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Masterlist of Comic Knowledge Posts

(To be expanded upon as new posts are made, but for now, here’s a place you can find any big questions I’ve answered or comic info I’ve dug up)

DC Timeline Powerpoint

Batkid Nicknames Powerpoint

Batkid Hero Names/Undercover Aliases Powerpoint

A Crash Course in the CW Arrowverse

What Was Jason Like As Robin?

The Significance of Jason’s Bat Symbol

Damian’s First Canon Interactions With Each Batfam Member

The Brady Bunch

What Instruments Do the Batkids Play?

How Tim Lost His Spleen

When and Why Tim Changed His Color Scheme to Red and Black

Batkids + Major Injuries

The History of Damian’s Skin Tone in Comics

Is Dick White?

Crash Course on Bart Allens’ Death

The Batkids + Swearing

Duke Thomas’ Personality and How to Write It

My Cringey Old Tim Drake + Depression Masterpost

“I Don’t Hit My Kids” Yeah Okay Old Man

If You Were Wondering Whether Dick and Tim Like Pineapple On Pizza, the Answer is Yes

Remember the Time N52 Bart Was a Psychopath

Batkids + Their Last Words When They Died

Every Panel of the Batkids Referring to Each Other As Siblings That I Could Find

Damian and Selina’s Current Relationship

Tim is a Health Nut

The Aftermath of Bart’s Death

Every Panel of Bruce and Dick Being Referred to As Father and Son That I Could Find

Every Panel of Bruce and Jason Being Referred to As Father and Son That I Could Find

Every Panel of Bruce and Tim Being Referred to As Father and Son That I Could Find

Every Panel of Duke and Cass Being Referred to As Bruce’s Children That I Could Find

Bruce’s “Death” and Battle For the Cowl Explained

The Confusing History of Ra’s and Talia’s Eye Colors

Jason Suffers From Chronic Pain, Y’all

Damian Nicknames

Wally West’s Dating History

That Time Dick Was in the Mob

What the Public Knows About Jason’s Death

Why Does No One Remember That Dick Was Raped When He Was 16

The Dark Origin of Jerry the Turkey

The Batkids + Mourning Each Other’s Deaths

Jason is a Canon Book Nerd

No, Dick Did Not Try to Throw Tim in Arkham

Dead Robins Club Members

Bruce + Calling the Batkids His Children

Which Batkids Have Been Raped/Assaulted?

Talia al Ghul Before and After Grant Morrison Got Their Hands On Her

All the Times Tim Was Down With Murder

Tim Not Sleeping is a Canon Thing

FOR THE LAST TIME, JASON WAS INDEED THERE DURING BATMAN: HUSH!! IT WASN’T CLAYFACE THE ENTIRE TIME!!!

Batfam Deaths and Resurrections: A Timeline

All the Barbara Gordon (w/ Batfamily) Hugs I Could Find

All the Bruce Wayne (w/ Batfamily) Hugs I Could Find

All the Cassandra Cain (w/ Batfamily) Hugs I Could Find

All the Damian Wayne (w/ Batfamily) Hugs I Could Find

All the Dick Grayson (w/ Batfamily) Hugs I Could Find

All the Duke Thomas (w/ Batfamily) Hugs I Could Find

All the Jason Todd (w/ Batfamily) Hugs I Could Find

All the Stephanie Brown (w/ Batfamily) Hugs I Could Find

All the Tim Drake (w/ Batfamily) Hugs I Could Find

Dick and Damian’s Relationship

The Timeline of Jason’s Death and Resurrection

The Timeline of Jason’s Return to Gotham

Tim + His Parents: One Big All-Encompassing Post Covering Tim’s Relationships With Jack and Janet Drake

Tim and Jason’s Pre-52 Relationship + Jason’s Winning At “How Many Times Can We Try to Kill Tim” Bingo

Jason is Good With Kids

Dick and Cass: Canon Interactions

Is Tim Really Into Photography?

Tim Being Depressed/Suicidal

Dick Grayson and Tarantula: A Hella Toxic Relationship

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the moon asks a question by dirgewithoutmusic

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So You Want To Read Batman Comics But Have No Idea Where To Start

So: you’re new to the DC Comics fandom and are interested in Batman and his family. Maybe you already know a bit about them and are just looking to figure out where to start reading actual comics. Maybe you know nothing. Maybe you know a whole lot about one character but want to start reading more about another one.

Whichever it is, I’m here to help! There’s a wide range of Batman/Batfamily comics (for all ages, moods, and types of people), and I’m happy to meet people where they are and help people dive into comics. On that note, brace yourselves, because this is going to be a long post. Recs start under the cut.

——IMPORTANT NOTES ABOUT READING COMICS——

Superhero comics are traditionally written in what’s known as runs; an author gets to have an extended period on an ongoing (or limited) title where they (traditionally) write in 4-8 issue story arcs; think of these arcs as chapters in a potentially never-ending book. These individual issues are colloquially known as floppies. So when I talk about “Tom Taylor’s run” on the Nightwing title, for example, I’m talking about the (as of now) current writer, who’s been the main author on the Nightwing title since March 2021 and whose story arcs begin with Nightwing #78. Every so often, titles end, the principal author on the titles switch up, or they’ll have “guest/interim authors” come in to do single issues or a single story arc.

These story arcs are then collected in hardcovers or ‘trade paperbacks’ (generally referred to as trades, occasionally TPBs); both collect the entire story arc (plus bonus/behind the scenes material, in some cases) in a single paperback/hardback book. Trades are super useful if you want to read an entire story at one time, want to be economical about your comics spending, and/or want to read things in order. Occasionally, if a writer has a particularly long run on a title or a big company event happens, you get published omnibuses that collect an entire event or run (or part of it, if the event is big enough); omnis are very expensive up-front, but ultimately they tend to be good deals and are often curated well. These collections are all generally also released digitally. Frankly, unless you’re into comics collecting, want individual issues for their pretty covers, or are supporting a currently ongoing run, I would default to buying trades/omnibuses where possible. It’s simply cheaper and easier for reading.

List Notes: Each character list is sorted vaguely chronologically according to a combination of IRL publication dates and the character’s personal timeline. Big caveat that these are not all-inclusive reading lists; I’m just trying to hit major character highlights. You should also note that many comics contain multiple Batfam members due to the ridiculous number of crossover events and the solid integration of the Batfamily as a whole into each others’ books in the post-90s era. Comic rec tl;drs are given at the end of each character’s list. Most of the links will take you to Amazon/Comixology, but I also talk about various ways to access and read comics at the bottom of this post.

Secondary Note: DC Comics works in three universes: the pre-Crisis universe (everything published from the beginning of DC Comics until the Crisis on Infinite Earths event in 1986), the post-Crisis universe (everything published between 1986 and 2011), and the post-Flashpoint universe (2011-now). 

In 2011, DC completely rebooted their universe following the ‘Flashpoint’ event. This new universe (interchangably called the New 52 universe, post-Flashpoint universe, or Prime Earth) drastically changed many characters’ histories, personalities, and relationships with each other (sometimes for the better, most of the time for the worse). The early years of the post-Flashpoint universe are an absolute incoherent mess continuity-wise; DC’s been trying to sort it all out over the past few years with the Rebirth and Infinite Frontier events (with varying degrees of success), and there are definitely some bright bits and pieces, but it is not my favored universe (though I will certainly recommend it where needed or when it’s good). 

Now: let’s get started, shall we? Lists below the cut (please view on blog instead of on dashboard for easy readability and formatting purposes):

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Alright then. In this masterpost, I tried to offer the most complete selection of Jason appearances possible, which, btw, means a lot of things where his importance isn’t exactly… major. I left out one panel appearances tho, because those are really for when you’re waaaay past the point of no return. But, if anyone’s interested.. I have several of them. I’m also not passing any judgement. No matter how bad the story, I tried to include it.

Any broken links, any continuation doubts, just want to talk about the comics, send me a message! 

ROBIN

Pre-Crisis

*The issues of Batman and Detective Comics from Pre-Crisis Jason stories should be read as Batman/DC/Batman… up until Batman #400

Batman

#357/ #358/ #359/ #360/ #361/ #362/ #363/ #364/ #365/ #366/ #367/ #368/ #369/ #370/ #371/ #372/ #373/ #374/ #375/ #376/ #377/ #378/ #379/ #380/ #381/ #382/ #383/ #384/ #385/ #386/ #387/ #388/ #389/ #390/ #391/ #392/ #393/ #394/ #395/ #396/ #397/ #398/ #399/ #400/ #401/ #402/ #403

Detective Comics

#524/ #525/ #526/ #527/ #528/ #529/ #530/ #531/ #532/ #533/ #534/ #535/ #536/ #537/ #538/ #539/ #540/ #541/ #542/ #543/ #544/ #545/ #546/ #547/ #548/ #549/ #550/ #551/ #552/ #553/ #554/ #555/ #556/ #557/ #558/ #559/ #560/ #561/ #562/ #563/ #564/ #565/ #566/ #567

Post-Crisis

Batman

#408/ #409/ #410/ #411/ #412/ #413/ #414/ #415/ #416/ #417/ #418/ #419/ #420/ #421/ #422/ #423/ #424/ #425   

Detective Comics

*#575-#578 are a flashback and don’t have Jason in them

#568/ #569/ #570/ #571/ #572/ #573/ #574/ #575/ #576/ #577/ #578/ #579/ #580/ #581/ #582

Legends

*Batman #401 and DC #568 are technically parts 1 and 2 of this series. Pre and Post-Crisis continuation is messy in the Batman titles, but Legends is set in Post-Crisis. Batman #402 and #403 are Pre, however, as far as I know. I’m honestly not sure 

#1/ #2/ #3/ #4/ #5/ #6

Blue Devil 

#19

Action Comics

#556/ #594

Batman Annuals

#10/ #11/ #12/ #13 

Superman Annual

#11

New Teen Titans

#18/ #19/ #20/ #21/ #24/ #26/ #27/ #28/ #29/ #30/ #31

Nightwing Year One

#101/ #102/ #103/ #104/ #105/ #106

The Cult

#1/ #2/ #3/ #4

DC Retroactive: Batman - The 80s

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A Death in the Family

*Separate issues + digital TPB

#1/ #2/ #3/ #4/ TPB

Batman

*These issues don’t have Jason in them, but they deal with the aftermath of his death, including instances of Sad Bruce, so I added them

#430/ #431/ #432/ #433/ #434/ #435

Deadman - Dead Again

#1/ #2/ #3/ #4/ #5

Gotham County Line

#1/ #2/ #3

Batman and Demon

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Nightwing: Secret Files and Origin

*On first part only

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All New Batman: The Brave and the Bold

#13

Gotham Knights

*#34 is on the Black and White story “The Delusions of Alfred Pennyworth” at the end of the issue

#34/ #42/ #43/ #44/ #45

RED HOOD

Hush

#608/ #609/ #610/ #611/ #612/ #613/ #614/ #615/ #616/ #617/ #618/ #619

Under the Hood

*#642-#644 aren’t missing. They just didn’t have any Jason on them

#635/ #636/ #637/ #638/ #639/ #640/ #641/ #645/ #646/ #647/ #648/ #649/ #650

Green Arrow

#69/ #70/ #71/ #72

Batman Annual

#25

Red Hood: The Lost Days

#1/ #2/ #3/ #4/ #5/ #6

World War III - Part 1: A Call to Arms

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Brothers in Blood

#118/ #119/ #120/ #121/ #122

Countdown to Final Crisis

#1/ #2/ #3/ #4/ #5/ #6/ #7/ #8/ #9/ #10/ #11/ #12/ #13/ #14/ #15/ #16/ #17/ #18/ #19/ #20/ #21/ #22/ #23/ #24/ #25/ #26/ #27/ #28/ #29/ #30/ #31/ #32/ #33/ #34/ #35/ #36/ #37/ #38/ #39/ #40/ #41/ #42/ #43/ #44/ #45/ #46/ #47/ #48/ #49/ #50/ #51

Teen Titans

#29/ #47

Outsiders

#44/ #45/ #46

Robin

#177/ #182/ #183

Battle for the Cowl

#1/ #2/ #3

Batman and Robin

#3/ #4/ #5/ #6/ #23/ #24/ #25

Li'l Gotham

#2/ #10/ #12/ #17/ #20/ #21/ #24

Tiny Titans

#23/ #29/ #33/ #39/ #45/ #47

OTHER

The World of Flashpoint

#1/ #2/ #3

NEW 52

*Till the moment of posting this

**I don’t pay all that much attention to New 52. so if you spot anything missing, let me know

Red Hood and the Outlaws

*#0 should in between #12 and #13

**Annual in between #20 and #21

#0/ #1/ #2/ #3/ #4/ #5/ #6/ #7/ #8/ #9/ #10/ #11/ #12/ #13/ #14/ #15/ #16/ #17/ #18/ #19/ #20/ #21/ #22/ #23/ #24/ #25/ #26/ #27/ #28/ #29/ #30/ #31/ #32/ #33/ #34/ #35/ Annual #1/ DC Presents #17/ Future’s End #1

Death of the Family

Bat #13/ Bat #14/ Bat #15/ RHatO #15/ TT #15/ Bat #16/ RHatO #16/ TT #16/ Bat #17

Batman and Robin

#10/ #11/ #12/ #17/ #20/ #33/ #34/ #35

Batman Eternal

*Specifically in #10-#12,#15,#18-#20,#25,#26,#28

#1/ #2/ #3/ #4/ #5/ #6/ #7/ #8/ #9/ #10/ #11/ #12/ #13/ #14/ #15/ #16/ #17/ #18/ #19/ #20/ #21/ #22/ #23/ #24/ #25/ #26/ #27/ #28/ #29/ #30

Justice League

#19

Secret Origins

#5

Batman/Superman Annual

#1

Supergirl

#35

OUTSIDE OF COMICS

Teen Titans

*You can argue Jason isn’t really Red X but. Why would you?

Season 3, Episode 2, “X”

Link 1/ Link 2

Season 5, Episode 9, “Revved Up”

Link 1

Under the Red Hood

Link 1

Nightwing Web Series

Episode 1/ Episode 2/ Episode 3/ Episode 4/ Episode 5

Arkham Knight

*Not out yet as far as I know, and not my area of expertise, so here’s a link for you to learn more about it

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I did the funny

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I did the funny

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Wait kryptonian fangies…. Does that mean Clark also has fangies? And follow up because if so I feel he’d be more shy about them most of the time, does he do a kinda half smile to not flash them around to everyone?

Clark definitely has fangies. He's been very insecure about them for a long time so, yes, he tends to half smile to hide them. But with time, especially around the Justice League, he began to feel more confident and the other heroes can definitely see his kryptonian fangs when he laughs now.

Bruce definitely wishes he could have fangs too. Who can blame him? It fits his aesthetic.

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#world’s gayest detective

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its new years which means im gonna watch all of my online friends say "happy new year" at drastically different times because of timezones

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"hey babe I'm sending you something horrible" is a love language

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genshin impact au where everything’s the same except all the claymore users know ballet

#genshin impact #genshin #it could be a modern au too #i had this idea for a long time and finally started talking abt it yesterday #beidou #xinyan #chongyun #eula #diluc #noelle #razor #ballet

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me slowly realizing that i kinda talk like inarizaki: 👁👄👁

INARIZAKI’S DIALECT ~EXPLAINED~ *

*as the way it’s been translated into english by viz lol

I’ve seen a lot of people struggle with understanding/writing the inarizaki boys’ accents, especially for people who’s first language isn’t english, so I tried my best to explain, as someone who talks close to this irl, some of the more difficult nuances of it!

(this was originally posted to my twt, but figured that tumblr might be easier for people to bookmark it/read it. i also added a few more examples and things i missed the first time around!)

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HAIKYUU!! WEEK 2020 | Day Three: Favourite Team

“Yep, as orderly as a squawking flock of crows.”

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sugawara koushi, tsukishima kei, and akaashi keiji are really living in my mind rent free huh

#haikyuu!! #haikyuu #sugawara koushi #tsukishima kei #akaashi keiji #i recently joined the hq fandom so lets hope i survive #i already simp for most of the characters anyway #but these 3? always on my mind

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OKAY I KNOW THIS IS REALLY WEIRD BUT STAY WITH ME

So Haikyuu ended ya know, but I’ve been fearing that it’d become a dead fandom after a while, so can Haikyuu fans reblog this for my reassurance and probably for others too??? Thank you sm

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Guess who just started watching Criminal Minds because she needed another show to binge and emotionally attach toooooo?

mE E E

#criminal minds #ohhhhh boyyy #im 8 episodes in and i already love reid #thing is #he sounds like one of my teachers lol #but #i feel like this show will make me sad #thats like one of the requirements now #nUmBeR 1: mUsT hAvE fEeLs