Batman Reading Order

## Batman Timeline

### **Before Batman**

* Death of the Waynes

* League of Assassins
* The Cave

### **Batman (S1) - Year One**

* "The Bat"

1. "The Mob"
2. "The Cat"
3. "The Asylum"
4. "The Chemist'
5. "The Professor"

* "The Hood"

### **Batman (S2) - The Dark Knight**

* "The Signal"

1. "The Iceman"
2. "The Mask"
3. "The Wake"
4. "The Knight"
5. "The Clown"

* "The Coin"

### **Batman (S3) - The Dynamic Duo**

* "The Acrobat"

1. "The Protege"
2. "The Reptile"
3. "The Riddle"
4. "The Judge"
5. "The Trial"

* "Last Laugh"

World's Finest

The Trinity

Justice League

### **Batman (S4) - Gotham Knights**

* "Graduation"

1. "Second Son"
2. "The Family"
3. "The Demon's Head"
4. "War Games"
5. "The Duel"

* "The Killing Joke"

Tower of Babel

### **Batman RIP**

#### **Knightfall**

1. "Venom"
2. "Bane"
3. "Broken"

#### **Death in the Family**

1. "City of Bane"
2. "Absent Fathers"
3. "Boy Wonder"

#### **Battle for the Cowl**

1. "Crusader"
2. "Savior"
3. "Risen"

CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS

Justice League International

Return of Superman

### **Batman (S5) - Ruins**

* "Broken City"

1. "Bruce Wayne: Murderer"
2. "Knight Terrors"
3. "Bruce Wayne: Fugitive"
4. "Case of the Chemical Syndicate"
5. "Hush"

* "Dark Knight No More"

### **Batman Eternal**

#### **Leviathan Rises**

1. "Daedalus"
2. "The Spider's Web"
3. "Ouroboros"

#### **Shadow of the Bat**

1. "The Purge"
2. "Nanda Parbat"
3. "Shadows"

#### **Leviathan Strikes**

1. "Salvation"
2. "Eye of the Gorgon"
3. "The Silent War"

### **Batman/Sandman - Endless Nights**

1. "Preludes and Nocturnes"
2. "Enter Sandmen"
3. "Knightmares"
4. "At Death's Door"
5. "American Dreams"

### **FINAL CRISIS**

* "Twilight"

1. "Godfall"
2. "Godspeed"
3. "Submit"
4. "Resist"
5. "Omega"
6. "The Abyss"

* "Dawn"

### **The Prodigal Son Trilogy**

#### **No Man's Land**

1. "Lazarus"
2. "Cataclysm"
3. "Dark Twin"

#### **Son of Batman**

1. "Demon's Heir"
2. "Fatherless"
3. "Apostles"

#### **Under the Red Hood**

1. "Bad Blood"
2. "Brotherhood"
3. "Vengeance"

### **Batman & Robin - Reborn**

#### **The Doll's House**

1. "Circus of Strange"
2. "Flamingo"
3. "Encore"

#### **Island of Mister Mayhew**

1. "The Invitation"
2. "Murder at Sea"
3. "Enigma"

#### **Three Ghosts of Batman**

1. "The Black Casebook"
2. "Batman in Hell"
3. "Batman Dies at Dawn"

### **BLACKEST NIGHT**

1. "Black Hand"
2. "Resurrection"
3. "Immortal"
4. "Lantern"
5. "Annihilation"
6. "Rebirth"

### **The Dark Knight Returns**

#### **The Black Glove**

1. "Masterspy"
2. "The Labyrinth"
3. "Gotham's Most Wanted"
4. "Batman's Last Case"
5. "Midnight in Gotham"
6. "The Knight & the Devil"

* "Batman Returns"

#### **Batman 666**

1. "Bethlehem"
2. "Contagion"
3. "Demon Star"
4. "Last Knight on Earth"
5. "Zur En Arrh"
6. "Revelations"

* "Batman Returns"

#### **Return of Bruce Wayne**

1. "Life Trap"
2. "Detective"
3. "Pearls"
4. "Black Mass"
5. "New God"
6. "Fallen Son"

* "Batman Returns"

#### **Batman Returns**

1. "The Hole in Things"
2. "The Clown at Midnight"
3. "Incorporated"

### **Kingdom Come**

#### **Brightest Day**

1. "Reborn"
2. "Aftermath"
3. "New Justice"
4. "Convergence"
5. "Divergence"
6. "Loose Ends"
7. "Homecoming"

#### **Generations**

1. "Son of Superman"
2. "Batman Beyond"
3. "Justice Unlimited"

#### **DC One Million**

1. "Millennium"
2. "Future's End"
3. "Legends"