Geoff Johns Justice League Reading Order

After creating my Grant Morrison Batman  reading order, I decided to create another order based on one of my favorite Justice Leagues runs of all time by the one and only Geoff Johns!

Enjoy!

Pre-Reading

• "Flashpoint" #1-5
• "Crisis on Infinite Earths" #1-12 (optional)
• "Aquaman" (New 52) #0-13

Chapter 1: Origin

• Justice League #1 - Origin, Part I : "Five Years Ago"
• Justice League #2 - Origin, Part II : "World's Finest"
• Justice League #3 - Origin, Part III : "Stranger In A Strange Land"
• Justice League #4 - Origin, Part IV : "Sea King"
• Justice League #5 - Origin, Part V : "God Of Evil"
• Justice League #6 - Origin, Part VI : "Apokolips Now!"

Chapter 2: New Enemies

The Villain's Journey

• Justice League #7 - "The Villain's Journey Prologue"
• Justice League #8 - "Team Up: Green Arrow"
• Justice League #9 - "The Call for Adventure"
• Justice League #10 - "The Belly of the Beast"
• Justice League #11 - "Atonement"
• Justice League #12 - "Rescue From Within"

The Secret of the Cheetah

• Justice League #13 - SOTC, Part I : "Cursed"
• Justice League #14 - SOTC, Part II : "Monster Of Steel"

Chapter 3: Throne of Atlantis

• Aquaman #14 - "Prologue"
• Justice League #15 - "Nuclear Option"
• Aquaman #15 - "Drowned City"
• Justice League #16 - "Sins Past"
• Aquaman #16 - "Death In The Deep"
• Justice League #17 - "A Watery Grave"

Chapter 4: Countdown

World's Most Dangerous

• Justice League of America #1 - "Dead On Arrival"
• Justice League of America #2 - "Secret Society"
• Justice League of America #3 - "The Forest and the Trees"
• Justice League of America #4 - "The Good, The Bad, and The Shaggy
• Justice League of America #5 - "The Outsider"

Shazam! TP (Vol 1)

Prelude to Trinity War

• Justice League #18 - "The Grid"
• Justice League #19 - "War Games"
• Justice League #20 - "Secrets"

Chapter 5: Trinity War

• The New 52: FCBD Special Edition #1 - "What Comes Next"
• Justice League #22 - Trinity War, Part I : "The Death Card"
• Justice League of America #6 - Trinity War, Part II : "Man With No Face"
• Justice League Dark #22 - Trinity War, Part III : "House of Cards"
• Justice League of America #7 - Trinity War, Part IV : "Open The Box"
• Justice League Dark #23 - Trinity War, Part V : "Corrupted"
• Justice League #23 -  Trinity War, Part VI : "Black Mirror"

Chapter 6: Forever Evil

Act 1: New World Order

• Action Comics #23.3 - "Up, Up, & Away!"
• Forever Evil #1  - "Nightfall"
• Aquaman #23.1 - "Sea Change"
• Justice League #23.4 - "The Wild Card"
• Justice League of America #7.4 - "Freedom Fighter"
• Forever Evil #2 - "Rats"

Act 2: Resistance

• Justice League #24 - "Forever Strong"
• Forever Evil #3 - "Prisoners"
• Justice League #25 - "Forever Lost"
• Forever Evil #4 - "Hide and Seek"
• Justice League #26 - "Forever Numb"
• Justice League #27 - "Forever Doomed"
• Justice League #28 - "Forever Worthy"
• Forever Evil #5 - "Hit and Run"

Act 3: Fearful Symmetry

• Forever Evil #6 - "The Power of Mazahs!"
• Justice League #29 - "Forever Heroes"
• Forever Evil #7 - "Crisis of Self"

Chapter 7: Injustice League

Curse of Power Ring

• Justice League #30 - "Kicking Down Doors"
• Justice League #31 - "Power Players"
• Justice League #32 - "Birth"
• Justice League #33 - "Puppet Strings"
• Justice League #34 - "Unlikely Allies"

The Amazo Virus

• Justice League #35 - "The Outbreak"
• Justice League #36 - "Quarantined"
• Justice League #37 - "Patient Zero"
• Justice League #38 - "The Secret"
• Justice League #39 - "The Infected"

Chapter 8: The Darkseid War

Act 1: War

• Divergence #1 - "The Other Amazon"
• Justice League #40 - "Prologue"
• Justice League #41 - "God vs. Man"
• Justice League #42 - "The New God"
• Justice League #43 - "Taken"
• Justice League #44 - "The Death of Darkseid"

Act 2: After Death

• Justice League #45 - AD, Part I : "Communion"
• Justice League: Darkseid War Green Lantern #1 - "Will you be my God?"
• Justice League: Darkseid War Shazam #1 - "Mightiest"
• Justice League: Darkseid War Lex Luthor #1 - "The Omega Judgement"
• Justice League #46 - AD, Part II : "The Purge"

Act 3: Gods of Justice

• Justice League #47 - "Syndicate"
• Justice League #48 - "Crime Pays"
• Justice League: The Darkseid War Special #1 - "Darkness Within"
• Justice League #49 - "Power Mad"
• Justice League #50 - "Death and Rebirth"

Grant Morrison Batman Reading Order

After reading through all of Grant Morrison's legendary run on the Caped Crusader, as well as checking out some reading orders, I've decided to create my own order to create a story as cohesive as possible for any new readers. This list does take a lot of inspiration from the reading order created by reddit user Gerry-Mandarin (here's the link to his)

Enjoy!

Pre-Reading

• Batman #47 - "The Origin of the Batman!"
• Batman #62 - "The Batman of England!"
• Batman #65 - "A Partner For Batman!"
• Batman #86 - "Batman -- Indian Chief!"
• Detective Comics #215 - "The Batmen of All Nations"
• Detective Comics #235 - "The First Batman"
• World's Finest #89 - "The Club of Heroes"
• Detective Comics #247 - "The Man Who Ended Batman's Career"
• Batman #112 - "Am I Really Batman?"
• Batman #113 - "The Batman of Planet X"
• Detective Comics #267 - "Batman Meets Bat-Mite!"
• Batman #134 - "The Rainbow Creature"
• Batman #153 - "Prisoners of Three Worlds!"
• Batman #156 - "Robin Dies at Dawn"
• Batman #180 - "Death Knocks Three Times!"
• Batman #452-454 - "Dark Knight, Dark City"
• 52 #30 - "Dark Knight Down"
• 52 #47 - "Revelations"

BATMAN

[Batman & Son]

• Batman #655 - "Building a Better Batmobile"
• Batman #656 - "Man-Bats of London"
• Batman #657 - "Wonderboys"
• Batman #658 - "Absent Fathers"
• Batman #663 - "The Clown at Midnight"

[The Black Glove Act I - "Impostor Syndrome"]

• Batman #664 - "Three Ghosts of Batman"
• Batman #665 - "The Black Casebook"
• Batman #666 - "Batman in Bethlehem"

[The Black Glove Act II - "The Club of Heroes"]

• Batman #667 - "The Island of Mister Mayhew"
• Batman #668 - "Now We Are Dead!"
• Batman #669 - "The Dark Knight Must Die!"

[The Black Glove Act III - "The Devil In The Details"]

• Batman #672 - "Space Medicine"
• Batman #673 - "Joe Chill in Hell"
• Batman #674 - "Batman Dies at Dawn"
• Batman #675 - "The Fiend With Nine Eyes"

[Batman RIP]

• Batman #676 - "Midnight in the House of Hurt"
• Batman #677 - "Batman in the Underworld"
• Batman #678 - "Zur En Arrh"
• Batman #679 - "Miracle on Crime Alley"
• Batman #680 - "The Thin White Duke of Death"
• Batman #681 - "Hearts in Darkness"

FINAL CRISIS

BATMAN & ROBIN

[CHAPTER ONE - "Batman Reborn"]

• Batman and Robin #1 - "Domino Effect"
• Batman and Robin #2 - "The Circus of Strange"
• Batman and Robin #3 - "Mommy Made of Nails"

[CHAPTER TWO - "Revenge of the Red Hood"]

• Batman and Robin #4 - "Red Right Hand"
• Batman and Robin #5 - "Scarlet"
• Batman and Robin #6 - "Flamingo is Here"

[CHAPTER THREE - "Blackest Knight"]

• Batman and Robin #7 - "Pearly and the Pit"
• Batman and Robin #8 - "Batman vs Batman"
• Batman and Robin #9 - "Broken"
• Batman #700 - "Time & The Batman"

[The Return Of Bruce Wayne Act I - "Batman VS Robin"]

1. Batman and Robin #10 - "The Haunting of Wayne Manor"
2. Return of Bruce Wayne #1 - "Shadow on Stone"
3. Batman and Robin #11 - "Boneyard"
4. Return of Bruce Wayne #2 - "Until the End of Time"
5. Batman and Robin #12 - "Mexican Train"

[The Return Of Bruce Wayne Act II - "Gotcha!"]

1. Return of Bruce Wayne #3 - "The Bones of Bristol Bay"
2. Batman #701 - "The Missing Chapter Part 1: The Hole in Things"
3. Batman #702 - "The Missing Chapter Part 2: Batman's Last Case"
4. Batman and Robin #13 - "The Garden of Death"
5. Return of Bruce Wayne #4 - "Dark Knight, Dark Rider"

[The Return Of Bruce Wayne Act III - "Batman & Robin MUST DIE!"]

1. Batman and Robin #14 - "The Triumph of Death"
2. Return of Bruce Wayne #5 - "Masquerade"
3. Batman and Robin #15 - "The Knight, Death, and The Devil"
4. Return of Bruce Wayne #6 - "The All-Over"
5. Batman and Robin #16 - "Black Mass"

BATMAN INCORPORATED

[The Batman of Japan!]

• Batman: The Return #1 - "Planet Gotham"
• Batman Incorporated (Vol 1) #1 - "Mr. Unknown is Dead!"
  
• Batman Incorporated (Vol 1) #2 - "Resurrector!"

[The Spyder's Web!]

• Batman Incorporated (Vol 1) #3 - "Scorpion Tango"
• Batman Incorporated (Vol 1) #4 - "The Kane Affair"
• Batman Incorporated (Vol 1) #5 - "Masterspy"

[Planet Batman!]

• Batman Incorporated (Vol 1) #6 - "Nyktomorph"
• Batman Incorporated (Vol 1) #7 - "Medicine Soldiers"
• Batman Incorporated (Vol 1) #8 - "Nightmares in Numberland"

[Leviathan Rises!]

• Batman Incorporated: Leviathan Strikes! #1 - "School of Night"
• Batman Incorporated: Leviathan Strikes! #1 - "Leviathan Strikes!"
• Batman Incorporated (Vol 2) #0 - "Brand Building"

[Heir to the Bat]

• Batman Incorporated (Vol 2) #1 - "Demon Star"
• Batman Incorporated (Vol 2) #2 - "Eye of the Gorgon"
• Batman Incorporated (Vol 2) #3 - "The Hanged Man"

[Heir to the Gorgon]

• Batman Incorporated (Vol 2) #4 - "Kill Box"
• Batman Incorporated (Vol 2) #5 - "Asylum"
• Batman incorporated (Vol 2) #6 - "Garland of Skulls"

[Fearful Symmetry]

• Batman Incorporated (Vol 2) #7 - "Belly of the Whale"
• Batman Incorporated (Vol 2) #8 - "The Boy Wonder Returns"
• Batman Incorporated (Vol 2) #9 - "Fallen Son"

[Batman Forever]

• Batman Incorporated (Vol 2) #10 - "Gotham's Most Wanted"
• Batman Incorporated (Vol 2) #12 - "Fatherless"
• Batman Incorporated (Vol 2) #13 - "The Dark Knight and the Devil's Daughter"

[Epilogue]

• Batman Incorporated (Vol 2) #11 - "A Bird in the Hand"
• Batman Incorporated (Vol 2) Special - "Never the End"

Post-Morrison Reading : Grayson by King & Seeley

[Agents Of Spyral]

• Secret Origins #8 - "The Candidate"
• Grayson #1 - "Agent 37"
• Grayson #2 - "Gut Feelings"
• Grayson #3 - "The Gun Goes Off"
• Grayson #4 - "The Raid"
• Future's End : Grayson #1 - "Only A Place For Dying"

[Grayson Against The World]

• Grayson #5 - "Everyone Dies At Dawn"
• Grayson #6 - "The Brains Of The Operation"
• Grayson #7 - "Sin By Silence"
• Grayson Annual #1 - "A Story Of Giants Big & Small"
• Grayson #8 - "Cross My Heart & Hope To Die"

[Nemesis]

• DC Sneak Peek : Grayson - "Divergence : Grayson"
• Grayson #9 - Nemesis, Part I : "A Clear Implication"
• Grayson #10 - Nemesis, Part II : "Mustache-Twirling Villain"
• Grayson #11 - Nemesis, Part III : "Because You Were Weak"
• Grayson #12 - "A Fine Performance"
• Grayson Annual #2 - "Just A Guy"

[Robin War]

• Grayson #13 - A Ghost From The Tomb, Part I : "The Cloud"
• Grayson #14 - A Ghost From The Tomb, Part II : "A Letter To Maria Gisborne"
• Robin War #1 - "With The Greatest Of Ease"
• Grayson #15 - "The Originals"
• Robin War #2 - "The Daring Young Man"
• Grayson #16 - "Code Word : Swordfish"

[A Leviathan Reborn]

• Grayson #17 - "You Can Take The Spy Out Of The Shadow..."
• Grayson #18 - "Fight Harder"
• Grayson #19 - "The Second Coming"
• Grayson #20 - "Spyral's End"
• Grayson Annual #3 - "Who IS Agent 37?"