I'm trying to slowly, but surely collect a timeline of the post crisis and Post flashpoint Batman stories in order and such.

Obviously the more popular trades such as Year One, Long Halloween, Killing Joke, Dark Victory and such are all cheap easy to find. Obviously Scott Snyder's run on Batman is also easy to obtain. I'm just buying the boxsets.

SADLY!

Some of these other trades are ridiculously expensive and I can't tell if its just amazon or is it cause they are out of print at the moment?

Batman: Shaman -

Batman and the Monster Men-

Batman and the Mad Monk

Batman Prey

Batman Four of a Kind (I think that's in there to?)

That's about it.

A lot of the ones by Matt Wagner are really hefty in price except Faces. Are these books known to be more expensive? The volume of Batman Prey they had on there actually looked like a new printing - it even had the new DC logo on it, but that could of been just for kindle edition. Any chance DC will do reprints at all of these trades? Sorry to ask or make the thread, but it has thrown a wrench in my collecting slightly.

Are they cheaper in comic stories if anyone remembers picking up any of these there? Any information would help! :D

Firstly, where are you from? I'm asking this because it depends in which country you live. Here, in The Netherlands it's hard to find older comics.

@kinghype: It is like all. If it hasn't been reprinted since a long time and it's a good product/read, then the price will rise.

I don't know where you live, but the places to look are:

• your nationnal amazon store (.com for us, .co.uk for great britain, ...)
• mycomicshop : https://www.mycomicshop.com/
• you nationnal ebay store
• big comicbook stores
• dc-comics website : http://www.dccomics.com/
• any big resselling websites.

You can also much easily buy the digital editions.

Then you can look at collected editions or editions from other printers such as Panini europe.

@jb681131@eto USA- Pennsylvania is where I live! :D

Ya man I feel your pain. Unfortunately, Shaman and Dark Moon Rising (Monster Men + Mad Monk) are extremely rare to come by. There publishing was terminated only a few years after the release date so there is only a limited amount available.

Like above your cheapest bet is amazon or eBay. You could hit up garage sales and possibly get them for fairly cheap if the owner doesn't know their value. Also, try a local goodwill or salvation army, they often have a good book supply there. I have came across a few graphic novels.

@kinghype Combination of having come out so long ago, being out of print, and there not ever having been multiple releases of some of the trades to begin with.

If you don't care about them being collected into one trade i've seen single issues of Shaman on eBay multiple times. Here's one example

http://www.ebay.com/itm/BATMAN-LEGENDS-DARK-KNIGHT-DC-COMICS-1989-SERIES-0-1-2-3-5-SHAMAN-VIEWPOINT-/112255276629?hash=item1a22ef9655:g:-5YAAOSwcUBYJmWp

Shaman pisses me off though, because DC actually had it set to release like early last year, iirc, and then pulled it without an explanation. There's a lot of old Batman stories they need to release more of though, while at the same time they have been releasing updated editions with a lot of older comics.

@eto@dealthy_hallows@nathaniel_christopher@jb681131 Thanks for the suggestions and info! I'm also seeking some others that are important to the Batman mythos even if they aren't canon to post-crisis stuff or no longer...more bronze age I think they are.

Batman: Strange Apparations is absurdly expensive....like one seventy dollars or so. I'm surprised that's not been reprinted- I thought it was fairly important story.

On the bright side Tales of the Demon is only thirty dollars or so...you all think that's worth it? Only about fifteen dollars more than your average trade?

@kinghype:

Tale of the Demon - 20$ on mycomicshop - https://www.mycomicshop.com/search?TID=307561

Tales of the Demon - 19$ on amazon - https://www.amazon.com/Batman-Tales-Demon-DC-Comics/dp/0446393649/ref=sr_1_3

or the Full Dennis O'Neil omnibus for 100$ on amazon - https://www.amazon.com/Batman-Adams-Omnibus-Denny-ONeil/dp/1401255515

@kinghype: $30?? Damn I bought that a few years ago and it was like 15 bucks. Shit keeps getting more expensive.

Personally I like Tales of the Demon a lot. Ra's is one of my favorite characters though. If you want to read the history about one of the greatest batman villains and how batman and Ra's relationship began, it's definitely worth the read.

If your on a budget, there are definitely other batman comics that are more important

@kinghype: BTW if you looking for a good story Gotham by Gaslight is one of my favorite non-cannon books. It's super short and cheap, and the story line is pretty cool

Yeah, good luck finding Strange Apparitions. Never come across a person that read it who didn't like it, but DC has yet to reprint it. Again though, a good portion of their Batman material remains out of print, including a bunch of other Ra's stories.

Pick up Tales of the Demon if you can though. Really good book.