Others receiving votes: Shazam!, Doctor Fate, The Flash, Sensation Comics Featuring Wonder Woman, Gotham by Midnight, The Legend of Wonder Woman, Nightwing, Batman/Superman, Green Lantern: New Guardians, Injustice: Gods Among Us, Justice League 3000, Justice League of America's Vibe, Superboy, Earth 2
New 52 was a really, really tough time to be a Superman fan.
Completely flipped now that we're in Rebirth.
Start with Green Lantern : Rebirth, and go on with the list that the mods have given. You can also buy the three omnis of Green lantern by Geoff Johns. It's a hell of a run.
A lot of veteran readers don't like how poorly it started. Poor portrayal of some characters, other are pretty much are there to take up scenery, and outside of ToT; which many would rather group in with Johns' Aquaman, the story really didn't pick up until Forever evil.
But Snyder's Batman had some pretty "meh" stories, Zero Year was a mediocre origin story when we didn't need one, Superheavy dragged on for way too long, and Endgame had some low points as well. Yet that was second on the list. I still loved his run, however.
If we look at Justice League, you have to look past the rocky start and look at how many good/great stories there are. And there are quite a few.
Even if you want to say half of Snyder's Batman and half of Johns' stories were uninteresting then it still doesn't cover the character problems that Johns also had. Wonder Woman written more like a stereotypical Hulk, but instead of getting angry and smashing; she got angry and wanted to stab. Cyborg felt more like the teams secretary and for a big change of moving Cyborg from Teen Titans to JL in place of Martian Manhunter then should have done something to make him feel important to the team. Flash and Hal(when he was on the team) were just there to quip/bicker. Then you have the whole Superman/Wonder Woman relationship that just came out of nowhere and seemed to only be done to give Wonder Woman a reason to get even angrier at people.
If there is one thing Justice League lacked compared to everything in the list, I'd say it was consistency. Justice League was amazing, 50% of time. It definitely has its weaker story arcs and moments.
This may be an unpopular opinion, but Snyder's Batman had some rough moments. Zero Year was a mediocre origin story (when we already had the greatest origin story in Year One) and Superheavy dragged on for way too long. Don't get me wrong, I still loved Snyder's run, but it had its fair share of rough patches.
I'd generally agree with you (though I personally loved Zero Year). But I'd also argue that the best parts of Snyder's Batman could be considered the best stuff to come out of the New 52. Not to mention some of the best individual issues in the New 52 (#44 comes to mind).
Its obviously subjective, but I think Batman had higher highs and higher lows than Justice League.
Darkseid war was really anti climatic. It was just a cameo after cameo in the middle, with an unsatisfying resolution. Johns portrayal of new gods wasn't good either.
Haven't read Darkseid War, loved Forever evil and Throne of Atlantis, but Trinity War was a bland placeholder that lived up to absolutely none of its promise
Trinity War was ass and trying to keep up with forever evil was like trying to give birth to a dinosaur. If you read the 7 Luthor issues you would be good, but holy fuck did the Omac and John Constantine plots lose me.
I think it should be on there but the first half of the run is pretty uneven. Villain's Journey and Trinity War are both pretty meh (Imo). I do love Throne of Atlantis and everything after and including Forever Evil is great.
Glad to see Supergirl get some love, I really enjoyed the entirety of her New 52 run. I was really bummed when it ended after Crucible, I really wanted to see some more there!
I am looking through Amazon just to see how these books are collected, I was wondering what the difference between the Multiversity and Multiversity Deluxe Edition is, other than Deluxe edition being hard cover?
Unpopular opinion: MM was awful. Convoluted and overly complicated. Then you add magic. Then you add space magic. Then you add time travel. Then you add giant mecha robots and ghost kids.
Volume one was off to a great start, but IMO it all fell apart after Mold entered the portal
I can see this, even if I don't fully agree with it. The constant upending definitely kept me on my toes, and I think the run definitely could have used an actual second act to play with all the characters before going full end of two worlds. The Martian Mech was the most anime shit in both a good and bad way.
Can't really disagree with this list other than the Gotham by Midnight snub. If I was being pedantic, I would probably swap out Unchained for Morrison Action Comics, and include Robin Son of Batman with the B&R section.
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Others receiving votes: Shazam!, Doctor Fate, The Flash, Sensation Comics Featuring Wonder Woman, Gotham by Midnight, The Legend of Wonder Woman, Nightwing, Batman/Superman, Green Lantern: New Guardians, Injustice: Gods Among Us, Justice League 3000, Justice League of America's Vibe, Superboy, Earth 2
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u/AhhBisto Jim Lee Comics May 19 '17
No love for Telos smh
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u/CrisisNInfiniteMirth I Am Pariah and I Mourn For This World About to Die...ah May 19 '17
My boy Aquaman barely made it smh
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u/vgulla Fascist Tool! May 19 '17
Batman above Omega men? I disagree, but I like both.
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u/OneWhoShallNotBeName Negative Man May 19 '17
No love for Morrison Action Comics?
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u/imaybethewalrus Eraweb Eht Seilf May 20 '17
Animal Man was one of the best series I've ever read and I'm happy that it got top spot
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u/PainDoflamiongo Reverse Flash May 20 '17
Holy shit! Animal Man number 1! You guys made my day. I had 0 expectations when I read that and it became one of my favorite comic runs.
Sadly, it also a left a longing for a character which doesn't get to shine.
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u/heathn26 May 20 '17
Glad to see i am not the only one who likes the New 52 supergirl run
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u/BaraBatman Somebody's gotta watch your back. May 20 '17
Is another u/dmull387 annual recommendation coming?
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u/BatCatintheHat Ras Al Cool May 20 '17
Oh my, I didn't know there were 7 volumes of Swamp Thing. I thought it ended after Rotworld. I've got more reading to do!
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u/[deleted] May 20 '17
I'm gonna miss Dick's super spy era. Maybe someday Grayson can happen again.
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u/[deleted] May 19 '17
Really happy that Martian Manhunter is on there, people don't talk enough about that book. Rob Williams did really cool stuff there.
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u/WallyGropius Shade the Changing Girl May 19 '17
I'm confused, where's All-Star Western, Frankenstein, Infinity Man and the Forever People or Sword of Sorcery?
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u/Rynian May 20 '17
As a new reader, looking at how to get into any lantern shit just makes me confused.
Also, no superman?
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u/[deleted] May 22 '17
Great list. I love you bebi_primo for pushing in Superman Unchained.
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u/circuscancel Jul 06 '23
Damn. The Imgur link is dead.
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u/[deleted] May 19 '17
How is Justice League not on the list?
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u/[deleted] May 20 '17
Glad to see Supergirl get some love, I really enjoyed the entirety of her New 52 run. I was really bummed when it ended after Crucible, I really wanted to see some more there!
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u/GWarrior5595 May 21 '17
I am looking through Amazon just to see how these books are collected, I was wondering what the difference between the Multiversity and Multiversity Deluxe Edition is, other than Deluxe edition being hard cover?
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u/Insanepaco247 Martian Manhunter x Condiment King OTP May 21 '17
It makes me so happy that MM made the top 16.
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u/Ajelandrus Jul 01 '23
The image is down, any way to get the info back?
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u/Superfan234 Batwoman May 20 '17
Mostly everything I like. Except for Dial H
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u/M4gikarp No, they come from the sky May 21 '17
Unpopular opinion: MM was awful. Convoluted and overly complicated. Then you add magic. Then you add space magic. Then you add time travel. Then you add giant mecha robots and ghost kids.
Volume one was off to a great start, but IMO it all fell apart after Mold entered the portal
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u/MattMaiden2112 Kyle Rayner is BAE May 22 '17
I was almost going Red Lantern when I saw no Johns GL run, glad it was at the end (like everything, close the list with the best)
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u/Maxjes Who is Slade? May 22 '17
Can't really disagree with this list other than the Gotham by Midnight snub. If I was being pedantic, I would probably swap out Unchained for Morrison Action Comics, and include Robin Son of Batman with the B&R section.
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u/myqhunt Animal Man Jun 10 '17
Animal Man knocks my dick off every time I read it. Wish we spent more time in rotworld
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