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  1. Batman Comics

    The Dark Knight Returns

    by Frank Miller, Klaus Janson, John Costanza, Lynn Varley

    If any comic has a claim to have truly reinvigorated the genre, then The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller--known also for his excellent Sin City series and his superb rendering of the blind superhero Daredevil--is probably the top contender. Batman represented all that was wrong in comics... (learn more about this book)

  2. Batman Comics

    Batman: The Killing Joke

    by Alan Moore, Brian Bolland

    One of the most famous Batman stories of all time is offered for the first time in hardcover in this special twentieth-anniversary edition. This is the unforgettable that forever changed Batman's world, adding a new element of darkness with its unflinching portrayal of The Joker's... (learn more about this book)

  3. Batman Comics

    Year One

    by Frank Miller, David Mazzucchelli

    A new deluxe trade paperback edition of one of the most important and critically acclaimed Batman adventures ever, written by Frank Miller , author of THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS ! In addition to telling the entire dramatic story of Batman's first year fighting crime, this collection... (learn more about this book)

  4. Batman Comics

    Arkham Asylum

    by Grant Morrison, Dave McKean, Gaspar Saladino

    In this groundbreaking painted graphic novel, the inmates of Arkham Asylum have taken over Gotham's detention center for the criminally insane on April Fool's Day and demand Batman in exchange for their prisoners. Accepting their demented challenge, Batman is forced to live and endure the... (learn more about this book)

  5. Batman Comics

    The Long Halloween

    by Jeph Loeb, Tim Sale, Archie Goodwin

    It's refreshing when you find a Batman story that both is epic and successfully explores the core of a resolutely explored character. Taking as its catalyst a sub-plot from the seminal Batman: Year One, the story revolves around murders occurring on national holidays, the victims connected to... (learn more about this book)

  6. Batman Comics

    The Dark Knight Strikes Again

    by Frank Miller, Todd Klein

    The Dark Knight Strikes Again is Frank Miller's follow-up to his hugely successful Batman: the Dark Knight Returns, one of the few comics that is widely recognized as not only reinventing the genre but also bringing it to a wider audience.Set three years after the events of The Dark Knight... (learn more about this book)

  7. Batman Comics

    Dark Victory

    by Jeph Loeb, Tim Sale

    HE MUST DO THIS ALONE.

    A hero separated from the very people he has promised to protect. A city beset by freaks becomes a battlefield against gangsters. A brutal cop killer whose identity is known only as The Hangman. A crime family rebuilding its empire stronger than before. A... (learn more about this book)

  8. Batman Comics

    Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader?

    by Neil Gaiman, Andy Kubert

    Gotham City is plagued with crime and corruption in places high and low, but one man has taken a stand against evil of all forms: the dark avenger known as Batman. But now the Dark Knight is dead; apparently fallen at the hands of dying god Darkseid. "Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader"... (learn more about this book)

  9. Batman Comics

    Haunted Knight

    by Jeph Loeb, Tim Sale

    In the city of the demented villains, Halloween brings out the worst of the lot. This edition collects three of Batman's Halloween adventures in which he takes on some of the most fearsome and twisted foes--The Scarecrow, The Mad Hatter, and The Penguin. Graphic novel format. Available in... (learn more about this book)

  10. Batman Comics

    Hush (Volume 1)

    by Jeph Loeb, Jim Lee

    By now, DC characters have become a kind of repertory company. The trick, for comics creators, is to find roles for them that both exploit their trustworthy familiarity and give them surprising things to do. Loeb (Batman: The Long Halloween) does his bit by supplying a rapidly unfolding plot... (learn more about this book)

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