“Now faith, hope, and love remain, and the greatest of these is love.”--1 Corinthians 13:13
“You had a dream; I have a plan”--Cyclops
“There's no point in being grown up if you can't be childish sometimes.”--The Doctor
O'Neil and Irv Novick, which covered the bulk of O'Neil's run, as Adams flittered in and out. Obviously, the Adams stories rate a bit higher; but, Irv Novick (with Giordano inking) is highly underrated. After that, it's Engelhart & Rogers and Haney & Aparo, on Brave and the Bold.
Archie Goodwin occupies a special place; he did great Batman; but, Manhunter was so much more and he even overshadows Batman, when he turns up in "Gotterdamerung."
Alan Brennert is another in a special place; less a run on the character than iconic stories.
The Conway/Moench/Colan/Newton/various from 1981-1987. My gold standard when it comes to Batman books.
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The Julie Schwartz run.
O' Neil/Adams
Englehart/Rogers
Grant Morrison
I'd say two, but both being a little different in the way I'll define them...
I'd argue for the entire late 90's No Man's Land period, since it felt like the perfect Batman, Batfamily, and GCPD story all at once. You get Cassandra Cain's intro, a trial featuring Harvey Den vs Two Face, Luthor employing Bane and Bane knowing Batman outflanked Luthor but allowing it because he gets a country in return. Tim gets a pretty good story, and I love Dixon's "Nightwing goes Escape from Blüdhaven" storyline ending in him and Barabra making out before getting interupted by ex-fling Huntress and the crazy Petit and his strongmen.
You get Batman having to rebuild his friendship with Gordon, change up his tactics, and host a Thanksgiving Dinner!
And I'm not going to lie, Sara Essen Gordon's death? Heavy ****, man!
My runner up would probably be the Grant Morrison era... But more because I got Paul Dini writing on 'TEC, and then Streets of Gotham, and Chris Yost and Fabian Nicieza on Robin/Red Robin than on Morrison's stories themselves; it was the perfect counter to my occasional distaste for the voice and personality Morrison gives Batman, while still allowing his highly engaging status quo changes to take root. Like, I like Damian Wayne, but more because of his appearances in other comics, and stuff Morrison had nothing to do with highlights it for me.
Like action, adventure, rogues, and outlaws? Like anti-heroes, femme fatales, mysteries and thrillers?
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I don't have one...
I can give you some story names but not a whole run... The good stuff is mostly the minis. The Year One, Long Halloween, The Dark Knight Returns, The Killing Joke, The Year 100, The Black Mirror and The Court of Owls... I haven't read everything Batman though...
A run that satisfy me would make you little butterfiles cry in fatus position while huging to your pillows every night before sleep... So i will never have it. lol
Grant Morrison's Batman run. Awesome.
Morrison seems to be dominating here