gnark
Gotham Tourist
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Post by gnark on Feb 21, 2008 18:50:06 GMT -5
looking for some gripping batman stories that i havent read yet just wondering if any one can recommend any??
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Post by All Star Batman on Feb 21, 2008 19:31:30 GMT -5
Well, here are the basics every Batfan should check out:
Year One
Dark Knight Returns
Dark Knight Strikes Again
The Long Halloween
Dark Victory
Hush
Haunted Knight
And some other good stories:
Strange Apparitions
The Killing Joke
Knightfall
No Man's Land
A Death in the Family
The Monster Men
The Mad Monk
Detective
Death and the City
And if you're into Year One type stories:
Four of a Kind
Snow
The Man Who Laughs
Just some suggestions.
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Post by snooch2dnooch on Feb 21, 2008 20:04:13 GMT -5
i would agree with all of those except for Dark Knight Strikes Again. TERRIBLE. NONSENSE. also check out
Batman: Ego and other Tails
Gotham by Gaslight - one of the best endings i've read!
Dark Detective
False Faces is pretty good, but The Long Halloween, as mentioned by All Star is by far the greatest batman story ever written.
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Post by IamI on Feb 21, 2008 20:30:31 GMT -5
looking for some gripping batman stories that i havent read yet just wondering if any one can recommend any?? You want gripping, try Batman: Gothic & Batman: Venom. Especially Gothic. |
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Post by coliv1977 on Feb 21, 2008 20:32:18 GMT -5
i would agree with all of those except for Dark Knight Strikes Again. TERRIBLE. NONSENSE. I couldn't even finish it! |
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Post by jlavaia on Feb 21, 2008 20:43:40 GMT -5
yeah, Venom is great. also any Nightwing trade before OYL is fantastic as that entire run was phenomenal. Death and the Maidens is fantastic as well. plus everything listed except DKSA. TDKR though is definitely worth reading. A Lonely Place For Dying is also good.
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Post by Batlaw on Feb 21, 2008 21:07:57 GMT -5
Graphic Novels
Arkham Asylum
Dark Knight Returns
Year One I agree
Son of the Demon
Birth of the Demon and Bride of the Demon perhaps.
Red Rain maybe (elseworlds)
Trades
The Cult
Venom
A death in the Family
A lonely Place of Dying perhaps
Long Halloween
Gotham By Gaslight (elseworlds)
The Killing Joke
Shaman perhaps
There is no end. Pick the 3-4 most repeated titles and you cant go wrong.
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gnark
Gotham Tourist
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Post by gnark on Feb 23, 2008 20:45:21 GMT -5
the ones of got already are:
arkham asylum
dark knight returns
hush
batman: harley and ivy
batman: venom
batman: the long halloween
im definetly going to get 'year one' and even though most of you guys against 'dark knight strikes again' i think its something that i better check out for myself sometime soon. Im still on the look out for 'the man who laughs' havent seen it anywhere
and i even though it isn't strictly batman related i would still love to get my hands on 'Infinite Crisis'
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Post by electri on Feb 25, 2008 11:26:44 GMT -5
I got the death of superman today and I got the hardcover version of THE MAN WHO LAUGH they are awesome!
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gnark
Gotham Tourist
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Post by gnark on Feb 26, 2008 3:26:46 GMT -5
im going to have to check them out especially 'the man who laughs'  |
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Post by batman1973 on Apr 18, 2008 0:16:42 GMT -5
Batman: Harley and Ivy was good. There are other good stories that feature the Dark Knight that are worth note:
Superman: Red Son
Kingdom Come
What if Stan Lee imagined the DC Universe?
Gotham County Line (A real good one)
Hush Returns
Under the Hood
Batman and Spawn (Todd MacFarlane drew a real sick Dark Knight to compliment his Spawn char.)
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Post by trubat1 on Apr 21, 2008 15:39:50 GMT -5
Bar none BATMAN STRANGE APPARITIONS which collects the Englehart and Rogers run on BATMAN and DETECTIVE in the 1970's truly the most definite storytelling before BATMAN: YEAR ONE and BATMAN THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS
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Post by To The Batcave! on May 16, 2008 8:43:07 GMT -5
I WOULD SAY HUSH, THE LONG HALLOWEEN, AND THE KILLING JOKE ARE A FEW GREAT ONES. AS FOR THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS, WELL, NOT ONLY WOULD I NOT RECOMMEND IT, I THINK THAT FRANK MILLER SHOULD NEVER HAVE DONE BATMAN!
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Post by jlavaia on May 16, 2008 9:28:09 GMT -5
I WOULD SAY HUSH, THE LONG HALLOWEEN, AND THE KILLING JOKE ARE A FEW GREAT ONES. AS FOR THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS, WELL, NOT ONLY WOULD I NOT RECOMMEND IT, I THINK THAT FRANK MILLER SHOULD NEVER HAVE DONE BATMAN! you'd be the only one. The Dark Knight Strikes Again should not have been done, but The Dark Knight Returns is one of the best Elseworlds Batman stories ever made. and there's no need to "shout", we can read and understand you just fine without caps. |
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Post by anthonywayne on Jul 2, 2008 12:40:26 GMT -5
Not sure if it would be considered a graphic novel or a one-shot, but 'Batman: Ego' by Darwyn Cooke is one of the best I've ever read.
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Shadow
Legions Of Gothamite
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Post by Shadow on Jul 9, 2008 5:57:14 GMT -5
Year One, The Long Halloween and Dark Victory serve as a solid origin for Batman. Read those three if you are new to the character. Additionaly, Arkham Asylum and The Killing Joke are quite good as well. There are many others, but those are the stand outs for me.
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Post by Jed Raven on Jul 11, 2008 4:31:26 GMT -5
I'd like to put in a vote for 'Faces' by Matt Wagner.
Best Two-Face story I ever read.
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