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I picked up Batman Annual #11 because of this video, I absolutely loved both stories in this issue. Thanks for the recommendation dude! Love your channel!
Loved this vid. There's a lot of focus on speccing, flipping keys etc, in the collecting world and the attention you give to these stories is refreshing. Another video like this with other random and lesser known stories would be awesome, because these are basically bridges into comics - read a great story in a comic randomly and then you could have found a new hobby. Appreciate the work dude!
Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader Part 2. Neil Gaiman’s Pros almost put me to tears. This is the definitive Batman issue for me. James Tynion IV’s Batman 93. Best one of the best, if not the best Joker monologues I’ve ever read.
Hey man love the channel. Die Hard Batman fan here as well. Legends of the dark Knight is something I’m working on, but for some reason I haven’t had much luck in my area (Jamestown, NY). Keep up the great content! Also, how do you feel about this future state “Next Batman”?
@@MintHunterComics awesome man that is great thank you. I would really appreciate the opportunity to read the entire run. Keep the great content rolling man, really good stuff!
I've read 8 of these. I love the Batman/Swamp Thing issue. I always thought Gotham Knights was so underrated. I really liked that series especially the issues Devin Grayson wrote. Great video!
Swamp thing book is definitely underrated (not overrated!). The dialogue between Green Arrow and Batman during the Kevin Smith Green Arrow run is also excellent. I’ll definitely look out for the others. A Batman Animated Series Video would be cool too. Be well!
My favorites are mostly Adventures stories, stuff by Paul Dini, and early '80s pre-crisis comics. Those are almost impossible to read though since they've never been collected and the entire era before Dark Knight Returns has been discarded. Do you collect the Batman/Superman Adventures titles? I have all of them, including Batman Beyond. They're actually pretty tough to find in good shape, I read somewhere that they were among the lowest selling DC titles when they came out.
Been afew years since reading any Batman although I did enjoy issue 627 Detective Comics... My recomendation... there are variations of the chemical syndicate that was a fantastic read. Must have read that issue 5 times. Only read one off your list .Gonna keep an eye out for the rest. Watching your series for the last month. Awesome...keep it up.
@@MintHunterComics Cheers. It really is. At the time i bought 2 copies...1 for reading and 1 for my collection. I stopped collecting in 95 as I moved to the middle of nowhere and believe it or not I have only just bought a cell phone 2 years back. Imagine my surprise when i could order on line. Needless to say I've been addicted once again and comics are coming in faster than i can read them. Sad but true. 😆. Only home a few days a week and no time...it sucks....but I have my treasures including ...like you many new Batman titles. At least i know what to do in my retirement. Lol.
@@MintHunterComics thanks for sharing! Great video! I'll have to find the more modern Batman issues for my collection you've mentioned as my local comic book store has most of them in their $1 bins! Can't go wrong with finding comics for a dollar or less!
I've read about three of these. The batman 1,000, batman 23 and batman 156. I'll have to give the others a read. An underated batman story I like has to be a tie between the recent Tom king run, issue 61 as the question makes an apperence, and batman with Robin 239
You know what Tom King run I loved? Batman 51-53 "cold Days" some awesome Bruce Wayne courtroom drama. I don't care what people say I LOVED the Tom King bat run
@@MintHunterComics omg yes!!! I loved that too! Was so cool to see Bruce ok the other side correcting batmans mistakes and seeing how the people view batman. That was a really good story. I'm a big fan of Tom kings run. Lil upset that the marrige didn't work but still a huge fan
I had read only the Clayface, Day Robin DIed, and Tec 1000. More of an older stuff guy. Don't know if 368 considered a key due to Jason Todd, but it is best of its era imo. Well written and powerful. Batman #400 was Knightfall before Knightfall, Arkham breakout. It was the last big Batman story before Crisis and a culmination of Moench's run. Detective Annual #4 is a great Elseworlds future tale of the last Batman story. Brave and the Bold had some wild stuff, my favorite was Bats and Sgt. Rock going against Satan/ Hitler in #108.
@@MintHunterComics hey I'm glad I'm entered into the contest and all and I'm not going to lie to you that's like one of the coolest giveaways I remember that particular Batman books I do love the way that you don't just give all cliche all day and I'm saying I do look forward to your concept I'm a big fan man
Nice list. I have read 9/10, only missing Tec 1017. I always include Batman 347 in these lists. It is a tale of three guys planning a crime, sharing their separate encounters with Batman. It has never been collected as it falls in the middle of the Gerry Conway/Don Newton/Gene Colon run, but was written by Roger Sifler and penciled by Trevor Von Eeden. Worth a read IMHO.
First off congratulations on hitting 5k subscribers 👏 I haven't read any of those books. I would suggestion Batman Detective comic 833 Back ground story about Bruce and Zatanna. Which go on for a few issues team up. But the ending took me off guard for a sec.
Batman 500 is one of my favorites just because of the cover in all the different variant but I have read 4/10 I need to read the rest though because the way you describe them makes me feel like I’m missing out thanks for the awesome video!! Almost there to 5k🥳🥳🥳😁
Top video, mate. Not many youtubers are able to showcase such interesting off-the-radar titles, let alone in such an appealing and knowledgeable way as you do. Subscribed!!
So I've only read the Planetary crossover (planetary is freaking amazing) but now I really want to read the Swamp Thing / Batman crossover. Two of my favorite DC characters.
I read three out of ten, detective comic with Tom Taylor, detective #1000 and gotham knight 32. It actually because of gotham knight 32 that I start looking for videos like this. Keep up the good work.
I've read the swamp thing, the orphanage, and the Knute stories. All were very good. Knute was probably my favorite of the three. Reading Bloodstorm now.
I love the idea of giving exposure to lesser known yet really excellent comics. Just because they are aren't valuable doesn't mean they're no good. I have about half of these, mostly the older ones plus Detective #1000. Great to see Steve Englehart, and of course Alan Moore, getting some love!
I loved Batman 32 Vol 3. Seeing Bruce and Clark swap costumes and see there friendship at the carnival was awesome. Cant forget the baseball scene at the end either.
Great video! I have read 1 of those books; the Batman Annual. It was reccomended by a friend and I still have his borrowed copy. Need to get that back to him since he loaned it to me in 2003! The Max Allen Collins Penguin story in the same book is also very good.
I have quite a few reads that are smaller arcs but not man single issues that come to mind. Detective 826 is very good, especially around the holidays. Joker has Tim kidnapped and driving around the city. Fun stuff. Batman 466 is a great early Batman and Tim Drake oneshot story that I enjoyed a lot. Detective Comics #627 is great because of the 2 brand-new twists on the story in Detective 27. Cool video :)
I don't remember the specific issues, but my favorite Bat stories so far were in Showcase Presents volume 4, I believe from the early 70s. They focused on the Detective aspect of the character.
That Celine Dion shirt from teepublic 👀😂👍🏽 definitely loving this tho man people are always worried about “keys” but never enjoy the whole story around it!
Cool list. Recently, I have been enjoying more Batman single stories than story arcs. One of my personal favourite Batman stories is Detective Comics 613, a small but thought-proking tale about environment, which is sadly still relevant today.
Unbelievable, I have a filing cabinet of mainly Batman/Detective comics and haven’t read any of these! I really like Batman 500 as I really loved the Az~Bat costume and the extra cover is fantastic. I also love 467 I think it is, where Tim Drake is on his own for the first time and the ending is really funny! I’m going to have a look to remind myself. I am probably going to choose a lot from the Alan Grant and Norm Breyfogle run, because I loved those stories and that is the time I collect now to try and complete the run. May they rest in peace.
I read that Tec 439 story as a kid, I was probably 12. It made an indelible impression on me. Funny how a comic story can make that much of an impact on you and guide you though life. Possibly the perfect Batman story. Captures the entire ethos of the character and why Batman stands as the greatest comicbook character of all time.
I have Batman Annual #11 and often thought that @ 5:49 , looking at the panel with Clayface and his wife that the artist used the set from "All in the Family" and just substituted Archie & Edith in Clayface's mind.
Batman Annual 13 (1989). That was the first Batman comic I bought and I was hooked ever since and haven't missed a single month in 32 years. It was so dark and moody and I loved the bios of the Batman villains in them. Normally I dont recommend TH-camrs at my LCS but since your last video on non key awesome Batman stories I've been directing new to Batman readers this way.
I've only read the three recent ones. I really like the one with Swamp Thing. I bought a print from Mitch Gerads at Baltimore Comic Con of Bruce and Swamp Thing in the library. He and Tom King signed it and I put it into a plastic sleeve. As we were leaving the convention it was pouring down rain and some seeped into the one end and damaged it. Sigh.
I love these lists, it showcases issues I may not have read or heard about. An issues I really enjoy is Detective Comics #826 by Paul Dini, called "Slayride." It's a story featuring Joker kidnapping Tim Drake Robin and dragging him along during Xmas holiday killing spree. It focuses on Robin's internal monologue helplessly trying to free himself and stop the Joker. It's a great story, with good artwork and a fantastic cover.
Great video not read any of the 10 Sent for Alfred s best story s and the Bane and Batman meets the Man from Uncle looking forward to read ing. these keep well
I haven't read any of these. I have always been a fan of the elseworlds batman, where it takes place in ocean. The joker is a pirate captain who teams up with Catwoman to find the bats hidden cave in order to discover his identity. I love that story.
I'm pretty sure I've read that last one. The others will be on my hunting list. If you like heavy stories check out Blood of the Innocents. It was a book put out in the early 90s to bring attention to the usage of landmines and the many mines still lying around in Europe. I won't say much about it, but it has a down ending. I'll break the rules and say Superman Speeding Bullets. A cool Elseworlds story where Kal-El's ship lands not in Kansas but Gotham. Then Devil's Asylum. Part if several books that were headed with Underworld Unleashed, this shows Batman going into Arkham during a power outage. Cool little one shot.
I’ve been reading the Batman 66 stuff, I like it a lot - very camp ala the TV show. I also dig all the Batman Adventures stuff. I think Solomon Grundy needs another run with Batman, with all the zombies stuff over the last 5-10 years I’m surprised this wasn’t pushed. I have a Batman/Spider-Man comic, kinda lame, but I love the spawn mashup and the TMNT run. Sorry this was so long and rambling
My personal favorite and admittedly a little hokey story-wise, Batman Annual 8 from 1982... based solely on Trevor Von Eeden's art. I've always considered Von Eeden's stuff unexceptional, the first Green Arrow mini notwithstanding, but his art in this issue is fantastic. This penultimate pre-Crisis Ra's Al Ghul appearance (and one of his many deaths) is unremarkable but the layouts set this issue apart from anything on the shelves at the time. I remember thinking to myself at the time "Why don't other artists do stuff like this?" Of course they did, I just hadn't discovered them yet. It's the first Batman annual to feature a new story rather than reprints and the first annual to be published since 1964 so it's not completely insignificant.
Great video. I'm a 7 out of 10 on those. My pick is DETECTIVE COMICS #604-607 Mudpack story. Remember when you got a free poster in the middle of the comic? I had them proudly on the bedroom wall.Good times
Untold Legend of the Batman, 1 & 2, late 70,s Batman issue reading, "Is This the End of the Catwoman" ? Another late 70,s issue Batman issue, first appearance of Arkham Asylum? Batman in strait jacket as inmates all around him reads as one inmate taunts him- "You,re Not the Batman, you,re just One of Us?" Detective comics issues' Batman Family issues, first Batman story has him confronting Maxi Zeus, " The Golden Fleece Mystery" or something similar, the last story- " The Assassination of Batgirl". A hunter stalks her and draws her out only to have the reader thinking she took a fatal bullet and head dive at the end. Next issue, part two where we realize just a ploy to draw Batman out to kill him by General Scarr, Batman, Batgirl ending up defeating the gang. ( Excuse me as texting away from home and comic boxes, so don,t have access to issue no.,s, best recall I can do. ) All these 70,s issues from childhood when 8, 9 years old. The "Legend" issues really blew my little kid mind away, the "End of the Catwoman" issue as well, First "Arkham" issue both loved it and found really creepy. The " There is No Hope in Crime Alley" issue is another stand alone great.
I love this series because it brings focus on stories and not just “keys.” Enough chatter on that on so many other TH-cam channels
Bro exactly - I get so tired of hearing about the SAME BOOKS
As someone who recently got into comic collecting, it is nice to learn more about the actual stories rather than just keys to collect!
The new 52's Detective Comics 27 is my favourite and earliest introduction to Batman.
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That looks like a scam
I picked up Batman Annual #11 because of this video, I absolutely loved both stories in this issue. Thanks for the recommendation dude! Love your channel!
Loved this vid. There's a lot of focus on speccing, flipping keys etc, in the collecting world and the attention you give to these stories is refreshing. Another video like this with other random and lesser known stories would be awesome, because these are basically bridges into comics - read a great story in a comic randomly and then you could have found a new hobby. Appreciate the work dude!
Glad you enjoyed it!
These books are great picks, you have me intrigued with the swamp thing crossover issue, gonna have to for sure give it a read!
Please do! it's one of the match ups I wish would happen more often
The more I watch your video the more I know about comic books. Love it!
Glad to hear it!
Nice list, I love the Batman comics/books as well. I collect a lot of the golden age comics. Another cool character I love reading is hellboy.
Hellboy is awesome - always loved the art too
Great video!
NEED to get my hands on that batman annual #11 sounds great
Dude it really is - pick it up for 50 cents at your LCS! lol
@@MintHunterComics will be on the look for it this weekend
Im going to look all of these up! I dont think I have read any. Great list
Thanks Hecker!
Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader Part 2. Neil Gaiman’s Pros almost put me to tears. This is the definitive Batman issue for me.
James Tynion IV’s Batman 93. Best one of the best, if not the best Joker monologues I’ve ever read.
Good choice my friend - love the prelude to Joker war
@@MintHunterComics Thank you for these great reading recommendations! I also added another story to this comment that I have to put above all others.
Hey man love the channel. Die Hard Batman fan here as well. Legends of the dark Knight is something I’m working on, but for some reason I haven’t had much luck in my area (Jamestown, NY). Keep up the great content!
Also, how do you feel about this future state “Next Batman”?
I like future state Batman! We'll have to see more of him! also you've got an entry into the LODK run!
@@MintHunterComics awesome man that is great thank you. I would really appreciate the opportunity to read the entire run. Keep the great content rolling man, really good stuff!
Good luck everyone for the giveaway! And hopefully you reach 5k soon
I've read 8 of these. I love the Batman/Swamp Thing issue. I always thought Gotham Knights was so underrated. I really liked that series especially the issues Devin Grayson wrote. Great video!
Swamp thing book is definitely underrated (not overrated!). The dialogue between Green Arrow and Batman during the Kevin Smith Green Arrow run is also excellent. I’ll definitely look out for the others.
A Batman Animated Series Video would be cool too. Be well!
I should do an animated series vid def - you think Bat #23 is overrated?
@@MintHunterComics No! Sorry, spell check! Lol. Underrated!
Did you check out Joker 4 Neal Adams homage cover?
My favorites are mostly Adventures stories, stuff by Paul Dini, and early '80s pre-crisis comics. Those are almost impossible to read though since they've never been collected and the entire era before Dark Knight Returns has been discarded.
Do you collect the Batman/Superman Adventures titles? I have all of them, including Batman Beyond. They're actually pretty tough to find in good shape, I read somewhere that they were among the lowest selling DC titles when they came out.
I got a buddy that has the whole 1st vol of Superman/Batman every run in unread condition!
watching your vids before sleeping is a vibe
That is the highest level of compliment haha, thanks my friend
Been afew years since reading any Batman although I did enjoy issue 627 Detective Comics... My recomendation... there are variations of the chemical syndicate that was a fantastic read. Must have read that issue 5 times. Only read one off your list .Gonna keep an eye out for the rest. Watching your series for the last month. Awesome...keep it up.
Dennis thanks so much for sharing and thanks for your input and recommendation - 627 is awesome and never mentioned! great anniversary issue
@@MintHunterComics Cheers. It really is. At the time i bought 2 copies...1 for reading and 1 for my collection. I stopped collecting in 95 as I moved to the middle of nowhere and believe it or not I have only just bought a cell phone 2 years back. Imagine my surprise when i could order on line. Needless to say I've been addicted once again and comics are coming in faster than i can read them. Sad but true. 😆. Only home a few days a week and no time...it sucks....but I have my treasures including ...like you many new Batman titles. At least i know what to do in my retirement. Lol.
@@MintHunterComics thanks for sharing! Great video! I'll have to find the more modern Batman issues for my collection you've mentioned as my local comic book store has most of them in their $1 bins! Can't go wrong with finding comics for a dollar or less!
Great selection of comics. I especially liked Batman #156, I like the artwork from that Era.
Same here!
I've read about three of these. The batman 1,000, batman 23 and batman 156. I'll have to give the others a read. An underated batman story I like has to be a tie between the recent Tom king run, issue 61 as the question makes an apperence, and batman with Robin 239
You know what Tom King run I loved? Batman 51-53 "cold Days" some awesome Bruce Wayne courtroom drama. I don't care what people say I LOVED the Tom King bat run
@@MintHunterComics omg yes!!! I loved that too! Was so cool to see Bruce ok the other side correcting batmans mistakes and seeing how the people view batman. That was a really good story. I'm a big fan of Tom kings run. Lil upset that the marrige didn't work but still a huge fan
One of my favorites Detective Comics issue #440. Batman actually rides a flaming Grizzly Bear off a cliff ( nuff said).
Haha that'd make a great tattoo
Have not read any of these, but now I'm going to!
That's awesome man - glad I could turn you on to some good bat-books!
@@MintHunterComics I'm especially excited about that Annual with Clayface.
I had read only the Clayface, Day Robin DIed, and Tec 1000. More of an older stuff guy. Don't know if 368 considered a key due to Jason Todd, but it is best of its era imo. Well written and powerful. Batman #400 was Knightfall before Knightfall, Arkham breakout. It was the last big Batman story before Crisis and a culmination of Moench's run. Detective Annual #4 is a great Elseworlds future tale of the last Batman story. Brave and the Bold had some wild stuff, my favorite was Bats and Sgt. Rock going against Satan/ Hitler in #108.
4... You came with heat. Love you're alt take on things .new content mixed in with some classical subjects.real talk I'm loving it man..big fan
Dude that's awesome! Thank you
@@MintHunterComics hey I'm glad I'm entered into the contest and all and I'm not going to lie to you that's like one of the coolest giveaways I remember that particular Batman books I do love the way that you don't just give all cliche all day and I'm saying I do look forward to your concept I'm a big fan man
I've been really enjoying your videos lately thank you so much!
Thanks my dude! It seems this format is well received talking about non keys vs keys!
Nice list. I have read 9/10, only missing Tec 1017.
I always include Batman 347 in these lists. It is a tale of three guys planning a crime, sharing their separate encounters with Batman. It has never been collected as it falls in the middle of the Gerry Conway/Don Newton/Gene Colon run, but was written by Roger Sifler and penciled by Trevor Von Eeden. Worth a read IMHO.
Wow I actually don't think i've ever read that... well I know what I'm reading for the next 20 mins!
First off congratulations on hitting 5k subscribers 👏 I haven't read any of those books. I would suggestion Batman Detective comic 833
Back ground story about Bruce and Zatanna. Which go on for a few issues team up.
But the ending took me off guard for a sec.
Great suggestion! Love love LOVE Zatanna and Bruce toget5her
I’m going to have to hunt these down. Batman has been my favorite character of all time. Great video!
You should!
my favorite batman cover of all time is batman 474 because theres something about the deadshot background that catches my eyes. Great Vid btw
Now THAT's a great cover - I got a couple copies but they're in meh shape
Great list man! Really hope you keep this series going; tired of seeing videos about just key comics and not single issues!
Single issues rule!
Batman 500 is one of my favorites just because of the cover in all the different variant but I have read 4/10 I need to read the rest though because the way you describe them makes me feel like I’m missing out thanks for the awesome video!! Almost there to 5k🥳🥳🥳😁
Good choice! As a huge Knightfall guy I have to concur - such a great great GREAT story - that issue is LOADED
Love the channel I think I've watched every video over the last week
Dude that's awesome my man! dudes like you run this entire channel - I appreciate that
Top video, mate. Not many youtubers are able to showcase such interesting off-the-radar titles, let alone in such an appealing and knowledgeable way as you do. Subscribed!!
So I've only read the Planetary crossover (planetary is freaking amazing) but now I really want to read the Swamp Thing / Batman crossover. Two of my favorite DC characters.
I'll bring em over sometime!
Honestly I didn't know I needed this video. I never knew where to start with batman, now I have a great starting point 😌👌
Hahaha that's awesome! don't be afraid to try out the "overrated" stuff - it's great because it's great - but these underrated stuff are awesome too!
You finally got it out and uploaded 😂
And it's STILL processing the HD version! Hahaha
Just wanted to say you have become one of my favorite channels to watch. Thanks for your content!
WOOT WOOT! that's AWESOME man! I'll try to keep delivering fun content for ya!
iv just noticed how close you are to 5k subs dude! really looking forward to that video, you deserve all the subs!
Awesome! I liked annual 11.
Also I had a question. Are you announcing the winner of the 5k giveaway on ig or youtube?
I'll be announcing it here! dude who knows it could be this week!
Great list of books! I believe I have read 2 of them and made notes on several I'm going to read! Thanks for sharing!
Hope you enjoy them! so good
I simply love all Batman books hahaha, especially silver age batman! Just the cover alone looks so good.
You and me both!
I read three out of ten, detective comic with Tom Taylor, detective #1000 and gotham knight 32. It actually because of gotham knight 32 that I start looking for videos like this. Keep up the good work.
3/10 isn't bad! better than 0!
Great episode. Love hearing about comics that aren't keys or specs.
The story summaries on these are great! Be cool to see more of these!
More to come!
@@MintHunterComics worrrd
2- I read two!!!! Impossible I thought I couldn’t even have one of your top 10. But 2 who knew. I’m so happy to have this connection! Thanks again!!
I've read the swamp thing, the orphanage, and the Knute stories. All were very good. Knute was probably my favorite of the three. Reading Bloodstorm now.
YES BLOODSTORM
I'm embarrassed to say I've not read any of these but now they're on my pick up list. Thank you for spreading the Bat love.
Hope you enjoy it! and hey these books aren't going anywhere so check em out when ya can!
I love the idea of giving exposure to lesser known yet really excellent comics. Just because they are aren't valuable doesn't mean they're no good. I have about half of these, mostly the older ones plus Detective #1000. Great to see Steve Englehart, and of course Alan Moore, getting some love!
Well said! these books need love too. I get a bit tired of seeing the same comic being highlighted all the time
I loved Batman 32 Vol 3. Seeing Bruce and Clark swap costumes and see there friendship at the carnival was awesome. Cant forget the baseball scene at the end either.
SO GREAT I almost included that instead but since it's a few issues long I tried to stick to single issues
Great video! I have read 1 of those books; the Batman Annual. It was reccomended by a friend and I still have his borrowed copy. Need to get that back to him since he loaned it to me in 2003! The Max Allen Collins Penguin story in the same book is also very good.
Great video man. Hopefully we get more of these types of vids
Oh I got plans, I might make a Flash or Spiderman one soon
@@MintHunterComics absolute legend. I've just binged all your videos in a night. You've got a new sub hahah. Cheers mate!
Loved the clayface story.
So good - I've had it for all these years and only read it very recently - I was shocked how good it was
Great video as always.
Thank you kind sir! I also appreciate you commenting so frequently!
Nice picks! I think the Batman and TMNT crossover is really underrated, it's definitely one of my favorites.
Now I’m buying a copy of detective 439.
Do that right this instant! haha
@@MintHunterComics and done. I’ll let you know what I think.
Another banger 👍🚨
Hahahaha thank you so much!
I have not yet read these comics, but they are now on my bucket list to purchase this year.
I have quite a few reads that are smaller arcs but not man single issues that come to mind. Detective 826 is very good, especially around the holidays. Joker has Tim kidnapped and driving around the city. Fun stuff. Batman 466 is a great early Batman and Tim Drake oneshot story that I enjoyed a lot. Detective Comics #627 is great because of the 2 brand-new twists on the story in Detective 27. Cool video :)
I don't remember the specific issues, but my favorite Bat stories so far were in Showcase Presents volume 4, I believe from the early 70s. They focused on the Detective aspect of the character.
That Celine Dion shirt from teepublic 👀😂👍🏽 definitely loving this tho man people are always worried about “keys” but never enjoy the whole story around it!
Great video!!! Please do a Top 10 Daredevil comics that no has heard of too!!!
James another banger man these videos kick ass
Hahahah thanks my dude! can't believe I hit 5k subs this morning
@@MintHunterComics just saw that!! Glad I’m along for the ride!
Cool list. Recently, I have been enjoying more Batman single stories than story arcs. One of my personal favourite Batman stories is Detective Comics 613, a small but thought-proking tale about environment, which is sadly still relevant today.
Unbelievable, I have a filing cabinet of mainly Batman/Detective comics and haven’t read any of these! I really like Batman 500 as I really loved the Az~Bat costume and the extra cover is fantastic. I also love 467 I think it is, where Tim Drake is on his own for the first time and the ending is really funny! I’m going to have a look to remind myself. I am probably going to choose a lot from the Alan Grant and Norm Breyfogle run, because I loved those stories and that is the time I collect now to try and complete the run. May they rest in peace.
Great video!
Thanks so much!
I read that Tec 439 story as a kid, I was probably 12. It made an indelible impression on me. Funny how a comic story can make that much of an impact on you and guide you though life. Possibly the perfect Batman story. Captures the entire ethos of the character and why Batman stands as the greatest comicbook character of all time.
I have Batman Annual #11 and often thought that @ 5:49 , looking at the panel with Clayface and his wife that the artist used the set from "All in the Family" and just substituted Archie & Edith in Clayface's mind.
Batman Annual 13 (1989). That was the first Batman comic I bought and I was hooked ever since and haven't missed a single month in 32 years. It was so dark and moody and I loved the bios of the Batman villains in them.
Normally I dont recommend TH-camrs at my LCS but since your last video on non key awesome Batman stories I've been directing new to Batman readers this way.
I have about 500 Batman comic books in my collection and I need to read them. I could then create my own top 10 list.
You should! I'd watch that!
I think I read 8 or 9 of those, it has been a long time for some so I am not 100% sure lol :)
Wow 8 or 9 is pretty darn good!
TRY TO TALK ABOUT THE ASH CAN GIVEAWAY THERE HARD TO FIND YET FUN TO READ WELL WRITTEN GOOD ARTWORK.
I'll put it in the video consideration pile!
Batman 23 is one of my all time favorite one shot. Batman & Elmer Fudd is another great story.
I never read that cuz it looked too silly - maybe I'll have to revisit the BatFudd
Some Batman books that I love even if their not keys would have to be
Detective Comics #613
Detective Comics #614
And Detective Comics #609
I know em all - great choices!
Im here for the full batman run, great video tho ✌
My fav Batman single issue(so far) is All Star Batman #8 from Scott Snyder. Love his take on Mad Hatter!
I'm late on this and it's not a Batman issue but it does feature Batman. It would be Green Lantern Vol 4 #9. Great moments with Hal and Bruce
Nice vid!
Thanks my man! Btw hit me up on @minthuntercomics instagram! I want to give thanks for commenting so often!
I've only read the three recent ones. I really like the one with Swamp Thing. I bought a print from Mitch Gerads at Baltimore Comic Con of Bruce and Swamp Thing in the library. He and Tom King signed it and I put it into a plastic sleeve. As we were leaving the convention it was pouring down rain and some seeped into the one end and damaged it. Sigh.
Great list. Gotta do some detective work and find these issues.
Pun intended? Hahaha
I love that batman swamp thing issue
Oh INDEED
New to the channel - love the content
Welcome D Metz - good to have ya here!
Think I’ve only missed 2.😁
That's impressive! 80 percent - that's a passing grade!
I love these lists, it showcases issues I may not have read or heard about.
An issues I really enjoy is Detective Comics #826 by Paul Dini, called "Slayride." It's a story featuring Joker kidnapping Tim Drake Robin and dragging him along during Xmas holiday killing spree. It focuses on Robin's internal monologue helplessly trying to free himself and stop the Joker. It's a great story, with good artwork and a fantastic cover.
10 of 10, one of my favorite Batman issues 686
That's an underrated less talked about Bat-era I think - great stuff!
Only the one with Clayface, many years ago and still love it!
So good right?!?
@@MintHunterComics i was still a teen and that short story somehow creeped me out a lot!
Great video not read any of the 10 Sent for Alfred s best story s and the Bane and Batman meets the Man from Uncle looking forward to read ing. these keep well
I haven't read any of these. I have always been a fan of the elseworlds batman, where it takes place in ocean. The joker is a pirate captain who teams up with Catwoman to find the bats hidden cave in order to discover his identity. I love that story.
Though it's a two-parter, I recommend the story arc "Terminal" in Detective Comics New 52 #35 & #36 by Ben Percy and John Paul Leon.
I'm pretty sure I've read that last one. The others will be on my hunting list. If you like heavy stories check out Blood of the Innocents. It was a book put out in the early 90s to bring attention to the usage of landmines and the many mines still lying around in Europe. I won't say much about it, but it has a down ending. I'll break the rules and say Superman Speeding Bullets. A cool Elseworlds story where Kal-El's ship lands not in Kansas but Gotham. Then Devil's Asylum. Part if several books that were headed with Underworld Unleashed, this shows Batman going into Arkham during a power outage. Cool little one shot.
I’ve been reading the Batman 66 stuff, I like it a lot - very camp ala the TV show. I also dig all the Batman Adventures stuff. I think Solomon Grundy needs another run with Batman, with all the zombies stuff over the last 5-10 years I’m surprised this wasn’t pushed. I have a Batman/Spider-Man comic, kinda lame, but I love the spawn mashup and the TMNT run. Sorry this was so long and rambling
You're so right - we don't get enough Grundy these days!
Detective Comics “Night of the Stalker” is also one of my favorites. Steve E. wrote a brilliant one.
Can you do top 10 batman comics . No restrictions just your top 10.
I can do that! Should it be comics, story arcs, graphic novels?
My personal favorite and admittedly a little hokey story-wise, Batman Annual 8 from 1982... based solely on Trevor Von Eeden's art. I've always considered Von Eeden's stuff unexceptional, the first Green Arrow mini notwithstanding, but his art in this issue is fantastic. This penultimate pre-Crisis Ra's Al Ghul appearance (and one of his many deaths) is unremarkable but the layouts set this issue apart from anything on the shelves at the time. I remember thinking to myself at the time "Why don't other artists do stuff like this?" Of course they did, I just hadn't discovered them yet. It's the first Batman annual to feature a new story rather than reprints and the first annual to be published since 1964 so it's not completely insignificant.
Night Cries is SO AMAZING
AND NO ONE EVERY TALKS ABOUT IT OR EVEN KNOWS IT!
Cool book like batman
Always and always my friend
4, including the Bill Finger classic, Robin Dies at Dawn.
not bad! 4 out of 10 is more than most!
Great Batman Books, great reads. Batman Annual 11 is an absolute nutso issue in a good way.
Great video. I'm a 7 out of 10 on those. My pick is DETECTIVE COMICS #604-607 Mudpack story. Remember when you got a free poster in the middle of the comic? I had them proudly on the bedroom wall.Good times
Untold Legend of the Batman, 1 & 2, late 70,s Batman issue reading, "Is This the End of the Catwoman" ? Another late 70,s issue Batman issue, first appearance of Arkham Asylum? Batman in strait jacket as inmates all around him reads as one inmate taunts him- "You,re Not the Batman, you,re just One of Us?" Detective comics issues' Batman Family issues, first Batman story has him confronting Maxi Zeus, " The Golden Fleece Mystery" or something similar, the last story- " The Assassination of Batgirl". A hunter stalks her and draws her out only to have the reader thinking she took a fatal bullet and head dive at the end. Next issue, part two where we realize just a ploy to draw Batman out to kill him by General Scarr, Batman, Batgirl ending up defeating the gang. ( Excuse me as texting away from home and comic boxes, so don,t have access to issue no.,s, best recall I can do. ) All these 70,s issues from childhood when 8, 9 years old. The "Legend" issues really blew my little kid mind away, the "End of the Catwoman" issue as well, First "Arkham" issue both loved it and found really creepy. The " There is No Hope in Crime Alley" issue is another stand alone great.
Batman Digital Justice is an excellent one shot story, it's a hardcover book that can be bought for less than $10 off ebay