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Part 5

Future State to a confusing start, this is an event collected in Future State: the next Batman and Future State: Dark detective. After this, infinite Frontier begins in Infinite Frontier #0.

Batman: The Cowardly Lot

now a bunch of stuff to read at any point but before Batman vs Robin Road to War:

-Titans Hunt (road to rebirth) -Titans: Rebirth (one-shot issue) -Titans (volume 3) -Teen Titans: Rebirth (also a one-shot issue) -Teen Titans (Volume 6) -Supersons. -Young Justice (2019) (Later spins off into Tim Drake: Robin, but only after Damiens Robin run Robin (Volume 3)

Batman vs Robin Road to War continued in Batman vs Robin (Mark Waid).

Detective Comics: The Neighborhood

The Next Batman: Second Son

Batman: Urban Legends Vol.1

Nightwing: Leaping Into the Light yay Tom taylor Nightwing. Only putting this here because the next collection is part of fear state.

Batman: Fear State Saga A few tie-ins: Nightwing: Fear State (you can continue this run after, and also Titans (volume 4)), Catwoman: Fear State (continue up until Gotham war, that comes later). Google a list for the correct order to read the event in.

Detective Comics: Fear state The Task Force Z is first mentioned, you can read the short series if you want to

Batgirls three collections, spins out of fear state

Batman: Urban Legends Vol.2

Batman: The Detective mini-series

Batman: Urban Legends Vol.3

Batman: Urban Legends Vol.4

I am Batman Vol.1 If you liked Second Son, this is a continuation

Robin: The Lazarus Tournament.

Before this you should read Robin: Son of Batman. I'm putting it here because idk where else.

Batman: Abyss

Detective Comics: Arkham Rising

Shadows of the Bat: The Tower

Shadows of the Bat: House of Gotham

Robin: I Am Robin you can finish this run with Robin: Secrets and Shadows

Batman: Shadow war

Detective Comics: Riddle me This

Batman: Urban Legends Vol. 5

Batman: Urban Legends Vol. 6

Batman Incorporated: The complete series

Detective Comics Gotham Nocturne: Overture

Detective Comics Gotham Nocturne: Act 1

Batman: Failsafe

Batman: The Bat-Men of Gotham

Dark Crisis on infinite earths another big event to google

Detective Comics Gotham Nocturne: Act 2

Batman/Superman: World´s Finest Vol.1 set in the past and explains the end of the infinite frontier era & leads into Batman vs Robin, and the Dawn of DC Era. Read more of this run if you like it, theres also the spin-off series World´s Finest: Teen Titans set in the same Timeline

Batman Vs Robin you can read the Lazarus Planet event if you want to here

Batman/Catwoman: The Gotham War You can continue reading catwoman (volume 5) here

Batman and Robin: Father and Son

Batman and Robin: Growing Pains

Detective Comics Gotham Nocturne Intermezzo: Batman, Outlaw

Detective Comics Gotham Nocturne: Act 3

Batman: The Joker Year one

Batman: Dark Prisons

Absolute Power event to google, after this it´s DC All In

New Titans (Volume 2) Continuation of Titans (volume 4) in the All In Era

Nightwing: on with the show from now on Dan Watters is the author of Nightwing for the All in era (starting with #119)

Batgirl (volume 6) The new Batgirl run for this era

Detective Comics: Mercy of the Father

Batman and Robin: Memento

Batman and Robin: The Gotham Cycle

Batman: The Dying City

Justice League Unlimited optional

Detective Comics: Elixir

Batman: Daylight with a new #1, Batman (volume 4) starts

Batman and Robin: The Quiet Man

DC K.O. First Crossover in this new era, Knightfight is the Batman mini-series

Also noteworthy: Absolute Batman, an alternate universe

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Part 4 - Rebirth

Batman: The Knight More Origin

Batman: Dark Patterns

Batman & Robin: Year One Retelling of the early Dick!Robin era

Batman: I Am Gotham This is when the Rebirth era actually starts, everything listed before was just retellings of the origins. From here on The mainline Batman comics and Detective comics are read basically back to back.

Detective Comics: The Rise of the Batmen

Nightwing vol.1: Better than Batman Crossover with the following Comic. If you want to finish Tim seeley´s nightwing run (Back to Blüdhaven, Nightwing must die, Blockbuster, Raptor´s Revenge). After that comes the Ric Grayson era. collections of Nightwing (Volume 4) until The Joker War, where it ties into the Batman comics again, so read until there if you want to.

Batman: Night of the Monster Men Crossover with Nightwing 1

Batgirl and the Birds of Prey: Who is Oracle?

Batgirl Vol.1: Beyond Burnside You can continue reading this Batgirl run if you like it, the last collection ties into Joker war, like with Nightwing

Red Hood and the Outlaws Vol.1: Dark Trinity If you like it, read the rest of the run. It´s followed by Red Hood: Outlaw, and Finally by the mini series Red Hood: The Hill.

Batman: I Am Suicide you can read Justice League vs Suicide Squad (or just read a summary) before the next Batman title

Detective Comics: The Victim Syndicate

Batman: I Am Bane Another crossover you can read, Batman/The Flash: The Button

Detective Comics: League of Shadows

Batman: the War of Jokes and Riddles takes place shortly after Zero Year, but is told through Flashbacks from this point.

Detective Comics: Deus ex Machina

Batman: The Rules of Engagement

Detective Comics: A lonely Place of Dying

Batman: Bride or Burglar?

Detective Comics: Fall of the Batmen

Detective Comics: Batmen Eternal

Dark Nights: Metal another big Crossover, you should probably google a reading order list for this.

Batman & the Signal

Batman: Preludes to the Wedding

Batman: the Wedding don´t even

Catwoman Vol.1: Copy Cats you can continue this run up until Catwoman:Come home, Alley cat; where it ties into the big event.

Detective Comics: On the Outside

Batman: Cold days

Detective comics: Deface the Face

Batman: The Tyrant Wing

Batman: Knightmares You can read the Heroes in crisis event ater this, including Batman/Flash: the Prince

Detective comics: Mythology

The Batman who Laughs Remember Dark Nights: Metal ?

Batman: The Fall and the Fallen

Detective Comics: Arkham Knight

Detective Comics: Greetings from Gotham

Detective Comics: Cold Vengeance

Batman: City of Bane Part 1 & 2 after you can read a summary of the Doomsday clock event

Batman/Catwoman Is not really canon, but you can read it anyway

Batman: Their dark Designs

The Joker war Saga ok this kind of needs its own reading order, it includes Batman: The Joker war, Detective Comics: The Joker War, Nightwing: The Joker War, Batgirl: The Joker war, Red Hood: Outlaw #48, Catwoman #25-26 (You can continue this run until Catwoman: Fear state, which ties into an event again)

Batman: Ghost Stories

Detective Comics: Road to Ruin

Dark Nights: Death Metal ends the Dark Nights Storyline

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Part 3 - The New 52

Batman: Zero Year Batman´s origin story in the new 52

Batman/Superman: cross world

Batman: The court of owls. This comic was published alongside the next three titles.

Batman and Robin: Born to kill Published alongside CoO. Because of the Way the new 52 works, the Batfam is already established and Damien is Robin.

Batman: Faces of Death Published alongside CoO.

Batman: Knight Terrors Published Alongside CoO.

Nightwing: Traps and Trapezes

Red Hood and the Outlaws: REDemption

Batgirl: The Darkest Reflection

Birds of Prey: Trouble in Mind

Teen Titans: It's Our Right to Fight

Batman: Night of the Owls BIG Batfamily Crossover, Tie-ins from all the mentioned runs.

Nightwing: Night of the Owls

Detective Comics: Scare Tactics

Batman and Robin: Pearl

Detective Comics: Emperor Penguin

Red Hood and the Outlaws: The Starfire

Birds of Prey: Your Kiss Might Kill

Batgirl: Knightfall Descends

Teen Titans: The Culling

Batman: Death of the Family not to be confused with A Death in the Family. Major Tie-ins from other runs listed below, but google for other singular tie-in issues and in what order to read them.

Batgirl: Death of the Family If you want more Barbara, read: Birds of Prey: A Clash of Daggers; :The cruelest Cut and :Soul crisis. Then Batgirl: Wanted, :Deadline, :The Batgirl of Burnside, :Family Business, and :Mindfields.

Batman and Robin: Death of the Family

Nightwing: Death of the Family If you want more Dick (haha), read: Nightwing: Second Cities, and :Setting Son for now, more coming later on.

Red Hood and the Outlaws: Death of the Family For more Red Hood, read: Red Hood and the Outlaws: League of Assassins; :The Big Picture; :Lost and Found; and :Last Call.

Teen Titans: Death of the Family For more Teen Titans, read: Teen Titans: Light and Dark; and :The Trial of Kid Flash

Batman incorporated (volume 1)

Batman and Robin: Requiem for Damien

Also read the other titles in the requiem Crossover arc

Batman/Superman: game over

Detective Comics: The Wrath

Batman and Robin: The Big Burn

Detective Comics: Gothtopia

Batman and Robin by Peter J. Tomasi and Patrick Gleason Book Three collects all remaining issues of Batman and Robin.

Batman Eternal vol. 1

Detective Comics: Icarus

Batman: Graveyard Shift

Detective Comics: Anarky

Batman Eternal vol. 2

Batman Eternal vol. 3

Batman/Superman: second chance

Batman/Superman: Siege

The Joker: Endgame Collection of the Endgame Storyline.

Batman & Robin eternal vol. 1

Batman: Superheavy

Batman/Superman: Truth hurts

Detective Comics: Blood of Heroes

Grayson vol. 1-3 Doesn´t happen exactly here, but should be read before robin war.

Red Hood/Arsenal: Open for Business Same as Grayson

Robin War Includes one issue of Grayson and one of Red Hood/Arsenal

Grayson vol. 4-5

Red Hood/Arsenal: Dancing With the Devil's Daughter

Detective Comics: Gordon at War

Batman: Bloom

Batman & Robin Eternal vol. 2

Batman/Superman Universe´s finest

Batman: Epilogue

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Part 2

Batman: Evolution

Batman: Turning Points

Batgirl (00-06) Introduction to Cassandra Cain as Batgirl. Starts in the time after No man´s Land.

Batman: Made of Wood When you read The man who Laughs ages ago, you might remember the second story that is included in the trade (unless you read online lol) That´s what this is.

Batman: Officer Down Includes Robin #86, and Batgirl #12 takes place at the same time; so you can read both those series up until there before Officer down. Also includes Nightwing #53

Batman: Bruce Wayne-Murderer? Includes Robin #98 &99, Batgirl #24 and Nightwing #65

Batman: Bruce Wayne-Fugitive Includes Batgirl #27, 29 and 33 in the Aftermath. Also Nightwing #68 & 69

Gotham Central vol. 1 Non Batman centric run, it´s more about the GCPD.

Titans (volume 1) (99-03) More Titans content, not to confuse with The new Titans, or newer runs of the same name. If you want more: Titans (volume 2) (08-11);

Titans/Young Justice: Graduation Day The long awaited Crossover of the two Teams. After this, The Titans become the Outsiders (03-07). Also see The Return of Donna Troy. Young justice are now the teen Titans (because it wasn´t confusing enough already), starting Teen Titans (volume 3) (03-11).

Batman: Hush

Batman: Broken City I you liked Gotham central, you could now read vol. 2&3

Batman: As the Crow flies

Batman: War Games Huge Crossover in multiple parts. Includes: Robin #126- 131; Batgirl #55-57; Nightwing #96-98

Robin/Batgirl: Fresh Blood Like the name suggests, a crossover between the Robin and the Batgirl series.

Gotham central vol. 4 #25 in this is (unofficially?) about the aftermath of war games

Batman: City of Crime

Batman: Victims

Batman: Under The Red Hood

Infinite Crisis Yet another huge crossover with Tie-ins from all over the place. Honestly, just google what happens.

Batman: Face the Face Follows up on Under the red hood and Victims

Nightwing: Brothers in Blood

Robin: Wanted #148-153. Did not do Cass Justice, which is why the Batgirl run was canceled.

Batgirl (volume 2)

Batman and Son Introduction of Damien Wayne, the 5th robin. (In case you think that I cannot count: Steph was Robin Nr. 4)

Batman: Resurrection of Ra´s al Ghul includes Robin #168 &169, Nightwing #138, 139

Batman: Hush Returns

Batman: Heart of Hush Ties into Batman r.i.p.

Batman: The Black Glove

Batman R.I.P.

Final Crisis and again: a big crisis to google

Batman: Last Rites

Batman: whatever happened to the caped crusader?

Batman: Battle for the Cowl

Batman: Hush Money Guys is Bruce Wayne acting different lately? Completely unrelated, I feel like Batman used to be taller.

Batman: Long Shadows

Red Robin: The Grail This kickstarts Tim´s run as Red Robin (09-11)

Batgirl Rising Batgirl gets a new run (Batgirl 2009-2011) and is blonde now.

Batman and Robin: Batman Reborn vol. 1 & 2

Batman: Return of Bruce Wayne

Batman and Robin: Batman Reborn vol. 3

Bruce Wayne: The Road Home

Batman: House of Hush

Batman: The Black mirror & Batman: Gates of Gotham Honestly not sure if i should put them here or into the next part (The new 52). They´re not part of it, but lead into the court of owls which is.

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Part 1

Batman: Year one - Catwoman: Her sister´s keeper these happen at around the same time, even reuse some of the same frames

Batman: The man who laughs Introduction to the Joker

Batman: Four of a kind Introduction to 4 different Batman antagonists

Batman: Venom

Batman: Haunted Knight A collection of Batman stories that happen on Halloween, prequel to The Long Halloween

Batman: The Long Halloween

Batman: Year two Kind of hard to place, but it´s probably somewhere around the Long Halloween

Batman and the Monster Men Hugo Strange

Batman and the mad Monk A direct sequel to Monster Men

Batman: Prey Also a direct sequel to Monster men, just to a different aspect of the story

Batman: Snow Mr. Freeze

Batman: Terror Was not sure where to place this, it´s a sequel to Prey, but it´s placed some time later (though robin doesn´t appear yet)

Batman: Night Cries

Batman: Dark Victory Yay Introduction to Richard Grayson, the first Robin

Catwoman: when in Rome

Batman Chronicles: The gauntlet Early Dick Grayson arc

Robin: Year one (from 2000) More Dick!Robin Content

Geometry (Superman #700) Oneshot with Robin

Year one: Batman/Scarecrow

Batman: Ego

Batman:Harvest Breed

Teen Titans: Year one Robin joins up with other sidekicks in teen titans. If you like the team up, you can read The new Teen Titans and Tales of the Teen Titans, later renamed to The new Titans because the characters grew up (dick is Nightwing at that point)

Batman: Sanctum

Batgirl: Year one Barbara Gordon as Batgirl

Batman: Batgirl (97)

Nightwing: Year One Dick Grayson isn´t Robin anymore but Nightwing. If you want more Nightwing in this era, read Nightwing by Dennis O`Neil. Nightwing Old Friends/New Enemies. Nightwing (volume 2) Chuck Dixon´s and Peter Tomasi´s Run.

Batman: second Chances Introduction to Jason Todd, the second Robin

Batman: white Gold and Truth Jason and Dick Interaction

Batman: The Cult

Batman: The killing Joke fuck the joker

Batman: the caped crusader vol. 1

Batman: A death in the Family fuck the joker part 2 (if you´re reading teen titans, this takes place around #55)

Batman: Arkham Asylum

Batman: Year three

Batman: A lonely place of dying Introduction to Tim Drake, the third Robin

Batman: The penguin affair

Batman: Dark Knight, dark City

Batman Son of the Demon, Bride of the Demon First two parts of the Demon trilogy

Robin vol.1: Reborn, Robin vol.2: Triumphant Two collections of Tim!Robins Solo series. If you enjoy Tim, read his Solo series Robin(volume 2) moving forward. I will enclude roughly when which issues Take place. Start here with #1-4

Batman: Birth to the Demon Last part of the Demon Trilogy

Batman: DOA

Batman: Prelude to Knightfall

Batman: Sword of Azrael

Batman: Knightfall

Batman: Knightquest

Batman: Knightsend Robin #9 is Part of the aftermath

Batman: Vampire

Batman: Prodigal

Batman: Troika

Batman/Demon Medieval AU, if you read Robin, read until #26 to move forward

Batman: Contagion The order of the issues that belong to this are kind of confusing, look it up lol. Robin #27&28 are included, read until #31 after

Batman: Legacy vol. 1& 2 similar to contagion, Robin #32 & 33 are included

Batman: Bane conquest

Batman: The Demon Laughs

Red Hood: The lost Days i wonder what happened to that jason todd guy

Batman: Cataclysm includes Robin #53, so read up until that before

Batman: Aftershock Theres also Young justice (Tims Team up) so if you like Tim and Teen Titans, try this. If you miss the Titans, there a small series for you: JLA/Titans. Later on the two teams crossover.

Batman: Road to No man´s Land includes Robin #54

Batman: No man´s Land includes Robin #68- 73, read 55-67 between the batman titles if you want to