It was bold of you to put Year Two as your number one pick, Omar would be proud.

My Personal Favorite Batman Stories: 1. Strange Apparitions 2. Ego 3. War on Crime 4. Night of the Stalker 5. Blind Justice 6. Night Cries 7. Death of The Innocents 8. Ultimate Evil 9. Going Sane 10. Birth of the Demon

I think Frank Miller wrote The Dark Knight Strikes Again that way on purpose. He thought: "I wrote the best Batman story ever, now I'm gonna write the worst ever, just for fun!"

Great video. Have you done a top 10 best Superman comics?

I agree with number one for sure, the long Halloween and dark victory are fantastic! I still need to read dinis Batman omnibus which is on my shelf lol

GDay Mate 👋 Great video and I agree with your selection of your Top 10 👍 I find these sort of Top 10 lists hard to do because there is such a varied back history catalogue to choose from, anyways good job with the video mate 🤘🔥🤘❤

Mega content and love your choices.

Great video. I love a lot of these stories. dark Knight returns and I am Bane got me into comics and collecting.

Solid damn video! Batman is also my favorite superhero since I grew up with him in the animated shows, the movies with Clooney and Kilmer, and comics (which was No Man's Land and pushed me into collecting omnibuses). I'm going to save this and use it as I keep going with my collection! Thanks for what you do and keep it going. Also, Batman omni by Loeb and Sale was the first omni i read after buying it for over 120 in an airport before flying to Italy so i definitely overpaid for it. But I agree, it's a masterpiece. So damn good. I loved the whole thing.

I agree with a lot of your selection, including Tom King (I’m gonna get killed😅), but perhaps not in the same order. Quick question: You don’t have to protect hardcovers the same way you do regular comics? Like in a sealed comic bag?

Solid list.

I'm glad someone else is as high as The Rise and Fall of the Batmen as me!!

I only just started reading Batman comics and Year One is criminally short. It seems like the perfect jumping off point until you realize its 4 issues and youre left lost and unsure where to read from there lol

Which one should i read first paul dinis omnibus or hush hc?

I feel like not having knight fall on the list is real bad. A lot of the books you pick not even 20 years old.

Putting Morrison that low is a bummer. But props for putting it up at all. It is certainly not "new reader friendly" maybe past the first 4 issues. Though unconnected, I'd certainly add Gothic, and most importantly, Arkham Asylum. While Final Crisis is a favorite, It's not necessary if you're only reading his Batman, as all relevant parts are shown in flashback in the issues from the "Time and the Batman" book. I've never heard that Zero Year was mandated. I know that Scott didn't want to undo Year One. But it was getting harder to work around it. If you're gonna count all of Morrison as one spot, I see no need to treat Snyder any different. Makes room for more recommendations. Also, the hate Superheavy gets is ridiculous. It's easily the best Gordon story, and ranks second for me in Snyder Batman work, only behind Black Mirror. Many good bits from New 52 Batman were contributions from Tynion. Lest we forget that the two storied both weekly series, with James listed first. I imagine getting Rebirth Detective was a "thank you" for keeping that Bat-train a-rollin' in Scott's absence. I just wish he'd had the same enthusiasm when he finally got on Batman proper. He seemed pretty jaded by that point, and jumped prematurely when Substack proved to be profitable. I certainly don't hate Tom King's run like some do, but I don't love it either. I mean, the best issue of the whole Bat/Cat thing was written by the other Tom! It's funny that the dream stuff gets dunked on so much. The Professor Pyg issue is my favorite of the 85! But now he is constantly extending his work with the characters and world of Gotham. And I just can't get excited for any of it. I wanted Batman/Catwoman, but by the time it finally became available in a collected format, I just wasn't jazzed enough to buy it, nor have I since. Again, to consolidate and expand, I'd just make a Frank Miller spot. Explain which books you like and which ones you hate. His stuff is all kinds of quality. I'm the world's biggest All-Star Batman fan. Anyone that takes it seriously seems to overlook how beautifully farcical it is. But no doubt, Dark Knight Returns and Year One are a lovely juxtaposition. Write the last Batman story ever, followed by the first. Few get to do that. Snyder did with Zero Year and Last Knight on Earth. My favorite is Morrison doing All-Star Superman then New 52 Action. Dini's Hush trilogy is an absolute must if you read the original story. Hush is a fun jump on title because of how much it features of Batman's universe. But the twists fall pretty flat. Dini retroactively made him one of the best of the Rogues gallery. But to mention some extra Loeb that IS solid start to finish AND fun as hell is his work on Superman/Batman. I recommend this title to new readers all the time that have an interest in both characters. Certainly some surprising omissions! Despite being a Joker story, I think Killing Joke is an essential read. I especially recommend it to non-comic fans FIRST. I didn't feel this way until I came home one day. My GF had (finally!) pulled a book from the shelf to read. KJ has the killer cover and an un-intimidating looking length. But she was SHOOK. I think it's a brutal tale that tosses you in the deep end, and sometimes, that the type of reaction that ignites a desire for MORE. The recent deluxe edition of Under the Red Hood is absolutely incredible. Prefacing it with Death in the Family is optional, but not required, since Red Hood fills in all the important details. This is easily a contender for my top spot. It's funny, as I love Captain America, and the Winter Soldier arc was coming out at almost the same time. The central conceit of both stories are near identical. But rereading it recently made me realize just how well it holds up. It's a tale that's timeless and relatable. As a teen, I identified with the rebellious troublemaker hacking off heads in the story. But at 37, it's the idea of losing a child and having to live with it that is unfathomable. It's powerful stuff.

SOLIDDDDDDD bro. Bats have so many amazing stories. Snyder's run was a breath of fresh air for me. Dope list man.

An Absolute edition of Grant Morrison & Dave McKean's Arkham Asylum is coming out in August this year. I highly recommend this if you haven't read it already.

How much of the first Omni do i have to read before switching over to Final Crisis?

My list is mostly older... and not in order of importance. It's always cool to share and read fellow comics favorites! 1. Gerry Conway's run with a lot of Don Newtons art. Eventually introduces Croc and the first incarnation of Jason Todd. 2. Ten Nights of the Beast - Jim Starlin and Jim Aparo art. 3. The Cult - Jim Starlin and Bernie Wrightson 4. Alan Grant and Norm Breyfogle's Detective comics run. Lots of new and interesting villains introduced. 5. Killing Joke 6. Dark Knight returns 7. Batman #1 - I have the Famous First Edition reprint and that book is awesome. I have not read a lot of Golden Age books because they're old and expensive. However, the commonly reprinted stuff like, Superman, Captain Marvel and the Flash that I have read is, in my opinion, not as good as that book. 2 Joker stories, 1 Hugo Strange tale & the first Catwoman tale. Get a reprint! 8. Bob Haney and Jim Aparo on the Brave and the Bold. Even the stuff after Bob Haney left was good. 9. Batman vs the Incredible Hulk with art by the incomparable Jose Luis Garcia Lopez. In Treasury edition size. Any of those Treasury sized special editions from the 70's are great and filled with reprints from the 30's to the 70's. 10. The greatest Batman stories ever told. Another reprint book that is great for a newbie with choice stories. I'd also recommend Power records Batman stories. Some are just audio, but some were Book and Record sets with original stories and Neal Adams art. Just collect them for the "album" art! Here's a sample kzfaq.info/get/bejne/f5ODaKSSybipj5c.html

That Batman Adventures Omni is so damn good 🔥

Brave and bold

Boys i really need help. Where do i start in Batman comics. I have just bought year one, long halloween and ego and other tails. Where do i go now or is there anything i need to read between those?

Should i buy paul dini omnibus and hush hardcover or will i be double dipping???

There's still a lot I haven't read yet but right now I'd say my top ten is: 1. War Games (I know, controversial) 2. Alan Grant/Norm Breyfogle's run 3. Dead Reckoning 4. Detective Comics by James Tynion IV 5. A Lonely Place of Dying 6. Ed Brubaker's run 7. The Long Halloween 8. No Man's Land 9. Dark Moon Rising 10. Year One (And to be a bit more controversial, I'm not the biggest fan of Hush or Morrison's run, the latter in large part because I hate Damian, the former just because I don't think it's written well. I'm also not the biggest fan of The Killing Joke, and while I do enjoy TKR I don't think it's a good Batman comic. To close off the dishonorable mentions, while I don't dislike Snyder and Capulo's run, I do think it's strongly overrated).

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Where you get the Batman murder books I see there are 4 of them? Are they hardcover ? Where can I I get them

Where in the Grant Morrison Omni Vol1 do you jump to final crisis then back?

Now do I need to read anything else to be able to read Final Crisis or is just Batman Grant Morrison vol 1 enough

Solid list, dude, but that background music's gotta go. I feel like I'm 43rd in the on hold queue while calling my doctor for test results...

Think I bought about 3 - 4 comics as a kid. Batman - Spiderman and posibly Superman, The Hulk or X Men, can't remember. I liked almost every Batman movie series since. I disliked every Spiderman movie but liked the comic as a kid.The rest as movies maybe, a hit or miss. Now I was looking for a game this winter and came across John Carpenters Rise of The Sludge God for the prequel, 1of 3 of Toxic Commando. I'm older so maybe I will try the kindle version lol. Maybe if I don't like one or the other like above, uh ya!...and our winter is like summer now so....no hurry. Maybe next winter....

How you put Tom king Batman over knightfall, no man’s land, battle for the cowl, Bruce Wayne murderer, fugitive, legacy, strange apparitions,the Paul Dini run, Venom, Prey, a lonely place of dying, death in the family and even some of the Bronze Age stuff like the denny O’Neil and Neal Adams stuff. Or the HC deluxe like brubakers the man who laughs. SMH…. I’m pulling your omnibro card.

Amazing list, but I will definitely substitute Batman by Snyder to “dark knight dark city” and Batman by Tom king to Batman the cult.

If you put Batman by Tom king in the top ten then you’re getting a downvote 😂

black mirror is not that good, but everything else was on point

I really like the commentary, please for the love of Joker get different background music. It's distracting and annoying in my opinion.

What about batman eternal?

Not a fan of joker? Whatt?

The music under this video is an absolute punish.

I stopped buying Batman when Grant Morrison started the Zur en Argh story. I hated that his Batman was insane. Came back when Dick Grayson was Batman and still didn't enjoy it so I dropped it again. When Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo took over is one of my favorite Batman runs. But I really didn't like Metal or Death Metal. Love Batman Adventures. I haven't read Detective Comics Rebirth but I do own the Omnibus, must read it. My sister bought Tom Kings run monthly, I got to read it... I loved some stories, hated others, not in my top anything. I enjoyed Black Mirror. I loved Year One. Hush is probably in my top 3. I like Dark Knight Returns, definitely a must read. Long Halloween and Dark Victory are Amazing! It took me a while to get into the Tim Sale art but I love it now. Knightfall was the story that got me into Batman Comics. I loved the whole No Mans Land era of comics. and one of my favorites that doesn't get much love is Batman Venom, where Batman gets addicted to the stuff that Bane uses.

- Batman by Grant Morrison for me has been the beginning of the end, the introduction of Damian Wayne led Tim Drake to an oblivion of uselessness in which he still is, ruined Talia that went from a great assassin tormented between the devotion to her father and the love for Batman to a mix between "I'm an evil empress wannabe" and "I'm Batman's ex-girlfriend AND i'm gonna ruin his life in the most bullshit way possible", Morrison is also the responsible for making Batman so over the top with things like Bruce implanting in himself a secret persona like he is freaking Professor Hugo Strange or beating Darkseid, Batman is an extremely good detective and fighter...that's it, no technology genius or smartest man in the universe like he is freaking Reed Richards. Also the Joker stuff was horrendous, with stories like Arkham Asylum Morrison basically opened the floodgate to any writer to essentially write Joker in whatever way the wanted assassinating the very concept of a characterization and it's pointless because he justifies that because "Well Joker had so many characterizations over the years that i had to find a solution and used his madness to explain it" ok, what about Penguin? He is sane, when captured he goes to Blackgate not Arkham but he had different characterizations during the years from intellettual gang leader in the Golden Age, buccaneer of birds in the Silver Age, gentleman thief during the Bronze Age, monstruos freak in the early 90's to nowadays boring mobster...how are you gonna explain this? - Batman by Scott Snyder is overrated, Zero Year is a very good Batman story that deserves the Absolute treatment, The Court and City of Owls is good but not a masterpiece due to the villain: a cabala of the most influential of Gotham, that run the city from the shadows and that have done so for decades maybe centuries is a very good concept but then, in order to accomplish ANYTHING, these guys need to use ninja zombies that wear an owl suit and that are frozen/unfrozen after/before their mission...WTF? Talons are a very idiotic concept especially tied to this serious and dark threat of the Court (moreover the Thomas Wayne Jr. thing seems something taken out from the most generic spanish soap-opera ever), Endgame is so over-the-top with Batman beating every Jokerized member of the Justice League that is simply ludicrous. - Tom King is a contender for worst Batman writer ever, at least Morrison wrote Gothic, Arkham Asylum (yeah it has some problems but with the interpretation of "It's all a dream" they can be forgotten) and some good elements in his run (like the introduction of Professor Pyg). King has nothing, there is no good narrative arc, no masterpiece, not even a good story for a villain (the things he has done to Riddler are atrocious)...and he turned Bruce into this pathetic, melodramatic, constantly weeping buffoon that slaps Tim for trying to comfort him after the whole Catwoman affair (moreover the fact that he had to ask for Catwoman's help for both Bane and Thomas Wayne is ridicolous, when i saw Batman say to Catwoman "break him" and she goes to defeat Thomas i was laughing my ass off, seemed a Pokemon battle, it just lacked "Cat i choose you"). Absolutely not a recommend, there's a reason why DC diminished Tom King's contract from 105 issues to 85 and why, to this day, there are no omnibus of this run: it was crap and it didn't sold

Your choice but BS in my opinion

I don’t like Robin in Batman stories. I’ve yet to find an omnibus without Robin in it 😢

Why are you picking all the modern books what about strange apparitions what about all the great stories from the bronze age that was Batman when he lived in the penthouse in Gotham City when he didn't have the batcave those are some of the great Batman stories of all time that was Batman that is true self when he was a swashbuckling superhero not this god-like figure that can take down dark side That's not Batman he should never be on that power level Batman is a street level superhero who can be it on adventures like that when he's with the Justice League but Batman should never be able to just sit in the bat cave and decide to take off to apocalypse just because he can like he's done before That's so stupid

I'm the biggest Batman collected there is but Tom King destroyed the character he made him into a soy boy getting beat up by Harley Quinn and Catwoman getting pumped out by women That's a joke Bruce Wayne would never lose a fight to a woman