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• A Batman Comic Masterpost
• Batman is a superhero created by Bob Kane and Bill Finger, debuting in Detective Comics #27 in 1939. The character has gained worldwide recognition and has become an icon of not only DC comics but comic books as a whole. After the death of his parents, Bruce Wayne makes an oath to fight crime in Gotham. He is confronted with a rogue gallery of complex villains, including the psychotic Joker. Gaining the assistance of the Gotham Police Department, Batman fights the faces of crime in the city, gaining and loosing allies through the process.

• Note: This masterpost only includes the main Batman centric storylines. These titles are just pulled from my own personal collection, so some story arcs may not be included. I know a lot of people are interested in Batman because of other forms of media (TV shows, movies, etc.) however get intimidated by the sheer volume of storylines. I tried to list the comics in the best canonical order instead of publishing order. If there’s any errors or broken links feel free to message me. To read .cbr and .cbz files you’ll need a program such as Comical, CDisplay, or ComicRack. Support the industry; please buy the currently ongoing titles if you’re interested in the series.

/ Year One / After Crisis on Infinite Earths, DC rebooted its Batman series. Year One is the origins of Bruce Wayne as Batman, and also introduces Selina Kyle as Catwoman.

/ The Man Who Laughs / Batman’s first ever encounter with The Joker, taking inspiration from the original Batman #1

/ The Long Halloween / Takes place during Bruce’s early days as Batman a killer named Holiday is wrecking havoc on Gotham. Comissioner Gordon and Harvey Dent are also on the case as the Falcone and Maroni family continue to fight among one another. Origins of Harvey Dent as Two-Face.

/ Dark Victory / A follow up to The Long Halloween. Batman and the Gotham City Police Department face another murder named Hangman. The Falcone family is out on their final limb as Two-Face tries to wrap up business. Introduces Dick Grayson as Robin.

/ Catwoman: When in Rome / Miniseries taking place in between The Long Halloween and Dark Victory. Selina travels to Rome with The Riddler in search of her father.

/ Robin Year One / A collection of stories narrated by Alfred about Dick Grayson’s first year as Robin. Takes place after the events of Dark Victory.

/ Batgirl Year One / The origins of Barbara Gordon as Batgirl as she decides to pursue her wish of fighting crime.

/ A Family Fight: Nightwing Year One /

/ #408 (Debut of Jason Todd) #409 #410 #411 #412 #413 #414 #415 #416 #417 #418 #419 #420 #421 #422 #423 #424 #425 / Bruce Wayne discovered Jason after he attempts to take a wheel from the Batmobile. He gives him the identity as Robin, but soon their relationship grows more and more bitter.

/ The Killing Joke / The origins of the Joker as escapes from Arkham Asylum. He decides to challenge Batman and kidnaps Gordon, while also paralyzing his daughter.

/ A Death in the Family: #426 #427 #428 #429 / Jason Todd decides to go search for his mother in the Middle East. While the Joker is dealing with terrorists after escaping Arkham, he attempts to try at Robin’s life.

/ #430 #431 #432 #433 #434 #435 /

/ Year Three: #436 (Debut of Tim Drake) #437 #438 #439 / Somewhat of a sequel to Batman Year One. Including the origins of Dick Grayson, his to return to Gotham after becoming Nightwing, and Bruce’s mourning of Jason.

/ A Lonely Place of Dying: #440 The New Titans #60 #441 The New Titans #61 #442 / Tim Drake, a long time fan of Batman and Robin, and Dick Grayson begin to notice Bruce’s strange behavior after Jason’s death.

/ #443 #444 #445 #446 #447 #448 #449 #450 #451 #452 #453 #454 #455 #456 #457 #458 #459 #460 #461 #462 #463 #464 #465 (Debut of Tim as Robin) #466 #467 #468 #469 #470 #471 #472 #473 #474 #475 #476 #477 #478 #479 #480 #481

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