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The modern Batman of the DC Universe is the main character in current comic book series Detective Comics, Batman, Legends of the Dark Knight and Superman/Batman. DC Comics has announced another title, Batman: Confidential. Canceled series in which Batman starred included Batman Family, The Brave and the Bold and World's Finest Comics. He appears regularly in many other DC titles, including Justice League of America, Robin, Nightwing, and Catwoman.

Alan Moore and Brian Bolland's notable Batman: The Killing Joke was intended to be non-canon, but the effects of its narrative have become canon. The revolutionary limited series Batman: The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller is also notable and considered non-canon. Miller's current series All Star Batman and Robin the Boy Wonder is likewise not set in continuity.

In addition to Miller and Moore, comic book creators who have contributed significantly to the development of the Batman mythos are Bill Finger and Bob Kane's run on the series in the 1930s and 1940s; Dennis O'Neil, Len Wein, and Neal Adams's work in the 1970s; and more recent stories by creators such as Grant Morrison and Jeph Loeb.

From time to time, Batman appears in intercompany crossovers with characters from other comic book publishers, most frequently with Marvel Comics. Many of these stories are not canon for the companies involved, although the events of the JLA/Avengers crossover appear to have affected both universes. He meets the Hulk, the Punisher, Captain America, Spider-Man, and Daredevil. In the Amalgam Comics titles, Batman is merged with the popular Marvel character Wolverine; the resulting character is called "Dark Claw". Bruce Wayne is a separate character merged with Nick Fury in Bruce Wayne Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. Batman has also been featured in inter-company crossovers with characters including The Darkness, Judge Dredd, Spawn, Grendel, Predators, Aliens, Tarzan, Planetary, The Spirit, and Scooby-Doo.

Batman is one of DC Comics's most popular characters. He has featured in several ongoing series as well as miniseries and graphic novels and plays a major role in many others.

Contents 1 Ongoing series 1.1 Ongoing series in a starring role 1.2 Ongoing series in a non-starring role 1.3 Finished Series 2 Other publications 2.1 Limited series 2.2 One-Shots and Graphic Novels 2.3 Intercompany Crossovers 2.4 Animated Batman 3 Reprint Collections 3.1 Greatest Ever Told series 3.2 Archive Editions 3.3 Decade Editions 3.4 Batman Chronicles 3.5 Animated Batman Collections 4 External links

[edit] Ongoing series

[edit] Ongoing series in a starring role

• Batman (1940 - ongoing) + 25 annuals
• Detective Comics (From issue #27, 1939 - ongoing) + 10 annuals
• Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight (1989 - ) + 7 annuals
• All Star Batman and Robin the Boy Wonder (July 2005 - ongoing)
• Superman/Batman (2003 - ongoing)
• The Batman Strikes! – based on the current animated series that began airing on the fall of 2004.
• Batman Confidential - (2006 - ) To start in December 2006.

[edit] Ongoing series in a non-starring role

Current comics in which Batman does not star but appears regularly or a member of his cast stars:

• Justice League of America (fourth volume) – The first issue, JLA #0, was released in July 2006.
• JLA Classified
• Justice League Unlimited, based on the animated TV series

• Birds of Prey
• Catwoman (second volume)
• Nightwing + 1 annual
• Robin + 6 annuals
• Teen Titans (third volume) + 1 annual – Robin is a member of the current incarnation of the Titans.

[edit] Finished Series

Formerly published comic titles that regularly featured Batman or a member of his cast:

• The Batman Chronicles (1995 to 2000 - 23 quarterly issues)
• Batman Family (1975 to 1978 - 20 issues)
• Batman: Shadow of the Bat (1992 to 2000 - 95 issues) + 5 annuals
• Batman and the Outsiders (1983 to 1986 - 32 issues)
• The Brave and the Bold (1955 to 1983 - 200 issues) - from issue #67 on, every issue featured Batman teaming up with another character.
• Star Spangled Comics (1947 to 1952 - 66 issues) - from issue #65 on, every issue featured a Robin story (with Batman making regular appearances).
• World's Finest Comics (1941 to 1986 - 323 issues) – The early issues told separate Batman and Superman stories. Beginning with issue #71, it featured Batman & Superman team-up stories.
• Batman: Gotham Knights (March 2000 to February 2006 - 74 issues)

• JLA + 4 annuals
• Justice League Adventures, based on the Justice League animated series

• Anarky
• Azrael + 3 annuals
• Batgirl + 1 annual - ended February 2006
• Catwoman (first volume) + 4 annuals (1993 to 2000)
• Gotham Central - (Dec. 2002 – Feb. 2006 - 40 issues)
• The Joker (1975 - 9 issues)
• Man-Bat (2 issues)

[edit] Other publications

For Elseworlds titles featuring Batman see List of Elseworlds publications

[edit] Limited series

• Batman and the Monster-Men (November 2005 to April 2006 - 6 issues)
• Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (1985 to 1986 - 4 issues)
• Batman: The Cult
• Batman: The Dark Knight Strikes Again (November 2001 to July 2002 - 3 issues)
• Batman: Sword of Azrael (1992 to 1993 - 4 issues)
• Batman Family (December 2002 to February 2003 - 8 issues)
• Batman: Death and the Maidens
• Batman: Orpheus Rising (2001 - 5 issues)
• Batman: Black & White (1996 - 4 issues)
• Batman - Wildcat (1997 - 3 issues)
• Batman: Bane of the Demon (1998 - 4 issues)
• Batman: Dark Victory (November 1999 to January 2001 - 13 issues)
• Batman: The Long Halloween (Oct 1996 to Oct 1997 - 13 issues)
• The Untold Legend of the Batman (July to September 1980 - 3 issues)
• Batman: Two-Face Strikes Twice (1993 - 2 issues)
• Batman: Turning Points (January 2001 - 5 issues)
• Batman: Run, Riddler, Run (1992 - 3 issues)
• Batman: City of Light (December 2003 to July 2004 - 8 issues)
• Arkham Asylum: Living Hell (2003 - 6 issues)
• World's Finest (1990 - 3 issues)
• Superman & Batman: World's Finest (1999 - 10 issues)
• Batman-Superman-Wonder Woman: Trinity (2003 - 3 issues)
• Batman: Tenses (2003 - 2 issues)
• Batman: Outlaws (2000 - 3 issues)
• Year One: Batman/Ra's Al Ghul (2005 - 2 issues)
• Year One: Batman/Scarecrow (2005 - 2 issues)
• Batman: Jekyll and Hyde (2005 - 6 issues)
• Batman: Dark Detective (2005 - 6 issues) ISBN 1-4012-0898-3
• Batman: Gotham County Line (2005 - 3 issues)
• Batman: Journey into Knight (2005 to 2006 - 12 issues)
• Batman: Secrets (2005 to 2006 - 5 issues)

[edit] One-Shots and Graphic Novels

• Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth (1989) Softcover ISBN 0-930289-56-0
• The Killing Joke (1986) Softcover ISBN 0-930289-45-5 No Hardcover edition
• Batman: Digital Justice (1990)
• Batman: Child of Dreams
• Batman: Son of the Demon (1987) Softcover ISBN 0-930289-25-0
• Batman: Birth of the Demon
• Batman: Bride of the Demon
• Batman: Hong Kong Hardcover ISBN 1-4012-0057-5 Softcover ISBN 1-4012-0101-6
• Batman: Fortunate Son Softcover ISBN 1-56389-590-0
• Batman: Absolution Softcover ISBN 1-4012-0037-0 Hardcover ISBN 1-56389-934-5
• Batman/Nightwing: Bloodbourne
• Batman & Poison Ivy: Cast Shadows (2004)
• Batman: Two Face: Crime & Punishment (1995)
• Batman: Riddler: Riddle Factory (1995)
• Batman: Poison Ivy (1997)
• Batman/Deadman: Death and Glory (1996) ISBN 1-56389-228-6
• Batman: DOA (1999)
• Batman: EGO (2000)
• Batman: Night Cries (1992) ISBN 1-56389-059-3
• Batman/Phantom Stranger (1997)
• Batman: The Abduction (1998)
• Batman: The Chalice (1998) ISBN 1-56389-632-X
• Batman: Harvest Breed ISBN 1-56389-775-X
• Batman: Room Full of Strangers (2004)
• Batman & Dracula: Red Rain ISBN 1-56389-036-4
• "Holy Terror, Batman!" (scheduled for 2006), an upcoming Frank Miller tale of the Batman vs. Al-Qaeda
• Batman/The Spirit crossover (scheduled for 2006), one shot crossover written by Jeph Loeb, and artist Darwyn Cooke

[edit] Intercompany Crossovers

• Batman/Aliens #1-2
• Batman/Aliens II #1-3
• Batman/Danger Girl
• Batman/Daredevil: King of New York
• Batman/Deathblow: After the Fire #1-3
• Batman/Grendel #1-2
• Batman/Grendel II #1-2
• Batman/Hellboy/Starman #1-2
• Batman/Judge Dredd: Judgement on Gotham
• Batman/Judge Dredd: Vendetta in Gotham
• Batman/Judge Dredd: The Ultimate Riddle
• Batman/Judge Dredd: Die Laughing #1-2
• Batman/Punisher: Lake of Fire
• Batman/Spawn: War Devil
• Batman/Spider-Man
• Batman/Tarzan: Claws of the Cat-Woman #1-4
• Batman and Captain America
• Batman vs. The Incredible Hulk (DC Special Series #27)
• Batman vs. Predator #1-3
• Batman vs. Predator II: Bloodmatch #1-4
• Batman vs. Predator III: Blood Ties
• Bruce Wayne: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Amalgam Comics)
• Daredevil/Batman
• The Dark Claw Adventures (Amalgam Comics)
• The Darkness/Batman
• Legends of the Dark Claw (Amalgam Comics)
• Planetary/Batman: Night on Earth
• Punisher/Batman: Deadly Knights
• Spawn/Batman: Red Scare
• Batman/The Spirit (2006)
• Superman & Batman vs. Aliens & Predator (January 2007)

[edit] Animated Batman

These specials and mini-series are all based on the various Batman cartoons.

• The Batman Adventures (1992 to 1995 - 36 issues) + 3 annuals – Based on the animated series that debuted in 1992.
• The Batman and Robin Adventures (1995 to 1997 - 25 issues)
• The Batman Adventures: The Lost Years (1997 to 1998 - 5 issues; transition)
• Batman: Gotham Adventures (1998 to 2003 - 60 issues)
• Batman Beyond (5 issues)
• Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker (Movie Adaptation)
• Batman Adventures (2003 to 2004 - 17 issues)

[edit] Reprint Collections

Numerous mini-series have also been reprinted under the same title as the mini-series. This section lists only reprints from ongoing series. All were issues in trade paperback format unless noted.

• Batman: Year One (Reprints Batman 404 - 407) ISBN 0-930289-33-1 (Also available in Deluxe Hardcover with extra's ISBN 1-4012-0690-5)
• Batman: Year Two (reprints Detective Comics 572 - 576)
• Batman: Year Two: Fear the Reaper [1] (reprints Detective Comics 572 - 576 plus one-shot sequel) ISBN 1-56389-967-1
• Batman: Tales of the Demon (reprints various Batman stories featuring Ra's Al Ghul)
• Strange Apparitions (reprints Detective Comics 469 - 479) ISBN 1-56389-500-5
• Batman: Ten Nights of the Beast (reprints Batman 417 - 420)
• A Death in the Family (reprints Batman 426 - 429)
• Many Deaths of Batman (reprints Batman 433 - 435)
• A Lonely Place of Dying (reprints Batman 440 - 442 and New Titans 60 - 61)
• Blind Justice (reprints Detective Comics 598 - 600)
• Batman: Anarky (reprints Detective Comics 608 - 609, Batman Chronicles 1, Batman: Shadow of the Bat 40 - 41 & Anarky 1 - 4)
• Knightfall Part One: Broken Bat (reprints Batman 491 - 497 and Detective Comics 659 - 663)
• Knightfall Part Two: Who Rules the Night (reprints Batman 498 - 500 and Detective Comics 664 - 666 and Batman: Shadow Of The Bat 16 - 18 and parts of Showcase '93 #7-8)
• Knightfall Part Three: KnightsEnd (reprints Batman 509 - 510, Batman: Shadow Of The Bat 29 - 30, Detective Comics 676 - 677, Batman: Legends Of The Dark Knight 62 - 63, Robin 8 - 9 & Catwoman 12)
• Batman: Prodigal (reprints Batman 512-514, Detective 679-681, Shadow of the Bat 32-34, Robin 11-13)
• Batman: Contagion (reprints Azrael 15 - 16, Batman 529, Batman: Chronicles 4, Batman: Shadow of the Bat 48 - 49, Catwoman 31 - 32, Detective Comics 695 - 696, Robin 27 - 28)
• Legacy (reprints Batman 533 - 534, Batman: Shadow of the Bat 53 - 54, Catwoman 35 - 36, Detective Comics 699 - 702 & Robin 31 - 33)
• Batman: Cataclysm (reprints Batman 553-554, Detective 719-721, Shadow of the Bat 73-74, Nightwing 19-20, Catwoman 56, Robin 53, Chronicles 12, Blackgate: Isle of Men, Huntress / Spoiler: Blunt Trauma)
• No Man's Land Volumes 1 - 5 (together reprint Batman 563 - 569, 571 - 574, Detective Comics 730 - 736, 738 - 741, Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight 116 - 117, 119 - 121, 125 - 126, Batman: Shadow Of The Bat 83 - 88, 92 - 94, Batman Chronicles 16 plus two Batman Specials)
• Batman: Officer Down (reprints Batman 587, Robin 86, Birds of Prey 27, Catwoman 90, Nightwing 53, Detective 754, Gotham Knights 13)
• Batman: Bruce Wayne: Murderer? (reprints Batman: 10-Cent Adventure, Detective 766-767, Batgirl 24, Nightwing 65-66, Gotham Knights 25-26, Birds of Prey 39-40, Robin 98-99, Batman 599-600)

• Batman: Evolution (reprints Detective Comics 743 - 746)
• Batman: Shaman (reprints Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight 1 - 5)
• Batman: Gothic (reprints Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight 6 - 10)
• Batman: Prey (reprints Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight 11 - 15)
• Batman: Venom (reprints Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight 16 - 20)
• Batman: Faces (reprints Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight 28 - 30)
• Batman: Collected Legends of the Dark Knight (reprints Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight 32 - 34, 38, 42 - 43)
• Batman: Dark Legends (reprints Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight 39 - 40, 50, 52 - 54)
• Batman: Hush Volume 1 (reprints Batman 608 - 612) (Also available in Hardback)
• Batman: Hush Volume 2 (reprints Batman 613 - 619 + extra story from Wizard) (Also available in Hardback)
• Absolute Batman: Hush (reprints Batman 608 - 619 + Extra's) (Oversized slipcased Hardback) ISBN 1-4012-0426-0
• Superman/Batman: Public Enemies (reprints Superman/Batman 1-6, Secret Files & Origins 2003) Softcover ISBN 1-4012-0220-9 (Also available in Hardback)
• Superman/Batman: Supergirl (reprints Superman/Batman 8-13, Kryptonese language translation key) (Hardback only)
• Superman/Batman: Absolute Power (reprints Superman/Batman 14-18) (Hardback only)
• Batman: Broken City (reprints Batman 620 - 625) (Also available in Hardback)
• Batman: As the Crow Flies (reprints Batman 626 - 630)
• Batman: War Drums (reprints Detective Comics 790-796 and Robin 126-128)
• Batman: War Games Acts One, Two and Three - (together reprint Batgirl 55-57, Batman 631-633, Batman: Gotham Knights 56-58, Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight 182-184, Batman: The 12-Cent Adventure, Catwoman 34-36, Detective Comics 797-799, Nightwing 96-98, and Robin 129-131)
• Batman: Scarecrow Tales (8 stories starring The Scarecrow; reprints World's Finest Comics #3, Batman #189, Batman #262, The Joker #8, Detective Comics #503, Detective Comics #571, Scarecrow (Villains) #1, and Batman: Gotham Knights #23)
• Batman: Under the Hood
• Batman: Hush Returns
• Batman: War Crimes

• The Complete Frank Miller Batman (reprints Year One, The Dark Knight Returns and the story "Wanted: Santa Claus - Dead or Alive" written by Denny O'Neil, reprinted from DC Special #21: Super Star Holiday Special) (Leather bound Hardback only)
• Batman Illustrated by Neal Adams (reprints all Neal Adams Batman stories and covers)
  • Volume 1 (reprints World's Finest Comics 175-176, The Brave and the Bold 79-85, Detective 392 plus various covers) (Hardback only)
  • Volume 2 (reprints The Brave and the Bold 86, 93; Detective 395, 397, 400, 402, 404, 407-408, 410; Batman 219; plus various covers) (Hardback only)
  • Volume 3 (reprints Batman 232, 234, 237, 243-245, 251 plus others) (Hardback only) ISBN 1-4012-0407-4

[edit] Greatest Ever Told series

• The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told (Also available in Hardback)
• The Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told (Also available in Hardback)
• Stacked Deck: The Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told Expaned Edition (Purple leather Hardback only)
• The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told Volume 2 featuring Catwoman and The Penguin
• Batman featuring Two-Face and The Riddler

[edit] Archive Editions

All DC Archive Editions are hardback only

• Batman Archives Volume 1 (Reprints Batman stories only from Detective Comics 27 to 50) ISBN 0-930289-60-9
• Batman Archives Volume 2 (Reprints Batman stories only from Detective Comics 51 to 70) ISBN 1-56389-000-3
• Batman Archives Volume 3 (Reprints Batman stories only from Detective Comics 71 to 86) ISBN 1-56389-099-2
• Batman Archives Volume 4 (Reprints Batman stories only from Detective Comics 87 to 102) ISBN 1-56389-414-9
• Batman Archives Volume 5 (Reprints Batman stories only from Detective Comics 103 to 119) ISBN 1-56389-725-3
• Batman Archives Volume 6 (Reprints Batman stories only from Detective Comics 120 to 135) ISBN 1-4012-0409-0
• Batman: The Dark Knight Archives Volume 1 (Reprints Batman 1 to 4)
• Batman: The Dark Knight Archives Volume 2 (Reprints Batman 5 to 8)
• Batman: The Dark Knight Archives Volume 3 (Reprints Batman 9 to 12)
• Batman: The Dark Knight Archives Volume 4 (Reprints Batman 13 to 16)
• Batman: The Dynamic Duo Archives Volume 1 (Reprints Batman 164 to 166 and Detective Comics 327 to 333) ISBN 1-56389-932-9
• Batman: The Dynamic Duo Archives Volume 2 (Reprints Batman 168 to 171 and Detective Comics 334 to 339 from 1964-1965) ISBN 1-4012-0772-3
• Batman in the World's Finest Archives Volume 1 (Reprints Batman stories only from World's Finest 1 to 16)
• Batman in the World's Finest Archives Volume 2 (Reprints Batman stories only from World's Finest 17 to 32, circa 1941-1948)
• World's Finest Archives Volume 1 (reprints Superman 76 and World's Finest 71 to 85)
• World's Finest Archives Volume 1 (reprints World's Finest 86 to 101)

[edit] Decade Editions

Reprint the 'best' stories of the decade in a trade paperback

• Batman in the Forties ISBN 1-4012-0206-3
• Batman in the Fifties ISBN 1-56389-810-1
• Batman in the Sixties ISBN 1-56389-491-2
• Batman in the Seventies ISBN 1-56389-565-X
• Batman in the Eighties ISBN 1-4012-0241-1

[edit] Batman Chronicles

This series plans to reprint every Batman adventure, in color, in chronological order in affordable trade paperbacks

• Batman Chronicles Volume 1 (Reprints Detective Comics #27-38 and Batman #1) ISBN 1-4012-0445-7
• Batman Chronicles Volume 2 (Reprints Detective Comics #39-45, Batman #2-3, and New York World's Fair Comics #2) ISBN 1-4012-0790-1

[edit] Animated Batman Collections

• The Batman Adventures ISBN 1-56389-098-4
• The Batman Adventures: Dangerous Dames and Demons ISBN 1-56389-973-6

[edit] External links

• The comics research bibliography: Batman - an international bibliography of comic books, comic strips, animation, caricature, cartoons, bandes dessinees, and related topics

• BATMAN-ON-FILM.COM's Batman comics subsite.