Comic Reading Guides

yeah sure! i tried to put the ones that have the best interactions.

pre n52

Batman: Harley Quinn #1 (1999) this one has a lot of joker too so be careful

Harley Quinn (2000) #1, #3, #5, #11-19

Catwoman #83 (2010)

Gotham City Sirens (2009-2011)  this one is basically all about them + selina, some people dont really like the characterization but i enjoyed it.

n52

Harley Quinn (2013-2016) #2, #6-7, #15-20, #25, #29 (lots of ugly scenes with the joker, b careful), #30

Harley Quinn Annual #1 (2014)

Batman: Black and White #3 (2014) that one iconic scene with ivy and harley saving the little girl from her abuser

Harley Quinn Road Trip Special #1 (2015)

Harley Quinn Valentine’s Day Special #1 (2015)

Convergence Harley Quinn #1-2 (2015)

Catwoman #50 (2016) ok they appear supper briefly but they look cute so,

rebirth

Harley Quinn (2016- on going) #1, #2, #3, #8, #9, 

DC Holiday Special #1 (2016)

alternative universes or other

The Batman Strikes! #41 (2008)

Arkham Unhinged (2012) #17-19

Batman: Li’l Gotham (2012-2013)  #4, #14, #19 

Injustice – Ground Zero #21 / Injustice Year Four #2 / Injustice 2 #7

DC Bombshells (2012-2017) #14, #18, #42, #44, #46, #49, #50, #53, #54, #76, #77, #79, #80, #82, #83, #85, #89, #93, #95, #100

Batman: Arkham Knight #38 (2015)

Scooby Doo Team-Up #23 (2015)

set on the animated universe

these are a bit mmmmn and where the whole “ivy abuses harley as much as the joker!” myth comes from, but tbh its really not serious.

The Batman Adventures #12 (1993)

Batman Adventures Holiday Special (1995) this one is iconic and also appears as an episode in The New Batman Adventures (Holiday Knights)

Batgirl Adventures #1 (1998)

Gotham Girls #1-5 (2002-2003)

Batman: Harley and Ivy (2014) i have this as only one book but i think you can also find them as three separate issues. It includes The Bet, Harley and Ivy: Love on The Lam, and Batman: Harley and Ivy

While searching for Harlivy images to make a very gay collage I compiled a list of every comic I found with romantic Harley/Ivy moments. Links go to the DC database. Last updated 6/14/23.

Harley Quinn (2013) #0, 2, 6, 7, annual, valentine’s day special, 15, 16, 18, road trip special, 25, 29, 30

Injustice: Year Four (2015) chapter #2

DC Bombshells (2015) chapters #14, 42, 44, 46, 53, 54, 76, 77, 79, 80, 83, 89, 93, 95, 98, 100

Harley Quinn (2016) #1, 3, 8, 9, 23, 25, 29-34

Love is Love (2016) one page comic “Love is Love”

Injustice: Ground Zero (2016) chapters #7, 13, 21

Bombshells: United (2017) chapters #34, 35, 37, 38

Injustice 2 (2017) chapters #7, 22, 33, 67

Heroes in Crisis (2018) #2, 6, 9

Mother Panic: Gotham A.D. (2018) #3

Harley Quinn/Gossamer (2018) #1

Harley Quinn + Poison Ivy (2019) #1-6

DCeased (2019) #2, 4, 5

Birds of Prey: Sirens of Justice (2020) #1

Injustice: Year Zero (2020) chapters #8, 14

Harley Quinn: Black + White + Red (2020) #1, 4, 7, 9, 15, 17

Harley Quinn & the Birds of Prey (2020) #1, 3, 4

Harley Quinn: Make ‘em Laugh (2020) #2

Batman: Urban Legends (2021) “New Roots”

DC Love is a Battlefield (2021) #1

DC Pride 2021 “Another Word for a Truck to Move Your Furniture”

2016 Batman (2021) #43, 103, 109, 116, 117, 124

Harley Quinn (2021) #6-10, 17, 26-28, 30

Batman Secret Files: The Gardner (2021) #1

Batman: Fear State: Alpha (2021) #1

2018 Catwoman (2021) #36, 37

Batman: Fear State: Omega (2021) #1

Harley Quinn: The Animated Series - The Eat. Bang! Kill. Tour (2021) #1-6

Dark Knights of Steel (2022) #5, 8

Strange Love Adventures (2022) “Lightning in a Bottle”

DC Pride 2022 “The Hunt”

Poison Ivy (2022) #1-4, 6, 9, 12, 13

Harley Quinn: The Animated Series - The Real Sidekicks of New Gotham (2022) “Double Date”

Harley Quinn 30th Anniversary Special (2022) #1

Harley Quinn: The Animated Series: Legion of Bats! (2022) #1-6

DC Pride 2023 “And Baby Makes Three”

“Whose side are you on?”

RECOMMENDED READING:

The Long Halloween / When in Rome / Dark Victory, because Jeph Loeb & Tim Sale do an incredible job with her.

Date Knight it’s just really silly and cute ok & Tim Sale did the art what else do you need to know

Selina’s Big Score novel-length, and the art is DAZZLING and it’s a heist and an exploration of Selina’s past & varied allies over time, IT’S GREAT OKAY

Catwoman (#75, art aside, is one of my favorite issues ever)

Hey, guys! I created a couple of Microsoft Excel workbooks to help you keep track of all the new post-New 52 and post-Marvel NOW! titles that you may or may not want to read using information from Wikipedia. Using this regularly updated guide, you can keep track of titles from Thor to Spider-Gwen and Grayson to Starfire.

—title launches organized in sheets

—descriptions and headings

—organization by publication dates

—categories to mark the titles you want to read

This ask has been sitting in my drafts for like, two days now. Hope you’re ready for a lengthy reply which I turned into a guide to Harlivy appearances in every type of DC media. I tried to list everything in a chronological order and keep it as simple as possible but I know it can get a bit confusing so if you have questions about timelines, continuity reboots, anything—feel free to drop me a message. Also, best to keep in mind that not all stories have explicitly canon Harlivy. I marked with bold what I consider to be a must-see / must-read.

1) DC Animated Universe (aka the Timmverse/Diniverse/BTAS)

Batman: The Animated Series (1992-1995) (TV)

---- EP "Harley and Ivy" (*Their first meeting ever!)

The Batman Adventures (1993) (Comic) #12

The New Batman Adventures (1997-1999) (TV)

---- EP "Holiday Knights" ; "Girls' Night Out"

---- EP “Mad Love” (*Harley’s very first origin story)

Batman: Gotham Adventures (1998) (Comic) #10 #29

Batgirl Adventures (1998) (Comic) #1

Gotham Girls (2000-2002) (Web Series)

Gotham Girls (2002-2003) (Comic) #1-5

Static Shock (2000-2004) (TV) (Crossover) S3E01 "Hard as Nails"

Batman: Harley & Ivy (2004) (Comic) (*The Deluxe Edition)

Batman Adventures (2003-2004) (Comic) #1 #3 #16

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Harley Quinn and Batman (2017) (Comic)* #1-5

*This takes place before the movie's storyline.

Batman and Harley Quinn (2017) (Movie)

I don’t recommend watching this garbage movie but you do you.

Anyway. Next.

2) PRE-FLASHPOINT*

*This was DC's main continuity in the comics before the New 52.

Batman: Harley Quinn (1999)

Joker/Mask (2000) (Crossover)

Harley Quinn (2000-2004)

Catwoman (2002-2010) #83

Gotham City Sirens (2009-2011)

Convergence: Harley Quinn (2015) #1-2

3) NU52 + REBIRTH*

*Everything that came after DC's main continuity reboot in 2011.

Batgirl (2011-2015) Annual #2*

*Harley doesn't appear in it but she lives rent free in Ivy's mind.

Batman: Li'l Gotham (2012-2014) #4 #14 #19

Batman: Black and White (2013-2014) #1 #3

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Harley Quinn (2014) (Jimmy Palmiotti & Amanda Conner)

Harley Quinn Annual (2014) #1

Harley Quinn Road Trip Special (2015)

DC Rebirth Holiday Special (2016)

Harley Quinn (2016) (Jimmy Palmiotti & Amanda Conner)

Harley Quinn & The Birds of Prey (2020-)

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Catwoman (2011-2016) #50

Poison Ivy: Cycle of Life and Death (2016)

New Talent Showcase: Silent Screams (2017)*

*Harley doesn't appear in it but she lives rent free in Ivy's mind.

Harley Quinn 25th Anniversary Special (2017)

Harley Quinn: A Celebration of 25 Years (2017)*

*This one is a compilation of a bunch of Harley (+Ivy) stories.

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Love is Love (2016) (Anthology)

Harley & Ivy Meet Betty & Veronica (2017) (Crossover)

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Mother Panic: Gotham A.D. (2018) #3

The Terrifics (2018-) #25

Birds of Prey: Sirens of Justice (2019-2020) #1

Harley Quinn: Make ‘em Laugh (2020-) #2

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Batman (2016-) #41-43

Heroes in Crisis (2018–2019)

Harley Quinn & Poison Ivy (2019)*

*These should be read in this exact order for it to like, make sense.

Batman (2016-) #97 #98

Batman: The Joker War Zone (2020-) #1

Batman (2016-) #103

Harleen (2019)

Harley Quinn: Black + White + Red (2020) #1 / #4 #7 #9

4) ELSEWORLDS & AUs

The Batman Strikes! (2008) #41 #45

Scooby Doo Team-Up (2015) (Crossover) #23 #24

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Bombshells (2015-2017)

Bombshells: United (2017-2018)

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Catwoman: Soulstealer (2018) (YA Novel) by Sarah J Maas

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Harley Quinn: Breaking Glass (2019)

Batman: Overdrive (2020)

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DCeased (2019)

DCeased: The Unkillables (2020) #3

DCeased: Hope at World's End (2020) #1 #3

DCeased: Dead Planet (2020)

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THE INJUSTICE UNIVERSE*

*This is the one in which Harley/Ivy are married but it’s complicated.

Injustice: Year Zero (2020) #8

Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year One (2013)

Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year Two (2014)

Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year Three (2014)

Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year Four (2015)

Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year Five (2016)

*All prequel comic tie-ins to the first game.

Injustice: Gods Among Us (2013) (First Game)

Injustice: Ground Zero (2017)*

*Tells the events of the first game through Harley's POV.

Injustice 2 (2017)* #7 #22 #33 #67 #68 #70

*Prequel tie-ins to the second game. I marked the Harlivy issues.

Injustice 2 (2017) (Second Game)

5) OTHER VIDEO GAMES

The Arkhamverse Games (2009-2015)*

*For which I mostly recommend reading the tie-in comics:

Batman: Arkham Unhinged (2011) #17 #18 #19

Batman: Arkham Knight (2015-2016) #38

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Lego DC Super-Villains (2018)

DC Universe Online EP 37: Birds Of Prey

6) OTHER ANIMATION

Justice League Action (2016-2018) E25 "Garden of Evil"

Justice League Action Shorts (2017) E19 "Skyjacked"

Scooby-Doo & Batman: The Brave and the Bold (2018) (*Cameo)

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DC Super Hero Girls (2015-2018) (Web Series)

DC Super Hero Girls: Past Times at Super Hero High (2016) #4

DC Super Hero Girls: Out of the Bottle (2017)

DC Super Hero Girls: Spaced Out (2017) #13

DC Super Hero Girls: Date With Disaster (2018)

And, of course:

Where to start reading for Cassie Sandsmark

Her first appearance is is in Wonder Woman vol. 2 #105

From there she’s in Wonder Woman vol. 2 all the way up to #226. Some recommended specific issues are #105-113, 140 153, 156-158, and 171. 

Cassie is in all 100 issues of Teen Titans vol. 3  but specific plot relevant issues are #1, 7, 49, 55, 71, 75-76, 94

She’s in most of Young Justice (1998) and is even leader of the team for a short time. It’s one of my favorite comic runs and I recommend reading all of it tbh.

Titans/Young Justice: Graduation Day

Wonder Girl #1-6 is her solo run

Wonder Woman: Secret Files and Origins

Young Justice: Sins of Youth

Wonder Woman vol. 3 #1-4, 11-13, 17, 26-29

Teen Titans vol. 4 #11-14

Teen Titans vol. 5 #17-19

Robin #145-147

Not comics but she appears in the animated show Young Justice in Season 2

Cassie Sandsmark Complete Reading Guide

dailywonderfam’s 1k followers celebration: part 3 [part: 1/ 2]

*bolded = recommended readings

Early Post Crisis (1996-2003)

Wonder Woman (1987) #105 (Debut), 106-107, 109-113, 119-137, 139-144,  156-158, 166, 167, 171, 172, 174-176, 178-183, 186-188 + Wonder Woman Secret Files and Origins #1, 3 Young Justice (1998) #4-55 (detailed reading) + Wonder Woman #153 Titans/ Young Justice: Graduation Day #1-3

Late Post Crisis (2003-2011)

She appeared in all 100 issues of Teen Titans (2003-2011) Teen Titans/ Outsiders Secret Files (2003) #1 Teen Titans (2003) #1-6, ½ , 7-26,  29-33 + Annual #1 + Teen Titans/ Legion Special #1 -Outsiders/ Teen Titans Crossover: TT #23, Outsiders #24, TT #24,   Outsiders#25, TT #25 Wonder Woman (1987) #196, 200, 210, 211, 215-218, 224, 226 DC Special: The Return of Donna Troy (2005) #1-3 Teen Titans and Outsiders Secret Files and Origins (2005) #1 Infinite Crisis (2005) #1,4,6,7 52 (2006) #1,2,4,8, 11, 12, 13,19, 22, 31, 47, 51 Teen Titans (2003) #34-47, 48,49, 50 Wonder Woman (2006) #1-4 + Annual #1, 26-29, 600 Wonder Girl (2006) #1-6 Supergirl (2005) #9,10,13, 17, 19-, 43, 50 Blue Beetle (2006) #18, 33 DC Special: Cyborg (2008) #1-5 Teen Titans (2003) #55, 56-68 Deathtrap Crossover: Titans (2008) #12-13, Teen Titans v3 #69-70, Vigilante #5-6 Teen Titans 2003) #71, 72-87 (not recommended) Adventure Comics (2009) #2, 6 Blackest Night: Titans (2009) #1-3 Wonder Girl: Champion (2011) #1 Teen Titans (2003) #88-91 Red Robin (2009) #20 Teen Titans (2003) #92-100 Teen Titans Cold Case (2011) #1 (not recommended)

New 52 (not recommended):

Teen Titans (2011) #1-30 + annual #1-3 [#1, 11-14] Teen Titans (2014) #1-24 +annual #1 [#17-19] New Talent Showcase (2016) #1 (it’s rebirth but takes place in new 52 era)

Out of Main Continuity

Tiny Titans (2008) #1-50 (her appearances) Injustice Year 3 annual #1 (2015) Earth One: Teen Titans Volume 2 (2016) (you need to read v1 first) Bombshells United (2017) #1-10, 12, ongoing

Artemis of Bana Mighdall Complete Reading Guide

dailywonderfam’s 1k followers celebration: part 4 [part: 1/ 2/ 3]

*bolded = recommended readings  

Post Crisis (1987-2011)

Wonder Woman (1987) #90 [debut], 0, 91-100 (not recommended) note: if you decide to read these issues be prepared for one of the most graphic and hypersexualized death scenes in comics Artemis: Requiem (1996) #1-6 (same team as above, not recommended either) Wonder Woman (1987) #120-136 [121-129], 139- 142, 144, 145, 153, 156-158, 164- 169, 172-173, 174 - 177, 178, 186, 188,198-201, 203, 208, 218, 221-224 + Annual #6,8 Wonder Woman: Secret Files and Origins (1998) #1-3 Batman / Superman / Wonder Woman: Trinity (2003) #1-3 Secret Six (2008) #10-14 note: there’s a lot of violence in these issues Wonder Woman (2006) #22, 37-39, 44, 600, 606-612, 61 Flashpoint: Wonder Woman and the Furies (2011) #1-3 Flashpoint: Lois Lane and the Resistance (2011) #1-3

Rebirth:

Red Hood and the Outlaws (2016) #1-16,  ongoing Trinity (2016) Annual #1, #12-15

☞ #CarolLeads - Carol Danvers Comics

☞ Origins

Classic: Ms. Marvel v1 #1

Remix: Captain Marvel v7 #1-6

☞ Essentials

Captain Marvel v7: Carol takes the Captain Marvel name. 16 issues so far, with #17 coming up, and a reboot hitting with All-New Marvel Now!

Avengers Assemble 15AU: Guest starring Faiza Hussain, Captain Britain, and Doctor Who jokes.

Ms. Marvel v2: Carol Danvers’ marvelous trips into space, into her past, into leading a team, into war, death, and beyond!

☞ Team-ups

Avenging Spider-man 9 + 10

Avengers Assemble 9, 10, 11 +  16, 17 * + 18, 19

☞ Teams

The Avengers v4 + v5

The New Avengers v1 + v2

The Mighty Avengers v1

☞ Other

Ms Marvel v1

Avengers Annual v1 #10 (4shared)

Avengers: Endless Wartime

↳  solo series

ms. marvel vol 1

ms. marvel vol 2

captain marvel

the enemy within (part of a larger story arc that crosses over with captain marvel and avengers assemble at some point)

captain marvel (2014)

↳  team books

(carol appears in avengers vol 1 but her storyline in the book turns….way skeevy……so I don’t really recommend it. after she leaves the avengers (in the avengers annual #10), she joins the x-men and appears frequently in uncanny x-men from issue 150 to about 500 I think. she rejoins the avengers in vol 3, and stays with them until avengers disassembled.)

new avengers vol 1

avengers: the initiative

mighty avengers

avengers (2010)

avengers assemble (#9-25)

avengers (2012)

avengers: endless wartime

guardians of the galaxy (starting with #15 I think?)

↳  events

avengers disassembled

house of m (and house of m: avengers)

civil war

siege

(she has appearances in avengers vs. x-men but don’t bother reading that event it’s terrible)

infinity

↳  other appearances

alias

spider-woman

a+x #6

as for your second question, there aren’t really places online where you can read comics for free without downloading them. there’s not the equivalent of a manga scanlation site for marvel or DC. unless you want to pay for something like the marvel digital comics unlimited service, which is an online comic reader that you can pay for monthly or yearly and is pretty extensive, although it takes them about a month to put up new releases. you can also buy digital comics from comixology, marvel and DC. 

The Goddess, Storm, Queen of Wakanda — of the many mutants in Marvelverse, Ororo Munroe has possibly been given or taken on the most names. She is one of the most powerful figures in Marvel’s canon, and her story has resonated both with women and the queer community since she first took the stage in the 70s. 

The elements marshal their infinite might at my beckoning! Power seethes in the roiling clouds! Now, at my command — STRIKE!

Introduced in Giant-Size X-Men #1 (1997), Ororo was created along with Nightcrawler, Colossus, and Thunderbird as new mutants to wake up the franchise after a few year stall in publications. Originally Typhoon, a male character, Dave Cockrum swapped him into Storm by combining Typhoon’s look, powerset and personality with The Black Cat’s gender and costume. 

In Uncanny X-Men #102 (December 1976), you learn about Ororo’s past. N’Dare, her mother, was the princess of a tribe in Kenya and descended from a long line of African priestesses and sorceresses. N’Dare falls in love with and marries an American photographer named David Munroe. With them, Ororo is born in Harlem, NYC. 

After the family moves to Egypt, they die from an aircraft bombing during the Suez Crisis, leaving six-year-old Ororo as an orphan. The accident leaves her traumatized, which manifests itself later in her life through violent claustrophobia. 

As an orphan, Ororo lives as a thief in Cairo under the master Achmed el-Gibar (where she meets and steals from an abroad Professor Charles Xavier) and later leaves for the Serengeti. In Marvel Team-Up #100 (1980), Storm rescues a young T’challa (Black Panther) from a racist white supremacist called Andreas de Ruyter — setting the stage for their love affair and decades-later marriage. 

Storm’s history is a long one; she’s had decades of continuous appearances across Marvel and the X-Men to accrue it. She’s strong, weathered, and she stands outside the X-Men as much and as truly as she supports and leads them. 

Storm was one of the very first black comic book characters, and the first black female protagonist between both Marvel and DC Comics. 

“Both Marvel Comics and its rival, DC Comics, have created many comic book characters that have defied time and mercurial societal trends. Storm is a prime example of this success. The two defining aspects of her persona are her racial identity and her social status as a mutant.” — Gladys L. Knight, Female Action Heroes: A Guide to Women in Comics, Video Games, Film and Television

The X-Men have always symbolically represented marginalized people and minorities and the original series coincided directly with the African-American Civil Rights Movement. Storm, specifically, was made right alongside the era of blaxploitation films.

Her struggles and the stigma levied against her were used as a vehicle for her to show leadership skills - the best out of the X-Men, with Scott stepping down at her lead - and to develop one of the most complex and consistently strong characterizations of the Marvel Universe.

Storm’s punk phase, her trouble adjusting to western culture, her commitment  to her spirituality and devotion to Wakanda, and her complete domination of every new step in her life have all made her the supreme deviant and progressive punk figures in the X-Men. She’s a Queer, Feminist Icon, and a symbol of Black Power and pride. 

Recommended Reading: 

Giant Size X-Men (1975) #1

The Uncanny X-Men (1981) #142

The Uncanny X-Men Annuals

Magik (1983) #1-4

Sure! I couldn’t tell if you were asking for all the comics that have Dick as Batman or comics specifically where Dick and Damian are both present, so I just did a list for both. The ones in bold have both Dick and Damian present. This list is in my best attempt at an in-universe chronological order...it was hard but I tried (cries). Here we go: 

BATMAN DICK GRAYSON COMIC LIST

Nightwing (1996) #138: Dick and Damian first meet. This is part two of seven in “The Resurrection of Ra’s al Ghul” arc. You can read the whole thing for context, but this one is the only one with significant interaction between Dick and Damian. 

Nightwing (1996) #152-153: Dick tries to reconcile with the fact that Bruce is gone, and that he will have to continue his legacy. These comics have Dick going head to head with Ra’s al Ghul, and also show him moving back to Gotham. 

Battle for the Cowl #1-3: Gotham City is in trouble, and Dick is forced to take on the mantle of Batman. 

Batman (1940) #687-688: A lot of this is about Dick learning to be Batman, but you also see a lot of him talking about how he is planning to approach Damian. You also see some of the beginning of Dick training Damian as well. Technically an epilogue to Battle for the Cowl.

Batman (1940) #689-692: Dick continues to adjust to his role as Batman. Two-Face manages to sneak into the Batcave, and tests Dick’s conviction. 

Batman and Robin (2009) #1-3: Dick and Damian’s first time working together as Batman and Robin. 

Batman (1940) #693-696: While Batman takes to the streets, Damian is mostly delegated to training, in order to improve his detective work. Unfortunately, Damian doesn’t take the work seriously, leaving Dick vulnerable to Black Mask’s and Penguin’s plots…

Batman (1940) #697-699: Batman finishes dealing with Black Mask, and goes on to face the Riddler. 

Batman: Streets of Gotham #1-16: A collection of stories showing how Robin and Batman are adjusting to their new roles; the duo doesn’t have a lot of trust yet. Interestingly, these comics show more of how Hush was handled. They are also where Damian’s friend Colin is introduced for the first time. 

Batman and Robin (2009) #4-6: Batman and Robin versus a (somewhat out of character) Red Hood. 

Batman and Robin (2009) #7-9: Dick tries to resurrect Batman. Warning: this arc is extremely out of character for Dick and I hate everything about it. But this isn’t a comic rec list so I’ll include it, ugh. Here’s where you’d read this monstrosity. If you want to skip it, here’s all you’d need to know: 1) Damian went to his mother to heal his spine after Red Hood shot him, and 2) Dick and Damian now have reason to believe Bruce is alive. Bam, now you don’t even have to read it. 

Batman and Robin (2009) #10-12: Damian and Dick uncover clues that reveal that Bruce is alive. Meanwhile, Talia attempts to kill Dick...using her own son to do it. 

Batman (1940) #700: A special event that has sections where Bruce Wayne, Dick Grayson, and a future Damian Wayne are Batman. A weird comic overall, but the parts with Damian and Dick are really pretty good. 

Batman (1940) #703: Dick and Damian have developed a solid partnership, though Damian is continuing to learn more about being Robin and about his father. The comic acts as a prelude to Bruce Wayne: The Road Home. 

Bruce Wayne: The Road Home: Bruce evaluates how things have been going in his absence, and gives his thoughts on the new dynamic duo. 

Batman and Robin (2009) #13-16: Dick and Damian struggle to deal with Professor Pyg, Joker, and Dr. Hurt. Bruce returns! 

Batman (1940) #704-712: Batman leaves Gotham to Dick while he puts Batman Incorporated into place. Damian, Tim, Azrael, and Selina all make appearances in this stretch of comics. 

Batman and Robin (2009) #17-22: Dick and Damian work together as Batman and Robin to stop Una Nemo, and then White Knight in the following arc. 

Batman and Robin (2009) #23-25: Dick and Damian team up with Jason to save his former sidekick, Scarlet. (Jason’s still acting a bit more extreme than you’d typically expect.) 

Batman: Black Mirror: This is a collection of Detective Comics #871-881. I’d say these are my favorite Dick!Batman stories ever. All the cases are very good (really chilling), and the characterizations are top notch stuff. Lots of Gordon, Barbara, and some Tim also. 

Batman (1940) #713: Damian tells the story of Batman and Robin. Very heartwarming. 

Batman: Gates of Gotham #1-5: A good story, it’s interesting to see how Dick interacts with his siblings (ie Cass, Tim, and Damian) as Batman. 

There’s definitely a bit of hopping back and forth required if you’re going to read it this way lmao. Also, here are some more comics with Dick as Batman that I was too lazy to try to put into the timeline here: 

Superman/Batman #76: Superman’s reaction to Dick taking up the Batman mantle following Bruce’s death. Happens towards the beginning of Dick’s time as Batman. 

Blackest Night: Batman #1-3: Dick, Tim, and Damian deal with an army of Black Lanterns, composed of once-dead friends and enemies. Bruce’s body is stolen, and Dick and Tim have to face their parents’ reanimated corpses. 

Red Robin (2009): Mostly focused on Tim Drake. Dick and Damian appear in minor cameos throughout as well though. It’s interesting to look at Dick and Damian as they are in issue #1, with Damian being really rude and not listening to Dick at all, and then jumping to issue #12 and seeing just how much Damian now follows Dick’s lead and has changed while Tim was away. Idk, it’s just kind of cool. Issues #13-14 also have Tim working with the new dynamic duo as well. 

Batgirl (2009): This one is mostly focused on Stephanie Brown taking up the Batgirl mantle in the wake of Bruce’s death. Dick and Damian first meet Stephanie in issue #5...and they get off to a very rough start with her lmao. The team features heavily in #6-7 also. 

Titans (2008): This series starts off with Dick as Nightwing, but then he leaves the team to become Batman at the end of #10. He appears as Batman in: #15 with Garth, #21 with Starfire (really thought this one was interesting), #23 with Wally and Donna, and #28-30 with Slade. 

Justice League of America (2006) #41-60: Dick’s time on the Justice League with Donna. Likely takes place towards the middle and end of Dick’s time as Batman. 

the dcu guide lists characters’ appearances in chronological order

comicvine lists every appearance of a character

comicstorian is a youtube channel that summarizes comic arcs/character origins in short, easy to understand videos

lornahs has a lot of good character reading lists, dc & marvel

comic book reading orders has reading orders for almost all events & characters, dc & marvel

r/DCcomics’ wiki has a large recommended reading page & a newbies section for people looking to start reading for the first time

comic book herald has a list of reading guides as well as a where to start with current dc & a beginner’s guide to comics

the dc database has a recommended reading section

comics back issues has a list of reading orders as well as their guide to comics for new readers

and if you’re looking to get into lanterns, be sure to give my own, comparatively puny rec page a look!

a where-to-start for people who are interested in green lantern comics but have no idea where to begin!

this post includes two versions of a general rec list–both up to rebirth, with one super short one and one more in depth–as well as links to similar resources by other people

i have also included my individual character recs for the current main earth lanterns (hal, guy, john, kyle, simon, and jess) so you have everything you need in one place!

please let me know if you find any errors in this post or if you have any questions/suggestions! 💚

                                    I don’t kill, but I don’t lose either.

Cassandra Cain is the daughter of David Cain and Lady Shiva, who are both highly skilled assassins. She was raised by her father to be the perfect weapon, only being taught to read body language. After her father forced her to murder for the first time, she immediately felt horrible and guilty, which strengthened her resolve to run away. She spent a majority of her adolescence wandering and homeless, trying to cope with what she has done. She made her way to Gotham city, and during the events of No Man’s Land, she saved Commissioner Gordon’s life; Cassandra has been an ally of the Batman Family ever since. She was the second Batgirl, and later took on the mantle of the Black Bat. Cassandra was eventually adopted by Bruce as his daughter.

Under the cut is a list of comics we’d recommend reading to get more familiar with Cassandra.