Welche sind die besten Batman-Kurzgeschichten? Einige Anthologien bieten eine Auswahl davon an. Die ersten Batman-Anthologien (abgesehen von Reprints in den Hauptserien) erschienen in der Serie Limited Collectors‘ Edition (1972-1978). Später gab es folgende Paperbacks:

• The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told Vol. 1-2 (1988/1992)
• Batman: The Greatest Stories Ever Told Vol. 1-2 (2005/2007)
• Batman: A Celebration of 75 Years (2014)
• Detective Comics: 80 Years of Batman (2019)

Limited Collectors‚ Edition (1974-1978)

Limited Collectors‘ Edition #C-25 (1974)

• The Case of the Joker’s Crime Circus (Batman #4, 1941)
• The Case Batman Failed to Solve (Batman #14, 1943)
• The Mayors of Yonville (Batman #24, 1944)
• Hate of the Hooded Hangman (Detective Comics #355, 1966)
• Hot Time in Gotham Town Tonight (Batman #221, 1970)
• Ghost of the Killer Skies (Detective Comics #404, 1970)

Limited Collectors‘ Edition #C-37 (1975)

• The Cross Country Crimes (Batman #8, 1942)
• The Blackbird of Banditry (Batman #43, 1947)
• The State vs. Lucky Sheldon (Sunday Strip, 1946)
• Riddle of the Human Scarecrow (World’s Finest Comics #3, 1941)
• The Lady Rogues (Batman #45, 1948)

Limited Collectors‘ Edition #C-44 (1976)

• Castle With Wall-To-Wall Danger (Detective Comics #329, 1964)
• Trade Marks of Crime (Batman #31, 1945)
• The Deep-Sea Diver Mystery (Batman #83, 1954)
• Paint a Picture of Peril (Detective Comics #397, 1970)

Limited Collectors‘ Edition #C-51 (1977) [Ra’s al Ghul]

• Daughter of the Demon (Batman #232, 1971)
• Bruce Wayne – Rest in Peace! (Batman #242)
• The Lazarus Pit! (Batman #243, 1972)
• The Demon Lives Again! (Batman #244)

Limited Collectors‘ Edition #C-59 (1978)

• Batman & The House of Mystery: Red Water Crimson Death (The Brave and the Bold #93, 1971)
• Night of the Bat (Swamp Thing #7, 1973)
• The Batman Nobody Knows (Batman #250, 1973)
• The Demon of Gothos Mansion (Batman #227, 1970)
• A Vow from the Grave! (Detective Comics #410, 1971)

The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told Vol. 1 (1988)

• Batman Versus the Vampire (Detective Comics #31-32, 1939)
• The Giants of Hugo Strange (Dr. Hugo Strange and the Mutant Monsters, Batman #1, 1940)
• Knights of Knavery (Batman #25 1944)
• The Origin of the Batman (Batman #47, 1948)
• The Birth of Batplane II (Batman #61, 1950)
• Operation ‚Escape‘ (Star-Spangled Comics #124, 1952)
• The Jungle Cat Queen (Detective Comics #211, 1954)
• The First Batman (Detective Comics #235, 1956)
• The Origin of the Superman-Batman Team (World’s Finest #94, 1958)
• Robin Dies at Dawn (Batman #156, 1963)
• The Blockbuster Invasion of Gotham City (Detective Comics #345, 1965)
• Ghost of the Killer Skies (Detective Comics #404, 1970)
• Half an Evil (Batman #234, 1971)
• Man-Bat Over Vegas (Detective Comics #429, 1972)
• Deathmask (Detective Comics #437, 1973)
• The Batman Nobody Knows (Batman #250, 1973)
• Death Flies the Haunted Sky (Detective Comics #442, 1974)
• There is No Hope in Crime Alley (Detective Comics #457, 1976)
• The Deadshot Ricochet (Detective Comics #474, 1977)
• Death Strikes at Midnight and Three (DC Special Series #15, 1978)
• Bat-Mite’s New York Adventure (Detective Comics #482, 1979)
• A Caper a Day Keeps the Batman at Bay (Batman #312, 1979)
• To Kill a Legend (Detective Comics #500, 1981)
• The Autobiography of Bruce Wayne (The Brave and the Bold #197, 1983)
• 1001 Umbrellas of The Penguin

The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told Vol. 2 (1992)

Enthält Catwoman und Pinguin-Storys, passend zum Kinofilm Batman Returns.

• The Cat (Batman #1, 1940)
• One of the Most Perfect Frame-Ups (Detective Comics #58, 1941)
• The Secret Life of the Catwoman (Batman #62, 1950)
• The Penguin’s Fabulous Fowls (Batman #76, 1953)
• Crimes of the Catwoman (Detective Comics #203, 1954)
• Partners in Plunder (Batman #169, 1965)
• The Penguin Takes a Flyer — Into the Future (Batman #190, 1967)
• Catwoman Sets Her Claws For Batman (Batman #197, 1967)
• Hail Emperor Penguin (Batman #257, 1974)
• The Malay Penguin (Detective Comics #473, 1977)
• Hero Or Villainess? („Terror Train“, Batman #345, 1982)
• In the Land of the Dead (Batman #346, 1982)
• Never Scratch a Cat (Batman #355, 1983)
• Eyrie (Detective Comics #568, 1986)
• Love Bird (Batman Annual #11, 1987)

Enthält außerdem ein Catwoman-Featurette aus Batman #256 ( 1974) und ein Penguin-Featurette aus Batman #257 (1974).

Batman in the Forties (2004)

• The Case of the Chemical Syndicate (Detective Comics #27, 1939)
• The Batman and How He Came To Be (Detective Comics #33, 1939)
• Robin, the Boy Wonder (Detective Comics #38, 1940)
• The People vs. The Batman (Batman #7, 1941)
• Clayface Walks Again (Detective Comics #49, 1941)
• Your Face Is Your Fortune (Batman #15, 1943)
• The End of Two-Face (Detective Comics #80, 1943)
• Bruce Wayne Loses Guardianship of Dick Grayson (Batman #20, 1943)
• Alfred, Armchair Detective (Batman #31, 1945)
• The Joker Follows Suit (Batman #37, 1946)
• Half Man – Half Monster (Sunday Classics #138-146, 1946) [Two-Face]
• The Penny Plunderers (World’s Finest Comics #30, 1947)
• Clocks of Doom (Star-Spangled Comics #70, 1947)
• The True Story of Batman and Robin (Real Fact Comics #5, 1946)

Batman in the Fifties (2002)

• The Batmobile of 1950 (Detective Comics #156, 1950)
• The Secrets of Batmans Utility Belt (Detective Comics #185, 1952)
• The True History of Superman and Batman (#81, 1956)
• The 100 Batarangs of Batman (Detective Comics #244, 1957)
• Ace, the Bat-Hound (Batman #92, 1955)
• The Batwoman (Detective Comics #233, 1956)
• The First Batman (Detective Comics #235, 1956)
• The Secret Life of the Catwoman! (Batman #62, 1950)
• The Man Behind the Red Hood (Detective Comics #168, 1951)
• Two-Face Strikes Again (Batman #81, 1954)
• The Ice Crimes of Mr. Zero (Batman #121, 1959)
• Batman Meets Bat-Mite (Detective Comics #267, 1959)
• Batman – The Superman of Planet X (Batman #113, 1958)
• The Creature from the Green Lagoon (Detective Comics #252, 1958)
• The Interplanetary Batman (Batman #128, 1959)

Die Neuauflage von 2021 enthält noch zusätzlich:

• Batman In the Future (Batman #59, 1950)
• The Origin of Killer Moth (Batman #63, 1951)
• The Double Crimes of Two-Face (Detective Comics #187, 1952)
• The Batmen of All Nations (Detective Comics #215, 1955)
• The New-Model Batman (Detective Comics #236, 1956)
• The Bat-Ape (Batman #114, 1958)
• The Marriage of Batman and Batwoman (Batman #122, 1959)
• The Thousand Deaths of Batman (Detective Comics #269, 1959)

Batman in the Sixties (1999)

• The Case of the Deadly Gems (Batman #131, 1960)
• Bat-Mite Meets Bat-Girl (Batman #144, 1961)
• The Challenge of Clay-Face (Detective Comics #298, 1961)
• The Joker’s Greatest Triumph (Batman #148, 1962)
• The Return of the Penguin (Batman #155, 1963)
• The Joker’s Comedy Capers (Detective Comics #341, 1965)
• The Riddle-Less Robberies of the Riddler (Batman #179, 1966)
• The Blockbuster Breaks Loose (Detective Comics #349, 1966)
• Beware of — Poison Ivy (Batman #181, 1966)
• The Catwoman’s Catnapping Caper (Batman Kellogg’s Pop-Tarts Comics 1966)
• Batgirl Breaks Up the Dynamic Duo (Detective Comics #369, 1967)
• The Man Who Radiated Fear (Batman #200, 1968)
• Surprise! This’ll Kill You! (Detective Comics #388, 1969) [Batgirl]
• Batgirl’s Bag of Tricks! (Detective Comics #389, 1969)
• Countdown to Chaos! (Detective Comics #390, 1969) [Robin]
• Strike (Detective Comics #391, 1969) [Robin]

Batman in the Seventies (1999)

• Marriage: Impossible (Detective Comics #407, 1971)
• A Vow from the Grave! (Detective Comics #410, 1971)
• Daughter of the Demon (Batman #232, 1971)
• Night of the Reaper (Batman #237, 1971)
• Death Flies the Haunted Sky (Detective Comics #442, 1974)
• This One’ll Kill You, Batman! (Batman #260, 1975)
• The Invader from Hell! (Batman Family #1, 1975)
• There Is No Hope in Crime Alley (Detective Comics #457, 1976)
• From Each Ending… A Beginning! (DC Super Stars #17, 1977)
• Ticket to Tragedy (Detective Comics #481, 1979)

Batman in the Eighties (2004)

• Dreadful Birthday, Dear Joker (Batman #321, 1980)
• To Kill a Legend (Detective Comics #500, 1981)
• Shadow Play (Batman #348, 1982)
• When Velvet Paws Caress the Ground (Detective Comics #519, 1982) [Batgirl]
• The Player on the Other Side (Batman Special #1, 1984)
• Pieces of Penguin (Batman #374, 1984)
• Fear For Sale (Detective Comics #571, 1987)
• Transition (New Titans #55, 1989)

Batman: The Greatest Stories Ever Told Vol. 1 (2005)

• The Batman and How He Came to Be (Detective Comics #33, 1939)
• The Case of the Honest Crook (Batman #5, 1941)
• The Secret Life of the Catwoman (Batman #62, 1950)
• Robin Dies at Dawn (Batman #156, 1963)
• The Batman Nobody Knows (Batman #250, 1973)
• The Joker’s Five-Way Revenge (Batman #251, 1973)
• Night of the Stalker (Detective Comics #439, 1974)
• Death Strikes at Midnight and Three (DC Special Series #15, 1978)
• Wanted: Santa Claus — Dead or Alive (DC Special Series #21, 1980)
• My Beginning… and My Probable End (Detective Comics #574, 1987)
• Favorite Things (Legends of the Dark Knight #79, 1996)
• 24/7 (Batman: Gotham Knights #32, 2002)

Batman: The Greatest Stories Ever Told Vol. 2 (2007)

• The Secret Origin of Batman (Secret Origins #6, 1986)
• The Giants of Hugo Strange (Batman #1, 1940)
• The Career of Batman Jones (Batman #108, 1957)
• Prisoners of Three Worlds (Batman #153, 1963)
• How Many Ways Can a Robin Die? (Batman #246, 1972)
• The Batman’s Last Christmas (The Brave and the Bold #184, 1982)
• All My Enemies Against Me (Detective Comics #526, 1983)
• Of Mice and Men (Batman Chronicles #5, 1996)
• Batgirl: Year One #4 (Cave Dwellers, 2003)
• Citizen Wayne (Batman Chronicles #21, 2000)

Batman: A Celebration of 75 Years (2014)

• The Case of the Chemical Syndicate (Detective Comics #27, 1939)
• The Legend of the Batman – Who He Is and How He Came to Be (Batman #1, 1940)
• Accidentally on Purpose (Detective Comics #83, 1944)
• The Scoop of the Century (Batman #49, 1948)
• The Jungle Cat-Queen (Detective Comics #211, 1954)
• The Batman of Tomorrow (Detective Comics #216, 1955)
• The Origin of the Superman-Batman Team (World’s Finest #94, 1958)
• The Mystery of the Menacing Mask (Detective Comics #327, 1964)
• Beware of — Poison Ivy! (Batman #181, 1966)
• The Million Dollar Debut of Batgirl (Detective Comics #359, 1967)
• The Secret of the Waiting Graves (Detective Comics #395, 1970)
• Death Flies the Haunted Sky (Detective Comics #442, 1974)
• The Deadshot Ricochet (Detective Comics #474, 1977)
• Wanted: Santa Claus — Dead or Alive (DC Special Series #21, 1980)
• The Player on the Other Side (Batman Special #1, 1984)
• My Beginning…and My Probable End (Detective Comics #574, 1987)
• Identity Crisis (Detective Comics #633, 1991)
• The Broken Bat (Batman #497, 1993) [Knightfall]
• Knight Out (Detective Comics #711, 1997)
• Air Time (Detective Comics #757, 2001)
• The Beautiful People (Detective Comics #821, 2006)
• Trust Fall (Batman #2, 2011) [Court of Owls]
• The Case of the Chemical Syndicate (Detective Comics #27, 2014)

Detective Comics: 80 Years of Batman (2019)

Enthält nur Storys aus der Serie Detective Comics.

• The Case of the Chemical Syndicate (Detective Comics #27, 1939)
• Robin the Boy Wonder (Detective Comics #38, 1940)
• The Crimes of Two-Face (Detective Comics #66)
• The Riddler (Detective Comics #140)
• The Batwoman (Detective Comics #233, 1956)
• Batman Meets Bat-Mite (Detective Comics #267, 1959)
• The Challenge of Clay-Face (Detective Comics #298, 1961)
• The Mystery of the Menacing Mask (Detective Comics #327, 1964)
• The Million Dollar Debut of Batgirl (Detective Comics #359, 1967)
• Challenge of the Man-Bat (Detective Comics #400, 1970)
• Batman & Manhunter: Gotterdammerung (Detective Comics #443, 1974)
• There is No Hope in Crime Alley (Detective Comics #457, 1976)
• The Deadshot Ricochet (Detective Comics #474, 1977)
• Bat-Mite’s New York Adventure (Detective Comics #482, 1979)
• To Kill a Legend (Detective Comics #500, 1981)
• The Night of Thanks, But No Thanks (Detective Comics #567, 1986)
• The Honored Dead (Detective Comics #742, 2000)
• Detective Comics #27 (The New 52, 2014)

Der Band enthält außerdem folgende Nicht-Batman-Storys:

• The Crimson Avenger: Block Buster (Detective Comics #20, 1938)
• Slam Bradley: The Murderer on Vacation (Detective Comics #27, 1939)
• Air Wave: Case of the Missing Evidence (Detective Comics #60, 1942)
• Boy Commandos: The Commandos Are Coming (Detective Comics #64, 1942)
• Pow-Wow Smith: The Origin of Pow-Wow Smith (Detective Comics #151, 1949)
• Roy Raymond: The Land of Lost Years (Detective Comics #153, 1949)
• Martian Manhunter: The Strange Experiment of Dr. Erdel (#225, 1955)
• Manhunter: The Himalayan Incident (Detective Comics #437, 1973)

Weitere Anthologien

• Batman-Giants 
• Batman Secret Files and Origins
• Batman Black and White Vol. 1 (1996)
• Batman Black and White Vol. 2 (2000-2001)
• Batman Black and White Vol. 3 (2001-2004)
• Batman Black and White Vol. 4 (2014)
• Batman Black and White Vol. 5 (2020-2021)
• Solo (2004-2006)
• Legends of the Dark Knight Vol. 1 (2012)
• Legends of the Dark Knight Vol. 2 (2014)
• Legends of the Dark Knight Vol. 3 (2014)
• Legends of the Dark Knight Vol. 4 (2015)
• Legends of the Dark Knight Vol. 5 (2015)
• Batman: The World (2021)
• Joker: The World (2024)
• Superman: The World (2025)

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