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"
- Batman #664 - "Three Ghosts of Batman"
- Batman #665 - "The Black Casebook"
- Batman #666 - "Batman in Bethlehem"
- Batman #667 - "The Island of Mister Mayhew"
- Batman #668 - "Now We Are Dead!"
- Batman #669 - "The Dark Knight Must Die!"
[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 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"]
- Batman and Robin #10 - "The Haunting of Wayne Manor"
- Return of Bruce Wayne #1 - "Shadow on Stone"
- Batman and Robin #11 - "Boneyard"
- Return of Bruce Wayne #2 - "Until the End of Time"
- Batman and Robin #12 - "Mexican Train"
[The Return Of Bruce Wayne Act II - "Gotcha!"]
- Return of Bruce Wayne #3 - "The Bones of Bristol Bay"
- Batman #701 - "The Missing Chapter Part 1: The Hole in Things"
- Batman #702 - "The Missing Chapter Part 2: Batman's Last Case"
- Batman and Robin #13 - "The Garden of Death"
- Return of Bruce Wayne #4 - "Dark Knight, Dark Rider"
[The Return Of Bruce Wayne Act III - "Batman & Robin MUST DIE!"]
- Batman and Robin #14 - "The Triumph of Death"
- Return of Bruce Wayne #5 - "Masquerade"
- Batman and Robin #15 - "The Knight, Death, and The Devil"
- Return of Bruce Wayne #6 - "The All-Over"
- Batman and Robin #16 - "Black Mass"
[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"
- Batman Incorporated (Vol 2) Special - "Never the End"
[Agents Of Spyral]
- Secret Origins #8 - "The Candidate"
- Grayson #1 - "Agent 37"
- Grayson #2 - "Gut Feelings"
- Grayson #3 - "The Gun Goes Off"
- Grayson #4 - "The Raid"
- Future's End : Grayson #1 - "Only A Place For Dying"
[Grayson Against The World]
- Grayson #5 - "Everyone Dies At Dawn"
- Grayson #6 - "The Brains Of The Operation"
- Grayson #7 - "Sin By Silence"
- Grayson Annual #1 - "A Story Of Giants Big & Small"
- Grayson #8 - "Cross My Heart & Hope To Die"
[Nemesis]
- DC Sneak Peek : Grayson - "Divergence : Grayson"
- Grayson #9 - Nemesis, Part I : "A Clear Implication"
- Grayson #10 - Nemesis, Part II : "Mustache-Twirling Villain"
- Grayson #11 - Nemesis, Part III : "Because You Were Weak"
- Grayson #12 - "A Fine Performance"
- Grayson Annual #2 - "Just A Guy"
[Robin War]
- Grayson #13 - A Ghost From The Tomb, Part I : "The Cloud"
- Grayson #14 - A Ghost From The Tomb, Part II : "A Letter To Maria Gisborne"
- Robin War #1 - "With The Greatest Of Ease"
- Grayson #15 - "The Originals"
- Robin War #2 - "The Daring Young Man"
- Grayson #16 - "Code Word : Swordfish"
[A Leviathan Reborn]
- Grayson #17 - "You Can Take The Spy Out Of The Shadow..."
- Grayson #18 - "Fight Harder"
- Grayson #19 - "The Second Coming"
- Grayson #20 - "Spyral's End"
- Grayson Annual #3 - "Who IS Agent 37?"
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