Where do I start reading comic books?

Hello!

Im new to the comic book world and dont know what to read or where to start read. I have thought of Batman but I dont know which Batman comics I should start with either.

Can you explain this to me and give me some advice? :)

If you want to start with Batman, I would suggest the main series "Batman" (there is also "Batman Detective Comics", "Batman the Dark Knight", "Batman and Robin" etc.). You could start with New 52 Batman and either start by buying Batman Court of Owls (Vol. 1 of the New 52 Batman run; available as hardcover or softcover) and City of Owls (Vol. 2 of New 52 Batman) or jump on with Batman #21 - Secret City: Part One; Where the Hell Did He Learn to Drive?! (#23 is the newest, so you wouldn't have to buy that many issues to be up-to-date with the Zero Year storyarc).

You could also buy older trades (=read classics) like Batman Year One, The Long Halloween, The Killing Joke, Hush and many others.

Or mix it up and read the current run + classics. It's your choice.

Sure I'll suggest you some comics that you should add to your collection. But if your looking to start off with a current ongoing Batman title, a good jumping on point for Batman (start on issue 21 begins Zero Year arc), Batman and Robin (start on issue 18 then Batman and___ arc starts) , and Detective Comics (start on issue 18)

Batman comics you should get

• Batman: The Court of Owls (DC comics) new 52
• Batman and Robin: Born to Kill (DC comics) new 52
• Batman: Earth one (DC comics)
• Batman: Hush (DC comics)
• Batman: Venom (DC comics)

Wolverine comics you should get

• Weapon X (DC comics)
• Old Man Logan (DC comics)

Indie comics you should get

• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Change is Constant (IDW comics)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Secret History of the Foot Clan (IDW comics)
• X-O Manowar: By the Sword (Valiant comics)
• Judge Dredd Vol 1 (IDW comics)

You can find all of these listed under my Collection List.

My Comic Collection

	27. Batman: The Court of Owls HC: Talons are one of my favorite new villains of n52
	28. Batman and Robin: Born to Kill HC: My favorite arc of B&R, Nobody was a great arc.
	29. Batman: Detective Comics: Faces of Death HC: The first arc was good, and I liked the 2nd arc of Scarecrow.
	31. Aquaman: The Trench HC: Used to be my least favorite Justice League members until now.
	32. Teen Titans: It's Our Right to Fight TPB:
	35. Catwoman: The Game TPB:
	39. Suicide Squad: Kicked in the Teeth TPB:
	40. Green Arrow: The Midas Touch TPB: I hated this arc, dont get this. Wait until Green Arrow #17
	41. Batman: Earth One HC:
	42. Batman: Hush TPB:
	43. Batman: The Killing Joke HC:
	44. Batman: The Dark Knight Returns TPB: Spilt Dr Pepper on it 5 mins after I bought it, you cant tell though..
	46. Batman: Batman and Son HC: If you like Grant Morrison and Damian read this. This is the first introduction of Damian.
	47. Batman: The Black Glove HC:
	48. Batman: The Resurrection Of Ra's Al Ghul HC:
	49. Batman: R.I.P. HC: Was a hard read, it needs to be read 2 or 3 times I suppose...
	51. Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne HC: Very interesting, some people hate it, I liked it.
	52. Batman: Heart of Hush HC:
	53. Batman: Gates of Gotham TPB
	54. Joker HC:
	55. Batman: Venom TPB: I really liked this, Batman on Venom! Must read before Knightfall.
	50. Final Crisis TPB: The Death of Batman, is this the end of TDK?
	57. Batman: Time and the Batman TPB: Haven't finish it yet, way too confussing..
	58. Vol. 1: Batman Reborn TPB: Havent read it yet
	59. Batman: Bloodstorm TPB: Wasnt very good, interesting, but not good...
	30. Deathstroke: Legacy TPB: This is my favorite depiction of Deathstroke
	56. Batman: The Cult TPB: Was one of my favorite pre new 52 comic! Bane broke the Batman, but Deacon Blackfire broke his spirits.
	62. Avenging Spider-Man: My Friends Can Beat Up Your Friends HC:
	34. Vol. 1 TPB:
	33. Vol. 1 TPB:
	60. Rebirth TPB:
	61. Civil War Digital:
	38. Red Hood and the Outlaws: Redemption Digital: vol 1
	64. Fallen Son: The Death of Captain America Digital:
	67. Deadpool: Monkey Business Digital:
	66. Ultimate Avengers vs. New Ultimates Digital:
	65. Ultimate Comics Spider-Man: Death of Spider-Man Digital:
	63. Death of Captain America: The Death of the Dream Digital:
	18. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Change is Constant Digital: TMNT series is freaking awesome!
	19. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Enemies Old, Enemies New Digital:
	20. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shadows of the Past Digital:
	37. Vol. 1 HC:
	36. Green Lantern: Sinestro TPB:
	21. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Sins of the Fathers Digitsl:
	24. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Micro-Series Digital:
	25. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Micro-Series Digital:
	23. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Secret History of the Foot Clan Digital:
	26. Vol. 1 HC:
	15. The Shadow: Blood & Judgment Digital:
	16. X-O Manowar: By the Sword Digital:
	17. X-O Manowar: Enter Ninjak Digital:
	45. Gotham by Gaslight: An Alternative History of the Batman Digital:
	22. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Krang War Digital:
	12. Kingdom Come Digital:
	13. Superman: Red Son Digital:
	9. Superman: Brainiac Digital:
	10. For Tomorrow Digital: I have 4 of 12 collected
	11. Superman: Secret Identity Digital: I have 2 of 4 collected
	14. Batman: Gotham by Gaslight Digital:
	3. Wolverine: Old Man Logan Digital:
	4. Weapon X Digital:
	6. Judge Dredd Digital:
	7. Flashpoint Digital:
	8. Flashpoint: Batman Knight of Vengeance Digital:
	5. Wolverine Digital:
	2. Wolverine: Logan Digital:
	1. Uncanny X-Force: The Apocalypse Solution Digital:

Start with 0 issues of Batman .The entire Batman franchise was rebooted in 2011 and hence there are only about 20 issues to collect.Now would be a great time to jump in as they are retelling Batman's origins in this new continuity with "Zero Year"

What you followed in the animated series was post crisis Batman continuity that lasted from 1985 to 2011.This is also what Nolan's films are (mostly) nased on.If you want to understand that continuity you follow this order

1.Batman Year One. This is no one time story. It is the greatest Batman story of all time and it is the starting point for all continuity following since.

2 .The Man who laughs.Carries on immediately after year one.

3.The long Halloween. Carries on from2. Note that long Halloween was published in 1997 while man who laughs in 2005.These "one-time" stories tell the Dark Knight Legend chronologically one at a time and are essential for understanding monthly runs

4.Dark Victory. Tells the origins of Dick Grayson

5.Robin Year one.

6.Batgirl Year one

7.Nightwing Year one.Dick is fired and Jason is hired

8.A death in the family

9 The Killing Joke

10.A lonely place of Dying

11.Knightfall complete

12.Batman Prodigal

13.Now you should start with the first few issues of Nightwing and Birds of Prey

14.The entire year long No Man's Land arc

15.Hush

16.Bruce wayne Murderer

17 .Bruce Wayne fugitive

18.War Games

19.Identity Crisis.You might need to read up other characters a little to follow

This.This is to be followed by "under the hood"

20.the OMAC project.

21.Infinite Crisis.

22.Now you are ready to follow evey issue of Batman"s weekly titles.Grant Morrison's run begins here, oh yeah!

23.Batman and son

24.The Black Glove

25.Batman RIP

26.RIP missing chapter

27.Final crisis+all tie ins

28.Battle for the cowl

29.Batman and Robin reborn

30.Batman vs Robin/The return of Bruce Wayne (to be read together)

31.The return

32.Batman inc

33.Oh you might also want to check the highly entertaining Batgirl vol 3 at this point

34.Leviathan strikes

35.Batman inc n52 (0-13)

Alternatively , you could start collecting Batman 1-700+ but 1.its highly confusing

2.only 1 writer's run is truly worth following. This would be Grant Morrison from 2006-2013.Its not that others were bad, its just that they didnt have any lasting impact on the dark knight legacy.well thats not true either but all other important events outside Morrison s run have been listed here.

Note that these arent the best comics per se Just the most important ones

Hope I helped

Everyone else pretty much covered the Batman stuff. Are there any other teams or characters you enjoy? Remember that you shouldn't restrict yourself to just DC and Marvel either. Explore all kinds of comics.

@mmollle: If you enjoy Batman I can recommend Daredevil from Marvel as well. IMO it's the best comic book out there.

Pick up a trade or any one comic book about your favorite character read it, and follow the next issues after that, most stuff out there today is first time reader friendly... have fun a get what you like, the rest will be easy. Part of the thrill is the discovery. Don't expect people to tell you what to get. That isn't fun IMO,

@blackdog2009: Never hurts to suggest comics!

Im gonna get Batman: Year One as soon as possible and if i like it i will get the New 52 too and see what I enjoy the most.

@sagejonathan: I will try to find something else to read later.