even as a Diehard Dark Knight fan I don't read all six titles, dump Superman-Batman and Confidential and it will be alright.
 
Let's not get started on the Batfamily titles

One of the main reasons I stopped reading Batman long ago. When a story is spread out across six to eight or nine Bat-family titles, I call fowl.

"One of the main reasons I stopped reading Batman long ago. When a story is spread out across six to eight or nine Bat-family titles, I call fowl. "

I personally buy all six, and like that I get to read something Batman every week.

What's wrong with him having 6?  In my opinion he is the greatest character in comics.

You can't have to many Batman.

I could care less about Batman, all I ever read are The Flash, Green Lantern, and Wonder Woman (but mostly Flash).

Um, this topic should be labeled. 
 
TOO MANY ONGOING AVENGERS TITLES? 
or 
TOO MANY ONGOING X-MEN TITLES? 
 
Batman is awesome (despite if he wet his pants or not), DC has many titles to where Batman isn't a gloryhound anti-social asshole like many of the Avengers ive been seeing lately. Hell, I haven't even hardly noticed and I could careless. 
  
Batman has one huge reputation of complete awesomeness, he's like the Clint Eastwood of comics and its a fact that you can't get enough of Batman.

Six IS too much, I love Batman but this doesn't mean he should have this many titles.  There aren't THAT many people who can write Batman descently. 

Remember a time when there was only Batman and Detective!!!

If memory serves he is the god damn Batman.

I could be wrong since I don't read Streets of Gotham, Batman Confidential, or Detective Comics but from what I've seen you don't need to read all of the books since they never crossover anymore...Batman and Robin is self contained and so is Batman and Superman/Batman is all out of continuity stories....so who cares if there's six books....read the ones you like and don't read the ones that you don't like....simple

While he does have a lot, none of them are really about the same thing. Batgirl...IT'S BATGIRL not Batman. B&R? Not Bruce. Etc

I think Dark Claw should have 20 titles.

Dump Superman, I don't like the man of steel.

batman is the greatest.  tpb only, dont care how many titltes he has. if there good, i'll buy

I like how there's quite a few people that you can tell didn't actually read past the title of the article, since the whole article is defending why he should have 6 titles.

He's the godamn Batman.

Maybe wolverine and him should star in a reality comic book called "We can super-manage", showing all of the other lazy super heroes what is really like to have a job in several superhero comic books and comic book teams. 

Like a talk show/comic.

I say they break it down GL style: two main titles, Batman and Detective Comics. I say two instead of one just because the characters and rogues of gotham city have more stories to tell than what one monthly can deliver. The regular Batman series should focus on Batman (be he Bruce Wayne or Dick Grayson) and Robin, much the same way Green Lantern mainly focuses on Hal Jordan and sometimes John Stewart, and helmed by Grant Morrison with the intent of telling his jumbo arc he's been plotting. the series under Daniel has had its moments but it doesn't really feel like he needs a whole other series to show batman kicking ass that could be shown in the flagship title. Detective Comics should work on the same level as Green Lantern Corps in that it focuses on the other major players in Gotham (revamped villains, whatever the hell hush is doing, stuff like that) the stuff that you don't absolutely need to understand what's going on when Batman's fighting whatever pig faced, technicolor villain Morrison throws at him, but would show you that the penguin has been making power moves in Black Masks absence or that last time the Joker ran off he started building a gang. Stories that play into each other but aren't required to read either title. Cuz six a month is breaking my bank.

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Um, this topic should be labeled. 
 
TOO MANY ONGOING AVENGERS TITLES? 
or 
TOO MANY ONGOING X-MEN TITLES? 
 
Batman is awesome (despite if he wet his pants or not), DC has many titles to where Batman isn't a gloryhound anti-social asshole like many of the Avengers ive been seeing lately. Hell, I haven't even hardly noticed and I could careless. 
  
Batman has one huge reputation of complete awesomeness, he's like the Clint Eastwood of comics and its a fact that you can't get enough of Batman.

"

I don't really see that much of a need for Batman: Streets of Gotham or Batman: Confidential. Batman: Confidential to me just sounds like a string of mini-series being released, sort of like the main Wolverine title was a few years back. And I don't understand why you can't just merge Streets of Gotham with Detective, they have very similar premises.

I really like batman, but i only keep up with Batman, Batman and Robin and streets of gotham so i really dont mind cause i dont read all of the ongoing books

Wolverine is a big offender of this too, and yes, it is tiresome and gets way too messy with continuity and what not... this happens before this, but after this and during this, but in a different universe which corresponds to that lol yeeaahhhhh...just no lol

He is the new Deadpool!

Great article as you may an argument for each title. Currently, I'm only picking up the main Batman title. I only read Detective Comics when Batwoman was the lead character. And I plan on picking up Batman and Robin. I would pick up the other Batman books, but money is always an issue. With this article though, I may look into them though. Thanks InferiorEgo for making me spend even more money!

It can be difficult to keep track of at times

I read *nearly* every bat, and bat related book every month, and I do so happily. 

Three is a crowd, but six? It's just too much. I still can't find my way through the load of comics that came out.

Currently it's:

- Batman

- Detective comics

- All star

- batman & shadow minis

That's already four and I'm pretty sure I am overlooking something. Is it too much? debatable. Do they all deliver? Unfortunately not (barring batman shadow since I havent read it).

All Star is ending in September and Batman/Shadow is a mini that ends in September.

I guess Murphy's White Knight mini kind off replaces All Star but that too will end in May.

Its not the number of ongoings thats the problem for me but the use of Batman to tell general DC stories. Take DK 3 as an example,Max Landis has got Superman: Agent of Batman in the works. Now DC just announced a Deadman series that will also have Batman in it, we've got JLA that has Batman ( why again?), even Murphy's mini blackmailed its way in to existence. They only wanted him to do an arc with Snyder but he said that he'd only do it if they gave him a book of hiw own and then he goes to Twitter and admits that he doesn't know much about Batman, doesn't like Joker and is using the book to create a readership for his creator owned book. Similarly Bruce has no reason to be in Tec but Tynion insists on keeping him so that he can job some more and finally they're using the upcoming Batman event to launch a whole line of books. I hate this crap, enough with this shit. There's a limit to which you can milk a character.

@entropy_aegis: THIS THIS THIS SO MUCH THIS ^

Agreed 100%

@entropy_aegis said:

LOL, what a hack.

I didn't really mind JLA at first because we got some nice interactions between Batman and not-so-A-List characters in it but in terms of plot, goddamn that book blows.

From what I'm gathering, people here are angry about too many Batman books, only because they're worried that it's more chances for Batman to job.

No I dislike all these books because they're poor. DK 3 was poor,JLA is poor,Deadman will suck donkey balls(written by Adams),White Knight is a huge gamble,Trinity has gone under after the first arc.

The only book where your assesment holds is Tynion's Tec and yes if Batman leaves then that book will tank and since Batman is not treated with respect then he has no reason to be in it and be expected to carry it.

Why do I have the feeling we'll get a trinity vs dark trinity storyline?

Well okay I admit, I've seen some October solicits and there's ceratainly a Bat overload when it comes to mini series.

DC will be launching

Batman :White Knight (8 issues)

Shadow/Batman as successor to Batman/Shadow currently being published.(6)

Harley and Ivy crossover with Archie characters(6)

Ragman will be set in Gotham as per tradition(6)

Deadman will involve Batman (6)

This in addition to Bane: Conquest and Nightwing : New World Order.

There's also the announcement for the Duke book and Silencer book which will feature Talia/Leviathan

Yikes, the good thing is that by May next year these will all be over and books like BOP and Batgirl will be hitting the cancellation numbers. Probably wont be looking too good for Outlaws and Beyond either.

For now they've cancelled All Star Batman and Gotham Academy.

What?!?!?!

No one likes Duke, but they're giving him his own book? WTF DC. Shazam hasn't had a book in years, no JLD rebirth book, and still no mention of a JSA rebirth book, but F**KING Duke Thomas gets a book? No one cares about Scott Snyder's black Tim Drake knockoff. So how long will DC stubbornly continue to publish it while it is selling <15k?

On topic. There isn't as many Batman books now as there were when n52 launched, but every Batman book (barring Beyond which is just okay) right now is downright mediocre. Maybe rather than throwing more bat books out, DC should hire competent writers for 'tec and Batwoman instead of giving Scott Snyder's rookie buddies the gig. And while they are at it, get Tom King off of Batman, he had proven that he can't write the character.

@rdclip: I agree.the more I read any thing with duke pushed in it. the more I hate him.

yes, hate not just(not liking him). at first I didn't care,but......really does any one like him?!he just ruins everything

@rdclip: it's just bull%#t. Duke gets a title and we still haven't had JSA. Smh.

I mean come on, that title is doomed to fail. No way it's gonna sell above the cancellation zone.

I'll take a creator-driven "gamble" over editorial-controlled 90s pandering any day.

Like David Finch's Dark Knight? or Tony Daniel's Batman work? or Neal Adams Odyssey? and I dont even like Tyion either.

All hero should have one comic to their name. Just have Batman or ironman, if someone has great little side series make it that it is limited to a small amount of characters and does not occur in the monthly comics. The event would take place in a side series that does not impact the monthly issues. The monthly would be cannon, special issues would be else worlds and crisis moments for the universe without forcing people to buy fifteen other comics.

@entropy_aegis: Or Grant Morrison's run? Darwyn Cooke's Ego? And the majority of the most well-known Batman stories?

@dragonrampage: agreed