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    Big Joker fan here.

    Still, I acknowledge Ra's Al Guhl is right up there with the Joker when it comes to Batman's greatest foes.

    My main sources of Ra's knowledge are Batman: Legacy and JLA: Tower of Babel. I collected damn near every Bat comic in the 90s and those were pretty much it.

    Comixology had a Batman sale so I bought Birth of the Demon (which includes Birth, Son, and Bride of the Demon) and Death of the Maidens.

    I also have a DC Universe subscription so I can reread Tower of Babel and Legacy. Also I'm pretty sure they have Resurrection.

    Any other notable Ra's appearances I'm missing?

    I noticed DC Universe has almost all of his earliest appearances, are those canon?

    Anyway, just wanted to catch up on the Bat's (second) greatest villain.

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    Batman Begins was my first exposure to the character and its good example how good he can be.
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    My first exposure to Ra's al Ghul was in the B:TAS episode known as "Off-Balance".

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    Quote Originally Posted by K7P5V View Post
    My first exposure to Ra's al Ghul was in the B:TAS episode known as "Off-Balance".
    Same. I then went onto Batman Begins and Dennis O'Neil's books.

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    The Legacy event in the late 90s (before No Man's Land and Tower of Babel), Rucka's first arc on Detective (something like 'Tec 742-750) right after No Man's Land, the Resurrection of Ra's al Ghul event in the mid-00s (takes place after Death and the Maidens), and the Tales of the Demon (the original Denny O'Neil stories) are the only things I can think you're missing
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    Tales of the Demon is pretty much essential, imo. It might be out of print, but all of it should be online.

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    raw had a pretty good story line in the 00’s Legion book. Just read it and really enjoyed it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Batman Begins 2005 View Post
    Same. I then went onto Batman Begins and Dennis O'Neil's books.
    Wanna know a funny story? When the episode ended with that close-up of his face, I simply had no idea who that was. Later, when Ra's al Ghul showed up in the Batcave and introduced himself to an unmasked Bruce Wayne in the B:TAS episode known as "The Demon's Quest: Part 1", I was finally able to get a name to go along with that face.

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