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If you folks liked LONG HALLOWEEN, check out BATMAN ANNUAL 14 which LOEB aped so bad!
I love that book. Lee Bermejo is on my top 5 of favourite artists. A true masterpiece but a little bit on the elseworlds side. Not a great starting book IMO.Batman: Noel.
It is a terrific intersection of Silver and Current Age comics, requires no prior threads, had terrific art, and is a lovefest to Dickens. It's one of my favorite graphic novels.
If you folks liked LONG HALLOWEEN, check out BATMAN ANNUAL 14 which LOEB aped so bad!
I would start with Legends of the Dark Knight in 1989, immediately following Year One - the first 20 issues.
In this order:
1. Batman: Year One
2. Shaman (LotDK Issues #1-5)
3. Gothic (LotDK Issues #6-10)
4. Prey (LotDK Issues #11-15)
5. Venom (LotDK Issues #16-20)
^ In my opinion, there has NEVER been a more amazing consecutive run of 20 straight issues in all of Batman's history.
And if you read Shaman right after Year One, it references things that make it take place immediately after. It's all one story. No BS, no continuity issues... It's perfect. It's flawless.
6. The Killing Joke
^ I would then pick The Killing Joke. Why?
- It's short (52 pages).
- It's sweet.
- It's dark.
- It's to-the-point.
- It's very accessible.
- It's everything I think a Batman story should be.
I agree, for that I chooseTo be fair, I've never read Killing Joke or Man Who Laughs, but if the goal is to introduce someone to the character of Batman I wouldn't choose a story that (I assume) is focused on one of his villains.
Léo Ho Tep;27337915 said:I would also recommenc Blind Justice. Bruce Wayne is really a character, it tells a lot about his training, it introduces Ducard as a major character, and there is a lot of character development.
Is that the one from Detective Comics 600?that story made me realize that non-comic book writers sometimes write better comic books than actual comics writers.