How many Batman comics have there been?

Eternal Padawan · Post by **Eternal Padawan** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 6:22 pm

If you add up the complete run of Batman and Detective,
then toss in the runs on LOTDK, Gotham Knights, Shadow of the Bat, etc
plus all the Limited Series, Annuals, Bookshelfs, Graphic Novels, etc

and I don't know if you were inclined to add in books that were inspired like Robin, Nightwing, Azrael, Catwoman, Outsiders
and maybe even go so far as to add in all his appearances in JLA and crossover events...

...how many individual issues would that be? Gracious, how many pages of stroytelling have been devoted to this one character? Staggering.

You could do the same thing with Superman, and Spider-Man and see who really has the most issues out there...

anarky · Post by **anarky** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 6:23 pm

"A scary thought." That's the answer.

Figure in the Elseworlds, and it gets even scarier.

anarky · Post by **anarky** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 6:28 pm

Let's figure this out.

Off-hand, ongoing series:

Detective Comics
Batman
World's Best/World's Finest
JLA (I believe he's the only character to be in every lineup)
The Brave and the Bold
Batman and the Outsiders (now there's a real gem

)
Legends of the Dark Knight
Shadow of the Bat
Gotham Nights
All-Star Batman and Robin
Superman/Batman

I would also include the "family" books that tie in the most closely:
Robin
Nightwing
Azrael
Batgirl

But not Anarky or Birds of Prey.

Post by **vynsane** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 7:26 pm

just to put it into perspective, there are currently 1629 individual content records in the comic issues table of the wallcrawlersweb database. taking into account variant covers, think about 1580-1600 individual issues.

now take into account that batman has a lead of 20 years on spidey. that shit's cah-razy!

Eternal Padawan · Post by **Eternal Padawan** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 7:37 pm

Spider-Man has had

Amazing Spider-Man
PeterParker, Spectacular Spider-Man
Web of Spider-Man
(McFarlane's) Spider-Man (Which became Peter Parker, Spider-Man)
Sensational Spider-Man
Spectacular Spider-Man (2nd go)
Marvel Knight's Spider-Man (Which became Sensation Spider-Man, 2nd go)
Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man
Ultimate Spider-Man
Marvel Team-Up (which was predominantly, but not exclusively Spidey)

Is that all? I feel like I missed an ongoing in there around the time of the Spider Clone fiasco...

Post by **vynsane** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 8:21 pm

spider-man unlimited as well...

MTU is questionable as a "central" title (as i designated them on wcw...)

Eternal Padawan · Post by **Eternal Padawan** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 8:28 pm

I know he wasn't in every issue of MTU, but I thought he was in a majority of them, as he teamed up with every other hero ( and sometimes villains) of the Marvel U.

anarky · Post by **anarky** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 9:14 pm

I've already argued that point with vynnie, EP.

Also, do you count Marvel Tales, which was all Spidey reprints?

kidhuman · Post by **kidhuman** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 9:20 pm

Dont forget about the Spidey porn comic series.

mabudon · Post by **mabudon** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 9:28 am

what about "Spidey"- I have "Disco Madness with Mysterio" and a couple other issues IIRC

Post by **vynsane** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 10:20 am

pretty sure "Spidey" was not a US title... and i'm not sure how that fits in. i'd have to see if they were reprints or new stories... i think they're reprints, though...

mabudon · Post by **mabudon** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 10:56 am

not sure on that Vyn- Spidey and Mysterio do a LOT of rollerskating, doesn't seem like typical "serious" stuff- maybe I'll see if I can find any of it online

Eternal Padawan · Post by **Eternal Padawan** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 12:28 pm

Don't forget Spider-Man India.

And Regarding Batman, god bless Wikipedia. There's a starting point anyway.

And why not...Spider-Man also...

I could have double...nay TRIPLE posted and didn't.

anarky · Post by **anarky** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 1:11 pm

That left out The Trial of Venom, which was a one-shot you got for donating to UNICEF in the early 90s.

You know, back when Marvel gave a shit about the larger world.

Eternal Padawan · Post by **Eternal Padawan** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 1:22 pm

I don't know how this got in the rants/raves section. It was obviously meant for comics.