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    Bruce Wayne, who witnessed the murder of his billionaire parents as a child, swore to avenge their deaths. He trained extensively to achieve mental and physical perfection, mastering martial arts, detective skills, and criminal psychology. Costumed as a bat to prey on the fears of criminals, and utilizing a high-tech arsenal, he became the legendary Batman.

    Best Bat Family Book?

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    Poll Best Bat Family Book? (41 votes)

    Batgirl 5%
    Batman 39%
    Batman and Robin 10%
    Batwoman 12%
    Detective Comics 15%
    Nightwing 12%
    Red Hood and the Outlaws 7%
    Teen Titans 0%
    Other 0%

    Apologies if I missed any.

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    #1  Edited By batmannflash

    In my opinion,

    1. Batman. The best stories, imo. Snyder is awesome, though people will disagree with me on that. Greg Capullo is one of my favorite Batman artists ever

    2. Batman and Robin. Fantastic character depth and relationships. Damian! It has been doing a great job with the recent team-up issues.

    3. Batwoman: Hydrology was amazing. The other two arcs weren't as good, but still amazing. Great art. Sad that the creative team is leaving

    4. Nightwing: Traps and Trapezes was awesome. It slows down in the middle but has picked it up as of late.

    5. Batgirl: Loved it in the beginning, and has sort of dropped. It later picks up again.

    6. Detective Comics: bad in the beginning. Has been pretty good lately

    7. Red Hood and the Outlaws: I read it when Scott Lobdell and Kenneth Rocafort (amazing) did it. Not fond of the new artist, which mainly why I don't like it anymore

    8. The Dark Knight: just ehh...

    9. Teen Titans: bad. I love Tim Drake but the designs are terrible and the storyline is just so-so

    The top 5 are worth reading, the rest: not so much.

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    Ehhh, I don't really think the Bat family books are anything spectacular lately to be honest. I guess I'd have to say the best is Nightwing though.

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    I should probably explain why I'm asking.

    I currently follow Batman and Detective Comics and am considering adding one or two more Bat family books so was wondering which ones were worth picking up.

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    For the past few months Detective Comics has been the best imo.

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    Definitely pick up Nightwing and Batman/Superman!

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    I've liked Batman/Superman the best too.

    @dark_guyver said:

    Definitely pick up Nightwing and Batman/Superman!

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    For the past few months Detective Comics has been the best imo.

    This and Nightwing has been better than the main title as well.

    Get Nightwing and Batman/Superman

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    Detective comics has been winning me over

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    Agreed, Detective is very good. I've actually really liked RHATO now that Tynion IV seems to be getting into a groove.

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    Nightwing an detective hav been great lately. Nightwing since he went to chicago & detective since wrath appeared

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    Easily Batman.

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    Batman and Detective comics.

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    @dm225:

    I would recommend Batwoman.

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    Ehhh, I don't really think the Bat family books are anything spectacular lately to be honest. I guess I'd have to say the best is Nightwing though.

    Agreed. About the only thing I read with any regularity is Batman Beyond.

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    Really digging the Red Hood books. They're just a little different.

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    Lol no votes for Teen Titans.

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    Batman and Robin has been consistently great throughout, but I'm currently enjoying Batman's Zero Year story arc the most.

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    @tohoma: right? It's just that it doesn't really... you know?

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    It was a hard choice between batman, batman & robin, and nightwing (the only batbooks i've read). I am planning on starting with batwoman and batgirl because of the good reviews i've heard from other viners

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    Batwoman is my favorite. But I don't really consider it a Bat-Family book. All of the other books are mediocre. They very regularly alternate from good to "Meh".

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    A bit unfair...should remove the main Bat title...would make a better vote.

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    Detective Comics. Snyder's Batman has been really decreasing in quality ever since it started, while it's been the very opposite with 'Tec.

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