Reddit reviews Crisis On Infinite Earths

• Crisis on Infinite Earths | Marv Wolfman
  
• Identity Crisis | Brad Meltzer
  
• Infinite Crisis | Geoff Johns
  
• 52 | Geoff Johns, et al.
  
• Final Crisis | Grant Morrison
  
• Blackest Night | Geoff Johns
  
• Flashpoint | Geoff Johns
  
• Forever Evil | Geoff Johns
  
• The Multiversity | Grant Morrison
  
• Darkseid War | Geoff Johns
  
• DC Universe: Rebirth | Geoff Johns
  

The main thing that new Flash readers often learn is that Barry Allen in the comics is barely anything like his portrayals in any other media. A lot of what makes the Flash interesting was created for the Wally West era, so my essential Flash reading list tries to balance both Flashes:

• Crisis on Multiple Earths: The Team-ups Vol 1
  
• Crisis on Infinite Earths
  
• The Flash by Mark Waid vols 1, 2, 3, 4
  
  
• The Flash by Geoff Johns vols 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
  
• Infinite Crisis
  
• Final Crisis
  
• The Flash Rebirth
  
• Flashpoint
  
• DC Universe Rebirth
  
• Current DC Rebirth Flash comics
  
  That's the best injection of Flash stuff I can think of off the top of my head.
  

Indeed it is

Edit: also, if you have the DC comics app on a tablet or phone, you can search crisis and it will list all the main crisis series and tie ins for you.

Since you've already read New 52 there isn't really a defined order to follow... but there is some recommended reading on the sidebar. Of all those definitely, definitely read Flashpoint, not just the Flash main story but Project Superman and Knight of Vengeance are great one-offs for those characters too. I also really like Born to Run And if you read Flashpoint and liked Flash interacting with other big namers read Crisis on Infinite Earths it's one of the biggest DC events and features some epic Flash action

You need to read more comics. I suggest

• Crisis on Infinite Earths
  
  
• Infinite Crisis
  
  
• Final Crisis

I’m assuming you probably heard or read a lot of these already but their worth repeating on the chance that you haven’t.

• The first four volumes of Superman/Batman are probably the best stand alone team up stories those two characters probably ever had. Between the four they deal with the kind of stories that only superhero books have done well. Things like multiple universe, massive crossovers, time travel, and introductions of legacy characters. They are also just damn good reads.
  
  
• Kingdom Come is another story that really could only be done well in a superhero book. If you haven’t read it then you really need too.
  
  
• Volume One and Volume Two of DC: The new Frontier are timeless superhero stories that really exhibits what makes them so special.
  
  
• All Star Superman shows what a modern version of a Silver Age story would like. This has the special sauce that made comics good back in the 60s and 70s and its one of the best Superman stories ever told.
  
  
• Superman: Red Son best example of an Elseword or Alternate universe story. Really good.
  
  
• Marvel’s Secret Wars should be required reading. Kind of like how Catcher in the Rye or To Kill a Mockingbird is in public schools. It’s a corner stone for comics.
  
  
• Crisis On Infinite Earths: If Secret Wars is Catcher in the Rye then Crisis is War and Peace. It is a tuff read for a new reader but it is masterpiece in terms of craft, storytelling, and the weaving of continuity.
  
  
• Identity Crisis was mentioned before but I’ll repeat it because it is the superhero story the deals with issues typically never addressed in superhero books. It is controversial for some of the things that happen but ultimately very good book.
  
  
• Superman: Our Worlds at War is probably a bit difficult to find at the point but it is a massive phone book size trade that show what a good multi author/artist collaborative crossover event can be like.
  
  
• The Long Halloween and Dark Victory are two timeless Batman stories. I don’t care for Batman comics but these books are so good that even I like them.
  
  
• Astro City just started back up again so a new printing of the first story should be just around the corner. It is a celebration of everything that make superhero comics great. Keep an eye out for this one.
  

It's on the [DC Universe] (https://www.dcuniverse.com/comics/series/crisis-on-infinite-earths/9652d451-a531-41d6-bcbb-b66399a15ee7) service, so the cheapest legal digital option would be to start a free trial and read it.

If you prefer physical comics, it's on Amazon for $20, but I'd check your local libraries for it before buying it.

It was mainly contained in it's own series called Crisis on Infinite Earths. I picked it up a while back from my local library. Magical place, they let me grab any book that's over a year old. Ask the librarian about that.

I'm gonna give you an example of something I read through. One of the more recent and big events was Batman: Death of the Family, which is all about Joker coming back and raising hell for the Batfamily. There's like 30 issues total involved with this story. You have the main Batman series, there's Batman and Robin, Nightwing, Batgirl, Red Hood and the Outlaws, Catwoman, Detective Comics, Teen Titans, Batman: The Dark Knight, Suicide Squad... and most of everything was just not worth it. There were only 5 essential issues you had to read for this, which was Batman 13-17

Here was my personal reading list for this event:

• Batman 13
  
• Batman and Robin 13
  
• Batman and Robin 14
  
• Batman 14
  
• Batman 15
  
• Batman and Robin 15
  
• Batman 16
  
• Batman 17
  
• Batman and Robin 17 as an epilogue
  
  And I don't feel like a missed a damn thing. If you want another place to start, I say go for what I listed right there. It's 2 full story lines that advance a plot with some branching paths you can choose to check out on your own.

I'm basically in the same boat as you.

You can actually just buy the collected Crisis on Infinite Earths and you'll be fine in terms of what's happening. At least, I had no problem with following the story.

I'm actually really surprised to see all of these other comics associated with it, I had no idea. I mean, i sort of had a sense that there should be because it was a huge event, but I've never seen this list before.

https://www.amazon.com/Crisis-Infinite-Earths-Marv-Wolfman/dp/1563897504

https://www.amazon.com/Infinite-Crisis-Geoff-Johns/dp/1401210600/ref=pd_bxgy_14_2/144-9893369-2487939?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=1401210600&pd_rd_r=V38DZTYNDARAN7WD547K&pd_rd_w=lNQwb&pd_rd_wg=etAot&psc=1&refRID=V38DZTYNDARAN7WD547K

https://www.amazon.com/Final-Crisis-New-Grant-Morrison/dp/140124517X/ref=pd_bxgy_14_3/144-9893369-2487939?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=140124517X&pd_rd_r=V38DZTYNDARAN7WD547K&pd_rd_w=lNQwb&pd_rd_wg=etAot&psc=1&refRID=V38DZTYNDARAN7WD547K

There ya go! It's $45.93 for all three of them

Crisis was a major DC event where DC at the time had different universes so they would have different Superman's in each universe and such so Crisis combined all of those universes into one and would only have one of each character. So quite a few things had happened in 1-7 and 8 is sort of where it starts wrapping up. Though Crisis is probably the most important story in Barry Allen's history so she may have read the trade if she is a huge fan.