Comic Book Question of the Week VOTING: Favorite Batman Story

The Black Mirror-Read it again two weeks ago.

Arkham series ftw!

Long Halloween

Death of the Family

I'm surprised to see Hush doing this well.

@clemj:

exactly. I went with DKR before Killing Joke, but there are a LOT of runner ups.

Hush takes the cake for me... Year One, notably, was a close call as was Death of the Family.

How is tower of babel not getting more votes? oh and lonely place of dying is now sold as part of a death in the family.

Personally, The Killing Joke.

First half of TDKR

I've only read The killing joke,Long Halloween,Hush,The black mirror,and all the New52 mainline batman stories listed above. And Dark Victory,which I personally like more than the long halloween,seriously? Why is it not here? So good. I'll vote for one that's listed, hey @Katzman,maybe a favorite nightwing story soon? Think about it, at least.

Man where is the love for Batman Reborn

I really like Court of Owls and the Black Mirror. I really think they are great Batman stories. Of all time though, I really like Knightfall, Killing Joke, Hush and Arkham Asylum.

Sure, we can use that sometime down the road!

voted Year One and regretted it instantly, Hush is my number 1

To be fair, it's not like Hush needs the vote right now ;)

The dark knight returns. It is the story that heightened the seriousness of the batman story lines.

@k4tzm4n: yeah i think that was my reason for choosing year one felt like it needed more representation!

I didn't vote for Year One Or DKR because they are no brainers. I voted Court of Owls, but it was a hard vote. I could have easily voted for Batman & Robin: Reborn (or any of Grant's run), TKJ, the Man Who Laughs, or Gotham by Gaslight. I wanted to give Snyder and Capullo the love this time.

@tdk_1997: That's where I disagree. Court of Owls absolutely deserves a place here. It is a fantastic story right up there with the all-time greats of Batman.

How is Hush winning. '-_-

@manwhohaseverything said:

I need to get this, sounds interesting.

@omnicrono: The story is good and entertaining but if you are a true Batman fan you would right away notice that the story isn't original at all.It follows up the idea Morrison had with Black Glove.A secret organization that wants to destroy Batman.

Sigh... Not this again.

Hate to break it to you, but there isn't a story out there today that is truly original anymore. Even Morrison's Black Glove and other stories borrow elements from other works of literature. In fact, every comic book story borrows from another story (or multiple stories) in some way, shape, or form. So long as the writer isn't shamelessly plagiarizing another person's work (and Snyder has not) then it's ultimately how the story is told that is most important.

My point: So what if it follows up on one of Morrison's ideas! If they were good ideas, why not use them and adapt them into something uniquely your own? And that is what Snyder, to some extent, has done with Court of Owls.

The problem I have with the 'originality' of Court of Owls is not that it had some things that were like the Black Glove but what SNyder said for the story and continues to say about each one of his Batman stories - ''It's something great that you haven't seen before!''

Hush for me. While I admit it's not the BEST Batman story, it's by far my favorite. Jim Lee's amazing art and Jeph Loeb's shock value story set this apart from all others. They brought together one of the largest collection of Batman's rogue gallery that would make any Batman fan squeal with delight. Plus we get an incredibly satisfying crescendo with Batman and Catwoman's relationship that could not have come sooner!

@tdk_1997: And for the most part, Snyder was right on. We haven't seen anything quite like Court of Owls. It had many similarities to Morrison's Black Glove RIP arc, for sure. But Court of Owls was different enough, and added enough of Snyder's own unique flavor and style, to set it apart.

That's why so many people love it.

@omnicrono: There can always be new characters created that we have never seen and them being all original and unique but it is about the story they are in.He put his unique flavor in the story so you can recognize it easily but the basic idea of the story is something I can't get past by.

I liked them both, but liked "Court of Owls" a little better, on first reading, as it was less convoluted. However, when I learned there really was an old Batman of Zur-en-ar (sp?) story and such, I had to give GM a lot of credit. That was some truly unique spin on a Bat-story.

Can believe The Cult isn't listed...jk

Am I old because I voted Killing Joke? and not Year One?

Or I'm old and I voted Killing Joke?

I voted HUSH. Tho I am a tad bias because it was my first Comic and it was far more complex then I was expecting. Became in instant fan after reading this, that says a lot the story line in my opinion. I'm crazy picky and get bored easy. This kept my attention and kept me guessing. Classic Batman Awesomeness.

Too many great story arc but I voted No Man's Land.It showed each and every character at their best when everything around them was at it's worst.

Long Halloween has not held up in my most recent reread....a close-call between Arkham Asylum and Killing Joke for me, but in the end I went with the latter.