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Reddit mentions of Batman and the Monster Men
Sentiment score: 4
Reddit mentions: 7
We found 7 Reddit mentions of Batman and the Monster Men. Here are the top ones.
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Specs:
| Height | 10.2 Inches |
| Length | 6.7 Inches |
| Number of items | 1 |
| Release date | August 2006 |
| Weight | 0.44974301448 Pounds |
| Width | 0.23 Inches |
There's no book that is really a sequel to Year One, but if you want to read more early years Batman, check these out:
They're all really good stories set in the time not too long after Year One.
There were a few tie-in series (Batman Adventures, Batman & Robin Adventures, Batman: Gotham Adventures, etc.) that were generally pretty good, if not great.
In addition, you'll want to pick up anything Batman from Bruce Timm and Darwyn Cooke's Batman: Ego and Other Tails.
EDIT: Even Matt Wagner's Mad Monk and Monster Men.
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As far as essential Bat stuff outside of what you've mentioned, I'd recommend the following:
"The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told" = This is a collection I bought way back in '89 - it is still one of the greatest collections of Bat stories I own. there is a ton of great stuff in here that is essential. It comes highly recommended.
"Strange Apparitions" = Another really great collection. Not sure why it is so insanely expensive, but if push comes to shove I'm sure you can find it digitally (wink wink).
I also think Matt Wagner's Batman stories are amazing: Batman and the Monster Men and Mad Monk are really great. They take place in the "year one" period so this is a stripped down Bats, focusing on brute fighting prowess and detective work.
"Ego" by Darwyn Cooke is also a very interesting tale told with a unique and compelling visual style.
These two runs are from the old series "Legends of the Dark Knight" two separate arcs written by two different people but both are fantastic. First is "Shaman" , which actually takes place concurrently with Miller's Year One and next I'd recommend the run collected as "Prey" a great Hugo Strange story. If you can find any floppies of this old series (they're probably in the fifty cent bin at your LCS) I'd recommend you buy them up - this series was really great for about the first 50 issues or so, lots of great runs by some really talented folks.
For a change of pace look into some of the Elseworlds books too. Gotham by Gaslight, Night Cries, Gotham Noir, The Batman of Arkham, I mean there are a ton of these, some stink but most are surprisingly good.
Hopefully that's a good start!
An idea of where they rank here
Try The Cult (a personal favorite), Shaman (a pre-Year One origin story), Dark Moon Rising (Batman's first encounters with the paranormal; Monster Men and Mad Monk together), and the Black and White TPBs (a collection of stand-alone one shot stories by the best of the best artists and writers in the industry). The Long Halloween is required reading.
Batman and the Monster Men and its sequel, Batmand and the Mad Monk. These are both really, really good and don't have a lot of the more 'tragic' elements of Batman. Plus there's a solid love interest in there as well that actually serves the plot
Amazon links. it's generally 2 separate books
http://www.amazon.com/Batman-Monster-Men-Matt-Wagner/dp/1401210910/
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1401212816/