Phillip Cobb, aka Signalman, lives up to his name by using signals or signs as his motif when committing crimes. He’s often played as a joke nowadays, but what if he were made into a serious threat?

I kind of thought it would be cool if DC retooled him to be much more psychological and sci-fi-based, where he would use signs and symbols to control people’s minds more like the villains from They Live. Could this approach work or would it possibly come too close to being a rip-off of sorts?

I tried batman, superman and green lantern. I was intrested in the origins stories like how batman grew up and dealt with his parents death. How superman grew up to learn more of his kryptonian origin. And whatever led hal or john to become green lanterns.

There are some many numbers like issue #42 or #52 i dont where to start amd whenever i do i pick a comic for example batman. He already has his robins and villiams already introduced. Where did this come from. How do people read comics orderly so the stories line up?

I want to try reading comics but it is so annoying to find where to start.

For the whole of 2023, I took a gap year and worked a job that involved a lot of paid free time where I was free to use my devices. Inspired by the prospect of DC films starting fresh, I decided to attempt what probably very few have done: read almost every single DC comic by the year’s end. Believe it or not, I actually did it (mostly). Of course, reading every speech bubble of every issue DC ever published is simply not humanly possible, so I set myself a couple of rules:

· Silver Age to Flashpoint only (plus Golden Age debuts of key characters. Also read all the Golden Age All-Star Comics as I’m a big JSA fan)

· Separate by chunks, eg. read the entire Silver Age, take a break for a few weeks. Read the Bronze Age, break. Copper Age, break. 1986-1990, break, etc.

· Superheroes only, so no movie tie-ins, war/romance books, or Vertigo (except the famous ones that I couldn’t pass up like Hellblazer, Shade, Animal Man, Sandman). I also read the all the original Charlton runs of the Ditko Charlton characters, which I REALLY loved. Also Plastic Man from Quality Comics.

· Spend around 2-3 hours a day reading, if possible.

· For issues that seemed like filler or just seemed uninteresting based on the first few pages, I would just skim through it without reading all the dialogue. I still made a point to enjoy the art.

· Sadly, was never a huge fan of team-ups so I skipped most of the team-up titles and anthologies. I did read every single crossover event, including stuff like Millenium and Zero Hour.

· Before I started a new title, I would google it to see if anything about it will ever be referenced again. If it seemed uninteresting and was never heard of again, I would skip it entirely. If they appeared again, eg. characters like Arak and Arion, then I would force myself to read at least the first few and last few issues of their debut title.

The actual reading process was as follows:

· On the DC wikia, go to each year by category, and write down every single new title that year. I did this for every year for each chunk.

· Once I had this list, I checked what issues were published during that chunk, eg. for silver age, there was Action Comics 241-418, Teen Titans 1-43, Adventure Comics 290-380 (for Legion of Super-heroes), etc. This was easy for the Silver Age but DC really went crazy with new titles during the Bronze and Copper Age and i really felt burnt out on many occasions.

· Download everything on my phone/laptop and start reading.

· Once I was done reading each chunk, I would start the process again for the next chunk.

After I streamlined my system, I was on a roll. I managed 1-3 hours of reading every day, and the entire project took almost the full year from Showcase #4 around Feb 2023 and Flashpoint around Dec 2023. I probably permanently damaged my eyesight but it was a feeling like no other reaching the end. I experienced a bit of depression and anxiety as I went through some tough times personally and financially, but most days I would still look forward to reading what happened next with the characters that I had fallen in love with. It also made me truly love comics as a storytelling medium, and considering they’ve been telling a somewhat continuous story for almost 70 years now, it’s pretty damn impressive.

So, do I recommend it? No, unless you have a LOT of free time on your hands and are REALLY interested in DC comics. If you do, I would recommend taking notes because the sheer amount of information will become increasingly confusing, and thanks to the speed at which I was reading everything, I ended up forgetting a lot of important stuff.

Ngl, there were a lot of boring titles, cash-grab issues, horrible editorial changes, and outdated themes/characters. But the gold every now and then was worth it. Also, I must admit feeling a bit sad that so many characters and issues that creators put their talents into will probably never be read by anyone unless DC ever puts them in a movie or something. For example, I read and loved ‘Mazing Man and was so happy to see his appearance in an episode of Brave and the Bold. But I doubt many would be inclined to check out his debut title (I probably wouldn’t have if it wasn’t for this project). I’m sure there were plenty others which I unfortunately skipped that were equally good.

Feel free to ask me any questions and I’ll try to answer from the best of my memory!

Phoenix and Gaga will be amazing

Wondering if reading 52 enhances reading Final Crisis or it’s just a waist of time and just go to Final Crisis

does anybody know any other comics where harley and ivy are canon? or they don't have to be canon, i just need them to be in the comic because i can't get enough of them. batman and superman are usually involved when they're there, i've read dark knight of steel and bombshells and they were great, i loved everything! i want to read more but i honestly don't know where to start, would appreciate it if anyone could suggest, thank you!

I finally started reading some comics (batman rn, but i plan on reading other characters comics later on) and while looking for some reading guides I saw a lot of mentions of 'Pre crisis- Post crisis' stuff and am confused as to what it means, I was hoping someone could explain/simplify what it is?

In WW3 Helena was going to kill Prometheus and Batman "fires" her from the Justice League. She didn't seem to be involved in the fight against Mageddon. Does she ever get any measure of redemption following this and where can I find it?

I get why Batman did it but I felt bad for her because she seemed to genuinely be trying to be good. Like when she was bravely fighting by herself in Gothams no man's land trying to keep people safe, or how she was trying to save lives on the streets while Yz and Lkz were fighting.

This question's been bugging me for a while now. No matter how much I search I never find the answer.

I've had DC Ultra since it came out, literally a member since 2018 and had the free version before that.

It's an AWFUL app. I have yet to read a comic without Alfred showing up and saying there was a problem.

They literally have zero plan associated to the iphone top notch.

Some Tuesdays they just skip releases.

Searching is terrible, and if you want to read the preview that is half written about a series, forget it, functionality they've never figured out.

Am I the only one? If comics weren't so expensive and YouTube wasn't so difficult for reading comics I'd stop supporting this app.

Mine is The Flash (Barry Allen)

I loved Al Ewing's worldbuilding and him & Kieron Gillen's intricate plots and storyweaving they've done at Marvel.

What stories would you like them to do?

Personally, i want Al Ewing to write Green Lantern & worldbuild the hell out of DC space and the other lantern corps.

For Gillen i want him to write the Justice League but making it like the JL unlimited show.

So I'm not too familiar with "The Question" in general, but reading through the Gotham Forget Me Not story in the current Ram V Elegy of Sand issues I've noticed Montoya keeps crushing these vials that release a green smoke. Can somebody clear up for me what the smoke is?

TW: SA Basically when I was a kid my elementary school library had a DC encyclopedia book and I vaguely remember some very dark stuff about Starman in that book though I could be mistaken. Basically my question is was any version of Starman sexually assaulted by one of his villains who then had a child from that assault? Sorry for asking such an uncomfortable question but I just genuinely remember reading that as a kid and it was super uncomfortable and I just want to know if I’m remembering something wrong or if this was real.

I need some help to find this character. I have clues but can't seem to find the character. I'll tell you if your answer is incorrect . Here are the clues.

DC character that can teleport.

Generally stays in one location. When they teleport, it's typically long distance.

Does not have a hero/villain name.(Uses their original name)

The character is rather large .They have a tendency to let people walk over them. Also, this character is a member of the LGBT community.

The character has shapeshifted a few times.

This character is not human, and is a strong ally of a specific group.

So I've read crisis and really enjoyed it. But it ended with the multiverse merged into one Earth. How did the multiverse come back? Or am I miss understanding something.

I've been reading the latest Green Arrow run like most of you do, and although I'm not its biggest fan there's an amount of knowledge and love for DC that Williamson (the writer) has which is very present, especially in the last issue we got. Not only is this care and understanding over DC's history present, but he also seems to have a genuine care for making canon work, tying current books to stuff prior to Flashpoint, as well as revisiting stuff like Heroes In Crisis, which although people don't like is meant to have been an important event in universe, so it's for the best that it continues to be referenced as such.

with all of this said I just can't shake the feeling that Williamson, despite all his work as a writer, would be a much stronger addition to DC as an editor instead. Tt'd give him more power over characters and their appearances in titles, which is something he's shown a talent for in both GA and Infinite Frontier, and just overall could lead to a better put together universe

yeah

If the Flash is wearing headphones then goes faster than the speed of sound, could he hear any music?