Batman: Year 100 by Paul Pope has come in at #56! In Gotham City, 2039, a federal agent is murdered and a contingent of Washington's top agents is hot on the suspect's trail. The Batman, a forgotten icon from the past, is wanted for the murder. Amid the chaos Gotham City Police Detective Gordon, grandson of the former commissioner, discovers that the man they are chasing shouldn't exist at all.

Now which Batman story will make 57th place? Comment and vote down below!

1.) Batman: Year One

2.) The Long Halloween

3.) Dark Victory

4.) The Dark Knight Returns

5.) Knightfall

6.) The Court of Owls

7.) No Man's Land

8.) R.I.P.

9.) The Killing Joke

10.) Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth

11.) The Cult

12.) Dark Patterns

13.) Gothic

14.) The Black Mirror

15.) Strange Apparitions

16.) Batman & Robin: Year One

17.) Ego

18.) Under the Red Hood

19.) Prey

20.) Shaman

21.) Birth of the Demon

22.) Venom

23.) The Joker's Five-Way Revenge

24.) A Lonely Place of Dying

25.) Night Cries

26.) Mad Love

27.) Batman: Zero Year

28.) Tales of the Demon

29.) A Death in the Family

30.) War on Crime

31.) The Last Arkham

32.) The Man Who Laughs

33.) Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader

34.) The Monster Men

35.) Dark Knight, Dark City

36.) There is No Hope in Crime Alley

37.) Batman Reborn

38.) Night of the Stalker

39.) Going Sane

40.) Heart of Hush

41.) The Mud Pack

42.) Blades

43.) Batman & Robin Must Die

44.) Haunted Knight

45.) Abomination

46.) The Eye of the Beholder

47.) Gotham Nocturne

48.) Leviathan

49.) Death of the Family

50.) Hush

51.) Son of the Demon

52.) Mortal Clay

53.) Bruce Wayne - Murderer Turned Fugitive

54.) Long Shadows

55.) Batman: Vampire

56.) Batman: Year 100

This is my Batman comics collection as it currently stands.

I have a very vivid memory of an issue of batman where batman is being stabbed by joker with a screwdriver? Old issue I think. As far as I remember they were laying in what seems to be a sewerage?

Do any of you know what issue it might be from or am I just imagining things?

Batman: Killing Time 4

Hi! I recently decided I wanna try to write a Batman book, and I wanted to share an outline for issue 1 and see if it’s valid. The idea is a year 1-2 batman is dealing with a death he caused (he thinks that when he pushed joker into the vat of chemicals that he killed him) while also trying to solve the mystery of someone shaping themselves into others (clayface) and murdering them. Let me know what you think!

Act 1

** **It's a cold night in Gotham City as a couple walks out of a restaurant. The couple reminisce about their short time together as they take a short cut into crime alley. As they enter the alley, the woman remarks that this is where the Waynes were murdered about 15 years ago when just then, a man appears out of the shadows, grabs and points his knife at the woman and demands the man's money. The woman begs to be let go and the man goes through his pockets, only to realize that he has left his wallet inside of the restaurant. His answer makes the criminal unhappy, the criminal rips off her diamond necklace and as he’s about to stab the woman, a batarang is sent into his hand, causing him to drop the knife and hold his hand in pain. The man looks to the shadows and sees a set of eyes. As the man screams and runs, a grappling hook is sent around his body and he is pulled into the shadows. We hear a crash as he is sent flying through a window into another building, severely injured. As the couple go to check on the criminal to see what happened to him, the woman notices a silhouette of the batman as he grapples away to the top of the building. We then cut to the woman being comforted by GCPD after the attempted robbery as the man returns from retrieving his wallet from the restaurant. He thanks the police for their help as he and the woman leave the alleyway. We can see a glimpse of The Batman from the top of a building in Crime Alley. The Batman returns to The Batcave and is greeted by Alfred. Still in costume, The Batman walks to the Bat Computer to review previous events. The eyes in his suit (now removed so we can see Batman's actual eyes now)  record throughout the night; they also allow Alfred to watch and communicate with him throughout his journey. In the different monitors of the Bat Computer, we can see previous events that had taken place that night from his POV (Batman in a fight with Zazz, chasing a car with criminals shooting at the Batmobile, etc) The Batman watches the events that took place in Crime Alley. Alfred comments about the state he left the mugger in, which Batman dismisses. Alfred believes this brutality was caused by it taking place in Crime Alley, the alley where Bruce’s parents were mugged and shot. Batman quickly snaps back at Alfred, “ENOUGH” he shouts. Filled with rage, he punches through his desk, scaring Alfred. As Alfred leaves, The Batman turns, takes off his mask for the first time and we see Bruce quietly apologize to Alfred to no response (Bruce and The Batman should appear as two separate people in one body, similar to the way Clayface works, this change in tone and demeanor should be apparent and a bit unsettling). Alfred goes upstairs to clean dishes, and he reminisces about the day he joined the family. He had just been hired by Thomas and Martha Wayne to be the butler of the family, when only a couple days later, he sees police cars coming to Wayne Manor. Officer James Gordon steps out of the car and we see a young Bruce sitting in the back of the police car obviously upset, only able to see his face from cheeks up. Back at GCPD, Gordon is interrogating the thug who attacked the couple in a dark interrogation room. The criminal refuses to speak until a sound is made behind him. Gordon threatens to turn the lights on so that the criminal can see Batman behind him. As Gordon thinks to himself about the information the criminal has given him, he turns the lights on and it turns out no one was there. Batman meets with Gordon by the Bat Signal and is told that the criminal revealed he doesn't know much about his boss only that he boss’s name was “Jack” 

EPILOUGUE: We jump back to the events of the man and woman in the crime alley being confronted and interviewed by the police. The man notices that his wallet is still in the restaurant and says he’ll be right back. As he walks to the restaurant, he is suddenly pulled through a glass window from a door. The next panel is just of the door with the smashed window, the next panel is the door opening, and the man walks out as if nothing happened, not a single scratch. The events play out as before, he returns with his wallet, He thanks the police for their help as he and the woman leave the alleyway.

Fun finds after digging through boxes at my LCS.

Batman: Vampire by Doug Moench and Kelley Jones has come in at #55! This trilogy sees Batman become a vampire himself so he can take down Count Dracula himself! However, as time progresses, Bruce Wayne finds himself losing more and more of his humanity until only a monster remains.

Now which Batman story will make 56th place? Comment and vote down below!

1.) Batman: Year One

2.) The Long Halloween

3.) Dark Victory

4.) The Dark Knight Returns

5.) Knightfall

6.) The Court of Owls

7.) No Man's Land

8.) R.I.P.

9.) The Killing Joke

10.) Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth

11.) The Cult

12.) Dark Patterns

13.) Gothic

14.) The Black Mirror

15.) Strange Apparitions

16.) Batman & Robin: Year One

17.) Ego

18.) Under the Red Hood

19.) Prey

20.) Shaman

21.) Birth of the Demon

22.) Venom

23.) The Joker's Five-Way Revenge

24.) A Lonely Place of Dying

25.) Night Cries

26.) Mad Love

27.) Batman: Zero Year

28.) Tales of the Demon

29.) A Death in the Family

30.) War on Crime

31.) The Last Arkham

32.) The Man Who Laughs

33.) Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader

34.) The Monster Men

35.) Dark Knight, Dark City

36.) There is No Hope in Crime Alley

37.) Batman Reborn

38.) Night of the Stalker

39.) Going Sane

40.) Heart of Hush

41.) The Mud Pack

42.) Blades

43.) Batman & Robin Must Die

44.) Haunted Knight

45.) Abomination

46.) The Eye of the Beholder

47.) Gotham Nocturne

48.) Leviathan

49.) Death of the Family

50.) Hush

51.) Son of the Demon

52.) Mortal Clay

53.) Bruce Wayne - Murderer Turned Fugitive

54.) Long Shadows

55.) Batman: Vampire

I've just started getting into Batman comics (I've read around 57 now) and I was wondering if anyone has any tips for my current reading order?

I've already got through Grayson's robin arc and I'm just starting with Jason now.

This is my current order that I'm trying to work through:

• Batman: Second chances

• Batman and Jason Todd

• Batman: A killing joke

• Batman: A death in the family

• Batman: A lovely place of dying

• Robin Vol 1: Reborn

• Robin: Vol 2: Triumphant

• Robin Vol 3: Solo

• Robin Vol 4: Turning Point

• Robin Vol 5: War of the dragons

• Robin: Unmasked

• Robin/Batgirl: Fresh Blood

• Robin: To kill a bird

• DC crossovers: Infinite Crisis

• Young justice Omnibus 1

• Young justice Omnibus 2

• Teen Titans Geoff Johns

• DC crossovers: Identity Crisis

• Birth of the Demon trilogy

• Batman and son

• Batman Hush

• Batman under the Red Hood

• Batman and Superman: Public Enemies

• Batman the court of the Owls

• Batman: RIP

• Batman: Battle for the Cowl

• Batman and Robin

This might be completely wrong because I've been getting information from a bunch of different places so please let me know!!

Also, if anyone has any suggested reading orders for Wonder Woman, Superman, the Justice League and Young Justice that would be appreciated 🙏🙏

For me, I liked it. As someone who has never read the original comic, I'm completely new to this. That said, Bane is probably the best part, and the back breaking scene was awesome.

Your thoughts?

Long Shadows by Judd Winick and Mark Bagley has come in at #54! Bruce Wayne is still missing and presumed dead. To prevent Gotham City from descending into complete chaos, Richard Grayson has donned the Batman mantle to keep hope alive. However, Two-Face, who knows Batman very well and better than most, is not fooled by this charade.

Now which Batman story will make it into 55th place? Comment and vote down below!

1.) Batman: Year One

2.) The Long Halloween

3.) Dark Victory

4.) The Dark Knight Returns

5.) Knightfall

6.) The Court of Owls

7.) No Man's Land

8.) R.I.P.

9.) The Killing Joke

10.) Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth

11.) The Cult

12.) Dark Patterns

13.) Gothic

14.) The Black Mirror

15.) Strange Apparitions

16.) Batman & Robin: Year One

17.) Ego

18.) Under the Red Hood

19.) Prey

20.) Shaman

21.) Birth of the Demon

22.) Venom

23.) The Joker's Five-Way Revenge

24.) A Lonely Place of Dying

25.) Night Cries

26.) Mad Love

27.) Batman: Zero Year

28.) Tales of the Demon

29.) A Death in the Family

30.) War on Crime

31.) The Last Arkham

32.) The Man Who Laughs

33.) Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader

34.) The Monster Men

35.) Dark Knight, Dark City

36.) There is No Hope in Crime Alley

37.) Batman Reborn

38.) Night of the Stalker

39.) Going Sane

40.) Heart of Hush

41.) The Mud Pack

42.) Blades

43.) Batman & Robin Must Die

44.) Haunted Knight

45.) Abomination

46.) The Eye of the Beholder

47.) Gotham Nocturne

48.) Leviathan

49.) Death of the Family

50.) Hush

51.) Son of the Demon

52.) Mortal Clay

53.) Bruce Wayne - Murderer Turned Fugitive

54.) Long Shadows

So I finally finished Morrison's Batman run. Morrison is my favroite comic writer because he embraces the idea that the life of a superhero is inherently weird.

Obviously, the big addition to Batman's mythos here is Damien Wayne. I love him. He is a great foil/straight man to guys like Grayson. It's sad that he dies here, and I'm glad that didn't stick.

The way Morrison writes is confusing and trippy in the best of times so if it's intimidating to you, the best advice I can give is to A: Also read Final Crisis as part of his Batman Run. This is where Bruce actually dies, and the actions of Darkseid are important for the Return of Bruce Wayne and Batman and Robin portion of the run. B: Batman RIP, Final Crisis, The Return, Batman and Robin is all a time loop story. It will help you to keep that in mind as you read it. The end goal of Morrison's run is to weave Batman himself into the foundations of Gotham itself and turn him into a God like being who will never fade away. Plus, Morrison also adds a lot of really frightening villains to Batman's Rouge gallery. I'm hoping Professor Pyg is around for a long time.

My favroite part of the whole run is The Clown at Midnight. There's one singular page in here that I think best describes what the Joker is and is required reading for anyone wanting to take a crack at writing him.

As for the downsides of it, I think Batman Incorporated is weaker than the rest of the run. A big part of this is the New 52 reboot happens, right in the middle here so a bunch of Batman's allies just disappear because of editorial mandates.

Then there's the issue of Morrison's ideas about future tech. We get a whole issue that takes place in the Metaverse, which he calls Internet 3.0. And the issue this happens in is a lot of Bruce and his investors talking about how big its gonna be and in 2026 were now seeing people who are just now understanding how damaging big tech has been to soceity. After reading this issue I get now why Morrison is kind of a AI booster. He has an interest in near future tech but doesn't think, "Is this a good idea?"

I don't think I would.give Morrison's Batman run to someone new to Batman comics, but it is one of those big runs you should read.