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Posted by u/Thekeanubro22 10 months ago

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Hi all I've just finished the new 52 batman run and have decided to read the tom King run,
would this be the correct reading order with the events included: Dc Universe Rebirth,

Batman Volume 1,

Batman Night of Monster Men,

Batman Volumes 2 and 3,

Batman/Flash: The Button,

Doomsday Clock,

Batman Volumes 4 and 5,

Dark Days: Road to metal,

Dark Nights: Metal,

Batman Volume 6

Batman Preludes To The Wedding

Batman Volumes 7 to 10

Heroes in Crisis

Heroes in Crisis: The Price and Other Tales

The Batman Who Laughs

Batman Volume 11 to 14

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lghngman2501 · 10 mo. ago

Reading order looks fine, except doomsday clock and anything related to the metal
story line aren't related to or if I recall are even referenced in Kings run.

The button helps set up the latter part of King's run. I'm pretty sure even though king
wrote heroes in crisis it doesn't really relate to his ongoing batman, but does go into
themes that have been explored.

Definitely read the batman annuals by king, and definitely read the batman Elmer
fudd 1 shot.

I really enjoyed Kings run on batman but it took a few arcs to get into it. Each arc is a
deconstruction of a different aspect of batman. Very interesting, but probably not the
the best idea for dc's biggest selling flagship title.

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Thekeanubro22 OP · 10 mo. ago

Ah yes I did put doomsday clock as it ties into the button, but you reckon dark
nights metal can be left out?

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jb_681131 · 10 mo. ago · edited 5 mo. ago

jb_681131 · 10 mo. ago · edited 5 mo. ago

I wouldn't read it that way.

Batman by Tom King has nothing to do with the Dark Nights storyline.

And you are missing all the Detective Comics and mini-series such as "All-Star
Batman", "Batman & Signal", "Bane Conquest", ...

I would read them by arcs :

Doomsdays Clock

1. Watchmen
2. Darkseid War
3. DC Univers Rebirth
4. Batman/Flash: the Button
5. Doomsday Clock

I Am ...

1. Batman: I am Gotham
2. Batman: I am Suicide
3. Batman: I am Bane

War of Jokes and Riddles

1. Batman: War of Jokes and Riddles

The Rise and Fall of the Batmen

1. Batman: Detective Comics: Rise of the Batmen

2. Batman: Night of the Monster Men
3. Batman: Detective Comics: The Victim Syndicate
4. Batman: Detective Comics: League of Shadows
5. Batman: Detective Comics: Deus Ex Machina
6. Batman: Detective Comics: A Lonely Place of Living
7. Batman: Detective Comics: Fall of the Batmen
8. Batman: Detective Comics: Batmen Eternal

All-Star Batman

1. All-Star Batman: My Own Worst Enemy

2. All-Star Batman: Ends of the Earth
3. All-Star Batman: The First Ally
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4. Batman & The Signal
The Wedding

1. Batman: The Rules of Engagement

2. Batman Arkham: Talia al Ghul
3. Batman: Bride or Burglar
4. Batman: The Wedding

Batman & The Outsiders

1. Batman: Detective Comics: On the Outside

2. Batman and the Outsiders: Lesser Gods
3. Batman and the Outsiders: A League of Their Own
4. Batman and the Outsiders: The Demon's Fire
5. Batman: Detective Comics: Deface the Face - a fill-in title

The Breakup

1. Batman: Cold Days

2. Batman: The Tyrant Wing
3. Batman: Knightmares

Detective Comics by ¨Peter Tomasi

1. Batman: Detective Comics: Mythology

2. Batman: 80 Years of the Bat Family - anniversary issue
3. Batman: Detective Comics: Arkham Knight
4. Batman: Detective Comics: Greetings From Gotham
5. Batman: Detective Comics: Cold Vengeance

City of Bane

1. Batman: The Fall and the Fallen

2. Bane: Conquest
3. Batman: The City of Bane Part 1
4. Batman: The City of Bane Part 2

Heroes in Crisis

1. Batman: I am Gotham
2. The Flash: Flash War
3. Red Hood and the Outlaw Annual #2
4. Heroes in Crisis
5. Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy
6. Heroes in Crisis: The Prise and Other Tales
7. Flash Forward

Joker War

1. Batman: Their Dark Designs

2. Batman: Detective Comics: The Joker War
3. Batman: The Joker War
4. Batman: Ghost Stories
5. Batman: Detective Comics: Road to Ruin
6. Joker (ongoing)

Metal

Check this post (by me too) -

https://www.reddit.com/r/DCcomics/comments/tokqpn/the_batman_who_laugh
s_miniseries/

Future State - not all collected

1. Future State: The Next Batman

2. Future State: Dark Detective
3. The Next Batman: Second Son
4. I Am Batman
5. Future State: Gotham

Infinite Frontier - not yet collected

1. Infinite Frontier #0
2. Infinite Frontier: Secret Files #1-6
3. Infinite Frontier #1-6
4. Justice League Incarnate
5. Justice League vs. Legion of Super-Heroes #1-6
6. Batman: Shadow War
7. Justice League #75: Death of the Justice League + Dark Crisis

Detective Comics by Mariko Tamaki part 1 - not yet collected

1. Future State: Dark Detective (Tamaki's story)

2. Batman: Detective Comics: The Neighborhood
3. Batman: Detective Comics: The Jury

Fear State - Should read Future State before

1. Infinite Frontier #0
2. Batman: The Cowardly Lot
3. Batman: Fear State + 1. Batman: Detective Comics: Fear State + Batman: Urban
Legends: Fear State - not yet collected

Batman: Urban Legends - ongoing

1. vol.1
2. vol.2 : Fear State
3. vol.3 : Bound to our will

Detective Comics by Mariko Tamaki part 2 - not yet collected

1. Batman: Detective Comics: The Tower

2. Batman: Detective Comics: The Seven/Gotham Girl interrupted

Batman by Joshua Williamson - Shadow war - not yet collected

1. Batman: The Abyss

2. Batman: Shadow War

Batman by Chip Zdarsky

1. Batman #125-ongoing - not yet collected

Detective Comics by Ram V

1. Batman: Detective Comics: Gotham Nocturne

2. ...

Various recent mini-series - I don't know where they fit:

Arkham City: The Order of the World

Batman: Fortress
Batman: Killing Time
Batman: The Detective
Batman: The Knight
Dark Knights of Steel
The Joker: Presents: A Puzzlebox
Man-Bat
Robin & Batman

Enjoy.

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 richisdisturbed · 10 mo. ago
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Jheeze and heres me only just staring Bats N52 run

Whole lotta Bats

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Doodilydoo113 · 10 mo. ago

check out rebirth on comic book treasury, it'll have everything you need.

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