#merkel stuff

[thevoiceoflove1993]

you have been visited by the sixteen ghosts of neujahrsansprachen past. 🎆✨️ may you receive a very new year & find your signature fashion style in 2025.

[itsme-the-villagekid]

Irgendwo lacht Angela Merkel grade sehr sehr laut

[daughterofhecata]

EXCUSE YOU?!

[Kann den Artikel nicht lesen, weil kein Spiegel+, aber. Uh. How about no?]

[german-garbage]

Aus gegebenem Anlass.

[thepetulantcat]

Hold your breath Tumblr, Brazilian-French political old man yaoi is back!

Looks like they’re married now. Congratulations!

What’s their ship tag? Mula? Lucron? Lulon? I’m German, so I have no idea. Pls help

(x)

[langernameohnebedeutung]

Das schöne an der Sache ist ja das Merz einfach so ein wahnsinnig großes Ego hat, dass diese Schmach auf jeden Fall für immer an ihm nagen wird.

[stanley-ballz]

[letsbealone-together]

I miss them.

[peeble]

how are we feeling fellow germans

[knoepfchen]

feeling like shit, just want her back 💔

[xenglitch]

finds ja so geil (/s) dass die cdu/csu lieber nix mit spd & grüne am hut hat als mit der afd. ich mein is ja klar, die rücken immer weiter nach rechts jeden monat. aber trotzdem. ich habe nix erwartet und bin trotzdem enttäuscht. go cdu/csu give us nothing.

[queerofthedagger]

the german government is finally passing a resolution to change its laws in regards to changing your name and gender and like. it SHOULDN'T have taken so long to get rid of demanding psychological evaluations and shit to change your NAME but it did and it's finally happening and I'm maybe a tiny little bit overly emotional about all of it jesus fucking christ

[cahirsmommy]

die beiden verwaltungsfachangestellten beim standesamt und ich (mitte) nachdem die eine zu mir meinte "so, das macht dann 35€". sie hat nur in ihren computer eingetippt, dass ich gerne aus der kirche austreten würde und dann auf drucken geklickt <3

[langernameohnebedeutung]

"Was macht eigentlich der Scholz den ganzen Tag??? Von dem hört man irgendwie nie was!!" factoid is false. German chancellor Olaf Scholz did, in fact, just fall onto his face while jogging

[searchforahero]

Hi I finished up my Secret Six reading list on my website and uploaded it. It's currently just using my basic text page CSS but I plan to expand it into an entire shrine-style page soon. The list covers from Villains United to Secret Six vol 5. I am also working on spreadsheets for the Secret Six that I will link on my blog as well.

This page should be mobile compatible, but in case anyone prefers to see it directly on Tumblr, I've copied the list in text form under the cut. Some of the nuances of my formatting are however lost, sorry about that!

Pre-Villains United: 1950-2005

Villains United is generally a fairly beginner-friendly comic that doesn't expect you to have too much context leading into it so this section can be largely ignored if you want to jump right into the Secret Six stuff. The team featured in Villains United consists of Thomas Blake | Catman, Jade Nguyen | Cheshire, Floyd Lawton | Deadshot, Ghkeyy't | Parademon, Peter Merkel, Jr. | Rag Doll, and Scandal Savage. Luckily, Villains United is half of their first appearances, so there's not actually a lot you need to get caught up on. While characters like Deadshot and Cheshire have a longer history before Villains United, you don't really need to have a particularly deep grasp of either of them to enjoy Villains United.

-Green Arrow (2001) #16/17, #20 -Deadshot (2005) #1-5

Villains United

Villains United is a tie-in to the massive DC crossover event Infinite Crisis. Being a Crisis, Infinite Crisis is huge and 99% of it does not feature the Secret Six, so I will not be including it in this reading list. Events of Infinite Crisis are mentioned in Villains United, but if I included all of the Infinite Crisis tie-ins in this reading list, there would be more issues for that than there would be for the actual Six themselves. An Infinite Crisis issue list is available here on League of Comic Geeks.

Villains United

-Villains United #1-6 -Villains United: Infinite Crisis Special #1

Secret Six (2006)

There's nothing to read between Villains United and Secret Six (2006) as the Infinite Crisis special leads directly into the first Secret Six mini just a month later. The Secret Six (2006) team consists of Scandal Savage, Floyd Lawton | Deadshot, Thomas Blake | Catman, Peter Merkel, Jr | Rag Doll, Kay | Knockout, and Jervis Tetch | Mad Hatter. Out of the two new additions, Kay is the only one who will remain relevant to the Six after this series concludes. She was primarily a supporting character in Superboy (1994), but you do not need any of this background information to understand Secret Six (2006).

-Secret Six (2006) #1-6

Pre-Secret Six (2008): 2007-2008

Between the 2006 mini and the 2008 ongoing, the Secret Six are mainly featured in the Birds of Prey (1998) storyline "Whitewater", which was also written by Gail Simone and is essential reading for understanding the first arc of the 2008 series.

-Birds of Prey (1998) #104-109 -Detective Comics (1937) #837

Secret Six (2008)

This is where the meat of the Secret Six team lies. This team consists of Scandal Savage, Floyd Lawton | Deadshot, Peter Merkel, Jr | Rag Doll, Thomas Blake | Catman, Jeannette, Bane, Lori Zechlin | Black Alice, and Nanaue | King Shark.

-Secret Six (2008) #1-16 -Suicide Squad (1987) #67 -Secret Six (2008) #17-28 -Action Comics (1938) #895/896 -Secret Six (2008) #29/30 -Doom Patrol (2009) #19 -Secret Six (2008) #31-36

Secret Six (2014)

The Secret Six in The New52 was... weird. The only characters who returned to the main roster for this series are Catman and Black Alice. Rag Doll, Scandal, Knockout, and Jeannette appear scarcely, and the continuity seems to have reset, with the original Six members never having met each other. This series has an almost entirely new line-up, and seems to have been retconned out of existence after Rebirth. As it is no longer canon, this series is entirely optional, but it's still written by Simone and is an overall fun read. The line-up for this comic includes Lori Zechlin | Black Alice, Thomas Blake | Catman, Ralph Dibny | Big Shot (Elongated Man), Kani/Kevin | Porcelain, Mary Turner | Strix, and Shauna Belzer | Ventriloquist.

-Secret Six (2014) #1-14

Pre-Secret Six (2025)

There's a lot going on in Secret Six (2025), it introduces three new characters to the mix: Jon Kent | Superman, Jay Nakamura | Gossamer, and Nia Nal | Dreamer, and unlike with the previous Secret Six comics, their comic histories are vital to understanding the events of this mini series. Secret Six (2025) also brings back Lori Zechlin | Black Alice, Thomas Blake | Catman, and Floyd Lawton | Deadshot.

Full credit for this section of the reading list goes to @Chaa on League of Comic Geeks, their list was invaluable to me while reading up for Secret Six (2025) and the list below is essentially just a shorter version of the one they made. If you want a more comprehensive readthrough definitely check their list out (they also have other equally as helpful reading lists on their profile).

-Suicide Squad (2019) #1-5 -The Flash (2016) Annual #3 -Suicide Squad (2019) #6-11 -Superman: Son of Kal-El #1-5 -Superman: Son of Kal-El Annual #1 -Superman: Son of Kal-El #7/8 -Nightwing (2016) #89 -Superman: Son of Kal-El #9-18 -Task Force Z #2-5, #11/12 -Suicide Squad: Dream Team #1-4 -Absolute Power: Ground Zero #1 -Absolute Power #1-3 -Absolute Power: Super Son #1 -Absolute Power #4

Secret Six (2025)

This takes us to the present day, at the time of writing the final issue of this series is about to be released and that's all we know about the future of this team for now. I hope you found this list useful and I will continue to update it as these characters (hopefully) continue to get new comics.

-Secret Six (2025) #1-6

Other Stuff That Didn't Fit Anywhere

This is Secret Six specific comics that didn't have any easy place for me to put it in the main list. None of these are required reading.

-Convergence: Wonder Woman #2, Story 2 "Divergence: Secret Six" -DC's Batman Smells, Robin Laid an Egg #1, Story 2 "Secret Santa"