I love this series because it brings focus on stories and not just “keys.” Enough chatter on that on so many other KZfaq channels

The new 52's Detective Comics 27 is my favourite and earliest introduction to Batman.

As someone who recently got into comic collecting, it is nice to learn more about the actual stories rather than just keys to collect!

Loved this vid. There's a lot of focus on speccing, flipping keys etc, in the collecting world and the attention you give to these stories is refreshing. Another video like this with other random and lesser known stories would be awesome, because these are basically bridges into comics - read a great story in a comic randomly and then you could have found a new hobby. Appreciate the work dude!

These books are great picks, you have me intrigued with the swamp thing crossover issue, gonna have to for sure give it a read!

Nice list, I love the Batman comics/books as well. I collect a lot of the golden age comics. Another cool character I love reading is hellboy.

Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader Part 2. Neil Gaiman’s Pros almost put me to tears. This is the definitive Batman issue for me. James Tynion IV’s Batman 93. Best one of the best, if not the best Joker monologues I’ve ever read.

Im going to look all of these up! I dont think I have read any. Great list

I picked up Batman Annual #11 because of this video, I absolutely loved both stories in this issue. Thanks for the recommendation dude! Love your channel!

The more I watch your video the more I know about comic books. Love it!

I’m going to have to hunt these down. Batman has been my favorite character of all time. Great video!

Been afew years since reading any Batman although I did enjoy issue 627 Detective Comics... My recomendation... there are variations of the chemical syndicate that was a fantastic read. Must have read that issue 5 times. Only read one off your list .Gonna keep an eye out for the rest. Watching your series for the last month. Awesome...keep it up.

my favorite batman cover of all time is batman 474 because theres something about the deadshot background that catches my eyes. Great Vid btw

watching your vids before sleeping is a vibe

I've read 8 of these. I love the Batman/Swamp Thing issue. I always thought Gotham Knights was so underrated. I really liked that series especially the issues Devin Grayson wrote. Great video!

Top video, mate. Not many youtubers are able to showcase such interesting off-the-radar titles, let alone in such an appealing and knowledgeable way as you do. Subscribed!!

One of my favorites Detective Comics issue #440. Batman actually rides a flaming Grizzly Bear off a cliff ( nuff said).

Great list man! Really hope you keep this series going; tired of seeing videos about just key comics and not single issues!

I've been really enjoying your videos lately thank you so much!

Have not read any of these, but now I'm going to!

Great selection of comics. I especially liked Batman #156, I like the artwork from that Era.

iv just noticed how close you are to 5k subs dude! really looking forward to that video, you deserve all the subs!

Just wanted to say you have become one of my favorite channels to watch. Thanks for your content!

I've read about three of these. The batman 1,000, batman 23 and batman 156. I'll have to give the others a read. An underated batman story I like has to be a tie between the recent Tom king run, issue 61 as the question makes an apperence, and batman with Robin 239

Great episode. Love hearing about comics that aren't keys or specs.

That Celine Dion shirt from teepublic 👀😂👍🏽 definitely loving this tho man people are always worried about “keys” but never enjoy the whole story around it!

Great list of books! I believe I have read 2 of them and made notes on several I'm going to read! Thanks for sharing!

Swamp thing book is definitely underrated (not overrated!). The dialogue between Green Arrow and Batman during the Kevin Smith Green Arrow run is also excellent. I’ll definitely look out for the others. A Batman Animated Series Video would be cool too. Be well!

My favorites are mostly Adventures stories, stuff by Paul Dini, and early '80s pre-crisis comics. Those are almost impossible to read though since they've never been collected and the entire era before Dark Knight Returns has been discarded. Do you collect the Batman/Superman Adventures titles? I have all of them, including Batman Beyond. They're actually pretty tough to find in good shape, I read somewhere that they were among the lowest selling DC titles when they came out.

First off congratulations on hitting 5k subscribers 👏 I haven't read any of those books. I would suggestion Batman Detective comic 833 Back ground story about Bruce and Zatanna. Which go on for a few issues team up. But the ending took me off guard for a sec.

Nice list. I have read 9/10, only missing Tec 1017. I always include Batman 347 in these lists. It is a tale of three guys planning a crime, sharing their separate encounters with Batman. It has never been collected as it falls in the middle of the Gerry Conway/Don Newton/Gene Colon run, but was written by Roger Sifler and penciled by Trevor Von Eeden. Worth a read IMHO.

I've read the swamp thing, the orphanage, and the Knute stories. All were very good. Knute was probably my favorite of the three. Reading Bloodstorm now.

Great video! NEED to get my hands on that batman annual #11 sounds great

I had read only the Clayface, Day Robin DIed, and Tec 1000. More of an older stuff guy. Don't know if 368 considered a key due to Jason Todd, but it is best of its era imo. Well written and powerful. Batman #400 was Knightfall before Knightfall, Arkham breakout. It was the last big Batman story before Crisis and a culmination of Moench's run. Detective Annual #4 is a great Elseworlds future tale of the last Batman story. Brave and the Bold had some wild stuff, my favorite was Bats and Sgt. Rock going against Satan/ Hitler in #108.

Love the channel I think I've watched every video over the last week

2- I read two!!!! Impossible I thought I couldn’t even have one of your top 10. But 2 who knew. I’m so happy to have this connection! Thanks again!!

I read three out of ten, detective comic with Tom Taylor, detective #1000 and gotham knight 32. It actually because of gotham knight 32 that I start looking for videos like this. Keep up the good work.

I simply love all Batman books hahaha, especially silver age batman! Just the cover alone looks so good.

Great video! I have read 1 of those books; the Batman Annual. It was reccomended by a friend and I still have his borrowed copy. Need to get that back to him since he loaned it to me in 2003! The Max Allen Collins Penguin story in the same book is also very good.

4... You came with heat. Love you're alt take on things .new content mixed in with some classical subjects.real talk I'm loving it man..big fan

Batman 23 is one of my all time favorite one shot. Batman & Elmer Fudd is another great story.

The story summaries on these are great! Be cool to see more of these!

Great video man. Hopefully we get more of these types of vids

Batman 500 is one of my favorites just because of the cover in all the different variant but I have read 4/10 I need to read the rest though because the way you describe them makes me feel like I’m missing out thanks for the awesome video!! Almost there to 5k🥳🥳🥳😁

Loved the clayface story.

Great video!!! Please do a Top 10 Daredevil comics that no has heard of too!!!

Im here for the full batman run, great video tho ✌

James another banger man these videos kick ass

Honestly I didn't know I needed this video. I never knew where to start with batman, now I have a great starting point 😌👌

I read that Tec 439 story as a kid, I was probably 12. It made an indelible impression on me. Funny how a comic story can make that much of an impact on you and guide you though life. Possibly the perfect Batman story. Captures the entire ethos of the character and why Batman stands as the greatest comicbook character of all time.

Great video as always.

Nice picks! I think the Batman and TMNT crossover is really underrated, it's definitely one of my favorites.

I have Batman Annual #11 and often thought that @ 5:49 , looking at the panel with Clayface and his wife that the artist used the set from "All in the Family" and just substituted Archie & Edith in Clayface's mind.

Great video not read any of the 10 Sent for Alfred s best story s and the Bane and Batman meets the Man from Uncle looking forward to read ing. these keep well

So I've only read the Planetary crossover (planetary is freaking amazing) but now I really want to read the Swamp Thing / Batman crossover. Two of my favorite DC characters.

Great video!

I have quite a few reads that are smaller arcs but not man single issues that come to mind. Detective 826 is very good, especially around the holidays. Joker has Tim kidnapped and driving around the city. Fun stuff. Batman 466 is a great early Batman and Tim Drake oneshot story that I enjoyed a lot. Detective Comics #627 is great because of the 2 brand-new twists on the story in Detective 27. Cool video :)

Cool list. Recently, I have been enjoying more Batman single stories than story arcs. One of my personal favourite Batman stories is Detective Comics 613, a small but thought-proking tale about environment, which is sadly still relevant today.

You finally got it out and uploaded 😂

Unbelievable, I have a filing cabinet of mainly Batman/Detective comics and haven’t read any of these! I really like Batman 500 as I really loved the Az~Bat costume and the extra cover is fantastic. I also love 467 I think it is, where Tim Drake is on his own for the first time and the ending is really funny! I’m going to have a look to remind myself. I am probably going to choose a lot from the Alan Grant and Norm Breyfogle run, because I loved those stories and that is the time I collect now to try and complete the run. May they rest in peace.

New to the channel - love the content

Batman Annual 13 (1989). That was the first Batman comic I bought and I was hooked ever since and haven't missed a single month in 32 years. It was so dark and moody and I loved the bios of the Batman villains in them. Normally I dont recommend KZfaqrs at my LCS but since your last video on non key awesome Batman stories I've been directing new to Batman readers this way.

I love that batman swamp thing issue

Hey man love the channel. Die Hard Batman fan here as well. Legends of the dark Knight is something I’m working on, but for some reason I haven’t had much luck in my area (Jamestown, NY). Keep up the great content! Also, how do you feel about this future state “Next Batman”?

10 of 10, one of my favorite Batman issues 686

Only the one with Clayface, many years ago and still love it!

I have not yet read these comics, but they are now on my bucket list to purchase this year.

Good luck everyone for the giveaway! And hopefully you reach 5k soon

Detective Comics “Night of the Stalker” is also one of my favorites. Steve E. wrote a brilliant one.

great list man

My fav Batman single issue(so far) is All Star Batman #8 from Scott Snyder. Love his take on Mad Hatter!

I loved Batman 32 Vol 3. Seeing Bruce and Clark swap costumes and see there friendship at the carnival was awesome. Cant forget the baseball scene at the end either.

I love the idea of giving exposure to lesser known yet really excellent comics. Just because they are aren't valuable doesn't mean they're no good. I have about half of these, mostly the older ones plus Detective #1000. Great to see Steve Englehart, and of course Alan Moore, getting some love!

Nice vid!

Night Cries is SO AMAZING

I don't remember the specific issues, but my favorite Bat stories so far were in Showcase Presents volume 4, I believe from the early 70s. They focused on the Detective aspect of the character.

I have about 500 Batman comic books in my collection and I need to read them. I could then create my own top 10 list.

Batman#451 it has a cool Joker cover, Batman the Killing Joke the darkest Batman story ever told,Dark Knight Returns#1-4 great story.

Another banger 👍🚨

4, including the Bill Finger classic, Robin Dies at Dawn.

Great list. Gotta do some detective work and find these issues.

I’ve been reading the Batman 66 stuff, I like it a lot - very camp ala the TV show. I also dig all the Batman Adventures stuff. I think Solomon Grundy needs another run with Batman, with all the zombies stuff over the last 5-10 years I’m surprised this wasn’t pushed. I have a Batman/Spider-Man comic, kinda lame, but I love the spawn mashup and the TMNT run. Sorry this was so long and rambling

I haven't read any of these. I have always been a fan of the elseworlds batman, where it takes place in ocean. The joker is a pirate captain who teams up with Catwoman to find the bats hidden cave in order to discover his identity. I love that story.

I've only read the three recent ones. I really like the one with Swamp Thing. I bought a print from Mitch Gerads at Baltimore Comic Con of Bruce and Swamp Thing in the library. He and Tom King signed it and I put it into a plastic sleeve. As we were leaving the convention it was pouring down rain and some seeped into the one end and damaged it. Sigh.

Awesome! I liked annual 11. Also I had a question. Are you announcing the winner of the 5k giveaway on ig or youtube?

My personal favorite and admittedly a little hokey story-wise, Batman Annual 8 from 1982... based solely on Trevor Von Eeden's art. I've always considered Von Eeden's stuff unexceptional, the first Green Arrow mini notwithstanding, but his art in this issue is fantastic. This penultimate pre-Crisis Ra's Al Ghul appearance (and one of his many deaths) is unremarkable but the layouts set this issue apart from anything on the shelves at the time. I remember thinking to myself at the time "Why don't other artists do stuff like this?" Of course they did, I just hadn't discovered them yet. It's the first Batman annual to feature a new story rather than reprints and the first annual to be published since 1964 so it's not completely insignificant.

Great video. I'm a 7 out of 10 on those. My pick is DETECTIVE COMICS #604-607 Mudpack story. Remember when you got a free poster in the middle of the comic? I had them proudly on the bedroom wall.Good times

I'm embarrassed to say I've not read any of these but now they're on my pick up list. Thank you for spreading the Bat love.

Batman Digital Justice is an excellent one shot story, it's a hardcover book that can be bought for less than $10 off ebay

Though it's a two-parter, I recommend the story arc "Terminal" in Detective Comics New 52 #35 & #36 by Ben Percy and John Paul Leon.

I love these lists, it showcases issues I may not have read or heard about. An issues I really enjoy is Detective Comics #826 by Paul Dini, called "Slayride." It's a story featuring Joker kidnapping Tim Drake Robin and dragging him along during Xmas holiday killing spree. It focuses on Robin's internal monologue helplessly trying to free himself and stop the Joker. It's a great story, with good artwork and a fantastic cover.

Can you do top 10 batman comics . No restrictions just your top 10.

Man i gotta get me that swampie bats combo, thats some Brave and the Bold level banter/characters playing off each other My pick goes to Batman Gotham Knights 18 Thers no fights, no villains, its just bats restless in Wayne manor trying to handle down time, and its just soooo much character driven growth and development, im on the hunt for at least a 9 to get slabbed

Some Batman books that I love even if their not keys would have to be Detective Comics #613 Detective Comics #614 And Detective Comics #609

Untold Legend of the Batman, 1 & 2, late 70,s Batman issue reading, "Is This the End of the Catwoman" ? Another late 70,s issue Batman issue, first appearance of Arkham Asylum? Batman in strait jacket as inmates all around him reads as one inmate taunts him- "You,re Not the Batman, you,re just One of Us?" Detective comics issues' Batman Family issues, first Batman story has him confronting Maxi Zeus, " The Golden Fleece Mystery" or something similar, the last story- " The Assassination of Batgirl". A hunter stalks her and draws her out only to have the reader thinking she took a fatal bullet and head dive at the end. Next issue, part two where we realize just a ploy to draw Batman out to kill him by General Scarr, Batman, Batgirl ending up defeating the gang. ( Excuse me as texting away from home and comic boxes, so don,t have access to issue no.,s, best recall I can do. ) All these 70,s issues from childhood when 8, 9 years old. The "Legend" issues really blew my little kid mind away, the "End of the Catwoman" issue as well, First "Arkham" issue both loved it and found really creepy. The " There is No Hope in Crime Alley" issue is another stand alone great.

I think I read 8 or 9 of those, it has been a long time for some so I am not 100% sure lol :)

Ok, knute brody story sounds pretty good

Wow that was awesome and i dont have any of those batman issues hahaha

Great Batman Books, great reads. Batman Annual 11 is an absolute nutso issue in a good way.

Batman has to be the greatest character ever in comics.