I finally went ahead and made a reading list for Roy. He’s been around awhile, so there’s a lot of comics, especially since he tends to jump between books.
I’ve divided it into six different starting points– each starting point should be good enough to jump into without having too much knowledge of what’s going. You can jump in at any of them and you’d be good to go (I actually recommend jumping in one of the middle ones and then going back, if you’re someone who prefers newer comics to older ones.)
I’ll include a little bit of info under some of the starting points for you to get a better idea of which one might be best for you to start with.
BOLD = necessary
Italics = not necessary, but recommended
normal = not necessary
Before jumping into any starting point, I recommend you read Green Lantern (1960) #85-86. It’s a 1971 story, so I understand if you may be turned off from it at first, but it’s a classic story for a reason and it’s important in Roy’s history.
These are 80s comics, and some of them might have older art. These include some of my favorite stories with Roy, but if you’re someone who prefers newer art and has a harder time getting into older comics, it might be better to come back to this later.
New Teen Titans (1984) #19-21, 24
Suicide Squad (1987) #11-12
Action Comics (1938) #613-618
Action Comics (1938) #627-634
Action Comics (1938) #636-640
Secret Origins (1986) #38
Secret Origins (1986) Annual #3
Hawk and Dove (1989) #11-12
Secret Origins (1986) #50
Armageddon 2001 (1991) #2
I personally recommend you leave these comics till the end. I love Roy’s writing in them, but they’re very 90s, if you get what I mean, so a lot of the plots art harder to get into and understand at first.
Deathstroke the Terminator (1991) #18-20
New Titans (1988) #97-107
New Titans (1988) Annual #9
New Titans (1988) #108-113
New Titans (1988) #116-118
Deathstroke the Hunted (1991) #45
New Titans (1988) #120-121
New Titans (1988) Annual #11
Deathstroke (1991) Annual #4
New Titans (1988) #123-124
New Titans (1988) #126-130
Arsenal Special (1996) #1
If you prefer reading more modern comics, then everything from this point on should be a good starting point!
Batman + Arsenal (1997) #1
Teen Titans (1996) #12-16
Nightwing (1996) Annual #1
Teen Titans (1996) #17-18
Adventures of Superman (1987) #557
Action Comics (1938) #744
Superman: The Man of Steel (1991) #79
DC One Million (1998) #1-2
Superman: The Man of Steel #1,000,000
The Titans Secret Files & Origins (1999) #1
Resurrection Man (1997) #26-27
JLA 80-page giant (1996) #2
Secret Files & Origins Guide to the DC Universe 2000 #1
Titans/Legion of Superheroes: Univerze Ablaze (2000) #1-4
Sins of Youth Secret Files (2000) #1
Young Justice: Sins of Youth (2000) #1-2
Green Lantern (1990) #128
The Titans Secret Files & Origins (1999) #2
World’s Finest: Our Worlds at War #1
Green Arrow Secret Files and Origins (2002) #1
Titans/Young Justice: Graduation Day (2003) #1-3
Teen Titans/Outsiders: Secret Files and Origins (2003) #1
Green Arrow (2001) #32-33
Superman/Batman (2003) #13
Green Arrow (2001) #47-50
Teen Titans (2003) #21-23
DC Special: The Return of Donna Troy (2005) #1-4
Teen Titans/Outsiders: Secret Files and Origins (2003) #2
Villains United: Infinite Crisis Special (2006) #1
Infinite Crisis (2005) #7
52/World War III (2007) #4
Outsiders (2003) Annual #1
Justice League of America (2006) #1-7
Green Lantern (2005) #15-17
The Flash: The Fastest Man Alive (2006) #9
Justice League of America (2006) #8
Justice Society of America (2007) #5
Justice League of America (2006) #9
Justice Society of America (2007) #6
Justice League of America (2006) #10
Amazons Attack (2007) #2, 4
Amazons Attack (2007) #5, 6
Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps Special (2007) #1
Green Arrow (2001) #74-75
Justice League of America (2006) #11-12
Justice League of America Wedding Special (2007) #1
Justice League of America (2006) #13-15
Green Arrow/Black Canary Wedding Special (2007) #1
Justice League of America (2006) #16
Green Arrow/Black Canary (2007) #1
Green Arrow/Black Canary (2007) #4-5
Tales of the Sinestro Corps: Cyborg-Superman (2007) #1
Tales of the Sinestro Corps: Superman-Prime (2007) #1
Green Lantern (2005) #24-25
Titans East Special (2008) #1
Captain Carrot and the Final Ark (2008) #3
Justice League of America (2006) #17-19
Green Arrow/Black Canary (2007) #6
Superman/Batman (2003) #46
Justice League of America (2006) #20-21
Trinity (2008) #10-15, 18
Superman/Batman (2003) #51-52
The Flash (1987) #245-247
DC Universe Decisions (2008) #1-2
Trinity (2008) #29, 39, 42-52
Vixen: Return of the Lion (2008) #2-5
DC Universe Holiday Special 2009
Green Arrow/Black Canary (2007) #15
Justice League of America 80-page Giant (2009) #1
Justice League of America (2006) #27-30
Final Crisis Requiem (2008) #1
DC Universe: Last Will and Testament (2008) #1
Final Crisis Resist (2008) #1
Final Crisis Secret Files (2008) #1
Final Crisis Aftermath Ink (2009) #2, 5
Final Crisis Legion of 3 Worlds (2009) #5
Justice League of America (2006) #31
The Flash: Rebirth (2009) #1-2
Green Arrow/Black Canary (2007) #25
Convergence: The Titans (2015) #1-2
These are mostly things you can read after you’re done with everything, mostly featuring earlier comics. These are all pre-Crisis, so some of the things that happened here aren’t necessarily canon to post-Crisis Roy.
Teen Titans: Year One (2008)
Teen Titans (1966) #4, 11
World’s Finest Comics (1941) #178
Teen Titans (1966) #19-20
The Brave and the Bold (1955) #83
Teen Titans (1966) #21-27
Detective Comics (1937) #402
Teen Titans (1966) #28-31
The Brave and the Bold (1955) #94
Teen Titans (1966) #32-34
World’s Finest Comics (1941) #205
Teen Titans (1966) #35-39
The Brave and the Bold (1955) #102
Teen Titans (1966) #40-43
Silver Age 80-page Giant (2000) #1
Silver Age Secret Files (2000) #1
Silver Age Teen Titans (2000) #1
JLA: Year One (1998) #11-12
Action Comics (1938) #436
The Brave and the Bold (1955) #117
Adventure Comics (1938) #439
Teen Titans (1966) #44-52
Green Lantern (1960) #100
Worlds’ Finest Comics (1941) #251
The Superman Family (1974) #192-194
The Brave and the Bold (1955) #149
New Teen Titans (1980) #27
New Teen Titans Drug Awareness (1983) #2
New Teen Titans (1980) #28-32
Tales of the Teen Titans (1984) #50
Crisis on Infinite Earths (1985) #9-10
POST-FLASHPOINT CONTINUITY:
If you really wanna know about Roy Harper of the current continuity, then like… these are really the only things I can kind of recommend lol (he really got screwed over bad in this continuity so uh yeah)
DC Rebirth Holiday Special (2016) #1
Green Arrow (2016) #18-20, 22-24
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