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Tales of the Batman: Peter Milligan

jmbarnes101 — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 17:26:55 +0000

Here is the map of Peter Milligan’s Batman which included several small but outstanding runs worthy of any bookshelf. He’s done some work recently in Batman Confidential and helped with the Resurrection of Ra’s Al Ghul storyline but this post will focus on his 1990′s Batman work.

Tales of the Batman: Peter Milligan – 15 issues + 1 prestige format book

Batman 452-454
Detective Comics 629-633
Detective Comics 638
Batman 472
Detective Comics 639
Batman 473
Detective Comics 640
Detective Comics 643
Catwoman: Defiant
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Catwoman – The Jim Balent Era

canaryfarmer — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 23:55:53 +0000

Sometimes you just want a globe-trotting, treasure-hunting, ass-kicking Selina Kyle story. Here we have a 4 volume set of the Jim Balent Catwoman era (1993-1999), broken up by writer, stopping at No Man’s Land.

Volume 1: Jo Duffy

Catwoman 1–6
Batman 503–504
Catwoman 7–12
Batman 510
Catwoman 13–14
Catwoman 0

Volume 2: Chuck Dixon

Catwoman 15–21
Catwoman Annual 2 (“Year One”)
Catwoman 25
Catwoman 27–30
Catwoman 33–35
Detective Comics 700
Catwoman 36–37
Catwoman/Vampirella: The Furies
Catwoman Plus Scream Queen
Catwoman/Wildcat 1–4

(I left out: 22–24, which was a terrible fill-in arc by Deborah Pomerantz; 26, a Shadow of the Bat crossover issue; and 31–32, Contagion crossover issues.)

Volume 3: Doug Moench

Catwoman 38–53
Catwoman: Guardian of Gotham 1–2

Volume 4: Devin Grayson

Catwoman Annual 4 (“Pulp Heroes”)
Catwoman 54-71

Batman: No Man’s Land

bluedevil2002 — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 01:07:08 +0000

I’ve included all of the No Man’s Land issues except for the Robin tie-ins. I felt that those issues did not add much to the overall story, and in some places caused more continuity headaches than they were worth. So, we have Legends of the Dark Knight (LOTDK), Shadow of the Bat (SOTB), Batman, Detective Comics, Batman Chronicles, Azrael: Agent of the Bat, Nightwing, and Catwoman. Specials include No Man’s Land #0-1, Young Justice in NML, Batman: Harley Quinn. There are also two optional issues of JLA that can be included. I’m not including any Batman comics that take place during NML, but are part of larger DC events and don’t reference NML itself (i.e. the Batman JLApe Annual and Day of Judgement tie-in).

I also used this site as a resource: http://batman-superman.tripod.com/pob/nmlguide1.htm It summarizes all of NML (with spoilers). I don’t completely agree with it, but it’s a good starting reference. It also explains some of my reasoning about putting certain issues in certain places.

We start with the prelude volume.

Road to No Man’s Land
Azrael #47
SOTB #80
Batman #560
Detective #727
Azrael #48
SOTB #81
Batman #561
Detective #728
Azrael #49
SOTB #82
Batman #562
Detective #729
NML #0
Batman Chronicles #16 (stories 2-3 / first story is included in “Aftershock”)

NML #0 could be a tough one, since it does spoil some of the mysteries of the first half of NML. But that goes to personal preference. If you’ve read it all before, there’s no reason not to put it there.

And now, the main event…

Volume 1
NML #1
SOTB #83
Batman #563
Detective #730
Azrael #50-51
LOTDK #116
SOTB #84
Batman #564
Detective #731
Azrael #52-53
LOTDK #117
SOTB #85
Batman #565
Detective #732
Batman Chronicles #17
LOTDK #118
SOTB #86
Batman #566
Detective #733
Young Justice in NML
Azrael #54-55
LOTDK #119
SOTB #87
Batman #567
Detective #734

Volume 2
LOTDK #120
JLA #32
Azrael #56-57
SOTB #88
Batman #568
Detective #735
Nightwing #35-37
Batman Chronicles #18
Nightwing #38-39
JLA #33
LOTDK #121
SOTB #89
Batman #569

Volume 3
Detective #736
LOTDK #122
SOTB #90
Batman: Harley Quinn
Batman #570
Detective #737
LOTDK #123
SOTB #91
Azrael #58
Batman #571
Detective #738
LOTDK #124
SOTB #92
Batman #572
Detective #739
LOTDK #125

Volume 4
Catwoman #72-75
Azrael #59
SOTB #93
Azrael #60
Batman #573
Detective #740
Catwoman #76-77
LOTDK #126
Batman #574
Detective #741
Azrael #61
SOTB #94

Good break points, story wise, are LOTDK #120 and #125. I also try to group a lot of the “filler” issues that came out in the summer months together in one book. (I don’t like Larry Hama’s Batman work, and I think his issues in NML are the absolute worst. Therefore, if I can keep his involvement down to just one volume, I will. Although I think in my personal breakdown, he creeps into two…but one of those is just for a single issue. And I can’t just skip Hama’s issues, because at least one of them has a pivotal plot point to the overall NML arc.)

The early Azrael issues were a little difficult to place, because the first four are supposed to take place in a short span of time right after the bridges are blown up. However, Batman shows up in #53. Batman does not show up in NML proper until three months into the ordeal, as stated in the opening arc. So I fudged it a bit. Also, Azrael #58 is also a Day of Judgement tie-in.

The Catwoman issues are also a bit difficult, because they try to tie the beginning of the arc in with issues that came out in June 1999, and the end of the arc with issues that came out in November, but try to say the story only took three days, or some nonsense like that (That’s my problem when writers and editors try to give specific timeframes — they want to say a large batch of issues takes place over a large span of time, but most of the stories contained within only cover a few days). Catwoman #75 shares scenes with Azrael #59 and SOTB #93, so preference goes to those.

Batman: War Games

bluedevil2002 — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 15:31:39 +0000

I was able to turn this event into a three volume set. First, I started with the War Drums TPB, which is a great prelude. Then, I bound two volumes. One has the entire War Games crossover (all 25 issues), and the second contains the aftermath.

War Drums (TPB)
Detective Comics #790-795
Detective Comics #795-796 (back-ups)
Robin #126
Detective Comics #796
Robin #127-128

War Games
Batman: The 12 Cent Adventure
Detective #797
LOTDK #182
Nightwing #96
GK #56
Robin #129
Batgirl #55
Catwoman #34
Batman #631
Detective #798
LOTDK #183
Nightwing #97
GK #57
Robin #130
Batgirl #56
Catwoman #35
Batman #632
Detective #799
LOTDK #184
Nightwing #98
Robin #131
GK #58
Batgirl #57
Catwoman #36
Batman #633

War Crimes
Detective #800
Gotham Central #25
Batman #634
Detective #809
Batman #643
Detective #810
Batman #644

Normally, I don’t like having a large jump within a volume. However, there is no reason for the actual “War Crimes” arc to take place so far after “War Games”. In the meantime, Detective has the “City of Crime” arc, which actually takes place before “War Games”, and Batman is starting the Red Hood arc, which can go afterward. I would have included the three immediate aftermath issues in “War Games” itself, except that would make “War Crimes” really thin, and “Identity Crisis” has to take place between “War Games” and Batman #634.

On a semi-related note, I bound City of Crime, using the backup from Detective #800, and then Detective #801-808, 811-814.