The Top 50 (Ranked)

The 50 Most Critically Acclaimed Batman Comics of All Time

1. The Dark Knight Returns - Frank Miller & Klaus Janson
2. The Long Halloween - Jeph Loeb & Tim Sale
3. Year One - Frank Miller & David Mazzucchelli
4. The Killing Joke - Alan Moore & Brian Bolland
5. Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth - Grant Morrison & Dave McKean
6. Hush - Jeph Loeb & Jim Lee
7. The Court of Owls - Scott Snyder & Greg Capullo
8. Knightfall - Various Writers & Various Artists
9. A Death in the Family - Jim Starlin & Jim Aparo
10. Dark Victory - Jeph Loeb & Tim Sale
11. The Black Mirror - Scott Snyder & Jock, Francesco Francavilla
12. The Man Who Laughs - Ed Brubaker & Doug Mahnke
13. Death of the Family - Scott Snyder & Greg Capullo
14. R.I.P. - Grant Morrison & Tony S. Daniel
15. The Cult - Jim Starlin & Bernie Wrightson
16. JLA: Tower of Babel - Mark Waid & Howard Porter
17. Gotham By Gaslight - Brian Augustyn & Mike Mignola
18. No Man's Land - Various Writers & Various Artists
19. Under the Red Hood - Judd Winick & Doug Mahnke
20. Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader? - Neil Gaiman & Andy Kubert
21. Son of the Demon - Mike W. Barr & Jerry Bingham
22. Black and White - Various Writers & Various Artists
23. Strange Apparitions - Steve Englehart & Marshall Rogers, Terry Austin
24. Earth One - Geoff Johns & Gary Frank
25. A Lonely Place of Dying - Marv Wolfman & George Pérez, Jim Aparo
26. Zero Year - Scott Snyder & Greg Capullo
27. Year 100 - Paul Pope & Paul Pope
28. White Knight - Sean Murphy & Sean Murphy
29. Batman & Dracula: Red Rain - Doug Moench & Kelley Jones
30. Ego - Darwyn Cooke & Darwyn Cooke
31. Batman and Robin - Grant Morrison & Frank Quitely
32. Venom - Dennis O'Neil & Trevor Von Eeden, José Luis García-López
33. Shaman - Dennis O'Neil & Edward Hannigan
34. Mad Love - Paul Dini & Bruce Timm
35. Tales of the Demon - Dennis O'Neil & Neal Adams
36. Batman #1 - Bill Finger & Bob Kane
37. Batman and Son - Grant Morrison & Andy Kubert
38. Joker - Brian Azzarello & Lee Bermejo
39. Prey - Doug Moench & Paul Gulacy
40. Haunted Knight - Jeph Loeb & Tim Sale
41. Three Jokers - Geoff Johns & Jason Fabok
42. Gotham Central - Ed Brubaker, Greg Rucka & Michael Lark
43. Gothic - Grant Morrison & Klaus Janson
44. Heart of Hush - Paul Dini & Dustin Nguyen
45. Batman and the Monster Men - Matt Wagner & Matt Wagner
46. Joker's Five Way Revenge - Dennis O'Neil & Neal Adams
47. Birth of a Demon - Dennis O'Neil & Norm Breyfogle, Tom Grindberg
48. Endgame - Scott Snyder & Greg Capullo
49. Last Knight on Earth - Scott Snyder & Greg Capullo
50. Noel - Lee Bermejo & Lee Bermejo