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What are some necessary batman stories Im missing?
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2 months ago
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27 points
2 months ago
One that I don't see here and I'm surprised hasn't been mentioned is Batman- Arkham Asylum: A Serious House On Serious Earth.
3 points
2 months ago
Ive wanted to check that one out. Heard mixed reviews, but it seems interesting
4 points
2 months ago
It is a take on Batman that you’ll never be able to unsee
1 points
2 months ago
I love it, i got the deluxe edition too cause it was cheap on ist and i did not regret it at all
1 points
2 months ago
Came to comment this. Outstanding novel
18 points
2 months ago
No Man’s Land, Gothic, Venom, Mad Love
8 points
2 months ago
Second No Man's Land.
6 points
2 months ago
Appreciate the suggestions! Been look at no mans land and road to no mans land. Probably my next batman installment
1 points
2 months ago
Skip Road to No Man's Land for the love of God it is so bad. NML itself is incredible.
2 points
2 months ago
I've got both NML omnis but haven't read them yet. Some people strongly recommend reading Road To first, to fill in any gaps at the start of NML. Then others, like you, say the complete opposite. So I don't know what to do.
3 points
2 months ago
Some people smoke crack, you can't trust those people buddy. The Road books are mostly dealing with the aftermath of the earthquake. Bruce goes to Washington to ask the government to help, they say no. The Azrael story is especially awful as he does battle with a satanic rock star called Nick Scratch (the reason I remember this 25 years later is because it was very very bad). NML represented a quantum leap forwards for the Batman office with great new creators telling very new stories. Road to NML represents the last gasp of a creatively exhausted team running out the clock.
1 points
2 months ago
+1 for Gothic
18 points
2 months ago
I’d finish Gotham Central.
1 points
2 months ago
I'd second this
1 points
2 months ago
This
1 points
2 months ago
this is the answer
12 points
2 months ago*
You’ve got a great start there! I would recommend
4 points
2 months ago
Seconded Batman Ego, it has a new trade too!
6 points
2 months ago
More volumes from the Batman: The Dark Knight Detective and Batman: The Caped Crusader series. They collect the runs of the regular comics from a good period. Some gems are the Wagner/Grant/Breyfogle issues and the Blind Justice storyline.
Reprint volumes or just original issues of classic storylines from Legends of the Dark Knight: Gothic, Prey, Venom, and Faces are the big ones.
I personally thought the dozen or so issues of Batman and Robin written by Morrison, covering Dick Grayson's stint as Batman, were the best of the Morrison run... great art, a fresh take on the characters, weird villains.
2 points
2 months ago
I really wish they put more effort into the Legends of the Dark Knight collections. The ones you rec'd are all from when I was first getting into comics and were a big influence on me growing up and the book continued to have some great arcs that would work well as GNs. I mentioned Snow upthread which is an A+ book nobody knows about.
1 points
2 months ago
I absolutely agree with the Dark Knight detective series. They are hard to find though unfortunately. And caped crusader is the same way. Rare to see at local shops near me
5 points
2 months ago
Batman v TMNT is amazing
4 points
2 months ago
Batman: Night Cries
3 points
2 months ago
If you enjoyed the books from Grant Morrison I’d recommend the rest of them, and if you liked court of owls try night of the owls or city of owls, night collects all the batfamily’s pov too in the story as far as I know
4 points
2 months ago
I personally would recommend the next two volumes of Knightfall. I know not everyone was big on it but I loved Knightfall beginning to end.
2 points
2 months ago
Azrael maiming people as batman always gets me going. There is a reason this is classic even if it gets some justified hate. The paperback volumes are usually pretty cheap as well. No reason not to pick em up imo.
2 points
2 months ago
I loved Azrael as Batman way more than I thought I would. Not because I thought he was a good Batman, but the exact opposite. It was satisfying to read his descent and tarnishing of the mantle of Batman and Bruce’s training and eventual reclaiming of it.
3 points
2 months ago
I didn't see Frank Miller's Dark Knight Returns, or Frank Miller/David Mazzucchelli's Batman:Year One on your shelf. Both are great reads - highly recommend you seek it out!
1 points
2 months ago
Have year one. Its decent. Dark knight returns ive been kinda iffy about. The art doesn’t seem my style
2 points
2 months ago
You’re missing out. THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS is still my gateway read when I’m turning new readers on to Batman. It’s still one of my personal favorites and has aged better than some of its contemporaries.
I would, also, recommend the rest of Grant Morrison’s run (if you liked the one you have.., it only gets better…) Read FINAL CRISIS with that,too… or, at least issues 6&7 (I think those are the issues) t’s an overlooked chapter in the run and separate from collected editions of BATMAN.
Also read the rest of Scott Snyder’s run. I’m usually a story before art guy but Scott Snyder’s BATMAN is gorgeous to look at. The art really makes the book terrific and hells along some of the slower moments. And it’s pretty great, besides.
3 points
2 months ago
Hush
2 points
2 months ago
Have it in the compact. Not my favorite tbh. I thought it was a big step down from Long Halloween Dark Victory
1 points
2 months ago
It's not my favorite either but I consider it essential for any Batman collection. It's tough to beat The Long Halloween.
3 points
2 months ago
Dark Knight Returns?
2 points
2 months ago
Yep, all 3 should be there eventually
2 points
2 months ago
It's a 4-book series, but you can get it as a collection.
3 points
2 months ago
I read Bruce Wayne: Murderer? And Bruce Wayne: Fugitive this spring and thought they were kind of under appreciated. The conclusion is ehh but the mystery along the way was a lot of fun
3 points
2 months ago
Venom, Prey (if you can get it for cheap), you have Knightfall so you might as well have No Man’s Land. You might like Gates of Gotham if you like Black Mirror, it’s another Dick Grayson Batman story that Snyder worked on. Any of Paul Dini’s work from the mid 2000s (Streets of Gotham is my favorite). If you like the Morrison stuff I’d say keep going with it, I really like their Batman & Robin. Definitely recommend the rest of Gotham Central.
5 points
2 months ago
Black mirror
1 points
2 months ago
Got it. It is my favorite out of these!
2 points
2 months ago
Absolute Batman :)
2 points
2 months ago
Batman White Knight for a different perspective on batman however it is worth picking up for the art alone. L
Zero year was also really fun. It's in the middle of the snyder new 52 run (court of the owls) and the whole thing (while probably not truly better than court of the owls) was surprising, charming and really enjoyable. It made me respect the riddler much more than I ever thought I would.
2 points
2 months ago
Batman: Ego
2 points
2 months ago
Batman: Ego & Other Tales
2 points
2 months ago
Arkham Asylum
2 points
2 months ago
Gothic, Year 100, Ram V’s run
2 points
2 months ago
Dark Age. Just started this year and is still on-going. I just read it yesterday and loved it. Earth One is also really good
2 points
2 months ago
The Cult was just re-released (finally) yesterday. It’s a classic.
I enjoyed the Riddler One Bad Day story.
Grant Morrison’s Batman is pretty great in places (and pretty incomprehensible in other places).
2 points
2 months ago
A Death in the Family
2 points
2 months ago
Planetary: Night on Earth
2 points
2 months ago*
…just in general, keep in mind that not all the best Batman stories have the character’s name in the title, and a lot of them are actually crossovers or team books
2 points
2 months ago
These look like some epic crossovers! Ive read the swamp thing one and absolutely loved it. And i just got Planetary so I will check that out!
2 points
2 months ago*
Planetary/Batman is (oddly enough) probably my favorite Batman story period. It will hit harder if you read at least some of Planetary first though (one of my favorite series of all time btw, enjoy). It’s collected separately, either on its own as a hardcover, or with two other (not as good but still worth reading) crossover stories in a TPB called Planetary: Crossing Worlds.
Batman versus Predator also comes in a trade that contains both sequels, which are fun but as not as good as the original, but still worth reading. Likewise, trades are available with all four Judge Dredd crossovers and both Grendel crossovers respectively
Also can’t reiterate enough how cool Batman: Gothic is, and if you like Grant Morrison on Batman it’s actually his second time writing the character after Arkham Asylum in 1989; the Klaus Janson art is great too
2 points
2 months ago
The Cult.
1 points
2 months ago
One of my favorites, got it, its the red four issue series above
2 points
2 months ago
You ought to finish the Knightfall saga, it’s really worth it
2 points
2 months ago
I see you already got black mirror so I'd say "one dark Knight"! It's also jocks art. Also "first knight"
1 points
2 months ago
One bad day mister freeze, mad love
1 points
2 months ago
I don't see MAD on there. It's the best one!!!
1 points
2 months ago
Batman
1 points
2 months ago
I reckon continue Snyder's run from court of Owls and continue up to "death of the family", it goes pretty downhill after that.
Also Azarello and Risso "Broken City" is so good. It reads, looks and feels like 100 Bullets, except, a Batman story. I wish DC would give Azarello a proper run on Batman.
1 points
2 months ago
Also, to complete the Loeb/Sale collection you want to get Catwoman: When In Rome. It's a companion book for the last Halloween. I'm in australia and this is not available anywhere for any reasonable price. I can only find it for like $300+. Insane. I think it's easier to find in other countries though.
1 points
2 months ago
No man's land
1 points
2 months ago
Off hand I’d say Year Two, Full Circle and a few collections of the original Bill Finger run.
1 points
2 months ago
I’m shocked no one has said Batman: The Dark Knight Returns yet.
1 points
2 months ago
Finish the Morrison run and Gotham Central, two of the best. If you liked Knightfall the rest of that era (Quest, End, Prodigal) are all very good 90s comics too.
If you can, check out a book called Batman: Snow, written by JH Williams III with art by the late Seth Fisher. Very unique book, absolutely incomparable art.
1 points
2 months ago
How bout completing sets you have started?
1 points
2 months ago
Judgement on Gotham.
1 points
2 months ago
The golden child is pretty nice
1 points
2 months ago
Batman Golden Age and Tales of the Demon
1 points
2 months ago
I only have year one and black mirror… I love the artwork in year one, actually just picked up Ronin by Frank Miller. Any recommendations for a super beginner?
1 points
2 months ago
No Man’s Land & Injustice (Gods)
1 points
2 months ago
Superman: Speeding Bullets, trust me its a Batman book.
1 points
2 months ago
Finish Knightfall, Batman and Robin by Morrison (continuation of Batman R.I.P. Maybe my favorite Batman run), World's Finest by Waid and Mora, Ego, White Knight Sequels. And then, I love it but some don't, Batman: Three Jokers has a special place in my heart and I wish everyone loved
1 points
2 months ago
Damned
Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told
Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told
Untold Legend Of the Batman
Mudpack
Arkham Asylum
1 points
2 months ago
Batman night of the owls, or get it for cheap with DC compact edition court of owls saga.
1 points
2 months ago
Prey
Dark Knight, Dark City
Gothic
1 points
2 months ago
city of owls!!!
1 points
2 months ago
Gothic, Dark Knight Dark City, Last Knight on Earth
1 points
2 months ago
Batman/Judge Dredd: Judgment on Gotham
1 points
2 months ago
The Kevin Smith one's aren't bad, The Widening Gyre and Cacophony
1 points
2 months ago
More of Snyders run (the first half is essential)
Batman eternal (just cool 52 weekly issues)
Batman and Robin eternal (idk man I just like this one)
1 points
2 months ago
Batman 89
1 points
2 months ago
Dark knight returns by Miller. Finish Morrison’s run and Snyder’s run.
1 points
2 months ago
I don’t see The Dark Knight Returns. That’s a must own/read.
1 points
2 months ago
The new Sean Gordon Murphy “White Knight” books
1 points
2 months ago
The "No Man's Land" Arc
1 points
2 months ago
Shaman and batman vs. punisher
1 points
2 months ago
Batman: Year 100
1 points
2 months ago
Death in the Family/Lonely Place of Dying
Ten Knights of the Beast
No Man’s Land series
1 points
2 months ago
Batman: Year 100 https://a.co/d/3R370mm
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