Well, not ALL of Grant Morrison’s Batman; his stand alone stories are not discussed here – only the currently in progress epic, which will continue on during 2012/2013’s relaunched Batman Inc.
If there is one question I’ve answered more than any other in the past few years in regards to Batman, it is “what is the reading order of Grant Morrison’s run”, or some variation thereof. So I have created this list as a permanent resource and answer to that question. I’ve also created this list for my own edification, to satiate my own disturbingly deep love for Morrison’s Bat tale.
This will hopefully be a straightforward, simple and easy to follow chronological list that will tell you the reading order and supply you with visual representations of all the comics that make up the run, to help the die hard, single issue collectors out there. (I’ve pictured all variant versions of issues below, but not all re-printings where the only thing that changed was a color tone shift and I’ve also put this list here as pure text, just in case you simply want to copypasta it onto your phone, etc. for use in comic shops.)
*2026 UPDATE:
Since my last time updating this article it looks like DC has made it a bit easier to track all these disparate books by introducing the new omnibus collections. Buyer beware though – it still doesn’t seem to be totally complete as certain parts are simply “recaps”, such as The Resurrection of Ra’s issues, etc. However I’m adding this to the article so if someone wants a simpler way to get these stories pretty much all in one place they can.
- Batman by Grant Morrison Omnibus Vol. 1
- Batman by Grant Morrison Omnibus Vol. 2
- Batman by Grant Morrison Omnibus Vol. 3
Anyway, back to the long-winded version…
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