As I’ve mentioned before, I’m actually not a huge continuity stickler. Yes there have been a lot of incredible books surrounding characters in the past - of course there have been - but if you’re actually new to comics and just want to get into DC characters you can definitely just pick up any of the New52 #1’s. 

If you’re not sure about what the New52 is, read this.

The issues are only 99¢ each so you can easily pick up a couple and see which ones you like. Once you discover a character and feel comfortable reading comics you can make a much deeper dive into that characters history. 

Here’s a list of a bunch of the New52 first issues. A few I recommend are:

• Batman by Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo
• Wonder Woman by Brian Azzarello and Cliff Chiang
• Aquaman Geoff Johns and Ivan Reis 
• Batgirl by Gail Simone and Adrian Syaf
• Batwoman by W. Haden Blackman and J.H. Williams
• Animal Man by Jeff Lemire and Travel Foreman
• Swamp Thing by Scott Snyder and Yanick Paquette

If you want to dig back a little deeper DC has a line called DC essentials which are the first issues of classic runs for 99¢ as well. You can see some of them on this list.  

I’m sure people are going to have a lot of feels and be mad at me about this one so just look at the notes for differing opinions.