Best and Worst Batman Events?

[daredevil1]

By "event" I mean crossovers, not just important stories confined to one title.

I would say the best for me are Knightfall and No Man's Land, for sentimental reasons (though NML fumbles right at the ten yard line with a wonky story just to give Joker the final boss role). Knightfall made me love the comics version. I also enjoy Officer Down a lot, if that counts.

Worst are War Games and War Crimes, and it isn't even close. That thing would not end! I also dislike Murderer and Fugitive for much the same reasons, it went on and on and could've been told entirely in three months in a couple titles, in and out.

[Immortal Weapon]

The resurrection of Ra's Al Ghul is one of the worst. Ra's coming back didn't warrant a crossover and it didn't do much with Morrison overall run on Batman.

[NOCTPHOENIX]

Yeah. War Games is the worst by far. Character derailment and gross misogyny of a beloved character (Steph). What baffles me is how Meghan Fitzamartin (author of Tim's UL story) says it is one of the best Batman stories and represents Steph as a "strong women recovering from a mistake" when that is not what happens at all.........

[sunofdarkchild]

I'm pretty sour on most of the early 2000s events. I had the trade of Officer Down as a kid and liked it at the time because I liked anything and everything associated with Batman when I was a kid, but I've really soured on on that story as I've gotten older and that entire era of Bat-jerk events. War Games is the worst, but it's still representative of that era as a whole. The 'everything falls apart because the 'Batman treats his allies horribly and has to learn to respect the feelings of others' story wasn't even good the first time they did it in Officer Down, and by War Games it was such a dead horse that Batman was an outright hateful character. Death of the Family is another event I despise.

Knightfall and RIP are my favorite events. I hate what was done to Talia, but Morrison otherwise saved Batman from the stink of the early 2000s bat-jerk, and RIP is his best 'event.' Knightfall is pure popcorn entertainment. Of the events of the last 10 years since the Nu52 began my favorite is Batman Eternal. That's the rare story I like more now than I did when I first read it. It's one of the rare stories that in fact says that Batman has had a positive impact on Gotham, because even when Batman himself is beaten and broken, the idea of Batman is enough to inspire the citizens of Gotham to act to save the city themselves, and that's what makes Batman 'Eternal.' In hindsight my only real complaint is I just don't like Harper Row and any story where she features prominently is automatically worse for her presence.

[Frontier]

I guess if I had to pick a favorite...Knightfall.

[K7P5V]

I guess if I had to pick a favorite...Knightfall.

Yeah! That's my attitude, as well. If I had to pick one, it would be...

Prodigal

[Frontier]

Does No Man's Land count as an event or a status quo?