
Batman/Black Mask reference in the Lanterns Season 1 Preview
Janus Cosmetics is the company owned by Batman villain Black Mask/Roman Sionis. Gives a little more weight to the “Barb” theory.

Janus Cosmetics is the company owned by Batman villain Black Mask/Roman Sionis. Gives a little more weight to the “Barb” theory.
Haunted Knight by Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale has come in at #44! This is a collection of stories featuring the Scarecrow destroying power stations around Gotham City, the Mad Hatter kidnapping a young Barbara Gordon and a Halloween-themed Christmas Carol featuring Batman!
Now which Batman story will make 45th place? Comment and vote down below!
1.) Batman: Year One
2.) The Long Halloween
3.) Dark Victory
4.) The Dark Knight Returns
5.) Knightfall
6.) The Court of Owls
7.) No Man's Land
8.) R.I.P.
9.) The Killing Joke
10.) Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth
11.) The Cult
12.) Dark Patterns
13.) Gothic
14.) The Black Mirror
15.) Strange Apparitions
16.) Batman & Robin: Year One
17.) Ego
18.) Under the Red Hood
19.) Prey
20.) Shaman
21.) Birth of the Demon
22.) Venom
23.) The Joker's Five-Way Revenge
24.) A Lonely Place of Dying
25.) Night Cries
26.) Mad Love
27.) Batman: Zero Year
28.) Tales of the Demon
29.) A Death in the Family
30.) War on Crime
31.) The Last Arkham
32.) The Man Who Laughs
33.) Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader
34.) The Monster Men
35.) Dark Knight, Dark City
36.) There is No Hope in Crime Alley
37.) Batman Reborn
38.) Night of the Stalker
39.) Going Sane
40.) Heart of Hush
41.) The Mud Pack
42.) Blades
43.) Batman & Robin Must Die
44.) Haunted Knight
I’ve noticed that Batman has a separate culturally iconic story focused on his second year of crime fighting in comics, games and movies, of these stories what one is yalls favorite and what one do you think is the best? Of these 3 Arkham Origins was the first one I experienced and I do think it is a very underrated Arkham game. Obviously The Batman is iconic but which of these is yalls favorite? I’m curious, I still need to read year 2 but I feel like I don’t see it talked about nearly as much as year one. I mainly know it as “the Batman comic that Todd Mcfarlane worked on” lol. Interested to see yalls takes on this.
One small addition I do really like Arkham Origins and The Batman for the fact that they both have some of my favorite Batsuit designs.
Just looking for a general issue to start, I've read the main Batman run from Snyder to current and when I was new to comics I only read around 25 issues of morrisons before I bounced off it. I'm almost done reading through Knightfall and I've read plenty of self contained Batman but I'm just wondering an issue I can start with
I don't mind reading anything older, I kinda understand that it'll tie in with events from time to time but I do plan on reading through nml, murderer turned fugitive, and war games so I'll just do that once it gets to that point. I was also wondering the same for Batman as well though I would plan on doing that later since I've read none of Detective Comics
I understand the need for Bruce to hide all his PHYSICAL capabilities, but I’m so tired of seeing a Bruce Wayne that is portrayed as some stupid trust fund airhead that is a total jerk. Like he can still be a playboy and put on the performance of a guy that doesn’t get attachments, because then his dual life would eventually be revealed. But he doesn’t have to hide his genuine empathy or compassion or even his legit business acumen. Bruce Wayne IS one of the smartest people in the world (of DC). He doesn’t have to act like a buffoon. Bruce Wayne was raised by good people who genuinely cared about the city and its people. Bruce Wayne can do all those things without people linking him to Batman. They wouldn’t see Bruce Wayne genuinely contribute to charity and go “that’s Batman omg!!!” As long as he’s not fighting off muggers with his martial arts abilities, he can be the competent businessman and philanthropist he genuinely is. We see the laziness of Bruce Wayne in the caped crusader series when addressing his charity work, he says “hell of a tax write off”. That’s just one example. I’m tired of Bruce Wayne’s public identity being trashed, across all media, but I’m glad Batman and Robin by Williamson/Philip Kennedy Johnson and Batman by Matt Fraction have both done good jobs of fixing that.
I know that although there is an “official” canon continuity, all writers take what they want and it’s more fluid than set in stone and anyone can have their own head canon. Having said that, this is more about as best a seamless reading experience as possible.
I’ve seen some people say that Batman and Robin Year One is current continuity and has removed Dark Victory from canon and also contradicts it. But I’ve also read from people on here that it is a direct sequel to DV….however I’ve read that Robin Year One was more of a sequel to TLH/DV but also contradicted them. So, is it possible to read Year One, TLH, DV, and then B&R Year One, B&R Year One Dynamic Duos, Dark Patterns, The Killing Joke, Death in the Family, Batman and Son, Court of Owls and the current Matt Fraction run….or is that just a really messed up timeline.
Their work after knightfall would be great to get a DC finest or new omni. I've been seeing Kelley Jones work everywhere recently so theres definitely interest.
Or a reprint of their TPBs
Beautiful story
I haven't read the newer comics and have been looking for the comic that has this picture and I heard it was by Jorge Jimenez, but don't know the specific book.
I’m currently considering White Knight, Dark Victory, Gotham Central, Under the Red Hood, Dark Knight Returns, Kingdom Come, All-Star Superman and a few others.
I’m also waiting for Absolute Batman Vol. 3, but the current Indian pre-order prices are crazy, so I’ll probably wait for the paperback to become reasonably priced.
What would you add next to this collection? And which Batman/DC book do you consider an absolute must-own?
I'm a bit new into DC, and have been wanting to read Dan Mora and Jorge Jimenez books, but don't really know where to start. Do I have to read other books before theirs or can they be read separately? And if possible, what are the orders to read their books?
Batman boy and son is getting a compact so I was thinking of reading the whole run after, I've read knightfall through its entirety, and I'll be reading through black case book and under the hood before. Do I have to read no man's land or anything else to or am I good?
Quais as melhores histórias de legends of the dark knight após a edição 25?
Fiquei muito interessado e ler
Batman & Robin Must Die by Grant Morrison and Frank Quietly has come in at #43!
I don't like this story enough to write a description of it, especially after having to make this entire list all over again due to technical errors, so my apologies.
Which Batman story will come in 44th place? Comment and vote down below!
1.) Batman: Year One
2.) The Long Halloween
3.) Dark Victory
4.) The Dark Knight Returns
5.) Knightfall
6.) The Court of Owls
7.) No Man's Land
8.) R.I.P.
9.) The Killing Joke
10.) Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth
11.) The Cult
12.) Dark Patterns
13.) Gothic
14.) The Black Mirror
15.) Strange Apparitions
16.) Batman & Robin: Year One
17.) Ego
18.) Under the Red Hood
19.) Prey
20.) Shaman
21.) Birth of the Demon
22.) Venom
23.) The Joker's Five-Way Revenge
24.) A Lonely Place of Dying
25.) Night Cries
26.) Mad Love
27.) Batman: Zero Year
28.) Tales of the Demon
29.) A Death in the Family
30.) War on Crime
31.) The Last Arkham
32.) The Man Who Laughs
33.) Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader
34.) The Monster Men
35.) Dark Knight, Dark City
36.) There is No Hope in Crime Alley
37.) Batman Reborn
38.) Night of the Stalker
39.) Going Sane
40.) Heart of Hush
41.) The Mud Pack
42.) Blades
43.) Batman & Robin Must Die