What is your favorite Batman graphic novel?

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#1 deactivated-58b6232955e4a
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What is your favorite Batman graphic novel?

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Lets add to this thread... list your favorite graphic novels.

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never read one, but I hear The Killing Joke is pretty good

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arkham asylum followed by the killing joke

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#4 pvtdonut54
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Year One, Killing Joke, The Long Halloween.

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#5 Wolls
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[QUOTE="Dman0017"]

http://prettythings.pullbot.com/artworks/62659/24285_4_002_medium.jpg

arkham asylum followed by the killing joke

ive never read one but i was going to choose one ive heard good things about this.
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#6 megagene
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Arkham Asylum. It was the first Batman graphic novel I ever got and the art work is just amazing.
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#7 David719
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Year One and DKR

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Year One and the killing joke.

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[QUOTE="Dman0017"]

http://prettythings.pullbot.com/artworks/62659/24285_4_002_medium.jpg

arkham asylum followed by the killing joke

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ive never read one but i was going to choose one ive heard good things about this.

it is very good. from what i hear they based the joker's character off of this book. IMO they toned him down.

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#10 Wolls
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[QUOTE="Dman0017"]

[QUOTE="Wolls"][QUOTE="Dman0017"]

http://prettythings.pullbot.com/artworks/62659/24285_4_002_medium.jpg

arkham asylum followed by the killing joke

ive never read one but i was going to choose one ive heard good things about this.

it is very good. from what i hear they based the joker's character off of this book. IMO they toned him down.

yea ive also heard that they go into the insanity of two face a bit too.
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#12 thusaha
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The Dark Knight Returns.

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#13 Razor-Lazor
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The Dark Knight Returnsis my personal favorite, but I have heard that Arkham Asylum is amazing.

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#14 LanceA63
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The Dark Knight Returns.

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#15 Samurai_Xavier
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The Dark Knight Returns and Year One.

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#16 TheZ3nMan
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The Long Halloween. It also happens to be my favorite graphic novel ever.
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#17 Jazz_Fan
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Either Hush or Batman year one. The Killing Joke is overrated! *Runs and hides*
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#18 -Fromage-
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I enjoyed the Hush storyline. Also I thought the art was really well done.
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I enjoyed The Doom That Came to Gotham, but really only for it's Lovecraftiness (though it was sort of more Derleth than Lovecraft)
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arkham asylum followed by the killing joke

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hellz yeah,everything by dave mckean automatically means win

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#21 slip_killer
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The Killing Joke is pretty good, I found Joker to be quite good too.

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#22 Oakfront
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I've never read one but i'm thinking of picking a few up :)
Can someone tell me how long they take to read? And also, i've never read one Batman comic or novel before, there isn't a continuous story in them is there so i would be lost?

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#23 Forever_Changes
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Either Hush or Batman year one. The Killing Joke is overrated! *Runs and hides*Jazz_Fan

Really? I thought Hush was pretty poor actually.

Anyway my favourite:

ok, I'll admit it doesn't have the depth of The Dark Knight Returns or Year One (which are the other two of my top three), but it more than makes up for it in the story.

also..

...I find this to be pretty underrated.

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arkham asylum followed by the killing joke

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I loved arkham asylum

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#25 Forever_Changes
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meh, Arkham Asylum seems kinda dated to me. It's still a good Batman story... just kinda overrated.

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#26 legend26
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killing joke and batman vs dracula

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[QUOTE="Dman0017"]

arkham asylum followed by the killing joke

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I loved arkham asylum

Since so many of you were saying this, I bought it today... finished it... and enjoyed it very much :D

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#28 joesh89
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Batman Year one.

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#29 gtwins2
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Does the story of Bane count? If not then The Long Halloween or The Killing Joke
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#30 gtwins2
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However, even though it doesn't count, Robin II was very good against Joker