Batman Complete Guide
Batman and Robin follow a clue to the villain's lair only to be captured by Louie and fed to his giant man-eating lilacs. With the Caped Crusaders out of the way, Louie heads back to the flower-in to continue his evil plan. The blu-ray release of Batman The Complete Animated Series will feature remastered content and a host of special features ranging from audio commentary to a documentary. The box set will be.
Let’s face it: Batman is the coolest. Even for a comic book fan like me, one who spends an inordinate amount of time fixated on the, reading Batman is almost always a good decision. It’s no surprise there are 6 (nearly 7) Batman stories within my top 50 of.
Whether you’re here from the comics, the, or the, there’s a glut of reading options all leading to the same question: Where do I start with Batman comics? I’ll answer that here in a relatively expedient manner. Note, that more than 75 years ago. I won’t mention every comic he’s been in since then, and trying to read all of them would be an intimidating (if noble) life goal. Instead, we’ll focus on the comics that make Batman so great, and how you can enjoy them in a chronological order.
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If you want just the best of the best, I’ve listed my favorite Batman stories below. Otherwise, you can carry on to check out the complete reading order and chronology!. +. Batman: The Beginning Collects: Detective Comics #27 to #56, Batman #1 to #7, World’s Best Comics #1, and World’s Finest Comics #2 to #3 Let me be clear: You certainly don’t have to jump back to the 1940’s to start reading Batman comics. That said, it can be a lot of fun, and you’ll see the debuts of Batman, Robin, Joker, Commissioner Gordon, Catwoman, and many more. The first Golden Age Omnibus is a relatively easy to find, fair-priced (around $40) introduction to Batman’s true beginnings.
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You can keep the party rolling with the below Golden Age Omnibi: Collects: Detective Comics #57-74, Batman #8-15 And World’S Finest Comics #4-9 Collects: Detective Comics #75-91, Batman #16-25, And Stories From World’S Finest Comics #10-14 Collects: Detective Comics #93-112, Batman #26-35 And World’S Finest Comics #15-22 Collects: Detective Comics #113-132, Batman #36-45 And Stories From World’S Finest Comics #23-32 Most Expedient Way to Navigate Batman’s Early Decades! I do not know weather this is the right place to ask or not but I have been really enjoying Snyder’s take on Batman so far and I was wondering if Batman:Gates of Gotham miniseries is on par with his other Batman books (Black Mirror,The Court of Owls,The City of Owls etc)?Also correct me if I am wrong but it seems that the in the New 52 area of Detective comics the reading order stops at Joker Endgame which collects Detective Comics Endgame #1.I am just curios why the recommended reading order stop there when the series actually ends after 52 issues and 4 annuals. I’ve wanted to read comics for a while, but I just didn’t know where to start.
Then I found this list. And I was instantly scared away by the price tag. Real comics take a lot of money. But then I found online comics. I finally had a way to read comics for a reasonable price.
I am currently working my way through the 40-60’s. But I have to ask. Would you recommend reading the comics on ComiXology? That was just the first thing I saw, so that became my default for reading comics. What would you recommend? This looks great!
I kind of wish this would have seen something like this a couple of years ago, but right now I’m in too deep I feel. A while ago, I started downloading and reading/watching everything batman and batman-family related, from the very first comic book, in publication order. Right now I’m at the end of the 70s and things are going well, but will things get confusing when I get to the modern times, with all the different story arcs? Is it a better idea to just read the arcs vs the publication order?
In that case I’m guessing this list would help a lot. OK so I’m relatively new to comics. Read some older one shots and started Grant Morrison’s run. I just finished “Final Crisis” (holy crap by the way. I basically had about 1/5 of the understanding of the DC Universe that I should have had before reading this but I digress).
I read exclusively in TPB form. I’m currently on “Battle for the Cowl.” I was kind of hoping to finish off Grant Morrison’s run before diving into the Scott Snyder New 52 arc and had some questions: 1) Can I just read the 2 “Batman Inc.” New 52 volumes immediately after “Batman Incorporated” (as you said it ignores the New 52 story) or is there some reason I should mix it into the New 52 storyline? 2) I heard “Batman: The Dark Knight” follows the “Batman Inc.” Vol 1 & 2 storyline. Is that true and could I therefore read that before the New 52 arc as well? 3) Lastly will there be an update to this list with regards to the New 52 since “Batman and Robin” and “Batman Detective Comics” aren’t mentioned after volume 4 on both? I was curious as to the reason (different storyline, just an oversight, etc.). Stuart little teacher guide. I’m a ways out but I’ve been heavily reliant on your ordering lists (and other’s but yours is easily the most comprehensive) and it’d be great to know what to read when I get there.
Thanks for any future updates!! I still don’t get why some volumes have issues that should belong in other volumes. Example: Batman, Vol. 6: The Graveyard Shift Collects: Batman #18-20 Batman, Vol, 5: Zero Year – Dark City Collects: Batman #29 to #33 Here a volume -6- contains #18-20 and 28#, while a volume -5- contains #29 and #33. Volume 5 is obviously the volume before six – so why does volume 5 contain issues that are chronologically higher than those who appear in volume 6? It makes no logical sense.
Couldn’t you just number things in the right order? Has Issues 1+, Vol 2 has issues 5+, Vol 3 has issues 10+, and so on. That said I also don’t understand why I have to read all these unrelated titles when I just want to follow a simple comic about Batman.
Now I have to buy random-numbered titles of characters I don’t even follow? Take this example; “Collects: Batman #24-25, Detective Comics #25, Batgirl #25, Batwing #25, Batwoman #25, Birds of Prey #25, Catwoman #25, The Flash #25, Green Arrow #25, Green Lantern Corps #25, Nightwing #25, Red Hood and The Outlaws #25 and Action Comics #25” Now how would I even understand issue #25 of Green Arrow when I haven’t read issues #1-24 of Green Arrow? It seems so random and illogical to me, at least in theory, maybe in practice it makes sense when you actually read it like this. Just the theory is what keeps me away from even trying to give it a go.
Also the costs to buy all these simply to follow one comic. Seems so unnecessary. I’m not hating but I prefer things to be simple when complicating has no practical value and only well, complicates. I can’t speak to the volumes having gaps in the numbering system.
That doesn’t make sense to me either. But as far as the unrelated titles go, it just gives you a more immersive story. You’re right, you’re not going to understand everything in Aquaman#25 if you haven’t read #1-24, but there will be a part of the story that sheds light or gives background on a part of the Batman story you’re reading.
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It’s personal preference whether you consider this “complicating” to have practical value or not. Plenty of people enjoy being familiar with the entire DCU instead of just one comic title. Great job, as usual Even better than average, because this one gets my much vaunted “100% spoiler-free award”. BUT (there is always a but), and fully realizing that this is a reading order and that Batman has lots of good/interesting stories, many of us would appreciate an “essential/recommended” list. Just as an example, I want to read Rucka’s run in Detective Comics, and considered reading No Man’s Land before, but just watching the humongous list of issues was enough to dissuade me (to be honest, I wanted to read Gotham Central someday and New 52’s Batwoman now -I just read that you also recommend it-, but I learned that It was recommended to backtrack to Rucka’s work then I found that it is in the aftermath of No Man’s Land, which is in a consequence of Cataclysm, which follows Contagion backtracking, the bane of “completist” comic readers).