Favorite Batman Story

[Dr.Dude]

Hard to narrow it down.... the closest I can get is to say any of the Denny O'Neil/Neal Adams Ra's al Ghul stories in the 70's.

 

[Ceb-Man]

My Top Ten....
1.) The Steve Englehart-Marshall Rogers run in Detective Comics from 1977- 1978.
2.) Batman: Year One
3.) Batman: Hush
4.) Batman: Face The Face
5.) Batman: The Long Halloween
6.) Batman: Dark Detective
7.) Batman vs. The Vampire (1939 vs. Monk)
8.) Half an Evil ( Two-Face story by O'Neil, Adams, Giordano)
9.) To Kill A Legend By Alan Brennert and Dick Giordano)
10.) Batman vs. The Joker ( spring 1940)

 

[CConn]

I loved everything he has appeared in except for Nightwing OYL.

Yeah, DC made the same mistake with him that they made with Hush; took a well-written character from a good story, and handed him over to a bad writer who does/did little more than run the character into the ground.

 

[ChrisBaleBatman]

Yeah......it was like a train wreck, the issues I read.

 

[CConn]

That's what everyone's said. I downloaded 'em. I really gotta read them and see just how crappy they are.

 

[trustyside-kick]

That's what everyone's said. I downloaded 'em. I really gotta read them and see just how crappy they are.

Nightwing OYL? I was extremely dissapointed in what became of Jason in that arc.

 

[CConn]

Y'know, I can understand the title being crappy for a while cause DC was planning on killing Dick in the Crisis, but to screw over Jason too...it's just stupidness.

 

[trustyside-kick]

I've heard a lil bit here and there about DC wanting to kill of Dick in IC...what is that all about?

 

[ChrisBaleBatman]

I think they' would have.....but they pussed out.

 

[Kraven]

What happened to Jason in the Nightwing OYL arc? Did he die or something?

 

[trustyside-kick]

What happened to Jason in the Nightwing OYL arc? Did he die or something?

Well, if you don't mind me spoiling...

Spoiler

Jason mimicked Dick by wearing a Nightwing suit and proclaiming to be him. Big problem is that he goes around killing crooks and stuff thus giving Dick a bad name. Even worse is that all he is doing is trying to piss Dick off...a big change from his badass and more professional role as Red Hood back in Gotham. Thus, we are pissed.

 

[Kraven]

That story sounds kind of craptacular.

 

[ChrisBaleBatman]

Yeah.

It's kinda like Hush, I thought. A great use of the character in his debut run....and then it's handed off to some other writer who runs the character, and every other story, right into the ground.

 

[Sub-Zero]

loeb is a really good writer, he hasn't done anything i don't like(other than dark victory). if they kept him on and let take hush whereever i think it would have been better than what happened.

 

[trustyside-kick]

loeb is a really good writer, he hasn't done anything i don't like(other than dark victory). if they kept him on and let take hush whereever i think it would have been better than what happened.

Same for the guy who brought Jason back.

 

[JTStarkiller]

I've got a few quick questions, and didn't feel like I needed to make another thread:

1. What is the official origin for Robin: Dark Victory, or Robin Year One? (I haven't read RYO, so is it even an origin, or just the events after DV?)

2. Is Nightwing Year One the official tale of Dick leaving Bruce and assuming the Nightwing persona?

 

[union_jak]

1. What is the official origin for Robin: Dark Victory, or Robin Year One? (I haven't read RYO, so is it even an origin, or just the events after DV?)

I don't know about official, but Robin Year One takes place after Dark Victory. We see Bruce take Dick in during Dark Victory and he put his costume on for the first time at the end. The Gauntlet follows DV with Robin's final trial. This leads into R:YO. That story doesn't feature his origin as such, just his first few adventures.

The only annoyance is the change in Gordon's position. All the books I've read seem to go in a clear order, and we see Gordon go from Captain to Lieutenant to Commissioner gradually. Dark Victory ignores all this and makes him Commissioner in that story. I like to think it's just a temporary role and he goes back to Captain after.

 

[CConn]

I've got a few quick questions, and didn't feel like I needed to make another thread:

1. What is the official origin for Robin: Dark Victory, or Robin Year One? (I haven't read RYO, so is it even an origin, or just the events after DV?)

As anadinseawater said, Robin: Year One and Dark Victory don't contradict each other. However, there is a Robin: Year One Anual that features Dick's origin. Unfortunately, I've yet to read it, so I can't say if it clashes with DV.

2. Is Nightwing Year One the official tale of Dick leaving Bruce and assuming the Nightwing persona?

Yes.

 

[trustyside-kick]

2. Is Nightwing Year One the official tale of Dick leaving Bruce and assuming the Nightwing persona?

Yes.

Well...in Did Robin Die Tonight is when Dick actually leaves Bruce; or at least stops being Robin which would lead to Nightwing Year One I guess. I haven't read Nightwing Year One but I plan on it.

 

[CConn]

I haven't read Did Robin Die Tonight, but what you described is also in Nightwing: Year One. I dunno which has precedence over the other, though - probably N:YO.

 

[trustyside-kick]

Did Robin Die Tonight is how and why Dick stopped being Robin and how Jason became Robin.

 

[JTStarkiller]

Appreciate the help.

 

[Morgoth]

One of my favorite Batman stories is just a one issue, simple tale called "Crash and Burn", about two bank robbers, a guy and a girl, who are on a destructive, suicidal run to Gotham that starts off in Florida.

It was the second Batman comic I ever bought when I first started collecting in the summer of 92 when Batman Returns came out.

So it has sentimental value, every time I read it I'm reminded of that year and watching BR all summer.

And it's just a nice little story. It features my favorite Bat-artist aswell, The Late, Great...JIM APARO.

 

[Nightwing 52]

Batman #1
Batman: The Long Halloween
Batman: Dark Victory
Batman: Hush
Batman: The Killing Joke
Batman: The Man Who Laughs
Batman: Year One
Batman #74
Batman #232
Batman #347
Batman #603
Batman: Holy Terror
Batman: The Cult
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
Detective Comics #569-570
Batman: Death In The Family
Batman: Monster Men
Batman: Ego

The Laughing Fish
To Kill a Legend
The Joker's Five Way Revenge
The Joker's Playground of Peril
The Crimes of the Batman
Ra's Al Ghul Saga
Son of the Demon
The Night Of The Reaper
The Autobiography of Bruce Wayne
Half an Evil
Blades
The Night of Thanks But No Thanks
Dreadful Birthday Dear Joker
The Duo Dynamic
A Lonely Place of Dying
There's No Hope in Crime Alley

B:TAS:
Beware the Gray Ghost
I Am The Night
Showdown
The Demon's Quest
Almost Got Him
P.O.V.
A Bullet For Bullock
Heart Of Ice
Riddler's Reform
Robin's Reckoning
Lock-Up
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
Two Face part 1, 2
On Leather Wings
Joker's Millions

 

[Robin91939]

10.) A Death In The Family
9.) Knightfall
8.) A Lonely Place Of Dying
7.) Hush
6.) Daugter Of The Demon
5.) Broken City
4.) Year One
3.) The Killing Joke
2.) Dark Victory
1.) The Long Halloween

-R