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NEW BATMAN TITLES
Batman: Full Moon by Rodney Barnes and Stevan Subic
Batman: The Brave and the Bold: The Winning Card by Tom King and Mitch Gerads
Batman: The Brave and the Bold: Out of the Darkness by Chris Cantwell
Batman & Robin Vol. 2: Batman vs. Robin (2025 Edition) by Grant Morrison and Andy Clarke
From the DC Vault: Death in the Family: Robin Lives! by J M Dematteis and Rick Leonardi
Batman: Beyond the White Knight by Sean Murphy
Batman: Bruce Wayne - Murderer Turned Fugitive Omnibus by Kelley Puckett, Patton Oswalt, et al
Batman Beyond: Neo-Gothic by Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly
Batman: The Arkham Saga Omnibus (New Edition) by
Peter J. Tomasi and Tim Seeley
Batman '66 Omnibus (New Edition) by Michael Allred and Jeff Parker
The Penguin Vol. 1: The Prodigal Bird by Tom King and Stefano Gaudiano
Harley Quinn: Black + White + Redder by Chip Zdarsky and Leah Williams
Batman Vol. 2: The Bat-Man of Gotham by Chip Zdarsky and Mike Hawthorne
Batman: City of Madness by Christian Ward
The Bat-Man: First Knight by Dan Jurgens and Mike Perkins
Batman: Gotham by Gaslight- The Kryptonian Age by Andy Diggle and Leandro Fernandez
Batman: Dark Age by Mark Russell and Michael Allred
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A battle is brewing in Gotham between the Bat and the Cat, but crime is down in Gotham City...could that be a bad thing? A coordinated effort in Gotham City has reduced violent crime, but at what cost? Villains scatter as their lives begin to crumble under a new regime. And as Batman recovers from his epic battle through the Multiverse, one name runs through his mind—one name at the heart of this new, safer Gotham: Catwoman.
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How to destroy Justice League has been plaguing Lex Luthor and his Legion of Doom since the two titanic groups first came to blows. When confronted with the colossal entities of Skull Island, Lex believes he's found the answer to their eternal question. It's Superman vs. Godzilla, Wonder Woman vs. Behemoth, Green Lantern vs. Scylla, Batman vs. Camazotz, and Supergirl vs. Kong in this all-out battle for the fate of the DC Universe.
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GETTING STARTED WITH BATMAN
Batman has been around since the 1940s, but you don't have to go back decades to enter the dark underbelly of Gotham City. The following titles are some of the best books to help introduce you to the Dark Knight without having to read the entire chronology.
Batman: Year One (Deluxe) by
David Mazzucchelli and Frank Miller
DC Finest: Batman: Year One & Two by Various Authors
Batman: The Long Halloween Deluxe Edition by Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (30th Anniversary)
by Frank Miller
Batman: The Killing Joke Deluxe (New Edition) by Alan Moore and Brian Bolland
Batman: The Man Who Laughs by Ed Brubaker and Doug Mahnke
Batman: Earth One Complete Collection by Geoff Johns and Gary Frank
Batman Vol. 1: Failsafe by Chip Zdarsky and Jorge Jiménez
Batman Vol. 1: Their Dark Designs by James Tynion IV et al
Absolute Batman: The Court of Owls (2023 Edition) by Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo
Batman: Dark Victory by Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale
Batman: Arkham Asylum (New Edition) by Grant Morrison and Dave McKean
THE BOOK (AND SILENT FILM) THAT INFLUENCED THE JOKER
DC Comic's representation of Batman's greatest nemesis — The Joker — has a surprising origin. The Man Who Laughs was a novel published by Victor Hugo in 1869. In 1928, it was turned into a silent black-and-white film starring Conrad Veidt as a young nobleman named Gwynplaine.
While Batman's Joker may be homicidal criminal, Gwynplaine was a tragic character, disfigured as a child on the order of a vengeful king so outwardly he can express no emotion other than endless mirth. This condemns him to a life as a sideshow freak, a good person who's forever the butt of everyone else's jokes. While the film is considered an example of early horror, its success giving rise to Dracula and Frankenstein three years later, it was intended to be romantic melodrama. Even more surprising, however, is that Veidt's grinning countenance became the artistic inspiration for The Joker some eleven years later when the villain debuted in Batman #1. Can you see the similarities? Read more about this.
DC Comic's representation of Batman's greatest nemesis — The Joker — has a surprising origin. The Man Who Laughs was a novel published by Victor Hugo in 1869. In 1928, it was turned into a silent black-and-white film starring Conrad Veidt as a young nobleman named Gwynplaine.
While Batman's Joker may be homicidal criminal, Gwynplaine was a tragic character, disfigured as a child on the order of a vengeful king so outwardly he can express no emotion other than endless mirth. This condemns him to a life as a sideshow freak, a good person who's forever the butt of everyone else's jokes. While the film is considered an example of early horror, its success giving rise to Dracula and Frankenstein three years later, it was intended to be romantic melodrama. Even more surprising, however, is that Veidt's grinning countenance became the artistic inspiration for The Joker some eleven years later when the villain debuted in Batman #1. Can you see the similarities? Read more about this.
ESSENTIAL BATMAN READING
Batman books and compendiums that show the incredible diversity of the Dark Knight's universe.
Batman Detective Comics by Mariko Tamaki and Dan Mora
Batman: Last Knight on Earth
by Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo
Batman: No Man's Land Omnibus Vol. 1 by Greg Rucka and Dennis O'Neil
DC vs. Vampires Vol. 1 by Matthew Rosenberg and James Tynion IV
Barkham Asylum by Yehudi Mercado
Batman: The Detective by
Tom Taylor and Andy Kubert
Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham (New Edition) by Richard Pace and Mike Mignola
Batman: Black Mirror the (Deluxe Edition) by Scott Snyder and Jock
Batman/Catwoman by Tom King and Clay Mann
Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 1 (2023 Edition) by Bill Finger and Bob Kane
The Batman & Scooby-Doo Mysteries Vol. 1 by Ivan Cohen and Sholly Fisch
Batman: Shadows of the Bat: House of Gotham by Matthew Rosenberg and Fernando Blanco
BAT FAMILY
Batman: Nightwalker (the Graphic Novel) by Marie Lu and Stuart Moore
Gotham High by Melissa de la Cruz and Thomas Pitilli
Wayne of Gotham by Tracy Hickman
The Batman Family: Year One Box Set by Scott Beatty and Charles Dixon
Absolute Batman: Death of the Family by Scott Snyder and James Tynion IV
Batman: Wayne Family Adventures Volume One by Crc Payne and Starbite
Batman: Wayne Family Adventures Volume Two by Crc Payne and Starbite
Batman: Wayne Family Adventures Volume Three by Crc Payne and Starbite
Batman: Wayne Family Adventures Volume Four by Crc Payne and Starbite
Batman: Wayne Family Adventures Volume Five by Crc Payne and Starbite
Batman and Robin and Howard: Summer Breakdown by Jeffrey Brown
Batman and Robin and Howard
by Jeffrey Brown