The 50 Greatest Batman Comics of All Time

The following is an aggregate list sourced from over 80 "Greatest Batman Comics of All Time" lists curated by Comic Book Canon. The full list can be found here. (updated as of 2/13/25)

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