part 4 list batman detective comics vol 1 (new 52) batman by scott snyder omnibus vol. 1 (read 1-17) batman detective comic vol 2 (new 52) batman detective comics vol 3 batman and robin by peter tomasi omnibus (read 1-17) batman grant morrison omnibus vol 3. batman detective comics vol 4 the new 52 villains omnibus finish snyder omnibus batman detective comics vol 5 batman detective comics vol 6 batman volume 6: graveyard shift (because of issue 34) batman eternal omnibus batman vol 7: endgame batman vol 8: superheavy batman vol 9: bloom batman vol 10: epilogue finish batman and robin batman detective comics vol 7 batman detective comics vol 8 batman detective comics vol 9 batman and robin eternal vol 1, 2 dc universe rebirth batman rebirth deluxe vol 1 batman detective comics rebirth deluxe book 1 book 2 book 3 book 4 (detective comics rebirth 1-4 now collected in batman: the rise and fall of the batmen omnibus) batman detective comics: mythology batman rebirth deluxe 2 3 4 5
I'm new to these comics and haven't ready any batman for 25 years. How much does it really matter if I read them in this mixed order? Can i just go through detective comics 1-9 and then pick up an omnibus afterwards? This seems confusing to have to jump around mid stream in series and books to maintain storylines. I'm a casual reader and don't want this to become stressful in how I place my orders to read it 'correctly'. I've ordered the Detective comics vol 1-9 and was thinking of picking up an omnibus afterwards. My guess is that I'll enjoy it regardless and I'll use your list as a general guide of how to flow through these stories. Thanks for the list :)
The whole Tim Drake thing reminds me of the Clone Saga in the 90s when you feel like grabbing Marvel/DC by the shoulders and saying. "What the f*ck is going on? Where are you going with this?" Haha Anyway, thanks for blessing us with this. Really helped me fill a lot of gaps when it comes to reading Batman, specially 80s and 00s.
@@NearMintCondition honestly it’s totally amazing what you’ve done . I have just followed all the 4 parts . Awesome stuff, Thank you 👏🏽 👏🏽 How can I get a list of the reading order ? That is if you still have it . I’d appreciate it . I don’t know if you’re still collating up till date as well. That would be totally wonderful I’ve started buying some of the books and getting in as much as I can .
Hey Omar! Just wanted to stop by and say you’re awesome! Haven’t read or collected comics since I was at least 16, and I recently got back into them and began collecting oversized hardcovers and omnibi (?) in order to keep myself sane during the quarantine - although I’m sure that my wallet wouldn’t thank me for it. Your videos have been a huge help to me (because of you, I’ve collected all of Geoff Johns’ JSA run and have gotten most of your favorite X-Men omni’s!), and I admire your sincerity and how down-to-earth you are. Keep on being awesome and uncanny Omar! You rock!!
Hey Omar, very good work going through all these books! You did miss volumes 8 and 9 of Detective Comics Rebirth (Vol 8: On the Outside by Bryan Hill, collecting 982-987, and Vol 9: Deface the face by James Robinson, collecting issues 988-993).
And this is why I've decided to just make my own cannon at this point 🤣 Thanks for always bring quality content, Uncanny omar! I am dipping my toes into collecting comics again thanks to this channel 😁
Dick Grayson was my favourite Batmen apart from Bruce. I really liked the second Grant Morison Omnibus when it was just him and Damian. I like how he made mistakes and wasn't perfect and how he always doubted himself. It made him more human and relatable. I hope one day they go back to him as Batman, even if its just a couple of one offs.
Happy Labor Day weekened! Commenting before watching, I just hope I've not missed as many collected Bats as the past 3 Bat-videos...I truly enjoy your Batman reading order vids, and they've been hitting me right well as a completionist. Thanks, as always for these incredible videos!
Recommended By Me 1:18 Batman Detective Comics Vol 1: Faces Of Death 5:20 Vol 2: Scare Tactics 6:01 Vol 3: Emporor Penguin 9:13 Vol 4: The Wrath 11:28 Vol 5: Gothtopia 12:20 Vol 6: Icarus 18:21 Vol 7: Anarky (My Favorite) 19:13 Vol 8: Blood Of Heroes 19:48 Vol 9: Gordan At War 20:19 Batman and Robin Eternal
this video demonstrates my biggest frustration and the one thing i really HATE about American comics is the hopping around different titles to get the full story its the main thing keeping me from buying batman omnis
Wow what an amazing 4 part series thank you and nice job Omar! I thought Batman in the 80s and 90s can get confusing, but that does not hold a candle to the N52/Rebirth stuff so this was very helpful! As far as I'm concerned Tim Drake is and will ALWAYS be the third Robin to me forget, that DC/Drake/Not Robin nonsense. It can work even with Damian as Robin.
Whew, that's a cartload of collected volumes! After watching all 4 parts, I have a few questions: - how much would it cost to buy everything that you presented so far? - where does "white knight", DC black label, (heavy?) metal and elseworlds fit into all this? - will there be a part 5 to your series?
Thank you so much for taking the time to make this series! I am buying all of the Batman and Batfamily comic book volume collections right now and these videos are going to help me a lot! I wish DC would include every comic issue in each volume collection because I am a completest too and I want to buy every single Batman and Batfamily comic from Neal Adams, New 52, and Rebirth and I plan on buying all of the comcis for almost every single DC hero. I am such a completes that later I will buy all of the Golden Age Omnibuses too! When I have time I am going to spend so many hours going back and watching these videos and searching up all of these books and writing stuff down as I figure which comics have been left out of the volume collections and have been collected in other volume collections too. I wish volume comic book buying and reading was simpler for completists like us!
Any news of the Detective run of the New 52 getting an omnibus? Also where does Dark Knights Metal fit in all this? I watch this series on repeat, these are so dense thank you !
This is a great video. And this isn't a 'dis' on Near Mint Condition - more publishers I guess? But the very notion that a good reading order for Batman requires so much jumping in and out between Omnibuses (Omnibi?), as well as 'runs' by a particular author as well as between "Batman Detective Comics" and the "Batman" lines is so frustrating and confusing for a new reader. LOL I feel like there's a need a for a timeline/reading order for key events in Batman's history. Ie Year One, Killing Joke, the first appearance of Damian etc Does this exist anywhere?
I just finished court and city of owls, and just started on death of the family, and was like "Wait, what do you mean he cut his face of a year ago?!" So I watched this to realise that I need to start with Detective comics Vol 1! God dammit I hate all this flip flopping between titles and books! But thank you so much for doing these, Omar! With me complaining, I can only imagine how you felt while preparing to make this video! So thank you so much for the work you put in to this!
It could be much worse, you could be reading singles or be like me and want a complete rundown through his history, starting with Year One (one more in-depth than this one in some places). It took me months to put a reading order together back in 2016 and I still go back and fiddle with it. Online guides aren't as accurate as they should be. I've gone back and changed a book's ordering after reading it and realizing it makes no sense for something to happen there. Good luck, tho. We've all been there but it's worth it in the end.
Good Lord do you know how many poor souls your reading order helped and do you know how excited i was after reading this list that I bought 300$ of Batman comics my man Omar the Dark Lord bless your kind soul ❤️❤️
Hey Omar, loved this reading order! You said there’s a written document on Patreon, is that in a higher tier or something? I don’t see it. I’m in the $10 tier.
Patiently waiting for DC to publish a collected Death of the Family without the editorial censorship... the story read so much better in the original issues rather than the sterilized version. Give us the tie-ins if you really want our love!
Here's a comparison, for curious minds. All the spoilers, of course. imgur.com/a/2NLIJ IMO the ending particularly suffered, but your mileage may vary. I also hate Gordon's clarification on what Batman is holding, and the watered down Joker dialogue saps alot of fun out the run. Hopefully they remedy this in future printings (they have an essential listed without a firm date, and the story could warrant an absolute - along w EndGame). PEACE & LOVE MIS MINTOS!!
@@NearMintCondition It's one of my favorite stories, and I adore the way Capullo draws shredface joker. Maybe you could do an episode on comic censorship sometime. Ha.
I'd also potentially insert Snyder's All-Star Batman volumes to the end of his New 52 run as it's sort of a continuation of that story, with his 'Last Knight on Earth' finishing it out.
The Andy Kubert Robin book is a future story. How Damien comes back is part of Batman & Robin and should be in the Tomasi Omnibus. It’s where Bruce goes to Apokolips in the Hellbat armor.
I got Joker Endgame instead of Batman Endgame because it also includes the back up stories of the Batman issues and more importantly Batman annual #3 'Friends', that story is amazing, a completely twisted Joker tale :))
Thanks for another great presentation. I immediately ordered all 9 volumes of Detective Comics and I greatly look forward to reading them. At the moment I'm reading Tom King's Batman Rebirth vol. 2. I think he's a good writer although there are ups and downs and his short Superman story in Action Comics #80 I thought was wonderful, clearly the best story in that collection. I just received his Superman: Up in the Sky and I look forward to reading it (while re-watching Smallville S4 for the third time, this time with my girlfriend, who also likes it).
Hey. I’m new to the whole comics thing. For now i’ve only read manga and stand alone comics and Invincible. So i want to start DC series past 52 thing and i want Batman. Can you please do a updated version because there seems to be a bunch of new omnibus. Starting DC or Marvel today is messing with my head. Manga so much easier frl
Thank you, Omar. Tynion has been doing an amazing job so far. Will be adding his omnibus to my wishlist collecting the Detective comic run. Waiting on Morrison vol 3 before taking the dive with the Batman Robin by Tomasi run omnibus. Batman just never ends which is good, still hoping they finish out the Snyder run and 2021 maybe we'll get No man's Land omnibus at last.
Instead of Tom King's run I just got the James Tynion Detective Comics Rebirth run since I feel like that is the true follow up to Snyder's run. I am so excited to get the new Tynion run in hardcover.
Mate i Love what u did with the reading order of Batman. As a Huge Batman fan i enjoyed watching all of your 4 vids. Thank you for that.. but there's only one thing that got me a bit confused. That's the part where Robin (Damian Wayne) dies and how he's coming back from the dead. U said that we can read in "Damian: son of Batman" how Damian returns, but as far as i can remember that comic book (SPOILER ALERT) shows us a older Damian Wayne who's taking over the cowl and becomes the Batman. In the Omnibus "Batman & Robin" itself we can see how Robin returns from the dead after he got killed in "Batman Incorporated"..
(I'm gonna be that person, please forgive me!) Assuming it's pronounced like the Scottish surname, it would be 'OH-gul-vee'. A+ for effort though :D. Thanks again for this beast of a series! It's a great resource for readers across the board.
What an exhausting (and exhaustive) 4-part series, man. I was trying to look up some of these collections and omnibuses (omnibi?) as I watched. Damn shame some are no longer readily available. Heck, even some of these recently released New 52 hardcovers are impossible to find at a decent price. But for the love of all that’s holy, why can’t they just start running off collections that go from 1-10, 11-20, etc etc instead of skipping issues? I’d jump all over title runs in actual release issue order.
The downturn of Batman story quality starts with Tom King’s second half run. JT4’s fear state and Williamson’s shadow war were both pretty mediocre. I hope Zdarsky and Ram V can bring Batman comics back to the throne.
I started reading comics in general w/ BATMAN by Snyder & Capullo... But I still haven't started reading ANYTHING Rebirth comics yet, I need to catch up asap!! 😥
I want to suggest an up-to-date of the Rebirth Batman and Detective Comics reading order, since they bounce from each other, and I have been reading and I noticed that a lot, and this list actually helped me and everything made sense: Batman Vol. 1: I Am Gotham #1-6 Detective Comics Vol. 1: Rise of the Batmen #934-940 Batman: Night of the Monster Men Batman #7-8, Nightwing #5-6 and Detective Comics #941-942 Batman Vol. 2: I Am Suicide #9-15 Detective Comics Vol. 2: The Victim Syndicate #943-949 Batman Vol. 3: I Am Bane #16-20, #23-24 Batman/Flash: The Button #21-22 and The Flash #21-22 Detective Comics Vol. 3: League of Shadows #950-956 Batman Vol. 4: The War of Jokes and Riddles #25-32 Detective Comics Vol. 4: Deus Ex Machina #957-962 Detective Comics Vol. 5: A Lonely Place of Living #963-968 Batman Vol. 5: Rules of Engagement #33-37 Batman Vol. 6: Bride or Burglar? #38-44 Detective Comics Vol. 6: Fall of the Batmen #969-974 Detective Comics Vol. 7: Batmen Eternal #975-981 Batman Vol. 7: The Wedding #45-50 Batman Vol. 8: Cold Days #51-57 Detective Comics Vol. 8: On the Outside #982-986 Batman Vol. 9: The Tyrant Wing #58-60 Detective Comics Vol. 9: Deface the Face #988-993 Batman Vol. 10: Knightmares #61-63 and 66-69 --- Detective Comics Vol. 1: Mythology #994-999 Batman Vol. 11: The Fall and the Fallen #70-74 Detective Comics Vol. 2: Arkham Knight #1001-1005 Detective Comics Vol. 3: Greetings From Gotham #1006-1011 Detective Comics Vol. 4: Cold Vengeance #1012-101 Batman Vol. 12: City of Bane Part 1 #75-79 Batman Vol. 13: City of Bane Part 2 #80-85 --- Batman Vol. 1: Their Dark Designs #85-94 Batman: The Joker War Saga #95-100 Detective Comics Vol. 5: The Joker War #1020-1026 Detective Comics Vol. 6: Road to Ruin #1028-1033 Detective Comics Vol. 1: The Neighborhood #1034-1039 Batman Vol. 3: Ghost Stories #101-105 Batman Vol. 4: The Cowardly Lot #106-111 Batman Vol. 5: Fear State #112-117 Detective Comics Vol. 2: Fear State #1040-1046 Batman Vol. 6: Abyss #118-121, #124 Detective Comics Vol. 3: Arkham Rising #1044-1046 Detective Comics: Shadows of the Bat: The Tower #1047-1058 Detective Comics: Shadows of the Bat: House of Gotham #1047-1058 Detective Comics Vol. 4: Riddle Me This #1059-1061 --- Batman Vol. 1: Failsafe #125-130
The first one is an alternate reality. DK Metals can be read after N52 volume 6 or 7...I stated it on the video. DDC can be read after Rebirth's volumes 4.
Great video Omar. This is exhaustive work. I bought the New 52 Batman but am now tempted to get N52 Detective and the Tomasi Batman & Robin Omnibus. Also I bought the Deluxe Detective Rebirth but the trades of Batman Rebirth and this is ongoing. The paper quality did change from gloss to matte with TPB Volume 8 and has been this way ever since. I noticed you stopped you video at Batman Deluxe Vol. 5 (which are TPB's 9 & 10). I have Volume 11 and there's a HC for vol. 12 but I am waiting on the trade for this because, you know, consistency. I wish I had known about the Deluxe HC's before I started buying the trades. Doh! Great work as always mate 😎👍 PS. What was the name of the second Batman/Flash crossover with issues #64 & 65. These aren't in my Batman Volume 10 trade. Were they in a separate trade/HC like "The Button"? Cheers mate. 😏
Man why is this so much more complicated than it should be? I’m trying to simply read a Batman storyline and while I’m reading I get confused cause things have been jumped on taken back and I discover that there all these different volumes that are not included in the “main Batman volumes”. All in different order and different times. Now I’m just reading Spawn which is easier to comprehend.
Not a fan of Grant Morrison or Tom King on Batman, they have some good issues and ideas but overall I didn't enjoy there Batman stuff (Absolutley love them on other books though). Now Scott Snyder and James Tynion have been my favorite Batman writers in the last decade. Peter Tomasi is also really good.
Omar couple questions. Will Batman and Robin eternal get an omni? Likewise, for the Tom King run should I get the five deluxe editions or wait for the inevitable omni (I know I’ll want the Omni but not sure how long the wait will be)? Lastly, as I haven’t read any of the rebirth stuff what other rebirth series would you recommend (flash, green arrow look interesting and I know I want the Superman omni by Gleason)? Thanks for the lengths you went to for this series. You’re the best resource on TH-cam for comics info and news bar none. Keep up the wonderful work.
Hey Omar! Great video series, thanks a lot man! How come you collected N52 Detective comics in TP and not HC like Snyder's run. I do not have them yet and I don't know in which format should i buy them. Or maybe we should wait for an omnibus...???? Is there a chance for that? Also can't wait for Batman & Robin Eternal Omnibus!
Hi Omar, Do you know if TMNT Last Ronin will be collected in the IDW hardcover series? And what volume do you think it’ll be around 15-17? Love your work!
Great video, watching to learn a little about Batman, but my end goal was to find out what hardcover or ominous I needed to get to start off the tinion run...my goal is to start from the beginning of the latest batman which is on 111 or is the right # right now...or is there a collected series
part 4 list
batman detective comics vol 1 (new 52)
batman by scott snyder omnibus vol. 1
(read 1-17)
batman detective comic vol 2 (new 52)
batman detective comics vol 3
batman and robin by peter tomasi omnibus
(read 1-17)
batman grant morrison omnibus vol 3.
batman detective comics vol 4
the new 52 villains omnibus
finish snyder omnibus
batman detective comics vol 5
batman detective comics vol 6
batman volume 6: graveyard shift
(because of issue 34)
batman eternal omnibus
batman vol 7: endgame
batman vol 8: superheavy
batman vol 9: bloom
batman vol 10: epilogue
finish batman and robin
batman detective comics vol 7
batman detective comics vol 8
batman detective comics vol 9
batman and robin eternal vol 1, 2
dc universe rebirth
batman rebirth deluxe vol 1
batman detective comics rebirth deluxe book 1
book 2
book 3
book 4
(detective comics rebirth 1-4 now collected in batman: the rise and fall of the batmen omnibus)
batman detective comics: mythology
batman rebirth deluxe 2
3
4
5
wait whose run are the detective comics volumes?
I'm new to these comics and haven't ready any batman for 25 years. How much does it really matter if I read them in this mixed order? Can i just go through detective comics 1-9 and then pick up an omnibus afterwards? This seems confusing to have to jump around mid stream in series and books to maintain storylines. I'm a casual reader and don't want this to become stressful in how I place my orders to read it 'correctly'. I've ordered the Detective comics vol 1-9 and was thinking of picking up an omnibus afterwards. My guess is that I'll enjoy it regardless and I'll use your list as a general guide of how to flow through these stories. Thanks for the list :)
Ok. Uncanny Omar is officially my most favorite person on you tube
You are too kind. :)
@@NearMintCondition no she’s not ! I am !
@@NearMintCondition Yes You Are!! :) ;)
@@NearMintCondition hey can you do a reading order for superman?
I think it’s almost time for part 5 with new volumes and omnibuses
That's a lot of Batman! I call myself a fan but haven't read nearly as much as you it seems lol
You are still a fan!
It is AAAAA LOOOOOTTTTT 😂😂😅
The whole Tim Drake thing reminds me of the Clone Saga in the 90s when you feel like grabbing Marvel/DC by the shoulders and saying. "What the f*ck is going on? Where are you going with this?" Haha
Anyway, thanks for blessing us with this. Really helped me fill a lot of gaps when it comes to reading Batman, specially 80s and 00s.
It's just as silly and confusing.
Yes it is time, thank you for all your hard work on this series Omar!
Thank you so much for the kind words. Seriously.
Much respect to you sir! Thank you for this this huge undertaking that will make our Batman reading lives so much easier!
Thank you so much for the kind words. Seriously.
@@NearMintCondition honestly it’s totally amazing what you’ve done . I have just followed all the 4 parts . Awesome stuff, Thank you 👏🏽 👏🏽
How can I get a list of the reading order ? That is if you still have it . I’d appreciate it . I don’t know if you’re still collating up till date as well. That would be totally wonderful
I’ve started buying some of the books and getting in as much as I can .
Hey Omar! Just wanted to stop by and say you’re awesome! Haven’t read or collected comics since I was at least 16, and I recently got back into them and began collecting oversized hardcovers and omnibi (?) in order to keep myself sane during the quarantine - although I’m sure that my wallet wouldn’t thank me for it.
Your videos have been a huge help to me (because of you, I’ve collected all of Geoff Johns’ JSA run and have gotten most of your favorite X-Men omni’s!), and I admire your sincerity and how down-to-earth you are. Keep on being awesome and uncanny Omar! You rock!!
Josh, Thank you so much for the kind words. Seriously. You have no idea how much your amazing comment really helped me today.
Awesome job! There sure is way more material out there then I realized. As a 54 year old Batman fan this is helpful and impressive.
That detective comics(new 52) run should be an omnibus by itself..looks like lots of good stories in there..
I agree.
Great work Omar ! Can’t wait for future episodes on Batman’s reading order .
Thank you.
Thanks for your commitment and research on this reading order, Omar.
You truly are...the Comic Whisperer.
Thank you so much, my brother. I'm a comic whisperer that needs a drink :)
Thank You Omar! A great venture well done on my favorite character!
Please DC, publish Batman by Snyder & Capullo volume 2 soon *fingers crossed*
Wait over a year cause DC are cunts.
Surprised they havent solicited it already. Pretty sure Vol 1 would have sold well.
Gotta be in 2021 surely.🤞
They're probably not going to do it because everyone bitched and complained non stop about the binding
@@connorcarruthers haha! Tru! Lol so ur thinking they just reprint vol 1 in a year with better binding haha
Hey Omar, very good work going through all these books!
You did miss volumes 8 and 9 of Detective Comics Rebirth (Vol 8: On the Outside by Bryan Hill, collecting 982-987, and Vol 9: Deface the face by James Robinson, collecting issues 988-993).
You are so right, brother. I was waiting on a deluxe and added the Tomasi book last second.
@@NearMintCondition where would it go in the reading list. Thank you.
And this is why I've decided to just make my own cannon at this point 🤣
Thanks for always bring quality content, Uncanny omar! I am dipping my toes into collecting comics again thanks to this channel 😁
I forgot this final part was coming! What a pleasant surprise! Thanks again for sorting this all out Omar. You are a legend :)
Surprise. :)
Dick Grayson was my favourite Batmen apart from Bruce. I really liked the second Grant Morison Omnibus when it was just him and Damian. I like how he made mistakes and wasn't perfect and how he always doubted himself. It made him more human and relatable. I hope one day they go back to him as Batman, even if its just a couple of one offs.
I dont know if there's enough content to justify a good reading order but you should do a post crisis reading order of just the Batman omnis
Hi there
Will there be a new updated video with Batman after the reborn era at some point??🙂 greetings from a big fan in Denmark
Happy Labor Day weekened! Commenting before watching, I just hope I've not missed as many collected Bats as the past 3 Bat-videos...I truly enjoy your Batman reading order vids, and they've been hitting me right well as a completionist. Thanks, as always for these incredible videos!
Thank you for all the kind words. Seriously my brother.
Thank God I’m New To Comics And This Has Made It A Lot Easier
Time for an update and/or part 5
Recommended By Me
1:18 Batman Detective Comics Vol 1: Faces Of Death
5:20 Vol 2: Scare Tactics
6:01 Vol 3: Emporor Penguin
9:13 Vol 4: The Wrath
11:28 Vol 5: Gothtopia
12:20 Vol 6: Icarus
18:21 Vol 7: Anarky (My Favorite)
19:13 Vol 8: Blood Of Heroes
19:48 Vol 9: Gordan At War
20:19 Batman and Robin Eternal
great recommendations.
this video demonstrates my biggest frustration and the one thing i really HATE about American comics is the hopping around different titles to get the full story its the main thing keeping me from buying batman omnis
Yeah, pretty much.
This was great Omar, great job.must of been a lot of work man. Much appreciated.
Thank you so much.
Can you possibly do an updated part 5 video since more titles came out since per chance?
I binged watched and found out this channel this evening and man is it my luck or this dedicated channel?
This is a great channel to watch if you enjoy comics. Every Saturday there's a live Q&A show. I recommend watching if you get the chance.
@@davidcox8032 thanks bro!
Welcome aboard and hope you enjoy watching the videos. :)
Uncanny Omar, Loving your videos. No one on TH-cam can top these on this subject hands down
Wow, thank you so much.
Wow what an amazing 4 part series thank you and nice job Omar! I thought Batman in the 80s and 90s can get confusing, but that does not hold a candle to the N52/Rebirth stuff so this was very helpful! As far as I'm concerned Tim Drake is and will ALWAYS be the third Robin to me forget, that DC/Drake/Not Robin nonsense. It can work even with Damian as Robin.
YES TIM DRAKE FOR LIFE!
Man, your channel is simply awesome, helped me take some decisions on which ones to buy
Thank you for the kind words.
Whew, that's a cartload of collected volumes! After watching all 4 parts, I have a few questions:
- how much would it cost to buy everything that you presented so far?
- where does "white knight", DC black label, (heavy?) metal and elseworlds fit into all this?
- will there be a part 5 to your series?
for the metal question 24:23
Why not view this video again!? Huzzah!
Thank you so much for taking the time to make this series! I am buying all of the Batman and Batfamily comic book volume collections right now and these videos are going to help me a lot! I wish DC would include every comic issue in each volume collection because I am a completest too and I want to buy every single Batman and Batfamily comic from Neal Adams, New 52, and Rebirth and I plan on buying all of the comcis for almost every single DC hero. I am such a completes that later I will buy all of the Golden Age Omnibuses too!
When I have time I am going to spend so many hours going back and watching these videos and searching up all of these books and writing stuff down as I figure which comics have been left out of the volume collections and have been collected in other volume collections too. I wish volume comic book buying and reading was simpler for completists like us!
I need a part 5 so bad, finally got all my stuff ordered right except for my post Rise and fall of the batmen omnibus books.
Francis Manapul is honestly the most underrated Artist and Writer working in the comics industry! Hands down my favorite artist!
Any news of the Detective run of the New 52 getting an omnibus?
Also where does Dark Knights Metal fit in all this?
I watch this series on repeat, these are so dense thank you !
Wow! Gonna take a lot to beat that batman reading order Omar. Incredible work👏👏👏👏👏.
Thank you so much, brother.
This is a great video. And this isn't a 'dis' on Near Mint Condition - more publishers I guess? But the very notion that a good reading order for Batman requires so much jumping in and out between Omnibuses (Omnibi?), as well as 'runs' by a particular author as well as between "Batman Detective Comics" and the "Batman" lines is so frustrating and confusing for a new reader. LOL I feel like there's a need a for a timeline/reading order for key events in Batman's history. Ie Year One, Killing Joke, the first appearance of Damian etc Does this exist anywhere?
Pretty damn thorough...great job, man!
I just finished court and city of owls, and just started on death of the family, and was like "Wait, what do you mean he cut his face of a year ago?!" So I watched this to realise that I need to start with Detective comics Vol 1!
God dammit I hate all this flip flopping between titles and books!
But thank you so much for doing these, Omar! With me complaining, I can only imagine how you felt while preparing to make this video! So thank you so much for the work you put in to this!
It could be much worse, you could be reading singles or be like me and want a complete rundown through his history, starting with Year One (one more in-depth than this one in some places). It took me months to put a reading order together back in 2016 and I still go back and fiddle with it. Online guides aren't as accurate as they should be. I've gone back and changed a book's ordering after reading it and realizing it makes no sense for something to happen there. Good luck, tho. We've all been there but it's worth it in the end.
@@theddbrosgaming8085 hey, would you be ready to share your reading order? I know its asking a looot, but it never hurts to ask
Good Lord do you know how many poor souls your reading order helped and do you know how excited i was after reading this list that I bought 300$ of Batman comics my man Omar the Dark Lord bless your kind soul ❤️❤️
lol thank you!
I think it's time for a fifth part 🔥
Agreed, I’m wrapping up Tom King’s run and don’t know where to go next lol
@@RedRobinYUMMwhere’d you end up going from there, did you just continue on the rebirth run?
Hey Omar, loved this reading order! You said there’s a written document on Patreon, is that in a higher tier or something? I don’t see it. I’m in the $10 tier.
It will be out later this week. After the episode goes up. I think it’s for all our patrons :)
Near Mint Condition oh okay, awesome. Thanks!
Patiently waiting for DC to publish a collected Death of the Family without the editorial censorship... the story read so much better in the original issues rather than the sterilized version. Give us the tie-ins if you really want our love!
Here's a comparison, for curious minds. All the spoilers, of course. imgur.com/a/2NLIJ IMO the ending particularly suffered, but your mileage may vary. I also hate Gordon's clarification on what Batman is holding, and the watered down Joker dialogue saps alot of fun out the run. Hopefully they remedy this in future printings (they have an essential listed without a firm date, and the story could warrant an absolute - along w EndGame). PEACE & LOVE MIS MINTOS!!
Thank you so much for sharing those. Who knows what DC will do.
@@NearMintCondition It's one of my favorite stories, and I adore the way Capullo draws shredface joker. Maybe you could do an episode on comic censorship sometime. Ha.
Ummm...🤔...this was some mind binding ish, because I couldn't make any sense outta this...😵💫💯✔️
Welcome to the Morrison era :)
Its torcher waiting for that Robin reading order!
It will come. :)
I'd also potentially insert Snyder's All-Star Batman volumes to the end of his New 52 run as it's sort of a continuation of that story, with his 'Last Knight on Earth' finishing it out.
I almost did, but didn't want to confuse any new readers on Last Knight. :)
The Andy Kubert Robin book is a future story. How Damien comes back is part of Batman & Robin and should be in the Tomasi Omnibus. It’s where Bruce goes to Apokolips in the Hellbat armor.
But there's also a Robin: Son of Batman series. It takes place after Damian comes back. There's 2 TPBs of the story.
Marcelo Ramos yeah I think Omar got confused. The Andy Kubert story is pretty, but not any good
You are right. It was the Son of Batman series and I could have sworn Kubert drew it.
I got Joker Endgame instead of Batman Endgame because it also includes the back up stories of the Batman issues and more importantly Batman annual #3 'Friends', that story is amazing, a completely twisted Joker tale :))
I thought about getting Joker Endgame, but got the omnibus.
I got into Batman and robin new 52, didn't expect to enjoy it because of the reviews lol. Solid.
I'm so glad you got into Batman.
YES
Thanks for another great presentation. I immediately ordered all 9 volumes of Detective Comics and I greatly look forward to reading them. At the moment I'm reading Tom King's Batman Rebirth vol. 2. I think he's a good writer although there are ups and downs and his short Superman story in Action Comics #80 I thought was wonderful, clearly the best story in that collection. I just received his Superman: Up in the Sky and I look forward to reading it (while re-watching Smallville S4 for the third time, this time with my girlfriend, who also likes it).
Thank you so much. His Up in the Sky is one of my favorite books this year. I'm glad your lady is enjoying Smallville.
Superman?
One day. :)
UOmar, I would love to see a Batman Beyond reading order from you. These were great Batman videos and thanks for it. Cheers!
Brother, I haven't picked up any of the trades...as I'm holding strong for an omnibus.
@@NearMintCondition That would be incredible to see it in omnibus form. Let's hope so one day. Thanks.
@@NearMintCondition Now that Jurgens run is complete its perfect just to go with a massive Batman Beyond omnibus since DC loves their omnis thick!!
A great hard work behind the scenes 😜😜😃☺️ 🙏🙏🙏
Hey. I’m new to the whole comics thing. For now i’ve only read manga and stand alone comics and Invincible. So i want to start DC series past 52 thing and i want Batman. Can you please do a updated version because there seems to be a bunch of new omnibus. Starting DC or Marvel today is messing with my head. Manga so much easier frl
I’m an older fan and it still confuses me lol. I’ve used ChatGPT to help but it’s not always super accurate.
The shocking thing is this is just the main batman books. Imagine the number of videos for other runs such as dark knight, all star batman.
:) Yeah, I know.
Is it weird that I would pay to see this in a movie theater
Hellz no it's not weird. :)
Thank you, Omar. Tynion has been doing an amazing job so far. Will be adding his omnibus to my wishlist collecting the Detective comic run. Waiting on Morrison vol 3 before taking the dive with the Batman Robin by Tomasi run omnibus. Batman just never ends which is good, still hoping they finish out the Snyder run and 2021 maybe we'll get No man's Land omnibus at last.
Thank you so much and one day I too hope for a No Man's Land Omnibus.
@@NearMintCondition we made it and have No Man's Land omnibus solicited so amazing.
Instead of Tom King's run I just got the James Tynion Detective Comics Rebirth run since I feel like that is the true follow up to Snyder's run. I am so excited to get the new Tynion run in hardcover.
I felt NEW 52 period was best period for DC comics, where everything was Awesome.
You are officially my hero
Part 5?
Tomasis Batman and Robin is absolutely killer! SOOO GOOOOD
Also are you really talking about "death IN the family"?? Cuz i somewhat doubt that.
Death of the Family. :)
Mate i Love what u did with the reading order of Batman. As a Huge Batman fan i enjoyed watching all of your 4 vids. Thank you for that.. but there's only one thing that got me a bit confused. That's the part where Robin (Damian Wayne) dies and how he's coming back from the dead. U said that we can read in "Damian: son of Batman" how Damian returns, but as far as i can remember that comic book (SPOILER ALERT) shows us a older Damian Wayne who's taking over the cowl and becomes the Batman. In the Omnibus "Batman & Robin" itself we can see how Robin returns from the dead after he got killed in "Batman Incorporated"..
You are 100% right, for some reason I thought Damian: Son of Batman laid down the clue as to how he made it back.
(I'm gonna be that person, please forgive me!) Assuming it's pronounced like the Scottish surname, it would be 'OH-gul-vee'. A+ for effort though :D. Thanks again for this beast of a series! It's a great resource for readers across the board.
Please Please always be that person. :) Thank you for the correction.
What an exhausting (and exhaustive) 4-part series, man. I was trying to look up some of these collections and omnibuses (omnibi?) as I watched. Damn shame some are no longer readily available. Heck, even some of these recently released New 52 hardcovers are impossible to find at a decent price.
But for the love of all that’s holy, why can’t they just start running off collections that go from 1-10, 11-20, etc etc instead of skipping issues? I’d jump all over title runs in actual release issue order.
Thank you so much and it was a journey.
I just hope we get a Batman and Robin eternal omnibus or at least both books in deluxe oversize hardcover
Can you do a reading order for superman and wonder woman
The downturn of Batman story quality starts with Tom King’s second half run. JT4’s fear state and Williamson’s shadow war were both pretty mediocre. I hope Zdarsky and Ram V can bring Batman comics back to the throne.
Reading Batman for the first time and Just started the Scott Snyder run. Why is reading comics so confusing? Thank you for helping us.
Reading comics is not confusing
Thank you so much !!!
5th part please
Great 4-part video!
Thank you so much.
Whenever it’s finished I wanna see a omnibus of Batman Rebirth
I hope we get a couple.
Have you considered making a part five to include the newest run?
I started reading comics in general w/ BATMAN by Snyder & Capullo... But I still haven't started reading ANYTHING Rebirth comics yet, I need to catch up asap!! 😥
This is the most usefull video I have ever seen.
Thank you so much.
I want to suggest an up-to-date of the Rebirth Batman and Detective Comics reading order, since they bounce from each other, and I have been reading and I noticed that a lot, and this list actually helped me and everything made sense:
Batman Vol. 1: I Am Gotham
#1-6
Detective Comics Vol. 1: Rise of the Batmen
#934-940
Batman: Night of the Monster Men
Batman #7-8, Nightwing #5-6 and Detective Comics #941-942
Batman Vol. 2: I Am Suicide
#9-15
Detective Comics Vol. 2: The Victim Syndicate
#943-949
Batman Vol. 3: I Am Bane
#16-20, #23-24
Batman/Flash: The Button
#21-22 and The Flash #21-22
Detective Comics Vol. 3: League of Shadows
#950-956
Batman Vol. 4: The War of Jokes and Riddles
#25-32
Detective Comics Vol. 4: Deus Ex Machina
#957-962
Detective Comics Vol. 5: A Lonely Place of Living
#963-968
Batman Vol. 5: Rules of Engagement
#33-37
Batman Vol. 6: Bride or Burglar?
#38-44
Detective Comics Vol. 6: Fall of the Batmen
#969-974
Detective Comics Vol. 7: Batmen Eternal
#975-981
Batman Vol. 7: The Wedding
#45-50
Batman Vol. 8: Cold Days
#51-57
Detective Comics Vol. 8: On the Outside
#982-986
Batman Vol. 9: The Tyrant Wing
#58-60
Detective Comics Vol. 9: Deface the Face
#988-993
Batman Vol. 10: Knightmares
#61-63 and 66-69
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Detective Comics Vol. 1: Mythology
#994-999
Batman Vol. 11: The Fall and the Fallen
#70-74
Detective Comics Vol. 2: Arkham Knight
#1001-1005
Detective Comics Vol. 3: Greetings From Gotham
#1006-1011
Detective Comics Vol. 4: Cold Vengeance
#1012-101
Batman Vol. 12: City of Bane Part 1
#75-79
Batman Vol. 13: City of Bane Part 2
#80-85
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Batman Vol. 1: Their Dark Designs
#85-94
Batman: The Joker War Saga
#95-100
Detective Comics Vol. 5: The Joker War
#1020-1026
Detective Comics Vol. 6: Road to Ruin
#1028-1033
Detective Comics Vol. 1: The Neighborhood
#1034-1039
Batman Vol. 3: Ghost Stories
#101-105
Batman Vol. 4: The Cowardly Lot
#106-111
Batman Vol. 5: Fear State
#112-117
Detective Comics Vol. 2: Fear State
#1040-1046
Batman Vol. 6: Abyss
#118-121, #124
Detective Comics Vol. 3: Arkham Rising
#1044-1046
Detective Comics: Shadows of the Bat: The Tower
#1047-1058
Detective Comics: Shadows of the Bat: House of Gotham
#1047-1058
Detective Comics Vol. 4: Riddle Me This
#1059-1061
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Batman Vol. 1: Failsafe
#125-130
Nice video! But in the description it's written 'Part 3' 😁
You know you are the first person that wrote that. You get a No-prize!
Hey Omar, could you talk about where White Knight, Dark Knights Metal, and Doomsday Clock fall into continuity? Thanks for all your hard work!
The first one is an alternate reality. DK Metals can be read after N52 volume 6 or 7...I stated it on the video. DDC can be read after Rebirth's volumes 4.
@@NearMintCondition Awesome! Thank you for your quick reply 🤘
I can always try to get back to people :)
@NearMintCondition
What would be the best reading order just for the Batman Absolute editions? Ty for your great content 😘
Great video Omar. This is exhaustive work. I bought the New 52 Batman but am now tempted to get N52 Detective and the Tomasi Batman & Robin Omnibus. Also I bought the Deluxe Detective Rebirth but the trades of Batman Rebirth and this is ongoing. The paper quality did change from gloss to matte with TPB Volume 8 and has been this way ever since. I noticed you stopped you video at Batman Deluxe Vol. 5 (which are TPB's 9 & 10). I have Volume 11 and there's a HC for vol. 12 but I am waiting on the trade for this because, you know, consistency. I wish I had known about the Deluxe HC's before I started buying the trades. Doh! Great work as always mate 😎👍
PS. What was the name of the second Batman/Flash crossover with issues #64 & 65. These aren't in my Batman Volume 10 trade. Were they in a separate trade/HC like "The Button"? Cheers mate. 😏
Man why is this so much more complicated than it should be? I’m trying to simply read a Batman storyline and while I’m reading I get confused cause things have been jumped on taken back and I discover that there all these different volumes that are not included in the “main Batman volumes”. All in different order and different times. Now I’m just reading Spawn which is easier to comprehend.
Not a fan of Grant Morrison or Tom King on Batman, they have some good issues and ideas but overall I didn't enjoy there Batman stuff (Absolutley love them on other books though). Now Scott Snyder and James Tynion have been my favorite Batman writers in the last decade. Peter Tomasi is also really good.
Batman & robin omnibus, Maybe this book are reprint ?
Hey all ! Where does the dark knight new 52 series fall into all this ?
Thank you so much for this!
Than you for watching.
Omar couple questions. Will Batman and Robin eternal get an omni? Likewise, for the Tom King run should I get the five deluxe editions or wait for the inevitable omni (I know I’ll want the Omni but not sure how long the wait will be)? Lastly, as I haven’t read any of the rebirth stuff what other rebirth series would you recommend (flash, green arrow look interesting and I know I want the Superman omni by Gleason)? Thanks for the lengths you went to for this series. You’re the best resource on TH-cam for comics info and news bar none. Keep up the wonderful work.
Definitely late to the party buuuut if you see this. Batman Beyond reading order????
Could u do an updated version tacking on top of this part 4 for the new stuff that has come out since then
Dude thank you
i hope dc releases a book 6 in tom kings run because thats thenonly one im missing.
Where would the Paul Dini Omni fit in this reading order?
Great video once again! U did skip Detective Comics rebirth vol8 (Hill) and 9 (Robinson) though.
I sure did. I was waiting on a deluxe... and added the Tomasi book at the last second.
Hey Omar! Great video series, thanks a lot man! How come you collected N52 Detective comics in TP and not HC like Snyder's run. I do not have them yet and I don't know in which format should i buy them. Or maybe we should wait for an omnibus...???? Is there a chance for that? Also can't wait for Batman & Robin Eternal Omnibus!
Part 4! Sweeeeeeet!
Hi Omar,
Do you know if TMNT Last Ronin will be collected in the IDW hardcover series? And what volume do you think it’ll be around 15-17?
Love your work!
It should be around volume 15. For sure, my friend.
Near Mint Condition why do you think it will be included? Because it’s a different continuity.
Great video, watching to learn a little about Batman, but my end goal was to find out what hardcover or ominous I needed to get to start off the tinion run...my goal is to start from the beginning of the latest batman which is on 111 or is the right # right now...or is there a collected series