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DC COMICS
For Barry:
For Wally:
By the way, these are just starting points. I'll help you with an actual reading order if you need.
This is everything that's worth reading. The Wally stuff is a lot better than both the Barry and Bart stuff.
The Flash by Mark Waid
The Flash by Morrison/Millar (This takes place in the middle of Waid's run)
The Flash by Geoff Johns
To gain a bit of context for why Wally is the Flash for these runs, Barry is dead. He died saving the Universe in the pages of Crisis on Infinite on Earths which you can pick up, but it's dense in terms of material. Mark Waid’s run is currently being reprinted. There are currently 2 total volumes with a third on the way. The first book is a bit slow but is important because it has Born to Run which is an origin story for Wally. Morrison/Millar’s run is a bit ridiculous in terms of feats of power and features the Black Flash. Johns run is a bit more grounded, and takes less of a focus on world threatening issues and more focuses on the backstories of villains and stuff like that. Mainly character driven stuff. These 3 runs are also responsible for modern Flash canon. They introduce the Speed Force and almost every evil speedster.
For Barry Allen
Flash Rebirth (2009) by Geoff Johns
Flash Dastardly Death of the Rogues by Geoff Johns
[Flashpoint by Geoff Johns] (https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1401233384/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1480633753&sr=8-1&pi=SY200_QL40&keywords=flashpoint&dpPl=1&dpID=61e0-Dt31zL&ref=plSrch)
New 52 Flash volumes 1-4 by Francis Manapul and Brian Buccelato
The rest of the New 52 is really bad, do not get it. Flash Rebirth (2016) has been pretty fun, but a bit disappointing at the start, but it's gotten a lot better. But still, I heavily recommend getting the Wally West volumes above.
Bart Allen
Impulse by various authors is a great series from what I hear. Personally I haven’t read it but various well informed Flash redditors have said it’s great. Just don’t read Flash Fastest Man Alive. It’s not good.
A few miscellaneous stories include
The Brave and The Bold by Mark Waid a story about Barry Allen and Hal Jordan for 6 issues at different points in their life. I haven’t been able to find a physical copy.
This whole series is a team book that features Wally as the Flash
The current Titans by Dan Abnett heavily features Wally. Especially this first trade.
Green Lantern v3 issues 66-67 a short arc between Kyle Rayner Green Lantern and Wally West. It’s their first one on one team up and it’s a cool story that ignites their rivalry.
All-Flash #1 sets up Wally as the Flash after Bart’s tenure as the Flash (Do not read it) and is a cool, cool story that shows Wally at one of his lowest points.
The Wild Wests by Mark Waid (Flash vol 2 #231-237) is a story that isn’t close to as good as Waid’s initial run but it’s still good in my opinion. First story with Wally as a dad and it tries to establish a new status quo for the Flash. Then Waid leaves DC. Also, it has cool art.
Both Young Justice by Peter David and Teen Titans by Geoff Johns feature Bart in a main role
First of all, there are two ways of reading comics:
Where to start? Indeed the best place to start is Rebirth!
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Finally, a personal recommendation. You will probably enjoy a lot more the Titans series. You may feel lost at first, yes, but it is, to me, one of the best Rebirth reads overall
Three if you count these Titans.
>As the new 52 has given way to the rebirth, are the story lines in 52 still worth going through?
Yes, definitely. While the New 52 as a whole wasn't very well-received by a lot of fans because of it "starting over" and removing the old continuity, it is a great jumping on point for new readers: so I think it's a good idea to start there.
I don't read Batman, but as far as I know, New 52 Batman was the one series that was consistently well-received by fans, so I think you will enjoy New 52 Batman.
As for The Flash, he has a great New 52 run over the course of 4 volumes: "Move Forward," "Rogues Revolution," "Gorilla Warfare," and "Reverse." These four books serve as a great introduction to the character and his adventures, and I'm told Volume 5 is okay to read too - however, don't continue it after Volume 5, because it drops off in quality there. These stories focus on Barry Allen in a manner that's a bit reminiscent of the TV show, so if you enjoy the show you should enjoy these.
> if they end up unfinished somehow or really underwhelming, I'll just jump to rebirth.
Rebirth is an excellent jumping-on point, just like the New 52. It's of course still ongoing at the moment, so if you want to read it right now, you read it through single issues! If you want to catch up with the stories that are happening right now, these are the issues that are out.
THE FLASH:
BATMAN:
A new issue comes out every 2 weeks for Flash and for Batman. It's been awesome so far!
If you want to follow Wally West instead of Barry, you can follow Titans, which comes out every month:
If you can't/don't want to go through the hassle of buying single issues of comics, wait it out until January! Then you can just get a trade paperback that will have all the comics you need to read the whole story all at once. You can preorder the paperbacks at Amazon: Flash, Batman, Titans.