I've recently been collecting some Spider-Man trades, and I wanted to extend my Batman collection, but kind of have no idea where to start.
I've recently been collecting some Spider-Man trades, and I wanted to extend my Batman collection, but kind of have no idea where to start.
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Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus. The first six volumes, chronicling Batman and Robin's early battles against Joker, Penguin, Catwoman, and Two-Face, are out right now, with seven coming later this year, with Riddler.
The Showcase Presents Batman phone book sized books are also quite fun to read, especially volumes 1-3.
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Batman A Celebration of 75 Years if you want an idea of how the character's portrayed throughout history
Batman The Golden Age Volume One if you want the original chronicle
Batman Year One for the modern classic beginning
Batman Volume 1 The Court of Owls for the current continuity
Here is the perfect list: https://comicvine.gamespot.com/profi...26-feb/129835/
For a shorter list of must read short tpb (in order):
1.Batman: Year One
2.The Dark Knight Returns
3.Robin: Year One
4.Batgirl: Year One
5.Batman: The Long Halloween
6.Batman: Dark Victor (follow up to The Long Halloween)
7.The Killing Joke
8.A Death in the Family
9.Vengeance of Bane
10.(Knightfall - but very very long saga)
11.(No Man's Land - but also very very long saga)
12.Harley Quinn: Mad Love
13.Batman:Hush
14.Batman & Son
15.(Grant Morrison's run - but long and complexe)
16.Batman: Court of Owls
17.Batman: Night of Owls (end of the Owls arc)
Have fun
batman doa
the many deaths of batman
whatever happened to the caped crusader
batman annuals vol 1
superman batman worlds finest vol 1
batman arkham hugo strange
batman cult
batman vampire
batman brave and bold vol 1 by bob haney
robin 75 years
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A list of my favourites. Most are collected in trades.
https://www.bigglasgowcomicpage.com/.../kinkerkorner/ My pop culture lists. Got an idea for a list? Gimme a shout.
YEAR ONE aside (my all time favourite) I happily recommend
BATMAN THE CAPED CRUSADER
mid 80s stories by Jim Starlin (Thanos), really like Starlin's characterization,
can't wait to reread CULT now
TALES OF THE BATMAN GERRY CONWAY VOL 1 & 2
early 80s stories by Gerry Conway (Punisher), again great characterization
and a HUSHesque parade of the whole rogues gallery, spectacular art
BATMAN BY DOUG MOENCH & KJ
Moench writes Batman as someone who gets the necessity of a life as BruceW,
never liked KJ's art but revisiting it made me really appreciate what he goes for
What about Thrillkillers? I read up on it and it seems like a good story and the idea of a female Joker is really interesting to me.
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Batman RIP.
Its pretty cheap right now, pretty digestible, and has a good cross-section of what makes Batman Batman.
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I agree with pretty much all of the above. It really depends a lot on which era you're looking at.
The 60's and 70's were more fanciful and fun, definitely aimed more to please kids.
The 80's brought us the Batman a teenager could love, he was redefined as more bad ass as ever, and started down a path of darkness it took a long time to get out of.
The 90's is mixed really, mainly due to so many events mixing in like Zero Hour etc
The 2000's felt sort of Noir-ish to me, but your results may vary...and of course the most recent storylines seem to focus a lot on the Batman family, the Robins and Catwoman, etc are getting more development it seems (whether that's for better or worse is yet to be seen though...)
Since the great trades for Batman are listed above, I'll go the other route and tell you what I personally think can be skipped.
Batman: Murderer
Batman: Fugitive
War Drums/War Games (Ugh I have a bad taste in my mouth just typing that)
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