the best dc comics stories of all time feature heroes such as superman batman wonder woman aquaman and the rest of the justice league all of whom are about to return after being thought dead due to the events of the story dark crisis on infinite earths which concludes in december 20s dark crisis on infinite earths 7and true to form dc is once again drawing on its vast legacy of legendary tales for the latest comic event in the dc universe but among those many stories what are the best dc comics stories ever toldwhether youre a timeworn dc fan whos looking to reread some favorite comics or a dc newcomer looking to dip your toes in the comic books that started it all here are newsaramas picks for the best dc comics stories of all time10 whatever happened to the man of tomorrowimage credit dc comicshow do you eulogize the history of a character in two short issues thats the question julius schwartz sought to answer and he hired alan moore to do it and he did with whatever happened to the man of tomorrowwith the events of crisis on infinite earths effectively ending the silver age schwartz imagined that his last two issues editing the superman line were to be the last in human history in two short issues alan moore created a road map through supermans history that included his most fearsome villains and his closest friendsand ultimately he gives the man who has everything the one thing he lacked a perfect ending part of the reason that this is such a pitchperfect tribute to the man of steel is that legendary artist curt swan handled the art he had been drawing superman since 1948 and from the opening letters this is an imaginary story to that final knowing wink from jordan elliott this one feels like a superman story through and throughit honors the legacy of one of the worlds greatest heroes while simultaneously thumbing its nose at the continuity changes that were to take placebuy amazon9 the return of barry allenimage credit dc comicsin the wake of crisis on infinite earths wally west became the new flash graduating from sidekick to superhero with the death of his mentor barry allen wallys transition wasnt without growing pains however he failed to gel with readers until mark waid began his landmark run on flash giving wally the depth that his predecessor had often lackedwhile its hard to argue that there was ever a lull in waids original flash run the return of barry allen is likely its apex in this story wally is confronted with the return of the deceased barry allen a story that under another writers pen might have been heartfelt schmaltz but for waid was an examination of wallys ascent to true heroism and the moment that solidified him as the one true flashover the course of six issues wally and barry struggle to share the mantle of the