'Going Sane' is utterly amazing, it's a crime how practically no one ever mentions it. Amazing art, story, dialogue, just great stuff, and it's Dematteis which is always a win. How it's never got a HC at least is a head scratcher.
You’ve helped me and my little brother get back into the stories we loved as kids. This channel deserves more subscribers for just unraveling the complexity of reading orders. Keep doing what you’re doing, Omar!
Grant Morrison's Batman and Robin stories blew me away as a teen. I knew superheroes came back from the dead but his protégé taking up the cowl and adopting a new robin felt like such a logical step, and I loved rooting for such fallible characters trying to live up to the legend of the dark knight.
Omar, I'm 40yo and been out of the game for 20. I recently bought some of my favorites in HC, and now it's just been snowballing. I also just got a tablet so being able to read chilling outside without carrying heavy goods has been something I didn't know I needed. My favorites are pretty cliche as I grew up in the 90s....Superman, Batman, Spider-Man, X-Men, etc. (There's something to be said about exposure then vs now... Especially kids. Trading cards, comics everywhere, after school or Saturday cartoons... I feel I got to grow up in such an awesome era vs now. The movies have been great IMO, but I enjoyed the 90s exposure more. It was special when we didn't have all of the tech we do now.) Anywho, I'm sorry for getting long winded. I came here to say your knowledge, explanations, and collection videos have been a god send. I've been trying to gather what material to read, and it's just been really hard given I've been out so long. I'm impressed at the amount of Omnibus' that are out! My inner kid has been freaking OUT. Youve really been great man, and I appreciate the help, and heck out of it. Very enjoyable. The best part, I can actually talk CURRENT works with my 18yo son instead of all retro lol! Keep rocking these vids! 👌🤘
My favorite has to be long Halloween one of the best detective stories I’ve read and probably the only Batman story that wasn’t spoiled before I read it
I don’t read tonnes of comics but I read Year One at least 5 or 6 times a year. It is storytelling and artwork perfection. Came here to find other options and was pleasantly surprised by your number 1 😅
[Batman Comics] Nothing beats _Morrison's Run_ N O T H I N G !! Predicated on Peter Milligans 3pt. _Dark Knight, Dark City_ & the old Silver-age Batmn story _Robin Dies at Dawn._ > Batman 655-658 _Batman & Son,_ than 664-665 & 672-675 & 667-669 _the Black Glove._ All Leads into RIP. (Reside in Purgatory) Bat 676-683 & 701-702 & FINAL CRISIS 6 (Epilogued in Bat 687 not written by Morrison). Than Batman & Robin 1-16 as well as _The Search for Bruce Wayne_ 1-6 all sets up the mind blowing return of Bruce & eventually the Original BATMAN INCORPORATED series (Get the $30 Over-Sized, Deluxe 260pg Edition, it's A Best Deal & A TOP 3 Batman GN). Also Note Batman 666 & 700. Two Somewhat self contained comic stories also by Grant Morrison.
This is a great list! I haven’t read all of these and definitely need to check them out. I will say that Sean Murphy’s White Knight series have been blowing me away with how enjoyable they are. That would probably go on my list. And I have a huge soft spot for the Batman/Predator series from the 90’s by Dave Gibbons with the Kubert brothers on art.
Love your list! I don't know about some of these Batman stories and that's good. It gives me the chance to read them in collected editions. I would love to see your Top 15 X-Men stories!
Lots of good ones there. A personal, maybe unique, choice of mine is Morrison’s RIP. It’s the ultimate representation of Batman’s preparation, maybe even more so than ToB. And I love Morrison’s call backs Kirby’s work.
I love Year Two also. Same with Year Three, really wish they would've included that in the deluxe edition with Death in the Family and A Lonely Place of Dying, which might be my favorite Batman/Robin/Nightwing story.
I agree, although DV isn’t as good as LH, it’s still a fantastic story and def worthy of Top 15 status. Tim Sale is on record stating that he thought DV was when he and Loeb were at their best.
Great video, Omar! Pairs well with your where to start reading Batman video to get a look at what’s available. Lots of great looking Absolute Editions in this video; would love to see a video on your favorite Absolutes.
Right there with you on The Killing Joke. I know a lot of people don't care for it these days, and that's okay, but to me it's the perfect Joker story because he isn't likable; he's a murdering, sociopathic, horribly abusive, irredeemable monster. Plus, Brian Bolland's artwork is unbelievably great in that story.
I've always told people if for no other reason buy the Killing Joke for Bolland's artwork because its incredible. I have yet to see anything imho that has topped the artwork in Killing Joke. And again imo Hush is the only one that comes close.
I agree with you Omar on Year two but I actually think Mask of the Phantasm handled year two a lot better. But to be fair that is my favorite Batman movie.
I love the Demon Trilogy hardcover. Norm Breyfogle is my personal favorite Batman artist, so great to see the shoutout. Going Sane is fantastic too, and it was great to see that the early pitch DeMatteis had prior to writing Kraven's Last Hunt eventually got written as a DC story too.
Strange Apparitions is a great run! Detective 469-476 with 475-476 being the “Laughing Fish” story. The follow on Wein - Rogers Clayface story in 477-478 is also very good.
Don't think I can put mine in particular order, but my personal 15 favorites would probably be these. 1: Prey 2: Eye Of The Beholder 3: Bruce Wayne: Murderer / Fugitive 4: Year One 5: Strange Apparitions 6: Dark Knight, Dark City 7: No Man's Land 8: The Cult 9: Ego 10: The Vampire Trilogy 11: Jeph Loeb / Tim Sale Trilogy 12: Paul Dini Omnibus 13: Officer Down 14: Venom 15: A Death In The Family / A Lonely Place Of Dying There's plenty of Batman stories I like, but those are the most notable ones for me.
As someone who's been reading comic books since 1972 and seen a lot of Batman artist I can also say Jim Aparo goes to the # 1 slot as my favorite Batman artist
Great list, Omar! I've never even heard of 'Going Sane', have to pick it up soon. Wish there was space on the list for one of my favourites, Jim Starlin's 'Batman: The Cult', don't hear it being talked about enough.
Most of my fav Batman and, and DC in general, is within Elseworlds. For a long time Arkham Asylum was my top, but nowadays I like Night Cries, Manbat/Batman and Batman/Houdini a little bit more - oddly nobody ever mentions those. Nice to see Bride of the Demon. Also, just yesterday I looked again at Hush and back in the day I thought it was overrated- and it still is.
Another great video! As a long, long time reader your reviews refresh so many awesome memories of my initial reading of these classics! One suggestion O Omar. Your enthusiasm is palpable, but can you take a few nanoseconds on the credits pages, please 🙏. It helps to see the wonderful talents involved. Thanks.
Love anything that delves into the sinister and horrifying world of the Bat. The Elseworlds Batman & Dracula trilogy is tops for me. Also loved the Batman/Deadman arc by Moench and Kelley.
Great work Omar! The only ones I don't own and haven't read are 'Going Sane' and 'Year Two'. I've read 'Legacy' and 'Cataclysm' and loved them (I actually read a novelized version of the latter before the comic) and would like to buy them (which is easier for the 'Cataclysm' event in omnis). I'm surprised you didn't choose any story from Grant Morrison's run. Cheers from Mexico!
My top 5: 5) Metal 4) Under the Red Hood 3) No Mans Land 2) Tom Kings Batman run (Please don't hate!) 1) Grant Morrisons run, but only from Batman and Son to Batman RIP I surprised myself when I realized that my picks are all relatively modern. While I enjoy a lot of the 80's Batman, it turns out that I actually like modern stories more.
Nice list! Still need to read Going Sane. My list is probably something like this: 1. Batman Year One 2. The Long Halloween 3. Dark Victory 4. The Dark Knight Returns 5. No Man’s Land 6. Court of Owls 7. Denny O’Neil and Neal Adams’ original comics with Ra’s al Ghul 8. The Demon Trilogy 9. Zero Year 10. Black Mirror 11. Tower of Babel 12. Dark Knight, Dark City 13. Heart of Hush 14. Strange Apparitions 15. Knightfall
My single favorite issue is Batman #232 “Daughter of the Demon” and the subsequent storyline in issues 242-244. Inspired an 8 and then 9 year old to love this character and his many derivatives for a lifetime. “Tales of the Demon” for trade readers. O’Neil - Adams recreating Batman for generations to come.
That's one of my favorite and most read books ever. The Neal Adams omnibus has most of those issues but not all of them. I keep on hoping for a Batman by Dennis O'Neil Omnibus.
Thanks for doing this episode Uncanny Omar! Very interesting. Just my opinion but No Man's Land suffers from not having a consistent artist (I understand its a crossover with many titles), and while Death in the Family and Hush are iconic, overall I don't think the stories were that great - Hush has fantastic artwork and Death had you and other readers voting on Jason's fate, but I think the stories could have been better. For what it's worth here are my Top 15 and a couple honorable mentions. Have a look! 1. Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller, Klaus Jansen, and Lynn Valley 2. Batman: Year One by Frank Miller & David Mazzuchelli 3. The Killing Joke by Alan Moore & Brian Bolland 4. Batman & Grendel - Volumes 1 & 2 by Matt Wagner 5. Arkham Asylum - A Serious House on Serious Earth by Grant Morrison & Dave McKean 6. Batman: The Long Halloween by Jeff Loeb & Tim Sale 7. Batman & The Monster Men - Batman & The Mad Monk 8. Batman: Strange Apparitions & Dark Detective by Steve Englehart, Marshall Rogers, and Terry Austin 9. Court of Owls by Scott Snyder & Greg Capullo 10. Batman & Dracula Trilogy (Red Rain, Crimson Mist, Bloodstorm) by Doug Moench & Kelley Jones 11. Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader by Neil Gaiman & Andy Kubert 12. Batman: Year 100 by Paul Pope 13. Gotham by Gaslight by Brian Agustyn & Mike Mignola 14. Batman: Damned by Brian Azzarello & Lee Bermejo 15. Dark Knight: The Master Race by Frank Miller, Brian Azzarello, Andy Kubert, and Klaus Jansen Honorable Mentions: 1. The Joker's Five-Way Revenge (Batman #251) by Dennis O'Neal & Neal Adams 2. Batman: Nosferatu by Jean-Marc Lofficier, Randy Lofficier, and Ted McKeever 3. The Batman Adventures: Mad Love by Paul Dini & Bruce Time 4. Batman: Son of the Demon by Mike W. Barr & Jerry Bingham 5. Batman: The Cult by Jim Starlin & Bernie Wrightson 6. Batman Gothic: A Romance by Grant Morrison & Klaus Jansen 7. Batman Manbat by Jamie Delano & John Bolton 8. Batman & Judge Dredd: Judgment on Gotham by John Wagner, Alan Grant & Simon Bisley 9. Batman - The Ankh & The Chalice by Chuck Dixon & John Vanfleet 10. Batman & Houdini: The Devil's Workshop by Howard Chaykin & Mark Chiarello
I haven't read a ton yet. I don't think that I can make a top 10, but Killing Joke, Hush, and Dark Knight Returns, definitely belong. I really enjoyed the Failsafe story, curious to see how that one stands up to the others once I read them. I'm looking at getting Year One and JLA Tower of Babel next.
It’s nice that most (if not all) of these picks are books that even DC Comics sees as quintessential and thus are always made readily available. I feel as though sometimes the best stories are sometimes OOP IMO
Great list! Honestly, if I had to choose three batman comics to keep and trash the rest, they'd be: Year One, The Long Halloween, and The Dark Knight Returns. I can ready those any day and love them every time.
My favourite Batman book I own is a leather bound “The complete Frank Miller Batman” which is not complete today but was at the time it was published with three stories, The Dark Knight Returns, Batman Year One and a little Christmas Batman story Frank illustrated from DC Special Series #21 (1980).
I just got done watching this video TWICE❗️❗️❗️ For me, I think the most interesting thing here I seen that I wanna check out is the Going Sane...🤘🏼💯✔️
1. The Long Halloween 2. Year One 3. Strange Apparitions Englehart/Rogers Detective Comics run 4. Knightfall, including Parable 5. Court of Owls 6. Zero Year-Secret City 7. Killing Joke 8. DARK VICTORY 9. Hush-Jim Lee's art, my heavens 10. City of Crime
The same month that Year One started in Batman, Mike W. Barr and Alan Davis started their Amazing Detective Comics Run. I think that if either Davis stayed through issue #578 or if he left with issue #574 (an Incredible Mad Hatter issue), and let McFarlane do the whole story, Year Two would have been more of a Classic!
Thank you for the reply!! You’ve mad my day. I also wanted to say that I’ve been watching your channel since you folks were below 50k subscribers and I’m so happy that now you’re nearing 75k!! I love this channel, pray that y’all continue to grow and I’m very happy for everyone at Near Mint Condition!! Thank you
Todd McFarlane should’ve never stopped drawing for Batman. He’s so damn slick. Like when you read Spider-Man anything Todd McFarlane touches is just incredible. He’s basically the main reason the Marvel universe took off today.
my top 10 batman comics 1-Batman Elseworlds Vol.2 2- Batman -Hush 3-Batman-The Killing Joke 4-Batman-Gotham by Gaslight 5-Batman-Doom that came to Gotham,6-Batman-Creature of the night ,7-Batman-The Long Halloween,8-Batman Three Jokers ,9-Batman Arkham Asylum ,10-Batman Dark Victory
Great list. I personally think black mirror should be there somewhere but good choices all. And btw the knightfall omnis on your shelf are out of order lol
Batman by Scott Snyder was good but I was a little weird with how the joker was in this run. Then I haven't read anything else, so Is pauldini omnibus good?
@@NearMintCondition I am sure about it Omar... I just really love both Pope and his very cool take on Batman on "...Year 100". Thank you very much for your comment...🙂
I forgot to mention the great Batman Ra's Al Ghul Year One. Without spoiling, there is an aspect to Ra's in this story that makes it incandescent. Devin Grayson is an exceptional writer.
You know there are A LOT of great Batman stories when Knightfall or Black Mirror don't make his list
fuck Knightfall
KNIGHTFALL ❤agreed
The Prelude to Knightfall is better than the event, IMO.
@@edwardmiguez6995 thanks, will check it out 🤘🏻
@@edwardmiguez6995 which collected edition would be the prelude to knightfall??
'Going Sane' is utterly amazing, it's a crime how practically no one ever mentions it. Amazing art, story, dialogue, just great stuff, and it's Dematteis which is always a win. How it's never got a HC at least is a head scratcher.
I seen it want to buy it but they're asking for too much
@@MightMouse2174 You can find them in bookswagon at low price
I'd pretty much have to "legally" read it online at this point, because the paperback copies I found cost way too much money right now.
@@stainedclassv0114indeed😊
They need to make a Legends of the Dark Knight omnibus badly.
You’ve helped me and my little brother get back into the stories we loved as kids. This channel deserves more subscribers for just unraveling the complexity of reading orders. Keep doing what you’re doing, Omar!
Thank you for watching and commenting and being here!
Yes indeed😊
Grant Morrison's Batman and Robin stories blew me away as a teen. I knew superheroes came back from the dead but his protégé taking up the cowl and adopting a new robin felt like such a logical step, and I loved rooting for such fallible characters trying to live up to the legend of the dark knight.
Indeed😊
Omar, I'm 40yo and been out of the game for 20. I recently bought some of my favorites in HC, and now it's just been snowballing. I also just got a tablet so being able to read chilling outside without carrying heavy goods has been something I didn't know I needed. My favorites are pretty cliche as I grew up in the 90s....Superman, Batman, Spider-Man, X-Men, etc. (There's something to be said about exposure then vs now... Especially kids. Trading cards, comics everywhere, after school or Saturday cartoons... I feel I got to grow up in such an awesome era vs now. The movies have been great IMO, but I enjoyed the 90s exposure more. It was special when we didn't have all of the tech we do now.) Anywho, I'm sorry for getting long winded. I came here to say your knowledge, explanations, and collection videos have been a god send. I've been trying to gather what material to read, and it's just been really hard given I've been out so long. I'm impressed at the amount of Omnibus' that are out! My inner kid has been freaking OUT. Youve really been great man, and I appreciate the help, and heck out of it. Very enjoyable. The best part, I can actually talk CURRENT works with my 18yo son instead of all retro lol! Keep rocking these vids! 👌🤘
My favorite has to be long Halloween one of the best detective stories I’ve read and probably the only Batman story that wasn’t spoiled before I read it
luckily for me no one I know reads comics so there always fresh when i read them
you can try Dark Victory is sequal to it
I really enjoyed the black mirror
I don’t read tonnes of comics but I read Year One at least 5 or 6 times a year. It is storytelling and artwork perfection. Came here to find other options and was pleasantly surprised by your number 1 😅
It’s excellent, you are correct.
I absolutely love Hush, it's such an excellent story!
I unironically was just looking for a video like this. Wanna grow my Batman collection and this was big help
I’m glad I could help.
[Batman Comics] Nothing beats _Morrison's Run_ N O T H I N G !!
Predicated on Peter Milligans 3pt. _Dark Knight, Dark City_ & the old Silver-age Batmn story _Robin Dies at Dawn._
> Batman 655-658 _Batman & Son,_ than 664-665 & 672-675 & 667-669 _the Black Glove._ All Leads into RIP. (Reside in Purgatory) Bat 676-683 & 701-702 & FINAL CRISIS 6 (Epilogued in Bat 687 not written by Morrison). Than Batman & Robin 1-16 as well as _The Search for Bruce Wayne_ 1-6 all sets up the mind blowing return of Bruce & eventually the Original BATMAN INCORPORATED series (Get the $30 Over-Sized, Deluxe 260pg Edition, it's A Best Deal & A TOP 3 Batman GN). Also Note Batman 666 & 700. Two Somewhat self contained comic stories also by Grant Morrison.
This is a great list! I haven’t read all of these and definitely need to check them out. I will say that Sean Murphy’s White Knight series have been blowing me away with how enjoyable they are. That would probably go on my list. And I have a huge soft spot for the Batman/Predator series from the 90’s by Dave Gibbons with the Kubert brothers on art.
Love your list! I don't know about some of these Batman stories and that's good. It gives me the chance to read them in collected editions. I would love to see your Top 15 X-Men stories!
Great video. I give it a solid 6 out of 10!
Hahahaha.
Lots of good ones there. A personal, maybe unique, choice of mine is Morrison’s RIP. It’s the ultimate representation of Batman’s preparation, maybe even more so than ToB. And I love Morrison’s call backs Kirby’s work.
Bro RIP Holy crap! That book
@@invictusbat7225 Zur en arrh 🤷🏻♂️😁
One of my favorites too!!
I love Year Two also. Same with Year Three, really wish they would've included that in the deluxe edition with Death in the Family and A Lonely Place of Dying, which might be my favorite Batman/Robin/Nightwing story.
That Tshirt is awesome Omar. I'm a huge resident evil fan.😯
Liked the video just because of that and I haven't even started watching yet.😂
I think Dark Victory is also a very good mystery story and a worthy follow-up to The Long Halloween. But my Top 3 are also in the same exact order!
I agree, although DV isn’t as good as LH, it’s still a fantastic story and def worthy of Top 15 status. Tim Sale is on record stating that he thought DV was when he and Loeb were at their best.
Yes 😊
Didn't expect All-Star Batman and Robin followed by Odyssey repeated 14 times, but hey, it's your channel.
Great video, Omar! Pairs well with your where to start reading Batman video to get a look at what’s available. Lots of great looking Absolute Editions in this video; would love to see a video on your favorite Absolutes.
Right there with you on The Killing Joke. I know a lot of people don't care for it these days, and that's okay, but to me it's the perfect Joker story because he isn't likable; he's a murdering, sociopathic, horribly abusive, irredeemable monster. Plus, Brian Bolland's artwork is unbelievably great in that story.
I've always told people if for no other reason buy the Killing Joke for Bolland's artwork because its incredible. I have yet to see anything imho that has topped the artwork in Killing Joke. And again imo Hush is the only one that comes close.
This is a video I’ve been wanting since i first found this channel and I’m glad it’s finally here, excited to see these choices
I liked Dark Victory as well. Thought it was an excellent follow up to Long Halloween.
Love your passion and content, Omar! Keep it coming, bro!
Thank you so much, my brother!
Black mirror is my absolute favorite! Shocked it didn’t make the list. Still need to read a couple that did make the list though
It was in the top 20.
I agree with you Omar on Year two but I actually think Mask of the Phantasm handled year two a lot better. But to be fair that is my favorite Batman movie.
X-men is the obvious choice to ask from you, but I'd love to see Superman or Spider-Man!
I love the Demon Trilogy hardcover. Norm Breyfogle is my personal favorite Batman artist, so great to see the shoutout.
Going Sane is fantastic too, and it was great to see that the early pitch DeMatteis had prior to writing Kraven's Last Hunt eventually got written as a DC story too.
It's all subjective...so I'll subject you to MY pick - the Englehart/Rogers run on Batman.
BTW - I am 100% with you on your top three picks.
Strange Apparitions is a great run! Detective 469-476 with 475-476 being the “Laughing Fish” story. The follow on Wein - Rogers Clayface story in 477-478 is also very good.
Oh now that is. A great run!
Don't think I can put mine in particular order, but my personal 15 favorites would probably be these.
1: Prey
2: Eye Of The Beholder
3: Bruce Wayne: Murderer / Fugitive
4: Year One
5: Strange Apparitions
6: Dark Knight, Dark City
7: No Man's Land
8: The Cult
9: Ego
10: The Vampire Trilogy
11: Jeph Loeb / Tim Sale Trilogy
12: Paul Dini Omnibus
13: Officer Down
14: Venom
15: A Death In The Family / A Lonely Place Of Dying
There's plenty of Batman stories I like, but those are the most notable ones for me.
Can't wait till we get a top 15 Superman stories from you
As someone who's been reading comic books since 1972 and seen a lot of Batman artist I can also say Jim Aparo goes to the # 1 slot as my favorite Batman artist
He was phenomenal!
Great list, Omar! I've never even heard of 'Going Sane', have to pick it up soon. Wish there was space on the list for one of my favourites, Jim Starlin's 'Batman: The Cult', don't hear it being talked about enough.
The Cult is so great!
What a great video! Very enjoyable. I’m really interested in “No Man’s Land” and will put it on my list. 👍
Thank you so much!
Owls, Gaslight, and Halloween for me
Great video Omar
I massively prefer the original coloring for Killing Joke.
Thanks for defending Killing Joke and Dark Knight Returns ❤️
Yes😊😊
Most of my fav Batman and, and DC in general, is within Elseworlds. For a long time Arkham Asylum was my top, but nowadays I like Night Cries, Manbat/Batman and Batman/Houdini a little bit more - oddly nobody ever mentions those. Nice to see Bride of the Demon. Also, just yesterday I looked again at Hush and back in the day I thought it was overrated- and it still is.
Great list, what love to see more list like this for other superheroes.
You got it, hermano!
Another great video! As a long, long time reader your reviews refresh so many awesome memories of my initial reading of these classics!
One suggestion O Omar. Your enthusiasm is palpable, but can you take a few nanoseconds on the credits pages, please 🙏. It helps to see the wonderful talents involved. Thanks.
You want to see the credits of the books? Of course I can focus on those next time.
Love anything that delves into the sinister and horrifying world of the Bat. The Elseworlds Batman & Dracula trilogy is tops for me. Also loved the Batman/Deadman arc by Moench and Kelley.
Great work Omar!
The only ones I don't own and haven't read are 'Going Sane' and 'Year Two'. I've read 'Legacy' and 'Cataclysm' and loved them (I actually read a novelized version of the latter before the comic) and would like to buy them (which is easier for the 'Cataclysm' event in omnis). I'm surprised you didn't choose any story from Grant Morrison's run.
Cheers from Mexico!
The knowledge on comics is impressive man. Keep up the great work love keeping up with the daily videos you post.
My top 5:
5) Metal
4) Under the Red Hood
3) No Mans Land
2) Tom Kings Batman run (Please don't hate!)
1) Grant Morrisons run, but only from Batman and Son to Batman RIP
I surprised myself when I realized that my picks are all relatively modern. While I enjoy a lot of the 80's Batman, it turns out that I actually like modern stories more.
Gotham by gaslight is where i began my Batman collection
Great video
Thank you!
Have to admit, didn’t expect to see Batman Odyssey at #1, but what an unexpected twist!
(For real this time) Great list Omar :)
Hahaha :)
I'm digging the T-shirt my dude.
Thanks my brother!
No Mans Land is my favorite by far.
Nice list! Still need to read Going Sane. My list is probably something like this:
1. Batman Year One
2. The Long Halloween
3. Dark Victory
4. The Dark Knight Returns
5. No Man’s Land
6. Court of Owls
7. Denny O’Neil and Neal Adams’ original comics with Ra’s al Ghul
8. The Demon Trilogy
9. Zero Year
10. Black Mirror
11. Tower of Babel
12. Dark Knight, Dark City
13. Heart of Hush
14. Strange Apparitions
15. Knightfall
Great overall list. Tough not seeing Knightfall or Knight’s End here, as those are incredible classics as well.
Never read Batman before. I've decided to jump in with Snyder's omnibus. It should be delivered tomorrow and I'm super excited to get into it
My single favorite issue is Batman #232 “Daughter of the Demon” and the subsequent storyline in issues 242-244. Inspired an 8 and then 9 year old to love this character and his many derivatives for a lifetime. “Tales of the Demon” for trade readers. O’Neil - Adams recreating Batman for generations to come.
That's one of my favorite and most read books ever. The Neal Adams omnibus has most of those issues but not all of them. I keep on hoping for a Batman by Dennis O'Neil Omnibus.
The Long Halloween got me into Batman comics as an adult
I've been watching your videos voraciously for the past few weeks, but this is my favorite video yet. I love this content! Well done, sir.
Thank you so much for the kind words and for being here!
Thanks for doing this episode Uncanny Omar! Very interesting. Just my opinion but No Man's Land suffers from not having a consistent artist (I understand its a crossover with many titles), and while Death in the Family and Hush are iconic, overall I don't think the stories were that great - Hush has fantastic artwork and Death had you and other readers voting on Jason's fate, but I think the stories could have been better. For what it's worth here are my Top 15 and a couple honorable mentions. Have a look!
1. Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller, Klaus Jansen, and Lynn Valley
2. Batman: Year One by Frank Miller & David Mazzuchelli
3. The Killing Joke by Alan Moore & Brian Bolland
4. Batman & Grendel - Volumes 1 & 2 by Matt Wagner
5. Arkham Asylum - A Serious House on Serious Earth by Grant Morrison & Dave McKean
6. Batman: The Long Halloween by Jeff Loeb & Tim Sale
7. Batman & The Monster Men - Batman & The Mad Monk
8. Batman: Strange Apparitions & Dark Detective by Steve Englehart, Marshall Rogers, and Terry Austin
9. Court of Owls by Scott Snyder & Greg Capullo
10. Batman & Dracula Trilogy (Red Rain, Crimson Mist, Bloodstorm) by Doug Moench & Kelley Jones
11. Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader by Neil Gaiman & Andy Kubert
12. Batman: Year 100 by Paul Pope
13. Gotham by Gaslight by Brian Agustyn & Mike Mignola
14. Batman: Damned by Brian Azzarello & Lee Bermejo
15. Dark Knight: The Master Race by Frank Miller, Brian Azzarello, Andy Kubert, and Klaus Jansen
Honorable Mentions:
1. The Joker's Five-Way Revenge (Batman #251) by Dennis O'Neal & Neal Adams
2. Batman: Nosferatu by Jean-Marc Lofficier, Randy Lofficier, and Ted McKeever
3. The Batman Adventures: Mad Love by Paul Dini & Bruce Time
4. Batman: Son of the Demon by Mike W. Barr & Jerry Bingham
5. Batman: The Cult by Jim Starlin & Bernie Wrightson
6. Batman Gothic: A Romance by Grant Morrison & Klaus Jansen
7. Batman Manbat by Jamie Delano & John Bolton
8. Batman & Judge Dredd: Judgment on Gotham by John Wagner, Alan Grant & Simon Bisley
9. Batman - The Ankh & The Chalice by Chuck Dixon & John Vanfleet
10. Batman & Houdini: The Devil's Workshop by Howard Chaykin & Mark Chiarello
Great stuff 😊😊😊
Please do that for spidey too 😍
I don’t know how long I’ve been reading batman but I’ve definitely read “The court of owls” and a few other ones
I haven't read a ton yet. I don't think that I can make a top 10, but Killing Joke, Hush, and Dark Knight Returns, definitely belong. I really enjoyed the Failsafe story, curious to see how that one stands up to the others once I read them. I'm looking at getting Year One and JLA Tower of Babel next.
Beautiful books, I recommend Venom
It’s nice that most (if not all) of these picks are books that even DC Comics sees as quintessential and thus are always made readily available. I feel as though sometimes the best stories are sometimes OOP IMO
Great list! Honestly, if I had to choose three batman comics to keep and trash the rest, they'd be: Year One, The Long Halloween, and The Dark Knight Returns. I can ready those any day and love them every time.
Great list
My favourite Batman book I own is a leather bound “The complete Frank Miller Batman” which is not complete today but was at the time it was published with three stories, The Dark Knight Returns, Batman Year One and a little Christmas Batman story Frank illustrated from DC Special Series #21 (1980).
I just got done watching this video TWICE❗️❗️❗️ For me, I think the most interesting thing here I seen that I wanna check out is the Going Sane...🤘🏼💯✔️
In your most private moments you will remember the man who beat you. That epic line!!
Your previous overview of Batman Year One and this video has convinced me to double dip and get the Absolute Edition! LOL
Lol I’m so sorry.
Omar, I give this list a 6/10. 🤪😛😝
Hahahaha my man!
1. The Long Halloween
2. Year One
3. Strange Apparitions Englehart/Rogers Detective Comics run
4. Knightfall, including Parable
5. Court of Owls
6. Zero Year-Secret City
7. Killing Joke
8. DARK VICTORY
9. Hush-Jim Lee's art, my heavens
10. City of Crime
Awesome Batman lineup.👍
Thanks 👍
Great list, one of my favourites is Batman venom. Such a cool story
I like "Year Two" as well. Is the follow-up included in that collected edition? Don't remember the name off the top my hat. Drawn by Davis as well.
Full Circle's in there, it's a great deluxe edition.
Full Circle? It’s in the deluxe.
@@NearMintCondition That's the one. Thanks.
21:55 I’ve read this book, it is so good
The same month that Year One started in Batman, Mike W. Barr and Alan Davis started their Amazing Detective Comics Run.
I think that if either Davis stayed through issue #578 or if he left with issue #574 (an Incredible Mad Hatter issue), and let McFarlane do the whole story, Year Two would have been more of a Classic!
Batman Ego is sooooo underrated. It’s literally perfect.
Appreciate the Tim drake respect, he’s been my favorite robin for years. DC really been shafting him for quite a while though, sad to see..
More please do Superman next
Great list, thnx. My favourites are Batman year 100, the dark knight returns, no mans land and the long halloween
I love the umbrella corp shirt
Thank you!
Thank you for the reply!! You’ve mad my day. I also wanted to say that I’ve been watching your channel since you folks were below 50k subscribers and I’m so happy that now you’re nearing 75k!! I love this channel, pray that y’all continue to grow and I’m very happy for everyone at Near Mint Condition!! Thank you
Thank you my brother! For watching and being here!
Todd McFarlane should’ve never stopped drawing for Batman. He’s so damn slick. Like when you read Spider-Man anything Todd McFarlane touches is just incredible. He’s basically the main reason the Marvel universe took off today.
Yes😊
Have you ever heard of someone named i don't know Stan Lee
my top 10 batman comics 1-Batman Elseworlds Vol.2 2- Batman -Hush 3-Batman-The Killing Joke 4-Batman-Gotham by Gaslight 5-Batman-Doom that came to Gotham,6-Batman-Creature of the night ,7-Batman-The Long Halloween,8-Batman Three Jokers ,9-Batman Arkham Asylum ,10-Batman Dark Victory
Great list. I personally think black mirror should be there somewhere but good choices all. And btw the knightfall omnis on your shelf are out of order lol
Awesome video. What shelves are you using behind you? Is there a video of your setup?
These are Kallax from Ikea
@@NearMintCondition thank you so much!!
Batman by Scott Snyder was good but I was a little weird with how the joker was in this run. Then I haven't read anything else, so Is pauldini omnibus good?
"The Long Halloween" Brilliant.
Great list! There are a few Batman stories I haven't read so I'll be on the look out for three hardcovers
Great list. One Batman arc I love and no one mentions it is Batman: Creature of the night. That story is just beautiful. Any comic fan should read it.
The one by John Paul Leon and Kurt Busiek?
@@NearMintCondition After I wrote this, I found your video! I stand corrected.
Hi, great list Omar... no "Batman Year 100"?
As much as I love Paul Pope, this list was so hard to put together.
@@NearMintCondition I am sure about it Omar... I just really love both Pope and his very cool take on Batman on "...Year 100". Thank you very much for your comment...🙂
The long halloween was amazing
Wow yes i live in EU...and i really did not know about the Germa site!! Nice
i would say Black Mirror and Batman Eternal deserve to be on this list too. 2 of my modern favs.
Ohhh, yes. Agree about Black Mirror. It had slipped my mind.
Black Mirror was 17 :)
Alright Omar! You and I have great taste. My number one is Batman Year One too. That's as good as it gets. Take care and peace everyone.
Court of Owls... incredible. Hush for sure.
Someday we will get that Contagion/Legacy omni… someday.
I usually change my mind whenever I read a batman book.
Gotta love the batman content
black mirror is one of my fav's for sure would've love to see ut on the list
I forgot to mention the great Batman Ra's Al Ghul Year One. Without spoiling, there is an aspect to Ra's in this story that makes it incandescent. Devin Grayson is an exceptional writer.
My god, that top 4. People could argue endlessly about what order those books fall in, but that's the top 4.
I have got to read Year 2 😱👏
Me too.
Good journey!
@@NearMintCondition great video!!
I hope you continue with these types of videos.