Batman Comics...?

Rena Pepe: Well, the two major comics companies are DC and Marvel comics.Civil War is a Marvel Comics event, it was very interesting and buying the collected edition is actually worth it. But the rest of the stuff Marvel is pushing out right now is... let's say its so-so.Batman is a DC comics property, Civil War had nothing to do with him. Batman did play a semi important role in Infinite Crisis and will be a player in the current Final Crisis, both are events published by DC comics. An event, in case you're confused, is an important thing that happens either to a single character or that is spread all over the company's titles that it publishes, Civil War and Final crisis are both company level events.Some good comics to start your Batman collection are:Batman Year OneBatman Killing JokeBatman Return of the Dark KnightBatman The long HalloweenBatman Knights' endOh yeah, I forgot:Batman A death in the familyHope this helps....Show more

Ayesha Genova: Batman Year One! is the best starting point (it's Batman at 25 years old just beginning as Batman).After that I recommend:Batman GothicBatman Chronicles volume 1 (reprinting the first Batman stories from 1939 to 1940)All-Star Batman and Robin the Boy WonderBatman Illustrated by Neal Adams volume 2Batman Illustrated by Neal Adams volume 3 Batman in the SeventiesBatman Tales of the DemonBatman Strange ApparitionsBatman Killing Joke Batman the CultBatman Arkham AsylumBatman #515 to 552 (the Doug Moench/Kelley Jones run)Batman Black & White Batman War on CrimeBatman Dark Detective Batman Gotham After MidnightBatman Dark Knight Returns (it's Batman at 55 years old just coming out of retirement)Batman DK2 (it's Batman at 58 years old)That should be enough bat-comic books for ya....Show more

Donnell Nocella: Civil War was an interesting story in the Marvel Universe (Iron Man, Hulk, Spider-Man) - but Batman is in the DC Comics universe (Superman, Wonder Woman etc)There are many great Batman! stories over the decades - I'd recommend picking up some coll! ected tales in Grapic Novel form:Batman Year OneBatman Year TwoBatman: The Long HalloweenBatman: The Killing JokeBatman: HushBatman: The Dark Knight Returns...Show more