Shaman by Denny O'Neil, Ed Hannigan and John Beatty has come in at #20! The story follows a young Bruce Wayne, who, after surviving a near-death experience in Alaska and being healed by a local Native American shaman with a bat-mask, adopts the Batman persona to fight a supernatural drug ring in Gotham. This was a strong start to the then-newly launched Legends of the Dark Knight title, which was filled with memorable tales.

Now which Batman story will come in 21st place? Comment and vote down below!

I finally added another entry to my blog! Today, we're taking a look at the man who broke the Bat, Bane! Here's the link:

Top 10 Bane Stories (Besides "Knightfall")!

And if you want to check out my other lists for the Joker, Two-Face and Ra's al Ghul, here:

Joshua's Jottings

That line is too cold when they are pulling out in the whip

I’ve been buying Batman comic books from early in his career and then progressing through (so I started with Batman: Year One and then read The Man Who Laughs, Long Halloween, Dark Victory etc and then end with The Dark Knight Returns).

I know there will be some continuity errors with this, but does anyone have an exhaustive list of what they think the definitive Batman timeline is/a rough outline of which comics to read to get a sense of his whole career?

So I was doing some research on these. It seems some issues were missing, ones not written by Grant Morrison (duh) I was just wondering does this detract from the story at all?

Did you guys like his time as Batman? Do you guys think he’s an interesting character? Did you like his storyline? It seems to be a mixed bag

Someone recently posted about an independently created Batman book that is unofficial. It looked very psychedelic and just a wild goofy ride.

Please tell me wtf it’s called lol

so i want batman comic recommendation ,there are so much just to choose i have read court of owls and loved it 7.5/10

what i want from comic
a little adult themes in the story
focus on wayne mansion a little

optional - robin (not nightwing)
so only robin , batman , alfred as main cast of heroes

Prey by Doug Moench and Paul Gulacy has come in at #19! This story retells the Caped Crusader's first encounter with Hugo Strange, who has been reimagined as a brilliant psychologist obsessed with the Batman. Seeking to test the Dark Knight's limits, Strange hypnotizes the unstable police officer, Max Court, into becoming his own vigilante: the Night-Scourge!

Now which Batman story will come in 20th place? Comment and vote down below!

When Neal Adams sparked the "New Look," every Batman artist at DC was forced to adapt or get left behind. But of everyone who stepped up to the plate, Jim Aparo was the absolute best of the group. If Neal Adams was the undisputed king of the Bronze Age Batman transformation, Aparo was running right behind him, tugging at his heels.
Fresh off defining runs on Aquaman and Phantom Stranger, Aparo brought that heavy, shadowy, House of Mystery gothic style vibe straight into Gotham. He was a perfect match for Batman, first taking on the character inside the pages of The Brave and the Bold.

Aparo's art was the secret weapon that made Bob Haney’s episodic, zany scripts work. Haney put the Dark Knight in every wild environment imaginable, and Aparo's visual grounding anchored it all. He single-handedly laid the groundwork for the 1970s superhero team-up format, inspiring books like DC Comics Presents, Marvel Team-Up, and Marvel Two-in-One.

Aparo didn't only stick to Brave and the Bold for Batman in the 1970s, either. He drew the first two issues of Archie Goodwin’s defining run on Detective Comics (#437–438), and he penciled, inked, and lettered the first three issues of Len Wein’s "Bat-Murderer!" story in Detective Comics #444–446 as well. Beyond that, he routinely penciled, inked, AND hand-lettered full issues entirely by himself—a total one-man production line.
Adams gave Batman his modern spark, but Jim Aparo gave the Bronze Age its soul.

Personally, even though it wasn't quite on the same level as The Long Halloween and Dark Victory, I loved it. It was a beautiful tribute and a rather successful conclusion. I really enjoyed Catwoman's role, and the various artists who worked on it managed to preserve the atmosphere and capture the unique feel of this saga.

I've decided to finally get around to the knightfall stuff, then cataclysm and no mans land etc due to the upcoming movie trilogy

So I decided to look up any prerequisites for knightfall, not including prelude, and sword of Azrael was there which isn't a problem as I was going to get around to it at some point but I found a comment on a thread of a quite significant read order list and it made me ask myself, how much of this do I actually need to read before going to the next option?

Do I really need to read "legends of the dark mite" before I read "a death in the family"?

Do I really need to read "war drums/ games" to understand "under the red hood" just because it was released before? I certainly hope not, was reading batgirl 2000 and part of war games was in there so it seems like one of those events that are scattered everywhere

So what's the common consensus on the approach?

Under the Red Hood by Judd Winick, Doug Mahnke, Shane Davis, Eric Battle and Paul Lee comes in at #18! This story sees the return of Jason Todd, the former Robin murdered by the Joker, as the violent vigilante Red Hood. Unlike Batman, the Red Hood is more than willing to kill criminals and soon sets his sights on Black Mask's criminal organization. Batman is determined to bring his former protegee back into the light, but he may already be too far gone.

Now which Batman story will come in 19th place? Comment and vote down below!

Always loved Capullo’s art

Jus decided to add this to my shelf (planning on doing this per self)