The Best Batman Comics and Graphic Novels of 2023

The Batman Box Set is an inspired three-book collection pegged to the release of Matt Reeves’s 2022 film, The Batman. Here, you get 728 pages of Batman storytelling in one affordable package. Batman: Ego and Other Tails collects Darwn Cooke’s stories of the Caped Crusader and Catwoman; Frank Miller’s Batman: Year One tells the story of Batman’s earliest years of working with Jim Gordon and Selina Kyle to take down Gotham’s worst mob bosses; and Batman: The Long Halloween is an evergreen favorite that inspired both Reeves and Batman: The Dark Knight. These must-own stories are for any Bat-fan.

Batman: Year One tells a reinvented story of Batman’s beginning. It is produced by Frank Miller, who wrote a new intro, and artist David Mazzucchelli, who created new illustrations throughout the book. Many buyers who read this book say that it is great if you are a Batman fan because it delves into a story about the dark, Gotham City where Batman must fight the town’s villain and a twisted police force alongside Lieutenant James Gordon.

This graphic novel comes with 40 pages of new material and is a well-liked story based on reviews; although some buyers say that the quality of the actual product is just okay.

Created by award-winning writer Geoff Johns, who wrote DoomsDay Block, Batman: Earth One, and Kason Fabok, who wrote Justice League: the Darkseid War, this collaborative comic tells the story of Batman’s greatest villain: The Joker, who he discovers is not one, but three jokers. In this story, Batman teams up with a couple of The Jokers’ victims: Barbara Gordon and Jason Todd, to defeat Batmans’ villains for good.

Several reviewers talk about how incredible the artwork is throughout this book, but there are some who do say the story felt rushed; but if you love The Joker character, then you may enjoy this story.

In this graphic novel, Batman teams up with District Attorney Harbey Dent and Lieutenant James Gordon to track down and defeat Holiday: a murderer who only kills on holidays in the Gotham City streets. In this book, created by Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale, readers will be trying to guess who the killer is throughout the book. This story takes place in Batman’s early life as a superhero. Plus, it’s where he first discovers his brutal enemy: Two-Face. Reviewers seem to love this story, but aren’t the biggest fans of the art in it. The sketches and intro are done by Christopher Nolan and David Goyer, who both wrote The Dark Knight Rises.

This is a great graphic novel for those who are new to reading comics. This_ New York Times_ bestselling Batman story was created by Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo. Batman Vol. 1: The Court of Owls focuses on the rulers of Gotham at the Court of Owls. Batman discovers that the brutal crimes in Gotham City go back to the original of the city itself, and he discovers that these rulers are stronger and more evil than he once imagined.

Many buyers find this Batman story very interesting, although some seem to have issues with the quality of the actual product.