Crisis Hotline With Doc - CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS - PART TWO

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Crisis On Infinite Earths: 
Doc's Comprehensive Reading List Order

Total Books: 147

Pre-Crisis Appearances of The Monitor: The following 43 books are connected to the Crisis in that they all have a short cameo that show the Monitor observing the events of the respective comic. These 43 books are unnecessary to understand the Crisis on Infinite Earths event.  You can easily skip these and start at Crisis on Infinite Earths #1. I included these books for the completist.
New Teen Titans (vol.1) #21
New Teen Titans (vol.1) Annual #2
Green Lantern (vol.2) #173
Green Lantern (vol.2) #176
Green Lantern (vol.2) #178
Flash (vol.1) #338
Flash (vol.1) #339
Tales of the Teen Titans (vol.1) #47
Blue Devil (vol.1) #5
The Fury of Firestorm: The Nuclear Man (vol.2) #28
Batman and the Outsiders (vol.1) #14
Batman and the Outsiders (vol.1) #15
Action Comics (vol.1) #560
Justice League of America (vol.1) #232
Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes (vol.2) #317
The Saga of the Swamp Thing (vol.2) #30
Wonder Woman (vol.1) #321
Infinity, Inc. (vol.1) #8
All-Star Squadron (vol.1) #40
DC Comics Presents (vol.1) #76
Superman (vol.1) #402
The Saga of the Swamp Thing (vol.2) #31
Justice League of America (vol.1) #234
Vigilante (vol.1) #14
Superman (vol.1) #403
World’s Finest (vol.1) #311
Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes (vol.2) #319
Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes (vol.2) #320
Amethyst (vol.2) #2
G.I. Combat (vol.1) #274
G.I. Combat (vol.1) #275
G.I. Combat (vol.1) #276
Wonder Woman (vol.1) #323
Action Comics (vol.1) #564
Warlord (vol.1) #91
Jonah Hex (vol.1) #90
Atari Force (vol.2) #18
Batman (vol.1) #384
Detective Comics (vol.1) #551
Flash (vol.1) #350
Tales of the Teen Titans (vol.1) #58
DC Comics Presents (vol.1) #97 final canonical appearance of Earth-One and all of its corresponding occupants
DC Comics Presents (vol.1) #78




Core Crisis on Infinite Earths Issues and Cross-Overs:
Crisis on Infinite Earths (vol.1) #1
All-Star Squadron (vol.1) #50
All-Star Squadron (vol.1) #51
All-Star Squadron (vol.1) #52
The Fury of Firestorm: The Nuclear Man (vol.2) #41
Infinity, Inc. (vol.1) #18
Detective Comics (vol.1) #555
Crisis on Infinite Earths (vol.1) #2
Green Lantern (vol.2) #194
Batman (vol.1) #389
Detective Comics (vol.1) #556
Batman (vol.1) #390
Detective Comics (vol.1) #557
Batman (vol.1) #391
Detective Comics (vol.1) #558
Swamp Thing (vol.2) #39
Crisis on Infinite Earths (vol.1) #3
Swamp Thing (vol.2) #40
Swamp Thing (vol.2) #41
Swamp Thing (vol.2) #42
Crisis on Infinite Earths (vol.1) #4
DC Comics Presents (vol.1) #86
Swamp Thing (vol.2) #43
Swamp Thing (vol.2) #44
Omega Men (vol.1) #26
Vigilante (vol.1) #22
Wonder Woman (vol.1) #327
Wonder Woman (vol.1) #328
Infinity, Inc. (vol.1) #19
Justice League of America (vol.1) #244
Infinity, Inc. (vol.1) #20
Infinity, Inc. Annual (vol.1) #1
Warlord (vol.1) #97
Legends of the DC Universe: Crisis on Infinite Earths (vol.1) #1 written in 1999 by Marv Wolfman, this edition gives conflicting information regarding the placement of this story in the original Crisis. The "Crisis Crossovers" synopsis states it happened during Crisis On Infinite Earths #4 while the "Crisis Aftermath Stories" section states it was between Crisis On Infinite Earths #4 and #5. This is an unimportant entry.
Crisis on Infinite Earths (vol.1) #5
Swamp Thing (vol.2) #45
All-Star Squadron (vol.1) #53
Infinity, Inc. (vol.1) #21
Infinity, Inc. (vol.1) #22
Swamp Thing (vol.2) #46
All-Star Squadron (vol.1) #54
All-Star Squadron (vol.1) #55
Crisis on Infinite Earths (vol.1) #6
Superman (vol.1) #413
Infinity, Inc (vol.1) #23
Legion of Super-Heroes (vol.3) #13
Legion of Super-Heroes (vol.3) #14
Legion of Super-Heroes (vol.3) #15
Legion of Super-Heroes Annual (vol.3) #1
Crisis on Infinite Earths (vol.1) #7
Infinity, Inc (vol.1) #24
DC Comics Presents (vol.1) #95
Legion of Super-Heroes (vol.3) #16
Legion of Super-Heroes (vol.3) #17
Legion of Super-Heroes (vol.3) #18
Wonder Woman (vol.1) #329
DC Comics Presents (vol.1) #87
Superman (vol.1) #414
Crisis on Infinite Earths (vol.1) #8
Green Lantern (vol.2) #195
Blue Devil (vol.1) #17
Omega Men (vol.1) #31
Blue Devil (vol.1) #18
Justice League ofAmerica Annual (vol.1) #3
Crisis on Infinite Earths (vol.1) #9
Blue Devil (vol.1) #19
Green Lantern (vol.2) #196
New Teen Titans (vol.2) #13
New Teen Titans (vol.2) #14
The Fury of Firestorm: The Nuclear Man (vol.2) #42
Superman (vol.1) #415
DC Comics Presents (vol.1) #88
Omega Men (vol.1) #32
Crisis on Infinite Earths (vol.1) #10
Justice League of America (vol.1) #245
Omega Men (vol.1) #33
All-Star Squadron (vol.1) #56
Crisis on Infinite Earths (vol.1) #11
Green Lantern (vol.2) #197
Amethyst (vol.2) #13
Crisis on Infinite Earths (vol.1) #12




Post-Crisis Comic Books: these stories really don’t have a solid connection to the Crisis that just ended. Most of these books may make a passing reference to the just-completed event, but are not necessary to understand the event itself
Legend of Wonder Woman (vol.1) #1 this is the final Golden Age Wonder Woman tale. Unless you’re a COIE or WW completist, this isn’t necessary
Legend of Wonder Woman (vol.1) #2
Legend of Wonder Woman (vol.1) #3
Legend of Wonder Woman (vol.1) #4
Green Lantern (vol.2) #198 this is bannered & talks about the Anti-Monitor, but has nothing to do with the core event
Infinity, Inc. (vol.1) #25
DC Comics Presents (vol.1) #94 a post-Crisis story with Harbinger, Pariah, & Lady Quark. Not essential; not bannered
Losers Special (vol.1) #1 bannered; although not out until June 1985, 2 months after COIE, the events from this issue take place concurrently with events chronicled in Crisis on Infinite Earths #3
All-Star Squadron (vol.1) #57
All-Star Squadron (vol.1) #58
All-Star Squadron (vol.1) #59
All-Star Squadron (vol.1) #60 this is the final pre-Crisis All-Star Squadron story
Last Days of the JSA Special (vol.1) #1 this is the last time we see the Justice Society members except for Power Girl, Star-Spangled Kid, Spectre, and Dr. Fate participate in any present-day stories in the New Earth reality until 1992. The story was originally intended to be a retirement of using the Justice Society in present-day stories, with the focus shifting on their continued Golden Age adventures in Young All-Stars and those of their original Earth-Two successor group Infinity, Inc.
Infinity, Inc. (vol.1) #30 this story serves as a coda to events that took place in The Last Days of the Justice Society
Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew: The Oz-Wonderland Wars (vol.1) #3
Aquaman (vol.2) #1 1st appearance of the post-Crisis Aquaman. He gets a new suit and the history of Atlantis is updated
Aquaman (vol.2) #2
Aquaman (vol.2) #3
Aquaman (vol.2) #4
Superman (vo.1) #423 this story, continued in Action Comics #583, was originally published as an imaginary story, outside of regular continuity. In the Crisis on Infinite Earths: The Compendium, this was retconned as having happened on another Earth, (Earth-423). It takes place in the year 1997. The 2-part saga is intended to represent the "final" Superman story, but does not actually take place within canonical Earth-One history. I included these 2 stories because they are awesome :-) 
Action Comics (vol.1) #583
Batman (vol.1) #400 this is the last issue to feature the Pre-Crisis Earth-One Batman (and associated characters) and the next issue features the New Earth Batman. Not bannered; and not necessary to understanding anything with the main Crisis event
Green Lantern (vol.2) #199 the only connection this has to the main Crisis event is that this issue establishes that 912 Green Lanterns, and 14 Guardians were killed during Crisis on Infinite Earths



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