Need some help with TPBs

They're two other good tpbs you should look at

 

I think it takes place just after War Games. About one week later.

 

I think they just released vol. 2. It's unfortunate because Gotham Central is by far the best Batman-related title around. I'd recommend it before all else, unless you really, really want pure Batman superheroics.

 

Well, I would like to warn you, Batman is in Idenity Crisis, but its' not really about him. But something big is reavealed that happened with Batman and the League. The trade isn't out yet, but it should be coming pretty soon. Before the new Crisis.

 

Yeah, looks okay to me. And it's Identity Crisis. Wouldn't want you accidently looking for the wrong thing.

 

Yeah, Infinite Crisis doesn't come out for like 3 months.

 

Anytime man.

 

hey, I recommended Gotham Central and Arkham Asylum: Living Hell

 

Hush
Gotham Central (the arc with the Sniper, it takes place alongside Broken City… you can see a discarded newspaper with the Gotham Sniper headline in Broken City. Not sure if the trade’s out yet)
Broken City
Death and the Maidens
Superman/Batman: Public Enemies
As The Crow Flies
War Games (and I agree with the rest, as a whole it’s not worth the money. It’s too long… interesting, sure, but worth the money you’d spend on it? No chance)
Identity Crisis (which has had infinite reprints, so finding the individual issues may not be hard at all)


Identity Crisis is a mystery that involves the entire DCU and Batman plays a fairly large role. He doesn’t have a lot of page-time, but the character is very important, especially near the end (and not for obvious reasons). The events of Identity Crisis affect Batman in a big way… it has repercussions that carry on to the OMAC Project mini that’s going on now, which leads to the Infinite Crisis (which is DC’s huge mega-event that will cross over to every single book and will have a large impact on those books) at the end of the year.

 

"Soft Targets" was the Gotham Central arc. It was the Joker sniping people.

 

I think that was the best arc I've read in Gotham Central.

 

It's my favorite, too.

 

identity crisis comes out in hardcover this september.

i personally can't wait.

 

The OMAC Project and Under the Hood Vol. 1 occur around the same timeframe.

Under the Hood Vol. 2 occurs during the Infinite Crisis

 

The War Games (including War Drums and War Crimes) series is worth skipping. And if you are fine with the resurection of Jason Todd, Under the Hood is awesome.

 

This is going to sound silly, but has IC and all titles its touched been collected into a trade yet?

It's been a while since I've been in here.

 

I agree with skipping War Drums, Games, and Crimes

again, I MUST recommend Arkham Asylum: Living Hell