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Whats the Best Batman story ever told

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Trey Cannon

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Thought I'd ask this question . Whats the best Batman story ever told . Criteria is Batman Titled books only Batman and Detective. I was an 80's kid and to me the best story during the time I was reading them back then was the Death in the Family run from Batman #426-#429

 

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Batman #251 is a true classic to me, the legendary -script of Denny O'Neil brings out the Joker's sheer evil in Neal Adams' art.

 

Actually, any of the stories from the early 1970's in both BATMAN (#227 to #251)and DETECTIVE (#400 to 448, 468 to #479 Englehart/Rogers run) are some of the best Batman stories to me.

 

 

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Batman #251 is a true classic to me, the legendary -script of Denny O'Neil brings out the Joker's sheer evil in Neal Adams' art.

 

Actually, any of the stories from the early 1970's in both BATMAN (#227 to #251)and DETECTIVE (#400 to 448, 468 to #479 Englehart/Rogers run) are some of the best Batman stories to me.

 

I agree #251 is a classic Probably my favorite Cover in the Batman run

 

Here is my copy of that book

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Batman #251 is a true classic to me, the legendary -script of Denny O'Neil brings out the Joker's sheer evil in Neal Adams' art.

 

Actually, any of the stories from the early 1970's in both BATMAN (#227 to #251)and DETECTIVE (#400 to 448, 468 to #479 Englehart/Rogers run) are some of the best Batman stories to me.

 

 

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The definitive Englehart/Rogers collaborations were confined to 6 issues: Detective 471-476.

 

I'll always remember the Ras al Ghul 4-parter from Batman 232, 242, 243, 244, with 3 out of 4 featuring Neal Adams art.

 

Three classics appeared during the 100 Page Super-Spectacular run: Batman 255, Moon of the Wolf (Neal Adams art), Detective 439 Night of the Stalker, and Detective 443 Gotterdammerung (Walt Simonson art).

 

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I don't know about "the best" (too many candidates!), but a personal favorite of mine has always been "The Batman Nobody Knows" in Batman #250. Short and sweet, quirky and charming, all at the same time!

 

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"Die Small, Die Big" from Detective #385 is another unsung winner...

 

 

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I personally like Frank Miller's "Year One"

 

 

Nothing better comes to mind that appears in the two flagship titles, though "Mask" by Archie Goodwin and Bryan Talbot in LotDK 39-40, where Bruce Wayne awakes in a mental hospital only to realize that his Batman persona is only a sad delusion is one of my all time favorite Batman stories.

 

 

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I personally like Frank Miller's "Year One"

 

 

Nothing better comes to mind that appears in the two flagship titles, though "Mask" by Archie Goodwin and Bryan Talbot in LotDK 39-40, where Bruce Wayne awakes in a mental hospital only to realize that his Batman persona is only a sad delusion is one of my all time favorite Batman stories.

 

 

LotDK had some killer stories. The Mask was great as was Blade and Moench's Hugo Strange stories.

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All of the above are great reads, and I'd have to add Neil Gaiman's two-parter Whatever Happened To The Caped Crusader. Doug Moench's run on Batman (516 - 550) yielded some fantastic stories too.

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All of the above are great reads, and I'd have to add Neil Gaiman's two-parter Whatever Happened To The Caped Crusader. Doug Moench's run on Batman (516 - 550) yielded some fantastic stories too.

 

Boozard would know, he is the Batman expert.

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I know this isn't in Batman and Detective, but Brave and Bold 93 "Red Water, Crimson Death" is one of my favorite stories. It's a House of Mystery team-up written by O'Neil and illustrated by Adams.

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