the Batman Collection
Dive into the ultimate Batman books collection. Featuring legendary tales by Frank Miller, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, and Dennis O'Neil, this curated list explores the Dark Knight's greatest comics and fiction. Discover essential graphic novels like Arkham Asylum and more in this definitive Caped Crusader reading list.
Book
Batman
by Frank Miller
The classic story by Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli is released in an all-new deluxe hardcover edition! A young Bruce Wayne spent his adolescence and early adulthood traveling the world so he could hone his body and mind into the perfect fighting and investigative machine. But now as he returns to Gotham City, he must find a way to focus his passion and bring justice to his city. Retracing Batmans first attempts to fight injustice as a costumed vigilante, we watch as he chooses the guise of a giant bat, creates an early bond with a young Lieutenant James Gordon, inadvertently plays a role in the birth of Catwoman, and helps to bring down a corrupt political system that infests Gotham. This edition includes new introductions by Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli, development art with commentary by Mazzucchelli, script pages, thumbnails, promotional art, samples and a look at Richmond Lewiss groundbreaking color.
Book
Arkham Asylum
by Grant Morrison
Led by the Joker, the patients of Arkham Asylum take over the building and threaten to murder the staff unless Batman agrees to meet with them, a situation that results in Batman being pushed to the brink of madness himself.
Book
Batman
by Dennis O'Neil
Struggling with a terrible injury that has left him crippled and Gotham City without a protector, Bruce Wayne is forced to consider the worth of his reckless young apprentice, Azrael. Reprint.
Book
Batman
by Greg Rucka
With Slavoj Zizek, Alain Badiou is one of the best-known philosophers alive today.