Nice vid! My current top 10 Batman stories would be: 1. Going Sane 2. Knightfall 3. White Knight 4. The Long Halloween 5. Return of Bruce Wayne 6. The Court of Owls 7. Bruce Wayne: Fugitive 8. Year Zero 9. Contagion 10. Absolution
Which is weird as the original book was on glossy paper. Looks like DC seemingly just aped the format of the Year One Absolute with the original colouring version on retro looking paper when it was originally a premium release resulting in an unauthentic original colouring. Good absolutebthough and a stone cold classic story
Great list you have there! There is a very underrated story Batman: The Cult, written by Jim Starlin, which never seems to fall into anyone's top 10 list. It was a very dark and almost fanatical story. If you haven't checked that out, please do! :)
I finally found them in their single issues. This is one of the best Batman stories. The Dark Knight rises pulls plot lines from this story and it's the first appearance of Deacon Blackfire. Jason Todd Robin is also great in this story
Thanks for the video! It's intimidating getting into such a huge canon that it's quite overwhelming. Im replaying the Arkham video game series and wanted to get into comics to scratch my itch for more Batman. Will follow your recommendations :)
It's amazing how many of these books are now out of print, or available only in either the cheapest paperbacks or Absolutes. The deluxe hardcovers and omnibus editions are mostly defunct. Gothic is op completely. Frank Miller has never had an omnibus as far as I can tell (!!!!), and his deluxe hcs are all op. Even Dark Knight Returns can't be found in a regular hc -- one of the all-time classics. The Tomasi omnibus is gone. Knightfall omnibuses are gone. Arkham Asylum deluxe hc is gone. Etc., etc. Very frustrating. In any case, as a fan of Batman who stopped reading the comics 40 years ago, I'm grateful for this list, which will help me get back into reading Batman, in whatever format I can find.
I was into comics in high school (2011 to 2015) and my senior year my English teacher recommended some of his favorite Batman comics to me because he saw me reading Watchmen in class one day. He let me borrow his copy of Batman Year One, Batman The Long Halloween, and The Dark Knight Returns. All three are now what I consider to be the foundational trinity of Batman stories.
Grant Morrisons run is also my fave by miles. The 'what if all these things actually happened to one guy' approach to the characters vast history is such a great idea and masterfully executed. I'm.super glad I waited out all previous versions until the 3 omnis in the correct reading order 🙌
My list: The dark knight returns Year one The long Halloween The killing joke Ego The cult Arkham asylum Rest in peace Demon tales Ten nights of the beast
Been collecting for a long time now and my top ones, (i might miss out some) but #3 court of owls #2 Batman Venom #1 Will always be The Dark Knight returns. Batman Venom is quite a rare one to try and get your hands on I actually own both paperbacks with the remastered issue 2 cover and the 1993 dc paperback with the horrifying purple pinky background colour. Its great at making Batman crumble as a character and how he regains his Batman identity back by going through alot of stuff with the venom drug. I also luv to pick out how Batman first took the drug and how it was introduced first to Batman and then Bane later using it to make his Bane appearance stand out and gain his strength. The court of owls is my favourite modern comic ever which is part of the new 52 of course and its such a great compelling story and its quite a short one to and it shows how much great quality Scott puts in his writing and how epic Gregs artwork is. The Dark Knight returns, ITS THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS CMON MAN!!!
I was in Vancouver visiting my Dad, and he took me to see Batman in '89. I wasn't too interested, at the time. But after seeing that, I had him take me to one of the comic stores and they recommended A Death in the Family and The Killing Joke. I am really pleased to still have them.
Bro hell yea hell of a vid people dont know about these great stories. We need a omni of the Legend of the Dark knight stories. Venom,Gothic,Prey theres so many.
Completely agreed on Batman by Grant Morrison. This is the Batman I loved most. Heck its not only the greatest Batman run but its the best superhero run i have ever read.
Superb list! Loved that you mentioned Batman: Gothic. I'm very picky with absolutes but I had to get black mirror and killing joke in absolutes. I hope they will one day make Gothic into an absolute edition.
So glad I stumbled across this channel. I love comics and especially the Batman graphic novels. I have The Long Halloween, Year One, and The Killing Joke. I have way more on my list to read! This helped a lot!!
My top ten Batman comics 10. The Dark Knight Returns 9. Gotham by Gaslight 8. Devil's Advocate 7. Knight fall 6. Dark Knight Dark City 5. Penguin Triumphant 4. A serious house on serious earth 3. Eye of the beholder 2. Cult 1. No Man's Land
My greatest, in preferred/recommended reading order: Year One The Long Halloween/Dark Victory Hush Under the Hood (plus awesome movie) Grant Morrison's Batman, especially Batman and Robin The Black Mirror The Dark Knight Returns (Actually prefer the movie) The Court of Owls/City of Owls Zero Year: Secret City/Dark City Earth One Vols 1 & 2 Still need to read Robin/Batgirl: Year One by Chuck Dixon, White Knight by Sean Murphy, New 52 Batman & Robin by Tomasi and Rebirth Detective Comics by James Tynion IV. Tom King's Batman and Gotham Central on my radar too
Jazz Cabbage Comics it’s just a parody of 90’s sitcom openings. Or like Adult Swim had a parody a while back called “Too Many Cooks” that was similar in style
If you haven't read it, I highly recommend "Blind Justice" by Sam Hamm, for the 600th issue of Detective Comics in 1989. Hamm is a screenwriter (see Tim Burton's Batman). For his comic arc, Hamm did NOT go for the predictable Joker story, or an "all the rogues gallery getting together to take Batman out" plot. Instead he creates a conspiracy within Wayne Technologies, compelling Bruce Wayne and Batman to make choices, and accept consequences, that must be lived with. Hamm's story is also based on science (even if it is science fiction, but no magic, supernatural, etc), and morality, which make the best stories imo. It also explores some of the true costs of being Batman, how Bruce Wayne reinforces his obsessive focus and motivation almost daily, and the price he pays for it.
IDK if I’d say “best” superhero run of all time, but it’s absolutely one of my favorites, and it is far and away the best take on Batman. Plus; Frank Quitely, Frazer Irving, JH Williams III, and Chris Burnham deliver career-best artwork.
@@aztektheultimatewoman it’s in my opinion the best I’ve read. But I haven’t read too many stories so yeah. But among stories like Year One, Dark Knight Returns, Long Halloween, I love Morrisons run even MORE than those. It’s so iconic and defines the character of Batman for me.
In terms of accessibility, I think DKR is the Batman story for new readers cuz it gets to the core of what modern Batman is. With also giving us a very nuanced story at the same time
Dark Knight Returns and Hush are a couple of my favourites. I was surprised they didn't get a spot on this list. I'm yet to read any of Grant Morrison Batman.
The version of DC Universe by Alan Moore shown in the video does not contain the Killing Joke! Only earlier printings with the cover by Brian Bolland do. And yes, those do contain the original coloring.
Newer fan here and I just got and read year one. I really liked it and I'm on my second read. Getting a lot more out of it this time! There is so much good stuff to get into with this character and I really am excited about it 😊
Simpilefied reading order before The New 52: Year One The Man Who Laughs The Long Halloween Dark Victory Killing Joke Death in The Family Knightfall Cataclysm No Man's Land Bruce Wayne Murderer/Fugitive Hush War Games Under The Red Hood Face-The-Face Batman and Son The Resurrection of Ra's al Ghul Batman R.I.P. Batman Reborn a.k.a Batman and Robin Batman Incorporated
i keep coming back to your list. along with some minor adds from Omar it makes for an amazing read. such a great job compiling the chronology and I'm sure has helped so many find their favorite batman.
Currently reading knightsquest. Havent read any in 2-3 days. I like watching jean in the bat suit be bad but in his own bat suit its kinda mehhhhh. Tim drake a bad ass tho
I’m a big fan of the Darkseid v Superman/JLA . So I just purchased fourth world 1-2, infinite crisis, Morrison 1-3, final crisis. Hopefully I’m covered to understand the story being told 🤞
I usually read Haunted Knight when I read Long Halloween and Dark Victory. I recommend Batman R.I.P. and Whatever Happened To The Caped Crusader?, and Final Crisis. Also check out Zero Year then Death of the Family and finally Endgame. You won't be sorry. Lately here are some gems I liked... Batman White Knight Batman Earth One Batman: Court of Owls Batman: Three Jokers Dark Night (a true Batman story ) - Amazing work by Paul Dini who worked valiantly on Batman The Animated Series (which literally any Batman fan ADORES)
My favorites would be 1. Knightfall (Vol. 1) 2. The Long Halloween 3. Soft Targets 4. Under the Red Hood 5. Death of the Family 6. Night of the Owls 7. The Dark Knight Returns 8. No Man's Land 9. The Black Mirror 10. Batman: Ego
I used lesser known Batman graphic novels to connect all the most reputable ones and created a continuity between them all. Some of those lesser knowns include Prey. Highly underrated story that sees the introduction of Hugo Strange, a story set in the early years of Batman and the first time he’s mentally broken along with his identity figured out. This also shows him building the first Batmobile, as he uses the hang glider from year one throughout Prey until the very end when the Batmobile is built. There’s also Death in the family in this continuity of mine, which sees Jason Todd and Batman tracking down his mother, one of the possible ones being Lady Shiva, who would go on to heal Batman’s back in Knightquest which is another graphic novel within my continuity. Other stories in there not mentioned in this video that I highly recommend are The Cult, Batgirl/Robin Year one and Nightwing year one both by Chuck Dixon, Knightfall (origin and introduction of Bane) and its sequels Knightquest and Knightsend.
Being a massive fan of Tim Drake, A Lonely Place of Dying will always be one of my favorite Batman stories. Another Batman story I love, it might be my favorite, is one that isn't that popular: Batman War Games. Finally, I really love Tynion's Batman stuff (Eternal, Detective Comics, and I'm betting his current Batman run is going to be great, even though it just started).
Hey, great video, I would preferr to have the recommendations splited by individual comics, because those recopilations make me have repeated numbers between collections (I'm from Argentina and we don't have the same access to that collections). But I will look into the grant Morrison series. Aside from that, have you red "The seduction of the Gun". I was a child and read the series of The adventures of Batman in the 90's. and one day my mom bought me this number and really blowed my mind.
Thanks for the video! I agree with all your picks..I would have had DKR and Hush in my top 10 though. There are some less popular titles that I really enjoyed like The Cult, Year 100 and Vampire. It would be awesome to see your favorite Superman stories! Take care.
If you're a fan of the early career of Batman, I would also recommend Batman and the Monster Men/Batman and the Mad Monk by Matt Wagner. The stories take place between the Year One and Long Halloween stories.
Yo The Joker did prove that one bad day ruins your whole life Batman stuff was the walk-in or Bruce Wayne he was like the walking evidence of that one bad day in an alley changed his entire life made him Batman
Grant Morison wrote the story for a video game Predator: Concrete Jungle. Theres a funny one Batman Crazy Love and other things. Also Batman VS Alien Batman VS Predator Batman The Last Knight on Earth Batman The Cult
For beginners I suggest start with batman year one than the long Halloween, the killing joke batman death in the family batman the three jokers and in the last read batman knighfall after that start reading the batman who laughs comic book.
Justen Layne I haven’t read nearly as much Flash as I have Batman but I can recommend all of Geoff Johns’ work (with both Wally and Barry), the New 52 run from Francis Manapul, and the Rebirth run by Joshua Williamson. I haven’t read it, but Mark Waid’s run is meant to be one of the best there is and is almost completely collected in paperbacks.
You out in two quality Scott Snyder stories in there but one I think is often overlooked is Snyder’s Allstar Batman Issues 6-10 (the second story/graphic novel in Snyder’s Allstar Batman run.
RisingShadow11 idk if you’ve seen my collection tour video but X-Men are actually my favorite franchise and I own almost every collected edition. So this is definitely something I’ll be doing, probably across multiple videos
Great overview Omnibus Collector. I think most people would include DK Returns in the Top 3 if not #1 so I'm glad to see you break the mold (it's #1 for me). A great story you didn't include was Paul Pope's Batman Year 100. Unbelievable story & art.
In the labyrinth section of Court of owls I remember when the pages invert I kept on turning backwards because it was upside down and thought Bruce was going through some loop
What do you think of Night Cries? One of my personal favorites. But this video got me more into Morrison’s run...I had been deleting it for a while. Great work man
Some honorable mentions: Batman Year 100 - a futuristic take on batman with a very unique art style, Batman Europa - great story that takes different artists taking lead each chapter, Batman Noel - essentially a Christmas story charles dickens esque, Batman year two - a story that brings the vigilante that was before batman. I could go on but these were afew I personally liked.
TDKR issue 1 pages 3 and 10 reference that Jason’s death is what leads Bruce to retire. Death in the Family became a self fulfilling prophecy, and then Miller gave his own version of Jason’s death in 2016’s Last Crusade. Until then, with Year One with part of Miller’s TDK canon it was taken that A Death in the Family, though two years later, was in fact the event that happened to Jason that was referenced in the first chapter of TDK leading towards Bruce’s retirement.
The james tynion rise and fall of the batmen is a really good book. I remember when I first heard of this run and the idea of it , I was immediately turned off. But after reading it I was wrong. It was great!
Great list agree with all of them. If you’re looking for some lesser known reads of Batman which are amazing I’d recommend Holy Night by Alan Brennert it’s a great elseworlds tale. Matt wagners run “The monster men” is a great tale as is Darwyn Cooke’s Ego. Steven Englehart’s Strange apparitions is very well done for a Bronze Age story.
"The Killing Joke" was horrible to Barbara Gordon. Turned a seasoned crime fighter into someone too dumb to check who is at the door before opening it.
"No one wants to sit here for an hour and listen to me talk about Batman."
....awfully presumptuous, my friend.
🤓🤓
@@opedits-ar8920 Stfu let him enjoy something
@@opedits-ar8920 👎
My friend, I would listen to you talk about Batman for 8+ hours.
Yeah, his voice is silky and makes me gay. I mean damn.
@@neurohack9038 bit sus
@@finnleyflicks2047 I’m gay actor Michael Douglas.
@@neurohack9038 bro?
@@neurohack9038 Ayooo?🤨
Nice vid! My current top 10 Batman stories would be:
1. Going Sane
2. Knightfall
3. White Knight
4. The Long Halloween
5. Return of Bruce Wayne
6. The Court of Owls
7. Bruce Wayne: Fugitive
8. Year Zero
9. Contagion
10. Absolution
Great list
For those interested, Absolute Killing Joke has both the original colors in matte paper and the newer colors in glossy paper.
I was considering the Absolute for that one thanks for the heads up
@@purplerain225 No problem. Glad I could help.
Yes
Which is weird as the original book was on glossy paper. Looks like DC seemingly just aped the format of the Year One Absolute with the original colouring version on retro looking paper when it was originally a premium release resulting in an unauthentic original colouring. Good absolutebthough and a stone cold classic story
Been a long time comic reaader and just stumbled upon this gem of a channel. Subscribed!
Oblivion thanks! Hopefully I can help you find some awesome new things to read!
Great list you have there! There is a very underrated story Batman: The Cult, written by Jim Starlin, which never seems to fall into anyone's top 10 list. It was a very dark and almost fanatical story. If you haven't checked that out, please do! :)
What's the premise?
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I have that one, good dark story!!
ComicPop did a back issues on the Cult.
I finally found them in their single issues. This is one of the best Batman stories. The Dark Knight rises pulls plot lines from this story and it's the first appearance of Deacon Blackfire. Jason Todd Robin is also great in this story
@@sparkle1272001 comic pop! First place that introduced me to this story
Thanks for the video! It's intimidating getting into such a huge canon that it's quite overwhelming. Im replaying the Arkham video game series and wanted to get into comics to scratch my itch for more Batman. Will follow your recommendations :)
It's amazing how many of these books are now out of print, or available only in either the cheapest paperbacks or Absolutes. The deluxe hardcovers and omnibus editions are mostly defunct. Gothic is op completely. Frank Miller has never had an omnibus as far as I can tell (!!!!), and his deluxe hcs are all op. Even Dark Knight Returns can't be found in a regular hc -- one of the all-time classics. The Tomasi omnibus is gone. Knightfall omnibuses are gone. Arkham Asylum deluxe hc is gone. Etc., etc. Very frustrating.
In any case, as a fan of Batman who stopped reading the comics 40 years ago, I'm grateful for this list, which will help me get back into reading Batman, in whatever format I can find.
I was into comics in high school (2011 to 2015) and my senior year my English teacher recommended some of his favorite Batman comics to me because he saw me reading Watchmen in class one day. He let me borrow his copy of Batman Year One, Batman The Long Halloween, and The Dark Knight Returns. All three are now what I consider to be the foundational trinity of Batman stories.
Grant Morrisons run is also my fave by miles. The 'what if all these things actually happened to one guy' approach to the characters vast history is such a great idea and masterfully executed.
I'm.super glad I waited out all previous versions until the 3 omnis in the correct reading order 🙌
Can we just take a moment to appreciate the amazing villains Scott Snyder's introduced to the bat-family verse, I mean wow.
I just preordered from amazing The Batman comic collection. Comes with The Long Halloween, Batman: Ego, and Year One. Can’t wait to read these.
😎🔥 me too I already read The Long Halloween
My list:
The dark knight returns
Year one
The long Halloween
The killing joke
Ego
The cult
Arkham asylum
Rest in peace
Demon tales
Ten nights of the beast
James Tynion's run on Detective Comics is one of my personal favourites, I also like Paul Dini's work and the Buccelatto/Manapul run on Detective.
Been collecting for a long time now and my top ones, (i might miss out some) but #3 court of owls #2 Batman Venom #1 Will always be The Dark Knight returns. Batman Venom is quite a rare one to try and get your hands on I actually own both paperbacks with the remastered issue 2 cover and the 1993 dc paperback with the horrifying purple pinky background colour. Its great at making Batman crumble as a character and how he regains his Batman identity back by going through alot of stuff with the venom drug. I also luv to pick out how Batman first took the drug and how it was introduced first to Batman and then Bane later using it to make his Bane appearance stand out and gain his strength. The court of owls is my favourite modern comic ever which is part of the new 52 of course and its such a great compelling story and its quite a short one to and it shows how much great quality Scott puts in his writing and how epic Gregs artwork is. The Dark Knight returns, ITS THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS CMON MAN!!!
I was in Vancouver visiting my Dad, and he took me to see Batman in '89. I wasn't too interested, at the time. But after seeing that, I had him take me to one of the comic stores and they recommended A Death in the Family and The Killing Joke. I am really pleased to still have them.
Bro hell yea hell of a vid people dont know about these great stories. We need a omni of the Legend of the Dark knight stories. Venom,Gothic,Prey theres so many.
The Absolute Edition of the Killing Joke has the original coloring & the new coloring
What? How
Completely agreed on Batman by Grant Morrison. This is the Batman I loved most. Heck its not only the greatest Batman run but its the best superhero run i have ever read.
People really don't know the difference between a comic book and a graphic novel
Thanks for these recommendations Ryley. Between you and Omar, I started expanding my Batman collection this year.
Superb list! Loved that you mentioned Batman: Gothic. I'm very picky with absolutes but I had to get black mirror and killing joke in absolutes. I hope they will one day make Gothic into an absolute edition.
So glad I stumbled across this channel. I love comics and especially the Batman graphic novels. I have The Long Halloween, Year One, and The Killing Joke. I have way more on my list to read! This helped a lot!!
For me the best comic ever made of Batman is The Dark Knight Returns....good video
My top ten Batman comics
10. The Dark Knight Returns
9. Gotham by Gaslight
8. Devil's Advocate
7. Knight fall
6. Dark Knight Dark City
5. Penguin Triumphant
4. A serious house on serious earth
3. Eye of the beholder
2. Cult
1. No Man's Land
No honourable mention for Batman Earth One? Damn.
The long Halloween and arkham asylum are probably my favorite batman stories
My greatest, in preferred/recommended reading order:
Year One
The Long Halloween/Dark Victory
Hush
Under the Hood (plus awesome movie)
Grant Morrison's Batman, especially Batman and Robin
The Black Mirror
The Dark Knight Returns (Actually prefer the movie)
The Court of Owls/City of Owls
Zero Year: Secret City/Dark City
Earth One Vols 1 & 2
Still need to read Robin/Batgirl: Year One by Chuck Dixon, White Knight by Sean Murphy, New 52 Batman & Robin by Tomasi and Rebirth Detective Comics by James Tynion IV.
Tom King's Batman and Gotham Central on my radar too
Your intro is so great and makes me laugh. Is it a reference to a tv show? I feel like I’ve seen that style somewhere
Jazz Cabbage Comics it’s just a parody of 90’s sitcom openings. Or like Adult Swim had a parody a while back called “Too Many Cooks” that was similar in style
It’s too many cooks and the 90s for sure. I didn’t know if there was a specific 90s sitcom that did it.
You should upload it as a separate video like a separate intro video that shows up on your channel at the top for new viewers
@@omnibuscollector Too Many Cooks came to mind when watching the video, but I thought the song was a parody of the How I Met Your Mother theme.
hugorios the actual tune is just a free to use track I found on TH-cam when I looked up “no copyright sounds sitcom music”
Is Black mirror not a good one too read for Batman newbies?
Can u make a beginner recommendation for dc and marvel comics pls.
Awesome list. Found your channel today. I'm surprised you didn't have Knightfall on here, unless you have not read that one yet.
Any recommendations of like longer runs? Something more modern that’s long running and features a lot of Batman villains.
Morrison, Snyder, Tomasi (Batman and Robin), Dini, King, Tynion (Detective)
If you haven't read it, I highly recommend "Blind Justice" by Sam Hamm, for the 600th issue of Detective Comics in 1989. Hamm is a screenwriter (see Tim Burton's Batman). For his comic arc, Hamm did NOT go for the predictable Joker story, or an "all the rogues gallery getting together to take Batman out" plot. Instead he creates a conspiracy within Wayne Technologies, compelling Bruce Wayne and Batman to make choices, and accept consequences, that must be lived with. Hamm's story is also based on science (even if it is science fiction, but no magic, supernatural, etc), and morality, which make the best stories imo. It also explores some of the true costs of being Batman, how Bruce Wayne reinforces his obsessive focus and motivation almost daily, and the price he pays for it.
Grant Morrison’s Batman is not only the best Batman run if all time, it is the best comic/superhero run of all time. Just unmatched brilliance.
Yeah, their entire DC oeuvre is one of the greatest superhero stories ever told. Hands down
IDK if I’d say “best” superhero run of all time, but it’s absolutely one of my favorites, and it is far and away the best take on Batman. Plus; Frank Quitely, Frazer Irving, JH Williams III, and Chris Burnham deliver career-best artwork.
@@aztektheultimatewoman it’s in my opinion the best I’ve read. But I haven’t read too many stories so yeah. But among stories like Year One, Dark Knight Returns, Long Halloween, I love Morrisons run even MORE than those. It’s so iconic and defines the character of Batman for me.
You not real batman fan
Dang. You got me
@@omnibuscollector just kidding you are real batman fan
I’ve never read a comic book but Batman is my favorite super hero so I’m writing all these down haha
I agree with you on knightfall it really slipped away from me during the second part.
This was a very informative video. I appreciate it, I bought a few books off your list today.
In terms of accessibility, I think DKR is the Batman story for new readers cuz it gets to the core of what modern Batman is. With also giving us a very nuanced story at the same time
Dark Knight Returns and Hush are a couple of my favourites. I was surprised they didn't get a spot on this list. I'm yet to read any of Grant Morrison Batman.
I would sit here for hours listening to you talk about batman
Batman by Grant Morrison is your number one? Clearly you are a man of supreme taste. Cheers.
The version of DC Universe by Alan Moore shown in the video does not contain the Killing Joke! Only earlier printings with the cover by Brian Bolland do. And yes, those do contain the original coloring.
Wish people in my area liked comics
Same
Newer fan here and I just got and read year one. I really liked it and I'm on my second read. Getting a lot more out of it this time! There is so much good stuff to get into with this character and I really am excited about it 😊
Simpilefied reading order before The New 52:
Year One
The Man Who Laughs
The Long Halloween
Dark Victory
Killing Joke
Death in The Family
Knightfall
Cataclysm
No Man's Land
Bruce Wayne Murderer/Fugitive
Hush
War Games
Under The Red Hood
Face-The-Face
Batman and Son
The Resurrection of Ra's al Ghul
Batman R.I.P.
Batman Reborn a.k.a Batman and Robin
Batman Incorporated
i keep coming back to your list. along with some minor adds from Omar it makes for an amazing read. such a great job compiling the chronology and I'm sure has helped so many find their favorite batman.
Currently reading knightsquest. Havent read any in 2-3 days. I like watching jean in the bat suit be bad but in his own bat suit its kinda mehhhhh. Tim drake a bad ass tho
I’m a big fan of the Darkseid v Superman/JLA . So I just purchased fourth world 1-2, infinite crisis, Morrison 1-3, final crisis. Hopefully I’m covered to understand the story being told 🤞
Tomasi's Batman is better than Snyder's. Period.
I'd recommend Going Sane, Faces and Tao, from the Legends of the Dark Knight series. Dark Knight, Dark City is also a great story!
I usually read Haunted Knight when I read Long Halloween and Dark Victory.
I recommend Batman R.I.P. and Whatever Happened To The Caped Crusader?, and Final Crisis. Also check out Zero Year then Death of the Family and finally Endgame. You won't be sorry.
Lately here are some gems I liked...
Batman White Knight
Batman Earth One
Batman: Court of Owls
Batman: Three Jokers
Dark Night (a true Batman story ) - Amazing work by Paul Dini who worked valiantly on Batman The Animated Series (which literally any Batman fan ADORES)
Batman: Last Knight On Earth
Batman: Noel
Batman: Gates of Gotham
No Man's Land
Joker
Broken City
WOOOOOO🙏🙏🙏
My favorites would be
1. Knightfall (Vol. 1)
2. The Long Halloween
3. Soft Targets
4. Under the Red Hood
5. Death of the Family
6. Night of the Owls
7. The Dark Knight Returns
8. No Man's Land
9. The Black Mirror
10. Batman: Ego
I used lesser known Batman graphic novels to connect all the most reputable ones and created a continuity between them all. Some of those lesser knowns include Prey. Highly underrated story that sees the introduction of Hugo Strange, a story set in the early years of Batman and the first time he’s mentally broken along with his identity figured out. This also shows him building the first Batmobile, as he uses the hang glider from year one throughout Prey until the very end when the Batmobile is built. There’s also Death in the family in this continuity of mine, which sees Jason Todd and Batman tracking down his mother, one of the possible ones being Lady Shiva, who would go on to heal Batman’s back in Knightquest which is another graphic novel within my continuity. Other stories in there not mentioned in this video that I highly recommend are The Cult, Batgirl/Robin Year one and Nightwing year one both by Chuck Dixon, Knightfall (origin and introduction of Bane) and its sequels Knightquest and Knightsend.
Being a massive fan of Tim Drake, A Lonely Place of Dying will always be one of my favorite Batman stories.
Another Batman story I love, it might be my favorite, is one that isn't that popular: Batman War Games.
Finally, I really love Tynion's Batman stuff (Eternal, Detective Comics, and I'm betting his current Batman run is going to be great, even though it just started).
Batman: Night Cries (1992) by Archie Goodwin and Scott Hampton
Year One
Long Halloween
Dark Victory
Hush
Dark Knight Returns
10 Nights of the Beast is so underrated. Needed an honorable mention.
Over $300 dollars into my Batman/Batman family dream comic collection. Thank you for adding more to my list!
Grant Morrison, Scott Snyder, Jeph Loeb, No Man’s Land, Year One; you listed all of my favorites except Hush.
Great video! But I hate grant morrison as a writer........no cohesiveness at all. But I do like Batman RIP because of Tony Daniel's art.
Hey, great video, I would preferr to have the recommendations splited by individual comics, because those recopilations make me have repeated numbers between collections (I'm from Argentina and we don't have the same access to that collections). But I will look into the grant Morrison series.
Aside from that, have you red "The seduction of the Gun". I was a child and read the series of The adventures of Batman in the 90's. and one day my mom bought me this number and really blowed my mind.
Thanks for the video! I agree with all your picks..I would have had DKR and Hush in my top 10 though. There are some less popular titles that I really enjoyed like The Cult, Year 100 and Vampire.
It would be awesome to see your favorite Superman stories! Take care.
There was a batman. I think it was alternate in the 90s. He had a hoverboard on the cover. Might have been a one shot. Had it as a kid. Please help???
If you're a fan of the early career of Batman, I would also recommend Batman and the Monster Men/Batman and the Mad Monk by Matt Wagner. The stories take place between the Year One and Long Halloween stories.
i thought year one is vary overrated when i finished it i thought it was okay at best
The only Grant Morrison I own is Arkham Asylum. Thanks for the recommendation :)
I'd love to watch a video about your favourite Spider-Man stories, he's my fav character of all time after all 😂
Yo The Joker did prove that one bad day ruins your whole life Batman stuff was the walk-in or Bruce Wayne he was like the walking evidence of that one bad day in an alley changed his entire life made him Batman
Grant Morison wrote the story for a video game Predator: Concrete Jungle.
Theres a funny one Batman Crazy Love and other things.
Also Batman VS Alien
Batman VS Predator
Batman The Last Knight on Earth
Batman The Cult
On the topic of Jason Todd.
Dark knight returns predates death in the family and never mentions who or how Jason Todd dies in dkr.
For beginners I suggest start with batman year one than the long Halloween, the killing joke batman death in the family batman the three jokers and in the last read batman knighfall after that start reading the batman who laughs comic book.
No Mans Land over TDKR? ehhhhhh IDK chief.
James Gunn seems to have seen your video, he is bringing Grant Morrison's Batman and Robin story to the big screen...
I think they recoloured killing joke because of the movie adaptation
It was first recolored back in 2009 or so (cannot recall the year) whenever the initial deluxe edition was released.
@@omnibuscollector huh. That's kinda depressing.
Blind justice from Sam Hamm is my absolute favourite. Highly recommended!
Awesome video!! Any flash stories you suggest?
Justen Layne I haven’t read nearly as much Flash as I have Batman but I can recommend all of Geoff Johns’ work (with both Wally and Barry), the New 52 run from Francis Manapul, and the Rebirth run by Joshua Williamson. I haven’t read it, but Mark Waid’s run is meant to be one of the best there is and is almost completely collected in paperbacks.
You out in two quality Scott Snyder stories in there but one I think is often overlooked is Snyder’s Allstar Batman Issues 6-10 (the second story/graphic novel in Snyder’s Allstar Batman run.
You are right about of Gothic... My Favorite
love the intro... can you one of these but for the Xmen? they have had alot of great writers and amazing story arcs would love to hear your take.
RisingShadow11 idk if you’ve seen my collection tour video but X-Men are actually my favorite franchise and I own almost every collected edition. So this is definitely something I’ll be doing, probably across multiple videos
@@omnibuscollector Just a reminder for you to do this if you forgot
Great overview Omnibus Collector. I think most people would include DK Returns in the Top 3 if not #1 so I'm glad to see you break the mold (it's #1 for me). A great story you didn't include was Paul Pope's Batman Year 100. Unbelievable story & art.
In the labyrinth section of Court of owls I remember when the pages invert I kept on turning backwards because it was upside down and thought Bruce was going through some loop
I could listen to you talk about Batman all day brother ❤
What do you think of Night Cries? One of my personal favorites. But this video got me more into Morrison’s run...I had been deleting it for a while. Great work man
Some honorable mentions: Batman Year 100 - a futuristic take on batman with a very unique art style, Batman Europa - great story that takes different artists taking lead each chapter, Batman Noel - essentially a Christmas story charles dickens esque, Batman year two - a story that brings the vigilante that was before batman. I could go on but these were afew I personally liked.
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Thanks for the beginner recommendations
I have Year One, Killing Joke, Batman/TMNT and the Morrison run. I want to order Gothic Long Halloween/Dark Victory omnibus, and Gotham by Gaslight!
All good ones! I’m hoping one day for a thin omnibus of all three Batman/TMNT stories. Just order led the Gaslight deluxe myself!
The Dark Knight Returns came out two years before Death in the Family. Come on man! Rookie mistake to make that Jason-connection.
TDKR issue 1 pages 3 and 10 reference that Jason’s death is what leads Bruce to retire. Death in the Family became a self fulfilling prophecy, and then Miller gave his own version of Jason’s death in 2016’s Last Crusade.
Until then, with Year One with part of Miller’s TDK canon it was taken that A Death in the Family, though two years later, was in fact the event that happened to Jason that was referenced in the first chapter of TDK leading towards Bruce’s retirement.
are there any websites or something with all these comics on for free?
I remember literally reading Long Halloween in high school because it was literally in the library. Such a fantastic comic!
I only metaphorically read personally
The james tynion rise and fall of the batmen is a really good book. I remember when I first heard of this run and the idea of it , I was immediately turned off. But after reading it I was wrong. It was great!
Batmen?
@@seank.2589 Yes
Intros amazing 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Wow you read my mind
Tnx mate
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Detective comics #27 cgc 9.4 is a must have for a new collector 😂😂😂
10.0 or bust.
@@omnibuscollector yeah sorry i forgot
I just found this channel today
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Great list agree with all of them. If you’re looking for some lesser known reads of Batman which are amazing I’d recommend Holy Night by Alan Brennert it’s a great elseworlds tale. Matt wagners run “The monster men” is a great tale as is Darwyn Cooke’s Ego. Steven Englehart’s Strange apparitions is very well done for a Bronze Age story.
"The Killing Joke" was horrible to Barbara Gordon. Turned a seasoned crime fighter into someone too dumb to check who is at the door before opening it.
Brother, have you read it?
Crazy coincidence I just bought Batman omnibus Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo. I'm loving everything I'm reading so far!