{"id":2934,"date":"2014-11-18T00:10:04","date_gmt":"2014-11-18T00:10:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thetravellerslastjourney.com\/shai\/?p=2934"},"modified":"2019-07-28T22:32:15","modified_gmt":"2019-07-28T22:32:15","slug":"comics-reading-index","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetravellerslastjourney.com\/shai\/2014\/11\/18\/comics-reading-index\/","title":{"rendered":"Comics Reading Index"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Superman:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Superman The Man of Steel volumes #1-2, incl. LEGENDS.;\u00a0Superman The Man of Steel volume #3-5.<\/li>\n<li>Equiv. Superman The Man of Steel volume #6, overlap. MILLENIUM; incl.\u00a0World of Metropolis;\u00a0Supergirl Saga; overlap.\u00a0INVASION!.<\/li>\n<li>Exile, Eradication!<\/li>\n<li>Krisis, Time and Time, Panic; incl. Luthor Unauthorized; incl. ARMAGEDDON2001.<\/li>\n<li>Death and Return of Superman<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Justice League:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>JL: A New Beginning, JLI<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Hawkman:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Shadow War of the Hawkman, Hawkman Special #1, Hawkman vol. 2, Hawkworld trilogy.<\/li>\n<li>Hawkworld (1990-3)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Flash:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Selected Flash v1, Selected Flash v2 Pre-Zero Hour<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Cross Over Events:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Index of cross-overs from 1986-1990 inclusive.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Aquaman:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Atlantis Chronicles, Time and Tide, Aquaman v5<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>New 52<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Blackhawks, Dial H, Mr Terrific, Captain Atom (nb. listed here in order read)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Planned\/interested reading:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">?1959-69: Flash v1 (Barry Allen) #105,123,148,155,165,174,179,193<\/span><\/li>\n<li>?1974: Aquaman The Death of a Prince<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">?1981: Flash v1 (Barry Allen) #300,324<\/span><\/li>\n<li>?: 1986: Secret Origins (v2)<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">?: 1987: JLA New Beginning<\/span><\/li>\n<li>1987-9: JLI (for BB&amp;BG)<\/li>\n<li>1989-90: GL Emerald Dawn<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">1990: Aquaman Atlantis Chronicles<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">1990: Hawkworld series<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">?1991: Flash v2 #54<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">1992: Flash (Born to Run) v2 #62-5<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">?1993: Flash (The Return of Barry Allen) v2 #74-9<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">1993: Aquaman Tide and Time<\/span><\/li>\n<li>1994: Flash v2 #0, 91<\/li>\n<li>1994: Aquaman volume 5<\/li>\n<li>1994: Starman.<\/li>\n<li>?: 1995: Aquaman volume 6<\/li>\n<li>1995-6: Flash (Dead Heat) v2 #108-11<\/li>\n<li>1996: Kingdom Come (JLA etc)<\/li>\n<li>1997: JLA American Order<\/li>\n<li>1997: JLA New World Order<\/li>\n<li>1997: JLA Rock of Ages<\/li>\n<li>1998: JLA Year One<\/li>\n<li>1998: JL The Nail<\/li>\n<li>2000: JLA Earth 2<\/li>\n<li>2000: Flash v2 (Wonderland) #164-9<\/li>\n<li>2000: Legend of the Hawkman.<\/li>\n<li>2001: Flash (Blood Will Run) v2 #170-6, SF&amp;O #3, Iron Heights<\/li>\n<li>?2002: Flash v2 #182,190<\/li>\n<li>2002: JLA Obsidian Age<\/li>\n<li>2002: JLA Divided We Fall<\/li>\n<li>2002: Hawkman.<\/li>\n<li>2003: JLA Formerly Known as the JL (also BB\/BG)<\/li>\n<li>2003: JLA Liberty and Justice<\/li>\n<li>2003: Flash (Blitz) v2 #192-200<\/li>\n<li>2003-4: Flash (Ignition) v2 #201-6<\/li>\n<li>2004: DC The New Frontier (JLA etc)<\/li>\n<li>2004: Aquaman American Tidal<\/li>\n<li>?2004: Flash v2 #212<\/li>\n<li>?2005: Flash v2 #218<\/li>\n<li>2005: Flash (Rogue War) v2 #1\/2,220-5<\/li>\n<li>2005: I Can&#8217;t Believe it&#8217;s not the JL (JLA Classified #4-9)<\/li>\n<li>2006: Aquaman The Sword of Atlantis<\/li>\n<li>2007: Flash The Fastest Man Alive<\/li>\n<li>2009: The Brave and the Bold #39 (Aquaman)<\/li>\n<li>2009: Flash Rebirth<\/li>\n<li>2009: JL Cry for Justice<\/li>\n<li>2010: Flash The Dastardly Death of the Rogues (+v3#7,8)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ranking: As is implicit, those without any numbers are, as if, ranked below these:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>&lt;1\/5&gt; Of interest<\/li>\n<li>&lt;2\/5&gt; Good<\/li>\n<li>&lt;3\/5 &#8211; Very good<\/li>\n<li>&lt;4\/5&gt; &#8211; Excellent<\/li>\n<li>&lt;5\/5&gt; -Absolutely amazing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Names I&#8217;ve perused their recommended reading (nb. only pre-New 52:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Hawkman<\/li>\n<li>Starman<\/li>\n<li>Aquaman\n<ul>\n<li>Still need to peruse this properly, incl. comments:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/goodcomics.comicbookresources.com\/2011\/11\/27\/the-greatest-aquaman-stories-ever-told\/\">http:\/\/goodcomics.comicbookresources.com\/2011\/11\/27\/the-greatest-aquaman-stories-ever-told\/<\/a>\u00a0plus the further reading section of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dc.wikia.com\/wiki\/Aquaman_Recommended_Reading\">http:\/\/dc.wikia.com\/wiki\/Aquaman_Recommended_Reading<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>JLA &#8211; but only really up until the end of the 90&#8217;s. For 2000+ will need to re-peruse.<\/li>\n<li>Flash &#8211; Based on DCwiki Recommendations.Not incl. Terminal Velocity (re. Zero Hour); The Road to Flashpoint; Flashpoint;\u00a0Final Crisis Rouges Revenge<\/li>\n<li>Blue Beetle &#8211; the only (early) must read is JLI, then less important is JLA, and BB vol 5,6, then the I Can&#8217;t Believe + sequel. Also, Countdown to\/Infinite Crisis are recommended. And the 52 series.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Names I&#8217;m considering perusing:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong>Batman<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Booster Gold<\/li>\n<li>Phantom Stranger<\/li>\n<li>Swamp Thing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Superman: Superman The Man of Steel volumes #1-2, incl. LEGENDS.;\u00a0Superman The Man of Steel volume #3-5. Equiv. Superman The Man of Steel volume #6, overlap. MILLENIUM; incl.\u00a0World of Metropolis;\u00a0Supergirl Saga; overlap.\u00a0INVASION!. Exile, Eradication! Krisis, Time and Time, Panic; incl. Luthor Unauthorized; incl. ARMAGEDDON2001. Death and Return of Superman Justice League: JL: A New Beginning, JLI [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[159,198,267,242],"tags":[],"metadata":[],"class_list":["post-2934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-posts","category-book-review","category-comics","category-evernote-entries"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2926,"url":"https:\/\/thetravellerslastjourney.com\/shai\/2014\/11\/20\/superman-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":2934,"position":0},"title":"Superman #2","author":"Pala","date":"November 20, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"This will\u00a0start from Action Comics Annual #1, then overlap with the Millennium event. 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