The Complete Guide for Getting into Batman Comics (with Chronology and Reading Order)

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@dillonmoss Жыл бұрын

New reader: I’ve particularly enjoyed the black mirror. Thanks for all of the work putting this together. I’m a completionist and this has been quite helpful

@DSZ58 Жыл бұрын

“Completionist” is an interesting word choice, I may borrow this. Completionism is something I rarely yet illustrate only with the things I enjoy the most. Batman’s one of this now that I have some time. I checked out Comicstorian however I noticed gaps and characters that weren’t introduced so it wasn’t as chronological as I hoped. This fills in those gaps. Thanks man

@YizzTheEunuch 3 жыл бұрын

Commissioner: "I never got a chance to thank you..." AA: "And you'll never have to... now GET OUT."

@Bosephboestar 3 жыл бұрын

thanks for this i've been obsessing over the movies and series recently and this is helping me to get started

@patrickimperial579 4 ай бұрын

14:50 is when the list of stories to read in order actually starts

@Yokar_mova1212 12 күн бұрын

Thanks, saved me time

@rivenmain2175 3 жыл бұрын

this is more complicated for me than the videos about metapolitics, hirarchy of power and economics but one thing i got is 'start from issue 401 and skip flashbacks' i will probably have to rewatch the video a couple of times

@egressoutofthedark 5 ай бұрын

Thank you for how rigorous you’ve approached this. The comprehensive account you’ve given really helps me make a decision on a way into things.

@adrianrussell5169 2 жыл бұрын

Brilliant video! Super helpful as I’m been trying to organise all my TPs in chronological order, obsessing over this and what titles might’ve missing. Thank you!!!

@yuothineyesasian 3 жыл бұрын

Huge fan of Batman. Knightfall and No Man's Land are my favorite runs. Thanks for the vid!

@waza987 7 ай бұрын

I see the Batman chronology as a mythology. Stories told with a core of truth but different perspectives, understandings, exaggerations and mistakes.

@KTLaughter 5 ай бұрын

I’m a little late to this video, but great job compiling all of this information in one place. Great way for new readers to get a grasp on resets like crisis and how loose the canon can be at times

@bryansteele832 2 жыл бұрын

Step 1- Get the DC universe infinite app Step 2 - Become overwhelmed Step 3 -Start somewhere and move forward (or backwards)

@samirouhani 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, really helpful.

@depthcharge123 3 жыл бұрын

I would consider myself as a Batman fan, but mostly through the films and games. When I did try reading the comics, I bought the famous ones, but only The Dark Knight Returns truly captivated me like a good novel. I probably need your advise if I ever plan to continue.

@waza987 7 ай бұрын

So annoying that Second Chances, Caped Crusader 1-5, Dark Knight Detective 1-4 and Norm Brefogyle hardbacks are all out of print and very expensive just a couple of years after this video came out.

@gwfbagel3811 3 жыл бұрын

Great to see you cover a cool alternative topic. Batman is the archetypal rightist superhero. Others are more extreme, like Rorschach, Judge Dredd, and the Punisher. But Batman being the most popular and historically significant, makes him the best case study.

@damiantirado9616 2 жыл бұрын

Batman is indeed right wing but he isn’t the archetypical type of right wing hero. There’s been some versions of him where he is more left wing like the Batman animated series and Matt Reeves Batman

@Catweazled 3 жыл бұрын

This is brilliant.

@keypath4389 2 жыл бұрын

Just found out this video.. I love it!!!!!! Please do more for other characters!!!

@TruckerJenkins82 3 жыл бұрын

This video has given me the gumption to get into them. My wife has a few from the 80s but they're all in French. We started watching the recentish animated takes on the comics and I found them highly enjoyable. Digressing a bit, last night I ended up stumbling across Superman: Red Son, where Superman arrives on Earth in Ukraine instead of Kansas and grows up to become a full on dirty communist, quite the tale although I think there are bits in the animated film that differ from the comic, would recommend though.

@karlburton1873 3 жыл бұрын

A pleasant surprise - thank you

@skaterdude7277 2 жыл бұрын

14:52 da list, finally

@CAVEDATA 9 ай бұрын

This is great. Thanks.

@vexus8010 3 жыл бұрын

It might be a bit much, but it would be interesting to see a Layman's Guide to some of the Bigger "Bat Moments" and why they are/were significant. You mention Death in the Family here, which has quite a story behind it in of itself, but there are other moments that id argue have some broader cultural/historical significance.

@arcadeassassin7176 Жыл бұрын

You should check out Salazar Knight and his history of the bat series. it's a really good documentary series where he talks about the fictional history of batman in print as well as behind the scenes details and his appearances in other media.

@dredpiratesnoop2607 3 жыл бұрын

Always thought the Batman was the best “super hero” because he’s not “super” just mega rich, highly intelligent and super fit. He’s also fallible both physically and bordering on (maybe) psychotic. Superman I always hated because well he’s basically on cheat mode and to much of a “goody two shoes”. Great synopsis on the chronology and as mentioned elsewhere I would definitely recommend “the killing joke” as an excellent stand alone title ... also my favourite origin story for the Joker. I started collecting some of the new 52 collected volumes but stopped ... but going to amazon now to order a bunch. Cheers to you AA

@raaaaaaaaaam496 3 жыл бұрын

Superman does have complexity just not the way we traditionally think

@roomate00 3 жыл бұрын

As much as I love the hard econ stuff, I think I enjoy AAs pop culture takes even more

@theddbrosgaming8085 3 жыл бұрын

I feel like if you're reading The Resurrection of Ra's Al Ghul and A Death in the Family, you kind of need to throw Death and the Maidens and Under the Red Hood somewhere in there.

@KingCrocoduck 3 жыл бұрын

There is no relationship in art that is more interesting than that of The Batman and The Joker

@bonbondurjdr6553 3 жыл бұрын

Eww.

@stephanberger3476 6 ай бұрын

So glad they'll put the original numbering back on Batman!

@jamiemahoney2446 3 жыл бұрын

Never really read many Barman comics, just occasionally, and even less this millennium. Are any of the publisher crossovers countered as canon, or even mentioned? E.g. Vs Predator, Alien or Spawn?

@arcuscotangens 3 жыл бұрын

I am happy to see this video before any other exposure to this "Batman". It sounds quite intriguing. Are there any notable media outside of comic books that I should be aware of?

@stephanberger3476 6 ай бұрын

Yes, I own and have read it all. To answer your question :)

@Infernal460 2 жыл бұрын

Very nice.

@nolanroesler4126 3 жыл бұрын

Keep talking about Batman. Watched all your Batman videos. Hurry up and read some more Batman comics. 😎

@Bromanviper 3 жыл бұрын

I think I'm going to buy most the big titles first then ill bridge the gap between them

@danielmarsden4573 3 жыл бұрын

My sister is a massive batman fan, but the only DC comic I’ve ever read was Superman: Red Son

@sol7967 3 жыл бұрын

Yes.

@jammydodger222Xxd 3 ай бұрын

Where does the killing joke fit into this? I'm currently reading death in the family and batman directly references those events. But since killing joke was a standalone and not part of the main batman publication I don't know where it fits in. Edit: based on what I can find online it seems to take place in between batman #425 and batman #426. Because the first time it's referenced, at least in the main batman publication is #426 as if it's just happened. Up until that point no mention of it is made. Hopefully this will be helpful to someone.

@eldr4362 2 жыл бұрын

Do this for Vargs catalogue.

@ziareparker3332 2 жыл бұрын

The first batman comics i read was the dark knight returns batman the long Halloween and batman hush in my opinion i think that batman hush is one of the best batman comics and batman is my favorite comic book character

@marcopignone9386 3 жыл бұрын

I have never read comics. I'm usually busy reading history, a biography (Napoleon currently), perhaps an excerpt from a Rothbard book on banking or something... but a few weeks ago I picked up Batman, the Golden Age, vol. 1, which I'm just finishing up when you post this! I'm glad I read a few of the 1939-40 stories before I move on to the more modern era. I definitely recommend the first appearances of Robin and the Joker.

@thebeersofsigmar 3 жыл бұрын

Love you pop culture stuff aa, the movies and video game stream was a highlight. Perhaps a right wing themes in video games stream

@pbh81 2 жыл бұрын

Any chance of a delve into the judd dredd comics. Specifically the issues related to when the population freely rejected democracy in favour of sticking with the judd system. Find that story fascinating, amazed even that such an idea was written

@mrmystery9965 Жыл бұрын

I’m really interested hear your thoughts on Batman now. Have you still be reading?

@AcademicAgent Жыл бұрын

I did a Batman month on Deepest Lore, and also interviewed Chuck Dixon, did you catch them?

@Paul_Davies 3 жыл бұрын

Brilliant AA maybe you can do Superman next and exploring the differences between Krypton and Earth in terms of society, morality etc from your perspective

@AcademicAgent 3 жыл бұрын

Paul Davies unfortunately I’m very much a Batman only fan in comics.

@karlburton1873 3 жыл бұрын

@@AcademicAgent Well he is in the Justice League. Shame, I was hoping you'd slag off Dan Dildo :) Thanks again, great job.

@AcademicAgent 3 жыл бұрын

Karl Burton I do like Tower of Babel for the basedness of Bats taking out the whole JLA

@karlburton1873 3 жыл бұрын

@@AcademicAgent Maybe I'll get that next. I went away from comics for a long time, due to all the agenda politics. Marvel can do one, they're the worst, and I'll never forgive Disney for what they did to Star Wars, anyway. I've started picking up Batman again, now Tom King has gone. I'd suggest readers select DC comics based upon the writer, rather than the character, or they'll run the risk of having their blood pressure go through the roof. It looks like DC are going to start having to worry about being profitable, so hopefully all the woke nonsense will die off. Robert Venditti is an excellent writer who keeps politics out of it.

@damiantirado9616 2 жыл бұрын

@@karlburton1873 when you say “politics” out of it you mean it has right wing politics right? Because comics have always been political. It just sometimes has right wing and then left wing politics

@eyelessking1 3 жыл бұрын

would love to see more bat man

@original_handle373 2 жыл бұрын

I started with The Killing Joke

@jammydodger222Xxd 10 ай бұрын

Alright, maybe someone in the know could help me out here. Are the batman comics and the detective comics in the same world or are they completley seperate incarnations of the character? I really want to start collecting batman and building a comprehensive knowledge his history but this is such a mammoth task.

@jammydodger222Xxd 10 ай бұрын

@@Alcibiades1999 okay, thanks. I guess I'll be collecting both then

@gabrielmarques5257 3 жыл бұрын

2:30 what is this website?

@cthulhutoad 3 жыл бұрын

Comics Matter w/Ya Boi 'Ac

@deliusmyth5063 3 жыл бұрын

I look forward to Zack's reciprocatory video on the Hungarian banking system.

@wroot1 3 жыл бұрын

the most effusive "now get out" i've heard yet

@karlburton1873 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much. Must have taken hours to put that together. First Class. It's a pity you don't work for DC, who let's face it, don't know what they're doing a lot of the time. We old fans knew what to expect, but I imagine that blew the minds of prospective fans. Hopefully AT&T will clear out the SJW infestation at DC. I'd advise readers to get info on the writers, and stick to good writers, rather than characters.

@Konuvis 2 жыл бұрын

Very nice video. I've collected a ton of Batman TPBs in the past but I stopped in the middle of New 52 and now I'm trying to be more selective about what I buy. I'm not sure if every TPB is essential in the DC You / Rebirth era.

@itsoktobewhite4278 2 жыл бұрын

good video, but you didn't even mention Dark Knight Returns? alongside Year One it's the best Batman material ever written.

@vladv5126 2 жыл бұрын

I agree that it's good but it's also not canon and he's focusing on the continuity.

@ErickReyesRomeroBanks Жыл бұрын

It's not canon

@therealmrmago9077 3 жыл бұрын

this is why i read the bat man comics out of order

@christianalexander579 2 жыл бұрын

You can read anything how you want it doesn't have to be in order i read any comic the way i want unless it has volumes then i read them in order to under the story

@alexthegordo 3 жыл бұрын

My head hurts

@Waffles.. 4 ай бұрын

Do this for superman🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

@sillysailor5932 3 жыл бұрын

Shouldn't this be on sly sneak. I miss sly sneak

@YizzTheEunuch 3 жыл бұрын

What happened to comics in 1971?

@YizzTheEunuch 3 жыл бұрын

@Xenophon ZING

@AcademicAgent 3 жыл бұрын

Yizz The Eunuch Bronze Age started

@YizzTheEunuch 3 жыл бұрын

@@AcademicAgent I don't know much about comics, I just wanted to give a nod to the "What happened in 1971" stream :P

@AcademicAgent 3 жыл бұрын

Yizz The Eunuch lmao great callback!

@YizzTheEunuch 3 жыл бұрын

@@AcademicAgent haha thanks :P

@wilius1428 3 жыл бұрын

Have you heard of Comicsgate and Cyberfrog?

@laurie1183 3 жыл бұрын

And people act like getting into Fate is confusing.

@rahmadlaksamanapratama5799 2 жыл бұрын

So can anyone tell me about : When Bruce parents born, when Bruce born, when his parent die, and when he started became batman? Cause I'm so confuse!! There are many versions and it's so confusing

@Fujiwae 2 жыл бұрын

still need help?

@bipolarewok 2 жыл бұрын

I have more batman comics than any other character, but I can't keep up with both marvel and dc continuities, so I just read dc comics at random. Even with marvel I kinda lost interest in continuity at this point.

@steelscorpion316 3 жыл бұрын

There was an AA video on what right wingers can do to influence power, getting into good careers, organizing, etc. Where did it go? It was called solutions...something.

@AcademicAgent 3 жыл бұрын

Н М З still there

@AcademicAgent 3 жыл бұрын

@@benisrood kzfaq.info/get/bejne/iK6ZlJucnajNZ5c.html

@funbro99 3 жыл бұрын

While I like batman.. I despise what they did to mr. Freeze

@christianalexander579 2 жыл бұрын

I had alot of Batman comics until i sold them 😑

@NovaAIMusic 11 ай бұрын

BRO WHY ARE COMİCS THİS CONFUSİNG. Wish they were more like manga

@sirganjaknight5460 3 жыл бұрын

I know it's cheating but there's some huge torrent packs floating about on the net of all the Batman comics together.

@mickeyrat2313 3 жыл бұрын

KAPOW

@vizedge5370 2 жыл бұрын

700

@chrisdoke5214 3 жыл бұрын

The problems with continuity is why I don’t bother with Marvel and DC comics. If you want superhero comics just read shonen manga .

@gavincooke8300 25 күн бұрын

They really have made a mess of it. Dredd is much easier to follow. Great to see how he ages as a character over time. Makes me think the decision makers in DC are complete morons.