PoisonedSuperman Posted December 10, 2010 Share Posted December 10, 2010 Okay so I have never really been into comic books but after the newest batman movies and since I have a blackberry I've been wikipedia(ing?) about the villians of batman I absolutely love them lots of them! I know that the comic book goes way back to the days when my father was a kid and it will be very expensive/time consuming to find and read all that material. My question is, is there an order to the Novels? Where can I find the list of the order? I bought one today at borders, I know its probably not the one to start with as it is called Batman R.I.P but hey, its what I wanted to buy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masterded Posted December 10, 2010 Share Posted December 10, 2010 I would suggest Batman Year One, Batman The Long Halloween, and Batman Dark Victory. In that order. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterHilton Posted December 10, 2010 Share Posted December 10, 2010 In a lot of cases there is no specific order; the stand alone novels are just that - Batman stories written with familiar character but not necessarily within the current storylines, meaning you can read them whenever and they still make sense Batman RIP is not that way; you actually picked one of the trickier ones as that's a collection of the comics leading up to the DC Crisis deal where Bruce Wayne died/got sent back in time. It doesn't mean it's bad...(I liked it quite a bit actually) just that some elements might not make sense if you aren't an avid reader. As far as the 'stand alone' deals: I always recommend The Dark Knight Returns (Frank Miller) and Arkham Asylum (Grant Morrison) as well as the Batman: Black & White Books. The Killing Joke (Alan Moore) is also very good, but short. For the compilation novels, check out 'Batman: Hush' or 'A Death in the Family.' Those are sort of standard issue reading and the Hush books will catch you up on a lot of the Batman mythos. One of my personal favs is 'Batman:Ten Nights of the Beast' but it's kind of hard to come by. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoisonedSuperman Posted December 10, 2010 Author Share Posted December 10, 2010 I thought they were supposed to be stand alone but when I opened it to start reading there were a bunch of other things listed, somethings that aren't even batman? The crap thing is that I was going to get the Joker book instead but its alright! I"ll figure everything out I'm sure. I seen the Hush one as well, I will have to check that out thanks PH. Masterded: I'm not sure when I'll get them but I will make sure that my next one Batman year one! Thanks for the suggestion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prophet Posted December 11, 2010 Share Posted December 11, 2010 A Death in the Family is the Jason Todd epic, yeah? A few of these that have been suggested are really good, and others I've not had a chance to read personally. The only one I could add to the list, albeit not Batman specific, is Kingdom Come (Mark Waid & some glorious artwork by Alex Ross) ... it's a stand alone reality of the entire DC universe. Just brilliant, one of my favorite stories to this day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randomfreeze Posted December 11, 2010 Share Posted December 11, 2010 I'm a trade collector and buying at Borders/Barnes & Nobles end up getting expensive if you start grabbing a few titles. Amazon has their comics discounted reasonably and shipping is free on orders over $25. If you are going to make an order of $50 or more though, you should check out InStockTrades. Their prices are about the same as Amazon but you only get the free shipping on orders over $50. The people who run that site are super nice people and owned a brick and mortar comic shop for years before going completely online. A lot of the best Bat books have been named. I'll throw out Batman: The Long Halloween which is another very strong Batman book written by Jeph Loeb, who also wrote Batman: Hush that Peter mentioned. Both are self contained stories without any addition crossover books or additional information needed to enjoy. [Just saw Masterded did mention Long Halloween already. Oh well. Dark Victory is another Jeph Loeb Batman title I like which would be good to read after Long Halloween.] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stennick Posted December 11, 2010 Share Posted December 11, 2010 Batman Year One, The Killing Joke, Long Halloween, Arkham Asylum, The Dark Knight Returns are all great. Batman Hush and A Death in the Family are truly epic reads as well. Year One is obviously the first one to read from a time standpoint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Swanton825 Posted December 11, 2010 Share Posted December 11, 2010 Batman Secrets is another good one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huntman Posted December 11, 2010 Share Posted December 11, 2010 I started like this. Year One Long Halloween The Killing Joke Hush The Dark Knight Returns Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imarevenant Posted December 11, 2010 Share Posted December 11, 2010 Another one to check is Prey, especially considering the rumor that the new Nolan Batman film will take heavily from it. Which is cool. I like Hugo Strange. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djthefunkchris Posted December 11, 2010 Share Posted December 11, 2010 Another one to check is Prey, especially considering the rumor that the new Nolan Batman film will take heavily from it. Which is cool. I like Hugo Strange. I think/hope he has Catwoman in it as well. Would be nice to see Catwoman as somewhat how she is in the comic's for a change. Will be really dissapointed if they don't utilize her right though. EDIT: Have no clue how they will spin the tail of Prey and have Catwoman in there as well, but he did cover quite a bit of territory in the other two movies, without it taking away overall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterHilton Posted December 11, 2010 Share Posted December 11, 2010 A few of these that have been suggested are really good, and others I've not had a chance to read personally. The only one I could add to the list, albeit not Batman specific, is Kingdom Come (Mark Waid & some glorious artwork by Alex Ross) ... it's a stand alone reality of the entire DC universe. Just brilliant, one of my favorite stories to this day. Wholeheartedly agree with this. Still one of the top 2-3 comics I've ever read and the artwork is amazing; still occasionally see things I didn't notice before in the background. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaysin Posted December 11, 2010 Share Posted December 11, 2010 I might be alone in this one, but I enjoyed The Last Laugh a lot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoisonedSuperman Posted February 8, 2011 Author Share Posted February 8, 2011 <p>Okay so a little update, I finished R.I.P Batman a long time ago and was confused, a little angry, etc. I'm over it now and realized that not knowing the story was the main reason why and I am of course going to give it another go round. </p><p> </p><p> I've taken some advice and bought some used graphic novels from this new book store, none of them are batman but I was wondering one some opinions on them.</p><p> </p><p> Green Lantern rebirth I bought about a week and ago and today I bought Green Latern: The Sinestro Corps War. My question on these onesare: are they linked? If so which one comes first? </p><p> </p><p> The Sandman: Season of Mists volume 4. Obviously I'm not going to start this one until I find volume 1 but it looks really good so I had to have it. </p><p> </p><p> The Amazing Spiderman: Death and Dating. Out of these books spiderman is the only one that I actually know (through the movies). I was wondering if this is a stand alone? If not what comes before it? What comes after it?</p><p> </p><p> For all of these books I would love some opinions and thoughts! Thank you.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D. Boons Ghost Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 <p>I haven't an opinion on those mentioned. However, another that may be of interest is the three part miniseries 'Green Arrow: The Longbow Hunters'.</p><p> </p><p> Great stuff for those fans of Oliver Queen.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brashleyholland Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 <p>Aside from those already mentioned, the Knightfall saga is a personal favourite.</p><p> </p><p> I'll definately be giving it another read through since the Bane announcement for the next movie.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoisonedSuperman Posted March 31, 2011 Author Share Posted March 31, 2011 I just picked up an older Batman one: The Cult, I'm not too far into it but its pretty awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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