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DC Infinite Crisis Reading Order

A sequel to DC’s 1985 limited series Crisis on Infinite Earths (see the reading order here), Infinite Crisis is a storyline published in 2005–2006 written by Geoff Johns and illustrated by Phil Jimenez, George Pérez, Ivan Reis, and Jerry Ordway. Like the original “crisis”, it’s about the Multiverse

OMAC robots are rampaging, magic is dying, villains are uniting, and a war is raging in space. And in the middle of it all, a critical moment has divided Earth’s three greatest heroes: Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman. It’s the DCU’s darkest day, and long-lost heroes from the past have returned to make things right in the universe… at any cost. Heroes will live, heroes will die, and the DCU will never be the same again!

What to read before Infinite Crisis?

Everything started with Crisis on Infinite Earths (see reading order), but after the events of the 2004 storyline Identity Crisis (see reading order), DC Comics launched the “Countdown to Infinite Crisis”, multiple miniseries leading to the main Infinite Crisis event:

Infinite Crisis Reading Order

Infinite Crisis Reading Order: Collected Editions

  • Infinite Crisis Omnibus
    Collects Action Comics #826, #829, Adventures of Superman #639, #642, Countdown to Infinite Crisis, Day of Vengeance #1-6, Day of Vengeance Infinite Crisis Special, JLA #115-119, Infinite Crisis #1-6, Infinite Crisis Secret Files 2006, The OMAC Project #1-6, The OMAC Project Infinite Crisis Special, Rann-Thanagar War #1-6, The Rann-Thanagar Infinite Crisis Special, Superman #216, #219, Villains United #1-6, Villains United Infinite Crisis Special and Wonder Woman #219.

  • Infinite Crisis
    Collects Infinite Crisis #1–7.
  • Superman: Infinite Crisis
    Collects Infinite Crisis Secret Files & Origins, Infinite Crisis #5, Superman #226, Action Comics #836, and Adventures of Superman #649.
  • Infinite Crisis: Companion
    Collects the one-shots Day of Vengeance: Infinite Crisis Special, The OMAC Project: Infinite Crisis Special, Rann–Thanagar War: Infinite Crisis Special and Villains United: Infinite Crisis Special.

Infinite Crisis Reading Order: Issue by Issue

The short version of the Infinite Crisis

  • Countdown to Infinite Crisis #1
  • The OMAC Project #1-3
  • Superman #219
  • Action Comics #829
  • Adventures Of Superman #642
  • Wonder Woman #219
  • The OMAC Project #4-6
  • Villains United #1-6
  • Action Comics #826
  • Adventures of Superman #639
  • Superman #216
  • Day of Vengeance #1-6
  • Rann–Thanagar War #1-6
  • JLA #115-119
  • Infinite Crisis #1-3
  • Day of Vengeance #1
  • Infinite Crisis Secret Files & Origins 2006
  • Infinite Crisis #4
  • The Rann-Thanagar Infinite Crisis Special
  • Infinite Crisis #5-6
  • The OMAC Project Infinite Crisis Special
  • Villains United Infinite Crisis Special
  • Infinite Crisis #7

The Full version of the Infinite Crisis

What’s coming next is the full list of issues, from the countdown miniseries and other events, with the tie-ins, to the main events. It’s not my work, you can find all the details at the source, the dedicated Infinite Crisis blog (it also offers a guide to connect Identity Crisis to Countdown).

Countdown to Infinite Crisis
  • Countdown to Infinite Crisis #1
  • The OMAC Project #1
  • Superman #217
  • Day Of Vengeance #1
  • JSA #73-75
  • Birds Of Prey #81-85 
  • Blood Of The Demon #6-7 
  • Action Comics #832
  • Villains United #1
  • Batman: Gotham Knights #66 
  • Villains United #2-3
  • Breach #7-8
  • Green Arrow #52
  • Superman #218
  • Adventures Of Superman #641
  • The OMAC Project #2-3
  • Wonder Woman #218
  • Outsiders #21-23
  • Teen Titans #24
  • Outsiders #24
  • Teen Titans #25
  • Outsiders #25
  • Teen Titans #26
  • Day Of Vengeance #2-4
  • Manhunter #11-14
  • Batgirl #63-64
  • Nightwing #107-115 
  • JSA Classified #1
  • JSA #76
  • Supergirl #1-5
  • Outsiders #28
  • Superman #219
  • Action Comics #829
  • Adventures Of Superman #642
  • Wonder Woman #219
  • The OMAC Project #4
  • Wonder Woman #220
  • Adventures Of Superman #643
  • Firestorm #14-16 
  • Villains United #4
  • Firestorm #17
  • Superman #220 
  • Flash #1/2
  • Flash #220-225
  • Hawkman #34-45
  • Batman #645 
  • Superman #221
  • Action Comics #830-831
  • The OMAC Project #5-6
  • Wonder Woman #221
  • Superman #222
  • Firestorm #18
  • Batgirl #66
  • Villains United #5-6
  • Batman #646-647 
  • DC Special: The Return Of Donna Troy #1-4
  • Catwoman #44-49
  • JLA #115-119
  • Adventures Of Superman #644
  • Catwoman #50-51
  • JSA Classified #5-7 
  • Hawkman #46 Rann-Thanagar War #1-6
  • Green Lantern Corps: Recharge #1-5
  • Teen Titans / Outsiders: Secret Files and Origins 2005
  • JSA #77
  • JSA Classified #2-3 
  • Adventures Of Superman #645 
  • JLA #120-123
  • JSA #78-80
  • Day Of Vengeance #5-6

Infinite Crisis starts here
  • Infinite Crisis #1
  • Gotham Central #37
  • JLA #124-125
  • Outsiders #29-30
  • Teen Titans #29
  • Wonder Woman #222
  • Superman #223
  • Firestorm #19
  • Teen Titans #30-31
  • Green Lantern #7-8
  • Birds Of Prey #86-90
  • Aquaman #32-36
  • Adventures Of Superman #646-647
  • Gotham Central #38-40
  • Superman #224
  • Wonder Woman #223
  • JSA Classified #4
  • Infinite Crisis #2
  • Firestorm #20
  • Outsiders #31-33
  • Hawkman #47-49
  • Superman #225
  • JSA #81
  • Aquaman #37
  • Wonder Woman #224
  • Infinite Crisis #3
  • JSA #82
  • Aquaman #38-39
  • Robin #143-145
  • Day Of Vengeance: Infinite Crisis Special #1
  • JSA Classified #8-9
  • Batman #648-650

  • Infinite Crisis #4
  • Nightwing #116
  • Teen Titans #32
  • Wonder Woman #225
  • Robin #146-147
  • Firestorm #21-22
  • Rann-Thanagar War: Infinite Crisis Special #1
  • Manhunter #16-19
  • Catwoman #52
  • Birds Of Prey #91
  • Wonder Woman #226
  • Adventures Of Superman #648
  • Teen Titans Annual #1
  • Nightwing #117
  • Infinite Crisis #5
  • Superman #226
  • Action Comics #836
  • Adventures Of Superman #649
  • Teen Titans #33
  • Infinite Crisis Secret Files and Origins 2006
  • Batman Annual #25
  • Infinite Crisis #6
  • The OMAC Project: Infinite Crisis Special
  • Villains United: Infinite Crisis Special #1
  • Infinite Crisis #7
The Aftermath
  • Green Arrow #54-59
  • Superman/Batman #26
  • Crisis Aftermath: The Spectre #1-3
  • Crisis Aftermath: The Battle for Blüdhaven #1–6
  • Crisis Aftermath: In the Wake of Infinite Crisis: Brave New World
  • Superman #712
  • Captain Atom: Armageddon #1-9

After Infinite Crisis

Once the Crisis was completed, DC used the “One Year Later” event to move the narratives of most of its DC Universe series forward by… one year. Published weekly for one year, the 52 series consists of 52 issues,  each issue detailing an actual week chronicling the events that took place during the missing year after the end of Infinite Crisis. The story is directly followed by the weekly limited series Countdown to Final Crisis. 

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