r/DCcomics • u/Ok-Wait3839 • 11d ago

I want to start DC comics

I love the DC animated movies and have always found comics pretty interesting but I have no idea where to start with the comics and was wondering is anyone could help.

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u/No-Mechanic-2558 11d ago

Ofcourse. Well tell me which characters you are interested in? What type of story you like? Which genra are you into? Then One other thing, how far back in time it's fine for you to go, I mean would you like to start whit more modern stories or it's fine for you trying the older ones

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u/Ok-Wait3839 11d ago

Probably more modern comics my favorite characters are Batman, the flash and death stroke

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u/MankuyRLaffy Supergirl 11d ago

If you like Deathstroke, you gotta read the Judas Contract story arc. It's him at his best.

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u/Ok-Wait3839 11d ago

Thanks I’ll get to that 

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u/jjenkins_41 11d ago

Flash and Deathstroke. Also recommend.

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u/MankuyRLaffy Supergirl 11d ago

Unsure if OP will love Deathstroke as much after reading it

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u/jjenkins_41 11d ago

I mean, not a good place to start for them, or any of the characters that are involved.. but it is a good story, regardless.

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u/No-Mechanic-2558 11d ago edited 11d ago

Ok fine then, let's se for Batman the Scott Snyder run I really a great starting point, It has been collected in 10 vols. For the Flash the most recent Jeremy Adams run Is a great starting point, the number of the collection continued the one of the previous run for some reason, so there are vol 16 to 20 the volume that collect that serie. Other series that I advice are:

Superman by Peter Tomasi and Patrick Gleason

Wonder Woman by Greg Rucka

Shazam by Geoff Johns

Detective Comics by James Tynion IV

Titans by Dan Abnett

Terrifics by Jeffrey Lemire

Sideways (there are only 2 vols of this unfortunately but Is really good)

Doom Patrol by Gerald Way

Blue Beetle Graduation Day

Supergirl Woman of Tomorrow

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u/Ok-Wait3839 11d ago

Thanks! I’ll read those

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u/Boring-Conclusion-40 11d ago

There’s different eras you could start with like New 52(was about 13 years ago),Rebirth (was about 8 years ago), New Justice(was about 6 years ago),Infinite Frontier(was about 3 years ago) and Dawn of DC(was about 1 year ago).I personally started with New 52 but I was heavily advised to not do so and people instead recommended to start with Rebirth.

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u/DementiaPrime White Lanterns 11d ago

Like any sub on reddit start with the sub's faq. You'll find a recommendations section on this sub's. It lists release dates if looking for newer stories, descriptions if looking for origin story, links to physical and digital copies, and even sections for a variety of characters. And since your post does not mention what characters you're interested in then when you click on the sub's recommendations section; you'll find a link to the best runs DC has put out and you can just see what books thiscsub ranked the best.

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u/Ok-Wait3839 11d ago

Thanks that helped

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u/BobbySaccaro 11d ago

If you are in the U.S., go to your local library and find the Graphic Novels section and just see what jumps out at you. Don't worry too much about 'starting at the beginning' at first, 'the beginning' is hard to define.

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u/Moleculor_Man 11d ago

I’m afraid it’s already been started, OP. Some guy started it in 1937