Since Batman’s fall, things are so dangerous on the streets of Gotham that even the crooks feel unsafe. Catwoman, Poison Ivy and Harley Quinn are tired of playing by other people’s rules regardless of which side of the law they’re on. These tough ladies have a new agenda that’s all their own, and they’ll use any means necessary to pursue it. But can they get along and work as a team? And who will get hurt along the way? And how will the police feel about thie new Batman — and can he control the crime in Gotham the way the old Batman did? Commissioner Gordon’s about to find out as he teams with the new Batman to combat the fiery threat that Firefly has spread across Gotham City.  In a secret bar within the city where magic is used to keep the peace, heroes and villains gather to enjoy a pint and talk about their days. But what happens when the magical barriers that prevent fighting are dropped and a building full of heroes and villains confront each other all at once? Knight and Squire have to find a way to save both friend and foe!

Gotham

Streets of Gotham 1-13
Knight and Squire 1-6
*-flipped-*
Gotham City Sirens 1-15

Back to Red Robin/Batgirl or Batman Vol 3

Volume 1 – Twilight

Star Wars: Republic 19-22, 32-48
(Optional Material)
Star Wars: Boba Fett – Agent of Doom
Star Wars: Tales 3 “Deal with a Demon”
Star Wars: Tales 8 “Bad Business”

This map is still rough, as I’m working on getting the Byrne/Ordway/Jurgens eras done first. That, and things do get a bit confusing after the titles unlink, and especially as Infinite Crisis approaches.

The City of Tomorrow
Superman 151-152
AoS 573
MoS 95
Action 760
AoS 574
MoS 96
Action 761
Superman 153
AoS 575
MoS 97
Action 762
Y2K 1
Superman 154
AoS 576
MoS 98
Action 763

(Already out of exact triangle number order. I don’t know why the Y2K special wasn’t released immediately before parts 2-5. Anyway, I originally had the trade for Y2K – called Endgame – but flawed binding led me to bind it.)

Critical Condition
Superman 155
AoS 577
MoS 99
Action 764
Superman 156
AoS 578
MoS 100
Action 765
Superman 157
Superman: Metropolis Secret Files
AoS 579
MoS 101
Action 766
Superman 158
AoS 580
MoS 102
Action 767
Superman Annual 12
Superman 159
AoS 581
MoS 103
Action 768

Emperor Joker (TPB)
Superman 160
AoS 582
MoS 104
Action 769
Emperor Joker 1
Superman 161
AoS 583
MoS 105
Action 770

Lex 2000
Superman 162-163
AoS 584
MoS 106
Action 771
AoS 585
MoS 107
Action 772-773
Superman 164
Lex 2000
AoS 586-588
MoS 108
Superman 165
MoS 109
Action 774
MoS 110
Action 775
President Luthor Secret Files

(At this point, the creators basically said they weren’t going to be following the strict linkage and triangle/shield numbers. Adventures of Superman causes a bit of a problem here because it’s trying to tell its own story, but still links in with various ongoing plot points.)

Return to Krypton
Superman 166-167
AoS 589
MoS 111
Action 776
Superman 168
Detective Comics 756
AoS 590
MoS 112
Action 777
Superman 169
AoS 591
MoS 113
Action 778
Superman 170
AoS 592
MoS 114
Action 779

Our Worlds at War
Superman 171
GL: OWAW
AOS 593
Batman: OWAW
MOS 115
Action 780
Superman 172
JLA: OWAW
OWAW SF
AOS 594
MOS 116
WW 172
Action 781
Superman 173
AOS 595
MOS 117
WW 173
Action 782
WF: OWAW

(With OWAW, I was trying to keep the book as Superman-centric as possible, but still keep in the tie-ins I found interesting – like Batman. Wonder Woman was getting a lot of good reviews at this time, but a lot of those issues recap what was going on in the Superman issues. I dropped WW 171 and WW: OWAW from this book because they didn’t really contribute much to the ongoing plot.)

Casualties of War
Superman 174
AOS 596
MOS 118
Action 783
Superman 175
AOS 597
MOS 119
Action 784
Superman 176
AoS 598
MoS 120
Action 785
Superman 177
AoS 599
MoS 121
Action 786
AoS 600
Superman 178

(I opted to skip Joker: Last Laugh. If you were to bind that, move the first four issues of this volume to the end of OWAW to serve as epilogues. Also, it was at this point that they finally dropped the triangle/shield numbers completely.)

Volume 43
MoS 122-127
Action 787-790
Superman 179
AoS 601-602
Superman 181
AoS 603-605
Action 791
Superman 182-183

(Most of the volumes on this list after OWAW are still in flux, and I’ll probably be moving issues around. But the actual order of issues probably won’t change much.)

Return to Krypton II
Action 792
Superman 184
AoS 606
MoS 128
Action 793
Superman 185
AoS 607
MoS 129

(Action 794 was a subpar fill in flashback issue. I might include it here for completeness sake.)

Ending Battle
Superman 186
AoS 608
MoS 130
Action 795
Superman 187
AoS 609
MoS 131
Action 796

(There is a TPB of this. I’m not sure if I’m going to get it or bind the story.)

Volume 46
Superman 188
AoS 610
MoS 132
Action 797
Superman 189
AoS 611
MoS 133
Action 798
MoS 134
Superman vs Darkseid 1
Action 799, 801-805
Superman/Batman Secret Files

(Action 800 was a flashback to Superman’s early years, and will go in my Superman Through the Ages book. The first Superman/Batman trade will also go right about here.)

Metafictional
AoS 612-623

(This is the bulk of Joe Casey’s run on AoS once he was finally able to fully let loose.)

Man of Tomorrow
Superman: 10 Cent Adventure
Superman 190-195
Action 806-810
Superman 196-200

(I really wanted to keep this isolated to the Seagle/McDaniel run in Superman. However, Joe Kelly wrote some stories in Action using a character Seagle introduced, and that character didn’t exist past 200.)

Godfall
Action 811
AoS 624
Superman 201
Action 812
AoS 625
Superman 202
Action 813
AoS 626
Superman 203

(There is a TPB of Godfall, but it doesn’t include the first three issues here that comprise of the Majestic arc. Also, the second Superman/Batman TPB introducing Supergirl goes somewhere around one of these volumes.)

Volume 50
Superman Secret Files 2004
Action 814-820
AoS 627-632
Action 821-825
AoS 633-638, 640-641

For Tomorrow
Superman 204-215

From this point on, we’re in Infinite Crisis mode. There are two hurdles with mapping this era. First, the Simone/Byrne run of Action doesn’t really match up with the other two series for the most part. Second, with Infinite Crisis and it’s lead-ins weaving in and out of the Superman books, you can’t just remove the IC tie-ins and leave the rest and keep a coherent storyline. But, on the other hand, trying to include all of them really does a disservice to Infinite Crisis.

Unlike other company crossovers, I do not plan to have Infinite Crisis stored within my Superman collection.

Currently, I have the Sacrifice crossover bound with The OMAC Project, and the last few issues of each series before OYL are bound with IC itself. My complete Infinite Crisis map is here.

So, I see a few options for these issues.

Option 1: Keep Superman as separate as possible, but avoid duplication

Day of Vengeance (TPB)
Action Comics 826
Adventures of Superman 639
Superman 216
Day of Vengeance 1-6

Volume 52
Superman/Batman 19
Superman 217
Action 827-828
Superman 218
Action 833-835

The OMAC Project
Countdown to Infinite Crisis
The OMAC Project 1-3
Superman 219
Action 829
Adventures of Superman 642
Wonder Woman 219
The OMAC Project 4
Wonder Woman 220
Adventures of Superman 643
The OMAC Project 5-6

Crisis Counseling
Superman 220-221
Action Comics 830-831
Adventures of Superman 644
Superman 222
Adventures of Superman 645
Superman 223
Adventures of Superman 646-647
Superman 224-225

Infinite Crisis
includes AoS 648-649, Superman 226, Action 836

Option 2: Keep the Superman narrative moving, don’t worry about duplication, but still have a DCU-wise Infinite Crisis book

Crisis Counseling
Superman/Batman 19
Superman 217
Action 827-828
Superman 218
Action 833-835
Superman 219
Action 829
Adventures of Superman 642
Wonder Woman 219
Adventures of Superman 643
Superman 220-221
Action Comics 830-831
Adventures of Superman 644
Superman 222
Adventures of Superman 645
Superman 223
Adventures of Superman 646-647
Superman 224-225

Infinite Crisis
includes AoS 648-649, Superman 226, Action 836

(In this option, OMAC Project as mapped above is still its own book. The three part Day of Vengeance tie-in may or may not be bound into Crisis Counseling.)

Option 3: Just focus on Superman.
Crisis Counseling
Superman/Batman 19
Action Comics 826
Adventures of Superman 639
Superman 216
Superman 217
Action 827-828
Superman 218
Action 833-835
Superman 219
Action 829
Adventures of Superman 642
Wonder Woman 219
Adventures of Superman 643
Superman 220-221
Action Comics 830-831
Adventures of Superman 644
Superman 222
Adventures of Superman 645

Infinite Crisis
Infinite Crisis 1
Superman 223
AoS 646-647
Superman 224
Infinite Crisis 2-3
Superman 225
Infinite Crisis 4 (first 6 pages)
Adventures of Superman 648
Infinite Crisis 4 (remaining pages)
Infinite Crisis Secret Files
Infinite Crisis 5 (up to Superman smashing the car)
Superman 226
Action Comics 836
Adventures of Superman 649
Infinite Crisis 5 (rest of issue)
Infinite Crisis 6
Infinite Crisis 7

So, this map is very tricky, especially at the end, which is why I’ve waited so long to post it, and why I’m saving it for last to actually bind.

The Superman map continues, with One Year Later up to the Flashpoint reboot.

If a backup story is not listed, then it is not moved. I left the Infested backups in because too many of them shared story pages. There was discussion and apparently Dan Slott said that the Free Comic Book Day issue should be read somewhere around #664. However, due to scenes involving Shang-Chi, and references to the Anti-Venom arc, the FCBD book has to go where I have listed it.

The annuals are optional, since none are written by Slott.

Amazing Spider-Man 648-651
ASM 652-653 (Looter backups)
Amazing Spider-Man 652-654
Amazing Spider-Man 654.1
Amazing Spider-Man 655-660
ASM 658-660 (Ghost Rider backups)
Amazing Spider-Man Annual 38
Deadpool Annual 1
Incredible Hulks Annual 1
Amazing Spider-Man: FCBD 2011
Amazing Spider-Man 661-664
ASM 663 (Infested backup)
ASM 664 (Infested backup)
ASM 663 (Thanks… backup)
Amazing Spider-Man 665

(ASM 661 backup can go elsewhere)

Season 1

Book 1
Swing Shift: Director’s Cut
Amazing Spider-Man 546 (backups)
ASM 546-567
ASM Extra 3 (story 3)
ASM Extra 1

Book 2
ASM 568-574
Secret Invasion: ASM 1-3
ASM Annual 1 (35)
ASM 575-582
ASM Extra 2
ASM 583-588
ASM Extra 3 (stories 1-2 and sketches)

Season 2

Book 1
ASM 589-599
Dark Reign: Mr. Negative 1-3
ASM Annual 36
ASM 600 (main story and last story)
ASM 601-607
Web of Spider-Man 1 (story 1)
ASM 608-610
Peter Parker 1-4
ASM 611
Web of Spider-Man 3 (story 3)
Amazing Spider-Man 600 (backup features)

Book 2 – The Gauntlet
ASM 612-629
ASM 628 (backup)
American Son 1 (backup)
Web of Spider-Man 6 (story 3)
ASM 629 (backup)
ASM 630-633
Grim Hunt: The Kraven Saga (main story)
ASM 634-637

Book 3
Web of Spider-Man 8-10
Peter Parker 5
Web of Spider-Man 9-11 (backups)
American Son 1-4
Amazing Spider-Man 638-641
Web of Spider-Man 11-12
ASM 632-647

Web of Spider-Man: Brand New Day Companion
Web of Spider-Man 2-7 (main stories)
Web of Spider-Man 12 (backup)
Amazing Spider-Man Annual 37
Many Loves of Amazing Spider-Man 1
Web of Spider-Man 5, 8 (backups – Ben Reilly)
Web 2, 4, 7 (backups)
Grim Hunt: The Kraven Saga (back up features)
ASM Gauntlet Sketchbook

(Web of Spider-Man backups mentioned in this map do not include any Spider-Girl stories.)

Then New Mutants who are still left are licking their wounds on a forced R & R trip. While they try and put themselves back together, others are looking to take them apart. A strange secretive military group has an agenda involving Illyana Rasputin. And they don’t want to give her a medal.  Finally, Wolverine promised Cyclops that X-Force would disband–he lied. A secret society has resurrected En Sabah Nur, putting into motion events that will turn this age of heroes into an Age of Apocalypse! To hold them back, Wolverine and Archangel bring together Fantomex, Deadpool and Psylocke to form The Uncanny X-Force! Stained by their history, they are the only ones capable of making the hard resolutions necessary. A band of likeminded friends and mercenaries set to one purpose, one big ugly task–kill Apocalypse by any means.

X-Men volume 78: The Heroic Age (aka Modern X-Men vol 10).

The Heroic Age

X-Men Legacy 238
X-Men Legacy 239
X-Men Legacy 240
Serve and Protect 3 – Storm Front
Serve and Portect 1 – Fantomex
X-Men Legacy 241
X-Men Legacy 242
X-Men Legacy 243
Wolverine: Road to Hell- Uncanny X-Force preview
Uncanny X-Men 526
Uncanny X-Men 527
Uncanny X-Men 528
Uncanny X-Men 529
Generation Hope 1
Generation Hope 2
Generation Hope 3
Uncanny X-Men 530
Uncanny X-Men 531
Uncanny X-Men 532
Uncanny X-Men 534
Uncanny X-Men 535
Generation Hope 4
Uncanny X-Force 1
Uncanny X-Force 2
Uncanny X-Force 3
Uncanny X-Force 4
New Mutants 15
New Mutants 16
New Mutants 17
New Mutants 18
New Mutants 19
New Mutants 20
New Mutants 21
Serve and Protect 4 – Dazzler
Serve and Protect 2 – Colossus/X-23
Uncanny X-Men Annual 1
Steve Rogers: Super Soldier Annual 1
Namor: The First Mutant Annual 1
Serve and Protect 1-4 – X-Dudes

Plus Stephanie Brown, the vigilante formerly known as The Spoiler and Robin has taken on the identity of Batgirl as she begins her nocturnal crusade to take back the night from the underworld. Now she has become the target of both Gotham City’s heroes (who don’t take kindly to a new person wearing the cape and the cowl) and its villains (who want to see the entire Bat-family six feet deep!)

Red Robin 1-8
Bat Girl 1-4
World’s Finest 3-4
Bat Girl 5-7
Red Robin 9
Bat Girl 8
Red Robin 10-12
Bat Girl 9-13
Red Robin 13-14

The adventure continues in Batman Vol 4
Back to Batman Vol 3

Here is the first volume.

WildC.A.T.s 0-4
WildC.A.T.s Special 1
WildC.A.T.s 8 (backup)
WildC.A.T.s Trilogy 1-3
WildC.A.T.s 5
Cyberforce 1
WildC.A.T.s 6
Cyberforce 2
WildC.A.T.s 7
Cyberforce 3
WildC.A.T.s 8-9
WildC.A.T.s 10 (backup)
WildC.A.T.s 10-13
Savage Dragon 13 (Jim Lee version)
WildC.A.T.s 14 (by Erik Larsen)

Volume 1: The Devil His Due

Daredevil 82-94
Daredevil Annual 1
Daredevil 95-105

Volume 2: Hell to Pay

Daredevil 106
Daredevil: Blood of the Tarantula 1
Daredevil 107-119
Daredevil 500

The annual was released the same month as #101, which was part 2 of 6, so it couldn’t go during that arc. Looking after #105, and it just doesn’t fit Matt Murdock’s mood. It has to take place prior to Blood of the Tarantula, which was actually released in lieu of a regular monthly issue between #106-107. So, looking backward, the only place to put the annual is after #94.

#100 and #500 have backup features and reprints. I left all of it in #500 because it was in the back, and space wasn’t an issue. Normally I would have chopped out the reprint, but I didn’t feel like reprinting the cover gallery. I did remove the reprints from #100, and move the rest of the backup material to the end of volume 1.

Volume 1

JLA 1-9
JLA/WildC.A.T.S. 1
JLA 10-15
New Year’s Evil: Prometheus
JLA 16-17, 22-23

Volume 2

JLA 24-26, 28-31, 34, 36-41
JLA Classified 1-3

The Grant Morrison Companion

JLA: Midsummer’s Nightmare 1-3
JLA Secret Files 1
Tomorrow Woman 1
JLA Annual 1
JLA Secret Files 2
JLA 18-21
JLA Annual 2
JLA 27

The Companion has all of the fill in issues and ancillary stories from the era. They are arranged in chronological order, which might not be exact publishing order. JLA Annual 3 is in my JLApe volume.

JLA #32-33 are in my No Man’s Land volumes, otherwise they would go in the Companion. JLA 35 will be bound with Day of Judgment.

DC One Million fits exactly between volumes 1 and 2. That was by design.