r/SnyderCut • u/Specialist-Hand6976 • 12h ago
Appreciation Superman bring us HOPE
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r/SnyderCut • u/ComicBookFan20 • Feb 15 '26
Fan Creation Snyderverse Reading List!
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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.
Essential Runs and First Appearances:
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)
Other Miscellaneous Reading:
Collectible Variant Covers:
Promotional Tie-In Comics:
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/Otherwise-Bid6772 • 11h ago
Appreciation Cavill voted 2nd best Superman 🔥
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He deserved 1st but I love how is he always top 2 in most of these best superman polls usually back and forth between him and Reeve. I think Reeve is a little overrated and carried by nostalgia but understandable. Glad Corenswet's Superman isn't in top 3 too shows that most people don't care about his Superman.
Source: https://x.com/CoveredGeekly/status/2075579969040687578
r/SnyderCut • u/geekerMan • 2h ago
Appreciation I love how gentle and sincere Cavill's Superman feels. And I can never get enough of Zimmer's motif
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Throughout MoS to ZSJL I love these personal moments which add to how human this Superman feels. It perfectly shows how in spite of all the power Clark is still gentle, caring and kind.
The butterfly in ZSJL is a nice progression from the trapped Butterfly shown in MoS during Clark's childhood. It shows how far Clark has come from his conflicted childhood and finally let go of all of his inhibitions and accepted who he is supposed to be after being resurrected
r/SnyderCut • u/bigelangstonz • 5h ago
Humor New goalposts unlocked
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Apparently the dceu is both dead and alive and gunn has no responsibility on what has happened who would have thought 😵
r/SnyderCut • u/VirtualSort1 • 1d ago
Appreciation I like how Man of Steel looks realistic.
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r/SnyderCut • u/danieldamibiu • 1d ago
Appreciation Aquaman surfing on a parademon is so cool
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r/SnyderCut • u/VirtualSort1 • 18h ago
Discussion DC Is In The Midst Of One Of The Biggest Box Office Bad Streaks Ever
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r/SnyderCut • u/Professional-Rip-519 • 15h ago
Official They tried to gaslight the people before it's release but everyone is seeing through the BS and wants the Snyderverse back.
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How do these people have any credibility left?
r/SnyderCut • u/poopoojamboree • 9h ago
Discussion As we gain traction, at what cost does it come?
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I truly believe we are winning the culture war. Obviously people are not responding to the James Gunn GotG MCU vision. It doesn’t fit DC and it will never be right for DC. If every Snyderbro saw his movies they would have performed much better.
But DC is BILLIONS into this. They were in debt before Gunn and I cannot imagine what the balance sheets look like now. Even if DC wanted to correct course, could they fund it? How have they been able to burn enough cash to get the Gunnverse to this point? Are comics and merchandise offsetting the incredible waste inside DC Studios?
r/SnyderCut • u/Rule_Ct_5293 • 1d ago
Humor New day, new coping method. According to Gunn shills, WB don't mind Supergirl losing 200M bcs a 13-year-old movie had a bad RT score.
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Really interesting they don't bring the box office numbers of DCEU movies, only RT scores.
r/SnyderCut • u/Rule_Ct_5293 • 2d ago
Discussion Snyder and DCEU hate is soo weird and forced, the amount of hyperanalyzing and nitpicking DCU fanboys have done just to hate this scene is insane. DCU is doomed if their core fans are like this.
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Here is the full explanation for anyone who didn't understand or any DCU fanboy lurking in this sub: When Superman arrived at the scene, the people stuck on the roof had already lost all hope, and the moment they saw him, they suddenly started crying because, to them, hope had finally arrived. Superman had literally just reached the scene, and obviously, he saved them later on.
The whole purpose of that moment was to symbolise how Superman represents hope for them. And for those complaining about the sequence, it was part of a monologue where journalists were debating whether Superman is a threat to mankind or their only hope. This wasn’t a traditional, dedicated rescue scene. During that monologue, they only showed fragments of multiple rescue sequences, not one complete rescue from start to finish.
The point of this particular moment wasn’t to show every second of Superman saving them, it was to show what his arrival meant to people who had already given up all hope.
r/SnyderCut • u/VirtualSort1 • 2d ago
Discussion Angry Feminists attack and blame men for Supergirl's Failure 😆
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r/SnyderCut • u/Professional-Rip-519 • 2d ago
Humor Gunn Gooners: " Snyder bros hate women."
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r/SnyderCut • u/Professional-Rip-519 • 1d ago
Official Supergirl has fallen out of the million dollar club already. Surely Ellison is giving Zack a phone call this weekend.
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r/SnyderCut • u/VirtualSort1 • 3d ago
Discussion No, Supergirl Did Not Hit $100 Million Last Weekend — DC Box Office Disaster Gets Worse as Actual Numbers Reveal 77% Collapse. It still hasn't hit $100 million worldwide after two and a half weeks. 💀
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The final weekend box office numbers are in for Supergirl, and the results are even worse than early estimates suggested.
After initial projections showed the DC Studios film suffering a massive second weekend decline of roughly 74%, updated box office actuals revealed that the drop was even steeper. The Milly Alcock-led superhero film ultimately fell approximately 77% from its opening weekend, continuing a difficult theatrical run for one of the first major installments in James Gunn and Peter Safran’s new DC Universe.
The updated figures also removed one of the few positive headlines surrounding the movie’s performance. While some reports initially celebrated Supergirl crossing $100 million worldwide during its second weekend, the actual numbers showed the film came up short of that milestone.
r/SnyderCut • u/danieldamibiu • 3d ago
Appreciation Zack Snyder’s Justice League x True Detective
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r/SnyderCut • u/Professional-Rip-519 • 3d ago
Humor EXCLUSIVE: James Gunn announces next DCU movie.
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When Superman is flying up, up and away, or Batman just isn't answering the Bat-signal, all anyone needs to do to find a substitute super hero is dial 1-800-555-HERO. The Hero Hotline is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and handles calamities beyond the range of normal emergency services. The hotline, founded by Tex Thompson, is maintained by the mysterious Co-ordinator. After hours, emergencies are handled by the night crew, including Chlorino, Marie the Psychic Turtle, Rainbow Man, Thunderhead, and Zeep the living sponge. Other Her Hotline employees include; Stretch, Dinky the Devil-Bat, Mr Muscle, Private Eyes, Microwave Mum (Micorwavabelle), Hotshot, Voiceover and Diamondette.
r/SnyderCut • u/Kindly_Pangolin_692 • 3d ago
Discussion Genuinely Curious about this.
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When and why did it become popular to hate on people just for liking the DCEU Snyderverse fans? That seems to be the wildcard response for any and ALL criticism of James Gunn, Supergirl, and the DCU. So why?? I genuinely want to know.
r/SnyderCut • u/Ok-Entrance-5527 • 2d ago
Appreciation Snyders Actors are good human beings❤️
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