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Question: As a person trying to get into the DCU what would you recomend I pick up? I started to get the new DC Encyclopedia. Good move or bad move?



I'll say good move. If you can keep from getting bogged down in all the obscure characters, you do get a fairly decent overview of the main players, or the icons.

I recommend picking up New Frontier as well. The first trade is out, and while it's technically not an in continuity story, it's a great intro to the DCU. It gives you a good sense of the background of DC, and is a cohesive look at the birth of the Silver Age. A retro story told with somewhat modern sensibilities but without being a complete deconstruction.