 | Batman: v. 1: Chronicles by Bill Finger
Buy new: £7.69 The first appearances of Batman from 1939... Bats as a pipe-smoking, werewolf-bashing, gun-weilding detective
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 | The Black Casebook: The Stories That Inspired Batman R.I.P. (Batman (DC Comics Paperback)) by Bill Finger
Buy used from: £8.64 Collected camp adventures of Batman & Robin from the 50's/60's that have played into Grant Morrison's books recently
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 | Tales of the Demon (Batman (DC Comics Paperback)) by Dennis O'Neil
Buy new: £7.68 / Used from: £4.99 The greatest Ras Al Ghul stories ever told - as written by Dennis O'Neil and (most) art by Neal Adams - Classic stuff that re-established Bats as a 'Dark Avenger' in the 70's
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 | Batman: Strange Apparitions by Steve Englehart
Buy used from: £6.86 More classic late 70's Batman - Now out of continuity (See #5 on the list) but seriously worth your time
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 | Batman: Year One - Deluxe Edition by Frank Miller
Buy new: £5.96 / Used from: £3.74 Frank Miller hits the 'reset' button on Batman's origin, modernising the mythos and erasing nearly 4 decades of comics, but worth it - this is still one of the greatest Batman stories ever told
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 | Batman: Shaman (Legends of the Dark Knight) by Denny O'Neil
Buy used from: £11.98 Classic Bat-scribe Denny O'Neil returns, carrying on where '...Year One' left off with this expert look at how Batman first learned to use fear as a weapon
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 | Batman: Gothic (New Edition) (Batman) by Grant Morrison
Buy new: £5.80 / Used from: £3.02 Grant Morrison's first Batman story - the art is often criticised but this is essentially a great book, pitting Batman up against the devil himself
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 | Batman: Prey (Legends of the Dark Knight) by Doug Moench
Buy used from: £5.49 DC really need to reprint this classic reinvention of Batman's first encounter with Hugo Strange - A deranged Psycologist who becomes obessed with Batman
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 | Batman: Man Who Laughs by Ed Brubaker
Buy used from: £21.54 Acclaimed writer Ed Brubaker fills the gaps with this reinvention of Batman's first encounter with the Joker
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 | Batman: Long Halloween by Jeph Loeb
Buy new: £8.46 / Used from: £7.24 This highly overrated maxiseries is always worth a read for it's artwork and a fairly decent Harvey Dent/Two-Face origin
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 | Batman: Faces by Matt Wagner
Buy new: £5.31 / Used from: £3.38 Two Face returns - Also see Wagner's Mosnter Men/Red Monk books for more '...Year One' style class
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 | Batman: The Killing Joke (Deluxe Edition) by Alan Moore
Buy new: £7.16 / Used from: £5.80 Alan Moore contributes to the Batman legend here with this beautifully illustrated story - A deep journey into the Joker's psyche, the biggest infulence behind Nolan's 'Dark Knight' movie
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 | Batman: The Cult by Jim Starlin
Buy new: £9.33 / Used from: £4.99 It's the 80's, Batman has a new Robin, and a cult of religious maniacs get the upper hand on the Dark Knight
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 | Batman: Death in the Family by Jim Starlin
Buy used from: £8.79 ...Said new Robin gets killed off by DC as a result of a reader phone-in poll...Reinforcing Batman's vendetta with the Joker
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 | Batman: Blind Justice by Sam Hamm
Buy used from: £30.95 A brillaintly grim solo adventure with many twists - dealing primarily with Bruce Wayne - Written by the guy who wrote Tim Burton's 1989 'Batman'
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 | Batman: Arkham Asylum Anniversary Edition by Grant Morrison
Buy new: £6.56 / Used from: £5.69 One of the few Bat-books with a 'Mature Readers' label, this painted, trippy and sinsiter book drags Batman through the corridors of Arkham Asylum
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 | Batman and Son (Batman (DC Comics Hardcover)) by Grant Morrison
Buy used from: £9.42 Grant Morrison, author of Arkham Asylum and Gothic digs up pre-'Year One' continuity for this new series of colourful, multi-layered Bat-stories
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 | Batman: Black Glove by Grant Morrison
Grant Morrison continues his series with a 'murder mystery weekend', also concluding his 'Three ghosts of Batman' story here
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 | Batman: R.I.P. (Deluxe Edition) by Grant Morrison
Buy new: £11.20 / Used from: £10.48 Batman's recent paranoia is given weight when he discovers that the 'Black Glove' is real and has been stalking Batman since the pages of 'Batman & Son' - Psychologial twists abound
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 | Batman What Happened to the Cape Crusader (Batman (DC Comics Hardcover)) by Neil 18iman
Buy used from: £9.50 Neil Gaiman / Adam Kuberts recent surreal masterpiece reads like a bookend to any era of Batman, or indeed any medium
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 | Batman & Robin Vol. 1: Batman Reborn Deluxe Hc by Grant Morrison
With Dick taking the mantle, a new chapter in the Batman Mythos begins...Imagine David Lynch directing the Adam West TV show!
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 | All Star Batman and Robin by Frank Miller
Buy used from: £8.25 Frank Miller returns and ups the ante with this extreme, high-testostetone reinvention of Batman's 'recrutment' of Dick Grayson, the first Robin. Approach with an open mind
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 | Batman: Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller
Buy new: £6.93 / Used from: £3.21 Futuristic Bat-story written in the 80's but a sequel to Miller's recent 'All Star...' series, this book shook up the Batman mythos and influences writers to this day
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 | Batman: Gotham by Gaslight by Brian Augustyn
Buy new: £5.47 / Used from: £2.95 What If...Batman was around in Victorian-era Gotham? What if a series of Jack the Ripper-style killings put Bruce Wayne in the frame? Art by Hellboy creator Mike Mignola
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 | Batman: Year 100 (Batman) by Paul Pope
Buy new: £7.16 / Used from: £5.70 Another 'Batman of the future' story - But a much different take to it's predecessor 'The Dark Knight Returns'
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