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edz_9121993
11-20-2008, 06:04 PM
The superhero that I loved the most in my childhood was Batman, especially because of the old cartoon. Then I started reading the "Batman Adventures" comics, also inspired by the classic animated series, and boy those days were great.

Oddly enough, I'm not into Batman comics at all now. Sure, I picked up a couple of stories, like "Hush" and "Arkham Asylum", I was reading books with Batman being part of a team,but I wasn't interested in current Batman history or his Family.

Weirder than that is that the current big, confusing Batman story: "Batman R.I.P" draws all my attention to Batman, ten times more than the exceptional movie did. I'm like: "There will be no Batman anymore? (even if Bruce Wayne doesn't die it's clear that he won't be Bats) What will happen to Batman? To Nightwing? To Robin?". And suddenly I'm interested the family. Because,disastrous or very good,this story will have a huge impact on Batman. Because, terrible or exceptional, I want to read "Batman R.I.P". No, more than that. I want it ALL!

I want to read the story arcs just before that, I want to read Robin, Nightwing, Batgirl, Batman and the Outsiders. I'm crazy like that.

But I can't find a way to organize myself, and I don't know in which issues which arcs are and I don't know when to start, what to do, where to go.

So, do you know a website that organizes the batman family isssues in arcs and stories? There was Sequart continuity pages, and that site was very good, but the latest issues aren't there.

Please help me picking Batman comics, at least the ones with Bats, if the entire family is too big. OH and God help me avoid the huge spoilers flying around till I finish the R.I.P too.Thanks for editing this post's and the other one's title!

labor_days
11-20-2008, 06:33 PM
This question has been answered several times in the Comic Book Recommendation (http://www.revision3.com/forum/showthread.php?t=12078) thread stickied at the very top of this forum.

edz_9121993
11-23-2008, 08:00 AM
Hmm...at what page? I'm searching right now but can't find something that helps.

labor_days
11-23-2008, 08:43 AM
http://www.revision3.com/forum/showthread.php?p=312727&highlight=batman#post312727

http://www.revision3.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6844

trustxme
04-09-2009, 02:21 AM
So....A friend of my brought a Batman Comic Book to work about 2 months ago and i kept picking on him for reading comic books. And then one day I picked it up read through it and now absolutely love wasting my time away reading Batman.

In any case I don't know where to start...I've read Batman: Year One and The Killing Joke and loved both. But i dont know where to go from there. Is there some sort of "proper timeline" or continuous story line, or is it kinda random intertwined stories?

Thanks in advance for the help.

jaflanagan
04-09-2009, 02:20 PM
Random intertwined stories pretty much covers it.

You want to start now, go for Battle for the Cowl, of which #2 came out yesterday. That's what's going on right now. If you like it, work backwards, or just forwards, if that's your thing.

timothyobriant
04-09-2009, 03:21 PM
My suggestion would be to start at the begining of Grant Morrisions Batman run. I don't do singles but the trades are very nice and you can start with Batman and Son and just continue from there.

optimus187prime
04-09-2009, 03:28 PM
Im jumping in at Battle for the Cowl or the the books afterward.