A comprehensive look at the reading order of The Secret Six in collected editions

Today I take a look at the reading order of Gail Simone's Secret Six. The beginnings in the Countdown to Infinite Crisis all the way to their final adventures during the NU52 years.
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[@unagisauce]

Secret Six is one of my favorites. Thanks for doing this. More people need to read this series!

[@NearMintCondition]

Yes they do!! Let's get an omnibus!!

[@ianberrington3642]

@@NearMintCondition Love the video Big fan of this group since the 90s but what about the original secret six run from the sixtys all the tie ins from brave and bold #117 - #120 and action comics weekly #601 - around #630 this version has always confused me as there were two secret six teams in this and can't get my head around the new secret six from the batman that laughs I would love to see you do a video on these and explain them

[@TZM676]

Thanks man! Me and my cousin will definitely be getting Secret six volume 3 cats cradle

[@danniculescu4512]

Just PO the omnibus from Walts comics. It s crazy to think that we finally get an omni with this amazing run!!

[@trigganosis81]

Brad Walker is such an awesome and underrated artist. Loved his work on GotG!!!! I'd love to see him on an Avengers title!

[@NearMintCondition]

YES his art was a big selling point for me too ton GoTG. He needs to get more work on ongoing titles.

[@purplerain225]

Hope an omnibus is one day released as well. Gail Simone needs more omni love from DC for this run and her Birds of Prey

[@Puddin_Tame]

I appreciate your Comprehensive Reading Order videos. Keep 'em coming!

[@NearMintCondition]

TJM060765 you keep watching and I’ll keep them coming :)

[@Chandasouk]

I remember picking up Villains United on a whim from the discount rack. The best impulse buy I made! I never thought I'd care so much about "random" characters either. Simone also gave us the infamous Grayson butt that I'm sure Amanda loves lmao

[@NearMintCondition]

HAHAHA she does love that Grayson Asset! You got one of the greatest books at a discount, brother.

[@kurumais]

love the nightwing flex

[@comicbookcrazy]

Excellent video, my friend. I have not read "Secret Six" but after watching this video now I really do, it sounds right up my alley. Do you think the TPB's will ever be reprinted, or dare I dream, an Omni? Thank you, brother, for doing these videos. I've lost count of how many series and characters you've gotten me to take a look at (and spend $$$ on. LOL). I hope you're doing well. #UncannyOmarRules #DCNeedsToListenToTheReaders

[@NearMintCondition]

It is sooo good, my friend. I don't know what DC plans to do with the tpbs, since they are so focused on Suicide Squad! But the fat trades can be found fairly cheap. As always....thank you so much for the love, brother.

[@Martin_TheCollector]

YES SECRET SIX!!!!!!

[@NearMintCondition]

Glad to hear that you enjoy it too!! :)

[@Martin_TheCollector]

@@NearMintCondition Yupp. Waiting for an omnibus too!

[@tdp17]

I LOVED Gail's Villains United and Secret Six so much that I had all the floppies bound into two custom hardcovers. I omitted the New52 Secret Six as 1) I didn't enjoy that series nearly as much, 2) it would have pushed me into a third volume and the increase in cost wouldn't have any increase in enjoyment, but mostly 3) issue 36 of Secret Six had such a satisfying ending for the series I couldn't bring myself to have it followed. As far as the reading order in the video, I believe there was one error. The Birds of Prey tie-in occurred between the Secret Six mini-series and the start of the regular series, not between Villains United and the S6 mini.

[@frankstudent]

Love Simone. Love Secret Six.

[@johnny4dahuynh]

Oh wow I’m so glad you made this video. I was getting ready to send in all my floppies for a custom bind. I had no idea there was a New 52 run. Do you think I should include it? Do you think DC will ever release a Secret Six omnibus in the future?

[@NearMintCondition]

Man, as a completist I say hell yeah put it all in there, but then as someone who wasn't a fan of those two NU 52 trades, I say get them out... so Right now I would put both in for sure. I really don't know what DC is thinking...we just now NOW got our first notice that Gail Simone is getting her first omnibus. But its her Wonder Woman run, so it depends on how that will sell.

[@tdp17]

Wondering if you did your Secret Six binding? I did 2 volumes that left out the New52 S6. I thought Secret Six 36 had such a great ending I couldn't put anything else behind it.

[@campbell-jayparker3420]

Yo man! These reading orders have been so helpful for me with filling in gaps in my collections and introducing me to cool new stories! Really appreciate it brother. Would you ever do one for Batman? I can imagine that'd be a mighty feat, but if anyone could do it, it'd be you!

[@NearMintCondition]

Thank you so much, I love hearing these type of comments as they keep me going. :) I'm putting up three series for me to work on a reading order on our Patreon next week and I let them choose which one I do next. Batman is on the list though..that would be a huuuge three parter. But so damn fun.

[@buggydes]

Hey Omar, hope you're feeling well. Absolutely fell in love with this run as they were coming out. One of my favorites! Gail made me care for these characters.

[@NearMintCondition]

It's been a while, brother. YES, she did that so well, Bane became one of my favorite DC characters because of this run.

[@buggydes]

@@NearMintCondition Was swamped with projects but it's all over, now it's time to catch up! lol. You guys are pumping vids left, right and centre now. Love it!

[@NearMintCondition]

buggydes glad to have you back. :) and yeah, we’ve been pumping out the content lately.

[@danieltinnirello2013]

Great video my friend. I have not read this series but I am interested in it now. It has been added to the list of collected editions to read over the summer. Thanks for the review and information. I look forward to reading it.

[@NearMintCondition]

Daniel Tinnirello thank you so much for watching. It’s a great series, much like Suicide Squad and a tThunderbolts!

[@danieltinnirello2013]

Awesome! It looks like it’s a combination of both Suicide Squad and Thunderbolts. It should be a great read.

[@fantasticmatic956]

I love the secret six, it has to one of my favourites & my favourite comics that Gail has written. I much prefer deadshot in the secret six than suicide squad. I great vid

[@NearMintCondition]

Thank you so much, I'm so glad that I wasn't alone. :) And really surprised that it won the poll.

[@sergiofreitas441]

Gail Simone needs some Omni love from DC. Birds of Prey and Secret Six were some of the best series EVER!!

[@NearMintCondition]

Hellz yeah she does. I would be all over those!! I'm doing my top 30 most wanted DC omnis soon, oth of these series will be on there.

[@sergiofreitas441]

@@NearMintCondition Be sure to include Ostrander's Suicide Squad!

[@NearMintCondition]

@@sergiofreitas441 You know I already did!! :)

[@kurumais]

wow i can t believe you are doing secret six!! i loved that series. gail simone made catman cool. think about that for a second. yeah she did great with bane. ragdoll was also a stand out. he was very funny. btw i hated the new 52 reboot of secret six . she was horrible on that run. bbtw omar you and i have similar ttastes secret six and agents of atlas.

[@NearMintCondition]

I'm so glad to hear others love this underrated series. Catman was the shit, yo! Deadshot was the man and Bane, damn. I didn't like the way it ended. YES I want omnis of both Agents of Atlas and Secret Six.

[@sydnei5567]

Love this "reading order" videos . Omar, when should I read Infinite Crisis Omnibus in the DC chronology? Also, do you know if the Avengers Omnibus by Byrne is worth it to get it and should it be read before the New Avengers Omnibus by Bendis? Loads of questions!!!lol

[@NearMintCondition]

LOL I love answering questions. When? Anytime you feel, really. Crucial things to read read. I would say Crisis on Infinite Earths, Green Lantern Rebirth and some of Geoff John's Teen Titans. I think you'll be good after that. You can read Byrne's Avengers, but it's not necessary. Bendis does a great job introducing readers to these characters.

[@sydnei5567]

@@NearMintCondition duly noted. Thanks 😉

[@triclopesesquire9078]

The infinite crisis prelude is one of my single favorite issues of all time.

[@NearMintCondition]

YES!!! Love the earlier stuff. More so than the way the run wrapped up in New 52.

[@mrpepperami01]

I loved the original secret six run by Gail Simone(her birds of prey is also excellent) but that new 52 second volume was very average. I remember feeling very disappointed with it in general. Like yourself I wondered what happened, pushed off it, run out of ideas? Whatever it was it wasn’t great

[@NearMintCondition]

Same here, my friend. I was not a fan of the way the New 52 books wrapped up.

[@DB-ej3mw]

I wish dc would have pushed secret six before suicide squad. Heck, suicide squad would have been so much better if the focus wasn’t on Harley Quinn who was arguably ruined during the new 52. Gale Simone gets a lot of crap and blame for batgirl, but the people who hate on her politics and weren’t into comics for years don’t realize that Simone was against taking oracle out of the chair and her batgirl was the best interpretation of the character of the past 4 decades. People also don’t realize that Simone was off batgirl when they redesigned the suit and started pushing her towards younger girls. Secret six is one of the best runs of the past 20 years and definitely deserves an omnibus.

[@DB-ej3mw]

Should also mention that the Simone haters don’t appear to have never read any of her dc work and 95 percent certain they don’t know about the secret six.

[@NearMintCondition]

Same here, brother. I'm a huge Simone fan regardless of the crap she gets these days. Her Red Sonja run was solid.

[@andrewdarrow4542]

Do you need to read Villains United or can you skip ahead to the 2008 run?

[@iamthomasjudge]

Useful vid, didn't realize that Simone's secret six and birds of prey were linked. Will need to factor that in when I do my big read-through... Got to be honest though, I read the new 52 secret six and it was terrible. :(

[@NearMintCondition]

Thomas Judge yeah, I wasn’t a fan of that last arc at all. I’m not sure what happened towards the end of her run.

[@iamthomasjudge]

@@NearMintCondition lol, glad to see it wasn't just me!

[@tonyyoung3985]

So I just got Unhinged, and I read Six Degrees. While it's good, nicely paced, I'm not getting why the raves. Paul Cornell wrote the intro! Love to get opinions on this.

[@NearMintCondition]

Being a huge fan of this series. It was nice to see C list characters get the spotlight for while. I loved that Simone made me care about some of these characters by making them have real issues.

[@libravarmant9220]

Sir could you please tell me the reading order from countdown to infinite crisis to the end of infinite crisis. ☺️☺️☺️

[@NearMintCondition]

Countdown happens after 52 which happens after IC. Countdown leads into Final Crisis.

[@mr.sand7899]

What makes the Secret Six different from the Suicide Squad?

[@NearMintCondition]

Damn..damn...This is so hard to answer because it's almost like Sophie's choice, which one do I prefer. The tone of both books are similar, yet different. Different in the way the lighter and humorous sides are portrayed. Similar in the concept. This is Suicide Squad, not the series by Adam Glass, this should have kept going.

[@davidrobertson2686]

Do the trades have bonus material in the back? Debating on whether or not to bind my floppies or go for broke with the trades, and there’s no Images online. Thanks!

[@NearMintCondition]

They have all the covers and bonus materials, yes.

[@jeremyg371]

Thx for the video Omar but I was distracted by my new housecleaner she's young and hot as hell.

[@NearMintCondition]

Why are you even watching this!!?

[@jeremyg371]

@@NearMintCondition Because I'm disabled and these people are hired from the state so there are serious boundry issues to be maintained besides a quick sneak peak here and there at her incredible georgousness. I'm a gentlemen I don't gawk as well.

[@NearMintCondition]

LOL say no more, my friend. :) A gentleman indeed.

[@stephanberger3476]

I think it's pronounced "cheshur".

[@triclopesesquire9078]

This shit make catman cool

[@NearMintCondition]

You damn right, brother.