Trade Reading Order

Batman: The Dark Knight Archives Vol. 1

Detective Comics 27-37; Batman 1

May 1939 – April 1940

The Batman Chronicles Vol. 2

Batman 1-4; Dectective Comics 33

Spring – Winter 1940

Batman: The World’s Finest Comics Archives Vol. 2

Detective Comics 39-45; Batman 2-3

May 1940 – November 1940

World’s Finest Comics 17-32

Spring 1945 – February 1948

Batman Archives Vol. 1

The Batman Chronicles Vol. 3

Detective Comics 27-50

May 1939 – April 1941

The Batman Chronicles Vol. 4

Detective Comics 46-50, Batman 4-5 and World’s Best Comics 1

December 1940 – April 1941

Batman: The Dark Knight Archives Vol. 2

Detective Comics 51-56, World’s Finest Comics 2-3 and Batman 6-7

May – November 1941

The Batman Chronicles Vol. 5

Batman 5-8

Spring 1941 – January 1942

The Batman Chronicles Vol. 6

Detective Comics 57-61, World’s Finest Comics 4 and Batman 8-9

November 1941 – March 1942

Batman: The Dark Knight Archives Vol. 3

Detective Comics 62-65, World’s Finest Comics 5-6 and Batman 10-11

April – July 1942

Batman 9-12

February – September 1942

Batman Archives Vol. 2

The Batman Chronicles Vol. 7

Detective Comics 51-70

May 1941 – December 1942

The Batman Chronicles Vol. 8

Detective Comics 66-70, World’s Finest Comics 7 and Batman 12-13

August – December 1942

Batman: The Dark Knight Archives Vol. 4

Detective Comics 71-74, World’s Finest Comics 8-9 and Batman 14-15

December 1942 – April 1943

The Batman Chronicles Vol. 9

Batman 13-16

October 1942 – May 1943

The Batman Chronicles Vol. 10

Detective Comics 75-77, World’s Finest Comics 10 and Batman 16-17

April – July 1943

Batman: The Dark Knight Archives Vol. 5

Info

Detective Comics 78-81, World’s Finest Comics 11 and Batman 18-19

August – November 1943

Batman 17-20

June 1943 – January 1944

Batman Archives Vol. 3

Batman: The Dailies 1943-1944

Detective Comics 71-86

January 1943 – April 1944

Batman: The Dark Knight Archives Vol. 6

Info

1943 – 1944

Batman: The World’s Finest Comics Archives Vol. 1

Batman 21-25

February – November 1944

New York World’s Fair 1940; World’s Best Comics 1; World’s Finest Comics 2-16

Annual 1940 – Winter 1944

Batman Archives Vol. 4

Batman: The Dailies 1944-1945

Detective Comics 87-102

May 1944 – August 1945

Batman: The Dark Knight Archives Vol. 7

Info

1944 – 1945

Batman: The Dailies 1945-1946

Info

Batman 26-31

December 1944 – November 1945

Batman: The Dailies 1943-1946

Info

1945 – 1946

Batman: The Sunday Classics 1943-1946

Info

1943 – 1946

Info

1943 – 1946

Batman Archives Vol. 5

Detective Comics 103-119

September 1945 – January 1947

Batman Archives Vol. 6

Detective Comics 120-135

February 1947 – May 1948

Batman in The Forties

Batman 7, 15, 20, 31, 37, 47, 48, 49; Detective Comics 27, 38, 49, 80; Real Fact Comics 5; Star Spangled Comics 70; World’s Finest Comics 30

May 1939 – November 1948

Batman Archives Vol. 7

Detective Comics 136-154

June 1948 – December 1949

Batman: Year One

Catwoman: Her Sister’s Keeper

Batman 404-407

February – May 1987

Catwoman 1-4

February – May 1989

Batman: Shaman

Legends of The Dark Knight 1-5

November 1989 – March 1990

Superman: The Odyssey

Prestige

July 1999

Batman: Prey

Batman and The Monster Men

Legends of The Dark Knight 11-15

September 1990 – February 1991

Batman and The Monster Men 1-6

January 2006 – June 2006

Batman and The Mad Monk

Batman: Lovers and Madmen

Batman and The Mad Monk 1-6

October 2006 – February 2007

Batman: The Man Who Laughs

Batman Confidential 7-12

August 2007 – February 2008

Original Graphic Novel; Detective Comics 784-786 (Made of Wood)

2005 (September to November 2003)

Batman: Dark Legends

Legends of the Dark Knight 39-40, 50, 52-54

November 1992 – November 1993

Batman: Tenses 1-2

Prestige 1-2

2003

Batman: Four of a Kind

Batman: The Collected Legends of the Dark Knight

Batman: Shadow of the Bat Annual 3; Detective Comics Annual 8; Batman Annual 19; Legends of the Dark Knight Annual 5

1995

Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight 33-34, 38, 42-43

June – July 1992, October 1992, February – March 1993

Batman: Monsters

Superman: The Man of Steel – Volume 1

Legends of the Dark Knight 71-73, 83-84, 89-90

May 1995 – January 1997

The Man Of Steel 1-6

October – December 1986

Batman: Going Sane

Legends of the Dark Knight 65-68, 200

November 1994 – February 1995, April 2006

Batman: Venom

Legends of The Dark Knight 16-20

March – July 1991

Batman: Snow