Never Been A Fan of DC. Let's change that.

[Aesop Rocks]

Recently I've been getting more and more bored of Marvel and I've always enjoyed the Flash, Superman, Batman and, Green Lantern but I've never bothered picking up anything by them, the first and only DC comic I bought was "The Death of Superman" and I loved it. I don't have anything against DC, I just never bought anything by them and never really had any intrests in them until today.

Can anyone suggest any good Flash, Green Lantern, Superman and, Batman comics.

They can be Justice League and please don't say "start at beginning".

You can give me their most recent continuations.

Thanks, Aesop.

 

[Roughneck]

I suggest........and I hate the guy now....but this was great......I suggest Kevin Smith's run on Green Arrow.

Now what you requested at all...but at a time when I was beggining to get bored with Marvel, this really opened my eyes to DC

 

[Everything boy]

"Green Lantern: Rebirth"
A good green lantern story.

"Whatever happened to the man of tomorrow?"
A different take on the end of Superman.

"The dark knight returns"
Frank Miller's vision of what happens when Bruce Wayne (and the DC world) gets old.

"Saga of the swamp thing"
The occult angle of DC is reborn here.

 

[Dark Victory]

Some great Bat books if you're wanting to get into the character are

Year One
Long Halloween
Dark Victory(sequel to Long Halloween)
Haunted Knight
The Dark Knight Returns
The Killing Joke
The Man Who Laughs
Arkham Asylum


For Superman, pick up All-Star Superman. If you're a fan of Grant Morrison
and Frank Quitely, you'll love it.

 

[Keyser Soze]

In terms of graphic novels, it was the double-header of The Long Halloween and The Killing Joke that converted me to DC Comics.

In terms of current ongoing comic books, I'd pick up this week's Green Lantern #43, and use that as a launching pad for getting into The Blackest Night, which due to the scheduling of the main book and its tie-ins, is set to become pretty much a weekly event.

 

[Mee]

Kingdom Come and Justice, for Justice League.


You've already been given the Bat-essentials, but I'll add Hush and Broken City. The Joker graphic novel that just came out is also really good, but very little Batman in it.


And a Superman...For Tomorrow.

 

[Aesop Rocks]

Hell yeah! Oh and I was reading Final Crisis and J'on died?!

Everything Boy, I seriously cannot thank you enough for mentioning GL:Rebirth.

 

[Keyser Soze]

Sinestro Corps War (Volumes 1 and 2) is another great Green Lantern read.

 

[kytrigger]

Geoff Johns run on Flash (not Flash: Rebirth) is great read too.

 

[Keyser Soze]

Agreed. The Rogue Profile he did of Captain Cold probably stands as his single best issue on that Flash run.

 

[Flash Facts]

The Flash:
Born to Run
The Return of Barry Allen
Terminal Velocity
Dead Heat
Race Against Time
Emergency Stop
The Human Race

 

[The Batman]

JLA

New World Order
American Dreams
Rock of Ages
Strength In Numbers
Justice For All
World War III
Tower of Babel

 

[KingOfMars]

new frontier, batman ego and other tales, the flash:wonderland, anything with geoff johns name on it.​

 

[Cain]

Superman

Escape from Bizarro World
Brainiac
New Krypton: Vol. 1

Green Lantern

Secret Origin
Rage of the Red Lanterns (collected hardcover drops next month)
Blackest Night (just started)

The Flash

Terminal Velocity
Blood Will Run
The Flash: Rebirth (current happenings)

Batman

Batman & Son
The Black Glove
Batman R.I.P.
Batman & Robin and Streets of Gotham (current ongoings)

 

[Cousin Itt]

Superman.

All Star Superman VOL 1.
All Star Superman VOL 2.

Superman And The Legion Of Super-Heroes
Superman Brainiac.

Superman For All Seasons.



Also I'm gonna say get Dc Universe The Stories of Alan Moore, It's got some great Superman,Batman, and GL stories in it.

 

[MarkUrgent]

JLA

New World Order
American Dreams
Rock of Ages
Strength In Numbers
Justice For All
World War III
Tower of Babel

Seconding these. Morrison and Porter's run on JLA got me into DC. New World Order is part of the oversized hardcover of JLA vol. 1 that came out recently, but if you can find the trade, it's under 8 bucks.

Also, Superman: Birthright is a great story, and is the first time I liked the idea of Luthor being in Smallville during Clark's youth.

The Timmiverse Justice League after the first season, and all of the JLU seasons are awesome, as well.

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

There are plenty of Superman stories that are great, here are some others:

Exile
Read World Without and The Return Of Superman also.
Kingdom Come is a must
For Tomorrow Volume 1 and 2 are superb as well

Godfall, The Journey, Sacrifice and Up, Up and Away are great as well, but they are part of an ongoing series so you might get confused.

 

[Roughneck]

Semi off topic...

But what about the Seven Soldiers of Victory thing? I was kinda thinking about getting those trades....any good?

 

[TheWatcher]

JLA
JLA earth 2-
justice-awesome in every way possible
JLA tower of babel
WW3
kingdom come
superman
all star superman
superman birthright
the geoff johns/gary frank stuff is great
batman
the killing joke
the long halloween
DKR
GL
secret origins
rebirth
sinestro corps
WW
george perez stuff
flash
geoff johns older stuff
etc
superman/batman comic(ongoing,it's at #62 so catch up quick) amazing

 

[El Bastardo]

I'm a casual DC reader at best, but I'll say you should jump right onboard and read Blackest Night. Good first issue, and hey, I haven't read any Green Lantern stuff. Ever.

Eeeeeeeeeevvvvvvvver.

 

[Ipodman]

I'm a casual DC reader at best, but I'll say you should jump right onboard and read Blackest Night. Good first issue, and hey, I haven't read any Green Lantern stuff. Ever.

Eeeeeeeeeevvvvvvvver.

lol... with the Green lantern movie moving along well.. i feel like i should get Blackest night too...

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Anything that says both JLA and either Morrison, Waid, or Kelly on the cover is pretty much the best thing I can recommend to show you why the DC universe is great. Also, Waid's run on Flash and Kelly's run on Superman were phenomenal and helped me go from a casual fan of some DC characters to having a deep love for the DC universe as a whole.

 

[Hush]

Jeph Loeb and pretty much anything that he has his name on with the DC logo.

 

[The Question]

Jeph Loeb and pretty much anything that he has his name on with the DC logo.

I would disagree. Anything that has his name next to Tim Sale's name would be more accurate. Sale seems to be the only person who can keep him from going crazy.

 

[Hush]

Thanks for that correction Question. I havent seen you in a while man.