What must-have Batman Graphic Novels should i pick up?

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What must-have Batman Graphic Novels should i pick up?

#1 Posted by Mucklefluga (1516 posts) - 1 year, 1 month ago - Show Bio

I have The Killing Joke, Year One and i will pick up The Long Halloween at the weekend, but what are the other greatest Batman Graphic Novels?

#2 Posted by sinestro_GL (1369 posts) - 1 year, 1 month ago - Show Bio

We have a list coming out soon of the 100 greatest graphic novels/story arcs/one shots as hosted by @The Poet

#3 Posted by The Poet (6918 posts) - 1 year, 1 month ago - Show Bio

@sinestro_GL said:

We have a list coming out soon of the 100 greatest graphic novels/story arcs/one shots as hosted by @The Poet

@Mucklefluga: Excellent question! and my friend Sinestro is correct. we are doing Comic Vine's Top 100 Batman Universe Stories which you might find of interest. It is only in the nomination stage, but we have 70 excellent stories if I do say so myself that might answer your question...

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#4 Posted by batshrine (690 posts) - 1 year, 1 month ago - Show Bio

You can also check out my blog post with EVERY comics related to Batman. I also included recommended readings in there as well.

#5 Posted by Zomboid (739 posts) - 1 year, 1 month ago - Show Bio

Must-haves? In addition to what you have, I'd say Dark Victory, Arkham Asylum, and The Dark Knight Returns are MUST-haves. Other essentials I'd highly recommend are the Knightfall collection (3 books), R.I.P., and Hush.

#6 Posted by batshrine (690 posts) - 1 year, 1 month ago - Show Bio

Hush to have as much meaning as possible, pick up a Death in the Family, and while you are at it you might as well read Under the Hood

#7 Posted by sinestro_GL (1369 posts) - 1 year, 1 month ago - Show Bio

@The Poet: bump

#8 Posted by Mucklefluga (1516 posts) - 1 year, 1 month ago - Show Bio

@batshrine: I have those two actually, they are pretty good reads.

#9 Posted by Mucklefluga (1516 posts) - 1 year, 1 month ago - Show Bio

@batshrine: That's a great list !

@The Poet: Can't wait for the end result

@Zomboid: To be honest i tried to read The Dark Knight Returns but i really couldn't get into it.

#10 Posted by DarthShap (854 posts) - 1 year, 1 month ago - Show Bio

-Arkham Asylum

-Ego

-Absolution

All three must reads to really understand the character (along Year One, The Killing Joke and Dark Knight Returns of course).

#11 Posted by Zomboid (739 posts) - 1 year, 1 month ago - Show Bio

@Mucklefluga said:

@Zomboid: To be honest i tried to read The Dark Knight Returns but i really couldn't get into it.

That's fine, everyone's got their own tastes. TDKR is just a pretty significant Batman book, so I figured I'd suggest it if you hadn't read it yet.

#12 Posted by nickzambuto (7806 posts) - 1 year, 1 month ago - Show Bio

The Dark Knight Strikes Again is an obvious choice.

#13 Posted by Rabbitearsblog (3973 posts) - 1 year, 1 month ago - Show Bio

So far, Batman Year One is a great read!

#14 Posted by FrankenKong (157 posts) - 1 year, 1 month ago - Show Bio

Batman Year One, Hush, The Long Halloween, The Tower of Babel (I know its Justice League. But it deals ALOT with Batman.) and one of my personal favorites, What ever happened to The Capped Crusader?

#15 Posted by Mucklefluga (1516 posts) - 1 year, 1 month ago - Show Bio

I'm now starting to read Batman R.I.P. It's weird because one of the first ever comics i bought was Batman #701 which shows you a part of what happened in between the story, it confused me slightly when i read it the the first time but i still enjoyed it :)

#16 Posted by Mucklefluga (1516 posts) - 1 year, 1 month ago - Show Bio

@Zomboid: I read all of part 1 of The Dark Knight Returns, i think the story is great but for me i think it's hard to read because of the art. It's not that it's bad it's just all the little boxes on a lot of the pages and the art seems a bit old-fashioned.

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