Batman Reading Order Part 2 | 1998 - 2006 |
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- Опубліковано 25 сер 2020
- Here is part 2 of 4 of the Batman reading order in collected editions. The Uncanny Omar goes over a list of books from No Man's Land to Infinite Crisis. (1998-2006)
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3:09 Batman No Man's land vol.1
8:44 Batman by Ed Brubaker Vol.1
10:15 New Gotham Vol. 1
11:41 Batman False Faces
12:43 New Gotham Vol. 2
14:11 Batman by Ed Brubaker vol.2
14:58 Batman Bruce Wayne Murderer?
18:07 Batman Hush (Absolute)
Highly recommend these books to anyone
100% agree.
I don't have words to describe how extremely helpful this has been especially to a new reader like me.
Yes this whole channel is that awesome
For REALLL!!!!!
Dude from where are you buying comics? Cannot find any stores in Kolkata selling them
It's like a definitive walkthrough for batman comics for us beginners
Thank you Omar. Realized I am missing two books! Very informative ...these are my favorite videos.
Going Sane
DC One Million
No Man's Land
No Man's Land Volume 2
No Man's Land Volume 3
No Man's Land Volume 4
Batman by Ed Brubaker Volume 1
New Gotham Volume 1
Officer Down
False Faces
New Gotham Volume 2
Jokers Last Laugh
Batman by Ed Brubaker Volume 2
Bruce Wayne Murderer
Bruce Wayne Fugitive
Death and the Maidens
Hush
Broken City
The Man Who Laughs
As Crows Flies
War Games Book One
War Games Book Two
Hush Returns
Under the Hood
Under the Red Hood
Under the Red Hood Volume 2
City of Crime
Infinite Crisis
You forgot 52
you're the real MVP
@@minaskallias841 where is it in the video mate and i'll insert it in the list in the correct place
52 is after infinite crisis.
Great video Omar. My first exposure to Batman: Hush was through the Eaglemoss DC GN series. It happened to be the first 2 volumes of the set, which was at times a tad Batman heavy. It did however set me on a path to buy lots of Batman. I own things like the Knightfall & No Man's Land series among others. Also getting another ongoing Eaglemoss "Legend of Batman" series. I have the whole New 52 Batman run in trades and been progressively getting the Rebirth run in trades too. Look forward to video #3. Cheers mate 😊
That’s... a lot of reading you had to do there. Thank you for doing these. Always appreciated.
Thanks for doing this Omar. I've been waiting along time for this reading order.
You are so welcome and thank you for playing a big part in this. :)
thanks a lot for the time and effort you put into your videos, especially longer ones like this
My pleasure! It's really a labor of love. :)
Thanks for putting this together Omar. You are a legend.
My pleasure!
As Kevin Smith likes to say, “doing the lords work.”
Thank you so much for this :)
Your hard work is greatly appreciated Omar. Didn't realise just how much of batman I had collected. Looking forward to part 3.
Thank you so much.
Awesome, halfway there, Thank you for this! This was always something I looked for and struggled to piece together, you made it so easy me!
You're very welcome!
Currently in the middle of this read-through and wanted to suggest a slight adjustment to the order. When reading Ed Brubaker vol 1, stop after issue #586. Then read New Gotham vol 1. Then read Officer Down (btw, the collected edition excludes the Batgirl v1 #12 tie-in to this story, though it's not essential), then False Faces -- then resume Ed Brubaker vol 1 which picks up with #591. This has more consistent continuity if read this way. Huge thanks for these, Omar. You're a National Treasure.
Great work Omar.
Awesome, can't wait for part 3 😅 great stuff!
Coming soon!
Thanks, Omar. As others have said, this video is really showing me all the gaps in my collection. If I may suggest a spin-of to your "comprehensive reading order videos?" That would be a series of "Essential Reading List" videos which cover all collected editions for a given character which contain a stories or arcs that have had a long-lasting effect on continuity and/or are frequently referenced in subsequent stories.
That's a great idea! I have to think of ways of doing that. This is truly a labor of love and I'm happy to share the information to people. While doing this and research I also missed out on a trade paperback!!! I don't know how. :)
Huge Batman fan and I didn’t even know half these books existed. This is especially true for Batman: New Gotham. Thanks mint...
Not gonna lie, the whole late 90s/early 2000s is one of my favorite Batman eras. No Man's Land blew my mind when I was younger. I used to pop the Burton/Schumacher soundtracks and read away.
Right? It doesn't get much love. I'm a fan of Legacy. That's my favorite.
They have soundtracks?
@@skaterdude7277 no He meant he listens to The Tim Burton batman Movie's soundtracks while reading The comics
@@ashwindreddy2847 i never even considered
Really enjoyed this video Omar, thank you. Here in the UK, No Man's Land vol 4 seems to be out of print...quickly become a most wanted book for me!
Oh wow! I had no idea that it went oop.
Man, so many Batman stories I never knew about. Sorry, I'm a newb that missed out on comics during my childhood. Thanks for this video and Part 1 Omar! Your videos are getting me through this period of joblessness and hopelessness. Could we get a Superman one? I and many people need some "Hope" right now.
Welcome aboard! So first, I know all about that jobloss first hand. Keep your head up. Please. There will always be hope in this world. Second. Superman will be just as long. So I need smaller runs to discuss in between. :) Because Batman whooped me.
Thanks so much, Omar. While I had most of the stuff from part 1, I only have 10/28 of the books you mention here. I gotta rectify this lol. You’re killing me man haha. They really need to collect a lot of this stuff preferably in omnis but I’d take new, thick trades or deluxe editions if that’s all we can get.
I am sorry. :/
Early morning upload. Omar working overtime!
My man!
This is soo good! Just got into reading Batman comics and welp I have a lifetime of material at this point 😂
Thanks so much can't wait for part 3 and 4 ♥️💙🤘
Thank you so much for watching.
Great video with this huge list of comicbooks, can´t wait for the sequel. o/
Thank you so much.
These are by far the best “reading order” videos out there. I’m hyped for the “Road to No Man lands” omnibus. I really hope they collect the whole thing. I don’t want to buy the trades again.
Are they collecting Cataclysm too?
Thank you, brother.
Cataclysm is included in the omnibus.
Wahey! Part 2, baby!
Just in time, The Batman hype is still on. I'm so overwhelmed by the thickness of the books here
It's a lot of books.
Finally just tracked down as the crow flies. Just need going sane and fugitive. So close!
I collected most of this back in the day in single issues! Safely bagged and boarded... and unread in nearly 20 years.
Omar, you’re killing my budget, man... but for a good cause. It’s a good excuse to go back and remember the good old days of the epic arcs of Batman.
They are the good ole days of Batman for sure.
Near Mint Condition I can argue you can draw a line roughly from Year One all the way out to No Man’s Land and hit some real gold all along the way. The only DC run as impressive is from Man of Steel out to the wedding.
HeIIz yeah, I screenshoted quite a few more books that I'm interested in getting...🤘🏼💯✔️
Thanks Omar! I was missing hush returns in my collection. That will be addressed soon 😀
Any time!
Under the Red Hood is just favourite Batman story of all time. I’ve read it more times than any other Batman story.
It's a shame DC hasn't done a deluxe edition of it. I'd get it. Take care and peace everyone.
Holy shit, 'Going Sane'! Ome of my absolute favourite trades ever and I have NEVER seen it mentioned. Superb stuff 😍 Have it alongside 'Jekyll and Hyde' and 'Lovers and Madmen' as some of my personally most treasured Batman books ok my early days of tpb collecting.
So glad you are also a fan. It deserves a reprint for those that haven't read it.
I was excited for this part two. Congrats for the video! Very good! I'm pretty sure that you've already know but DC will launch Batman: Knight Out covering part of Detective Comics (Detective Comics #703-715, #717, and #718) :)
Oh yeah, I can't wait for that book.
Enjoyed so much
Thank you so much.
Great video as always!! Think I need to upgrade my hush to absolute to get that jim lee artwork oversized
You should! If you are a fan of Lee. :) Like me.
Death and the maidens is one of the most underrated Batman stories. It’s top 10 for me definitely
I got to get these for sure I grew up with the 90s Batman mostly the no man’s land style of Batman. Had tons of comics when I was a kid wish I held onto them.
I've waited for this since I'm starting to collect Batman's comic books
Same 😂
I just started
It's finally here!!!! And right as I'm planning to read batman! What perfect timing dude! 👌
Hope you enjoy it!
@@NearMintCondition Of course I did, Omar! You are beautiful and I want your babies. Oh, wait. Im not supposed to say that...
Now jk, just jokes 🤣
Love it so so good 🙏🍀🖖
Glad you enjoy it!
Loving this video.
Ps: Omar, i think death of the maidens goes after batman hush
Damnit. It came out before because of the delays! But you are right... shhhhhh that’s our secret.
The Batman comics sure do have nice art.
They do
Awesome!
Thanks!
Hell yea bro sharing the stories that should be made into animated movies. See if the new heads of DC take note as to what Batman omnis need to be made.
My man! It's what I do.
Thanks for your hard work on this Omar! 😊 The problem I have with reading batman is where I should start. I have read year one, killing joke and other classic storyarks but theese are just one complete story. I wanna find a good jumping on point where I can read batman in continuity in collected editions over some time before it all gets retconned/rebooted again and again. Any suggestions?
Don't get me wrong, I love batman, I just think its hard for new readers to get into. Keep up the good work, this is the best channel on youtube! ✌
I may do a separate video on all that. Because things don’t get properly collected until N52. I almost want to say Rebirth is perfect because it’s complete. But before hand a good stretch is Knightfall that takes you to Black Mirror. Missing issues, sure, but the important ones are there.
@@NearMintCondition Would love a video on that! 🙏 I will look in to the rebirth stuff, thanks for the replay Omar 😊
Nice collection
Thank you
Good luck finding any of this stuff and when you can many of these especially in part one of the video series, are hundreds of dollars.
i'm missing a lot of these!! 🤣🤣🤣
Part of the reason I do these videos. To inform people of what is out there.
*sigh* looks like i'm going hunting for VERY rare trades again!!! If nothing else, i'll be sure to secure the needed issues from Shaman, Going Sane, and maybe As the Crow Flies. LOL wish I had gotten into this game a little sooner when some of these were still in print, but i've had pretty amazing luck like having just secured Volumes 1 and 2 of Classic Invaders Complete Collection!
I wish you luck, my friend.
@Unca’ Omar/ FYI: Fictional Trivia: When Bruce Wayne disguised himself as ‘Matches Malone’, the mustache was a false hair piece. Bruce Wayne never “grew it”. Also, wether it was Dennis O’Neal or Brian K. Vaughan writing Batman, these astute Writers, ‘borrowed’ this aspect from the Master Writer of of Detective stories, none other than - Arthur Conan Doyle. Sherlock Holmes would use facial “hair pieces”, wigs, and/or a nose prosthetic to alter/hide his identity on the streets of London, and other city’s / towns, where photos/drawings of his face, was public (fictional) knowledge.
Thanks 👍🏻
No problem 👍
Best Video
Thank you for another great video.
Currently I own only 3 of the 29 books you mentioned. I was shocked being a big bat fan how little from this period I have. Need to get cracking. The hush absolute I own is wonderful though. Would love New trades for no man's land and maybe even a omnibus for under the red hood in the future.
Is red hood the lost days going to be on your reading order for part 3 and is it worth picking up?
I kept that mini out since it wasn't Batman or Detective. Maybe for a future Red Hood Reading order.
Going sane sounds a bit like White Knight.
Completely, but its temporary and not in a different universe.
Awesome... cant wait for part 3. How long was the No Man Land storyline?
About two years really taking into account Road to.
@@NearMintCondition so... I got home and it turns out my son (5) dropped an omni and now it seperated from the spine. Funnily enough it was a batman omni but i think he was trying to get at infinite crisis. Any ideas on how to fix?
Thanks for your hard work Omar, invaluable. However it looks like half these books aren’t available anymore 😢 i wonder if DC will either reprint some or turn some into bigger omnis.
This is awesome, btw would War Crimes be included in this as well? after or before City of Crimes?
I think I included that in the third part.
I feel like War Games is underrated. It's such a good story, I wish more people would talk about. It's one of my favorites.
Ι think the war crimes ending kinda ruined it for most people
@@jimgiann2740 Yeah the ending wasn't great, but if you go into it knowing about the retcon, it is better. With everything else that happens in it, it's easily in my favorite Batman stories of all time, even with that one bad thing in the ending.
@@Joenah5 honestly yea even with the ending it's still is a great story. I mean someone can also skip war crimes and have a very good conclusion in war games act 3
@@jimgiann2740 I actually overall like War Crimes. Especially with how Cluemaster was used. It's worth remembering that a good majority of that story didn't deal with Leslie Thompkins.
I'll be honest. I love LOVE War Games, War Drums all of it. Up until that four part war crimes. Specifically what they did to Leslie. This is the one who helped take Bruce in and would never harm another human being. Of course all that was retconned, but still.
I would love to see a comprehensive reading order of Spidey & Venom !! Also what did you think of the Batman that Stan Lee created ? The wrestler turned superhero !!
I can always add those to the reading order.
i really like that custom book you made for last laugh. I have all 52 issues of 52 before crisis and i would love to do something like that with them. Who did you use to create that book? and how? Can you refer me? Thanks
Cowabunga minties 🤙
Would you mind telling me what are the other books that need to be read before Infinite Crisis? Thanks btw, these videos are so helpful.
Part 3 will be out on Wednesday. But this is everything that takes you to IC.
One thing I miss about this era is the whole Bat family seemed a lot more involved in your average Batman/Detective Comics arc... yes it's a little annoying having to read 8 different ongoings to get through one story, but it really felt like a richer more complete world. Whereas lately I can't even remember the last time we saw Robin outside of Teen Titans.
I can't even tell you what's canon with Cassandra any more. Or for that matter when was the last time we saw the Birds of Prey.
Omar,
Could you share a map of your Joker: Last Laugh bind, please? I’m interested in reading the story with the tie ins. Thank you these videos! I redid my Batman shelf over the weekend with these videos.
I sure can and thank you. It might take me a bit to find the file and if I forget, please please email or shoot me a comment. I know how I am.
Near Mint Condition thank you! I really appreciate the help.
I actually was debating if I should upgrade and pick up the no man’s land trades cause I do have the OG trades...but instead I’m gonna wait till (hopefully! Cmon DC!) there’s an omni!
I hope so.
I’ve been searching for Officer Down for almost 20 years, I never found a copy
I like these ones. Do I have to read the older ones?
is that a custom binding for Last Laugh? I've been waiting forever for it to all to be collected as an omni or over sized HC
Got tired of waiting for DC to make an omnibus so four years ago I got one made.
Hey Omar, any suggestions for what to pick and choose from the 90s Batman events like Knightfall and No Mans Land on a limited budget? I’m trying to compile a timeline with a all the major events in Batman’s career and I definitely don’t want to skip those seminal stories before I go onto things like hush and under the red hood but there’s just sooo many preludes and tie ins and overall material to those stories, I’m unsure how to get through them
I would suggest Knightfall, Contagion and Legacy.
O, so you do let people correct you! ;)
BTW, the book is called Under the Hood, but the movie and the new version with both volumes combined added the Red.
Oh I do. I understand that putting yourself out there really leaves you opened to criticism. :) Although sometimes I do say things on purpose. So in the case of the Under the Hood tpbs. The complete collection is Under The Red Hood. Probably to cash in on that animated movie.
@@NearMintCondition I think so! Awesome movie. Didn't mean to be critical, just think of me correcting you as caring about your video's. Proud subscriber of NMC here!
Personal note:
Was No Man's Land 5 Vols (incomplete)
Look for newer $29.99 4 Vols
Hoping they do No Man's Land Omnibus after Road to No Man's Land
I also have another recommendation would you consider in the future doing a companion video for batman which includes shadow of the bat, legends,minis etc?
Thanks😀
Great recommendations. Although I'm taking a break from Batman for bit after this month. :) this series of videos wiped me out.
@@NearMintCondition i don't blame you reading too much of one character can give you fatigue. Sometimes there is too much of a good thing.. Ive done it on Spider-Man before when i read 100s of issues back to back.
For your Joker Last laugh custom bind, what issues did you need for it what order were they in
@NMC / Any suggestions? What company could I check out, that binds, Smith sewn single issues, into a bound HC like yours?
Houchen. For sure .
I'm really hoping they are gonna do No mans land complete in omnibus. They really need to do contagion and legacy in omnibus too.
Yes they do.
Do Contagion and Legacy in absolute editions.
This is amazing! But can I ask, why did you exclude 'Batman and the Monster Men' and 'Batman and the Mad Monk'?
He said he’s mainly sticking with Batman and Detective Comics, I believe those were mini-series. In my timeline, they immediately follow Year One though.
@@RyanDudziak Ah ok. Cheers dude
For the same reason I didn't include so many great titles. I think if I started doing that it would have taken me eight episodes to do it justice. Maybe if I do this again in a couple of years, I sure will include everything.
I made the mistake of buying the original No Man's Land TPB. I think I'll wait to see if they're going to do an omnibus release since there's the Road to No Man's Land omni coming soon.
I hope they do an omnibus for that run.
By the way on Amazon there is a trade of under the hood that collects both volumes together I think.
Yes that came out around the time the movie did.
Any idea when No Man’s Land Vol 4 will be back in stock/print?
Not at this moment, sadly. It appears OOP.
Hi Omar l got a question I’m on a bit of a budget and wanted to know which omnibus you would suggest getting if l could only get one should l get infinity gauntlet or Annihilation?
Go for Annihilation.
bro! can you make or help me create a marvel knights reading order? mostly focused on midnight sons/ morbius ghost rider etc..
Hey, I realize I’m late to the party here but you left out Batman War Drums before War Games.
It comes after war games. It’s The aftermath.
I haven't actually read anything from Batman from the 2000s other than Grant Morrison's run so I don't know anything about any of these books, but those New Gotham Detective Comics trades, a lot of those pages look like they're out of Grendel: Black, White, and Red.
There is some damn good books from that era. Honestly. Paul Dini's run is solid.
@@NearMintCondition Might check some stuff out, though Batman stuff from the 70s, 80s, and 90s tend to not rely on other stuff too much so easy to get into, whereas a lot of Batman stuff from the 2000s seems like you need a bunch of other stuff to understand things since a lot of stories lead directly into other stories. Or maybe I'm wrong, I don't know. Looks like there's a Batman Paul Dini omnibus coming out next month, though.
Broken City or City of Crime for next purch... also under the hood, is it the first part of under the red hood?
26:25 (The second page)
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RETCON PAWNCH!!!!!!!!
HAHAHAHA I love that page.
I’m struggling to find Going Sane, is it out of print?
Please. What are the issue dates and numbers of Batman and Detective when Batman dropped the yellow oval?
You are looking for the Troika arc. After Knightfall.
Do you think it’s a good idea to get the Caped Crusader and Dark Knight Detective TPBs? I want them, but if there’s gonna be an omnibus then I want to wait and get the omnis. If there won’t be any omnis for them then I’ll get the TPBs. Do you know anything about if there will ever be omnis for them?
I've been buying them and they are fantastic. Get them if t was me as I can't really see a omnibus any time soon.
At this point there isn't a sign of an omnibus.
Hey Omar do you think DC would release next year something about Suicide Squad by John Ostrander? The movie is coming and he James Gunn said that was based on this run.
I hope so, one day.
Hi man! I was just curious which tie-in issues you would say are essential to jokers last laugh.
Nightwing and the Batman ones for sure.
@@NearMintCondition Thanks, dude! Are any of the superman issues important?
Hi Omar, do you think is there any chance DC does a “Batman by Ed brubaker” or “Batman by Greg Rucka” omnibus in the future? Even a batman contagion and legacy would be cool. Saludos
For me, that's what I want more than anything. Legacy is such an amazing storyline. But we will see.
@@NearMintCondition That would be great. On the other hand, I noticed that cheap graphic novels now has the JSA omnibus 2 and 3 back in stock. Is it a reprint? Thanks
Hows the binding on your copy of absolute hush? Mines freaking bad. Like absolute swamp thing and miles morales ultimate spiderman omnibus (first printing) baaad.
Solid, it was one of my first Absolutes.
Where in this reading order would Batman join the Justice League? Roughly what time period or year?
Depends on the Justice League era. But honestly around year 3.
Thanks Omar. Where does the Neal Adams Omnibus fit after Year 1? Just after it?
You can read it right after it.
@@NearMintCondition👍 thanks for the quick reply. All my Batman books are now on the floor with an attempt to put everything in order. 😄. Its a mess and my wife thinks I'm crazy ... which is probably true.
Can wait for episode 3 ...
Will Superman/Batman be in this reading order? And if not can it be read pretty much whenever or not? I heard a lot of good things about the Loeb 26 first issues
You can read Batman Superman after Hush, that's my suggestion.
Near Mint Condition Thanks!!
*HEY OMAR does batman/superman not count? Where does that fall in the timeline before infinite crisis?*
I think for this I stuck to just Batman and Detective Comics.
@@NearMintCondition I've been trying to read things before infinite crisis before diving into it. It sucks there's no omnibus for Batman for the 2000-2005 era
Good afternoon Omar. Can you give me an advice? What should I buy: Batman under the Red Hood, War Games or No Man's Land? Good video, by the way. I'm in Hype for 2016- Batman Reading order, i have rea a few batman comics from Rebirth Era
I’d recommend any of them. My personal favorite out of all of those is Under the Red Hood. No Man’s Land is great as well, but that’s a much bigger investment.
@@RyanDudziak Thanks, very kind. Can you answer me another question? Is "Red Hood: the Lost Days" good? Sorry for the second question
Manuel D'Amato I enjoyed it personally. It adds to the main storyline if you read it afterwards.
@@RyanDudziak Thanks, you're too kind. Now I have only to decide if I should buy the American tradepaperback for 29€ or the French HC for 35€ that contains even Lost Days. Anyway, thank you really much
Manuel D'Amato sure thing!
I think the only hole I see here is that, if you don't include Bruce Wayne: Murderer, and Fugitive, the books where the new Batgirl gets introduced, makes it look like she only appear out of thin air in No Man's Land
She kind of did appear out of nowhere in No Man’s Land. And the books Included in Murderer really help fill that character out.