Diese Liste zählt alle Batman-Storys aus den 80ern auf, die in den Serien Detective Comics und Batman erschienen sind. Nicht enthalten sind Storys über Sidekicks wie Robin, Batgirl etc. Storys aus World’s Finest Comics, The Brave and the Bold und Batman and the Outsiders sind in eigenen Listen aufgeführt. One-shots und Miniserien sind unten aufgelistet.

Eine Auswahl dieser Geschichten findet sich in den Sammelausgaben Legends of the Dark Knight: Alan Davis (2013)/Batman: The Dark Knight Detective Vol. 1 (2018), Tales of the Batman: Len Wein (2014), Tales of the Batman: Gene Colan Vol. 1-2 (2011/2018), Tales of the Batman: Gerry Conway Vol. 2 (2018) und Legends of the Dark Knight: Norm Breyfogle Vol. 1 (2015).

1980

• The Spook’s Death Sentence for Batman (Detective Comics #488)
• When the Inmates Run the Madhouse (Detective Comics #489)
• Creatures of the Night (Detective Comics #489)
• The Mind Warp Mystery (Detective Comics #489)
• The Bogus Butlers (Detective Comics #489)
• Where Strikes the Assassins/Requiem for a Martyr (Detective Comics #489-490)
• The Riddle of the Golden Fleece (Detective Comics #491)
• Vengeance Trail (Detective Comics #492)
• Riddles in the Dark (Detective Comics #493)
• The Crime Doctor Calls at Midnight (Detective Comics #494)
• Murder in Quicksilver (Detective Comics #495)
• Murder on the Mystery Ship (Detective Comics #496)
• Bad Night in Baja (Detective Comics #497)
• Never Give Up the Ghost (Batman #319)
• The Curse of the Inquisitor (Batman #320)
• Dreadful Birthday, Dear Joker (Batman #321)
• Chaos – Coming and Going (Batman #322)
• Shadow of the Cat/The Cat Who Would Be King (Batman #323-324)
• Death — Twenty Stories High (Batman #325)
• This Way Lies Madness (Batman #326)
• Asylum Sinister (Batman #327)
• Double Jeopardy (Batman #328)
• Twice Dies the Batman (Batman #329)

1981

• The Lazarus Affair (Batman #330-335)
• While the Bat’s Away (Batman #336)
• Where Walks A Snowman (Batman #337)
• This Sporting Death (Batman #338)
• A Sweet Kiss of Poison (Batman #339)
• A Man Called Mole! (Batman #340)
• The Ghost of Wayne Mansion (Batman #341)
• Requiem for A Hero (Batman #342)
• Night of the Savage (Detective Comics #498)
• Allies in the Shadows (Detective Comics #499)
• To Kill a Legend/Once Upon a Time (Detective Comics #500)
• The Man Who Killed Mlle. Marie/Who Shot Mlle. Marie? (Detective Comics #501-502)
• The 6 Days of the Scarecrow (Detective Comics #503)
• The Joker’s Rumpus Room Revenge (Detective Comics #504)
• Werewolf Moon (Detective Comics #505)
• Who Dies For the Manikin? (Detective Comics #506)
• Dressed to Die (Detective Comics #507)
• Secret of the Sphinx Sinister (Detective Comics #508)
• Nine Lives Has the Cat (Detective Comics #509)

1982

Ab Detective Comics #510 sind die Serien Detective Comics und Batman durch eine gemeinsame Storyline miteinander verbunden. Das heißt, es gibt eine klare Lesereihenfolge, bei der sich die Hefte beider Serien abwechseln.

1. A Dagger So Deadly (Batman #343)
2. Head-Hunt by a Mad Hatter (Detective Comics #510)
3. Monster, My Sweet! (Batman #344)
4. The ‚I‘ of the Beholder (Detective Comics #511)
5. Calling Doctor Death! (Batman #345)
6. The Fatal Prescription of Doctor Death! (Detective Comics #512)
7. Half A Hero/Is Better Than None! (Batman #346/Detective Comics #513)
8. The Shadow of the Batman (Batman #347)
9. Haven (Detective Comics #514)
10. Shadow Play (Batman #348)
11. The Academy of Crime, Part I: College for Killers (Detective Comics #515)
12. The Academy of Crime, Part II: Final Exams (Detective Comics #516)
13. Blood Sport (Batman #349)
14. Nightmare in Crimson! (Batman #350)
15. The Monster in the Mirror (Detective Comics #517)
16. What Stalks the Gotham Night? (Batman #351)
17. The Millionaire Contract (Detective Comics #518)
18. The Killer Sky (Batman #352)
19. …Like a Dreadnought in the Sky (Detective Comics #519)
20. Last Laugh (Batman #353)
21. The Sting — Batman Style (Batman #353)
22. The Haunting of „Boss“ Thorne (Detective Comics #520)
23. Showdown (Batman #354)
24. Cat Tale (Detective Comics #521)

1983

Von Detective Comics #523 bis #526 erstreckt sich die erste Storyline um Killer Croc.
Von Batman #360 an übernimmt Doug Moench beide Serien und bleibt bis Ende der 90er regemäßiger Batman-Autor.

1. Never Scratch a Cat (Batman #355)
2. Snowblind (Detective Comics #522)
3. The Double Life of Hugo Strange (Batman #356)
4. Inferno (Detective Comics #523, 1983)
5. Squid (Batman #357)
6. Deathgrip (Detective Comics #524)
7. Don’t Mess With Killer Croc (Batman #358)
8. Confrontation (Detective Comics #525)
9. Hunt (Batman #359)
10. All My Enemies Against Me (Detective Comics #526)
11. When Slays the Savage Skull (Batman #360)
12. Avatars of Vengeance (Detective Comics #527)
13. The Most Successful Species (Batman #361)
14. Requiem for Skulls (Detective Comics #528)
15. When Riddled by the Riddler (Batman #362)
16. The Thief of Night! (Detective Comics #529)
17. Elegant Night Crimes (Batman #363)
18. Passion Nocturnale (Detective Comics #530)
19. The Man of a Thousand Menaces (Batman #364)
20. The Face of the Chimera (Detective Comics #531)
21. Ruins/Laugh, Killer, Laugh/The Joker Is Wild (Batman #365, Detective Comics #532, Batman #366)
22. Look on the Mountaintop (Detective Comics #533)

1984

1. The Green Ghosts of Gotham (Batman #367)
2. Brambles (Detective Comics #534)
3. A Revenge of Rainbows (Batman #368)
4. One Hole in a Quilt of Madness (Detective Comics #535)
5. Target Practice (Batman #369)
6. Facing the Dark, Blindly … (Detective Comics #536)
7. Up Above the Sin So High … (Batman #370)
8. Down Below (Detective Comics #537)
9. Nine Cradles Of Death (Batman #371)
10. Clothes Make the Cat(Man) (Detective Comics #538)
11. What Price, the Prize? (Batman #372)
12. Something Scary/The Frequency of Fear (Detective Comics #540/Batman #373)
13. Pieces of Penguin/C-C-Cold (Batman #374/Detective Comics #541)
14. The Glacier Under Gotham (Batman #375)
15. Between Two Nights (Detective Comics #542)
16. Nightmares, Inc. (Batman #376)
17. Shadows of Vengeance (Detective Comics #543)
18. The Slayer of Night (Batman #377)
19. Deceit in Dark Secrets (Detective Comics #544)
20. One Hat Madder (Batman #378)
21. By Darkness Masked (Detective Comics #545)
22. Bedtime Stories (Batman #379)

1985

1. Hill’s Descent (Detective Comics #546)
2. End of the Bat (Batman #380)
3. Cast of Characters, Sequence of Events (Detective Comics #547)
4. Darkly Moved the Pawns (Batman #381)
5. Beasts A-Prowl (Detective Comics #548)
6. The Vengeance Spiral (Batman #382)
7. Harvey and Mr. Bullock (Detective Comics #549)
8. Just as Night Follows Day… (Batman #383)
9. Spider’s Ninth Leg (Detective Comics #550)
10. Broken Dates/The First Day of Spring/Day of Doom (Batman #384, Detective Comics #551, Batman #385) [Calendar Man]
11. A Stump Grows in Gotham (Detective Comics #552)
12. Black Mask: Losing Face/The False Face Society of Gotham/Ebon Masquery (Batman #386, Detective Comics #553, Batman #387)
13. Port Passed (Detective Comics #554)
14. The Round-Trip Looking Glass (Batman #388)
15. Returning Reflections (Detective Comics #555)
16. Red Skies (Batman #389)
17. The Bleeding Night (Detective Comics #556)
18. Women Dark and Dangerous (Batman #390)
19. Still Beating (Detective Comics #557)

1986

Nach dem Event Crisis on Infinite Earths bekommen alle DC-Helden einen Reboot. Trotz alter Nummerierung beginnt mit Detective Comics #567 eine neue Zeitrechnung für Batman. Das heißt: Batman #400 erzählt die letzte Story in der alten Continuity.

1. Death Comes As The End (Batman #391)
2. Strange Loves (Detective Comics #558)
3. A Town on the Night (Batman #392)
4. It Takes Two Wings to Fly (Detective Comics #559)
5. The Dark Rider (Batman #393)
6. The Batman Nobody Knows (Detective Comics #560)
7. At the Heart of Stone (Batman #394)
8. Flying Hi (Detective Comics #561)
9. The Film Freak (Batman #395)
10. Reeling (Detective Comics #562)
11. Box-Office Smash (Batman #396)
12. Free Faces/Binary Brains/Double Crosses/About Faces! (Detective Comics #563-564, Batman #397-398)
13. The Love Killing (Detective Comics #565)
14. Strike Two (Batman #399)
15. Know Your Foes (Detective Comics #566)
16. Resurrection Night (Batman #400)

Crisis on Infinite Earths

• The Night of Thanks, But No Thanks (Detective Comics #567) [Erste Post-Crisis-Story]
• A Bird in the Hand … (Batman #401)
• Eyrie (Detective Comics #568)
• There’s Nothing So Savage — As a Man Destroying Himself (Batman #402)
• Catch as Catscan/The Last Laugh (Detective Comics #569/570, 1986/1987)

1987

• Second Chances (Batman #402-403, #408-416, Batman Annual #11)
• Year One (Batman #404-407)
• Fear For Sale (Detective Comics #571)
• The Doomsday Book (Detective Comics #572)
• The Mad Hatter Flips His Lids (Detective Comics #573)
• My Beginning … And My Probable End (Detective Comics #574)
• Year Two (Detective Comics #575-578)
• The Crime Doctor’s Crimson Clinic (Detective Comics #579)
• Double Image/One out of Two… Isn’t Bad… (Detective Comics #580-581)

1988

• Sole Survivor (Detective Comics #582)
• Fever/Fever Break (Detective Comics #583-584)
• The Ratcatcher (Detective Comics #585)
• Rat Trap (Detective Comics #586)
• Night People, 1-3 (Detective Comics #587-589)
• American Batman in London (Detective Comics #590)
• Aborigine (Detective Comics #591)
• The Fear, Part 1-2 (Detective Comics #592-593)
• Ten Nights of the Beast (Batman #417-420)
• Emore’s Lady (Batman #421)
• Just Deserts (Batman #422)
• You Shoulda Seen Him … (Batman #423)
• The Diplomat’s Son (Batman #424)
• Consequences (Batman #425)
• A Death in the Family (Batman #426-429)

1989

• Fatal Wish (Batman #430)
• The Wall (Batman #431)
• Dead Letter Office (Batman #432)
• The Many Deaths of the Batman (Batman #433-435)
• Year 3 (Batman #436-439)
• A Lonely Place of Dying (Batman #440-442)
• Ecstasy (Detective Comics #594)
• Our Man in Havana/Cold Cuts (Detective Comics #595)
• Video Nasties (Detective Comics #596)
• Private Viewing (Detective Comics #597)
• Blind Justice (Detective Comics #598-600)
• Tulpa, Part 1-3 (Detective Comics #601-603)
• The Mud Pack, Part 1-4 (Detective Comics #604-607)
• Anarky in Gotham City – Part 1-2 (Detective Comics #608-609)

Annuals

• The Messiah of the Crimson Sun (Batman Annual #8, 1982)
• The Four Faces of Batman (Batman Annual #9, 1985)
• Down to the Bone (Batman Annual #10, 1986)
• Mortal Clay/Love Bird (Batman Annual #11, 1987)
• Slade’s Demon/The Back-Up (Batman Annual #12, 1988)
• The Monkey Trap (Detective Comics Annual #1, 1988)
• Faces/Waiting in the Wings (Batman Annual #13, 1989)
• Blood Secrets (Detective Comics Annual #2, 1989)

One-Shots und Mini-Serien

• The Untold Legend of the Batman (#1-3, 1980)
• Batman vs. The Incredible Hulk (1981)
• The Player on the Other Side (Batman Special #1, 1984)
• Crisis on Infinite Earths (1985)
• The Dark Knight Returns (1986)
• Son of the Demon (1987)
• The Killing Joke (1988)
• The Cult (1988)
• Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth (1989)
• Catwoman: Her Sister’s Keeper (Catwoman #1-4, 1989)

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