IGN Top 25 Greatest Batman Graphic Novels

This is just something I happened to stumble upon. It was posted in 2005 but still interesting none the less.

http://comics.ign.com/articles/624/624619p1.html

#25 Batman: Venom
Written by: Dennis O'Neil
Art by: Trevor Von Eeden & Russel

#24 Batman: Knightfall Part One - Broken Bat
Written by: Chuck Dixon & Doug Moench
Art by: Jim Aparo, Norm Breyfogle, Graham Nolan and Jim Balent

#23 Batman: Nine Lives
Written by: Dean Motter
Art by: Michael Lark

#22 Batman: The Man Who Laughs
Written by: Ed Brubaker
Art by: Doug Mahnke

#21 Batman: Thrillkiller
Written by: Howard Chaykin
Art by: Dan Brereton

#20 JLA: Tower of Babel
Written by: Mark Waid, Dan Curtis Johnson, Christopher Priest and John Ostrander
Art by: Howard Porter, Steve Scott, Mark Pajarillo, Pablo Raimondi, Eric Battle and Ken Lashley

#19 Batman: Tales of the Demon
Written by: Dennis O'Neil
Art by: Bob Brown, Neal Adams, Irv Novick, Michael Golden and Don Newton.

#18 Batman: A Lonely Place of Dying
Written by: Marv Wolfman
Art by: George Perez

#17 Batman: Strange Apparitions
Written by: Steve Englehart and Len Wein
Art by: Walt Simonson and Marshall Rogers

#16 Batman: Gothic
Written by: Grant Morrison
Art by: Klaus Janson

#15 Batman: A Death in the Family
Written by: Jim Starlin
Art by: Jim Aparo

#14 Batman: Black and White Vol. 1
Written by: Various
Art by: Various

#13 Batman: Gotham by Gaslight
Written by: Brian Augustyn
Art by: Mike Mignola

#12 Batman Adventures: Mad Love
Written by: Paul Dini
Art by: Bruce Timm

#11 Batman: Blind Justice
Written by: Sam Hamm
Art by: Denys Cowan

#10 Hush Vol. 1 & 2
Written by: Jeph Loeb
Art by: Jim Lee

#9 Batman & Dracula: Red Rain
Written by: Doug Moench
Art by: Kelley Jones

#8 Batman: Dark Victory
Written by: Jeph Loeb
Art by: Tim Sale

#7 Batman: Son of the Demon
Written by: Mike W. Barr
Art by: Jerry Bingham

#6 Batman: The Cult
Written by: Jim Starlin
Art by: Bernie Wrightson

#5 Batman: The Long Halloween
Written by: Jeph Loeb
Art by: Tim Sale

#4 Batman: Arkham Asylum
Written by: Grant Morrison
Art by: Dave McKean

#3 Batman: The Killing Joke
Written by: Alan Moore
Art by: Brian Bolland

#2 Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
Written by: Frank Miller
Art by: Frank Miller

#1 Batman: Year One
Written by: Frank Miller
Art by: Dave Mazzucchelli


There's a LOT of this list I haven't read yet. What do you guys think about how everything was ranked. And do you think anything was missing?


-Garrey

I think it's a pretty good list. All the books are worth reading and are very interesting. The ranking however may differ from person to person.

Because the list is a bit outdated I wanted to ask you guys and gals what you would add to the list.
In my opinion there have been some great batman comics lately, like the paul Dini run on detective comic (Batman detective, Batman death and the city, Batman private casebook and Batman Heart of Hush) and the wonderful Batman whatever happened to the caped crusader by the talented Neil Gaiman.

badsoul wrote:

and the wonderful Batman whatever happened to the caped crusader by the talented Neil Gaiman.

I second that... and "R.I.P." as well. Neil Gaiman's run with "Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader?" is what initially drew me into the comic world. I saw that at a book store I frequent and the cover by Andy Kubert really caught my eye so I bought it, read it and loved it. I'm fairly new to the comic world so this is really the story that did it for me to make the jump.

Oh man, those Kubert covers were awesome! I'm so glad DC got them...

-gary