Where to Start on Batman??

miracleman89

hey

i want to start readin batman comics but i dont have time to start from the beginning and work my way up to comic 600 and something where could i start where i wont be lost??

Paul P Byrne

You don't have to start from the begining, a lot of it is disjointed anyway. The highlights for me are Dark Knight Returns, Long Halloween, Dark Victory, Arkham Asylum and Grant Morrison's run at the moment on Batman and Robin is top class.

BopNiblets

Roughly my collection in chronological continuity order:
Batman: Year One -> The Man Who Laughs -> The Long Halloween -> Dark Victory -> Strange Apparations -> Tales of the Demon -> Son of the Demon -> The Killing Joke -> A Death in the Family -> A Lonely Place of Dying -> Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth -> Knightfall 1-2 and Knightsend (Bane is a prequel to these) -> Hush 1&2 -> The Dark Knight Returns

I'd recommend the first four books there, The Killing Joke and Dark Knight Returns.

This thread has most of them: http://forums.superherohype.com/showpost.php?p=14649309&postcount=25

_oveless

If you go with Morrison's run you'll pick up most if not all the Batman backstory plus it's better than all previous runs of batman put together so you're not missing much if you start from 655.

Ridley

Ridley wrote: »

http://comics.ign.com/articles/624/624619p5.html

But just grab a collection that interests you so you get the whole story arc.

Unless you want to be buying particular issues rather than book collections. In which case just do what _oveless says. No promises on not being confused by anything written by Grant Morrison, mind.

JnarF

I've read lots of different ones out of "sequence" but it hasn't ruined my enjoyment of them at all. Just grab Dark Knight Returns I'd say first.

PlaybookTips

JnarF wrote: »

I've read lots of different ones out of "sequence" but it hasn't ruined my enjoyment of them at all. Just grab Dark Knight Returns I'd say first.

i think batman vs CATMAN )))

Grievous

miracleman89 wrote: »

hey

i want to start readin batman comics but i dont have time to start from the beginning and work my way up to comic 600 and something where could i start where i wont be lost??

One of the most dedicated and best Batman posters on CBR made this incredibly detailed Thread with pictures and all

http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?t=337852

Stalinturnip

Year One, then The Long Halloween, then Dark Victory is a pretty solid intro.