This is not a hard and fast chronology. It quite possibly has errors, and may be subject to change. I sort my comics in chronological order, and have tried to done the same for DCM. In most cases, stories are interchangable in their order. To determine what goes first, I usually go by cover dates, and if two arcs kick off in the same month, I put the shorter one first. However, the Young Injustice storyline in Young Justice (should take place over the course of a week, but has tie-ins to both Return of the Gods and the Christmas issues, which were two months apart in continuity) and the great hiatus of 2002-2003 complicated matters. Because of the hiatus, my cover date rule is bent a lot. Due to the more serialized nature of some series, continuity is fudged a bit, just to allow for the series to stay caught up with the rest of the universe. Most series not listed generally don't have much impact on current continuity and could be read at any time.
If anything else, just view this as the order that these issues would be in my long boxes if these were real comics. If you feel something is out of order or missing, let me know, and explain your reasoning, and I'll either correct it or prove why I'm right.
-Chip Caroon, EIC
Crisis on Merging Earths #7-0
DCM Showcase #8-9 All-Star Comics #1 Twilight of the Gods #1-5
Inhumans #1-6 Generation Next Spotlight #2
Legend of the Lone Ranger #1-4
War of the Worlds #1-2
The Shadow #1-6
Sandman: Gaslight #1-3
JSA #1-3
JSA #4-6
JSA Annual #1
DCM Showcase #1-2
JSA #7-10
JSA #11-12
The Shadow #7-10
JSA #13
Sandman Mystery Theater #1
JSA Unmasked #1-2
Sandman Myster Theater #2-5
JSA #14-15
The Shadow Annual #1
The Shadow #11-12
Sandman Mystery Theater #6-7
JSA #16-18
JSA Annual #2
All-Star Comics #2
JSA #19-22
The Shadow #13-14
JSA #23
All-Star Comics #3
JSA #24
Captain America: Sentinel of Liberty #0
Sensation Comics #1-4
JAS #25
The Shadow #15-16
JSA #26, Avengers League #17, AL vs. JSA #1
JSA #27-29
Sensation Comics #5-9
JSA Secret Files #1
JSA #30
All-Star Comics #5-6
JSA Annual #3
The Shadow #17
JSA #31-32
All-Star Comics #7-15
JSA #33
JSA: Hero's Final Repose #1-3
JSA #34-35
JSA #36-41
JSA Annual #4
JSA #42-50
Detective Comics #5-6
Legends of the Avengers League #1
Legends of the Avengers League #2
Legends of the Avengers League #3
Detective Comics #9-10
Generation Next Spotlight #1
Legends of the Avengers League #4
Legends of the Avengers League #5
Batman Secret Files #1
Generation Next Spotlight #3
Batman #1
Spider-Man #1-3, Annual #1
Batman #2-4
Spider-Man #4-5
Iron Man #1-3
Batman #5
Batman Annual #1
Batman #6, Spider-Man #6, DCM Showcase #1
Batman #7
Spider-Man #7
Batman #8
Detective Comics #1-3
Batman #9-10
Spiders and Shadows crossover
Spider-Man #10
Young Justice #1-12 and all tie-ins
X-Men #1-2, Students of the X, #3
Week of Doom event
X-Men #4, Secret Files #1
Young Justice #13
DCM Showcase #13 (The Brotherhood #0)
Wonder Woman #1-2
Excalibur #1-7
Avengers League #1-2
Losers Week: Detective Chimp
The Shadow 2000 #3, Secret Files #1, #4
Wonder Woman #3-5
Iron Man #4-7
Batman #11
Losers Week: Team America
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. #8
Generation Next Spotlight #4
Manhunter Agenda crossover
Iron Man #9, Avengers League #4-5
Detective Comics #7-8
Iron Man #10
Batman #14
Spider-Man #13
The Shadow 2000 #6
Exiles #1-?
Young Justice #14
Young Justice: Robin/Spoiler
Iron Man #11-12
X-Men #6-7
Spider-Man #14-15
Batman #15
Young Justice #15-19, Moonstar
Return of the Gods crossover
Young Justice #20-21, all other tie-ins
Wonder Woman #6-7
Avengers League #6-9
X-Men #8-11
Iron Man #13-16
Excalibur #8-12
Young Justice #22-25
Wonder Woman #8-9
Spider-Man #16-18
Young Justice #26
Wonder Woman #10
Spider-Man #19
Detective Comics #14
Avengers League #10
Wonder Woman #11
X-Men #12
Young Justice: Christmas Break
Return of the Sinister Six crossover
Mutant Massacre crossover
Wonder Woman #12-14
Avengers League #12
Flash #7, Avengers League #13
Excalibur #13
Wonder Woman #15-16
Spider-Man #21
Spider-Man Secret Files #1
Spider-Man #22-25
Wonder Woman #17-20
Emerald Quest crossover
Generation Next Spotlight #5-6
X-Men #16-21
Iron Man #18-20
Batman #22-23
Avengers League #17
Doom Patrol #1-12
Captain America #1-3
Avengers League #18
Captain America #4
Avengers League #19-20
X-Men #22-25
Iron Man #21-22
Oliver Queen: Nomad Annual #2, Spider-Man Annual #3
Fantastic Four #1-4
Inhumans #13, Annual #1
Captain America #5-8
JLA #21-23
Spider-Man #26-29
JLA #24-25
Outsiders #1-6
Spider-Man #30-31
JLA #26
Spider-Man #32
Doom Patrol #14-19
Batman #25
Spider-Man #33-34
JLA #27-29
Cosmic Adventures #2-11
Batman #26-28
Spider-Man #35-38
Batman #29-33
JLA #30-32
Batman #34-36
Doom Patrol #20-?
Batman #37
DCM Showcase #12
Batman #38-39
DCM Showcase #14-16
Batman #40
JLA #33
Batman #41
Ultimate Crisis
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