Grant Morrison Batman Reading Order

After reading through all of Grant Morrison's legendary run on the Caped Crusader, as well as checking out some reading orders, I've decided to create my own order to create a story as cohesive as possible for any new readers. This list does take a lot of inspiration from the reading order created by reddit user Gerry-Mandarin (here's the link to his)

Enjoy!

Pre-Reading

• Batman #47 - "The Origin of the Batman!"
• Batman #62 - "The Batman of England!"
• Batman #65 - "A Partner For Batman!"
• Batman #86 - "Batman -- Indian Chief!"
• Detective Comics #215 - "The Batmen of All Nations"
• Detective Comics #235 - "The First Batman"
• World's Finest #89 - "The Club of Heroes"
• Detective Comics #247 - "The Man Who Ended Batman's Career"
• Batman #112 - "Am I Really Batman?"
• Batman #113 - "The Batman of Planet X"
• Detective Comics #267 - "Batman Meets Bat-Mite!"
• Batman #134 - "The Rainbow Creature"
• Batman #153 - "Prisoners of Three Worlds!"
• Batman #156 - "Robin Dies at Dawn"
• Batman #180 - "Death Knocks Three Times!"
• Batman #452-454 - "Dark Knight, Dark City"
• 52 #30 - "Dark Knight Down"
• 52 #47 - "Revelations"

BATMAN

[Batman & Son]

• Batman #655 - "Building a Better Batmobile"
• Batman #656 - "Man-Bats of London"
• Batman #657 - "Wonderboys"
• Batman #658 - "Absent Fathers"
• Batman #663 - "The Clown at Midnight"

[The Black Glove Act I - "Impostor Syndrome"]

• Batman #664 - "Three Ghosts of Batman"
• Batman #665 - "The Black Casebook"
• Batman #666 - "Batman in Bethlehem"

[The Black Glove Act II - "The Club of Heroes"]

• Batman #667 - "The Island of Mister Mayhew"
• Batman #668 - "Now We Are Dead!"
• Batman #669 - "The Dark Knight Must Die!"

[INTERLUDE - The Resurrection of Ra's Al Ghul]

• Batman #670 - "Lazarus Rising"
• Batman #671 - "He Who Is Master"

[The Black Glove Act III - "The Devil In The Details"]

• Batman #672 - "Space Medicine"
• Batman #673 - "Joe Chill in Hell"
• Batman #674 - "Batman Dies at Dawn"
• Batman #675 - "The Fiend With Nine Eyes"

[Batman RIP]

• Batman #676 - "Midnight in the House of Hurt"
• Batman #677 - "Batman in the Underworld"
• Batman #678 - "Zur En Arrh"
• Batman #679 - "Miracle on Crime Alley"
• Batman #680 - "The Thin White Duke of Death"
• Batman #681 - "Hearts in Darkness"

FINAL CRISIS

BATMAN & ROBIN

[CHAPTER ONE - "Batman Reborn"]

• Batman and Robin #1 - "Domino Effect"
• Batman and Robin #2 - "The Circus of Strange"
• Batman and Robin #3 - "Mommy Made of Nails"

[CHAPTER TWO - "Revenge of the Red Hood"]

• Batman and Robin #4 - "Red Right Hand"
• Batman and Robin #5 - "Scarlet"
• Batman and Robin #6 - "Flamingo is Here"

[CHAPTER THREE - "Blackest Knight"]

• Batman and Robin #7 - "Pearly and the Pit"
• Batman and Robin #8 - "Batman vs Batman"
• Batman and Robin #9 - "Broken"
• Batman #700 - "Time & The Batman"

[The Return Of Bruce Wayne Act I - "Batman VS Robin"]

1. Batman and Robin #10 - "The Haunting of Wayne Manor"
2. Return of Bruce Wayne #1 - "Shadow on Stone"
3. Batman and Robin #11 - "Boneyard"
4. Return of Bruce Wayne #2 - "Until the End of Time"
5. Batman and Robin #12 - "Mexican Train"

[The Return Of Bruce Wayne Act II - "Gotcha!"]

1. Return of Bruce Wayne #3 - "The Bones of Bristol Bay"
2. Batman #701 - "The Missing Chapter Part I: The Hole in Things"
3. Batman #702 - "The Missing Chapter Part II: Batman's Last Case"
4. Batman and Robin #13 - "The Garden of Death"
5. Return of Bruce Wayne #4 - "Dark Knight, Dark Rider"

[The Return Of Bruce Wayne Act III - "Batman & Robin MUST DIE!"]

1. Batman and Robin #14 - "The Triumph of Death"
2. Return of Bruce Wayne #5 - "Masquerade"
3. Batman and Robin #15 - "The Knight, Death, and The Devil"
4. Return of Bruce Wayne #6 - "The All-Over"
5. Batman and Robin #16 - "Black Mass"

BATMAN INCORPORATED

[The Batman of Japan!]

• Batman: The Return #1 - "Planet Gotham"
• Batman Incorporated (Vol 1) #1 - "Mr. Unknown is Dead!"
  
• Batman Incorporated (Vol 1) #2 - "Resurrector!"

[The Spyder's Web!]

• Batman Incorporated (Vol 1) #3 - "Scorpion Tango"
• Batman Incorporated (Vol 1) #4 - "The Kane Affair"
• Batman Incorporated (Vol 1) #5 - "Masterspy"

[Planet Batman!]

• Batman Incorporated (Vol 1) #6 - "Nyktomorph"
• Batman Incorporated (Vol 1) #7 - "Medicine Soldiers"
• Batman Incorporated (Vol 1) #8 - "Nightmares in Numberland"

[Leviathan Rises!]

• Batman Incorporated: Leviathan Strikes! #1 - "School of Night"
• Batman Incorporated: Leviathan Strikes! #1 - "Leviathan Strikes!"
• Batman Incorporated (Vol 2) #0 - "Brand Building"

[Heir to the Bat]

• Batman Incorporated (Vol 2) #1 - "Demon Star"
• Batman Incorporated (Vol 2) #2 - "Eye of the Gorgon"
• Batman Incorporated (Vol 2) #3 - "The Hanged Man"

[Heir to the Gorgon]

• Batman Incorporated (Vol 2) #4 - "Kill Box"
• Batman Incorporated (Vol 2) #5 - "Asylum"
• Batman incorporated (Vol 2) #6 - "Garland of Skulls"

[Fearful Symmetry]

• Batman Incorporated (Vol 2) #7 - "Belly of the Whale"
• Batman Incorporated (Vol 2) #8 - "The Boy Wonder Returns"
• Batman Incorporated (Vol 2) #9 - "Fallen Son"

[Batman Forever]

• Batman Incorporated (Vol 2) #10 - "Gotham's Most Wanted"
• Batman Incorporated (Vol 2) #12 - "Fatherless"
• Batman Incorporated (Vol 2) #13 - "The Dark Knight and the Devil's Daughter"

[Epilogue]

• Batman Incorporated (Vol 2) #11 - "A Bird in the Hand"
• Detective Comics #1027 - "Detective #26"