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=== ''Crisis on Infinite Earths'' ===
=== ''Crisis on Infinite Earths'' ===
Publication date: 1985-1986


Level 1
Level 1


* ''Crisis on Infinite Earths'' [[https://www.librarything.com/work/9752473 LibraryThing]]
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crisis_on_Infinite_Earths ''Crisis on Infinite Earths'' - Wikipedia]
 
* ''Crisis on Infinite Earths'' - main series [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/1563897504 Wikipedia Book Sources (softcover)]]
* ''Crisis on Infinite Earths Companion Deluxe Edition Vol. 1'' - tie-ins [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/1401274595 Wikipedia Book Sources]]


=== ''Legends'' ===
=== ''Legends'' ===
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=== ''Flashpoint'' ===
=== ''Flashpoint'' ===
Publication date: 2011


Level 1
Level 1


* ''Flashpoint'' [[https://www.librarything.com/work/11695736 LibraryThing]]
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flashpoint_(comics) ''Flashpoint'' - Wikipedia]
 
* ''Time Masters: Vanishing Point'' - prelude [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/1401230474 Wikipedia Book Sources]]
* ''The Flash Volume 2: The Road to Flashpoint'' - prelude [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/1401232795 Wikipedia Book Sources]]
* ''Flashpoint'' - main series [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/1401233384 Wikipedia Book Sources (softcover)]]
* ''Flashpoint: The World of Flashpoint Featuring The Flash'' - tie-ins [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/1401234089 Wikipedia Book Sources]]
* ''Flashpoint: The World of Flashpoint Featuring Wonder Woman'' - tie-ins [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/1401234100 Wikipedia Book Sources]]
* ''Flashpoint: The World of Flashpoint Featuring Superman'' - tie-ins [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/1401234348 Wikipedia Book Sources]]
* ''Flashpoint: The World of Flashpoint Featuring Batman'' - tie-ins [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/1401234054 Wikipedia Book Sources]]
* ''Flashpoint: The World of Flashpoint Featuring Green Lantern'' - tie-ins [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/1401234062 Wikipedia Book Sources]]


== Post-''Flashpoint'' ==
== Post-''Flashpoint'' ==
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Level 4
Level 4


=== ''DC Rebirth'' ===
=== DC Rebirth ===
 
Publication date: 2016


Level 1
Level 1


* ''DC Universe: Rebirth Deluxe Edition'' [[https://www.librarything.com/work/18628182 LibraryThing]]
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DC_Rebirth DC Rebirth - Wikipedia]
 
* ''DC Universe: Rebirth Deluxe Edition'' [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources?isbn=9781401270728 Wikipedia Book Sources]]


== Post-''DC Rebirth'' ==
== Post-''DC Rebirth'' ==

Revision as of 04:56, 2 April 2019

Introduction

Levels

I've assigned each event a level that indicates its importance. These will let you be selective if you don't want to read every event. You can limit your reading to levels 1 and 2, for example, if you only care about events that affect DC's whole universe.

  • Level 1: These are publisher-wide events that are so important that they organize the whole list.
  • Level 2: These are less important publisher-wide events.
  • Level 3: These events involve smaller sets of characters, but they're important enough to merit their own Wikipedia articles.
  • Level 4: These are smaller events that don't have their own articles.

Pre-Crisis

Flash of Two Worlds

Level 3

Crisis on Earth-One!, Crisis on Earth-Two!

Level 3

JLA: Zatanna's Search

Level 3

Green Lantern #40, Secret Origin of the Guardians!

Level 3

Green Lantern/Green Arrow: Snowbirds Don't Fly

Level 3

Showcase #100

Level 3

Crisis on Earth Prime

Level 3

Superman: Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?

Level 3

Watchmen

Level 3

Crisis on Infinite Earths and post-Crisis

Crisis on Infinite Earths

Publication date: 1985-1986

Level 1

Crisis on Infinite Earths - Wikipedia

Legends

Level 2

Millennium

Level 2

Cosmic Odyssey

Level 2

Invasion!

Level 2

Suicide Squad: The Janus Directive

Level 3

Batman: A Lonely Place of Dying

Level 4

Armageddon 2001

Level 2

War of the Gods

Level 2

Eclipso: The Darkness Within

Level 2

Superman: Panic in the Sky

Level 4

The Death of Superman

Level 3

Trinity

Level 3

Batman: Knightfall

Level 3

Bloodlines

Level 2

Justice League: Breakdowns

Level 3

End of an Era

Level 3

Superman: Fall of Metropolis

Level 4

Zero Hour: Crisis in Time

Level 2

The Way of the Warrior

Level 4

Underworld Unleashed

Level 2

The Flash: Dead Heat

Level 4

The Final Night

Level 2

Batman: Contagion

Level 3

Genesis

Level 2

Batman: Cataclysm

Level 3

DC One Million

Level 2

Superman: Behold! The Millennium Giants!

Level 4

Day of Judgment

Level 2

JLApe: Gorilla Warfare!

Level 3

The Flash: Chain Lightning

Level 4

Superboy: The Evil Factory

Level 4

Our Worlds at War

Level 3

Joker: Last Laugh

Level 3

Bruce Wayne: Fugitive

Level 3

A World Without Young Justice

Level 4

JSA: Black Reign

Level 3

Identity Crisis

Level 2

Infinite Crisis

Level 2

Amazons Attack

Level 3

Sinestro Corps War

Level 3

Final Crisis

Level 2

Blackest Night

Level 2

Superman: New Krypton

Level 3

Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne

Level 3

Reign of Doomsday

Level 3

Flashpoint

Publication date: 2011

Level 1

Flashpoint - Wikipedia

Post-Flashpoint

The New 52

Level 2

I, Vampire: Rise of the Vampires

Level 4

The Culling: Rise of the Ravagers

Level 3

Green Lantern: Rise of the Third Army

Level 3

Rotworld

Level 4

Hawkman: Wanted

Level 4

The Black Diamond Probabilty

Level 4

Batman: Death of the Family

Level 3

Superman: H'El on Earth

Level 3

Justice League: Throne of Atlantis

Level 3

Batman: Requiem

Level 4

Superman: Psi War

Level 4

Batman: Zero Year

Level 3

Justice League: Trinity War

Level 3

Forever Evil

Level 2

Green Lantern: Lights Out

Level 4

Supergirl: Red Daughter of Krypton

Level 4

Batman: Gothtopia

Level 4

Superman: Doomed

Level 3

Green Lantern: Uprising

Level 4

Batman: Endgame

Level 3

Green Lanterns/New Gods: Godhead

Level 4

The New 52: Futures End

Level 2

Earth 2: World's End

Level 3

Convergence

Level 2

Truth

Level 4

Darkseid War

Level 4

Robin War

Level 4

The Savage Dawn

Level 4

The Final Days of Superman

Level 4

DC Rebirth

Publication date: 2016

Level 1

DC Rebirth - Wikipedia

Post-DC Rebirth

Batman: Night of the Monster Men

Level 4

Justice League vs. Suicide Squad

Level 4

Superman Reborn

Level 4

Batman/The Flash: The Button

Level 3

Titans: The Lazarus Contract

Level 4

Dark Nights: Metal

Level 2

Doomsday Clock

Level 2

Super Sons of Tomorrow

Level 4

Milk Wars

Level 3

The Wedding

Level 4

Sink Atlantis

Level 4

Heroes in Crisis

Level 2

The Witching Hour

Level 4

Drowned Earth

Level 4

Event Leviathan

Level 3

Sources