The Best Batman Story Ever Final poll link in first post!

[hulksmashdave]

I did a search and this was done before, but not quite like I plan to do it. (The last one was started by a guy who made up a comic book store and a mentally challenged brother.) Since The Dark Knight Rises is being released Friday, I wanted to see what the boards consider to be the best Batman story ever.

 

Post here what you consider to be the best. On Friday night, (because I don't want to brave the IMAX theater here on opening night) I will put the top ten choices into a poll and everyone will vote on their favorite.

 

Sound good?

 

 

Click here for the poll.

 

Final Poll

[g-man]

a few nominees:

 

Batman #251 "The Joker's Five way Revenge" by Denny ONeill

Batman: Year One by Miller

Batman: The Long Halloween by Loeb

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns by Miller

 

[Maccai3]

Year One being an obvious choice, but Prey was a really good story, Dark Victory is a personal favourite of mine, JLA Tower of Babel if you count that as a Batman book, it's hard to keep away from choosing the popular books

[Davenport]

When Abby was arrested in Gotham:

[Mephisto]

Batman 66.

[Zonker]

Detective 471-476 by Steve Englehart & Marshall Rogers. Collected as "Strange Apparitions," also known as the Dark Detective run.

 

Batman 232 + 242, 243, 244 by Denny O'Neil, Neal Adams, Giordano, Irv Novick. The original Ras al Ghul saga.

 

 

[oakman29]

Batman 232 + 242, 243, 244 by Denny O'Neil, Neal Adams, Giordano, Irv Novick. The original Ras al Ghul saga.

 

[The Brain]

The Killing Joke.

[sassemble]

 

Mad Love

[FrankCastle]

If you guys haven't read Earth 1 yet, pick it up, his origin very well re-done!

Jay

[heliosten]

Being somewhat of a Batman fan, with the Kingdom Come Bruce being my favorite, I'd have to say Batman Year One. Truly a great story and the art is off-the-charts.

[Brian48]

The Long Halloween, although Mad Love has got me thinking as well.

[shrunkenhead]

I'm partial to Gothic.

[COI]

Year One or Gotham by Gaslight.

[Maccai3]

Gotham by Gaslight.

 

Bongo, awesome book, as are most of the Elseworld books

[thedude]

other than the usual "Frank Millar" stories. a few that come to mind are:

 

"Venom"- from issues #16-20 of Legends of the Dark Knight series.

"Blind Justice"

"Blink" from issues #156-158 of L.O.T.D.K.

 

 

[Rocketeer]

...I'm a Bronze collector, but I would have to go with "Hush",...

[Hawkman]

i'd also add the current scott snyder run. wonderful.

[Maccai3]

...I'm a Bronze collector, but I would have to go with "Hush",...

 

[COI]

"Venom"- from issues #16-20 of Legends of the Dark Knight series.

 

Love that story. Very under-appreciated.