knight Returns
Camelot 3000
Birthright
Superman for All Seasons
Batman: Long Halloween
Legends of the Dark Knight (especially #s 1 - 20)
Kirby's Fourth World books
The Weird
Morrison's Animal Man
All Star Superman
Sandman
really anything Gaiman wrote at DC
Transmetropolitan
Invisibles
Swamp Thing #88
Morrison's Doom Patrol
Killing Joke
really anything Moore wrote at DC
Gotham Central
Ostrander/Mandrake Spectre and Martian Manhunter
Arion: Lord of Atlantis
Warlord
Longbow Hunters
Arak: Son of Thunder
Milestone's original run
Paradox Press
Jeff Smith's Captain Marvel
Sunday Comics
Ordway's Power of Shazam
Waid's Flash
JLA Year One
Kingdom Come
really anything Waid writes at DC
really anything Ross draws at DC
Lucifer
U.S.
Death/Funeral/Reign/Return of Superman
most of the triangle era Superman
JLA/DC 1,000,000
Gerard Jones Green Lantern books
Johns JSA
Robinson's Starman
Invasion
Superman: Secret Origin
Green Lantern: Secret Origin
Morrison's Action Comics
Hitman
Simone's Secret Six and All New Atom
Priest's Steel
Kessel's Superboy
David's Supergirl and Young Justice
Gotham by Gaslight
Secret Identity
Red Son
JLA: The Nail
JLA/Avengers
DC Vs Marvel
Up in the Sky
Superman Smashes the Klan
Cave Carson has a Cybernetic Eye
Way's Doom Patrol
It's a Bird
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Nice
Go cubs!
Captain america goes back to nineteen forty three
I kinda lost track after the first 2 years of rebirth, and everything from the last 4 or 5 years has been super confusing. It feels like they’ve rebooted like 3 times now with back to back universe shattering events.
Start with comics from the 80s and 70s and NEVER, by any means read anything less than a decade old
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Stopped collecting in 2008. No reason to come back
I tell you guys I'm all about diversity, but making Steve Trevor and Lex Luther African American in the new,DC united heroes is going overboard.. an d...and I'm black myself. Its sad pathetic and shocking how mainstream comicbook writers and editors are so against creating new original minority superhero characters that they use ethnicity swop as a compensation. The late Dwayne McDuffie elaborated on this years ago in an interview and unfortunately basically attitudes of predominantly white writers and artist is still the same and really a reflection of their personal feelings about themselves, their race, and the myriad of ethnicities around them.
The best advice is to go to Crisis on Infinite Earth, read from there it 2010 and then pick up Lazarus Event and be done. Do not dive into the muck of Flashturd and New Poopy-2
I wish that comics would work like TV. Have a run and end it. Then reboot it with different takes. Also just make some of the superheroes stay in their own books. I want a Superman series (and other ones) where the other heroes don't exist.
There is no problem where to start reading DC and Marvel comics, it's where to stop.
I would say 2005 through now would be what to avoid
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with anything prior to the woke era.
plase marvel and dc make new comic in the future with lots of new supervillains and lots of ancient aliens races and demonic races who are most powerful than Astral Regulator" Thanos and The Heart of the Universe and True form Darkseid and true from of oblivion and beyonder realm and beyonder family and beyonders and the presence family and overvoid and the presence and one above all and Eternal Absolute Infinity and the god of everthing and and the great attractor and the supreme maker and the supreme maker and theiy can destroy entire multiverses and omniverses and dc and marvel omniverses and please make omniverses secret wars and Dark Crisis of Infinite ominiverses and overoid aliens races and plase make eternal void enitties and they are most powerful than the great darkness and presence and one above all and one below all and empty hand and perpetua and darkest knigh and enddless family and the writer and anti life equation and they can be created and destroyed Infinity multiverses and omniverses and they have Infinity powers and lots Advanced Extraterrestrial Civilizations
Close all comic shops and go back to newsstand distribution, which would force them to once again make comics for EVERYONE, instead of just fanboys.
don’t bother because they’ll probably just reboot the whole thing in the next six years Like they always do🤷🏾♀️
And who cares? A good story is always a good story.
@@piotrd7355 are you slow? There’s no point in getting invested in a character arc if it’s just going to be retconned. All that character development is down the drain for no reason. 🙄
@@CaptainChapin Very nice. Why do you start a conversation by insulting me? Do you want to follow a coherent story that takes place over 40 or 50 years? Because I don't, I don't care. Finished runs have a beginning and an end. They are a coherent story and they don't have to be set in a narrative frame spread over 100 years to enjoy reading them.
@@CaptainChapin The point is the excellent story. I agree that the constant rebooting is absolutely ridiculous, but every movie ends, every novel ends, every song ends, every modern video game ends, every TV show goes off the air. Many movies and shows get rebooted, many songs get covered by other singers, and none of it changes my enjoyment of the original one iota. The point of getting into comics is not feeling certain that this particular version of the story will continue forever, it's the same point as getting into any story: enjoying that specific story. Also insulting other commenters doesn't help your argument at all, ever.
Definitely not a marvel fan lmfao
Start in the past lol. The best days of the big 2 are behind them. Will that change? Maybe. But man it's bleak
Dawn of the DCU so far has yet to publish a bad comic. It's early, but 11 comics in, it's been delivering.
Guys, read back issues, from Flashpoint backwards. After this is only woke bs, forget this nonsense.
The new 52 kinda sucked
Superman's son being gay was too much. Enough already pushing agendas
You dont start. Enjoy Mangas.
W0k3 is at its height. Its falling now.
As long as you dont start with present day DC you should be perfectly fine because..you know...present day DC.