Every Flash Run - Reading Order & Starting Points

DC's speedster has an illustrious history, from his first incarnation in the golden age, to kickstarting the silver age in his second incarnation, to signaling a new era when the mantle is passed during Crisis on Infinite Earths and beyond. Every age of the character has something special, and adds something new to the medium. These are every Flash run ever, its best and not-so-best moments, and best starting points for new readers.
The essential reading order goes as follows:
Kanigher/Broome's run
Cary Bates's run
Crisis on Infinite Earths
Messner-Loebs's run
Waid's run
Morrison/Millar's run
Johns' run
Lightning Saga
Final Crisis
Flash Rebirth
Flashpoint
DC Rebirth
Williamson's run
Top Ten ranks as follows
10 - Mark Waid's run
9 - Flash: Year One
8 - Flash: Iron Heights
7 - Flash v3
6 - Flashpoint
5 - Flash: Rebirth
4 - Crisis on Infinite Earths
3 - Flash of Two Worlds
2 - Geoff Johns's Wally run
1 - Waid's run
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[@batmanpcgaming2543]

mark waid and geoff johns run on flash are my personal favourites

[@niccoloproia3678]

I would say that Barry should have remained dead.
He was never that interesting as a character to begin with.
Keep Barry as the paragon of self sacrifice for Wally, Jay Garrick as the seasoned mentor with his separate rogue's gallery in Keystone City (so that from time to time you can use him for a JSA book or a mini-series or something like that against Shadow, Fiddler, Thinker, Ragdoll etc.) and keep Wally as THE Flash for your main title in Central City.
Burt could work as the go to member for supergroups like Teen Titans/Titans.
Beside this keep up the amazing work mate, your videos are great

[@thiagorosendo5469]

Great video as always. Can we expect one like this for spider-man ??

[@comicbelief]

Working up the courage to tackle Spider-Man and Batman. Hopefully in April, I think

[@thiagorosendo5469]

@@comicbelief Nice !!! Take your time, I was really impressed by your X-Men franchise guide, amazing work !

[@BenGrimm1961]

I own the following Flash books:
The Flash the Silver Age Vol 1
The Flash the Silver Age Vol 2
The Flash by Mark Waid Book 1
The Flash Terminal Velocity by Mark Waid
The Flash by Geoff Johns Book 1
The Flash by Geoff Johns Book 2
The Flash by Geoff Johns Book 3
The Flash by Geoff Johns Book 4
The Flash by Geoff Johns Book 5
The Flash Rebirth by Geoff Johns
Flashpoint by Geoff Johns
DC Universe Rebirth The Flash Vol 1 by Joshua Williamson
DC Universe Rebirth The Flash Vol 2 by Joshua Williamson
DC Universe Rebirth The Flash Vol 3 by Joshua Williamson
DC Universe Rebirth The Flash Vol 4 by Joshua Williamson
DC Universe Rebirth The Flash Vol 5 by Joshua Williamson
DC Universe Rebirth The Flash Vol 6 by Joshua Williamson
DC Universe Rebirth The Flash Vol 7 by Joshua Williamson
DC Universe Rebirth The Flash Vol 8 by Joshua Williamson
DC Universe Rebirth The Flash Vol 9 by Joshua Williamson
DC Universe Rebirth The Flash Vol 10 by Joshua Williamson
DC Universe Rebirth The Flash Vol 11 by Joshua Williamson
DC Universe Rebirth The Flash Year One by Joshua Williamson
The Flash #750 The Deluxe Edition

[@Darwaxion]

Flash’s history seems super-confusing.

[@comicbelief]

Compared to some others, it’s a cakewalk. That’s a good idea for a video. Most convoluted character histories.

[@colonelmustard8341]

Cool video, have you done one about pulp heroes (like the spirit, the shadow, dick tracy, etc)?

[@comicbelief]

Not quite. I’ve considered a video about pulps, as in the characters from pulp magazines from the 20s and 30s. And I was going to do one on noir comics, but the idea evolved into a larger selection of 100 best crime comics. Hopefully coming soon.

[@nemesiscomix]

Oh man that is right up my alley. I love the grounded detective noir stories.