+Danish Khan I prefer my superheros not to be all perfect it's one of the reason I'm not a fan of superman he's just too damn boring mainly due how perfect he is
10. Batman: Hush 9. Batman: The Cult 8. Batman: A Death in the Family 7. Arkham Asylum: Serious house on serious earth 6. Batman: knightfall 5. Batman: Dark victory 4. Batman: A dark Halloween 3. Batman: year one 2. The killing joke 1. Return of the dark knight
I honestly couldn't choose which comic I like better: The Killing Joke or The Dark Knight Returns. Sometimes I go one way, sometimes the other. If I am going to have a favorite, I prefer it to be multiple choice lol
+Yust1234 he had a nasty divorce(a woman who collaborated with him on comics for fucking decades) , had cancer in his bladder,kidney and prostate. he was also a life long new yorkian and took 9/11 personally. that's more or less kind of lead to his current state.
So let me get this straight. You title your video 'Top 10 Batman Comics You Should Read' but then tell us the massive plot twist of Batman: Hush, which is that Thomas Elliot, is Hush. What's the point in people reading it if you're just going to ruin the biggest pull to these books for the people who haven't read it?
+Javier Villarroel Lol, me too, damn it. I was watching this on my ps3, but then paused it to check the comments on my laptop to see if there were any spoilers. The sad part of it is that I have this book on my shelf, I just haven't got around to reading it. Shit!
+Todd Smith Just read it, I also knew before I read Hush that Thomas Elliot was Hush, but the story is really well written and it makes a lot of fun reading it. I think you wont be disappointed.
+The Flash And it's a great list in that regard. Many of these comics on this list are the exact ones that my friends suggested to me when I first started getting into comics.
Unverschämt It's not bad, just remember that the 25 minutes are not worthy enjoying, it's shit. But once the 15 minutes of killing joke is here, it quite enjoyable.
I really liked it once the killing joke story actually happens. Especially when Joker attacks Barbara. That part is pretty chilling. And it's pretty much word for word like the comic. That epilogue is pointless tho.
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Even though I figured it out the moment Hush is introduced, it is indeed a spoiler. And you don't put spoilers in a video where you literally recommend these comics to new readers.
Aseril I've read the comic multiple times. The video is recommending comics people should read, implying that you shouldn't spoil it for people who haven't. You are the idiot for not having that figured out by the title. I was complaining that they've spoiled it for new readers. I am not a new reader.
I would recommend pretty much the entire run by Scott Snyder/Greg Capullo from the New 52. Court of Owls, Zero Year, Death of The Family (a play on A Death in the Family), and Endgame.
dc's worst decision was scott lobdell and tynion iv. snyder's stories are not bad in themselves if you don't try to put them in the actual continuity and think of them as belonging in an AU. the mistake was to put him in a 'normal' continuity. (I meaann he's far from the best but we have had worse writers in DC like Willingham at least on his Robin run, war games' one of the worst written arcs)
+Célia Collet Wow, that was a longer and smarter response than I ever expected to receive. But I mean now, Snyder may have effectively ruined the DCEU which I know isn't everything but it is a lot to people who want to see major characters on the big screen. True they may be bad in comic sense but in my opinion, Sndyer is one of the worst as far as movies go.
+Ethan Jones I can imagine the kind of response you were expecting and I'd like to believe I think my comments through enough not to appear too stupid XD About Snyder, I'm not so sure. BvS's Batman is pretty much Batman at the time of A Lonely Place of Dying. from what I gathered from interviews the point was to show batman at his worse to criticize how he's usually portrayed in mainstream media and how utterly unhealthy and dangerous it is for him to basically 'work alone'. Most of the problems I had with the movie were resolved in the extended cut actually. the thing is he works a lot with symbols in MoS and BvS so I can see how it could be annoying (I strive for this kind of writing when it's well done). I actually felt like the movie was written through Tim Drake's view of Batman in a LPoD in a way (it may be because I really liked that part of the comics sinceTD has my favorite Robin introduction). A lot of the problems I've seen come more from trying something with camera work for example in MoS which, sure in the end wasn't well done but when thinking about the why's (here it was to represent Clark's emotional state) is actually interesting. I mean BvS wasn't a great movie but I ended up liking it far better than Cap 3 which was still really entertaining and solid for its genra of entertainment but very weak in how it was supposed to talk about the consequences of super heroing. Wow I went a little far here. but basically Snyder's not that bad for an AU. Plus I think they started darker because they wanted to give an alternative to the MCU's light heartedness instead of just copying it. I guess it depends on what you want to see when you go watch the movie whether you go to see a fun superhero movie or a more questioning one. The problem with Lobdell or Tynion is that a lot of people came to the comics world after watching the (animated) movies or the cartoons and used the reboot to start with and as such were introduced through the New 52's badly stereotypically written characters and though the reboot added some nice things it was overall almost more of a mess than the continuity before the reboot (seriously death of the family/courtofowls....can stand on its own but if you try to place it in any continuity doesn't have a leg to stand on) and those two are some of the worst authors to write Batman or superman related stories (their Tim Drake seriously makes me wanna cry). at this point I'm almost disgusted to read anything new from DC :/ I'm just gonna try green arrow and super sons (because I need a sb/robin fun comic and if I can't have Tim & Kon I'll settle for their successor). Where was I going again ? Oh right I stand by the idea that those two are some of the worst thing to happen to DC because new readers who'll think New 52/rebirth is the best way to learn about the comics will get those (it doesn't help that in some countries like France we get comics in bound books and most of them are from the N52:/).
+Ethan Jones I can imagine the kind of response you were expecting and I'd like to believe I think my comments through enough not to appear too stupid XD About Snyder, I'm not so sure. BvS's Batman is pretty much Batman at the time of A Lonely Place of Dying. from what I gathered from interviews the point was to show batman at his worse to criticize how he's usually portrayed in mainstream media and how utterly unhealthy and dangerous it is for him to basically 'work alone'. Most of the problems I had with the movie were resolved in the extended cut actually. the thing is he works a lot with symbols in MoS and BvS so I can see how it could be annoying (I strive for this kind of writing when it's well done). I actually felt like the movie was written through Tim Drake's view of Batman in a LPoD in a way (it may be because I really liked that part of the comics sinceTD has my favorite Robin introduction). A lot of the problems I've seen come more from trying something with camera work for example in MoS which, sure in the end wasn't well done but when thinking about the why's (here it was to represent Clark's emotional state) is actually interesting. I mean BvS wasn't a great movie but I ended up liking it far better than Cap 3 which was still really entertaining and solid for its genra of entertainment but very weak in how it was supposed to talk about the consequences of super heroing. Wow I went a little far here. but basically Snyder's not that bad for an AU. Plus I think they started darker because they wanted to give an alternative to the MCU's light heartedness instead of just copying it. I guess it depends on what you want to see when you go watch the movie whether you go to see a fun superhero movie or a more questioning one. The problem with Lobdell or Tynion is that a lot of people came to the comics world after watching the (animated) movies or the cartoons and used the reboot to start with and as such were introduced through the New 52's badly stereotypically written characters and though the reboot added some nice things it was overall almost more of a mess than the continuity before the reboot (seriously death of the family/courtofowls....can stand on its own but if you try to place it in any continuity doesn't have a leg to stand on) and those two are some of the worst authors to write Batman or superman related stories (their Tim Drake seriously makes me wanna cry). at this point I'm almost disgusted to read anything new from DC :/ I'm just gonna try green arrow and super sons (because I need a sb/robin fun comic and if I can't have Tim & Kon I'll settle for their successor). Where was I going again ? Oh right I stand by the idea that those two are some of the worst thing to happen to DC because new readers who'll think New 52/rebirth is the best way to learn about the comics will get those (it doesn't help that in some countries like France we get comics in bound books and most of them are from the N52:/).
+Ethan Jones I can imagine the kind of response you were expecting and I'd like to believe I think my comments through enough not to appear too stupid XD About Snyder, I'm not so sure. BvS's Batman is pretty much Batman at the time of A Lonely Place of Dying. from what I gathered from interviews the point was to show batman at his worse to criticize how he's usually portrayed in mainstream media and how utterly unhealthy and dangerous it is for him to basically 'work alone'. Most of the problems I had with the movie were resolved in the extended cut actually. the thing is he works a lot with symbols in MoS and BvS so I can see how it could be annoying (I strive for this kind of writing when it's well done). I actually felt like the movie was written through Tim Drake's view of Batman in a LPoD in a way (it may be because I really liked that part of the comics sinceTD has my favorite Robin introduction). A lot of the problems I've seen come more from trying something with camera work for example in MoS which, sure in the end wasn't well done but when thinking about the why's (here it was to represent Clark's emotional state) is actually interesting. I mean BvS wasn't a great movie but I ended up liking it far better than Cap 3 which was still really entertaining and solid for its genra of entertainment but very weak in how it was supposed to talk about the consequences of super heroing. Wow I went a little far here. but basically Snyder's not that bad for an AU. Plus I think they started darker because they wanted to give an alternative to the MCU's light heartedness instead of just copying it. I guess it depends on what you want to see when you go watch the movie whether you go to see a fun superhero movie or a more questioning one. The problem with Lobdell or Tynion is that a lot of people came to the comics world after watching the (animated) movies or the cartoons and used the reboot to start with and as such were introduced through the New 52's badly stereotypically written characters and though the reboot added some nice things it was overall almost more of a mess than the continuity before the reboot (seriously death of the family/courtofowls....can stand on its own but if you try to place it in any continuity doesn't have a leg to stand on) and those two are some of the worst authors to write Batman or superman related stories (their Tim Drake seriously makes me wanna cry). at this point I'm almost disgusted to read anything new from DC :/ I'm just gonna try green arrow and super sons (because I need a sb/robin fun comic and if I can't have Tim & Kon I'll settle for their successor). Where was I going again ? Oh right I stand by the idea that those two are some of the worst thing to happen to DC because new readers who'll think New 52/rebirth is the best way to learn about the comics will get those (it doesn't help that in some countries like France we get comics in bound books and most of them are from the N52:/).
My top 10: 10 A man who laughs 9 Mad love 8 Hush 7 Court of owls 6 Night of owls 5 Long Halloween 4 Year one 3 Death of family 2 Dark knight returns 1 Killing joke
Nah I'd say it's 11.A lonely place of dying (isn't as good as some of the others but is still very gd and is more important than most of them as it shows y batman needs a robin) 10.Hush/under the hood (couldn't decide) 9.Killing joke 8.Dark victory 7.RIP (read batman and son and black glove first otherwise it won't make sense there both collected in the batman and son omnibus) 6.death of the family (not a death in) 5.DKR 4.Black mirror 3.Long holloween 2.Court of owls 1.Year one
the beauty of The Killing Joke is not the story. The story is fairly generic, though it is brutal. The beauty of The Killing Joke is the amazing philosophy that Joker drops on us.
+Narwhal That's because the movie was good, they made some changes from the comic that made the story more interesting. The comic; however, is a convoluted mess of story telling.
as arkham asylum is one of my favorite comic of all times, let me tell you that even if youre not into Comics, just read it. its more than a comic, its a piece of art actually.
TDKR is good for the most part in regards to an aged Bruce taking the mantle of Batman again after so long. but my gripe with it is that they completely messed about with Superman, making him out to be the governments lapdog. plus the whole 'Batman beat Superman' thing is ridiculous to begin with.
Me too. I mean it's great but I think it's a bit overated. Plus everytime I read it I remember that it takes place in the same universe with All Star Batman And Robin and that doesn't help.
I am a massive batman fan. I absolutely adore everything to do with the dark knight, and I have actually read every single comic on this list, as well as seen all of the movies and played all of the video games used in this video. however, I hated grant Morrison's Arkham asylum. idk if it's just me, but I really can't get behind most of Morrison's work.
I'm sorry, but no I don't agree with your list because 1: I think should have at least had one Scott Snyder story and 2: The Dark Knight Returns (I think) is severely overrated. (This is all based on my opinion)
It's not really overrated bcuz everyone wanted to see batman at a stage of his life where you'd think he gives it all up but he still pushes on and fights till the end, makes a great story
Why do you think it is overrated? I definitely don't think it's perfect, but I'd like to hear why you think so and hopefully see a new perspective on the book.
@@bethzidavelez5376 I mean yeah if you read comics from 2000 and later and/or have a specific artstyle you like and can't appreciate other styles it's your problem
Death in the Family can be an interesting concept. With the death of Jason Todd, Batman becomes more serious and brooding than before. Replacing his dark blue costume with the yellow circle on it, and becoming the dark gritty Batman we all know today.
I totally get where you're coming from, but I personally never really looked at TKJ as a Batman story. I felt that it belonged to Joker, Jim, and Barbara far more. It is still one of my favorite graphic novels and I consider it to possibly be one of the richest stories ever told within the mythos, but as far as focus is concerned, Batman is the least important person in it to me. That doesn't make it bad in any way, it just feels different in that regard compared to The Cult, Hush, TDKR, etc.
Can I just say that The Dark Knight Returns animated movie is great. I know its based off of arguably the greatest Batman comic book, maybe even greatest comic book, but I havent read it. But I did love it. I would venture to say Peter Weller has possibly the best Batman voice, maybe even better than Conroy (I'm not sure who I like better) his is so deep he doesn't need to change it.
I don't know...if you tell people you've read Tolstoy, Dickens or Shakespeare they're like, "Wow! Nice!" If you say "I read Batman," they're like..."So?" or "NEEEERRRRRDDDD!"
Now that they're making The Killing Joke into an animated film, I'd like to see an adaptation of The Long Halloween/Dark Victory story into an animated movie.
My List 1. Ego 2. the Dark Knight Returns 3. the Killing Joke 4. Mad Love 5. Year One 6. the Long Halloween 7. Dark Victory 8. Knightfall 9. the Court of Owls 10. Hush
Court of Owls is my personal favorite, to be honest I liked all of the New 52 stories with creators Stephen Snider and Greg Capullo. They are the true heroes from making the best batman storyline ever.
My picks: Detective Comics 027 - Special Edition (Batman 75 Anniversary)(2014) Batman: Year One (1987) Batman: The Man Who Laughs (2005) Batman and the Monster Men (2006) Batman and the Mad Monk (2007) Batman: The Long Halloween (1996) Batman: Dark Victory (2000) Batman: Son of the Demon (1987) Batman: Bride of the Demon (1990) Batman: Birth of the Demon (1992) Batman: The Killing Joke (1988) Batman - Knightfall (1994) Batman: A death in the Family (1995) Batman: Hush (2009) Court and Night of the Owls (2012) Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (1986)
The comic came out a long time ago, so it becomes a late arrival spoiler at worst. I never read Hush, but I knew his identity before Arkham series became a thing.
If someone only now gets into comic books, he wouldn't know about Hush, hell, this video literally is for those who haven't read those comic books mentioned. If it suggests reading these, why tell spoilers from them? Would you go up to someone who hasn't seen the sixth sense and has no idea what it is about and say "Oh, it's a great movie, Bruce Willis plays a ghost who doesn't know that"? No you wouldn't, unless you are an asshole, which I assume you aren't.
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+Jeremy Fields I would definitely switch Death in the Family for Death of the Family. Zero Year is really good, but I felt like it had some pacing problems plus some other stuff that bothered me like how they portrayed the scene of Joker falling into the chemical vat - and while Year One is short, it's also very well paced and has one of my favorite Batman moments (though I love the Riddler in Zero Year, so tough choice). I'd definitely have Black Mirror on here too. Even End Game is good enough to at least make the honorable mentions. The Scott Snyder/Greg Capullo team is possibly the best duo to ever do Batman, I still can't believe they couldn't even crack the top ten.
+McScroggz I feel like endgame was just a rehash and Scott going for wow factor which is not necessarily bad it's just he tries to pull of these big stories but nothing important ever comes of them. Now you could say there is a new batman and everything else but i can almost guarantee everything will be the same by next year
Well, in comics there is no real permanence for major characters - especially somebody like Batman. So, I suppose End Game won't have the same impact as, say, Grant Morrison's run on Batman; but even without lasting impact the story was still a lot of fun and well told with some great moments. Death of the Family didn't have lasting ramifications, but it was fantastic anyways in part because Snyder is aware enough to subvert the expectations of the readers (though the title gives it away). I don't think there needs to be major shakeups to the DC universe for a story to be amongst the best. I will say though, there is something lacking in End Game but I'm not sure what it is exactly.Carson Dawes
That story was honestly how Bruce Wayne as Batman should end. I never thought I would read a story that ends with Batman's death and be completely satisfied with the overall story.
My favourite Batman comics list looks like this: Honorable mentions: A death in The family, Batman: The court, Batman: Year 100, Batman: Earth One, Batman and son and the rebirth saga 10. Batman: Year one 9. Batman: Knightfall 8. Batman: The three Jokers 7. Batman: Hush 6. The Killing Joke 5. Batman: The black mirror 4. Batman: The long Halloween 3. Batman: The court of Owls 2. Batman: The dark knight returns 1. Batman Arkham Asylum: A serious hous on a serious earth
My favorite Batman stories: Batman: Tenses, Under the Red Hood, Death in the family, Batman: Hush, No Man's Land, Dark Knight Returns, Court of Owls, The Man who Laughs... nuff said.
1: Knightfall (Batman fights a new foe named Bane, but ends up getting his back broken) 2: Year One (A new vigilante who calls himself Batman arises in his first year as a hero) 3: A Death In the Family (Batman fails to save Jason Todd from getting beaten to death with a crowbar) 4: The Dark Knight Returns (Batman is old and retired, the washed up does many things like fighting Superman) 5: Killing Joke (The Joker is worst than ever, paralyzing and almost killing Barbra Gordon) 6: Long Halloween (A brand new threat in the form of a serial killer emerges and goes on a killing spree) 7: The Court of Owls (The Court of Owls battle Batman in this dark storyline) 8: Hush (The introduction of a creepy villain who becomes way too obsessed with Batman) 9: Under the Red Hood (Filled with rage, Jason Todd returns but is now the villain known as Red Hood) 10: The Man Who Laughs (The first encounter with the Joker is revealed in this Year One sequel)
Essential early years: 1. Year One 2. The Long Halloween 3. Dark Victory Everlasting stories: 1. Son of the demon 2. The killing joke 3. Dark Knight Returns Fun collosals: 1. Hush 2. Knightfall 3. No Man's Land Time wasters: 1. Batman incorporated 2. And all other non-sense relating to death of batman, that force them to reboot 52.
He'll ya. I'm hoping she shows up in the DCU sometime. If not I kind of want to see her in the flash tv show. I wouldn't mind if they made her a meta human.
+Christian Tolentino she deserves to be in the DCU. Perhaps Justice League? There are two Flash villains called Rose and Thorn who are basically Poison Ivy discounts so it's likely we'll see them first.
Really, though... Trying to make a top 10 comics is damn near impossible. No fun 50s-60s nonsense? Vampire batman? One of my personal favorites, 'whatever happened to the caped crusader?'? No ream mentions of Tim drake, new 52, any of a huuuuge number of else worlds tales......
The Dark Knight Returns at number one? Featured all of Batman's classic enemies? There were only two. The Dark Knight Returns in my opinion is incredibly overrated. I understand how it so important I just don't like it. If I want to buy a novel, I would buy a novel. The artwork isn't great and you could barely tell what the hell is happening in half of the comic. There really was no reason for Superman to being together. The whole fight is just incredibly boring. Save yourself the time, & a bunch of money and just watch the animated adaptations. 100% better.
I dislike the art, but the story is pretty solid. And Harvey Dent being a great character doesn't hurt. Still, I confess I haven't re-read it often due to the art...
Wow no love for Scott Snyder's New 52 run of Batman? Death in the Family or Court of the Owls are both much better than comics like The Cult or Arkham Asylum. Also only an honorable mention for Black Mirror? I know its Dick Grayson Batman but man, Watchmojo is no a Scott Snyder fan.
Awesome I highly reccomend you get knightfall,DK Returbs or the killing joke. But there is an animated killing joke movie coming if you would rather watch it
To understand "Heart of Hush" (or "Hush returns", "House of Hush") it's pretty important to read the original book. Yes the villain's identity can be guessed pretty quickly, and his plan is overly complicated (almost on Luthor from BvS level) but Hush is a great villain and this comic is worth reading, even just to read the sequels.
***** Except it's not an intelligent master piece. All Frank Miler did with this story is maker Batman darker than he already was. He really only came back because of his midlife crisis, and the political themes are shoehorned in if you ask me. The dialogue is not that good today, with the exception of a few select panels and quotes. many characters are given ill fitting personalities, like Superman, who is demoted into being a mindless slave to the U.S. government, and Joker, who went from being someone obsessed with Batman to being your average run of the mill homicidal madman who looks like a clown. The art is atrocious for the majority of the book, with a good panel or two being spliced in. I don't see how anyone can be educated from this, and while new comics may not be as ground breaking as this book once was, it does not make them lesser stories.
Actually Jason Todd's death was due to one guy using bots to get more votes on Jason's death. But I gotta thank him as we wouldn't have Red Hood today.
+JustDenzell in the vid I saw they said it's been confirmed it was just one guy calling in, I'm not sure if it's fact or not but the voting system was dodgey for sure.
They tell us what we should read, and then kind of spoil it...
F you
+AndroidRoo Language
he's right
+istrone He gave out Hush's identity in first sentence and I stopped the vdo immediately.
+istrone the killing joke came out early 90's, and the dark knight is like 2012, spoiler rule does not apply to things after 1 year of release
"long Halloween gives you everything you'd want in a batman comic"
... Besides a conclusive ending.
*OOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHH*
Its still amazing
Read the sequel Dark Victory
and after Dark Victory, Haunted Knight
There is also Catwoman when in Rome
I just read it and it was my first Batman comic I have read and tbh, I think it’s AMAZING. I think I understood the ending too tbh
Batman is the GREATEST superhero of all time!
+bsefan he's not the strongest, he's not perfect, but he's certainly the most iconic superhero ever.
*Spider-Man
Aaron Hernandez definitely no.2
+Danish Khan I prefer my superheros not to be all perfect it's one of the reason I'm not a fan of superman he's just too damn boring mainly due how perfect he is
+Aaron Hernandez
Emo Spiderman Vs Bat Man with Bat Nipples
Who do you think would win?
I really like the art of Batman Hush
Agreed, it’s nice artwork, but what I can’t stand is the Batman/Catwoman romance. Ugh.
Definitely the cleanest art too.
Same
Jim Lee is probably my favorite comic book artist
@Seb The ice man nice joke man, im waiting for the punchline
Court of Owls is a must
Hell yeah
It's a great starting on point for new readers too
+You Dont E.N.O no, it is not a must read. It's okay but you won't miss anything fantastic if you skip it.
It is a must. It's one of Batman most well written/drawn stories.
+Mr Simmons thank you, it's good but certainly not great. Snyder/Capullo on Death of The Family was great.
Where is Death of the Family?! D:
+Enda Gallagher It was number 8.
+sfighter00 That was Death IN the family. Jason Todd's death. Death OF the family is a gruesome mix of Death in the Family, and Killing joke.
Ominethious Calistian Oh oops.
+Enda Gallagher I KNOW RIGHT! was expecting it to be number one
Ikr, like how did they not mention it
The Court of Owls deserves more than an honorable mention I think. One of the few things the New 52 did right was introduce them to Gotham.
The Court of Owls comics are very underrated
10. Batman: Hush
9. Batman: The Cult
8. Batman: A Death in the Family
7. Arkham Asylum: Serious house on serious earth
6. Batman: knightfall
5. Batman: Dark victory
4. Batman: A dark Halloween
3. Batman: year one
2. The killing joke
1. Return of the dark knight
I'm calling it now:
3) The killing Joke
2) Batman: Year one
1) The Dark Knight Returns
oooooh, so close!
+UnkeptMoss328 close ;)
1/3
That was a hell of an effort, man.
+UnkeptMoss328 That is as close as it can get. Holy crap. If only you swapped those you'd be 3 for 3!
I honestly couldn't choose which comic I like better: The Killing Joke or The Dark Knight Returns. Sometimes I go one way, sometimes the other. If I am going to have a favorite, I prefer it to be multiple choice lol
OHHHHHHH YOURE FUCKING DOPE
I don't get it
+Jman Joker said the multiple choice thing regarding his origin in The Killing Joke.
+Jman Then you haven't read Killing Joke.
BibbyBoxx2219 What multiple choice thing
The dark Knight returns and batman year one, the good stories before frank Miller become insane and starting drawing like a 5 years old
I would include Martha Washington one and sin city along side his batman work. also his daredevil arc is fucking classic.
Poor guy that lobotomy went bad for him
+Yust1234 he had a nasty divorce(a woman who collaborated with him on comics for fucking decades) , had cancer in his bladder,kidney and prostate. he was also a life long new yorkian and took 9/11 personally. that's more or less kind of lead to his current state.
+DC cinematic universe sucks every yeah since 9/11*
What the hell happened to him? He was good!
So let me get this straight. You title your video 'Top 10 Batman Comics You Should Read' but then tell us the massive plot twist of Batman: Hush, which is that Thomas Elliot, is Hush. What's the point in people reading it if you're just going to ruin the biggest pull to these books for the people who haven't read it?
Rydar Yes, but I assume Watchmojo was making this list for new comic readers who don't know that sort of thing.
+BREBBERS I realized that when i read your comment not from the video xD
Thanks man...
+Javier Villarroel Lol, me too, damn it. I was watching this on my ps3, but then paused it to check the comments on my laptop to see if there were any spoilers. The sad part of it is that I have this book on my shelf, I just haven't got around to reading it. Shit!
+Todd Smith Just read it, I also knew before I read Hush that Thomas Elliot was Hush, but the story is really well written and it makes a lot of fun reading it. I think you wont be disappointed.
It's about how we get there, not the endpoint.
Guys, this list isnt best top ten, just what 10 you should read, dont get butthurt
+The Flash hey umm the flash huh Barry Allen or Wally West
+BloodyRageGaming Well his pic is Barry Allen
+The Flash And it's a great list in that regard. Many of these comics on this list are the exact ones that my friends suggested to me when I first started getting into comics.
I hope they make one for you
Ladies and Gentlemen, I'm from the present, and the Killing joke(Animated) is disappointing.
I was going to watch it tomorrow, now I'm unsure if I should do so :c
Unverschämt It's not bad, just remember that the 25 minutes are not worthy enjoying, it's shit. But once the 15 minutes of killing joke is here, it quite enjoyable.
Was it confirming the Joker's backstory or just showing one of his possible memories?
Tobias Greinberg It's kinda Bat girl begins and stuff that doesn't fit well. Oh, and Batsex.
I really liked it once the killing joke story actually happens. Especially when Joker attacks Barbara. That part is pretty chilling. And it's pretty much word for word like the comic. That epilogue is pointless tho.
Batman is my favourite avenger
What?
Lol mine too
My favorite Justice Leaguer is Spider-Man lol
Libby Couch it’s a joke
😂😂
I own all of these except The Cult, guess I should pick it up.
+kieralinn lol...yeah me too
+kieralinn Hey me too! but what i don't have is Dark victory. Cuz i never thought the sequel could live up to the first one that is Long halloween
+kieralinn Same, didnt even know that ti existed.On it ;)
+kieralinn the cult is awesome with tiny bubbles
+Thomas Wayne07 It's pretty good. Don't know why Batman would have to deal with another serial killer after TLH but... it's still a good read.
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They didn't give a spoiler alert?
+The PJO Mothafuqa no
I get it why they didn't mention Henry. 😂😂😂😱😱😱😱. Superman curse.
OK watch mojo you did top 10 batman comics, now do top 10 superman comics
+WatchMojo.com You should do "Top DC Animated Movies" next.
More about the comics and less movie clips would have been welcome.
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Under the red hood should have been on this list
Agreed.
Death in the family was better bcuz it out jason where he needed to be to become red hood, we'd have no red hood if it wasn't for that story
I agree 100%
The movie was better
The movie was bloody incredible
Gonna say without watching video that #1 is gonna be The Dark Knight returns!
One of the most iconic dialogue..i want you to remember one man who beats you
+Mayank Gupta this is a operation table and I am the surgeon
@@simaopereira3697 you’ll stay scared, won’t you punk?
Way to spoil the entire point to Hush being a detective storyline. Just give away the big mystery for anyone who hasn't read it.
Jake Pope Are you an idiot? You actually went into a video with this title and you complain about spoilers
Even though I figured it out the moment Hush is introduced, it is indeed a spoiler. And you don't put spoilers in a video where you literally recommend these comics to new readers.
Aseril I've read the comic multiple times. The video is recommending comics people should read, implying that you shouldn't spoil it for people who haven't.
You are the idiot for not having that figured out by the title. I was complaining that they've spoiled it for new readers. I am not a new reader.
hm where's The Death of The Family?
Number 8
It's the third one
Yeah, it's my favourite
nope that's A death IN the family. different stories folks.
Yes in
I would recommend pretty much the entire run by Scott Snyder/Greg Capullo from the New 52. Court of Owls, Zero Year, Death of The Family (a play on A Death in the Family), and Endgame.
Whoever didn't read the Killing Joke, Endgame, Batman Eternal, or Death of/Death in the Family, I feel sorry for you.
Killing Joke and some of Eternal are missing for me. I'll have to alleviate that soon.
+The Engie That Cried Nope I don't read garbage.
The Killing Joke is amazing.
+The Engie That Cried Nope Those are the best, dont know why they were not on the list?
Thing with death in the family is that it's so iconic everyone already knows the story without having to read it. So there's almost no point anymore
Long Halloween fucked with my mind at the end
Glad that the Court of Owls story got a mention. That's one of my favorite comic book storylines.
My TOP 5:
5) Batman Year One
4) Batman Hush
3) Batman The Long Halloween
2) Batman (New52) Court of Owls
1) Batman The Dark Knight Returns
ZERO year?
@the N word I thought zero year was meh honestly I much prefer year one
@@astukokiotili5496 really? I love it but I do think year one is a lot better frank Miller my booiiiii!!!
Is Hush really good?
@@andrewabraham7597 not really
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+Kubanito2020 actually that sounds like a good idea when you think about it.
I love the dark knight returns but the killing joke is my favorite, its a classic you can read over and over again and never get tired of it :)
DC's best decision: Frank Miller
DC's worst decision: Zack Snyder
dc's worst decision was scott lobdell and tynion iv.
snyder's stories are not bad in themselves if you don't try to put them in the actual continuity and think of them as belonging in an AU. the mistake was to put him in a 'normal' continuity. (I meaann he's far from the best but we have had worse writers in DC like Willingham at least on his Robin run, war games' one of the worst written arcs)
+Célia Collet Wow, that was a longer and smarter response than I ever expected to receive. But I mean now, Snyder may have effectively ruined the DCEU which I know isn't everything but it is a lot to people who want to see major characters on the big screen. True they may be bad in comic sense but in my opinion, Sndyer is one of the worst as far as movies go.
+Ethan Jones I can imagine the kind of response you were expecting and I'd like to believe I think my comments through enough not to appear too stupid XD
About Snyder, I'm not so sure. BvS's Batman is pretty much Batman at the time of A Lonely Place of Dying. from what I gathered from interviews the point was to show batman at his worse to criticize how he's usually portrayed in mainstream media and how utterly unhealthy and dangerous it is for him to basically 'work alone'. Most of the problems I had with the movie were resolved in the extended cut actually. the thing is he works a lot with symbols in MoS and BvS so I can see how it could be annoying (I strive for this kind of writing when it's well done). I actually felt like the movie was written through Tim Drake's view of Batman in a LPoD in a way (it may be because I really liked that part of the comics sinceTD has my favorite Robin introduction).
A lot of the problems I've seen come more from trying something with camera work for example in MoS which, sure in the end wasn't well done but when thinking about the why's (here it was to represent Clark's emotional state) is actually interesting. I mean BvS wasn't a great movie but I ended up liking it far better than Cap 3 which was still really entertaining and solid for its genra of entertainment but very weak in how it was supposed to talk about the consequences of super heroing.
Wow I went a little far here.
but basically Snyder's not that bad for an AU. Plus I think they started darker because they wanted to give an alternative to the MCU's light heartedness instead of just copying it.
I guess it depends on what you want to see when you go watch the movie whether you go to see a fun superhero movie or a more questioning one.
The problem with Lobdell or Tynion is that a lot of people came to the comics world after watching the (animated) movies or the cartoons and used the reboot to start with and as such were introduced through the New 52's badly stereotypically written characters and though the reboot added some nice things it was overall almost more of a mess than the continuity before the reboot (seriously death of the family/courtofowls....can stand on its own but if you try to place it in any continuity doesn't have a leg to stand on) and those two are some of the worst authors to write Batman or superman related stories (their Tim Drake seriously makes me wanna cry). at this point I'm almost disgusted to read anything new from DC :/ I'm just gonna try green arrow and super sons (because I need a sb/robin fun comic and if I can't have Tim & Kon I'll settle for their successor).
Where was I going again ? Oh right I stand by the idea that those two are some of the worst thing to happen to DC because new readers who'll think New 52/rebirth is the best way to learn about the comics will get those (it doesn't help that in some countries like France we get comics in bound books and most of them are from the N52:/).
+Ethan Jones I can imagine the kind of response you were expecting and I'd like to believe I think my comments through enough not to appear too stupid XD
About Snyder, I'm not so sure. BvS's Batman is pretty much Batman at the time of A Lonely Place of Dying. from what I gathered from interviews the point was to show batman at his worse to criticize how he's usually portrayed in mainstream media and how utterly unhealthy and dangerous it is for him to basically 'work alone'. Most of the problems I had with the movie were resolved in the extended cut actually. the thing is he works a lot with symbols in MoS and BvS so I can see how it could be annoying (I strive for this kind of writing when it's well done). I actually felt like the movie was written through Tim Drake's view of Batman in a LPoD in a way (it may be because I really liked that part of the comics sinceTD has my favorite Robin introduction).
A lot of the problems I've seen come more from trying something with camera work for example in MoS which, sure in the end wasn't well done but when thinking about the why's (here it was to represent Clark's emotional state) is actually interesting. I mean BvS wasn't a great movie but I ended up liking it far better than Cap 3 which was still really entertaining and solid for its genra of entertainment but very weak in how it was supposed to talk about the consequences of super heroing.
Wow I went a little far here.
but basically Snyder's not that bad for an AU. Plus I think they started darker because they wanted to give an alternative to the MCU's light heartedness instead of just copying it.
I guess it depends on what you want to see when you go watch the movie whether you go to see a fun superhero movie or a more questioning one.
The problem with Lobdell or Tynion is that a lot of people came to the comics world after watching the (animated) movies or the cartoons and used the reboot to start with and as such were introduced through the New 52's badly stereotypically written characters and though the reboot added some nice things it was overall almost more of a mess than the continuity before the reboot (seriously death of the family/courtofowls....can stand on its own but if you try to place it in any continuity doesn't have a leg to stand on) and those two are some of the worst authors to write Batman or superman related stories (their Tim Drake seriously makes me wanna cry). at this point I'm almost disgusted to read anything new from DC :/ I'm just gonna try green arrow and super sons (because I need a sb/robin fun comic and if I can't have Tim & Kon I'll settle for their successor).
Where was I going again ? Oh right I stand by the idea that those two are some of the worst thing to happen to DC because new readers who'll think New 52/rebirth is the best way to learn about the comics will get those (it doesn't help that in some countries like France we get comics in bound books and most of them are from the N52:/).
+Ethan Jones I can imagine the kind of response you were expecting and I'd like to believe I think my comments through enough not to appear too stupid XD
About Snyder, I'm not so sure. BvS's Batman is pretty much Batman at the time of A Lonely Place of Dying. from what I gathered from interviews the point was to show batman at his worse to criticize how he's usually portrayed in mainstream media and how utterly unhealthy and dangerous it is for him to basically 'work alone'. Most of the problems I had with the movie were resolved in the extended cut actually. the thing is he works a lot with symbols in MoS and BvS so I can see how it could be annoying (I strive for this kind of writing when it's well done). I actually felt like the movie was written through Tim Drake's view of Batman in a LPoD in a way (it may be because I really liked that part of the comics sinceTD has my favorite Robin introduction).
A lot of the problems I've seen come more from trying something with camera work for example in MoS which, sure in the end wasn't well done but when thinking about the why's (here it was to represent Clark's emotional state) is actually interesting. I mean BvS wasn't a great movie but I ended up liking it far better than Cap 3 which was still really entertaining and solid for its genra of entertainment but very weak in how it was supposed to talk about the consequences of super heroing.
Wow I went a little far here.
but basically Snyder's not that bad for an AU. Plus I think they started darker because they wanted to give an alternative to the MCU's light heartedness instead of just copying it.
I guess it depends on what you want to see when you go watch the movie whether you go to see a fun superhero movie or a more questioning one.
The problem with Lobdell or Tynion is that a lot of people came to the comics world after watching the (animated) movies or the cartoons and used the reboot to start with and as such were introduced through the New 52's badly stereotypically written characters and though the reboot added some nice things it was overall almost more of a mess than the continuity before the reboot (seriously death of the family/courtofowls....can stand on its own but if you try to place it in any continuity doesn't have a leg to stand on) and those two are some of the worst authors to write Batman or superman related stories (their Tim Drake seriously makes me wanna cry). at this point I'm almost disgusted to read anything new from DC :/ I'm just gonna try green arrow and super sons (because I need a sb/robin fun comic and if I can't have Tim & Kon I'll settle for their successor).
Where was I going again ? Oh right I stand by the idea that those two are some of the worst thing to happen to DC because new readers who'll think New 52/rebirth is the best way to learn about the comics will get those (it doesn't help that in some countries like France we get comics in bound books and most of them are from the N52:/).
Man I freaking love Court of the Owls, definably a must read even though it didn't fall on the top 10
My top 10:
10 A man who laughs
9 Mad love
8 Hush
7 Court of owls
6 Night of owls
5 Long Halloween
4 Year one
3 Death of family
2 Dark knight returns
1 Killing joke
How the hell did Snyder get snubbed to only an honorable mention.
The Court of Owls, Death of the Family, and Endgame are absolute must reads.
Cuz Hes name is Snyder. That name has a stigmata in the superhero genre
Some of the comics on this list were big inspirations for “The Batman” (2022)!
Where's under the red hood?
I guess it's mixed together with "a death in the family". So it technically made the list.
Nah I'd say it's
11.A lonely place of dying (isn't as good as some of the others but is still very gd and is more important than most of them as it shows y batman needs a robin)
10.Hush/under the hood (couldn't decide)
9.Killing joke
8.Dark victory
7.RIP (read batman and son and black glove first otherwise it won't make sense there both collected in the batman and son omnibus)
6.death of the family (not a death in)
5.DKR
4.Black mirror
3.Long holloween
2.Court of owls
1.Year one
I've never read a Batman comic, and I'm gonna start, so this was helpful
Without watching I already know the killing joke is in the top 3
well call me raven Baxter cause I can see the future
+Shannaro! Baka To be fair, the Killing Joke is one the most iconic comic books, general.
+Shannaro! Baka It's the first one I ever read. It's also the first comic Tim Burton's ever loved
Wrong it's the top 2
the beauty of The Killing Joke is not the story. The story is fairly generic, though it is brutal.
The beauty of The Killing Joke is the amazing philosophy that Joker drops on us.
You guys totally forgot Batman: The Red Hood
+Narwhal That's because the movie was good, they made some changes from the comic that made the story more interesting. The comic; however, is a convoluted mess of story telling.
Oh, never knew that, lol.
+Narwhal Also, it's number 8 on the list.
No, that's "A Death in the Family", lol
Ricky Wilson
Death in the Family is long before red hood. It is about Jason Todd's death, but never touches on the red hood.
The Dark Knight Returns is such a good fucking read.
as arkham asylum is one of my favorite comic of all times, let me tell you that even if youre not into Comics, just read it. its more than a comic, its a piece of art actually.
No Man''s Land is nowhere to be seen?
Sadly people seem to diss no mans land it was even an influence to the Dark Knight Rises
No Man's Land is amazing. One of my all time favorite Batman stories. Not even an honorable mention. Scandalous.
+gamepro504
And part of Arkham City
"Under the Red Hood" should have been mentioned.
IMO all of Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo's run is a must
Am I the only one that doesn't really like TDKR. I personally recommend Year One to anyone.
I'm the same, I think killing joke is better
TDKR is good for the most part in regards to an aged Bruce taking the mantle of Batman again after so long.
but my gripe with it is that they completely messed about with Superman, making him out to be the governments lapdog. plus the whole 'Batman beat Superman' thing is ridiculous to begin with.
I am also not a fan of TDKR. I like the confrontations Bruce has with Harvey and the Joker but to me the rest of the story is just dumb.
Me too. I mean it's great but I think it's a bit overated. Plus everytime I read it I remember that it takes place in the same universe with All Star Batman And Robin and that doesn't help.
+Crimson Gamer DO you mean the dark knight rises or returns. I think both are great but I understand why people don't like them
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I am a massive batman fan. I absolutely adore everything to do with the dark knight, and I have actually read every single comic on this list, as well as seen all of the movies and played all of the video games used in this video. however, I hated grant Morrison's Arkham asylum. idk if it's just me, but I really can't get behind most of Morrison's work.
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+Anirudh Baranwal number 8
I don't know, I didn't like the plot twist in Endgame, the one about the Joker.
I'm sorry, but no I don't agree with your list because 1: I think should have at least had one Scott Snyder story and 2: The Dark Knight Returns (I think) is severely overrated. (This is all based on my opinion)
It's not really overrated bcuz everyone wanted to see batman at a stage of his life where you'd think he gives it all up but he still pushes on and fights till the end, makes a great story
Why do you think it is overrated? I definitely don't think it's perfect, but I'd like to hear why you think so and hopefully see a new perspective on the book.
The art is what makes it bad
@@bethzidavelez5376 I mean yeah if you read comics from 2000 and later and/or have a specific artstyle you like and can't appreciate other styles it's your problem
I wonder if Batman: Year One is a prequel to Batman: The Dark Knight Returns.
I know this is late, but it's Imao
No it's not it's retelling of batman's origin
Death in the Family can be an interesting concept. With the death of Jason Todd, Batman becomes more serious and brooding than before. Replacing his dark blue costume with the yellow circle on it, and becoming the dark gritty Batman we all know today.
IMO, the killing joke should be #1. Even though TDKR is awesome, TKJ is more relevant to the batman mythos and is deeper
Agreed!
I totally get where you're coming from, but I personally never really looked at TKJ as a Batman story. I felt that it belonged to Joker, Jim, and Barbara far more. It is still one of my favorite graphic novels and I consider it to possibly be one of the richest stories ever told within the mythos, but as far as focus is concerned, Batman is the least important person in it to me. That doesn't make it bad in any way, it just feels different in that regard compared to The Cult, Hush, TDKR, etc.
I completely agree
+Manta Too overwritten.
+Danijel Str
To each their own. You may not like it much, but others do. Different people, different opinions
Can I just say that The Dark Knight Returns animated movie is great. I know its based off of arguably the greatest Batman comic book, maybe even greatest comic book, but I havent read it. But I did love it. I would venture to say Peter Weller has possibly the best Batman voice, maybe even better than Conroy (I'm not sure who I like better) his is so deep he doesn't need to change it.
Dark Knight Returns is over rated.
Apparently everything is
I agree.
agreed, The Killing Joke and Year One were so much better.
Have you even read it??
Batman: battle for the cowl is pretty good
That's one of my favourites.
You're comment suits you're username lol.
Dick Grayson yeah it is u were batman black mirror is batter then that though and u where batman in that aswell
Please don't watch GOTHAM
Why? It is amazing!
It has it's moments. Season 2 off to a great start for instance
+Sam808t
It's a pile of bat-garbage.
Not to mention it has not being any sort of official canon besides very little of Batman Year One
+Christian Tolentino so far i don't like season 2 , only liked one or two episodes
thanks for the the spoiler about the hush identity.
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I think red hood story is very good, seeing jason todd from the least liked robin to the one of the most popular villains red hood.
Dude I loved hush and still think it’s the best comic
I love them both, but Killing Joke > The Dark Knight Returns
I don't know...if you tell people you've read Tolstoy, Dickens or Shakespeare they're like, "Wow! Nice!" If you say "I read Batman," they're like..."So?" or "NEEEERRRRRDDDD!"
Now that they're making The Killing Joke into an animated film, I'd like to see an adaptation of The Long Halloween/Dark Victory story into an animated movie.
My List
1. Ego
2. the Dark Knight Returns
3. the Killing Joke
4. Mad Love
5. Year One
6. the Long Halloween
7. Dark Victory
8. Knightfall
9. the Court of Owls
10. Hush
Court of Owls is my personal favorite, to be honest I liked all of the New 52 stories with creators Stephen Snider and Greg Capullo. They are the true heroes from making the best batman storyline ever.
My picks:
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Batman: Year One (1987)
Batman: The Man Who Laughs (2005)
Batman and the Monster Men (2006)
Batman and the Mad Monk (2007)
Batman: The Long Halloween (1996)
Batman: Dark Victory (2000)
Batman: Son of the Demon (1987)
Batman: Bride of the Demon (1990)
Batman: Birth of the Demon (1992)
Batman: The Killing Joke (1988)
Batman - Knightfall (1994)
Batman: A death in the Family (1995)
Batman: Hush (2009)
Court and Night of the Owls (2012)
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (1986)
I like how you didn't spoil Hush. Good Job.
We all know who Hush is at this point anyway.
If someone didn't play Arkham games, how would they know?
The comic came out a long time ago, so it becomes a late arrival spoiler at worst. I never read Hush, but I knew his identity before Arkham series became a thing.
If someone only now gets into comic books, he wouldn't know about Hush, hell, this video literally is for those who haven't read those comic books mentioned. If it suggests reading these, why tell spoilers from them? Would you go up to someone who hasn't seen the sixth sense and has no idea what it is about and say "Oh, it's a great movie, Bruce Willis plays a ghost who doesn't know that"? No you wouldn't, unless you are an asshole, which I assume you aren't.
Now that I think about it, you might haven't seen The Sixth Sense and I could've ruined it for you. In which case I am sorry.
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Black Mirror, Court of Owls, Death of the Family, Zero Year, and End Game should be on the list
Scott Snyder is good just not that good but I do think court of owls or black mirror should be on here
+Jeremy Fields I would definitely switch Death in the Family for Death of the Family. Zero Year is really good, but I felt like it had some pacing problems plus some other stuff that bothered me like how they portrayed the scene of Joker falling into the chemical vat - and while Year One is short, it's also very well paced and has one of my favorite Batman moments (though I love the Riddler in Zero Year, so tough choice). I'd definitely have Black Mirror on here too. Even End Game is good enough to at least make the honorable mentions.
The Scott Snyder/Greg Capullo team is possibly the best duo to ever do Batman, I still can't believe they couldn't even crack the top ten.
+McScroggz I feel like endgame was just a rehash and Scott going for wow factor which is not necessarily bad it's just he tries to pull of these big stories but nothing important ever comes of them. Now you could say there is a new batman and everything else but i can almost guarantee everything will be the same by next year
Well, in comics there is no real permanence for major characters - especially somebody like Batman. So, I suppose End Game won't have the same impact as, say, Grant Morrison's run on Batman; but even without lasting impact the story was still a lot of fun and well told with some great moments. Death of the Family didn't have lasting ramifications, but it was fantastic anyways in part because Snyder is aware enough to subvert the expectations of the readers (though the title gives it away). I don't think there needs to be major shakeups to the DC universe for a story to be amongst the best.
I will say though, there is something lacking in End Game but I'm not sure what it is exactly.Carson Dawes
+McScroggz The best duo since Batman and Robin themselves
Epic background music during the intro and even better background music for the rest of the video
Endgame not even an honourable mention??
Uploaded Before that ended.
Endgame just sky rocked top top 10 when Joker replied: Hello..Bruce!
That story was honestly how Bruce Wayne as Batman should end. I never thought I would read a story that ends with Batman's death and be completely satisfied with the overall story.
My favourite Batman comics list looks like this:
Honorable mentions: A death in The family, Batman: The court, Batman: Year 100, Batman: Earth One, Batman and son and the rebirth saga
10. Batman: Year one
9. Batman: Knightfall
8. Batman: The three Jokers
7. Batman: Hush
6. The Killing Joke
5. Batman: The black mirror
4. Batman: The long Halloween
3. Batman: The court of Owls
2. Batman: The dark knight returns
1. Batman Arkham Asylum: A serious hous on a serious earth
My favorite Batman stories: Batman: Tenses, Under the Red Hood, Death in the family, Batman: Hush, No Man's Land, Dark Knight Returns, Court of Owls, The Man who Laughs... nuff said.
1: Knightfall (Batman fights a new foe named Bane, but ends up getting his back broken)
2: Year One (A new vigilante who calls himself Batman arises in his first year as a hero)
3: A Death In the Family (Batman fails to save Jason Todd from getting beaten to death with a crowbar)
4: The Dark Knight Returns (Batman is old and retired, the washed up does many things like fighting Superman)
5: Killing Joke (The Joker is worst than ever, paralyzing and almost killing Barbra Gordon)
6: Long Halloween (A brand new threat in the form of a serial killer emerges and goes on a killing spree)
7: The Court of Owls (The Court of Owls battle Batman in this dark storyline)
8: Hush (The introduction of a creepy villain who becomes way too obsessed with Batman)
9: Under the Red Hood (Filled with rage, Jason Todd returns but is now the villain known as Red Hood)
10: The Man Who Laughs (The first encounter with the Joker is revealed in this Year One sequel)
Under the Hood is one of my all time favorites
Essential early years:
1. Year One
2. The Long Halloween
3. Dark Victory
Everlasting stories:
1. Son of the demon
2. The killing joke
3. Dark Knight Returns
Fun collosals:
1. Hush
2. Knightfall
3. No Man's Land
Time wasters:
1. Batman incorporated
2. And all other non-sense relating to death of batman, that force them to reboot 52.
I was hoping Poison Ivy would be involved with Batman Vs Superman but sadly not. Oh well, maybe she'll appear in a Harley Quinn solo film instead.
He'll ya. I'm hoping she shows up in the DCU sometime. If not I kind of want to see her in the flash tv show. I wouldn't mind if they made her a meta human.
I'm hoping for a Gotham city sirens adaptation where Catwoman, poison ivy and Harley Quinn team up
+Christian Tolentino she deserves to be in the DCU. Perhaps Justice League? There are two Flash villains called Rose and Thorn who are basically Poison Ivy discounts so it's likely we'll see them first.
+Jordan Tate I'd LOVE a gotham city sirens movie
+Christian Tolentino She is a metahuman.
Really, though... Trying to make a top 10 comics is damn near impossible.
No fun 50s-60s nonsense? Vampire batman?
One of my personal favorites, 'whatever happened to the caped crusader?'?
No ream mentions of Tim drake, new 52, any of a huuuuge number of else worlds tales......
10). Batman: The Hush
9). Batman: The Cult
8). Batman: A Death In The Family
7). Arkham Asylum
6). Batman: Knightfall
2. Batman : A Death in the Family.
The DKR was a very good story, highly recommend it!
More top ten comic lists like this please!!
The Dark Knight Returns at number one? Featured all of Batman's classic enemies? There were only two. The Dark Knight Returns in my opinion is incredibly overrated. I understand how it so important I just don't like it. If I want to buy a novel, I would buy a novel. The artwork isn't great and you could barely tell what the hell is happening in half of the comic. There really was no reason for Superman to being together. The whole fight is just incredibly boring.
Save yourself the time, & a bunch of money and just watch the animated adaptations. 100% better.
Am i the only one who hates the long Halloween ?
yes
I hate the art in it tbh, but the story is just a superb example of the detective part of batman
It was just the Godfather with batman
I dislike the art, but the story is pretty solid. And Harvey Dent being a great character doesn't hurt.
Still, I confess I haven't re-read it often due to the art...
Yes
Wow no love for Scott Snyder's New 52 run of Batman? Death in the Family or Court of the Owls are both much better than comics like The Cult or Arkham Asylum. Also only an honorable mention for Black Mirror? I know its Dick Grayson Batman but man, Watchmojo is no a Scott Snyder fan.
But what if I don't read comics?
Boom. Got you there, Mojo.
That's why you should read them
+alex castillo But I don't like them .-.
+Scythernal then you know with which ones to start with. Boom, its that easy
That's why you should still read them.
+MCTyro I don't read any. At all. List some and I will answer honestly. Otherwise, nope.
Thanks. I’ve been wanted to start reading Batman.
Hope you enjoy it!
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My favorite is Arkham Asylum Serious House on Serious Earth and The Cult
Today I finally got my first Batman comic "Batman '66 Meet The Green Hornet" #1 I love it so much.
Awesome I highly reccomend you get knightfall,DK Returbs or the killing joke.
But there is an animated killing joke movie coming if you would rather watch it
Lord of the Star Potter OK I will then but I need to just find it :P.
Slenderspartan cool let me go find it on Ebay.
Luke - i'd say since he digs Batman '66 Meet The Green Hornet, the goIden age stuff shouId be right up his street!
They forgot "Death Of The Family" and "Under The Hood".
what hush 10 ??!?!?!?!?!
Have you read it? I already own TDKR and The Killing Joke.. I'm interested in buying it soon.
+Edward Nigma I think Hush is great. Doesn't hurt to own it. Go for it.
ninjarai001 thanks
***** ion kno man I've heard different from many
To understand "Heart of Hush" (or "Hush returns", "House of Hush") it's pretty important to read the original book.
Yes the villain's identity can be guessed pretty quickly, and his plan is overly complicated (almost on Luthor from BvS level) but Hush is a great villain and this comic is worth reading, even just to read the sequels.
I think that "Death of the Family" and "Batman Eternal" are pretty good stories
The Dark Knight Returns is OVERRATED!
Crash Aran Yes, it's shit
Yup.
***** An outdated one, if you can call it a masterpiece.
***** Except it's not an intelligent master piece. All Frank Miler did with this story is maker Batman darker than he already was. He really only came back because of his midlife crisis, and the political themes are shoehorned in if you ask me. The dialogue is not that good today, with the exception of a few select panels and quotes. many characters are given ill fitting personalities, like Superman, who is demoted into being a mindless slave to the U.S. government, and Joker, who went from being someone obsessed with Batman to being your average run of the mill homicidal madman who looks like a clown. The art is atrocious for the majority of the book, with a good panel or two being spliced in. I don't see how anyone can be educated from this, and while new comics may not be as ground breaking as this book once was, it does not make them lesser stories.
***** But it did not. Frank Miller, in writing this "masterpiece" missed one of the most important parts of Batman's character.
imo.. hush should have been higher.. it was the resurgence of batman, where batman mattered again after his back was broken..
Actually Jason Todd's death was due to one guy using bots to get more votes on Jason's death. But I gotta thank him as we wouldn't have Red Hood today.
+Kaine Parker Where'd you hear that?
+TheReaperTrue it's been known for ages but I'm sure I recently heard variantcomics or comic pop talk about it.
Isn't that just a rumor? It's not confirmed that that is true, right?
+JustDenzell in the vid I saw they said it's been confirmed it was just one guy calling in, I'm not sure if it's fact or not but the voting system was dodgey for sure.
and that guy was Superboy Prime.
Gates of Gotham is num 1..
Also Dark knight year 100.