do you have any dickbabs reading recommendations (especially if they're babs focused)? I read batgirl year one and some nightwing too, but I would love to delve deeper into their relationship
thank you sm in advance 🙏
They just don’t do slow burn in comics like Dickbabs anymore ♥️
If you’re coming right off batgirl year one (masterpiece. Redefined my life. Forever altered my brain) I definitely recommend you read Nightwing Year one as well, (starts at issue #101 of Nightwing (1996)
In this list I have included everything I can, but If I missed anything significant please feel free to let me know!
Pre-Crisis:
Detective Comics (1937): #359
The Batman Family (1975): #1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 20
POST CRISIS:
Robin Year One (2000): #4
Batgirl Year One (2003)
Nightwing Year One - Nightwing (1996): #101-106
Nightwing (1995): #2
Nightwing (1996): #0.5, 7, 14, 16-18, 19, 20, 24, 25, 37, 38-87, 88, 89, 100, 104, 109, 117, 153 (this isn’t EVERY issue Babs is in but all the important ones)
Batman Chronicles (1996): #9
Some of the best and most beautiful dickbabs moments come from birds of prey, and they give a great look into Babs’ side of things too! I recommend reading Bop and Nightwing alongside each other (If you can!) And I alos recommend you read some Batman arcs like Cataclysm, No Man’s Land and Bruce Wayne, Murderer? They show Dick and Babs working together and with the batfam. Fun Fact and slight spoiler for the ending of No Man’s Land, The ending scene where Dick and Helena randomly kiss was supposed to be between Dick and Babs, but someone messed up, and Rucka kinda just thought Dick was a horndog so no one fixed it 💔 there is still some good Dickbabs moments within that arc tho
Birds Of Prey (1999): #8, 19, 20, 23-61, 71, 76, 86
Robin (1993): #71
Gotham Knights: #17, 18, 26, 30, 32, 34, 35, 36, 42, 43
Harley Quinn (2000): #10-12
DC One Million (1998): #1 , 3
DC Universe Holiday Bash (1997): #2
Batman: Black Mirror (they aren’t together in this but it’s still important reading for their relationship imo and a fascinating/thrilling Dick!bats story with lots of Oracle besides)
Nightwing Annual 2 (for the conclusion of the proposal from Nightwing #117)
Li’l Gotham (2013): #1, 7, 10, 17
Convergence Nightwing/Oracle #1-2 (for the wedding. This is how pre-boot ended as far as I’m concerned)
New 52 Reboot:
Nightwing (2011): #4, Annual 1
Batgirl (2011): #3, 18, 21, 30, Annual 3, 45
Grayson (2014): #2, #12
REBIRTH:
Nightwing (2016) #1, 2, 3, 15, 44, 45, 46, 47, Annual 1
Batgirl (2016): #7, 10, 14, 15, 16, 17, 25
Dark Nights: Death Metal - the Last Stories of the DC Universe: #1
Batman (2016): #55
Batgirl (2016): #43, 50
Nightwing (2016): #50, 72, 73, 74, 75, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 100, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123 (ongoing)
Batman (2016): #100, 104, 118, 126, 127, 128, 137, 141, 145, 146, 148, 149,
Batgirls (2021): #7, 8, 10, 12
The Flash (2016): #787
Future State: Nightwing (2021): #1, 2
Future State: The Next Batman (2021): #4
Superman: Son of Kal-El (2021): #13
Saved by the Belle Reve (2022): #1
Tales of the Titans (2023): #1
Titans: Beast World (2023): #2, 3, 4, 6
Titans (2023): #6, 7
Batman / Santa Clause: Silent Knight (2023): #1-4
How to lose a Guy Gardener in 10 days (2024): #1
Super-Pets Special: Bitedentity Crisis (2024): #1
ELSEWORLDS / BLACK LABEL
Thrillkiller (1997): #1-3
Young Justice (2011): #22, 23, 25
Earth 2: World’s End (2014): #1, 3, 4, 6, 9, 10
Earth 2 (2012): #29
Batman: White Knight (2017): #1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Batman: White Knight: Batman Day (2018): #1
Batman: Curse of the White Knight (2019): #4
Batman: Beyond The White Knight (2022): #1, 4, 6, 7, 8
The Batman & Scooby-Doo Mysteries (2021): #4
Dc vs. Vampires (2021): #1, #2, #3, 4, 8, 12
Batman: The Long Halloween - The Last Halloween (2024): #1
Batman: Dark Age (2024): #4, 5, 6
The Boy Wonder (2024): #1
