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DC Reading Guides!

Yeah, basically just what the title says. It's a bunch of reading guides for chars that aren't that popular or are kinda hard to find guides of

  • Mary Elizabeth "Bette" Kane/Flamebird

  • Lilith Clay-Jupiter/Omen

  • Lesla-Lar/Luminary

  • Charley Parker/Golden Eagle (TBD)

  • Duela Dent/Joker's Daugher (TBD)

  • ???

  • ???

As Flamebird, Bette was in her glory...

Pre-Crisis

  • Batman (1940): #139, 141, 144, 153, 159

  • Detective Comics (1937): #322

  • Teen Titans (1966): #50-52

  • Tales of the Teen Titans (1984): #50


Post-Crisis

  • Secret Origins (1986): Annual #1

  • The New Titans (1984): #56

  • Hawk and Dove (1989): Annual #1

  • JLA/Titans: The Technis Imperative: #1-3

  • Beast Boy (2000): #1-4

  • Titans (1999): Annual #1 ("The Way of the Warrior")

  • Titans Secret Files and Origins (1999): #2 ("Super Friends")

  • Young Justice (1998): #20-21

  • Titans (1999): #35-36

  • Detective Comics (1937): #853, 857, 861-863


Post-Flashpoint

  • Batwoman (2010): #0

  • Batwoman (2011): 1-12, 0, 13-24, Annual #1, 25-28, 31-32

  • DC’s Legion of Bloom (2023): (“The Birds and The Bees”)

Less powerful than you? I lied about that too.

As Lilith Clay (Pre-Zero Hour)

  • Teen Titans (1966): #25-31

  • The Brave and The Bold (1950): #94

  • Teen Titans (1966): #32-35

  • World's Finest (1941): #205

  • Teen Titans (1966): #36-38

  • Batman (1940): #241-242

  • Teen Titans (1966): #39, 41-43, 50-52

  • Tales of the Teen Titans (1984): #49-54

  • New Teen Titans (1984): #2-10

  • Secret Origins (1986): Annual #1

  • The New Titans (1984): #56

  • Hawk and Dove (1989): Annual #1


As Omen (Pre-Flashpoint)

  • Teen Titans (1996): #1-6, 11-16, 18, 23-24

  • JLA/Titans: The Technis Imperative: #1-3

  • Secret Origins of Super-Villains 80-Page Giant: #1 ("The Rise of Tartarus")

  • Titans (1999): #13-14

  • Titans Secret Files and Origins (1999): #2 ("Super Friends")

  • Titans (1999): #33, 40-50

  • Titans/Young Justice: Graduation Day (2004): #1-3


As Omen (Post-Flashpoint)

  • The Culling (Crossover Storyline): Superboy (2011) #8 / Teen Titans (2011) #8 / Teen Titans Annual #1 / Superboy (2011) #9

  • Superboy (2011): #0

  • Teen Titans (2011): Annual #3

  • Secret Origins (2014): #7 ("Lab Rat")

  • Titans Hunt (2015): #1-8

  • Titans (2016): #1-10, Annual 1

  • The Lazarus Contract: Titans (2016) #11 / Teen Titans (2016) #8 / Deathstroke (2016) #19 / Teen Titans: The Lazarus Contract Special #1

  • Titans (2016): #12-19

  • Lazarus Planet: Assault on Krypton: #1 ("Deus Ex Majika")

  • Action Comics: #1051-1053 ("Head Like a Whole")

  • Power Girl Special #1

  • Knight Terrors: Action Comics: #1-2 ("She's Got No Strings")

  • Power Girl (2023): #1-6, 8, 10-20

  • Summer of Superman Special: #1 ("Chapter Three")

  • Titans (2023): 2025 Annual

I envy and hate her! The honors that I, Lesla-Lar, have earned in Kandor as a scientific genius are as nothing compared to the acclaim the people of Earth will give Supergirl when they learn of her existence!

whilst this section states her select appearances, it is recommended to read the entire storyline

The Unknown Supergirl (Action Comics #278-285)

  • Action Comics: #279/2 ("Supergirl's Secret Enemy!")

  • Action Comics: #280/2 ("Trapped in Kandor!")

  • Action Comics: #281/2 ("The Secret of the Time-Barrier!")

  • Action Comics: #282/2 ("The Supergirl of Tomorrow!")

The Girl with the X-Ray Mind (Action Comics #295-298)

  • Action Comics: #297/2 ("The Forbidden Weapons of Krypton!")

  • Action Comics: #298/2 ("The Super-Powers of Lex Luthor!")

Strangers at the Heart's Core (Superman Family #183-189, 191-195, 206)

  • Superman Family: #183/1 ("Shadows of Phantoms")

  • Superman Family: #184/1 ("The Visitors from the Void")

  • Superman Family: #185/6 ("The Voodoo Machine")

  • Superman Family: #186/6 ("A Rendezvous with Reality")

  • Superman Family: #187/6 ("Birthright of Power")

  • Superman Family: #188/6 ("Kandor vs. Supergirl!")

  • Superman Family: #189/6 ("Mysteries of Menace")

  • Superman Family: #191/4 ("A Matter of Gravity")

  • Superman Family: #192/2 ("What Goes Up... Can't Come Down")

  • Superman Family: #193/4 ("The Gravity War")

  • Superman Family: #194/4 ("Nightmare in New Athens")

  • Superman Family: #195/6 ("The Screamin' Demon")

  • Superman Family: #206/1 ("Strangers at the Heart's Core")

Post-Infinite Frontier

  • Supergirl (2023): #1-Present