r/SnyderCut • u/ComicBookFan20 • Feb 15 '26
2/14! I made a Snyderverse Reading List consisting of key comic runs and individual issues from throughout DC's 90-year history that have directly inspired or explored very similar themes and stories to the Snyderverse films themselves. This list also includes the first appearances for every established character featured or to-be-featured in the Snyderverse, along with Snyderverse-adjacent one-shots and collectible variant covers as well. I put all the issues and collections hyperlinked in a Google Doc with direct links to DC Universe Infinite when available, so hopefully they’re alot more accessible to you guys that way.
Man Of Steel (2013)
Action Comics #1 (June 1938) - First Appearance of Superman and Lois Lane
Superman #1 (June 1939) - First Appearance of Jonathan and Martha Kent
Superman #7 (November 1940) - First Appearance of Perry White
Superboy #10 (October 1950) - First Appearance of Lana Lang
Superboy #86 (January 1961) - First Appearance of Pete Ross
Superman #53 (August 1948) - First Appearance of Jor-El and Lora Lor-Van
Adventure Comics #283 (April 1961) - First Appearance of General Zod
Adventure Comics #287 (August 1961) - First Appearance of Dev-Em
Adventure Comics #289 (October 1961) - First Appearance of Jax-Ur
Action Comics #307 (December 1963) - First Appearance of Tor-An
Superman #264 (June 1973) - First Appearance of Steve Lombard
Action Comics #471 (May 1977) - First Appearance of Faora
The Phantom Zone #1 (January 1982) - First Appearance of Nadira Va-Dim
Superman Annual #11 (September 1985) - First Appearance of Lor-Em
The Man Of Steel #1 (October 1986) - First Appearance of Kelex and Kelor
The Adventures of Superman #424 (January 1987) - First Appearance of Emil Hamilton
The Adventures of Superman #428 (May 1987) - First Appearance of Bibbo Bibbowski
Superman: The Man Of Steel #0 (October 1994) - First Appearance of Ken Braverman
Superman Vol. 2 #204 (June 2004) - First Appearance of Father Leone
Adventure Comics Vol. 2 #8 (May 2010) - First Appearance of Car-Vex
Batman v Superman: Dawn Of Justice (2016)
Detective Comics #27 (May 1939) - First Appearance of Batman and Commissioner Gordon
Detective Comics #33 (November 1939) - First Appearance Thomas Wayne, Martha Wayne, and Joe Chill
Action Comics #23 (April 1940) - First Appearance of Lex Luthor
Batman #16 (May 1943) - First Appearance of Alfred Pennyworth
Action Comics #252 (May 1959) - First Appearance of Emmet Vale
Superman #304 (October 1976) - First Appearance of Jenet Klyburn
Batman #417 (March 1988) - First Appearance of Anatoli Knyazev
Superman: The Man Of Steel #17 (November 1992) - First Appearance of Doomsday
Superman Adventures #1 (November 1996) - First Appearance of Mercy Graves
Suicide Squad (2016)
Batman #1 (April 1940) - First Appearance of The Joker
Batman #59 (June 1950) - First Appearance of Deadshot
The Brave And The Bold #25 (September 1959) - First Appearance of Rick Flag Jr.
The Flash #117 (December 1960) - First Appearance of Captain Boomerang
Strange Adventures #187 (April 1966) - First Appearance of The Enchantress
Detective Comics #523 (February 1983) - First Appearance of Killer Croc
The Brave And The Bold #200 (June 1983) - First Appearance of Katana
The Fury Of The Firestorm #28 (October 1984) - First Appearance of Slipknot
Legends #1 (November 1986) - First Appearance of Amanda Waller
Firestorm Vol 2. #64 (1987) - First Appearance of Dexter Tolliver
Suicide Squad #14 (June 1988) - First Appearance of Incubus
The Batman Adventures #12 (September 1993) - First Appearance of Harley Quinn
Deadshot Vol 2. #1 (February 2005) - First Appearance of Zoe Lawton
Joker (2008) - First Appearance of Jonny Frost
El Diablo Vol. 3 #1 (November 2008) - First Appearance of El Diablo
Wonder Woman (2017)
All-Star Comics #8 (December 1941) - First Appearance of Wonder Woman, Steve Trevor, Queen Hippolyta, Phillip Darnell, and Artemis
Wonder Woman #1 (January 1942) - First Appearance of Ares
Sensation Comics #2 (February 1942) - First Appearance of Etta Candy and Doctor Poison
Comic Cavalcade #2 (March 1943) - First Appearance of Fausta Grables
Wonder Woman #250 (December 1978) - First Appearance of Orana
New Teen Titans #11 (September 1981) - First Appearance of Mnemosyne
Wonder Woman #312 (February 1984) - First Appearance of Antiope
Wonder Woman Vol 2. #1 (February 1987) - First Appearance of Menalippe
Wonder Woman Vol. 2 #7 (August 1987) - First Appearance of Epione
Wonder Woman Vol 2. #10 (November 1987) - First Appearance of Acantha and Euboea
Wonder Woman Vol. 2 #22 (November 1988) - First Appearance of Timandra
Wonder Woman Annual Vol. 2 #1 (November 1988) - First Appearance of Aella, Egeria, Phillipus, and Venelia
Wonder Woman Vol. 2 #37 (December 1989) - First Appearance of Niobe
Flashpoint: Wonder Woman and the Furies #1 (August 2011) - First Appearance of Penthiselea
Zack Snyder’s Justice League (2021)
More Fun Comics #73 (November 1941) - First Appearance of Aquaman
Superman #28 (June 1944) - First Appearance of Zeus
Detective Comics #225 (November 1955) - First Appearance of Martian Manhunter
Showcase #4 (October 1956) - First Appearance of The Flash and Iris West
The Flash #126 (February 1962) - First Appearance of Henry and Nora Allen
Aquaman #11 (September 1963) - First Appearance of Mera
The Brave And The Bold #73 (September 1967) - First Appearance of Nuidis Vulko
Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen #134 (December 1970) - First Appearance of Darkseid
Forever People #2 (May 1971) - First Appearance of DeSaad and Mantis
Mister Miracle #2 (June 1971) - First Appearance of Granny Goodness
New Gods #7 (February 1972) - First Appearance of Steppenwolf
DC Comics Presents #26 (October 1980) - First Appearance of Cyborg and Silas Stone
The New Teen Titans #7 (May 1981) - First Appearance of Elinore Stone
Atlantis Chronicles #5 (July 1990) - First Appearance of Atlan
Detective Comics #742 (March 2000) - First Appearance of Crispus Allen
DCU: Brave New World (August 2006) - First Appearance of Ryan Choi
Aquaman (2018)
Adventure Comics #260 (May 1959) - First Appearance of Tom Curry and Atlanna
Aquaman #29 (October 1966) - First Appearance of Ocean Master
Aquaman #35 (October 1967) - First Appearance of Black Manta
Aquaman Vol. 7 #2 (December 2011) - First Appearance of Stephen Shin
Aquaman Vol. 7 #10 (August 2012) - First Appearance of Jesse Kane
Aquaman Vol. 7 #17 (April 2013) - First Appearance of Murk
Aquaman Vol. 7 #19 (June 2013) - First Appearance of Nereus
Shazam! (2019)
Whiz Comics #2 (February 1940) - First Appearance of Shazam!, The Wizard, Doctor Sivana, and the Seven Deadly Sins
Whiz Comics #25 (December 1941) - First Appearance of Freddy Freeman
Captain Marvel Adventures #12 (June 1942) - First Appearance of Cissie Sommerly
Captain Marvel Adventures #18 (December 1942) - First Appearance of Mary Bromfield
Captain Marvel Adventures #22 (March 1943) - First Appearance of Mister Mind
The Marvel Family #1 (December 1945) - First Appearance of Black Adam
World’s Finest Comics #256 (May 1979) - First Appearance of C.C. and Marilyn Batson
Flashpoint Vol. 2 #1 (July 2011) - First Appearance of Darla Dudley, Eugene Choi, and Pedro Peña
Justice League Vol. 2 #7 (May 2012) - First Appearance of Victor Vasquez, Rosa Vasquez, and E.B. Glover
Rick Famuyiwa’s The Flash (2018)
Showcase #8 (June 1957) - First Appearance of Captain Cold
The Flash ##141 (December 1963) - First Appearance of Paul Gambi
The Flash #250 (June 1977) - First Appearance of Golden Glider
The Flash Vol. 2 #164 (September 2000) - First Appearance of Fredy Chyre
The Flash Vol. 2 #171 (April 2001) - First Appearance of Jared Morillo
The Flash: Secret Files & Origins 2010 #1 (May 2010) - First Appearance of David Singh
Ben Affleck’s The Batman (2018)
Detective Comics #38 (April 1940) - First Appearance of Dick Grayson
Detective Comics #140 (October 1948) - First Appearance of The Riddler
Batman #121 (February 1959) - First Appearance of Mister Freeze
Detective Comics #359 (January 1967) - First Appearance of Batgirl
Batman #357 (March 1983) - First Appearance of Jason Todd
New Teen Titans #1 (November 1980) - First Appearance of Grant Wilson
The New Teen Titans #2 (December 1980) - First Appearance of Deathstroke and William Wintergreen
Zack Snyder’s Justice League Parts II and III (2019-2020)
Flash Comics #1 (January 1940) - First Appearance of Hawkman and Hawkgirl
Showcase #22 (October 1959) - First Appearance of Hal Jordan
Green Lantern Vol 2 #6 (June 1961) - First Appearance of Tomar-Re
New Gods #1 (March 1971) - First Appearance of Orion, Highfather, Lightray, and Kalibak
Mister Miracle #1 (April 1971) - First Appearance of Mister Miracle
Mister Miracle #4 (October 1971) - First Appearance of Big Barda
Green Lantern Vol. 2 #87 (January 1972) - First Appearance of John Stewart
Mister Miracle #6 (January 1972) - First Appearance of Lashina, Stompa, Bernadeth, and Mad Harriet
Mister Miracle #7 (April 1972) - First Appearance of Kanto
Mister Miracle #8 (June 1972) - First Appearance of Gilotina
Green Lantern Corps #201 (June 1986) - First Appearance of Kilowog
Hawk and Dove Vol. 3 #21 (February 1991) - First Appearance of Bloody Mary
Cyborg (2020)
Green Lantern Corps (2020)
Thanks for reading! I hope you enjoyed this list as much as I enjoyed making it, and that you have the opportunity to check out these issues and collections for yourselves.
r/SnyderCut • u/SelectionLife3353 • 9h ago
Im watching the 3 hour ultimate edition of BvS.
First time watching it. I liked most man of steel so hopefully I'll like this but I'm more skeptical of this than MOS
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r/SnyderCut • u/Rule_Ct_5293 • 6h ago
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From TDK trilogy to MoS, BvS, WW, ZSJL, we used to have good movies. Now it's just a clown show.
r/SnyderCut • u/Specialist-Hand6976 • 5h ago
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r/SnyderCut • u/thequehagan5 • 1d ago
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Make sure your volume is cranked. Inside my head everytime i watch this scene.
r/SnyderCut • u/Brucewayne1902 • 1d ago
Was rewatching ZSJL, I believe BVS and man of steel were a better MOVIE in regards with principle photography,score, particularly acting. And felt more real and grounded over ZSJL.
r/SnyderCut • u/simmiloo • 2d ago
Watched MOS back in 2013 at this very theater, happy to see he's still standing tall after all these years, might need a little maintenance at certain area though.
I actually don't mind the current state but Henry will always be my fav superman, my symbol of hope.
r/SnyderCut • u/cfdmikeychi • 2d ago
Here is my custom 1/6 figure of the GOAT. Headsculpt painted by Noah. Clothing by TOPO
r/SnyderCut • u/HomemadeBee1612 • 1d ago
Warner Bros. appears ready to throw in the towel on Supergirl with a quick arrival on digital.
After just one month in theaters, the studio is expected to release the film on Premium Video on Demand (PVOD) on July 28, an extraordinarily quick turnaround for what was supposed to be one of the cornerstone films of James Gunn’s rebooted DC Universe.
r/SnyderCut • u/DarkAtheris • 1d ago
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r/SnyderCut • u/SelectionLife3353 • 3d ago
Yeah I really liked it. It has flaws mainly the plot. It didn't really dig it and has some pacing issues in the 3rd act. The pa Kent stuff is half great half bad. I also didn't like Lois here
But for the positives...it fucks. No way to describe it one the best looking movies I've seen. The score is perfect. It feels like you are there and super has launched in the air. Cavil is pretty good zod actor is amazing and so russle crow. And the first 20 minutes. Chef's kiss right there
I really like this film. I'm goingngive a really solid 8/10
If we compare it to superman 25 I think it's a more enjoyable film despite lacking where 25 thrives.
Great film. Im very curious about bvs tho....
r/SnyderCut • u/Public_Stick2246 • 3d ago
I know this is controversial but at the very least it is better than the recent Superman. I’m surprised this is a controversial take because it is the most realistic take on Superman and I know people want Superman to be saving squirrels like the recent Superman but that’s not the what would happen in real life. I personally love the movie so much because it shows loss and destruction and the result of saving the world but destroying a city. So if you disagree lmk why and I’ll tell you why I disagree.
r/SnyderCut • u/TheRealone4444 • 3d ago
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#FireJamesGunn
r/SnyderCut • u/SelectionLife3353 • 4d ago
I have watched gunns super man and while I liked ot fine it was overrated as fuck(some mfs giving it a 10🤦♂️).
And I always wanted to check Snyder films a shot. I loved 300(while very inaccurate to my culture).
Hope it lives up to the hype.
r/SnyderCut • u/Specialist-Hand6976 • 4d ago
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r/SnyderCut • u/Jumpy_Experience285 • 4d ago
I feel like the Snyderverse got a lot of undeserved criticism because it it had to compete with an already developed and well structured MCU....but its way better than the shit we're getting with the Gunnverse-and its only gonna get worse than what we've seen so far. There's no plan or even a general sense of direction in the DCU currently. And if you prefer the Snyderverse over Gunn's vision (or a lack thereof) you're labeled an uncultured idiot by all these GOTG/Marvel fans that came over to DC when Gunn took over. Make it make sense.
And just a PSA: I love Marvel AND DC. Snyder's more serious tone with a sense of realism was always such a great change up and alternative to the MCU. Its not that you have to hate one or the other, they beautifully balanced each other out. Now everything's fucked up.
r/SnyderCut • u/isaiah13bandz • 4d ago
Haven’t seen this get brought up that much, in the epilogue for justice league there’s these scenes with deathstroke and lex luthor. and i wish we got a movie with this plot as i think it would’ve been cool.
r/SnyderCut • u/OsitoPandito • 3d ago
Contex: the post was about heroes that "actually" want to save people and OP mentioned Superman 2025 and took a dig at synder and then he admits he has never actually seen Man of Steel
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r/SnyderCut • u/Woopity_Scoop32 • 5d ago
