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Going over recommended completed runs is a can of worms and Ill need time to put together a list like that. So here everything thats ongoing that Im following, with the stuff in bold being the ones I recommend the most. Im WAY behind on nearly all indie books, so barely anything here for that, but Ill talk about them at some point even though Im years behind. And not being bold doesnt necessarily means its not good, just not making my top recs. There are also I going books, like Strange Academy, which I have not started yet but intend to.

These are also alphabetical sotake no note of the order.

Aquamen
Batgirls
Batman/Superman: Worlds Finest
Batman: The Knight
Black Adam
Daredevil
Dark Crisis
DC vs Vampires
Death stroke, Inc.
Dark Knights of Steel
Flashpoint: Beyond
Grim
Harley Quinn
Immortal X-Men
Little Monsters
Nightwing
Punisher
Poison Ivy
Rogues
Robin
Superman: Son of Kal-El
Suicide Squad: Blaze
Task Force Z
The Amazing Spiderman
The Human Target
The Flash
The Swamp Thing
X-men Red

Worlds Finest is a triumphant return for Mark Waid to DC after over a decade of refusing to return, almost certainly due to Dan Didios departure. It takes only one issue to realize what an enormous loss Waids presence at DC was , and after 4 issues its already one of the best ongoing books at either company. Dam Moras art is just as important to the equation, providing pencils deserving a headline big two book and a superstar color and shading team.

Daredevil is a weird technicality, as the last volume just ended and the next hasnt started, but the creative team isnt changing at all and theres no real reason for the book to be restarting at all other than them having taken a break for the Shadow War event. Its definitely a case of Marvel being way too hot on starting back at #1. This has the advantage of me saying that, yes, Chip Zdarskys Daredevil is still in spirit an ongoing book, and yeas its still absolute fire. There no way anyone could read this and not be excited for Batman starting next weak, Zdarsky tackling both books simultaneously, a historic first for the industry.

Dark Crisis is a line wide DC event, which at one time was enough in and of itself for DC who had a much better track record on that front than Marvel. However, Metal was very mediocre IMHO, and you cant assume anything. I think this one has plenty of potential though, and will be following along with the full event checklist.

DC vs Vampires I had absolutely no interest in, but I came to recently for two reasons. First, finally deciding to give in and read the DCeased series from Tom Taylor and being blown away by it helped me get over my aversion to semi apocalyptic DC/Marvel stories (Marvel Zombies-like). Second, the absolutely gorgeous and expressively smooth art of Otto Schmidt stood out quite a bit for a series like this. James Tynion is a writer I consider one of the big protg of DC who has come into their own after being in Scott Snyders shadow like Tomasi did with Johns, however I think nowadays Im a lot more excited to see Tynion on a book than Snyder. Rosenberg is also a writer on this book, but its clear from the tie ins that hes doing solo that Tynion is the talent here.

Dark Knights of Steel is an absolute banger, one of the most promising elseworlds stories of recent years. Its no surprise at all that DC has announced theyll be expanding this out into several more series before the original has even finished. And as with most of my bolded stuff here, the art is an enormous factor, Yasmine Putri completely SLAYING this book from page to page.

There are only two books on my list that require me to specify that Im only talking about the current run, the first being Nightwing. The Rebirth era of this comic started decent, but devolved into absolute dreck. Prior to the current Taylor run it would have surprised nobody if Nightwing ended up cancelled. Now, its one of the best l going books, and it feels like Taylor is right at home here in the same way he was with his excellent but short loved Spiderman run, which he has specifically compared it to himself. This continues the trend of Taylor being given some of the best artistic talent at DC after signing his exclusive contract, Bruno Redondo providing some of the best layouts in a modern book, the one take issue 83 being the comic book equivilant of Oscar Bait that I eat right up.

The Human Target is tailor made for just me specifically, a mid century noir-esque elseworlds thriller mystery about the JLI? Ill eat this for 3 meals a day. Tom King to me is one of the least consistent writers in the biz today, penning some of my most hated books, but when he hits with books like this, Mister Miracle, Supergirl, and Superman: Up in the Sky, he hits HARD. The real star of the show here is, as has become a staple for many go DCs best books, the art. Greg Smallwood on this book is maybe one of the best matches Ive seen for a story to date.

Joshua Williamson was on The Flash unbroken for over 100 issues, one of the longest tums in the history of DC or Marvel to never once have a fill in writer for even a single issue. You can tell that editorial wanted this book to be the next Johns Green Lantern run, a run that completely established a new status quo for a character end exploded them to new heights of popularity. This did not work. The book feels like an imitation pretending to be that seminal GL run in every way, even trying to structure the same types of play beats and lore setups. I enjoy Williamsons work, but almost every beat this book hits is inoffensive mediocrity led by committee, and him finally letting go was a long time coming. However, this brings us to now, with not only a new writer with newcomer Jeremy Adams making a stupendous first impression, but more importantly with the return of Wally West as the books headliner. It was clear from the first story arc that Williamsons run was held back by Barry Allen, a character whose best story ever was one he wasnt even in, a character than cannot seem to escape mediocrity when compared to his far superior following act.