This was hyped as the first big crossover event of the New 52, the culmination of two years of foreshadowing…
…which turned out to the be not quite true: it’s not the culmination of anything – it’s actually the prologue to Forever Evil.
Also, every single issue of this storyline is collected in the Trinity War hardcover. The purpose of this reading order is to help show which issues appear in which volumes of the regular series titles. It can be found here on the timeline.
Notes:
- A largely pointless side-story involving Constantine and Shazam. Can safely be skipped.
- A side story tracking Pandora and foreshadowing Forever Evil, but not strictly necessary.
- A side story that confusingly refers to itself as occurring both after and before Justice League Dark #23.
