Reddit mentions of The Flash Vol. 2: Rogues Revolution (The New 52)

For those of you interested, Manapul and Buccaletto (the creative team behind this page) did an excellent arc for The Flash from New 52 #1 through #29. These are collected in Vol. 1, Vol. 2, Vol 3, Vol 4, and Vol 5. I highly recommend reading them if you're interested in the comics, as they are a great introduction to the character of Barry Allen.

Check out The Flash: Rebirth. Next, read the series by Geoff Johns, Francis Manapul, and Scott Kolins (2010-2011). It's collected in two volumes. After that, read Flashpoint, and then read the New 52 series.

Here's a breakdown:

• Flash: Rebirth
  
  
• Flash: The Dastardly Death of the Rogues
  
  
• Flash: The Road to Flashpoint
  
  
• Flashpoint
  
  
• Flash Vol.1: Move Forward
  
  
• Flash Vol.2: Rogues Revolution
  
  
• Flash Vol.3: Gorilla Warfare
  
  
• Flash Vol.4: Reverse
  
  
• Flash Vol.5: History Lessons
  
  
• Flash Vol.6: Out of Time
  
  In addition to these, you can check out a list of some more recommended Barry Allen reads here.
  
  EDIT: Don't be discouraged if you find The Flash: Rebirth very continuity-heavy - it is. This was one of the first non-Batman comics that I read when I was getting back into comics, and I had no clue what was going on. The thing is, that frustration only encouraged me to dig deeper and understand more about this world. I hope you (or anyone for that matter) takes that approach when something comes along that doesn't seem to make sense.

I'm not sure where you got the idea of Flash as a snob or jerk. I'd recommend the Buccellato / Manapul run from the beginning of the New 52. It's a fun, lighthearted-but-not-goofy superhero book. (I haven't read any of the Jensen/Venditti run that follows, so I can't speak to that.)

• The Flash, Vol. 1 Move Forward
  
• The Flash, Vol. 2 Rogues Revolution
  
• The Flash, Vol. 3 Gorilla Warfare
  
• The Flash, Vol. 4 Reverse
  
• Forever Evil: Rogues Rebellion
  
• The Flash, Vol. 5 History Lessions

Sadly, I can't speak for DC Rebirth. I haven't read any of it. I can say that I loved the New52.

Batman list, in order of what I would read first.

• Batman, Year One is a great story of Bruce's first year as the Batman. I loved seeing the way Batman evolved & the lessons he learned. I highly suggest this as your first read.
  
  
• The Long Holloween was also a fantastic story. It reads a lot like a mystery novel. The ending is surprising and all around, this book is satisfying.
  
  
• Batman New52 is a great storyline. It is a "reboot" aka a nice starting point for a series. If you love this story, read on with the New 52 & slowly get the "iconic" other stuff later.
  
  
• The Dark Knight Returns is an interesting spin on things. Bruce is old and has hung up his mantle. But for reasons mentioned in the book, he dons the cape yet again. This, in my opinion, is a really great read after Year One & The Long Halloween. Those three just flow nicely IMO.
  
  
• The Knightfall series (Vol1 Vol2 & Vol3) explain why Bane is one of the greatest villains Batman has ever had. If you're looking for a complete story arc, this is where you want to start.
  
  Staples for Batman
  
  
• The Killing Joke is an iconic storyline that I would put on a must read list for Batman.
  
  
• Hush is also a very great mystery story.
  
  
• A Death in the Family is a pivotal story for the Bruce Wayne Batman.
  
  
• Arkham Asylum is a really cool & unique story about Batman going into Arkham Asylum after it is taken over (sounds a lot like the first batman game of the recent trilogy). It is a really cool perspective & you should read it at some point.
  
  Flash list (I don't know as much about the Flash)
  
  
• The Flash: Rebirth is a really great place to start. The world is established but this is a nice way to jump into the comics.
  
  
• Flash New52 is where I would go after reading Rebirth. They flow nicely. I would read Vol 2 & Vol3.
  
  
• Flashpoint, as you know if you watch the CW series, is a big moment for Barry. It's a similar story but done in a very different way. Reading this will feel fresh, even if you know the tv show.
  
  Batman/Flash related things
  
  
• Catwoman New52 is amazing. I'm not sure if you're a huge Catwoman fan or if you hate her (seems most Batman fans go one of those directions) but if you are, her series is one of my favorite New52.
  
  
• Justice League New52 was pretty cool.

This is gonna be much harder, as the individual issues are pretty valuable. 1-30 would go for around £90 if you bought it that way.

What you can do is buy things called trades, which are collections of around 5-6 issues each. I'd probably go with Amazon for these. So, for example:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Flash-Volume-Move-Forward/dp/1401235549/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1413383034&sr=8-1&keywords=flash

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Flash-Volume-Rogues-Revolution-Numbered/dp/1401242731/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1413383034&sr=8-7&keywords=flash

http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Flash-Volume-Gorilla-Warfare/dp/1401247121/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1413383034&sr=8-5&keywords=flash

http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Flash-Volume-Reverse-New/dp/140124713X/ref=sr_1_15?ie=UTF8&qid=1413383034&sr=8-15&keywords=flash

These books in total collect issues 1-24. You'll likely be able to find them cheaper on the other sites I recommended, especially eBay.

On Amazon they cost about £10, I can't remember how much they cost in Waterstones, I think it's about £13.99. For Flash you should pick up volumes 1-4, make sure you get the new volumes as there were two volumes before New 52 called Dastardly Death of the Rogues and Road to Flashpoint, and you will probably be lost if you read them. Flash changes writer after Volume 4 and it gets awful. Batman is pretty good from Volumes 1-10, however you could skip 4-6 if you're on a budget, 4-5 are a retelling of Batmans origin and 6 is just filler issues that hadnt been collected in trades.
If you go on Amazon and look at other sellers for the item you will be able to get it New slightly cheaper, Amazon sells Flash for £12.99 but other sellers sell them for about £5+P&P

The Flash Volume 1: Move Forward TP (The New 52) (Flash (DC Comics Numbered)) https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1401235549/ref=cm_sw_r_apa_v6zqxbMES0BZ6

Flash Volume 2: Rogue's Revolution TP (The New 52) (Flash (DC Comics Numbered)) https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1401242731/ref=cm_sw_r_apa_C7zqxbQHD6MBP

The Flash Volume 3: Gorilla Warfare TP (The New 52) (Flash (DC Comics Numbered)) https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1401247121/ref=cm_sw_r_apa_37zqxb4NHS2WD

The Flash Volume 4: Reverse TP (The New 52) https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1401249493/ref=cm_sw_r_apa_n8zqxbP6DZFPG

Batman Volume 1: The Court of Owls TP (The New 52) (Batman (DC Comics Paperback)) https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1401235425/ref=cm_sw_r_apa_k-zqxbJTPZ80Y

Batman Volume 2: The City of Owls TP (The New 52) https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1401237789/ref=cm_sw_r_apa_R-zqxbBWZTXE3

Batman Volume 3: Death of the Family TP (The New 52) (Batman (DC Comics Paperback)) https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1401246028/ref=cm_sw_r_apa_f.zqxbEBF0Z98

Batman TP Vol 7 Endgame https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1401261167/ref=cm_sw_r_apa_O.zqxbM7Z5RSZ

Batman Volume 8 has only just come out so it will be more expensive and Volumes 9-10 will be out later this year

Yes, same way. If you look at the descriptions it tends to be fairly self-explanatory since you will see New 52 Flash vol 1 says it has issues 1-8 in the description and if you look at teh description for Flash vol 2; you see it starts on issue 9 where the last volume left off, and if you look at Flash vol 3 it starts with 13 and so forth.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Flash-Move-Forward-Comics-Numbered/dp/1401235549

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Flash-Rogues-Revolution-Comics-Numbered/dp/1401242731

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Flash-Gorilla-Warfare-Comics-Numbered/dp/1401247121/ref=pd_sim_14_1?ie=UTF8&dpID=51paXaTvhjL&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR106%2C160_&refRID=C1X48V6QYBM9V7J4NBW0

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Flash-Reverse-TP-New-52/dp/1401249493/ref=pd_sim_14_2?ie=UTF8&dpID=51cIJkJDP%2BL&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR104%2C160_&refRID=3R1TQMJQGXT4A8YH2KX5

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Flash-History-Lessons-TP-New/dp/1401257720/ref=pd_sim_14_1?ie=UTF8&dpID=51SehUQ4r1L&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR103%2C160_&refRID=4FG4DD5Y3XBBW0HZWJBZ

These are the 5 new 52 volumes I'm talking about. The descriptions list the issues included.