Reddit mentions of Batman by Doug Moench & Kelley Jones, Vol. 1

Most runs that have an overarching plot-line have been collected into trades.

Besides Snyder's work in DC and Batman, my favorite writer's run would be Alan Grant's run on the Shadow of the Bat title. It's 1-82 in the title, but unfortunately most issues were never collected. The floppies are fairly common on eBay, and the few local comic shops I frequent have had multiple copies of almost all of the issues. Also, they're available on Comixology, if you prefer digital reading.

Doug Moench's second run on Batman in the '90s was fairly solid, though there were some real dud issues. It ran from 481- 559. His run with artist Kelley Jones was recently collected in Batman by Doug Moench & Kelley Jones. These are some of the better issues from his run.

Loeb and Lee's run on the Batman title resulted in Hush, one of my favorite stories. Their run covered issues 608 - 619, and has been collected in multiple formats. This also segues nicely into Judd Winick's run from Batman 635-650, with a brief hiatus on issues 642-644. This was collected in the Under the Hood trade.

Paul Dini (The Animated Series writer) had a nice run on the Detective Comics title. It was a bit sporadic, but was 821-824, 826-828, 831, 833-834, 837-841, 843-850, and 852.

Both Moench & Jones and Under the Hood has plenty of Black Mask action. In the Moench trade, Batman is hunting down Black Mask after the events of Knightfall. In Under the Hood, Black Mask has become one of the top gang bosses in Gotham.

There have been plenty of other great runs, but these are fresh in my mind, as I just finished Moench's complete run a few days ago.

The Batman vs Dracula is an awesome animated film from a great universe/show that bucked a lot of traditional Batman norms. I love it. But the Vampire trilogy is so, so much more.

There are three books with individual stories written as a 3 part arc, all under the same creative team. Rhat team, by the way, was the legendary pairing of Doug Moench as writer and Kelly Jones as artist. They created the entire Knightfall event and half, in my opinion, the best run on the book post-1990 and before Hush and NML, since I can't remember exactly when those were published.

The books are titled Red Rain, Bloodstorm, And Crimson Mist, if that give a you any idea of what you're in for. If it's still too little to lure you in, I'll give you a sample of some of the insane shit that happens in this trilogy:

Insane violence. Joker taking over a vampire coven without turning into one. Buckets of viscera. Dozens of notable characters dying. Beheadings. INSANE hyper-exaggerated art by the end of the series that 100% fits and never felt out of place (to me). If it were a film trilogy, the first two would be a hard R, and Crimson Mist would be NC-17.

You said you were 13 in another comment, right? I was 13 when I read Batman - Red Rain and it was really influential on me. I cannot recommend this trilogy highly enough.

Note: If you like the art/story, Moench and Jones' run (sans one inexplicably missing issue) is available as a TPB. Volume 1 is OOP and about $100 used, volume 2 is available now.

EDIT: Here's some links for those interested.

Batman - Vampire (TBP)

Batman by Moench and Jones, vol. 1

Batman by Moench and Jones, vol. 2

These are really widely known, but for completion of the Moench/Jones run I'm gonna post them anyway.

Batman - Knightfall omnibus vol. 1

Batman - Knightfall omnibus vol. 2

Batman - Knightfall omnibus vol. 3

For completion's sake. Support local comic shops whenever possible.

Batman by Doug Moench & Kelley Jones, Vol. 1

I LOVE Doug Moench and Kelley Jones' run on Batman. Really makes me feel like kid reading it.

If you're interested.

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