my dc comics fic recs

5,000 words or less

Justice League International - Spoiled! by Hinn_Raven
Guy Gardner & Stephanie Brown

Guy Gardner, Crystal Brown's childhood neighbor and best friend, ends up taking in her daughter Stephanie after an unexpected turn of events.

Spoiler Alert: the JLI will never see it coming.

Guy and Stephanie are both characters who are really hard to get right, but this manages to capture the more serious elements of their characters without tipping completely into melodrama. In fact, this manages to get everone, including Bruce and characters from the JLI who appear, right, and it's so nice to see.

5,001-10,000 words

10,001-30,000 words

brilliant (like a confession) by kathkin
Clark Kent/Lois Lane identity reveal

After years of pining after an alien demi-god who is, much as she hates to admit it, miles out of her league, Lois realises she's caught feelings for her co-worker. Unsure whether or not to tell him, she seeks advice from the most sensitive guy she knows - Superman. Things don't go as she expected...

One of my absolute favorite Clois fics, and one of my favorite identity reveal fics. Clark and Lois have a great partnership (exactly as it should be!) and Lois's reaction to finding out Clark is Superman is perfection.

30,001-50,000 words

50,001-100,000 words

more than 100,000 words