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06-09-2011, 03:45 PM
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Dare To Be Stupid!
 
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Can I have some Batman suggestions?
I have always been a fan of Batman. I loved the show as a kid, loved the movies, and had a bunch of the toys. But I will admit, I have never picked up a Batman book. So, can you guys and gals suggest some good Batman stories? My favorite Batman villain is The Joker so any stories with him are welcome indeed. Thanks in advance.
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06-09-2011, 04:27 PM
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The Agenda of Existing
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The Killing Joke by Alan Moore is fantastic
Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth is very good Knightfall arc Great Elseworld stories: Gotham by Gaslight and Batman: Holy terror |
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06-09-2011, 07:56 PM
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Stone Warrior
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The Long Halloween is good; I see The Killing Joke is already mentioned but it is one of the best Joker origin story ever told. Batman: Year One and Knightfall.
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06-09-2011, 09:25 PM
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Dare To Be Stupid!
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Thank you both for the suggestions! I will def be looking to check those out.
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06-09-2011, 09:42 PM
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Stone Warrior
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The Killing Joke, A Death In the Family, and I forget the story after A Death In the Family where the Joker loses it at first and has to recover, but I liked that one, too. Also, the one-shot based on the cartoon, Batman: Mad Love.
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06-09-2011, 09:57 PM
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Bad Boy
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How has someone not mentioned Dark Knight Returns yet? I'd think that'd go with Killing Joke and Year One in terms of best and most known.
Long Halloween is also good. |
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06-09-2011, 10:13 PM
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I don't like The Long Halloween, or anything else Loeb has done. The Killing Joke is excellent if you like Joker stories. Mad Love is AWESOME. The Man Who Laughs is pretty good; especially if you like Joker. The Batman Black and White series is always fun, as it gives you a wide scope of Batman stories, from campy to gritty. There are a couple others I remember reading, but can't remember the title. It's going to bother the hell out of me. It's something like Batman Murder Files or Murder in Gotham or something real generic like that. It features the Joker kidnapping the mayor of Gotham and Silver St. Cloud and taking them to this mansion. Anyone remember the title?
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06-09-2011, 10:39 PM
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Stuff within Gotham that Batman only appears in periodically is sometimes very good, such as the Gotham Central, which is a police comic set within the city.
Avoid Dark Knight Strikes Again at all ****ing costs. |
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06-10-2011, 08:31 AM
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Stone Warrior
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I also recommend the killing joke along with most of the other suggestions. Also, the Arkham City comic miniseries that is out now seems to be shaping up to be pretty good.
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06-10-2011, 08:39 AM
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The Agenda of Existing
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Avoid All-Star Batman and Robin just like Dark Knight Strikes Again.
Seems like Frank Miller got no middle ground when it comes to Batman stories, either they are good or just s*** |
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06-10-2011, 09:00 AM
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Random Punk
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+1 for The Dark Knight Returns and Killing Joke
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06-10-2011, 09:05 AM
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"A Death in the Family" and "A Lonely Place of Dying." One Robin falls, another Robin rises!
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06-10-2011, 09:46 AM
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My two favorite's are Year One and Dark Knight Returns. Different flavors, but both by Frank Miller and both are classics.
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06-10-2011, 10:17 AM
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Stone Warrior
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i like the " Hush " story
co-sign long halloween & killing joke
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06-18-2011, 09:21 AM
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what type of stories are you looking for and if you dont mind me asking whats the budget.... Most of the stories I like include about 2-3 tpb to complete them...
Year one Killing joke death in the fam lonely place of dying Knightfall vol 1-3 Cataclysim/No Man's Land Cataclysim + vol.1-5 Batman Officer down Bruce Wayne murderer and fugitive muderer+vol 1-3 hush wargames and war crimes (this is iffy either you love it or hate, I of course LOVED it) Batman detective Batman Death and the city batman heart of hush Batman and Son Resurrection of ras al ghul batman the black glove Batman RIP (read as a whole completely epic, also worth noting you will need final crisis issue 6 to see what happened but beware you are only buying it for about 4 pages) Battle for the Cowl (is nightwings origin to batman, Robins to RedRobin and Damian to Robin) if you need more let me know yes these are really good too.
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