So, back on topic.

So before reading IC I should read at least the OMAC Project ? Is is good on its own ?

I've just read some OMAC reviews and people say that Sacrifice is basiclly part of OMAC and should have been included in it. God, I hate this kind of thing.

I feel like it's a "to do list", I think I'l just read what I can on Wiki instead of hunting those paperbacks down...

Sacrifice is an all right addition, but I don't think it's necessary in any way. What's in the collected OMAC Project is all you need, and it's really good. Identity Crisis, OMAC Project, possibly Villains United and you're good to go.

The US trade paperback of OMAC Project includes Countdown to Infinite Crisis, The OMAC Project 1-6 and Wonder Woman #219. It's unfortunate that not the whole Sacrifice storyline is included, but it should cover the most important bases.

And while I said that it's not a great story on its own, it's a great story in the context of Infinite Crisis. So I would recommend to read it and not just look at the summary on Wikipedia.

Mmm, I'l check that out. I've found VU and DoV for 5 Dollars on Ebay (used but looks good. anyway both are unavailable at BD) Think I will buy them.

I don't think you'll miss much when you skip Villains United and Day of Vengeance, but if you can pick them up for $5 it's probably worth the money.

Another interesting book might be JLA: Crisis of Conscience (JLA #115-119).

At that price it's a steal. VU is usefull to know just what is up with Luthor andother villains. It's not strictly necessary, but it provides good context, and it's a gret mini series, leading up to a equally good, if not better, Secret Six series right after the Crisis.

It's a pretty good prologue to the IC. Nothing there that actually needs to be known, but it's still good to have it, if only to see where exactly everyone stands at the start of the IC, how the League broke down. Since the theme of all the build up and IC itself was how the heroes screwed up, how the bonds between them broke and the central question of IC is not whether they can beat the bad guy, but if they can fix themselves I think it's good to read through all of that build up to really get into that situation, feel everything falling at seams, not on some cosmic level, but on a very personal level, just like the character are seeing it.

Nevermind, the seller won't ship to Israel.

I'm about to order this from BD, you think it's enough build up material?:

Identity Crisis
OMAC Project
Secret Six: Villains United Volume 1 (VU tbp is oop but it includes the VU series plus Secret six 1-6, nice "bonus")
Infinite Crisis

Also, the above is the correct reading order, right ?

It's an insane amount of comics you need to read just for the original 52. I used to pay attention to DC around that tim. I didn't finish all of that. They've had something like 4 different 52s since then. I wouldn't even know where to begin.

I think that is enough, but you might want to read up on a wiki about Rann/Thanagar War (the mini series was rather weak, so I didn't recommend it), Day of Vengeance and Crisis of Conscience.

There was also a collection called Infinite Crisis Companion. It contained sort of epilogues to the build up series tieing into the Crisis itself. Nothing pivotal there, but I was glad to have. If you can grab it at a reasonable price it wouldn't hurt, but if not you should be fine without it.

Actually I would buy DoV if I could find it (I like Captain Marvel and The Spectere).
Yeah, Ive heared that R/TW is kinda weak and unnesecery.
Thanks for the help !

Sounds good (and the reading order is correct). I would still add Sacrifice and Crisis of Conscience (because I think that both are very good stories), but you won't have problems understanding the Infinite Crisis if you skip these books (or read the wiki summary).

And I think you should also check the wiki for The Return of Donna Troy. I don't remember exactly how important this story was, but I think she played an important role in the Infinite Crisis (I might be wrong though, it was nine years ago that I read it).

I'll check it.

I'm thinking about adding one more book to my order, maybe JLA The Nail, you know anything about it ? Sounds interesting to me.