Recommend some story arcs

[Metamorphosis]

Hi all, I'm looking to do a comixology purchase of some Batman to read while I travel.

I've read the Morrison run, the first half of Snyder's run, Hush, Long Halloween, etc.

Can anyone suggest some good runs or arcs, perhaps from the 2000's? I am eyeing some Starlin and the Barr / Davis run for older stuff. I was also thinking of checking out City Of Crime.

[Fuzzy Cactus]

Have you read Snyder's pre-New52 stories? Black Mirror and Gates of Gotham are good reads, Black Mirror especially.

[Metamorphosis]

Have you read Snyder's pre-New52 stories? Black Mirror and Gates of Gotham are good reads, Black Mirror especially.

I grabbed a few issues of Black Mirror from towards the end when they were coming out, and was totally lost as to what was going on. But yeah, I was thinking of that one, I'm even ok that it features Dick-Bats. That was a good era.

[son of booyah]

Gotham Central.

[nepenthes]

I'd personally recommend

The Black Mirror the entire thing
Gotham Central it's as good as they say
Batwoman: Elegy simply stunning
Ego & Other Tails including Selinas Big Score
Grayson 1-5 a contemporary classic, get in on the ground floor
Azrael Deaths Dark Knight 1-3 and Superman Batman 76 key tie-ins to the Morrison run
Zero Year the new origin (complements Year One! - does not replace)

Further suggestions in a Top 75

[son of booyah]

Grayson 1-5 - a contemporary classic, get in on the ground floor

Damn, really? If nepenthes is on it, I'll check it out, been a holdout so far

[ispacehead]

Grayson is definitely a fun book.

I'm enjoying Eternal.

As far as classics are concerned....You might want to try NML book one. If you enjoy that, you'll have plenty to read.

[Fuzzy Cactus]

Grayson 1-5 a contemporary classic, get in on the ground floor

Also, the Futures End one-shot. And there's an Annual and a Secret Origins issue coming out this month as well.

And in semi-related news, Nightwing, Vol 1: Bludhaven is out as well.

[PyroSikTh]

Under the Red Hood
Anything with Morrison's name attached
The Man Who Laughs

[megaharrison]

Court of Owls for something more recent

[Metamorphosis]

Court of Owls for something more recent

Read Court of Owls and Death of the Family, liked them a lot. I suppose I could give Zero Year a shot when it comes out collected.

How's the story in the current Snyder arc?

I don't mind the bat-family recs like Nightwing or Batwoman, but maybe looking for something more Batman-centric, strictly speaking.

[Kingcrimsonprog]

It might be an interesting idea to just pic a title like Legends of the Dark Knight and purchase everything from that in order from 1 onwards til you run out've money.
You'd get things like Gothic and Shaman and Venom that everyone loves and then smaller ones too. Could be a good way to do it?

[Metamorphosis]

It might be an interesting idea to just pic a title like Legends of the Dark Knight and purchase everything from that in order from 1 onwards til you run out've money.
You'd get things like Gothic and Shaman and Venom that everyone loves and then smaller ones too. Could be a good way to do it?

Yes, I'd really like to read that series. Partly because I haven't read a lot of the issues (outside of the trade that collected the 'Masks' story and a few others), partly because I really like the quality of that era too.

I am really curious about post-"No Man's Land" to the start of Grant Morrison's run, though, and what the good arcs are through there.

[nepenthes]

Yes, I'd really like to read that series. Partly because I haven't read a lot of the issues (outside of the trade that collected the 'Masks' story and a few others), partly because I really like the quality of that era too.

I am really curious about post-"No Man's Land" to the start of Grant Morrison's run, though, and what the good arcs are through there.

There's more average than outstanding in the old LotDk. The best stuff is collected for a reason - Gothic, Prey, Going Sane, Monster, Shaman, Dark Legends (the last two need reprints!)

Early 2000's was a bad time for Batman comics. The big event arcs basically go; Murderer/Fugitive, Hush, War Games, Under the Hood and Face the Face. Hush and Hood are the only ones I'd recommend in good conscience, the rest are the definition of dreary and mundane (Hood will also give you a good idea of what the larger War Games arc was like, without you having to endure the whole thing). Then Rucka and Brubaker took the cop stuff they were developing over in Fugitive to a whole other level in Gotham Central, which turned out a hundred times better then any of the main Batman books of the time.

[borntohula]

Flashpoint Batman: Knight of vengeance is a short one, but will stay with you for quite a while.

Azzarello & Bermejo's Joker is also a book I'd recommend. Quite scary. Unpleasant in a good way. While Batman doesn't make an appearance till late in the story, he's on every page.