Green Lantern & Batman are the only ones who still have their whole history.
There are only like a few events I can think of that require some back reading, everything else doesn't.
Ahem: If you wanna read Forever Evil, you should read Trinity War, and if you wanna read about the wrath of the first lantern, you should first read the 2nd GL Corps annual. All the other events don't require any previous issue reading.
Also if you wish to know about the current Lantern universe, but do not want to read all 4 ( plus Larfleeze & Sinestro ) the main GL book is good enough. ( Red Lanterns also becomes the best one during issue 21 :p )
Speaking of issue 21, that is a good place to start ALL 4 main lantern books if you don't want to back track.
Action comics should either be started at #1 or #25/26 Detective comics is also #1 or start from the new run that is #30
Superman should only be started from the Johns & JRJR run #32, Batman on the other hand can be #1 for all of it, #22 for backstory, or if you don't want or read the 10+ issues backstory start from #35
Wonder Woman is one of the best runs, but she is almost impossible to start in the middle of azz's run, so either start at #1 or #36
Green Arrow you should ignore everything before #17 and start there for one of the best runs ever, or if you don't want to bother, start at #35
Semi-Finally Aquaman has what I also consider one of DC's best runs, and what is probably his most acclaimed run so far, that starts at #1 but if you don't wanna read it all, the guy that picks up later on also does an amazing job and his runs starts at #26 but you can also just start at #35 if you so wish.
Also finally Flash's run from #1 to #25 after that it has some random stories & then the new run starts at #30 but I have on idea if the new run is good or bad.
There is far, farmore I could talk about, and DARK UNIVERSE books I would love to talk about since they are my favourite ones, but I just wanted to fill you up on the main stuff.
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