

Follows Azrael, the alter ego of Jean-Paul Valley. Azrael debut in the Batman: Sword of Azrael miniseries and had a role in Knightfall, after which Azrael was given his own series. Starting with issue #47, the title was changed to Azrael: Agent of the Bat.


Azrael Volume 1



Cassandra Cain's first solo title and the first ongoing book featuring a Batgirl character (formerly, Batgirl's adventures had been a backup feature in Detective Comics or special one-shot stories).


Batgirl Volume 1



Batgirl: Year One is a 2003 miniseries by Chuck Dixon and Scott Beatty. It is an expanded origin for Barbara Gordon as Batgirl, building on her first appearance from Detective Comics #359.


Batgirl: Year One



This series has a larger page count than typical comics, with most issues containing three separate stories. Batman usually features in at least one of them, and others feature Batman's friends and foes.


Batman Chronicles Volume 1



Batman Confidential, like Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight (Volume 1), features stories by rotating creative teams and were also set in the early years of Batman's career. Rather than feature early crime-fighting Batman tales, Batman Confidential featured stories that illustrate key moments in the character's past such as first meetings, critical decisions, alliances, confrontations and events that would shape him as the character he is today. The stories told may or may not be actual canon, as aspects (such as The Joker's origin story) differ greatly from previous versions. All issues are self-contained story arcs, told by rotating creative teams; the idea being to give top creators the chance to tell complete stories without the hassles of mainstream continuity.


Batman Confidential



A comic book anthology series featuring Batman. Its deliberately geared toward new and 'casual' fans, the series consists almost entirely of self-contained stories - which may run anywhere from one to five issues - from a wide variety of creative teams. No two consecutive stories feature the same writer or artist(s).

Continuity-wise, most of the stories are set in some nebulous period during Batman's early career (indeed, several of the early stories are direct followups to Batman: Year One), with no other costumed heroes active in Gotham City and James Gordon still holding the rank of captain. Few characters or events from the larger DC Universe are ever acknowledged.

Overall, the series is ostensibly part of Batman's Post-Crisis history, but with very little concrete impact on subsequent stories or events (exceptions such as Venom usually being contributed by writers with authority on more continuity-heavy titles).

On four occasions the series participated in crossover storylines with other Batman titles:

- Issue #27 participated in Destroyer.
- Issues #59 through #63 participated in Knightquest and KnightsEnd.
- Issues #116 through #126 participated in No Man's Land.
- Issues #182 through #184 participated in War Games.

The series was discontinued in early 2007 with issue #214, and subsequently replaced by Batman Confidential (Volume 1). In 2012, however, the title and general premise were revived in the digital-first series Legends of the Dark Knight (Volume 1).


Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight Volume 1



This series is notable for its psychological examination of various characters in the Batman comics. Each issue opened with a "Shadow of the Bat falls on..." and the focus character. It was replaced by Batman: Gotham Knights (Volume 1) after Batman: No Man's Land.


Batman: Shadow of the Bat



"Batman" was the first comic book series featuring Batman as the protagonist. After a successful year of publishing Batman stories in Detective Comics (Volume 1); DC started publishing "Batman" in the Spring of 1940. As with most books of the era, it consisted of various stories featuring Batman and his recently introduced sidekick, Robin.


Batman Volume 1



Batman and the Mad Monk is a six-issue limited series. It is the second part of the Dark Moon Rising series. The series re-imagines the classic Gardner Fox and Bob Kane tale that was originally published in [Detective Comics #31](https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Detective_Comics_Vol_1_31)-[32](https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Detective_Comics_Vol_1_32).


Batman and the Mad Monk



Batman and the Monster Men is a six-issue miniseries. It is the first part of the Dark Moon Rising series. It focuses on Batman's first encounter with Hugo Strange.


Batman and the Monster Men



The Huntress is being being framed for murder.


Batman/Huntress: Cry for Blood

Batman: Dark Victory Vol 1



Batman: Gotham Knights Vol 1 was a title focusing on Batman's allies, spinning out of Batman: No Man's Land. It replaced Batman: Shadow of the Bat (Volume 1) and was canceled in the wake of Infinite Crisis.


Batman: Gotham Knights Volume 1

Batman: No Man's Land Vol 1

Batman: Sword of Azrael



Batman: The Cult is a four-issue comic book mini-series.


Batman: The Cult



- Follows Batman: Year One
- The story revolves around the gradual transition of Batman's rogues' gallery from simple mob goons to full-fledged supervillains.


Batman: The Long Halloween



A 5-issue miniseries detailing the progression of Batman's relationship with James Gordon throughout the years.


Batman: Turning Points

Batman: Vengeance of Bane



Birds of Prey was the first ongoing series to feature the eponymous female superhero team created by Oracle and Black Canary.


Birds of Prey



Catwoman was deemed popular enough to get her own book after the success of a Catwoman mini-series titled Her Sister's Keeper. This series has crossover issues in Contagion and Legacy.


Catwoman Volume 2



DC Special Series was a catch-all series primarily for one-shots of different size formats, such as "Dollar Comics," giant-size "Spectaculars," digests and tabloid "Treasury Editions." It was published on an irregular schedule from 1977 to 1981.


DC Special Series



Detective Comics is an anthology comic featuring detective characters (both superhero and civilian). The longest-lasting character in Detective Comics was Batman: from the time of his debut (#27, May 1939), the Caped Crusader was almost always the star of the cover and lead story.


Detective Comics Volume 1



JLA (Volume 1) picks up where [Justice League: A Midsummer's Nightmare left off](https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Justice_League:_A_Midsummer%27s_Nightmare_Vol_1). It was one of several titles cancelled after the events of [Infinite Crisis](https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Infinite_Crisis). JLA followed the adventures of the Justice League of America and introduced a number of locations and characters including the Ultramarine Corps and the Justice League Watchtower.

Many new characters joined the Justice League during this era, including Zauriel, Orion and Big Barda of the New Gods, Steel, Oracle, and Plastic Man. JLA also revived the tradition, going back to the Silver Age, of the League teaming up with the Justice Society every year, which gave rise to the [new JSA series](https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/JSA_Vol_1).


JLA Volume 1



- Ran concurrently with Tales of the Teen Titans, which picked up the numbering from The New Teen Titans (Volume 1). Although the two titles were published simultaneously, The New Teen Titans took place some six months after the events chronicled in Volume 1.
- Midway through the series run, the editors realized that almost none of the feature characters were teenagers any longer. In order to correct the series' misnomer, the title was changed to the The New Titans with issue #50.
- The New Titans continued publication until February of 1996 ending with issue #130. Later that year, the Titans were relaunched with an all-new team in The Teen Titans (Volume 2).


New Teen Titans (Volume 2)



This was first ongoing series to star Dick Grayson, formerly known as Robin. Nightwing (Volume 2) #1000000 was published between Nightwing (Volume 2) #25 and Nightwing (Volume 2) #26.


Nightwing Volume 2



A one-shot is a work published as a single stand-alone story, rather than as part of an ongoing series.


One Shots



Robin was the first ongoing comic book series to spotlight the Boy Wonder. The series focused on Tim Drake, the third character to canonically assume the identity of Robin.


Robin Volume 2



It deals with the origin of Dick Grayson as Robin.


Robin: Year One Vol 1



Limited series. Includes some comics from the Knightfall arc.


Showcase '93



On teenage heroes, specifically: Robin, Superboy and Impulse. As the series continued, more members joined the team including, Wonder Girl, Secret, Arrowette and several others. Following the cancellation of the series, the primary members relocated to San Francisco, and joined a revival incarnation of the Teen Titans.
