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

[adamstrange]

Night of the Stalker. Also happens to be the favorite of Michael Uslan, producer of the Batman movies.

 

http://www.comics.org/issue/27196/cover/4/

[RockMyAmadeus]

[Balham's Finest]

I am totally unashamed to say that the whole Morrison arc is my favourite Batman story - and I'm inculding everythign from Batman and Son to the current Batman Inc. in that.

 

More specifically, The Three Ghosts of Batman arc was excellent.

[bane]

Batman Gothic, Killing Joke, Prey, Venom, Year One, Son of the Demon.

[Anfield Fox]

Batman 66.

 

 

[Larryw7]

Night of the Stalker. Also happens to be the favorite of Michael Uslan, producer of the Batman movies.

 

http://www.comics.org/issue/27196/cover/4/

 

 

This.

[Joe Kim]

I always loved Jeph Loeb's Long Halloween and Dark Victory (have yet to read Hush). Year One is the obvious pick though for me.

[Norrin_Radd]

I really enjoyed Matt Wagner's Monster Men series. (thumbs u

 

 

Check out Best Batman story ever told. Also, Best Batman Age.

[TSwift25]

Whenever a non-comic fan asks me for advice on a Batman story to read, I always mention The Long Halloween first.

[VintageComics]

When I was a kid I was so obsessed with Batman that I read the Michael Fleisher Batman Encyclopedia.

 

There are so many incredible Batman stories that this thread is going to get bookmarked. Time to reread a few of them.

 

[Speedy-D]

Year One

[chrisco37]

Whenever a non-comic fan asks me for advice on a Batman story to read, I always mention The Long Halloween first.

 

This and also DKR.

 

I might be the only person that thought Year One was kinda "meh".

[ComicConnoisseur]

[mangbus]

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

+1 for this.

 

I finally got a copy in TPB last week and have read it twice already.

 

I do think Long Halloween and The Dark Knight Returns should be on the list to vote as well.

 

For moderns - the new Court of Owls arc of the new 52 Batman, the Black Mirror arc and Gates of Gotham (all by Snyder) are my favorite of the last few years.

[jokersrevenge]

I thought the story arc was Tec' 469 - 476. I like that one..

Killing joke, Batman 251, Year One, DKR,....

[jokersrevenge]

I like the KGBeast, too..

[Waylander]

Killing Joke

Long Halloween

Dark Victory

[Maccai3]

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

+1 for this.

 

I finally got a copy in TPB last week and have read it twice already.

 

I do think Long Halloween and The Dark Knight Returns should be on the list to vote as well.

 

For moderns - the new Court of Owls arc of the new 52 Batman, the Black Mirror arc and Gates of Gotham (all by Snyder) are my favorite of the last few years.

 

i bought Strange Apparitions in TPB when it was hard to find and they only did one print, when i was waiting for it through the post they announced a re-print for a fraction of the price i paid

[CAMPER49]

Where to begin, where to begin....

What comes to mind right away?

 

Becoming a collector during the Bronze Age, I immediately drift to BATMAN #227, 232, 234, 235, 237, 242, 243, 244, 245, 251 and 259.

 

I always enjoyed those "secret life of Bruce Wayne" stories in the early #300's.

 

Pretty much any book between #430 and #607 is kindling, No Man's Land is the exception.

 

TEC 404 (Enemy Ace), #471 to #476, really any other TEC comic from about #400 to #450!

 

Tower of Babel for sure (JLA).

 

The latest Court of Owls is a great read.

 

BATMAN 234 - Return of Two-Face was one of my first and favourite BATMAN books as was #259 with The Shadow guest appearing.

 

However, I'll never forget the Denny O'Neil/Neal Adams classic BATMAN #251.

This one has my vote.

 

[Maccai3]

not much love for Death in the Family in here, interesting (i'm not a huge fan though it had its purposes)