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[cloudtaleblog]

my duke thomas reading guide!! please be nice,,, this is my first time making one

[ffverr]

How to read X-Men?

For the dear X-Men fans that came in through 97 (or the movies) and are confused as to where to start the comics! Don't let the internet fool you, there is only one way and it is by starting with Giant size X-Men #1 (1975). No I am not kidding, it truly is the only right way to get the full story😭 (unless you want to go ALL THE WAY to 1963, I don't necessarily think it's that vital)

This is me trying to keep ppl from making the same mistake I did, starting with wheadon's astonishing X-Men ☠️

Here is a very useful pic of what to read next 💞 good luck!

This is to get ALL the context and major story arcs still referenced today. So I believe it to be vital for the other eras. (I don't know how you can fully understand jean and Scott's relationship today without having read inferno or dark phoenix for example)

Now, If you just wanna read for one specific character, that's a different story! Character specific reading guides that concentrate on the important issues across time exist! Look for those they're very useful <3

Guide made by: https://www.reddit.com/r/xmen/s/z1xNhqPXtv

https://www.reddit.com/r/comicbooks/s/ChkpOJbXED

[which-star]

guess who wants you to read SILK 👍👍👍

[timbartism]

Young Justice 1998 Reading Guide ♪♪

here's a Compilation of All the Necessary and Recommended Comics / issues to Read if you want to get to Know the Original Young Justice team from the young justice '98 Series :-)

if you have ANY comments, Questions, concerns, etcc, or want More Content for these Guys, lmk ^_^ this may include Many of their appearances, but it's not even Close to All Of Them !!!

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The Complete Authority Reading Guide

Born from the late 90s and early 00s trend towards darker superhero stories, The Authority debuted in 1999 with The Authority #1 by Warren Ellis and Bryan Hitch for WildStorm. The Authority fights for what they see as best for the world regardless of the cost. The Authority was one of DC’s best-selling books under Mark Millar and Frank Quitely. The team appeared in their series, as well as other WildStorm and DC titles. Their last appearance came months before the launch of DC’s The New 52. Since the N52, most Authority characters have been retconned or forgotten. Only the team’s breakout star Midnighter (and sometimes Apollo) remains active in comics.

This is a comprehensive guide to every appearance of The Authority's main characters: Jenny Sparks, Jack Hawksmoor, the Engineer (Angela Spica), the Doctor (Jeroen Thornedike, later Habib bin Hassan), Swift (Shen Li-Men), Apollo, the Midnighter, and Jenny Quantum.

Issues marked with an asterisk (*) don't feature Authority characters but do provide context.

Issues marked with New Button emoji (🆕) are newly added as of the most recent update. The emoji will be removed when the guide is updated again.

StormWatch

WildStorm was an independent studio established by Jim Lee in 1992. It was bought by DC Comics in 1998 and ran as an imprint until being shut down in 2010. Before The Authority debuted, there was StormWatch. StormWatch (1993) and StormWatch (1997) are the first appearances of most of the Authority’s original lineup.

StormWatch (1993-1997) — #28-31, #37-39, #42-44, #46, #48-50 

StormWatch (1997-1998) — #2-12 

WildC.A.T.s/Aliens (1998)*

The Authority

The Authority (1999) — #1-29

Wildstorm Summer Special (2001)

The Authority (2003) — #1-6

Coup D’Etat (2004) — #1-4

The Authority (2003) — #7-14

The Authority: Scorched Earth (2004)

The Authority: Human on the Inside (2004)

The Authority: Revolution (2004) — #1-12

Garth Ennis’s “Kev” tetralogy follows Kevin Hawkins, a terrible person with terrible luck, and his misadventures with the Authority. Where this series is in the chronology is unclear.

The Authority: Kev (2002) — #1 

The Authority: More Kev (2004) — #1-4 

The Authority: The Magnificent Kevin (2005) — #1-5 

The Authority: A Man Called Kev (2006) — #1-5*

Solos

Jenny Sparks: The Secret History of the Authority (2000) — #1-5

Secret History of the Authority: Hawksmoor (2008) — #1-7

Midnighter (2007) — #1-20

Grifter and Midnighter (2007) — #1-6

Crossovers and Events

World War III was part of Marvel’s 1996 Heroes Reborn initiative. The Marvel and WildStorm universes crossed over for the 4-issue event. 

Fantastic Four (1996) — #13 [CAMEO]

Avengers (1996) — #13 [CAMEO]

Iron Man (1996) — #13 [CAMEO]

Captain America (1996) — #13 [CAMEO]

Grifter (1996) — #11

Planetary/The Authority: Ruling The World (2000)

Cybernary 2.0 (2001) — #5-6 

The Monarchy (2001) — #4, #11-12

Gen13 (1995) — #68-69

The Establishment (2001) — #8 [CAMEO]

Gen-Active (2000) — #6 [BACK-UP]

WildCats Version 3.0 (2002) — #8 

Sleeper (2002) — #3, #5

Point Blank (2002) — #3

Stromwatch: Team Achilles (2004) — #4-6, #8-9, #20, #22

Wildstorm Winter Special (2005)

Intimates (2005) — #1 [CAMEO]

Planetary (2005) — #5 [CAMEO]

WildCats (2006) — #1 [CAMEO]

The Authority vs. Lobo: Jingle Hell (2004)

The Authority vs. Lobo: Spring Break Massacre (2005)

Ion: Guardian of the Universe (2006) — #10 [CAMEO]

Worldstorm was a 2006 relaunch of the WildStorm universe. It was originally intended to be a full reboot but partway in WildStorm turned it into a “soft reboot”. The reboot is widely considered to have been a failure. Sources on this era are difficult to find and it can be a confusing reading experience. 

Captain Atom: Armageddon (2005) — #1-9

An Essential Guide to Worldstorm (2006)*

The Authority (2006) — #1-2**

The Authority: The Lost Year (2010) — #3-12

The Authority: Prime (2008) — #1-6

StormWatch: P.H.D (2006) — #5 [CAMEO]

Gen13 (2006) — #8, #27

**The Authority (2006) was written by Grant Morrison who dropped the series after 2 issues due to their focus on other projects. Three years later, Keith Griffen continued the storyline under the new title The Authority: The Lost Year based on Morrison’s scripts. The Authority: Prime was published between Morrison and Griffen’s runs.

DC/Wildstorm: DreamWar (2008) — #1-6 

Action Comics (1938) — #884 [BACK-UP] [CAMEO]

World’s End was a 3-year WildStorm event culminating in DC's Flashpoint. It made major changes to the WildStorm universe, notably a post-apocalyptic setting and grittier tone. 

Wildstorm: Armageddon (2007)

Wildstorm: Revelations (2008) — #1-2

Number of the Beast (2008) — #3, #6-8 

The Authority (2008) — #1-6

StormWatch: P.H.D (2006) — #18-19 

The Authority (2008) — #7-17

WildCats: World’s End (2008) — #19-23

The Authority (2008) — #18-29

WildCats: World’s End (2008) — #24-30

Wildstorm: A Celebration of 25 Years collects published and unpublished material from across WildStorm titles including The Authority.

Wildstorm: A Celebration of 25 Years (2017)

The New 52 and Beyond

In addition to rebooting the mainline DC Universe, the New 52 "streamlined" DC's multiple continuities by combining everything into one timeline. The result of this for the Authority was Stormwatch (2011). Swift, the Doctor, and Jenny Quantum are absent from this point forward.

Countdown Presents: The Search for Ray Palmer (2007) — #1

Countdown: Arena (2007) — #1-4 [CAMEO]

Flashpoint (2011) — #5 [CAMEO]

StormWatch (2011) — #1-6

Voodoo (2011) — #5 [CAMEO] 

Deathstroke (2011) — #6

Grifter (2011) — #7, #13-14, #16 

StormWatch (2011) — #7-10

Red Lanterns (2011) — #10

I, Vampire (2011) — #12, #13 (Issues are separated by issue #0)

StormWatch (2011) — #11-30

The New 52: Futures End (2014) — #1

Harley Quinn (2014) — #20 [CAMEO]

Grayson (2014) — #1-2, #4-7

Midnighter (2015) — #1-7

Grayson (2014) — #13-14 

Batman & Robin Eternal (2015) — #23-26

Grayson (2014) — #18-20 

Midnighter (2015) — #8-12

Convergence (2015) — #7 [CAMEO]

Nightwing: Rebirth (2016) 

Midnighter and Apollo (2016) — #1-6

Justice League of America (2018) — Annual [CAMEO]

Infinite Frontier (2021) — #0 [CAMEO]

The Swamp Thing (2021) #11-13

WildC.A.T.s (2022) — #12 [CAMEO]

Action Comics (2016) — #1029-1034 [BACK-UP]

Future State: Superman: War of Worlds (2021) — #1-2

Midnighter (2021)

Superman and The Authority (2021) — #1-4

Batman/Superman: The Authority Special (2021)

Action Comics (2016) #1035-1039, #1041-1045, #1047

Superman: Warworld Apocalypse (2022) 

Knight Terrors: Action Comics (2023) — #2 [CAMEO]

Milestone 30th Anniversary Special (2023) [CAMEO]

Outsiders (2023) attempts to further incorporate WildStorm ideas and continuity into the main DC timeline. Authority characters do not appear in the series except for the Carrier.

Outsiders (2023)

Absolute Power (2024) — #1 [CAMEO]

Apollo and Midnighter in Specials

Outside of Superman and cameo appearances, Apollo and Midnighter have been mostly relegated to anthology specials. They are the only Authority characters to still appear in comics.

Young Romance: A New 52 Valentine's Day Special (2013)

Love is Love (2016) — [CAMEO]**

DC Cybernetic Summer (2020)

DC Pride (2021)

Wildstorm 30th Anniversary Special (2022)

DC Pride (2023)

DC’s Harley Quinn Romances (2023)

DC’s ‘Twas the 'Mite Before Christmas (2023) [CAMEO]

DC Pride 2024 (2024) [CAMEO]

DC's I Know What You Did Last Crisis (2024) 🆕

**Love is Love was a charity anthology and tribute to the Pulse nightclub shooting in 2016. It was produced by IDW in collaboration with DC. Read with caution and respect.

Other Timelines

Four non-canon iterations of WildStorm characters have been published in recent years. The Wild Storm came out in 2017, followed by Authority character appearances in DC vs. Vampires, and finally Waller vs. Wildstorm which is not relevant to this guide. Jenny Sparks began publication in August 2024.

Warren Ellis’s The Wild Storm is a 24-issue self-contained series reimagining the WildStorm universe.

The Wild Storm (2017) #1-24

DC vs. Vampires: All-Out War was a spinoff from the 2021 DC vs. Vampires set on Earth-63.

DC vs. Vampires: All-Out War (2022) — #2, #5-6

Jenny Sparks is a 7-issue mini-series following Jenny after she is revived following 9/11.

Jenny Sparks (2024) — #1-7

[jannwrites]

Alternative readings for The Body Keeps the Score

hi, i'm a practicing mental health therapist and a writer here on tumblr dot com. the body keeps the score by dr. bessel van der kolk has a couple issues with it, primarily in the author's very much cishet male eurocentric approach to trauma and the graphic nature of the book. here's a list of some books about trauma that i've found preferable to the body keeps the score in addressing trauma and how the body holds onto trauma. i've included pdf links for ones i could find:

HEALING TRAUMA by peter a. levine. this one is a far less denser read than the body keeps the score while still providing solid education on trauma symptomatology. it even comes with mp3 access to exercises to address somatic symptoms.

MY GRANDMOTHER'S HANDS by resmaa menakem. this one discusses how racism in america is ingrained in our society and how intergenerational racial trauma is ingrained in our bodies.

INFLAMED by rupa marya & raj patel. this was written in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the structural injustices in medicine that caused so many racial disparities in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and how trauma caused by our political systems affect the different systems of the body.

THE POLITICS OF TRAUMA: SOMATICS, HEALING, & SOCIAL JUSTICE by staci haines. a great read on how trauma is not just an individual problem but a societal problem, and how to integrate trauma work into society at large.

TRAUMA & RECOVERY by judith l. herman. this is a classic in the therapy field and really set the tone for our modern approaches to trauma treatment. the pdf linked is the first edition of the book but it has since been updated as we learn more about complex trauma.

THE BODY NEVER LIES: THE LINGERING EFFECTS OF CRUEL PARENTING by alice miller. what it says on the tin: this book covers the effects of trauma inflicted by parents on the body and the brain.

cheers, and happy reading!

[devine-fem]

If you wish to get into Spideypool or write for them then this is a masterlist of all ‘Spideypool’ evidence of Wade Wilson or Peter Parker being astrangly interested in each other. This took me forever... please don't flop. If I miss anything please let me know, I'll edit this list as soon as possible.

1. When bound against Spider-Man, Deadpool gets... excited for lack of a better word and even more so when Spider-Man yells at him.

2. Deadpool has a celebrity crush on Spider-Man like young teenage boys would crush on various female actors, but instead Wade Wilson had Spiderman, I guess.

3. Wade Wilson owns a plethora of Spider-man merch, plushies, blankets, posters, underwear, belts, he has them.

4. There are two official variant covers that display Deadpool and Spider-man recreating the upside-down kiss… this is technically not canon due to them being variant covers, but they can be if you want.

5. When someone asks Deadpool about the relationship he has with Spider-Man he either says they are best friends or lovers.

6. Wade is jealous or envious of Peter’s bond with Johnny Storm.

7. Wade comments multiple times about how tight Spider-Man’s suit is and how nice his butt is.

8. Wade has called Tobey Maguire cute.

9. There are mutliple occasions of pedestrians in the marvel universe assuming Spider-Man and Deadpool are some sort of couple.

10. When Deadpool is asked about a romantic date… he imagines him and Spiderman sharing a candlelit dinner together…

11. It’s important to remember that Spider-Man is a grown man. Yes, Deadpool flirts a lot, but he is flirting with another adult that he is sexually attracted to, and this is not a crime, he’s not harassing Spider-Man in any way and if Peter felt like he was then he can also be an adult and tell Wade to stop which he never does.

12. Deadpool most of the time does not know that Peter Parker is Spider-Man so when Wade flirts with Spider-Man, he’s mostly attracted to the idea of Spider-Man he has in his head and when he’s in the position to know Spider-Man’s identity, he always refuses and even protects his identity from being known by other people. + Forehead kiss.

13. Wade has a list of people that he would cheat on his wife with. It’s a list of people he’d be given a free pass to have sex with if he’s given the chance. Most people on this list are woman but the last person is Spider-Man, this is one of the biggest nods towards Deadpool’s sexuality because it’s set in stone that if given the opportunity, he would have sex with Spider-Man, while knowing that he’s a man.

14. Wade has pictures of him and Spider-Man together in his house.

15. Spider-Man keeps pictures of him and Wade on his phone… for reasons… I don’t know why.

16. They have one biological child together called ‘Itsy Bitsy’ and another they adopted called Matrix.

17. Wade doesn’t hesitate to protect Spider-Man.

18. Ryan Renolds and Andrew Garfield have kissed before. Not really evidence, I just think it's funny.

19. Deadpool loses his wife because of how much time he’s devoted to Spider-Man, instead of her. She even calls him out on his crush, he legitimately loses his wife because of his relationship with Spider-Man due to her feeling like she’s third wheeling.

20. Marvel ships it.

21. Asking Spider-Man for a kiss, an upside-down kiss that is and I mean, if you count the variant covers as canon then sure, yeah, never say never Spidey.

22. Wade would die with Spider-Man (and he gets to prove this later)

23. Spider-Man’s touch, voice and smell all seem to calm Wade down. 24. There's an issue in a Deadpool comic literally just called "Spideypool." 25. Wade references fanfiction, fanart and says Spideypool out of his mouth multiple times so he's very aware that this exists. 26. There's an alternate universe where they are old man in an apocalypse. 27. Deadpool's villains are well aware that he has a weak spot for Spider-Man and uses this against him at times. How cute is that? 28. Spider-Man is Wade's special boy... dude, this is so fanficy... 29. Okay, so, the heartmates thing. A group of people use magic to try and summon Deadpool's heartmate to try and get to his wife, I'm not entirely sure what a heartmate is but I'm pretty sure it's a 'one true love' type of thing and yes, this summons Spider-Man, so unless Wade's 'gay jokes' have tricked the concept of magic as a whole, that's pretty on the nose. 30. Wade has seen Spider-Man naked... I'm pretty sure that is what this is implying. 31. Peter does find Wade genuinely annoying sometimes, but he never voices this to Wade directly but the funniest thing is... Peter's attitude to Wade is like a 'he can only get on MY NERVES!' type of thing. 32. Peter genuinely gets worried for Deadpool when he gets hurt even though he has a healing factor, he even takes care of him when he's healing after a mission. 33. Peter gets magicked into thinking Wade is attractive. NOW LET'S GET INTO THE SAD AND EXISTENTIAL STUFF! 34. One of Wade's bigger character arcs is when he tries to become a hero like Spider-Man. He admires Spider-Man, he puts him on a pedestal because he does the right thing without hurting anyone and he's admired for it. To be honest, we did just go through a bunch of cute fanficy moments but this moral back and forth between the two is definitely the gayest thing they've done. 35. Weirdly Peter is trying to actively force himself to hate Wade, but he can't find it within himself to dislike him. I think that his mean comments toward Wade are definitely more of an act because the behavior that Wade displays remind him of things he dislikes within himself. Peter also has been betrayed multiple times throughout his life by people he thought he could trust so he has a hard time allowing himself to trust Wade. Meanwhile Wade feels jealous of what he assumes is a relationship between him and Peter Parker that could possibly be romantic, yes, Wade does think Peter Parker and Spider-Man may have been dating which is why Spider-Man is so protective of Peter Parker which causes Wade to get jealous. 36. Wade and Peter actually become friends very easily which is something that people complained about when this comic was still just coming out. Eventually, because Wade is convinced Peter Parker is an evil doer, he kills Peter Parker (Spider-Man) which causes Spider-Man to revoke their friendship and feel betrayed by Deadpool. Peter assumes that Wade falsified their entire friendship just to get to Peter Parker and kill him, he eventually finds out this was a mistake and brings Peter Parker to life which is around the time where Wade's wife leaves him. Now, because of Peter, Wade is using rubber bullets and refusing to kill people. It's important to remember that Wade in the past, has mentioned that killing was all he had, and he gave that up for Spider-Man, to prove himself to Spider-man. This is a huge thing for Wade, killing was one of his most defining traits but it also made him hate himself, but he's willing to change for Peter.

Is it... wrong of me for kind of finding the fact that Peter has worked to help Deadpool stop killing but this ultimately culminates as Wade killing Peter, like biting the hand that feeds you... is it wrong that I find this tragically romantic...? I need so much therapy. 37. Wade explains that he was just trying to protect Spider-Man which is one of my favorite moments between the two.

38. Peter eventually forgives Deadpool, and they go after the person who put a hit on Peter Parker.

39. When Peter’s mad at him… he doesn’t exactly… hate it? I guess.

40. Wade has a little "What would Spidey do?" wristband. That's adorable. 41. Wade describes his new morality as the best thing that's ever happened to him and one of the biggest things that motivate him to be better is because someone (spidey) genuinely believes that he can get better. He mentions that if Spider-man was to die or leave him then there would be no point in getting better which is so sad to me.

42. Spider-Man has a bad habit of easily forgiving people. Spider-Man has a hero complex and believes that everyone can be saved, even when told to his face that Deadpool is not the type of person that can be save, he defends Deadpool and rejects this idea.

43. When Wade does the right thing Peter tells him that he's proud of him and this is also a big motivator for him. He feels better if he's told someone notices his efforts and feels neglected if they don't.

44. Speaking of tragically romantic, Peter starts to question his morality because he finds out that there's a hole in his life that seemingly can't be filled with doing the right thing anymore. He lets himself slip away and contemplates killing itsy bitsy which he commits to doing but Wade tries relentlessly to stop him.

He ends up killing Wade because he finds that his ongoing worship of him makes him feel guilty. 45. Wade doesn't stop trying to get Peter to stop.

Ultimately Peter beats him in the fight and to stop Peter, he sacrifices himself. He kills Itsy Bitsy instead so Peter can't. He gives up his morality, something that meant the world to him, for Peter, once again. Peter feels immensely guilty for this and promises to make it up to Wade somehow. It's also implied that Wade fills that gap in Peter's life that he's missing.

46. This is from a different writer so it's a little inconsistent, basically because of Wade's new morality, he stops making as many jokes, starts to become more serious and eventually gets to really be alone with himself and his problems which causes him to dislike the version of Wade Wilson he's become because of Spidey. It's like Peter makes him see parts of himself that he dislikes a little bit clearer, and he loses hope, he stops believing that he can actually become better. Cameleon, a villain at the time fakes Deadpool killing someone, Peter believes this - which hurts Wade due to how little faith it seems Peter has in Deadpool. He blows up in Peter's face and says that he did all of this for him, and he doesn't really care about letting everyone down... except him, he feels extremely guilty for some reason when he lets Spider-Man down.

47. Eventually, Peter finds out that Wade did not kill someone and apologizes to Deadpool which is important because it means Peter cannot wrong Deadpool without the narrative making sure he makes amends for his actions. Deadpool sometimes is very vexing, and this is not necessarily entirely Peter's fault for getting aggravated with him. Deadpool does this on purpose, he has low self-esteem and sometimes uses his behavior as a way to push the people he cares about away, whether it's to protect them or to keep himself from getting hurt. Wade has communicated this to Peter before and Peter very sweetly affirmed him. 48. Wade has a daughter named Ellie that he keeps far away from him because he does not want her getting in the middle of his mercenary business and getting hurt. He says that one day when he's ready to put this mercenary stuff behind him then he'll be ready to take care of her properly. Wade introduces his daughter to Spider-Man, and she says that she loves Spider-Man and Daddy talks about him all the time which Wade adorably gets embarrassed by. 49. Peter goes out of his way to hang out with Wade. 50. Theres this huge arc of future!Wade Wilson coming back from the future into the past to stop things from going so wrong in the future. This might be confusing but basically, this whole arc is about how Wade refuses to live without Peter and without Peter's permission, gives up some of his healing factor to keep Peter alive way past his due date. He outlives every person he knows and the only person he has is Deadpool. He even gives up being Spider-Man until busting a robbery motivates him to be Spider-Man one more time which he spends that time with Deadpool. Peter almost dies once again and to save Peter, Deadpool gives up more of his healing factor to keep him alive. It's so strange to me that Wade refuses to live without Peter but what's even stranger is that it's revealed that Peter knows Deadpool is keeping him alive and never stops him. These two are so weird about each other. This eventually culminates with the both of them dying in each other's arms, I kid you not. 51. So, Wade and Peter, long story short, stops this future from happening which is the second the last arc. The last last arc is them defeating the concept of the third wall I believe...? 52. Another thing that is EXTREMELY important to note is that Wade and Peter are canonically established friends right now. During the last 10 issues of their solo comic they become friends, set in stone, no going back on that. Peter finally accepts Wade as he is, and they go on a little adventure together. There's no point in saying Peter doesn't like Wade or Wade doesn't like Peter. Peter and Wade's friendship developed over time, there's no need to try and erase their friendship. Peter likes Wade now; he stops pretending to be annoyed with him, he cheers him on, and he compliments him regularly. He even trusts Wade enough to reveal himself as Peter Parker. Peter and Wade's friendship was very similar to Johnny Storm and Peter Parker's, both hated each other at first but then slowly became good friends. There's no point of putting Spideytorch and Spideypool against each other when they are so similar. 53. Wade thinks Peter is handsome. 54. Peter thinks Wade is a hero. 55. One of my favorite moments because I am CRAZY. Wade dying for Peter without hesitation and Peter being devastated. This happens almost right after Peter reveals himself as Peter Parker. 56. Wade has eaten Peter before, if you're into that Cannibalism being a metaphor for love type of thing.

57. Wade has called Peter 'baby boy' and "bambi' but these things have happened literally one time before and have become extremely overused. Wade has plenty of nicknames for Peter, let's mix it up a bit. 58. Marvel's little animation for the both of them. 59. They've interacted in Ultimate Spider-Man before.

60. Peter has a fever dream… Deadpool is crossdressing in it.

61. Deadpool gets put into a falsified reality where everything is his version of perfect, this is a villians way of getting information out of Deadpool while using his favorite things as leverage. In this reality, fake!Spider-Man tries to get information out of Deadpool by bribing him with sex. I kid you not.

62. His little “Make Spidey mine, Marvel!” Badge. He’s so down bad.

63. The entirety of Deadpool (2013) Issue #10.

64. The official Deadpool manga where Deadpool contemplates asking Spider-Man for a dirty favor.

65. Deadpool’s random little Spider-Man keychain at the handle of his Katanna.

Or, y’know, reading their duo comic: Spider-Man/Deadpool (2016) would also basically tell you everything you need to know about their dynamic if you need somewhere to start. I hope this helped to refresh anyone’s mind on things as well.

Again, if I missed anything cute, please let me know. I’ll edit it as soon as possible.

[bisupergirl]

SUPERGIRL READING GUIDE MASTERPOST

ULTIMATE SUPERGIRL READING GUIDE Includes reading guides for PRE-CRISIS, POST-CRISIS, NEW 52, REBIRTH, and INFINITE FRONTIER (continuously updated for recent appearances!)

SUPERGIRL STORYLINE RECOMMENDATIONS Includes recommendations for my favorite Supergirl stories across all of Kara's different eras.

PRE-CRISIS SUPERGIRL RECOMMENDATIONS Includes recommendations for my favorite PRE-CRISIS Supergirl storylines.

[cicatricis]

garth of shayeris reading guide w/ recommended issues (doesn’t cover new 52 and after because that garth is basically a whole different character). posted this on tumblr before, but felt obligated to repost a more updated version!

all the issues in text format under the cut

• Adventure Comics #269

• Brave and the Bold (1955) #60, Brave and the Bold (2007) #10, Aquaman (1962) #11, #23 and #33

• Teen Titans (1966) #28 - #30

• The entirety of Aquaman: Death of a Prince, but specifically Adventure Comics #452 - #455 for Garth

• Crisis on Infinite Earths #9 - 10 (mostly for context!)

• Teen Titans Spotlight #10, #18

• Aquaman (1994) #1 - #9 -> Showcase ‘96 #1 -> Aquaman (1994) #20 - #25

• Tempest (1996)

• Teen Titans (1996) #12 - #15

• The rest of Aquaman (1994), but especially #36 - #37, #45 - #47, #49 - #56, #60, #63 - #75

• JLA/Titans -> The entirety of Titans (1999), but especially #1 - #5, #14 - #19, #42 - #47

• JLA: The Obsidian Age; Garth appears in JLA #68 and #75

This isn’t included in the guide, but I recommend reading Rick Veitch’s Garth (/Cerdian) story in JLA/JSA: Secret Files & Origins before reading Aquaman (2003).

• Aquaman (2003) #4 - #12, #32 - #38

• Titans (2008) #15

[bobbinalong]

Reading Guides

This is a masterpost collecting all of my DC reading guides, all of which I keep up to date to the best of my abilities.

Otho-Ra & Osul-Ra / The Super-Twins

Get to know Jon

Jon Kent / Superman

World's Finest Sons (Dick and Jon)

Get to know Jay

Jay Nakamura / Gossamer

Nia Nal / Dreamer

How the hell did we get here? - A guide to Jay Nakamura, Nia Nal and Jon Kent

[thepsychicracoon]

A “Kinda” Simple Guide On How To Read The X-Men

This is from my TikTok but since that whole app might get put down like a dog I’m just throwing all my comic reading guides here. That’s why it looks like this lol

[patheticbatman]

Derin Story Guide - November 2024

@derinthescarletpescatarian I had to add another layer just to fit them all :D!

[mamawasatesttube]

I went hunting at a place that sells comics (if there's actual comic book stores in my city/country I have yet to find them) and managed to get my hands on a Steel omnibus! I'm enjoying it immensely :^] Are there any storylines/runs you'd personally recommend for more John Henry Irons?

YESSSS STEEL NATION LETS GO!!!! i've been wanting to put together a proper john henry reading list for a while now tbh, so thank you for this excuse to actually do it!

John Henry Irons (Steel) Postcrisis Reading List:

i'm gonna assume you've already read reign of the supermen (linked just in case you or anyone else needs it) and don't need my help re: steel (1994) bc it's a pretty straightforward solo, so i'm primarily gonna focus on steel stuff from triangle era superman!

The Trial of Superman (one of my all-time favorite arcs):

Superman: The Man of Steel #50

Superman (vol. 2) #106

The Adventures of Superman #529

Action Comics #716

Superman: The Man of Steel #51

Superman (vol. 2) #107

Steel #22

The Adventures of Superman #530

Superman: The Man of Tomorrow #3

Action Comics #717

Superman: The Man of Steel #52

Superman (vol. 2) #108

The Adventures of Superman #531

steel is also around during the Millenium Giants event, though he isn't a major focus (it's such a big ensemble event that no one individual really gets a lot of spotlight, you know?). that being said there are some really cute kon & steel and lois & steel moments in it!

Superman: The Man of Steel #78

Aquaman (Vol. 5) #43

Challengers of the Unknown (Vol. 3) #15

Superman (Vol. 2) #134

Teen Titans (Vol. 2) #19

Supergirl (Vol. 4) #20

Adventures of Superman #557

Steel (Vol. 2) #50

Action Comics #744

after this he appears in a couple of isolated special issues:

Team Superman

Team Superman Secret Files

these are leadups to "Superman Forever" which is a mostly superman-centric follow-up to the millenium giants storyline, set after "Team Superman Secret Files". steel cameos at the beginning of Superman Forever but i wouldn't call it an essential read for him!

JLA is a team-up book, but steel is part of the team from #16-40.

now i'm gonna hop back into triangle era stuff:

Superman: The One Man JLA is a four part story about supes getting kidnapped by aliens (again) and the flash, steel, green lantern, and martian manhunter all going on a space adventure to rescue him. it's in:

Superman (Vol. 2) #147

Adventures of Superman #570

Action Comics #757

Superman: The Man of Steel #92

then back to more on and off issues!

Superman: The Man of Steel #95 (he's only at the very end)

Superman: The Man of Steel #96

Superman: The Man of Steel #97

Superman: The Man of Steel #98

Superman: The Man of Steel #100

Superman: The Man of Steel #101

the next four issues are part of the Critical Condition arc:

Superman (Vol. 2) #158

Adventures of Superman #580

Superman: The Man of Steel #102

Action Comics #767

next up, unfortunately, is the Emperor Joker arc. as you can probably tell by its name.... this arc is about the joker (specifically, the joker stealing mxy's powers). it's...................... i won't lie i found it a slog for the most part. like, yes, there's kon in a burger boy outfit and also batman getting tortured to death, resurrected, and tortured to death again every night, but at what cost. at what fucking cost. i don't really care about this arc, so i'm just gonna link the dcu fandom wiki page in case you want to see the issues in it and leave it there.

Superman: The Man of Steel #106 (REALLY good john henry & lois stuff in this issue <3)

Superman: The Man of Steel #107

Superman: The Man of Steel #108 (CLOISSTEEL)

Superman: The Man of Steel #109

Superman (Vol. 2) #166

Superman: The Man of Steel #110

Superman: The Man of Steel #112 (john henry only is at the end, but what happens there is Important for him. the rest of the issue is mostly about krypto :) puppy!!)

and then we kinda put the caeloss storyline on hold for a bit, because... it's time for Our Worlds At War!! steel isn't in every issue here and it is a huge event, so i'm once again gonna link a list of all of the issues involved. the major points for what happens to steel are in the following superman issues:

Adventures of Superman #594

Superman: The Man of Steel #116

Superman: The Man of Steel #117

Action Comics #782

Superman: The Man of Steel #118 (aftermath)

and then back to more episodic stuff again. the "Gangs of Metropolis" arc picks up on some of the caeloss/suicide slum stuff from before, and is pretty significant for both john henry and nat:

Superman: The Man of Steel #122

Superman: The Man of Steel #123

Superman: The Man of Steel #124

Superman: The Man of Steel #125

the next arc john henry appears in is "Ending Battle", but he's not a major player (it is mostly a superman story), so i'm just linking a list for all of it again. that being said he does show up in:

Superman: The Man of Steel #130

Superman: The Man of Steel #131

and then the aftermath of what happens to him in #131 is in

Superman: The Man of Steel #134 (end of the run!!)

and THEN. this is followed up on by the HOLY GRAIL of all superfam single-issue comics:

Superman Vs Darkseid: Apokolips Now!

after this, he shifts into a more background role as superman's tech and gadget guy, replacing emil hamilton (starting with a cameo in action comics #802), while nat takes up the hammer and becomes steel (for that, see action comics #806-#808).

A World Without Superman is a lil three-part arc about the timestream resetting itself after the Y2K event! john henry (and kon and nat) are around in there:

Action Comics #811

Adventures of Superman #624

Superman (Vol. 2) #201

a last couple of isolated issues again as we get into Infinite Crisis:

Superman (Vol. 2) #220 (disclaimer: this issue is not good lmao. the writer did NOT do his basic research and it really shows)

Superman (Vol. 2) #225

Adventures of Superman #648

after infinite crisis, john henry and nat have a significant plotline in 52 and infinity inc. vol 2, but... i'll be honest, i don't really like it 💀 i don't agree with pretty much any of how 52 characterized their relationship - it's very different from their triangle era interactions and . ugh. that's all complaining for another time.

other than that, john henry gets a part in the New Krypton storylines, which i do heartily recommend in their entirety, but for the john henry-specific issues:

Action Comics #872

Superman Vol. 1 #683

Action Comics #873

Superman Vol. 1 #685

Superman Vol. 1 #686

Superman Vol. 1 #687

Superman Vol. 1 #689

Superman Vol. 1 #690

Superman Vol. 1 #695

Superman Vol. 1 #697

Superman: War of the Supermen #1

Superman: War of the Supermen #2

Superman: War of the Supermen #3

Superman: War of the Supermen #4

then we have Reign of the Doomsdays, the last superfam event before flashpoint!

Steel (2011) #1

Action Comics #900

Action Comics #901

Action Comics #902

Action Comics #903

Action Comics #904

and... that's about it!! there are other comics i left off this list with more minor john henry appearances, but these are what i'd consider all the big ones (and a few smaller but imo important ones). happy reading!!!

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my updated intro to mae kent zine is finally done!! thank you so much to @deven895 and @pup-pee for helping with the art— so glad to finally have this done!!

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THE COMPLETE GREEN ARROW BY DENNIS O'NEIL - READING GUIDE

On The Order:

Reading this chronologically woudn't really work. He retconned his own work(for the better). However, there are notes here that would allow you to easily organize things chronologically.

There are some stories here that don't really have Green Arrow that much. You will know which ones as there will be notes on them pointing that out.

The Retconned Story and The Retcon Story:

To read chronologically without facing contradictions, just skip JLA #75 and DC Super-Stars #17, And instead read Peacemakers and The Arrow and the Bat before JLA #66.

PRE-CRISIS

DENNIS O'NEIL'S RUN ON JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA

This is the run in which everything starts. Anarchist Green Arrow, Black Canary in the League, GA and BC relationship...

He doesn't show up in 3 issues of the run(70, 73-74).

This run is also very important for Black Canary. And their relationship. This is where everything starts. Black Canary on the JLA, anarchist Green Arrow. BC and GA's relationship...

Justice League of America #66, 68-75, 77-83

GA doesn't show up in 3 issues: #70, 73-74

The latter part of this run was released during the beginning of GL/GA

PRE-CRISIS ORDER:

The order here is the DCUGuide order.

JLA #66, 68-75, 77-80

Green Lantern #76-77

JLA #81

Green Lantern #78-79

JLA #82-83

Green Lantern #80-83

Superman #236(b)

Here my bias showing. It's a short story about Krypton. GA and BC are listening to Superman telling this story. I really like this one. It's worth checking out. You get cool moments for GA and BC in the first and last page of this.

Green Lantern #84-86, 89

The Flash #217-219(b stories)

Green Lantern #90-99

DC Super-Stars #17(a)

Origin story in a flashback. The non-flashback part is following up on JLA #75

Green Lantern #102-106, 108-115

World's Finest Comics #256(b)

Team-up with Black Lighting, part of O'Neil's run on BL

Green Lantern #116-122

DC Comics Presents #20

POST-CRISIS

FROM THE QUESTION BY DENNIS O'NEIL

These stories are from O'Neil's Question run.

The Question #17-18

FABLES

Detective Comics Annual #1

Green Arrow Annual #1

The Question Annual #1

LOSING/SAVING FACE

The Question Annual #2

Green Arrow Annual #2

Green Arrow Annual #3

Epilogue of The Question's 1986 series.

THE RING, THE ARROW AND THE BAT

All stories from now on are team-ups with either Batman or Green Lantern.

Batman/Green Arrow: The Poison Tomorrow

Justice League Task Force #5-6

Part of Knightquest: The Search

Not that much Green Arrow

PEACEMAKERS

Legends of the DC Universe #7-9

This is a tale of how GA came to be the character O'Neil made him be. It retcons JLA #75

O'Neil characterize this as a Year One-type story

It works with the post-zero hour continuity. Just doesn't match certain elements of O'Neil's JLA run

It leads to GL/GA

It matches fine with GL/GA

Due to Ollie's characterization, this would have happened before JLA #66

THE ARROW AND THE BAT

Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #127-131

Sequel of Peacemakers

It's set before the last scene of Peacemakers.

DC Retroactive: Green Lantern - The '70s

This one ties Peacemakers and The Longbow Hunters.

It would fit right after the next story.

TIME ALONE

Green Lantern 80th Anniversary Super Spectacular(d)

Last published O'Neil work.

I don't know where this would fit. I would guess before Green Lantern #172. For Green Arrow, that would be after DC Comics Presents #20

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Batman (1940) #408-411, #416

Detective Comics (1937) #569-574, #580 & #581

Superman (1939) Annual #11

New Teen Titans (1985) #20, #21

Batman: The Cult (1988)

Batman (1940) #422, #424, #425

Batman: A Death in The Family

Batman: Gotham Knights (2000) #43-45

RED HOOD

Under The Red Hood & Red Hood: Lost Days (I recommend reading Lost Days first, but it's up to you)

Nightwing (1996) #118-122

Green Arrow (2001) #69-72

Batman: Battle for the Cowl & Battle for the Cowl: The Underground (2009)

Task Force Z (2021)

Joker: The Man Who Stopped Laughing (2023)