When Injustice: Gods Among Us hit video game consoles it was a surprise hit, which introduced millions of people to a wide range of DC Comics characters. It sold millions of copies and spawned just as many devoted fans. Just like anything popular in entertainment, Injustice could not be simply contained to the video game medium and shortly after spawn more than half-a-dozen comic book spin-offs.
If you’ve played the Injustice games and want to check out the comics then the Injustice Comic Book Reading Order Guide is for you. Not only does it give the reading order for each series and how they relate to the video games, but also details the different way these comics can be read. Soon you’ll able to dive into this comic book series, which expands on the world established in the video game series.
How Are The Injustice Comics Released?
Unlike most comic books, the Injustice comics are released in a slightly unconventional manner. They start their life as short digital-first chapters that are priced at $0.99 each. From there, they are then collected into the conventional print issues, which collect two (three for Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year One) chapters which originally appeared digitally first. Finally, the Injustice comics are collected into larger trade paperback collections which collect roughly six issues or twelve digital chapters.
All of the comics are the same, they are just collected in different formats. As to which one you choose it is up to how you enjoy reading your comics. If you’re brand new to the different formats then you can find out if digital or print is your preferred option or even if trade waiting is the way to go.
Injustice Reading Order
So what is the best way to read Injustice? Take a look below!
Injustice: Year Zero
Written by Tom Taylor. Art by Rogê Antônio, Cian Tormey, Rain Beredo, and Wes Abbott.
Chronologically set before all the comics below, Injustice: Zero is the newest comic series in the Injustice world. It’s a prequel that’s set in World War II and stars the Justice Society of America (JSA). Because it’s a prequel it is up to you if you want to read this first or come to it after you’ve read all the other Injustice comics.
Digital Chapters: 14 (Kindle)
Collected Edition
Injustice: Year Zero is available in both trade paperback and hardcover.
Injustice: Year Zero: The Complete Collection
Collects: Injustice Year Zero #1-14
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Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year One
Written by Tom Taylor. Art by Mike S. Miller and Jheremy Raapack.
Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year One acts as a prequel, set 5 years before the Injustice: Gods Among Us video game.
Digital Chapters: 36 + 1 Annual (Kindle)
Digital Chapters Collected Into: 12 print issues + 1 Annual
Collected Editions
Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year One has been collected in trade paperback and hardcover.
Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year One Volume 1
Collects: Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year One #1-6 (Digital Chapters 1-16)
Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year One Volume 2
Collects: Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year One #7-12 and Annual #1 (Digital Chapters 17-36 and Annual #1)
Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year One – The Complete Collection
Collects: Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year One #1-12 and Annual #1 (Digital Chapters 1-36 and Annual #1)
As the name suggests, Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year One – The Complete Collection collects all of this series in one edition.
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Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year Two
Written by Tom Taylor. Art by Mike S. Miller, Bruno Redondo and Jheremy Raapack.
Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year Two is a sequel series to Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year One and is set four years before the first video game.
Digital Chapters: 24 + 1 Annual (Kindle)
Digital Chapters Collected Into: 12 print issues + 1 Annual
Collected Editions
Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year Two has been collected in trade paperback and hardcover.
Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year Two Volume 1
Collects: Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year Two #1-6 (Digital Chapters 1-12)
Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year Two Volume 2
Collects: Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year Two #7-12 and Annual #1 (Digital Chapters 13-24 and Annual #1)
Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year Two – The Complete Collection
Collects: Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year Two #1-12 and Annual #1 (Digital Chapters 1-24 and Annual #1)
As the name suggests, Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year Two – The Complete Collection collects all of this series in one edition.
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Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year Three
Written by Tom Taylor and Brian Buccellato. Art by Mike S. Miller, Bruno Redondo and Jheremy Raapack.
Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year Three is a sequel series to Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year Two and is set three years before the first video game.
Digital Chapters: 24 + 1 Annual (Kindle)
Digital Chapters Collected Into: 12 print issues + 1 Annual
Collected Editions
Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year Three has been collected in trade paperback and hardcover.
Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year Three Volume 1
Collects: Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year Three #1-6 (Digital Chapters 1-12)
Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year Three Volume 2
Collects: Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year Three #7-12 and Annual #1 (Digital Chapters 13-24 and Annual #1)
Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year Three – The Complete Collection (Available from January 16th, 2018)
Collects Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year Three #1-12 and Annual #1 (Digital Chapters 1-24 and Annual #1)
As the name suggests, Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year Three – The Complete Collection collects all of this series in one edition.
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Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year Four
Written by Justin Aclin and Brian Buccellato. Art by Mike S. Miller and Bruno Redondo.
Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year Four is a sequel series to Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year Three and is set two years before the first video game.
Digital Chapters: 24 + 1 Annual (Kindle)
Digital Chapters Collected Into: 12 print issues + 1 Annual
Collected Editions
Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year Four has been collected in trade paperback and hardcover.
Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year Four Volume 1
Collects: Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year Four #1-6 (Digital Chapters 1-12)
Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year Four Volume 2
Collects: Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year Four #7-12 and Annual #1 (Digital Chapters 13-24 and Annual #1)
Injustice: Gods Among Us Year Four – The Complete Collection
Collects: Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year Four #1-12 and Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year Four Annual #1 (Digital Chapters 1-24 + Annual #1)
As the name suggests, Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year Four – The Complete Collection collects all of this series in one edition.
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Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year Five
Written by Brian Buccellato. Art by Xermanico, Juan Albarran, Mike S. Miller, Bruno Redondo and Marco Santucci.
Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year Five is a sequel series to Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year Four. The conclusion of this series leads directly into the Injustice: Gods Among Us video game.
Digital Chapters: 40 + 1 Annual (Kindle)
Digital Chapters Collected Into: 20 print issues + 1 Annual
Collected Editions
Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year Five has been collected in trade paperback and hardcover.
Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year Five Volume 1
Collects: Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year Five #1-7 (Digital Chapters 1-14)
Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year Five Volume 2
Collects: Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year Five #8-14 (Digital Chapters 15-28)
Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year Five Volume 3
Collects: Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year Five #15-20 (Digital Chapters 29-40 and Annual #1)
Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year Five – The Complete Collection
Collects: Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year Five #1-20 (Digital Chapters 1-40 and Annual #1)
As the name suggests, Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year Five – The Complete Collection collects all of this series in one edition.
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Injustice: Ground Zero
Written by Brian Buccellato and Christopher Sebela. Art by Pop Mhan.
Injustice: Ground Zero is set during the events of the Injustice: Gods Among Us video game and shows them from the perspective of Harley Quinn. If you don’t want the video game story spoiled then don’t read this series quite yet.
Digital Chapters Collected Into: 12 print issues
Collected Editions
Injustice: Ground Zero has been collected into the following:
Injustice: Ground Zero Volume 1
Collects: Injustice: Ground Zero #1-6 (Digital Chapters #1-12)
Injustice: Ground Zero Volume 2
Collects: Injustice: Ground Zero #7-12 (Digital Chapters #13-24)
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Injustice 2
Written by Tom Taylor. Art by Bruno Redondo and Daniel Sampere.
Injustice 2 is a prequel series to the Injustice 2 video game. The series will be finishing up later in the years, but the collected editions will be released into 2019.
Digital Chapters: 72 + 2 Annuals (Kindle)
Digital Chapters Collected Into: 36
Collected Editions
Injustice 2 has been collected into the following:
Injustice 2 Volume 1
Collects: Injustice 2 #1-6 (Digital Chapters #1-12)
Injustice 2 Volume 2
Collects: Injustice 2 #7-12, #14 (Digital Chapters #13-24, #27-28)
Injustice 2 Volume 3
Collects: Injustice 2 #13, #15-17, Annual #1 (Digital Chapters #25-26, 29-34, Annual #1)
Injustice 2 Volume 4
Collects: Injustice 2 #18-24 (Digital Chapters 35-48)
Injustice 2 Volume 5
Collects: Injustice 2 #25-30 (Digital Chapters 49-60)
Injustice 2 Volume 6
Collects: Injustice 2 #31-36 and Annual #2 (Digital Chapters 61-72 and Annual #2)
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Other Injustice comics
Injustice Vs The Masters Of The Universe
Written by Tim Seeley. Art by Freddie E. Williams II.
This was a crossover series which saw the Injustice crossover with Masters of the Universe. It ran as a six issue miniseries and has been collected into hardcover and trade paperback.
Probably not in continuity, so it can be read anywhere you want.
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Adventures of Superman: Jon Kent #1-6
Written by Tom Taylor. Art by Clayton Henry.
Tom Taylor revisitied the world of Injustice when he wrote Adventures of Superman: Jon Kent as part of the Dawn of DC publishing initative. In this six-part miniseries, Superman’s son of the main DC Universe, Jon Kent, took on Injustice Superman.
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Have You Read Any Of The Injustice Comics?
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Thanks for the list, but I thought I could help you with the following reading order:
-Year One #01-02 (01-06 in digital chapters).
-Year Three Annual (2nd story).
-Year One #03-08 (07-24 in digital chapters).
-Year One Annual.
-Year One #09-12 (25-36 in digital chapters).
-Year Two #01-07 (01-14 in digital chapters).
-Year Two Annual.
-Year Two #08-12 (15-24 in digital chapters).
-Year Three Annual (1st story).
-Year Three #01-12 (01-24 in digital chapters).
-Year Four Annual (suppousedly it takes places before Year Four but also sets the events for Year Five).
-Year Four #01-12 (01-24 in digital chapters).
-Year Five #01-20 (01-40 in digital chapters) + Annual (I am not sure how the annual is set during the events of Year Five, so I put this like so).
-Ground Zero #01-12 (01-24 in digital chapters).
-Injustice 2 #01-current.
Hope it is Okay.
Hoy !
I’ve just acquired Injustice to read, and I was wondering whether I should start with the Injustice Annual (with Lobo and Harley Quinn) or straight into first chapter of Injustice year one !
Cheers.
TN.
Hi! I’d start with chapter one first and read the annual towards the end of Year One.
Hi, Trevor, thank you for the list! Forgive me if my question is stupid but do I have to read Injustice: Gods Among Us Year 1-5 to understand Injustice 2, the ongoing series, at all? I can’t gets my hands on paperback trades where I live so I’m reading or downloading online. If they are unrelated or related, please let me know.
Thank you.
While I get they do have connection, is it really necessary?
Hi Yamin, Injustice 2 ties into the second video game so if you are playing that and are interested in the comics then you can read Injustice 2 and be okay.
This reading order is completely backward. First off, Injustice: Year One is the first in the Injustice Storyline taking place five years before the Injustice: Gods Among Us video game. Injustice: Year Five Vol. 3 is the comic book that leads into the game and Ground Zero should be read alongside or after playing the game. Then, finally, the Injustice 2 books and then the game. I know I kind of went on a rant, but people who want to read this in order shouldn’t be confused by this.
Hey Frank, you are totally right! I don’t how I stuffed that one up. I’ve updated the guide to reflect the correct reading order.