Batman Reading Order

Year Title # Storyline Owned

1987 Batman 404 Batman: Year One Yes
1987 Batman 405 Batman: Year One Yes
1987 Batman 406 Batman: Year One Yes
1987 Batman 407 Batman: Year One Yes
1989 Catwoman:
Her Sister’s
Keeper 1 Her Sister’s Keeper Yes
1989 2 Her Sister’s Keeper Yes
1989 3 Her Sister’s Keeper Yes
1989 4 Her Sister’s Keeper Yes
1989 Batman Annual 13 Waiting in the Wings Yes
2000 Batman Chronicles 19 Got A Date With An Angel Yes
1989 Legends of the Dark
Knight 1 Shaman Yes
1989 2 Shaman Yes
1990 3 Shaman Yes
1990 4 Shaman Yes
1990 5 Shaman Yes
1994 Legends of the Dark
Knight 58 Storm Yes
2001 Batman: Turning
Points 1 Uneasy Allies Yes
1996 Legends of the Dark
Knight 89 Clay
1997 90 Clay
1995 Catwoman Annual 2 Year One
2006 Batman & the
Monster Men 1 Dark Moon Rising
2006 2 Dark Moon Rising
2006 3 Dark Moon Rising
2006 4 Dark Moon Rising
2006 5 Dark Moon Rising
2006 6 Dark Moon Rising
2006 Batman & the Mad
Monk 1 Dark Moon Rising
2006 2 Dark Moon Rising
2006 3 Dark Moon Rising
2007 4 Dark Moon Rising
2007 5 Dark Moon Rising
2007 6 Dark Moon Rising
1990 Legends of the Dark
Knight 11 Prey
1990 12 Prey
1990 13 Prey
1990 14 Prey
1991 15 Prey
1997 Legends of the Dark
Knight Annual 7 I Am A Gun
1990 Legends of the Dark
Knight 6 Gothic Yes
1990 7 Gothic
1990 8 Gothic Yes
1990 9 Gothic
1990 10 Gothic
1993 Legends of the Dark
Knight 46 Heat
1993 47 Heat
1993 48 Heat
1993 49 Heat
2001 Legends of the Dark
Knight 146 Bad
2001 147 Bad
2001 148 Bad
2005 Batman: The Man
Who Laughs 1 The Man Who Laughs
2003 Batman: Tenses 1 Tenses
2003 2 Tenses
1995 Shadow of the Bat
Annual 3 Four of a Kind
1995 Detective Comics
Annual 8 Four of a Kind
1995 Batman Annual 19 Four of a Kind
1995 Legends of the Dark
Knight Annual 5 Four of a Kind
1998 Legends of the Dark
Knight 112 Shipwreck
1998 113 Shipwreck
2001 Legends of the Dark
Knight 137 Terror
2001 138 Terror
2001 139 Terror
2001 140 Terror
2001 141 Terror
1992 Legends of the Dark
Knight 32 Blades
1992 33 Blades
1992 34 Blades
1993 Legends of the Dark
Knight 42 Hot House
1993 43 Hot House
1993 Legends of the Dark
Knight Halloween
Special 1 Choices
1998 Legends of the Dark
Knight 102 Spook
1998 103 Spook
1998 104 Spook
1992 Legends of the Dark
Knight 31 Family
1998 Legends of the Dark
Knight 105 Duty
1998 106 Duty
1994 Legends of the Dark
Knight 65 Going Sane
1994 66 Going Sane
1995 67 Going Sane
1995 68 Going Sane
1995 Legends of the Dark
Knight Halloween
Special 3 Ghosts
1991 Legends of the Dark
Knight 16 Venom
1991 17 Venom
1991 18 Venom
1991 19 Venom
1991 20 Venom
1996 Batman: The Long
Halloween 1 The Long Halloween
1997 2 The Long Halloween
1997 3 The Long Halloween
1997 4 The Long Halloween
1997 5 The Long Halloween
1997 6 The Long Halloween
1997 7 The Long Halloween
1997 8 The Long Halloween
1997 9 The Long Halloween
1997 10 The Long Halloween
1997 11 The Long Halloween
1997 12 The Long Halloween
1997 13 The Long Halloween
1994 Legends of the Dark
Knight 0 Viewpoint
1996 Superman: The Man
Of Steel 3 Superman: One Night in Gotham
1996 Legends of the Dark
 Knight 79 Favorite Things
1994 Legends of the Dark
Knight Halloween
Special 2 Madness
1997 Batman Chronicles 8 Secrets of the Batcave:
Dinosaur Island
1992 Legends of the Dark
Knight 28 Faces
1992 29 Faces Yes
1992 30 Faces Yes
1993 Legends of the Dark
Knight 52 Tao
1993 53 Tao
1991 Legends of the Dark
Knight 21 Faith
1991 22 Faith
1991 23 Faith
1992 Legends of the Dark
Knight 37 Mercy
1992 Batman: Night Cries GN Night Cries
1989 Secret Origins
Special 1 The Killing Peck
1987 Detective Comics 575 Batman: Year Two
1987 576 Batman: Year Two
1987 577 Batman: Year Two
1987 578 Batman: Year Two
1993 Batman Grendel 1 Batman vs Grendel
1993 2 Batman vs Grendel
2002 Legends of the Dark
Knight 154 Colossus
2002 155 Colossus
1994 Legends of the Dark
Knight 64 Terminus
1999 Batman: Dark
Victory 0 Dark Victory
1999 1 Dark Victory
2000 2 Dark Victory
2000 3 Dark Victory
2000 4 Dark Victory
2000 5 Dark Victory
2000 6 Dark Victory
2000 7 Dark Victory
2000 8 Dark Victory
2000 9 Dark Victory
2000 10 Dark Victory
2000 11 Dark Victory
2000 12 Dark Victory
2000 13 Dark Victory
2004 Catwoman When
In Rome 1 When in Rome
2004 2 When in Rome
2005 3 When in Rome
2005 4 When in Rome
2005 5 When in Rome
2005 6 When in Rome
2006 Superman/Batman
Annual 1 Stop Me If You’ve Heard This One
1997 Batman Chronicles
Special 1 The Gauntlet
1989 Secret Origins 44 The Coming of Clayface
1991 Batman: Full Circle GN Full Circle
2000 Year One 1 Year One
2001 2 Year One
2001 3 Year One
2001 4 Year One
2000 Legends of the Dark
Knight 127 The Arrow and the Bat
2000 128 The Arrow and the Bat
2000 129 The Arrow and the Bat
2000 130 The Arrow and the Bat
2000 131 The Arrow and the Bat
1980 DC Special Series 21 Wanted: Santa Claus – Dead
Or Alive
1993 Legends of the Dark
Knight 54 Sanctum
1987 The Question 1 The Question
1987 2 The Question
1992 Batman: Catwoman
Defiant GN Catwoman Defiant
1970 Detective Comics 395 The Secret of the Waiting
Graves
1970 Detective Comics 405 The First of the Assassins
1990 Batman & Superman
World’s Finest 1 Batman/Superman: World’s Finest
1990 2 Batman/Superman: World’s Finest
1990 3 Batman/Superman: World’s Finest
1971 Detective Comics 411 Into the Den of the Death Dealers
nd
1996 Catwoman 2
Series 38 Year Two
1996 39 Year Two
1996 40 Year Two
2000 Batman 80 page
 Giant 3 All the Deadly Days – Prelude
1971 Batman 232 Tales of the Demon
1998 JLA: Year One 1 Year One
1998 2 Year One
1998 3 Year One
1998 4 Year One
1998 5 Year One
1998 6 Year One
1998 7 Year One
1998 8 Year One
1998 9 Year One
1998 10 Year One
1998 11 Year One
1998 12 Year One
1971 Batman 235 Tales of the Demon
1972 Batman 240 Tales of the Demon
1972 Batman 242 Tales of the Demon
1972 243 Tales of the Demon
1972 244 Tales of the Demon
2003 Batgirl: Year One 1 Batgirl: Year One
2003 2 Batgirl: Year One
2003 3 Batgirl: Year One
2003 4 Batgirl: Year One
2003 5 Batgirl: Year One
2003 6 Batgirl: Year One
2003 7 Batgirl: Year One
2003 8 Batgirl: Year One
2003 9 Batgirl: Year One
1978 DC Special Series 15 I Now Pronounce You Batman
& Wife
2003 Batman Superman
Wonder Woman
Trinity 1 Trinity
2003 2 Trinity
2003 3 Trinity
1992 Legends of the Dark
Knight 38 Legend of the Dark Mite
1997 Batman: Batgirl GN Batgirl
1980 DC Comics Presents 26 Teen Titans: Where
Nightmares Begin
1989 Secret Origins of the
World’s Greatest
Super-Heroes 1 The Man Who Falls
1981 The Best of DC 18 Teen Titans: Reunion
2003 Batgirl/Catwoman 1
1969 Batman 217 One Bullet Too Many
1977 Detective Comics 469 Strange Apparitions
1977 470 Strange Apparitions
1977 471 Strange Apparitions
1977 472 Strange Apparitions
1977 473 Strange Apparitions
1977 474 Strange Apparitions
1978 475 Strange Apparitions
1978 476 Strange Apparitions
1978 Detective Comics 478 Strange Apparitions
1978 479 Strange Apparitions
1982 Batman 348 Shadow Play
1982 Batman 354 Showdown
1982 Batman 356 Showdown
1983 The New Teen Titans 2 The Murder Machine
2005 Nightwing 101 Year One
2005 102 Year One
2005 103 Year One
2005 104 Year One
2005 105 Year One
2005 106 Year One
1987 Batman 408 Just Another Kid On Crime Alley
1987 409 Just Another Kid on Crime Alley
1987 410 Just Another Kid on Crime Alley
1987 411 Just Another Kid on Crime Alley
1987 Green Arrow: The
Longbow Hunters 1 The Longbow Hunters
1987 2 The Longbow Hunters
1987 3 The Longbow Hunters
1985 Batman Annual 9 The Four Faces of Batman
1986 Batman 401 A Bird in the Hand
1986 Detective Comics 568 Emrie
1987 Detective Comics 572 The Doomsday Book
1987 573 My Beginning and My Probable
End
1987 574 My Beginning and My Probable
End
1991 Legends of the Dark
Knight Annual 1 Duel
1987 Batman 412 The Sound of Silence
1988 Batgirl Special 1 The Last Batgirl Story
1987 Batman 413 The Ghost of Masahiko Tahara
1987 Vigilante 47 Vigilante: Batman
1987 Suicide Squad 1 Trial by Blood
1987 2 Trial by Blood
1985 Batman 386 Black Mask: Losing Face
1985 Detective Comics 553 Black Mask: Losing Face