reading list for cissie king-jones ππ
i would recommend borrowing / buying physical comics from a library or comic book store, or buying them on apple books or a dc subscription because there are some panels missing from issues on π΄ββ οΈ websites. you can still get almost all of the story though!
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[ bonnie era, miss arrowette ]
- impulse (1995) #28
- ambush bug: year none (2008) #3 (this comic is an acid trip but cissie makes a cameo)
- impulse (1995) #41
[ post-bonnie pre-yj era, arrowette ]
- jla: world without grown-ups (1998) #1 (she only makes a cameo here but it's worth reading)
- young justice (1998) #4 (in which cissie joins the team)
[ yj era, arrowette ]
(i would reccomended to just read all of yj98 if you haven't)
- young justice secret files (1999) #1
- stars and s.t.r.i.p.e. (1999) #2
- stars and s.t.r.i.p.e. (1999) #5-6
- young justice (1998) #5-8
- young justice 80-page giant (1999) #1 (nooo cissie that's racist)
- superboy (1994) #65
- young justice (1998) #9-10 (in which cissie is wanted for 2 counts of attempted child murder)
- supergirl (1996) #34
- young justice (1998) #11
- young justice no man's land special (1999) #1
[ some optional ones are batman: no man's land gallery (1999) #1, JLA (1997) #40 and JLA / titans (1999) #2-3, where cissie makes one-panel cameos with young justice. ]
- young justice (1998) #12 (in which cissie goes to hell)
- supergirl (1996) #36 (in which cissie is called a "fashion nightmare")
- young justice (1998) #13 (in which cissie is called a fake blonde)
- supergirl (1996) #37
- superman annual (1987) #11
- young justice (1998) #14
[ another optional one is action comics (1938) #760, in which half her face shows up as a cameo w/ young justice. ]
- wonder woman (1987) #153 (more of cassie's chapter but we see a lot of their dynamic)
- young justice (1998) #15 (let's all just kill ourselves)
- secret origins 80-page giant (1998) #1 (you can read this at any time but i think it's most meaningful if you read it at this part)
- young justice (1998) #16-17
[ retirement era, civilian ]
- young justice (1998) #18
- young justice: sins of youth (2000) #1-2 (in which cissie haunts the narrative)
- young justice: sins of youth secret files and origins (2000) #1 (in which cissie has a character sheet)
- young justice (1998) #19 (in which cissie haunts the narrative some more)
- impulse (1995) #59
- young justice (1998) #20-21 (in which cissie and her mom reconnect)
- young justice (1998) #23-25 (in which cissie competes in the 2000 summer olympics)
- young justice (1998) #26-30
- young justice (1998) #32-34 (baby's second homoerotic friendship that began with jealousy)
- spyboy/young justice (2002) #1-3
[ imperiex war era, field medic ]
- young justice (1998) #35 (in which cissiecassie have their second messy situationship breakup)
- wonder woman (1987) #172 (more context on the imperiex war, cissie makes a cameo)
[ optional: superman: our worlds at war secret files and origins (2001) #1, in which cissie makes a cameo with young justice. ]
- young justice (1998) #36
- impulse (1995) #77
- young justice (1998) #37
- world's finest: our worlds at war (2001) #1 (outcome of the imperiex war, cissie makes a cameo)
- superboy (1994) #91
- impulse (1995) #78-79
[ retirement era again, civilian ]
- young justice (1998) #38-39
- young justice (1998) #40 (in which cissie gives tim food poisoning on christmas)
- young justice (1998) #41-42 (in which cissie haunts the narrative even more)
- impulse (1995) #83 (in which cissie makes a microscopic cameo)
- young justice (1998) #43-56
- teen titans (2003) #7 (in which cassie wears cissie's brandy melville nico american flag sweater)
- teen titans (2003) #33 (in which cissie makes a cameo in a flashback)
- teen titans / outsiders secret files and origins (2005) #1 (in which CISSIECASSIE REUNION!!)
- teen titans (2003) #50 (in which cissie makes a cameo in a flashback)
bonus 53: booster gold (2007) #3 (in which cissie makes a misroscopic cameo in a flashback)
read at your own discretion ππ
or better yet, not at all. the following comics are mostly post-reboot writers who didn't read any of cissie's prior appearances before attempting to adapt her into their shitty comic runs. that or they were published when dan didio was executive editor at dc. i hate you dan didio.
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new earth / postcrisis / dc main continuity 1986-2011
[ retirement era, brought back as arrowette ]
- wonder girl (2007) #1-6
prime earth / post reboot / dc main continuity 2011-present
[ retirement era, brought back as arrowette again ]
- young justice (2019) #13-15
- dark crisis: young justice (2022) #1-6
- dark nights: death metal the last stories of the dc universe (2021) #1 (oneshot in which cissie makes a one-panel cameo as arrowette)
- naomi: season two (2022) #6 (in which cissie makes a one-panel cameo as arrowette)
[ retirement era, brought back as arrowette AGAINNNN, but this time with the FUCKING ARROWFAM ]
- green arrow (2024) #10-15
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