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The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told

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The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told was a series of books published by DC published in the late eighties and nineties.  It spans Batman’s publishing history up to that time.

Volume 1 of The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told was first published in hardcover in 1988 and later in softcover in 1997. Volume 2 was published in 1992 (only in softcover).

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Volume 1

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Hardcover

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The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told Vol. 1 HC [Front]

The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told Vol. 1 HC [Back]

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Softcover

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The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told Vol. 1 SC [Front]

The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told Vol. 1 SC [Back]

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The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told [Vol. 1] collects:

• Batman #1, #25, #47, #61, #156, #234, #250, #312;
  
• Detective Comics #31-32, #211, #235, #345, #404, #429, #437, #442, #457, #474, #482, #500;
  
• World's Finest Comics #94;
  
• The Brave and the Bold #197;
  
• Star Spangled Comics #124;
  
• DC Special Series #15.
  

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Volume 2

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The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told Vol. 2 [Front]

The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told Vol. 2 [Back]

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The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told [Vol. 2] collects:

• Batman #1, #62, #76, #169, #190, #197, #257, #345-346, #355, Annual #11;
  
• Detective Comics #58, #203, #473, #568.
  

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Batman: The Greatest Stories Ever Told

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In 2005 and 2007, DC Comics issued two new collected editions with a slightly different title: Batman: The Greatest Stories Ever Told (Vol. 1 & 2). These trade paperbacks are part of a series. The other titles:

• Superman: The Greatest Stories Ever Told (Vol. 1, 2004 & Vol. 2, 2006);
  
• Superman Batman: The Greatest Stories Ever Told (2007);
  
• JLA: The Greatest Stories Ever Told (2006);
  
• Batgirl: The Greatest Stories Ever Told (2011);
  
• The Joker: The Greatest Stories Ever Told (2008);
  
• Wonder Woman: The Greatest Stories Ever Told (2007);
• Green Lantern: The Greatest Stories Ever Told (2006);
  
• The Flash: The Greatest Stories Ever Told (2007);
  
• Shazam: The Greatest Stories Ever Told (2008).

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Batman: The Greatest Stories Ever Told (Vol. 1)

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Volume 1 collects:

• Batman #5, #62, #156, #250-251;
  
• Detective Comics #33, #439, #574;
  
• DC Special Series #15 & 21;
  
• Legends of the Dark Knight #79;
  
• Batman: Gotham Knights #32.
  

Batman: The Greatest Stories Ever Told (Vol. 2)

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Volume 2 collects:

• Batman #1, #108, #153, #246;
  
• Detective Comics #526;
  
• The Brave and the Bold #184;
  
• Batman Chronicles #5, #21;
  
• Batgirl: Year One #4;
  
• Secret Origins #6.
  

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The Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told

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This collection - first published as a hardcover in 1988 and later as a softcover in 1997 - reprints Batman stories in which The Joker is the main villain.

It collects:

• Batman #1, #4, #63, #73-74, #110, #159, #163, #251, #321;
  
• Detective Comics #168, #475-476;
  
• World's Finest Comics #61, #88;
  
• Batman Kellogg's Special #2;
  
• The Brave and the Bold #111;
  
• The Joker #3.
  

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The Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told (HC, 1988)

The Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told (SC, 1997)

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Stacked Deck: The Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told: Expanded Edition

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Back

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This is a reprint of The Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told, including its cover and additional materials. To this, three more stories and creator biographies were added, thus the “Expanded Edition” in the title.