Every Batman Run - Reading Order & Starting Points

The Dark Knight, the Caped Crusader, the better half of the Dynamic Duo... Batman has long cemented himself as the most popular comic book character, and his publication history shows it. This is the first of three videos covering (I) every regular Batman run, (II) every limited series, and (III) every special edition of the character. Make yourself confortable, we have a lot of ground to cover.
The essential reading order goes as follows:
Outdated and directed at younger audiences, the Golden and Silver Ages should only be read as curiosities.
O'Neil/Robbins/Adams' run
Steve Englehart/Marshall Rogers' run
Garry Conway's run
Doug Moench's first run
Batman Year One
Mike W. Barr's short run
Jim Starlin's short run
Grant/Wagner/Breyfogle's run
Legends of the Dark Knight
Dixon/Moench's run
Rucka/Brubaker's run
Grant Morrison's run
Scott Snyder's run
Tom King's run
Peter Tomasi's run
James Tynion IV's run
Chip Zdarsky's run
Top Ten ranks as follows:
10 - Dixon/Moench's run
9 - Jim Starlin's run
8 - Grant/Wagner/Breyfogle's run
7 - Tom King's run
6 - Englehart/Rogers' run
5 - O'Neil/Robbins/Adams' run
4 - Morrison's run
3 - Snyder's run
2 - Legends of the Dark Knight
1 - Batman Year One
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[@tonyraju631]

Still waiting for Ghost Rider Essentials or Reading order

[@tonyraju631]

Was waiting for this ,You are a legend man

[@niccoloproia3678]

It's incredible how Batman's best and defining work all came from Dennis O'Neil (both as a writer and an editor).
Batman from the 70's till the first years of the 2000's (with the effects of O'Neil's editing) is the best Batman ever.
Morrison, Snyder and especially King's run are WAY overrated

[@rodrigoperez7338]

Great video! I hope that you'll give the same treatment to Superman. Please include some lesser known runs in your Superman's top 10.

[@thiagorosendo5469]

You're f&#ing amazing man, God bless you !!! 😆😆😆

[@robbofwar57]

Great effort!

[@greaterparrot3]

Thanks for the effort on this bro

[@alexdimaggio8362]

Great video man

[@KandemirMithat]

Great video! Spider-man asap plsss

[@Jay-ud5dy]

This was great!

[@BenGrimm1961]

I own the following Batman books:
New 52 Batman (Vol. 1-10) by Scott Snyder
Batman Eternal (Vol. 1-3) by Scott Snyder
DC Universe Rebirth Batman (Vol. 1-13 & Night of the Monsters) by Tom King
DC Universe Rebirth All-Star Batman (Vol. 1-2) by Scott Snyder
Batman Knightfall (Vol. 1-3) by Chuck Dixon, Doug Moench, & Alan Grant
Batman and Son by Grant Morrison
Batman the Return of Bruce Wayne by Grant Morrison
Batman Face the Face by James Robinson
Batman Under the Red Hood Deluxe Edition by Judd Winick
Batman the Doom that came to Gotham by Mike Mignola
Batman/Spawn the Classic Collection by Frank Miller, Chuck Dixon, Doug Moench, & Alan Grant
Batman Gotham by Gaslight by Brian Augustyn & Mike Mignola
Batman Arkham Asylum by Grant Morrison
Batman the Killing Joke by Alan Moore
Batman a Death in the Family Deluxe Edition by Jim Starlin & Marv Wolfman
Batman Year One by Frank Miller
Batman the Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller
Batman/The Shadow the Murder Geniuses by Scott Snyder & Steve Orlando
Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Vol. 1-2) by James Tynion the 4th
Batman the Golden Age (Vol. 1) by Bob Kane, Bill Finger, Gardner Fox, & Whitney Ellsworth
Batman Black and White Vol 4
Batman War Games Book 1

[@eleanorrigby41]

Great collection

[@DiegoGuzman-nf4im]

I love your subtle comments on some stories that are rubbish.

[@Darwaxion]

100 Greatest DC Villains and 100 Greatest Marvel Villains rankings like you did for the heroes please

[@comicbelief]

Coming next week

[@jojojotaru1167]

It's strange that people on Goodreads often say that the writing of Batman in the 1990s is very bad
Even writers like Brubaker and Craig Rucka say they are bad, since you mentioned that their run is concerned with a lot of investigation. Is it a real investigation with a good mystery? The opposite of the long Halloween story? (Because I think it's kinda bad even though things are good like Origin to TWO Face)

[@comicbelief]

Oh, Rucka and Brubaker’s runs are terrific. It’s not superheroes playing detective. It’s detective stories that just happen to be in a superhero setting. Their best series is not in this video because Batman is not at its center, but I can’t recommend Gotham Central - about the Gotham Police - strongly enough.

[@comicbelief]

I should add that this is a Brubaker at the start of his career, and not as good as he would soon become. Still, it’s very much worth the read.

[@jojojotaru1167]

@@comicbelief I was looking for Batman stories that involved a real investigation because I struggled with stories like Hash and The Long Halloween. Jeph Loeb’s writing of investigation and mystery is very bad, even in his Red Hulk story.
So I'll probably try Ed Brubaker,Greg Rucka run. and the story you recommended, hoping to find something really interesting.
What do you think of Chuck Dixon writing Batman? And what do you think of his Green Arrow run?

[@jojojotaru1167]

@@comicbelief Well this is an interesting thing to try

[@comicbelief]

@@jojojotaru1167 I’m not the biggest Chuck Dixon fan. I think he did better with Robin and Nightwing than with Batman. He also has some good Conan stories, but that’s about it. You should check out Brubaker’s proper crime comics, like Criminal, Fade Out, Fatale… Also Frank Miller’s Sin City is a must. Rucka pends more to the spy thriller.