CV Top 10 Batman Stories - Nominations

I'll be happy to do this for other characters that have great histories of amazing stories, but I'm going to start with Batman. This topic's top ten list tends to fluctuate by site, but here we can use our collaborative minds to rank the top Dark Knight titles. Not going to make this intro any longer cause I have to leave.

Guidelines:

- Create a list ranking your top 5 or 10 favorite Batman stories in descending order from best to least best.

- The FIRST story on your list will receive the most points.

- Comic book stories only, no movies or TV shows.

- These can be graphic novels, story arcs, or even single issues.

- List them by how much YOU like the story.

My List:

10. Batman: Hush

9. The Dark Knight Returns

8. Batman: The Killing Joke

7. Batman: Year One

6. The Court of Owls

@eyedcyou: Does Batgirl: Year One count as a Batman story? It has Batman, Robin and Alfred in it, so I figured it might?

@safefruitcake: I'm gonna have to say no... sorry. The main character isn't Batman.

@eyedcyou: Fair enough, no worries :)

Here's my list:

10. Batman: Gotham Knights #32

9. Batman and Robin Annual #1

8. Batman and Robin: Born to Kill

7. Long Halloween

6. Dark Victory

5. Court of Owls

4. Zero Year

3. Batman and Robin: The Big Burn

2. Batman Earth One volume 2

1. Strange Apparitions

@safefruitcake: Does Dick time under the cowl count as Batman stories?

5: Batman: Zero Year

4: Batman: The Dark Knight Returns

3: Batman: Long Halloween

2: Batman: Hush

1: Batman: The Killing Joke

10 points: Haunted Knight

9: Knightfall

8: Son of the Demon

7: The Killing Joke

6: The Long Halloween

5: No Man's Land

4: Hush

3: A Death in the Family

2: Year One

1: Dark Victory

10. Batman RIP

9. Arkham asylum a serious house on serious earth

8. Batman and robin vol 1 vol 1

7. Knightfall

6. Batman 47

5. Batman archives vol 1

4. Killing joke

3. Zero year

2. Batman and the monster men (dark moon rising 1-6)

1. Batman and robin vol 1 vol 3

10. No Man's Land

9. Batman RIP

8. Under the Red Hood

7. Batman and Robin Must Die

6. Knightfall (1-3)

5. The Court of Owls

4. Year One

3. Endgame

2. The Long Halloween

1. Batman and Robin Reborn

• Year One - 10pts
• The Dark Knight - 9pts
• Strange Apparitions - 8pts
• Batman Annual 14: The Eye of the Beholder - 7pts
• The Killing Joke - 6pts
• Mad Love - 5pts
• Birth of the Demon - 4pts
• Blades - 3pts
• Going Sane - 2pts
• Mortal Clay - 1pt

10 - Long Halloween
9 - Killing Joke
8 - Arkham Asylum
7 - Dark Knight Returns
6 - No Man's Land

(10) Batman: Zero Year

(9) Batman: Hush

(8) Arkham Asylum: ASHOSE

(7) Batman: The Killing Joke

(6) Batman: The Black Mirror

(5) Batman: CoO

(4) Joker

(3) Batman: Knightfall

(2) Batman: Endgame

(1) Batman: Year One

Knightfall is the best, then Year One, the Dark Knight Returns, The Owls Bilogy, Endgame as a whole but mostly 40, Vengeance of Bane II ,The Killing Joke, Legends of the Dark Knight, Under the Red Hood, Batman 244 (when he fought Ra's shirtless with a sword)

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10- Under the Red Hood

9- The Killing Joke

8- Year One

7- The Dark Knight Returns

6- Court of Owls

5- End Game

4- Death in the Family

3- Son of the Demon

2- Batman and Son

1- Batman R.I.P.

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10. Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth

9. The Dark Knight Returns

8. Year One

7. The Long Halloween

6. R.I.P.

5. War Games

4. No Man's Land

3. The Last Arkham

2. Bruce Wayne Fugitive

1. Ten Nights of the Beast

1.TDKR

2.The Killing Joke

3.Court of Owls

4.Death in the family

5.Knightfall

6.Year One

7.RIP

8.Endgame

9.Son of Demon

10.Hush

1=10 points

10=1 points

@leatherface003: @devitciiu: @thecybr0g: @vinomonster: @username12345: @_mongul: @sisko95: @silent_bomber: @deathstroke52: @redleader1: @strafe_prower: @kfabz-23: @safefruitcake: @eyedcyou:

I'll trying to make a list of comics for ppl to read. Can I add the list you guys made?

Ps. Op if you make more threads similar to this can you let me know which comics appears the most so I can add them to the list

http://www.comicvine.com/forums/gen-discussion-1/what-s-the-top-5-comic-books-you-would-recommend-1684546/

You guys can add the top 5(or more) books you would recommend for readers to try

@skyroid: Sure

@skyroid: Go for it.

@skyroid: yeh why not

10-Court of Owls

9-Year One

8-The Long Haloween

7-Death of the Family

6-Killing Joke

5-Heart of Hush

4-The Dark Knight Returns

3-Dark Victory

2-Under the Hood

1-Batman R.I.P.

@skyroid: Sure

@skyroid

Yup

10 points. Batman RIP

9. Batman and Son

8. Batman Inc Vol 2

7. Batman Heart of Hush

6. Knightfall

5. Bruce Wayne: the Road Home

4. Batman: the Return of Bruce Wayne

3. Batman Black Glove

2. Final Crisis

1 point. Batman Hush

If we were able to add movies Batman Begins and Knight would be after Heart of Hush.

@skyroid: yeah, absolutely

@skyroid: anytime..

@skyroid: no prob :)

10. Dark Knight Returns

9. Year One

8. Killing Joke

7. Strange Apparitions

6. Knightfall

5. Son of the Demon

4. The Long Halloween

3. Dark Victory

2. Daughter of the Demon

1. The Black Mirror

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@skyroid: sure.

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10- The Black Glove

9- Death Of The Family

8- The Black Mirror

7- Year One

6- The Cult

5- Court of Owls

4- The Long Halloween

3- No Man's Land

2- The Killing Joke

1- Hush

10= 1 point

1= 10 points

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@username12345: @strafe_prower: @safefruitcake: @eyedcyou: @pinecone: @lamdaddy20:

can i use your list for something?

To post them here

http://www.comicvine.com/forums/gen-discussion-1/what-s-the-top-5-comic-books-you-would-recommend-1684546/

@skyroid: ya

@skyroid: sure

@skyroid: Sure thing

Sure. What for?

5.Court Of The Owls

4.The Dark Knight Returns

3.Hush

2.Knightfall

1.The Long Holloween

@skyroid: Sure

1. Year One
2. Black Mirror
3. The Dark Knight Returns
4. Court of Owls
5. The Killing Joke
6. Hush
7. Arkham Asylum a Serious House on Serious Earth
8. Knight Fall
9. Under the Red Hood
10. Batman and Son

10. The Englehart/Rogers run (some call it Strange Apparitions) anyhow, this was the Batman used for BTAS.

9. The Dark Knight Returns

8. Guess I'll call it the "Killer Croc Saga" It was Gerry Conway introducing us the Killer Croc and Jason Todd. It ran in both Batman and Detective. It's never gotten the recognition it deserves.

7. Red Hood (The Judd Winick story)

6. The Court of Owls

5. Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader?

4. Endgame.

3. Hush

2. No Man's Land

1. Knightfall.

If "The Killing Joke" counts,use it at 9, and drop everything else one spot. So many. I feel bad leaving out "R.I.P", "There is No Hope in Crime Alley""The Long Halloween" "The Cult" and "Year One"..but it is what it is. In fact, Year One might be on there if I didn't consider Gordon to be the main character instead of Bruce.