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Post by TonyAlmeida on Jan 27, 2005 17:45:51 GMT -5
I have Hush 1 and 2,DKR,DKSA,Year One,can you guys recommend some other books essential to a batfan please? Thanks in advance.
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Post by /\/\att on Jan 27, 2005 18:05:38 GMT -5
[shadow=green,left,300]Knightfall, Knightquest, Knightsend
A death in the family
No Man's Land
and I would say Long Halloween/Dark Victory are must reads.[/shadow]
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Post by Faithfulbutler on Jan 27, 2005 18:48:50 GMT -5
I would add to that:
Robin,Year One.
Lonely Place of Dying.
Robin,A hero Reborn.
The Killing Joke.
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Post by Disgruntled Gremlin on Jan 27, 2005 20:12:26 GMT -5
The archived editions of 'classic' stories are widely available now- I suggest you pick up some classic reading.
Another collection I might recommend for someone starting out is Batman: Four of a Kind. It's a re-telling of the origins of Poison Ivy, the Riddler, Man-Bat and the Scarecrow, collecting four Year One Annuals. The Riddler story is especially great, and these will give you a nice background of the characters (although the Man-Bat story is not brilliant).
However, you're missing some important contributions: the Animated Batman books. To start things off, I'd recommend 'Batman: Dangerous Dames and Demons.' Although lots of the stories are kid-oriented, they're still lots of fun. The big attraction is Mad Love- the origin of Harley Quinn herself, which in itself reads like a (somewhat dirtier) B:TAS episode! There's also an award-winning Joker story, a fun Batman/Demon team up with Ras Al Ghul and a very amusing Harley Quinn mini-story detailing her release- and subsequent return- to Arkham Asylum. If you don't want to spend so much, you could pick up Mad Love on its own, but it may not be so widely available.
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Post by twistedangel9 on Jan 27, 2005 21:05:41 GMT -5
Anything Tim Sale and Jeph Loeb did, ANYTHING!
Batman: Nine Lives
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Post by Roback on Jan 27, 2005 22:40:34 GMT -5
I would have to say Batgirl Year One along with Robin Year One are solid reads. I also liked the TPB Haunted Mansion along with Batman Year One and Two for that matter.
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Post by JokerFC on Jan 27, 2005 22:41:38 GMT -5
 all of whats listed and check out JLA:Tower of Babel and Divided we fall for great Batman stories.here is some more The Long Halloween Year Two Fear the Reaper Death and the Maidens Officer Down Strange Apparitions The Last Arkham and if your into Nightwing at all try out Darker Shade of Justice Big Guns Rough Justice
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Post by JokerFC on Jan 27, 2005 22:43:45 GMT -5
oh and check out the greatest Joker stories ever told too ther is some gems there too 1000 posts :)woo hoo ;D
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Post by vishman007 on Jan 28, 2005 2:23:13 GMT -5
These have already been said but Robin Year One and Batgirl Year One are great books. Batman: War on Crime is pretty good too.
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Post by vishman007 on Jan 28, 2005 2:25:32 GMT -5
If you don't want to spend so much, you could pick up Mad Love on its own, but it may not be so widely available. Mad Love is great. Try looking for some of the harder to find ones in back issue bins. I found this in a bin at my comic shop for $2. |
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Post by Severen on Jan 28, 2005 3:06:57 GMT -5
I'd recommend: The Killing Joke The Joker: Devil's Advocate My personal two favourite Joker stories ever. Batman: The Long Halloween Batman: Dark Victory (sequel to TLH) Great follow ups to Batman: Year one, adding further detail to Bat's earlier career. Batman: Death In The Family Batman: A Lonely Place Of Dying (follow up to DITF) Detailing the loss of one Robin, and the birth of another. Batman Adventures: Mad Love Batman: Batgirl Batman: Mr Freeze Batman: Ego All really nice prestige format books that give added insight into Harley Quinn, the Barbara Gordon Batgirl, Freeze and Batman's inner demons respectively. Batman: Cataclysm (prelude to No Mans Land) Batman: No Man's Land vols 1 - 5 With this storyline you could also start as far back as Batman Contagion and Batman Legacy, but Legacy is almost impossible to find these days (in fact if anyone can hook me up let me know), and Cataclysm is really the start of the major new arc anyway. Batman: Evolution (new Gotham volume 1) Batman: Officer Down (new Gotham volume 2) Continuing after the No Man's Land saga. That'd do for starters anyway, but there's plenty more great stuff out there too.  Severen. |
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Post by Roback on Jan 28, 2005 5:57:26 GMT -5
Yep, Severen pretty much covered a bunch of my favorites.
I think if you start off reading everything that we suggested you'll be in pretty good shape. It may take you a year and some nonstop reading but who needs to work anyway! ;D
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Post by JokerFC on Jan 28, 2005 9:55:29 GMT -5
, but Legacy is almost impossible to find these days (in fact if anyone can hook me up let me know), I might be able to get you legacy Severn my local comic store(Forbidden Planet in Dublin)is getting piles of new Bat TBs back in stock so ill look for you when im up in 2 weeks time also I forgot about Contagion that is an excellent story |
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Post by Severen on Jan 28, 2005 9:57:45 GMT -5
I might be able to get you legacy Severn my local comic store(Forbidden Planet in Dublin)is getting piles of new Bat TBs back in stock so ill look for you when im up in 2 weeks time also I forgot about Contagion that is an excellent story Cheers, I'd appreciate it.  Severen. |
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Post by JokerFC on Jan 28, 2005 10:10:00 GMT -5
Cheers, I'd appreciate it. Severen. No hassle its quite a good comic book store it lacks sometimes on the figure end of thing but the TBs are always up to date and constantly restocked so Ill let you know |
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Post by anthonywayne on Jan 28, 2005 10:54:33 GMT -5
I think you guys covered all the bases - my personal favorites are 'Ego', and those three Jeff Loeb/Tim Sale Halloween specials (from '93, '94, and '95) that were the precursors to 'The Long Halloween' and 'Dark Victory'.
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Post by jlavaia on Jan 28, 2005 20:26:07 GMT -5
prodigal, mr wayne goes to washington, troika, the death lottery (det. 708-710 with Deathstroke), and if you want to see where Black Mask really become a top bat villain then read the Catwoman arc relentless.
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Post by JokerFC on Jan 28, 2005 20:48:08 GMT -5
yeah Prodigal was excellent too
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Post by Batdan on Jan 28, 2005 22:18:15 GMT -5
I second the "Strange Apparitions" TPB collection. Can't wait for the sequel this year.
(Of course DKR and Year One go without saying ...)
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Post by JokerFC on Jan 28, 2005 23:32:43 GMT -5
I second the "Strange Apparitions" TPB collection. Can't wait for the sequel this year. (quote] Me too im excited about that big time |
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Post by HUSH on Jan 29, 2005 4:52:56 GMT -5
...those three Jeff Loeb/Tim Sale Halloween specials (from '93, '94, and '95) that were the precursors to 'The Long Halloween' and 'Dark Victory'. Yeah, those are great. They are collected in a tpb called Haunted Knight. I highly recommend it, too.  |
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Post by JokerFC on Jan 29, 2005 8:54:23 GMT -5
yeah haunted Knight was an excellent read,in fac ti might go re read that one
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