ext_175919 ([identity profile] kotorjedi-amaya.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] goshdarnspam2010-07-18 09:46 pm

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HEY LOVELY PEOPLE OF CNC

I'm putting together an Amazon order and since the lovely backpack I'm getting automatically qualifies for free shipping, I'm lumping some comics books in with it for extra awesome. I'm definitely getting the first book of XIII, but since I'm trying to build a Bat Collection, I was wondering...

WHAT BATBOOKS WOULD YOU GUYS RECOMMEND? I'm looking primarily at ones that deal with the Joker and how he functions with Batman, so The Killing Joke and Arkham Asylum are ones I'm thinking about. But if there's "better" ones that are a better starting point for comics!Bruce please, please let me know?

PS: RUNAWAYS MOVIE. WTF IS THIS. DISCUSS?

[identity profile] batghoul.livejournal.com 2010-07-19 02:17 am (UTC)(link)
I think those are good books, though you should buy this (http://www.amazon.com/DC-Universe-Stories-Alan-Moore/dp/1401209270/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1279505562&sr=1-1) instead of the Killing Joke tpb since it has Killing Joke as well as all of Alan Moore's other DC stories which are worth reading and a much better value than a book that is just a 60-page short story.

Also you should probably get The Dark Knight Returns (http://www.amazon.com/Batman-Knight-Returns-Frank-Miller/dp/1563893428/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1279505803&sr=1-1) and Batman: Year One (http://www.amazon.com/Batman-Year-One-Frank-Miller/dp/1401207529/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1279505831&sr=1-1) if you want to go ahead and complete the canon of must-read Batman stories.