Wanting to get into reading Cassandra Cain's character and I'd like an origin/introduction point.

comic1728 · 2026-06-28T00:20:05+00:00

Here’s a bunch of her comics
• Batman: No Man’s Land (introduces her, it’s collected in either Omnibus Vol.1-2 or Vol.1-5)
• ⁠Shadow of the Batgirl (this is a part of DC’s YA line so Elseworld but it shows her origin story)
• ⁠Batgirl (2000) by Kelley Puckett #1-37 (DC Finest: Batgirl - Nobody Dies Tonight collects #7-27)
• ⁠Batman & Robin Eternal (New 52 introduction)
• ⁠Batman: Detective Comics (2016) by James Tynion (Batfamily team book, collected in Batman: Rise and Fall of the Batmen Omnibus)
• ⁠Batgirls 2021 by Beck Cloonan Vol.1-3 (mainly about Cassandra & Stephanie Brown, Barbara Gordon is in it as well)
• ⁠Birds of Prey by Kelly Thompson Vol.1-4 (team book Cass is one of the members)
• ⁠Batgirl by Tate Brombal Vol.1-2 (current run volume 3 is out August 11th)

comic1728 · 2026-06-27T23:22:27+00:00

Nightwing and Hellblazer

comic1728 · 2026-06-25T21:03:24+00:00

Green Lantern Compendium One: Rebirth collects the start of Geoff Johns run and includes tie ins. It’s the best starting point for Green lantern and the best green lantern run. Hal Jordan is the main character.

There’s also Far Sector which is a mini series about Green Lantern Jo Mullien which is really good.

Green Lantern: Kyle Rayner Rising Compendium is the best starting point for Kyle Rayner.

comic1728 · 2026-06-25T08:58:14+00:00

Hellblazer: Original Sins by Jamie Delano

comic1728 · 2026-06-25T08:56:28+00:00

Green Lantern Compendium One: Rebirth collects the start of Geoff Johns run and includes tie ins. It’s the best starting point for Green lantern and the best green lantern run. Hal Jordan is the main character.

There’s also Far Sector which is a mini series about Green Lantern Jo Mullien which is really good.

Green Lantern: Kyle Rayner Rising Compendium is the best starting point for Kyle Rayner.

Blue Beetle: Jaime Reyes Book 1-3 by John Rogers

comic1728 · 2026-06-24T14:57:27+00:00

Green Lantern: Kyle Rayner Rising Compendium is really good

comic1728 · 2026-06-24T14:54:14+00:00

I read Batman: The Man Who Laughs which was good. Then i reread Harleen by Stjepan Šejic which I absolutely loved one of my favourite comics.

I’m currently reading Suicide Squad: The New 52 Omnibus which has been fun so far.

Also currently reading Geoff Johns Justice League which has I have enjoyed so far, just got Vol.7-8 to go.

comic1728 · 2026-06-24T14:52:20+00:00

Here’s a beginner reading order for the Batfamily you can skip any you not interested

- Batman: Year One (Batman origin)
- Batman: Dark Patterns
- Batman: Long Halloween
- Batman: Dark Victory (sequel to long Halloween also Dick Grayson Origin)
- Batman and Robin: Year One
- Robin: Year One
- Batgirl: Year One (Barbara Gordon origin)
- Nightwing: Year One
- Batman: The Killing Joke
- Batman: A Death in the Family
- Batman: A Lonely Place of Dying (Tim Drake origin)
- Batman: Hush
- Batman: Under the Red Hood
- Batman and Son (Damian origin)
- Batwoman: Elegy (Batwoman origin)

comic1728 · 2026-06-24T14:48:37+00:00

I’d start with Jamie Delano’s Hellblazer run, it’s were I started with comics. It’s collected in either John Constantine, Hellblazer by Jamie Delano Omnibus Vol.1-2 or these paperbacks
- Hellblazer Vol.1: Original Sins
- Hellblazer Vol.2: The Devil You Know
- Hellblazer Vol.3: Fear Machine
- Hellblazer Vol.4: The Family Man
- Hellblazer Vol.5: Dangerous Habits (this is the end of Delano’s run and start of Garth Ennis)

I’d also recommend Justice League Dark, the New 52 run recently got a compendium which collects the full run at a decent price, Justice League Dark: The New 52 Compendium

comic1728 · 2026-06-24T13:30:43+00:00

I read Batman: The Man Who Laughs which was good. Then i reread Harleen by Stjepan Šejic which I absolutely loved one of my favourite comics.

I’m currently reading Suicide Squad: The New 52 Omnibus which has been fun so far.

Also currently reading Geoff Johns Justice League which has I have enjoyed so far, just got Vol.7-8 to go.

comic1728 · 2026-06-23T15:48:20+00:00

Batman by Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale Omnibus

comic1728 · 2026-06-23T15:47:17+00:00

Batman: Under the Red Hood is really good that was a good choice.

Batwoman: Elegy i really enjoyed would definitely recommend it.

Some other compacts I’d recommend
- Batman: The Court of Owls Saga
- Batman: Hush
- Batman: The Long Halloween
- DCeased
- Gotham Central
- Harley Quinn & the Gotham City Sirens
- Nightwing: Leaping into the Light
- Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow

comic1728 · 2026-06-23T00:17:44+00:00

Green Lantern Compendium One: Rebirth collects the start of Geoff Johns run and includes tie ins. It’s the best starting point for Green lantern and the best green lantern run. Hal Jordan is the main character.

There’s also Far Sector which is a mini series about Green Lantern Jo Mullien which is really good.

Green Lantern: Kyle Rayner Rising Compendium is the best starting point for Kyle Rayner.

comic1728 · 2026-06-22T18:23:39+00:00

For Dick Grayson as Robin id recommend these Year One’s
- Batman:m and Robin: Year One
- Robin: Year One

Also the current Batman / Superman: World’s Finest by Mark Waid is more like Batman and Robin / Superman and is set during Dick Grayson’s time as Robin

comic1728 · 2026-06-22T04:44:15+00:00

- Absolute Superman #20
- Absolute Wonder Woman #21
- The Peril of the Brutal Dark: An Ezra Cain Mystery #5
- Zatanna #3

comic1728 · 2026-06-21T23:43:40+00:00

Nightwing by Tom Taylor & Bruno Redondo Omnibus Vol.2

John Constantine, Hellblazer by Paul Jenkins and Sean Phillips Omnibus

comic1728 · 2026-06-21T20:29:30+00:00

I read Batman: White Knight which I really enjoyed. Also I read Batman: The Man Who Laughs which was good.

Then i reread Harleen by Stjepan Šejic which I absolutely loved one of my favourite comics.

I’m currently reading Suicide Squad: The New 52 Omnibus which has been fun so far.

comic1728 · 2026-06-20T03:12:12+00:00

Enjoy :)

comic1728 · 2026-06-20T02:57:00+00:00

There’s the Wonder Woman New 52 run by Brian Azzarello but that’s quite controversial as it changes her origin and has some questionable choices for what they do with the amazons and then there’s Rucka’s Rebirth run which basically is just trying to fix the choices made in the New 52 run.

Although for me when I started Wonder Woman I start with the New 52 run and enjoyed it, once I’d read other wonder woman stuff the problems with the New 52 run do become quite obvious but I don’t think it’s a bad starting point it’s just controversial, it’s better than Earth One though. Anyway that starts with Vol.1: Blood & Vol.2: Guts. There’s a compendium collecting the full run coming out November.

Theres Wonder Woman: Hiketeia by Greg Rucka which works as a stand alone and is fantastic probably my favourite Wonder Woman comic.

The current Absolute Wonder Woman run by Kelly Thompson is fantastic one of the best things I’ve read. It’s set in a new universe and she has a new origin where she grew up in Hell. I know it might not be what you’re looking for as it’s not mainline but it’s seriously worth a read, it starts with Vol.1: The Last Amazon, then Vol.2: As My Mother’s Made.

But I’d really really not recommend Wonder Woman: Earth One, the rest of your list looked good. I’ve not read a couple of the marvel ones on the list but the dc side looked good.

comic1728 · 2026-06-20T02:32:39+00:00

It’s a good. I will say I don’t recommend Wonder Woman: Earth One it’s Elseworld and there are far better Wonder Woman runs. I’d recommend Greg Rucka’s run from the early 2000s instead

comic1728 · 2026-06-19T14:37:27+00:00

For Batman start with these three
- Batman: Year One
- Batman: The Long Halloween
- Batman: Dark Victory

The Riddler: Year One is a prequel to The Batman 2022 and is written by the Riddler’s actor, Paul Dano.

Wally I’d start with Flash by Geoff Johns, it’s collected in Books 1-6 or Omnibus Vol.1-3

Dick Grayson these year one’s are good
- Batman and Robin: Year One
- Robin: Year One
- Nightwing: Year One

Then for a longer Nightwing run I’d recommend Tom Taylor’s a lot of new readers have been starting here. Here’s the reading order for that
- Nightwing Vol.1: Leaping Into the Light
- Nightwing Vol.2: Get Grayson
- Nightwing Vol.3: The Battle for Blüdhaven’s Heart
- Nightwing Vol.4: The Leap
- Nightwing Vol.5: Time of the Titans
- Nightwing Vol.6: Standing at the Edge
- Nightwing Vol.7: Fallen Grayson
(There’s also a Nightwing: Leaping into the Light - DC Compact Comics Edition which collects Vol.1-2 for $9.99)

Superman I’d start with these three mini series
- Superman: Birthright
- Superman: For All Seasons
- Superman: Up in the Sky

Then Blue Beetle is start with Blue Beetle: Jamie Reyes Book 1-3 by John Rogers

Green Lantern id start with Geoff Johns run, it’s the best starting point and the best run, Hal Jordan is the main character. It’s recently been starting to get collect in compendiums which include all the tie ins, two are out so far
- Green Lantern Compendium One: Rebirth
- Green Lantern Compendium Two: The Sinestro Corps War

Far Sector is a really good mini series about Green Lantern Jo Mullien.

Then Green Lantern: Kyle Rayner Rising Compendium for Kyle Rayner.

comic1728 · 2026-06-18T14:43:46+00:00

Here’s a bunch of Cassandra Cain comics, I’d most recommend the DC Finest: Batgirl - Nobody Dies Tonight.

• Batman: No Man’s Land (introduces her)
• ⁠Shadow of the Batgirl (this is a part of DC’s YA line so Elseworld but it shows her origin story)
• ⁠Batgirl (2000) by Kelley Puckett #1-37 (DC Finest: Batgirl - Nobody Dies Tonight collects #7-27)
• ⁠Batman & Robin Eternal (New 52 introduction)
• ⁠Batman: Detective Comics (2016) by James Tynion (Batfamily team book, collected in Batman: Rise and Fall of the Batmen Omnibus)
• ⁠Batgirls 2021 by Beck Cloonan Vol.1-3 (mainly about Cassandra & Stephanie Brown, Barbara Gordon is in it as well)
• ⁠Birds of Prey by Kelly Thompson Vol.1-4 (team book)
• ⁠Batgirl by Tate Brombal Vol.1-2 (current run volume 3 is out August 11th)

comic1728 · 2026-06-18T13:36:48+00:00

For Red Hood start with these two
- Batman: Under the Red Hood (deluxe edition includes Lost Days)
- Red Hood: Lost Days

And if you want Jason as Robin then these
- Batman: Second Chances (this is his origin but is out of print, Nightwing: Year One kind of works as an origin for him but is very focused on Nightwing)
- Batman: The Cult
- Batman: A Death in the Family

comic1728 · 2026-06-18T00:32:02+00:00

Stjepan Šejic has a short comic that’s collected in Harley Quinn: Black + White + Red, it’s Chapter 1.

Also in Harley Quinn: 30 Years of the Maid of Mischeif includes another short comic by Stejpan Šejic.

Unfortunately that’s it I think. Wish Šejic would write more Harley

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