What are the essential Riddler stories?

[Gorblax]

Apart from Snyder's Zero Year, what are the best stories to read to get a real sense of The Riddler?

[teej]

I like Detective Comics Annual #8 "Questions Multiply the Mystery" by Chuck Dixon and Kieron Dwyer quite a bit. It's basically a retelling of Riddler's origins and early crime career.

"Dark Knight, Dark City" by Peter Milligan and Kieron Dwyer from Batman #452-#454 is also really good. One of my favorite Batman stories in fact.

[EdwardNigma]

Riddle me that. The Riddler one off arkham wars comic.

[t hedge coke]

Run, Riddler, Run is fantastic.

There was a brilliant Riddler/Two-Face trade put out around the time of Batman Forever with a lot of solid older stories. Gaiman's short Riddler comic is good, it's heartfelt and cute and all, even if Riddler - especially TV-flavored Riddler - is the wrong character for that kind of "more innocent times" nostalgia.

[Jim Kelly]

"The Riddler," DETECTIVE COMICS 140 (October '48)--Bill Finger, Dick Sprang, Charles Paris.
"Crime's Puzzle Contest," DETECTIVE COMICS 142 (December '48)--unknown writer, Dick Sprang, Charles Paris.
"Remarkable Ruse of the Riddler," BATMAN 171 (May '65)--Gardner Fox, Sheldon Moldoff, Joe Giella.
"The Riddler on the Roof," DETECTIVE COMICS 373 (March '68)--Gardner Fox, Gil Kane, Sid Greene.
"The Riddler's Prison Puzzle Problem," DETECTIVE COMCS 377 (July '68)--Gardner Fox, Frank Springer, Sid Greene.

[swing kinker]

Run riddler run is a cracker, as is dark knight dark city. Probably my two favourites. I guess Hush too

[saul_on_the_road_to_damascus]

Run riddler run is a cracker, as is dark knight dark city. Probably my two favourites. I guess Hush too

Hush and the aftermath that took place in either Detective Comics or Batman at the back of the War Game issues.

[jump]

I'll add to the list The Riddle Factory.

[riddler123]

"The Riddler," DETECTIVE COMICS 140 (October '48)--Bill Finger, Dick Sprang, Charles Paris.
"Crime's Puzzle Contest," DETECTIVE COMICS 142 (December '48)--unknown writer, Dick Sprang, Charles Paris.
"Remarkable Ruse of the Riddler," BATMAN 171 (May '65)--Gardner Fox, Sheldon Moldoff, Joe Giella.
"The Riddler on the Roof," DETECTIVE COMICS 373 (March '68)--Gardner Fox, Gil Kane, Sid Greene.
"The Riddler's Prison Puzzle Problem," DETECTIVE COMCS 377 (July '68)--Gardner Fox, Frank Springer, Sid Greene.

Never read Crime's Puzzle Contest - is it in a reprint anywhere?

[ImprobableQuestion]

Are there any good Riddler stories in the Batman Adventures? I could use some more Timm Ridler.

[Jim Kelly]

Never read Crime's Puzzle Contest - is it in a reprint anywhere?

This is reprinted in BATMAN ARCHIVES Vol. 7 (2008).

[Tupiaz]

I have heard good things about King Tut's Tomb and Paul Dini's Detective run. In both cases he is working more with Batman than being the villain though.

[riddler123]

This is reprinted in BATMAN ARCHIVES Vol. 7 (2008).

this one? http://www.amazon.co.uk/Batman-Dark-...RCHIVES+Vol.+7

I ask because there is no mention of a riddler story in the reviews

[Tupiaz]

this one? http://www.amazon.co.uk/Batman-Dark-...RCHIVES+Vol.+7

I ask because there is no mention of a riddler story in the reviews

Nope. This one.

[Jim Kelly]

Yeah, what he said.

BATMAN ARCHIVES reprints stories from DETECTIVE COMICS, while BATMAN: DARK KNIGHT ARCHIVES reprints stories from BATMAN (it is a bit confusing). The Riddler appeared in DETECTIVE COMICS 140 and 142, originally, which is why those stories are reprinted in BATMAN ARCHIVES Vol. 7