Recently, I was approached by a friend of mine who wanted to get into reading Batman graphic novels, but didn't know a good place to start. I immediately jumped on the opportunity to help my friend and here is what I discovered:
- Follow the time line from an early point
- Continuity matters
- Avoid cosmic stories
- Unless impossible, ignore stories that include characters outside the Bat-Family
- Seminal stories that mean a lot to the industry mean little to a new reader
- A new Batman reader is going to like anything that has Batman in it, so don't worry about giving something you might consider to be a little less quality than some of the cherished stories.
I'll break everything down.
Recently, I was approached by a friend of mine who wanted to get into reading Batman graphic novels, but didn't know a good place to start. I immediately jumped on the opportunity to help my friend and here is what I discovered: