Where do worlds go when they die? It’s a question DC wants to answer in Convergence, a limited series that ran from April 2015 to May 2015, replacing DC Comics’ regular line of comics while the publisher moves their offices from New York City to Burbank California.
In the story, Brainiac collects cities and inhabitants from various timelines that have ended and trap them in domes on a planet outside of time and space. He then exposes the domes to one another to see how the characters interact. This event will lead to the end of the New 52 era – See the New 52 Reading Order.
Here is the official synopsis: Once, there were infinite Earths. Untold timelines. Innumerable Elseworlds. Then there came a Crisis…a Zero Hour…a Flashpoint. Worlds lived. Worlds died. Now they all must fight for their future! The evil alien intelligence known as Brainiac has stolen 50 doomed cities from throughout time and space and brought them to a place beyond the Multiverse—a sentient planet of his own design, a world with the power of a god.
As heroes and villains from dozens of worlds battle each other for their very existence, it’s up to a ragtag band of warriors from a slain Earth to put an end to this threat that bends the Multiverse to its will. Reality itself hangs in the balance…
What to read before Convergence?
If you want more background information on Brainiac, Booster Gold, Superman, and the Citizens of Earth-2 before diving into Convergence, you can read:
- Futures End (optional)
- Booster Gold: Futures End #1
- Earth 2: World’s End Vol. 1 & Vol. 2
- Superman: Doomed (optional)
Convergence Reading Order:
Convergence Reading Order: Collected Editions
Convergence
Collects Convergence #0-8- Convergence: Zero Hour Book One
Collects Convergence: Justice League International #1-2, Convergence: Catwoman #1-2, Convergence: Superboy #1-2, Convergence: Green Arrow #1-2 And Convergence: Suicide Squad #1-2. - Convergence: Zero Hour Book Two
Collects Superman: Man Of Steel #1-2, Batman: Shadow Of The Bat #1-2, Supergirl: Matrix #1-2, Aquaman #1-2 And Green Lantern/Parallax #1-2. - Convergence: Crisis Book One
Collects Convergence: Batman And The Outsiders #1-2, Convergence: Adventures Of Superman #1-2, Convergence: Green Lantern Corps #1-2, Convergence: Superboy And The Legion Of Super-Heroes #1-2 And Convergence: Hawkman #1-2. - Convergence: Crisis Book Two
Collects The Flash #1-2, Wonder Woman #1-2, Justice League Of America #1-2, Swamp Thing #1-2 And The New Teen Titans #1-2. - Convergence: Flashpoint Book One
Collects Convergence: Superman #1-2, Convergence: The Question #1-2, Convergence: Batgirl #1-2, Convergence: Nightwing/Oracle #1-2 And Convergence: Justice League #1-2. - Convergence: Flashpoint Book Two
Collects The Atom #1-2, Speed Force #1-2, Titans #1-2, Batman And Robin #1-2 And Harley Quinn #1-2. - Convergence: Infinite Earths Book One
Collects Convergence: Justice Society Of America #1-2, Convergence: Infinity Inc. #1-2, Convergence: Detective Comics #1-2, Convergence: World’s Finest Comics #1-2 And Convergence: Action Comics #1-2. - Convergence: Infinite Earths Book Two
Collects Shazam! #1-2, Blue Beetle #1-2, Crime Syndicate #1-2, Convergence: Booster Gold #1-2 And Plastic Man And The Freedom Fighters #1-2
ConvergenceConvergence Reading Order: Issue By Issue
- Convergence #0
- Convergence #1
- Convergence: Speed Force #1-2
- Convergence: Superman #1-2
- Convergence: Nightwing & Oracle #1-2
- Convergence: The Question #1-2
- Convergence: Batman and Robin #1-2
- Convergence: Batgirl #1-2
- Convergence: Harley Quinn #1-2
- Convergence: Justice League #1-2
- Convergence: The Atom #1-2
- Convergence: Titans #1-2
- Convergence #2
- Convergence: Aquaman #1-2
- Convergence: Green Arrow #1-2
- Convergence: Green Lantern/Parallax #1-2
- Convergence: Suicide Squad #1-2
- Convergence: Justice League International #1-2
- Convergence: Superboy #1-2
- Convergence: Batman – Shadow of the Bat #1-2
- Convergence: Supergirl – Matrix #1-2
- Convergence: Catwoman #1-2
- Convergence: Superman – The Man of Steel #1-2
- Convergence #3
- Convergence: Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes #1-2
- Convergence: Hawkman #1-2
- Convergence: The Flash #1-2
- Convergence: Green Lantern Corps #1-2
- Convergence: Batman and the Outsiders #1-2
- Convergence: The Adventures of Superman #1-2
- Convergence: Wonder Woman #1-2
- Convergence: Swamp Thing #1-2
- Convergence: New Teen Titans #1-2
- Convergence: Justice League of America #1-2
- Convergence #4
- Convergence: Booster Gold #1-2
- Convergence: Action Comics #1-2
- Convergence: Detective Comics #1-2
- Convergence: Justice Society of America #1-2
- Convergence: Infinity INC. #1-2
- Convergence: World’s Finest #1-2
- Convergence: Plastic Man and the Freedom Fighters #1-2
- Convergence: Shazam #1-2
- Convergence: Crime Syndicate #1-2
- Convergence: Blue Beetle #1-2
- Convergence #5
- Convergence #6
- Convergence #7
- Convergence #8
What to read after Convergence?
The DC Universe have changed, The DC Multiverse was restored and soon, a new era called Rebirth was launched.