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The Batman Chronology Project

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YEAR ONE



The Original origin of Batman, referenced in Morrison's run as an alternate version of the origin, alongside Year One.


1st Appearance of Batman and Commissioner Gordon.
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Batman: Year One - Frank Miller_II, David Mazzucchelli_III, Richmond Lewis


1st official appearance of Batman, Jim Gordon, Catwoman and Harvey Dent.


Expands upon Catwoman's origin from Year one.
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Catwoman: Her Sister's Keeper - Michael Bair,Mindy Newell,J. J. Birch


Further explores Catwoman's origin and relation to Batman.

Collects Catwoman, Vol. 1 #1-4.
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Batman: Shaman - Denny O'Neil


Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #1-5
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Batman: Venom - Willie Schubert,Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez,Steve Oliff,Russell Braun,Trevor Von Eeden,Denny O'Neil


1st appearance of Venom, which will set up Bane and the Knightfall story later on.

Collects Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #16-20
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Retconned origin for Dr. Hugo Strange, The Monster Men, and the "Monster Serum" that creates them.


Retcon of Batman's Encounter with the vampire, the Mad Monk.
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Batman: The Man Who Laughs - Ed Brubaker, Doug Mahnke


Retconned 1st appearance of The Joker.
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Batman: Gothic - Grant Morrison, Klaus Janson



Collects Legends of the Dark Knight #6-10.


"The Penny Plunderers" - Modern retelling of the Batcave's Giant Penny, that was originally told in World's Finest", sans Robin.



Dinosaur Island - Modern retelling of the origin of the Batcave's Mechanical Tyrannosaurus, sans Robin.


A Christmas story by Mark Millar.


"Pavane" - Neil Gaiman's origin for Poison Ivy.


Expanded Year One origin for Poison Ivy.


"The Killing Peck" - Alan Grant's origin for The Penguin

"When is a Door a Door" - Neil Gaiman's origin for The Riddler.


Chuck Dixon's expanded origin of The Riddler.
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Batman: Prey - DC Comics


Featuring the Return of Hugo Strange.

Collects Legends of the Dark Knight #11-15


"Blades" (Legends of the Dark Knight #32-34) - Features The "first" Cavalier.

"Hot House" (Legends of the Dark Knight #42-43)

"Legends of the Dark Mite" (Legends of the Dark Knight #38)- First appearance of Bat-Mite.


Modern origin of The Scarecrow.
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Batman: Snow - Dan Curtis Johnson, J.H. Williams III, Seth Fisher
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Batman: Haunted Knight - Tim Sale,Jeph Loeb


Featuring an Early Appearance by The Mad Hatter. Closest I could find for a Year One story featuring the character.
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YEAR TWO

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Batman: Year Two - Fear the Reaper - Alan Davis,Mike W. Barr,Todd McFarlane
"Loyalties" - collects Legends of the Dark Knight #159-157
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Batman: Going Sane - J.M. Dematteis
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YEAR THREE




World's Finest - Dave Gibbons and Steve Rude. My Preferred retelling of the Superman/Batman team. Also features a retconned first appearance of Tweedledee and Tweedle Dum.
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"The Coming of Clayface"

- Modern retelling of the origin of the original Clayface, Basil Karlo.
"Clayface Walks again"

- Technically an Earth-Two story, but features the "New Earth" Clayface.
"The Cavalier of Crime", Features the first appearance of The Cavalier.
"The Blaze", features the first appearance of "The Bat Badge"
"It Happened in Rome"

- Features the First Appearance of Professor Carter Nichols.
"The Year 3000", features the first appearance of Brane and Ricky, the Batman and Robin of the year 3000.
RACKETY- RAX RACKET - All FOR ONE, ONE FOR ALL, Classic Joker Story, plus a Carter Nichols adventure.Features the origin of the Joker Playing Card in the Bat Cave Trophy Room
"Commissioner Gordon Walks a Beat"
"The First American Detective" - A Carter Nichols story, featuring the first appearance of Silas Wayne.
"The Experiment of Professor Zero" - 1st Appearance of the Black Casebook.
THE MAN WHO REPLACED BATMAN - 1st Appearance of Deadshot. BATMAN IN THE FUTURE - a Carter Nichols story.
THE BATMAN OF ENGLAND - 1st appearance of the original Knight and Squire.
"THE ORIGIN OF THE KILLER MOTH"
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My attempt to form a cohesive Chronology of the stories leading up to and referenced in Grant Morrison's run.

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