Justice League by Scott Snyder and James Tynion IV Reading Order

This reading order is designed to give an outline of Scott Snyder and James Tynion IV’s time writing the Justice League for DC Comics. It attempts to find the best way to showcase the narrative that stretches through these authors’ time with the team.

The continuity details relating to each specific storyline are explained in the “Review” of each storyline. Every “Review” link will provide a detailed continuity breakdown of that story and will explain any reference the story makes to other aspects of the DC Universe. All of this can be found under the “Continuity” section of each link.

Jump to: Rebirth – Universe

Rebirth

This era in the Justice League’s history mostly continues storylines stretching through Scott Snyder’s time writing Batman (Reading Order) rather than directly continuing the Justice League’s progression prior to this point.

This all starts with the Dark Nights: Metal (Reading Order) event. Here, the Justice League comes together to face an incursion from the Dark Multiverse. This leads directly into the Justice League: No Justice (Reading Order) event which leads directly into the next era.

Universe

The narrative in this era directly continues the narrative from the previous era with no continuity breaks.

Here, Scott Snyder and James Tynion IV's time writing the Justice League is mostly confined to the Justice League series. This comic features several story arcs that all help develop an even larger narrative. Outside of this narrative, other comics help develop minor plotlines, mostly centered around the Batman Who Laughs (Reading Order). All of these narrative arcs come together as Scott Snyder and James Tynion IV's time writing the Justice League ends and the Year of the Villain event begins. Both of these directly set up the Dark Nights: Death Metal (Reading Order) event, which serves as the climax to this era.

Notes

1. This series has almost nothing to do with the Justice League. However, it further develops the Batman Who Laughs (Reading Order) after his appearance in Justice League #8. The conclusion to this series also serves as a direct prelude to the first arc in the Batman/Superman series, which is also relevant to this reading order.
2. Technically, DC's Year of the Villain Special #1 spoils the conclusion of Justice League #25, and Justice League #25 spoils what happens in DC's Year of the Villain Special #1. These spoilers are critical but to avoid spoilers entirely, we suggest reading the "Doom" story from the Year of the Villain Special, then reading Justice League #25, then finishing the Year of the Villain Special.
3. This story arc mostly focuses on Batman (Reading Order), Superman (Reading Order), and the Batman Who Laughs (Reading Order) and it is not written by either Scott Snyder or James Tynion IV. However, it is a direct prelude to the Year of the Villain: Hell Arisen (Review) story arc and, thus, is moderately relevant to this reading order.