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By | Saturday, August 28, 2010 | 6:29 pm | 13 Comments | Blog > Comic Issue Reading Orders

CBR user VeganWithAYoYo posted this list in a thread over on CBR. It looks pretty cool to me. This is something I might actually want to read in this fashion someday:

Crisis On Infinite Earths

1. New Teen Titans 21
2. New Teen Titans Annual 2
3. Green Lantern 173
4. Green Lantern 176
5. Green Lantern 178
6. Flash 338
7. Flash 339
8. Tales of the Teen Titans 47
9. Blue Devil 5
10. Fury of Firestorm 28
11. Batman and the Outsiders 14
12. Batman and the Outsiders 15
13. Action Comics 560
14. Justice League of America 232
15. Tales of the Legion 317
16. Swamp Thing 30
17. Wonder Woman 321
18. Infinity, Inc. 8
19. All Star Squadron 40
20. DC Comics Presents 76
21. Superman 402
22. Swamp Thing 31
23. Justice League of America 234
24. Vigilante 14
25. Superman 403
26. World’s Finest 311
27. Tales of the Legion 319
28. Tales of the Legion 320
29. Amethyst 2
30. G.I. Combat 274
31. G.I. Combat 275
32. G.I. Combat 276
33. Wonder Woman 323
34. Action Comics 564
35. Warlord 91
36. Jonah Hex 90
37. Atari Force 18
38. Batman 384
39. Detective Comics 551
40. Flash 350
41. Tales of the Teen Titans 58
42. DC Comics Presents 97
43. DC Comics Presents 78
44. Crisis on Infinite Earths 1
45. All Star Squadron 50
46. All Star Squadron 51
47. All Star Squadron 52
48. Fury of Firestorm 41
49. Infinity, Inc. 18
50. Detective Comics 555
51. Crisis on Infinite Earths 2
52. Green Lantern 194
53. Batman 389
54. Detective Comics 556
55. Batman 390
56. Detective Comics 557
57. Batman 391
58. Detective Comics 558
59. Swamp Thing 39
60. Crisis on Infinite Earths 3
61. Swamp Thing 40
62. Swamp Thing 41
63. Swamp Thing 42
64. Crisis on Infinite Earths 4
65. DC Comics Presents 86
66. Swamp Thing 43
67. Swamp Thing 44
68. Omega Men 26
69. Vigilante 22
70. Wonder Woman 327
71. Wonder Woman 328
72. Infinity, Inc. 19
73. Justice League of America 244
74. Infinity, Inc. 20
75. Infinity, Inc. Annual 1
76. Warlord 97
77. Legends: Crisis on Infinite Earths 1
78. Crisis on Infinite Earths 5
79. Swamp Thing 45
80. All Star Squadron 53
81. Infinity, Inc. 21
82. Infinity, Inc. 22
83. Swamp Thing 46
84. All Star Squadron 54
85. All Star Squadron 55
86. Crisis on Infinite Earths 6
87. Superman 413
88. Infinity, Inc 23
89. Legion of Superheroes 13
90. Legion of Superheroes 14
91. Legion of Superheroes 15
92. Legion of Superheroes Annual 1
93. Crisis on Infinite Earths 7
94. Infinity, Inc 24
95. DC Comics Presents 95
96. Legion of Superheroes 16
97. Legion of Superheroes 17
98. Legion of Superheroes 18
99. Wonder Woman 329
100. DC Comics Presents 87
101. Superman 414
102. Crisis on Infinite Earths 8
103. Green Lantern 195
104. Blue Devil 17
105. Omega Men 31
106. Blue Devil 18
107. JLofA Annual 3
108. Crisis on Infinite Earths 9
109. Blue Devil 19
110. Green Lantern 196
111. New Teen Titans 13
112. New Teen Titans 14
113. Fury of Firestorm 42
114. Superman 415
115. DC Comics Presents 88
116. Omega Men 32
117. Crisis on Infinite Earths 10
118. Justice League of America 245
119. Omega Men 33
120. All Star Squadron 56
121. Crisis on Infinite Earths 11
122. Green Lantern 197
123. Amethyst 13
124. Crisis on Infinite Earths 12
125. Legend of Wonder Woman 1
126. Legend of Wonder Woman 2
127. Legend of Wonder Woman 3
128. Legend of Wonder Woman 4
129. Green Lantern 198
130. Infinity, Inc. 25
131. Starman Annual 1
132. DC Comics Presents 94
133. Losers Special 1
134. All Star Squadron 57
135. All Star Squadron 58
136. All Star Squadron 59
137. All Star Squadron 60
138. Last Days of the JSA Special 1
139. Infinity, Inc. 30
140. Oz-Wonderland Wars 3
141. Aquaman 1
142. Aquaman 2
143. Aquaman 3
144. Aquaman 4
145. Superman 423
146. Action Comics 583
147. Batman 400

Legends:

148. Legends 1
149. Batman 401
150. Detective Comics 568
151. Green Lantern Corps 207
152. Cosmic Boy 1
153. Legends 2
154. Justice League of America 258
155. Secret Origins 10
156. Legends 3
157. Firestorm 55
158. Cosmic Boy 2
159. Justice League of America 259
160. Legends 4
161. Firestorm 56
162. Blue Beetle 9
163. Warlord 114
164. Legends 5
165. Cosmic Boy 3
166. Justice League of America 260
167. Blue Beetle 10
168. Warlord 115
169. Superman 3
170. Adventures of Superman 426
171. Action Comics 586
172. Cosmic Boy 4
173. Justice League of America 261
174. Legends 6
175. Secret Origins 14
176. Shazam! 1
177. Justice League 1
178. Suicide Squad 1
179. Flash 1

End Legends

180. History of the DC Universe 1
181. History of the DC Universe 2
182. Action Comics 590
183. Legion of Superheroes 37
184. Superman 8
185. Action Comics 591
186. Legion of Superheroes 38
187. Christmas With the Superheroes 2
188. Animal Man 9
189. Animal Man 10
190. Animal Man 11
191. Animal Man 12
192. Animal Man 14
193. Animal Man 17
194. Animal Man 18
195. Animal Man 19
196. Animal Man 20
197. Animal Man 22
198. Animal Man 23
199. Animal Man 24
200. Animal Man 25
201. Animal Man 26

Flash run from the Late ’90s that sorta tied in:

202. Speed Force Special 1
203. Flash 143
204. Flash 144
205. Impulse 46
206. Flash 145
207. Flash 146
208. Flash 147
209. Flash 148
210. Flash 149
211. Flash 150

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By | Friday, August 27, 2010 | 11:24 am | 0 Comments | Blog > Database Updates

I’ve got the category created and am currently modifying the layout code for the archive.

You can find it at http://www.tradereadingorder.com/list/blog/comic-issue-reading-orders/

I’ll be adding in some content in the next updates while I continue tweaking the layout!

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By | Thursday, August 26, 2010 | 5:48 pm | 2 Comments | Blog > Database Updates

You guys know we have a sub-forum for issue reading orders, but I was wondering if you thought we should have a kind of feature section (like uncle gorby’s layout) for issue reading orders.

I’d probably link each one to a forum thread and it would mainly be a curated collection of various lists posted on forums and sent around in text documents. Each one would be credited and linked, although people could submit them directly from their account and have them posted through their names. We could edit and keep them updated and have them formatted really nicely (moreso than just forum posts) but each issue wouldn’t have an individual database page as they’d just be text lists.

Any thoughts?

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By | Wednesday, August 25, 2010 | 2:21 pm | 1 Comment | Blog > Database Updates

A couple small updates today.

I’ve placed the following two DC books:

Empire (Treated as an Elseworlds or OOC style title)

Captain Atom: Armageddon (A copy of this crossover book will also be placed on the Wildstorm list once that one goes up)

I’ve also changed the homepage layout a bit to allow for the two most recent blog posts instead of just one. I think it looks pretty good.

I’m planning to redo the sidebars for the rest of the site pages at some point – making the rightmost one matching the size and content of the front page sidebar (and maybe adding a couple things to that) and then making the inner sidebar dynamic content based on the list you are viewing. So if it’s a DC list it would show DC characters and series tags, a marvel list shows marvel ones, and so on. Probably a “top” list from other categories too.

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By | Tuesday, August 24, 2010 | 11:30 pm | 0 Comments | Blog > Database Updates

I’ve placed the individual oversized OGNs for World’s Greatest Heroes right before the collected edition on the DC RRO. These are the six books included in this update:

Superman: Peace On Earth

Batman: War On Crime

Shazam!: Power Of Hope

Wonder Woman: Spirit Of Truth

JLA: Secret Origins

JLA: Liberty And Justice

Until mid September I’ll be working 12 hour days 7 days a week, though I’ll be trying to roll out small updates when I can. They may be backdated if I don’t have time to finish a post but I can tweak some code or database stuff, but I’ll at least keep some stuff going for the site. It should calm down a bit soon though and hopefully that will coincide with the launch of the marvel list!

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