OK. Title says it all. yes, I'm new to comic. i know how bad it sounds but that's the painful truth. So I would like you experts help on this. I have watched most of the bat man movies. also i must say that I'm a huge fan of Gotham. so considering that please help me to find the list of comics i should read regarding Bat man.

If you guys can help me to find best of every great superhero i would be glad. but i know it a tough job. But if anyone can at least give me a link to find best of DC and Marvel comics i will be the luckiest guy in the world.

Please help !!!

@emyrs: Best way to start is to start with New-52 Batman. Scott Synder's work with Court of Owls and everything beyond that is a simple and easy way to jump in. It can get confusing because some of the stuff from before the New52 relaunch IS considered to be CANON, but also some are not. If you're in it for the story, read Hush, Long Halloween, Black Mirror, Killing Joke, or No Man's Land (ALL of which are Pre-52). If you're in for the long haul and want to stay with Batman for many years to come... heres a list in order of what you should read in terms of New52:

Batman: Zero Year - Scott Synder New 52

Origin:

Batman: The Dark Knight Issue # 0

Detective Comics (2011 - ) Issue # 0

Secret City:

Batman (2011 - ) Issue # 0

Batman (2011 - ) Issue # 21 - 24

Dark City:

Detective Comics (2011 - ) Issue # 25

Batman (2011 - ) Issue # 25 - 29

Savage City:

Batman (2011 - ) Issue # 30 – 33

Scott Synder New 52 - Initial New 52 Launch

Batman & the Court of Owls:

Batman (2011 - ) Vol. 1 Court of Owls

Batman (2011 - ) Vol. 2 City of Owls

Death of the Family:

Death of the Family - Joker: Death of the Family pgs. 1-133

Batman (2011 - ) Issue # 13

Batman (2011 - ) Issue # 14

Batman (2011 - ) Issue # 15

Death of the Family - Joker: Death of the Family pgs. 134-335

Batman (2011 - ) Issues # 16 – 17

New 52 - What's currently going on in the Bat-verse

Batman Eternal:

Batman Eternal (2014 - ) Issues # 1 – 35(This keeps going - it's an ongoing weekly series)

The Meek:

Batman (2011 - ) Issue # 34

Endgame

Batman (201 - ) Issues # 35 - 36(This is still ongoing as well)

@emyrs: I also forgot to mention the new run on Detective Comics... its fantastic so far and if you read most of the stuff up top then you can just jump right on board. You probably could just jump in now as long as you know the basic premise of Batman (which I'm sure you do). Here's the list:

Icarus:

Detective Comics (2011 - ) Issues # 30 - 33

Detective Comics (2011 - ) Issue # 3: Annual

Detective Comics (2011 - ) Issue # 34

Anarky:

Detective Comics (2011 - ) Issue # 37(Again, this story arc just started and is ongoing so once you read this issue, just keep on going)

You can all lot of these trades on Amazon.

All of Scott Snyder's current Batman run: The Court of Owls, The City of Owls, Death of the Family, Zero Year-Secret City, Zero Year-Dark City

Other books you should get which are essential for Batman:

--Year One

--The Long Halloween

--The Dark Knight Returns

--Dark Victory

--Hush

--The Killing Joke

--The Black Mirror

--Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth

--Knightfall

--The Man who Laughs

I'd add court of owls and a death in the family to the list above me.

Thank you so much for the great help !!!!

patrickborkland , lamdaddy20 and Jayc1324 Thank you so much.

@emyrs: no problem! Let me know what you think of everything when you're done

@emyrs: Let me be clearer than they have been.

DC had 2 major reboots :

• in 1986 after Crisis on infinit earth
• in 2011 after Flashpoint

Thus making 3 main Batman timelins

1. 1939-1986 : Gold, Silver and Bronze ages
2. 1986-2011: Post-Crisis or Modern age
3. 2011-now: Post-Flashpoint or New52

If you want to be up to date you have to read the New52 stories. The main Batman Title is not very good in my opinion (exept maybe for the Owls arc). The Detective Comics Title is bad up to issue 17 I think and way better from issue 30. Batman & Robin is awsome. The Dark Knight is very dark and good. Nightwing then Grayson are also good to read.

In parallel to the New52 you should get to know the modern age Batman with very iconic stories. Here is a good Timeline with all stories and main ones in bold : http://www.comicvine.com/profile/batshrine/blog/batman-tpb-complete-chronology/79247/

@jb681131: Thank you so much for the help.

http://comicvine.gamespot.com/batman/4005-1699/forums/the-batman-new-52-continuity-guide-1811601/#15

You can read anything mentioned in this guide, made it for this purpose. They all fit into new 52 continuity and have either been mentioned or have been an important event (new batfamily member / villain/ death of someone/ etc etc)