Batman. Where to start?

[Kesh]

I would also recommend Venom. From the "Legends of the Dark Knight" comic, it tells of how Batman falls in to temptation to make himself a better hero, at the expense of some of his humanity. It's also the origin of the drug Bane used to make himself so strong.

 

[Viking Bastard]

But it hasn't been collected has it?

The early Legends of Dark Knight issues had a lot of good stories.

 

[Ibram]

I just (and by just I mean a half hour ago) read "Haunted Knight". Its an exelent collection of stories.

 

[Aulayan]

But it hasn't been collected has it?

The early Legends of Dark Knight issues had a lot of good stories.

I'm assuming you're talking about Venom. If so, yes it's collected.

 

[Kesh]

But it hasn't been collected has it?

The early Legends of Dark Knight issues had a lot of good stories.

Yes, it's on the list linked earlier in the thread.

And I agree, LotDK was a great series for about the first two years. Some very good stories, including Prey and Heat. After about year 2, though, they went more episodic and lost steam.

 

[Desdichado]

The image comics version (Not the DC one!) of Spawn vs. Batman was fairly interesting, if you're looking for slightly off-the-wall Batman trade paperbacks. Written by Frank Miller and illustrated by Todd MacFarlane, so you really can't get more top-notch talent on it than that.

I seem to recall two? different Batman vs. Predator books as well done by Dark Horse under license. Of all the various Predator crossovers done over the years, I thought that one made the most sense.

 

[Klaus]

There were three Batman vs. Predator. Very entertaining stuff, and the inspiration for that Batman: Dead End short fan film that has Bats taking on Predators.

Batman vs. Aliens (by Bernie Wrightson, IIRC) was also good, as was Superman vs. Aliens (the comic that introduced Kara, Superman's cousin from Krypton... No matter what Jeph Loeb tells you!)

 

[Viking Bastard]

The first BvP book was great (much better than it deserved to be) but I found the
second one severly lacking. I never read the third. Who did that one?

 

[Klaus]

I believe Doug Moench wrote it, with art by the brazilian artist who did Green Arrow in the Connor Hawke days.

Of course, I might be deluding.

 

[Starman]

The image comics version (Not the DC one!) of Spawn vs. Batman was fairly interesting, if you're looking for slightly off-the-wall Batman trade paperbacks. Written by Frank Miller and illustrated by Todd MacFarlane, so you really can't get more top-notch talent on it than that.

Really? I loved McFarlane's art, but thought Miller dropped the ball with the story. On the other hand, I found the DC one to have an interesting story with crappy Klaus Janson art.

Starman