COMPLETE BATMAN LIST (Years 15-17 In Order)

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YEAR FIFTEEN (April 2003 to March 2004)

--Scare Tactics #11 --Amalgam Universe is destroyed (from Dr. StrangeFate #1)
--DC/Marvel: All Access #3-4
--JLA 80-Page Giant #1 [overlaps with The Final Night #1]
--Lex Luthor marries Contessa Erica Del Portenza [overlaps with The Final Night #1]
THE FINAL NIGHT

--The Final Night #1-2

--Batman #536

--The Final Night #3

--Detective Comics #703
--Legion of Super-Heroes Vol. 4 #86

--Robin #35 Part One

--The Final Night #4 / fb from DCU Legacies #9

--Robin #35 Part Two

--Batman #537-538

--Green Lantern, Vol. 3 #81

--Ollie Queen secretly resurrected, but without any memories (r in Green Arrow Vol. 2 #1)
--Superman: The Wedding Album #1 
--Superman Vol. 2 #123 [Superman becomes "Superman Blue"]
--Robin #36 [Jack Drake regains the use of his legs]
--JLA Secret Files #1, Part 2
--JLA/WildC.A.T.S. "Crime Machine"
--JLA #5, Part 1
--JLA: Tomorrow Woman #1
--JLA #5, Part 2
--Nightwing Vol. 2 #5
--The Power of Shazam! #22
--Detective Comics #704
--Superboy/Robin: World's Finest Three #2
--Second Feature from Batman: Gotham Knights #37 (B&W)
--Batman: Blackgate #1
--Detective Comics #705-707
--Batman: The Hill #1
--The Batman Chronicles #7
--Batman Plus #1
--Nightwing moves to Blüdhaven (fb from Nightwing Vol. 2 #75)
--Batman: Phantom Stranger
--Batman #539
--Batman: Shadow of the Bat #59-60 ("KILLER KILLER")
--Batman: Scottish Connection
THE SPECTRE OF VENGEANCE

--Batman #540-541

--The Spectre Vol. 3, #51

--Batman: Shadow of the Bat #61
--Batman/Wildcat #1-3
--Azrael #29-31
--The Batman Chronicles #8, Part 1
--debut of The Innocents (r in Batman: The Book of Shadows)
--Detective Comics #708-710 ("DEATH LOTTERY")
--Batman: The Book of Shadows
--Superboy & The Ravers #8, Part 2
--Batman: Shadow of the Bat #62-63 ("JANUS")
--Batman #542-543 ("FACELESS")
--Batman: Shadow of the Bat #64
--The Batman Chronicles #9, Part 1
--Detective Comics #711
PULP HEROES

--Batman: Shadow of the Bat Annual #5

--Batman Annual #21

--Robin Annual #6

--Detective Comics Annual #10

--JLA Annual #1

--Anarky #1-4 ("METAMORPHOSIS")
--Robin #45
--The Batman Chronicles #10
--JLA #6-9 ("AMERICAN DREAMS")
--Batman: Shadow of the Bat #65-68
--debut of Kate Kane (fb from Detective Comics #859)
--Batman: Scarecrow 3D
--Detective Comics #712-713
--Batman Secret Files & Origins #1
--Superman Vol. 2 #126
--Azrael #36
--Nightwing Vol. 2 #12
--Batman: Child of Dreams
--Joker becomes star attraction on live Barry Dancer TV show (fb from B: It's Joker Time! #1-3)
--Aztek, The Ultimate Man #10
--Batman learns about Resurrection Man (r in Resurrection Man #7) --Wonder Woman Vol. 2 #125
--Flash seriously injured (r in JLA / from Flash Vol. 2)
--JLA #9, Epilogue 0
--JLA #10
--debut of The Video-Raptors (fb from Epilogue of Batman: It's Joker Time! #3)
--Joker returns to Arkham (r in Batman #544)
--Batman #544-546 ("THE MAJOR ARCANA")
--Starman Vol. 2 #33-34
GENESIS

--Starman Vol. 2 #35, Part 1

--Genesis #1-2

--Batman #547

--Robin #46

--The Spectre Vol. 3 #62
--JLA #11-15 ("ROCK OF AGES")
--Resurrection Man #7 --Detective Comics #714-716
--Batman #548-549 ("THE PENGUIN RETURNS")
--JLA: Paradise Lost #1-3
--Batman: Poison Ivy
--deceased Diana is reincarnated as Goddess of Truth; Hippolyta becomes new Wonder Woman
--Batman: Shadow of the Bat #69-70 ("THE SPIRIT OF 2000")
--debut of Becky Albright, Batman sends Scarecrow back to Arkham (fb from Scarecrow Villains #1)
--Nightwing Vol. 2 #13-15
--Batman #550
--Detective Comics #717-718
--Batman: Shadow of the Bat #71-72
--Batman #551-552
--Batman: Abduction
--an escaped Scarecrow goes after Becky Albright (fb from Scarecrow Villains #1)
--Batman: Gordon of Gotham #1-4
--Nightwing and Huntress #1-4
--Bruce argues with Vesper Fairchild, Bruce plays golf with the President (fb from Batman #600)
--Batman: Toyman #1-4
--The Batman Chronicles #13
--Batman: Dreamland
--Batman 80-Page Giant #1-2 
--Batman: Seduction of the Gun #1
--DC Universe Holiday Bash #1, Part 7
--Scarecrow (Villains) #1
--JLA Secret Files #2, Part 1
--JLA #16-17
--JLA fights Joker, Epoch, and others (fb from Legion of Super-Heroes Vol. 5 #1)
--JLA #18-19
--Impulse: Bart Saves the Universe
--Batman teams-up with Impulse against the Joker (fb from Impulse #50)
--Starman Vol. 2 #43
--Batman & Spider-Man: New Age Dawning
--Unlimited Access #1-4 [Access leaves, the DCU loses all knowledge and memory of the Marvel U]
--Superman Forever #1 [Superman splits into Superman Red and Superman Blue, but returns to his classic look]
--JLA #22-23, Part 1
--Red Hood: Lost Days #2
--Fruit of the Loom® Presents
--Robin #50
CATACLYSM

--Detective Comics #719

--Batman: Shadow of the Bat #73

--Nightwing Vol. 2, #19

--Batman #553

--The Batman Chronicles #16, Part 3

--Azrael #40

--Detective Comics #720

--Catwoman #56

--Robin #52

--Batman: Blackgate - Isle of Men #1

--Batman: Shadow of the Bat #74

--The Batman Chronicles #12

--Nightwing Vol. 2, #20

--Batman #554

--Batman/Huntress/Spoiler: Blunt Trauma #1

--Detective Comics #721

--Catwoman #57

--Batman: Arkham Asylum - Tales of Madness #1

--Robin #53

--Batman: Bullock's Law #1
--Batman Villains Secret Files & Origins #1
AFTERSHOCK

--Batman: Shadow of the Bat #75

--Batman #555

--Detective Comics #722

--Batman: Shadow of the Bat #76

--Robin #54

--Batman #556

BROTHERHOOD OF THE FIST

--Green Arrow Vol. 2 #134

--Detective Comics #723

--Robin #55

--Nightwing Vol. 2, #23

--Green Arrow Vol. 2 #135

AFTERSHOCK Continued

--Batman: Shadow of the Bat #77

--Batman #557

--Detective Comics #724

--Batman: Shadow of the Bat #78-79

--The Batman Chronicles #16, Part 1

--The Batman Chronicles #14

--Batman #558-559

--Detective Comics #725-726

--The Batman Chronicles #15
--Robin #58
--Wonder Woman Vol. 2 #136-139 [Diana regains mortality, replaces her mother as Wonder Woman]
--Wonder Woman Vol. 2 #140-141 ("TRINITY 98")
--Martian Manhunter Vol. 2 #0
--Green Lantern Vol. 3 #103
--Young Justice: The Secret #1 
--JLA: World Without Grownups #1-2
--Young Justice #1
--Chase #7-8 ("SHADOWING THE BAT")
DC ONE MILLION

--JLA #23, Epilogue

--DC One Million #1

--Batman: Shadow of the Bat #1,000,000

--Nightwing #1,000,000

--DC One Million #2

--Batman #1,000,000

--Detective Comics #1,000,000

--JLA #1,000,000

--DC One Million #3

--Catwoman #1,000,000

--Robin #1,000,000
--Young Heroes in Love #1,000,000

--DC One Million #4

--JLA #24-26
--DC 2000 #1-2
--JLA #27 
--The Kingdom #1-2
--JLA: Foreign Bodies
--Nightwing Vol. 2 #28
--Hitman Tommy Monaghan saves the JLA from Bloodlines Parasites (fb from JLA/Hitman #1-2)
--Resurrection Man #21
--Catwoman Vol. 2 #64-65
("HINTS AND ALLEGATIONS") --Young Justice #5-6 
--JLA/Titans #1-3
--Birds of Prey #2-5 [Batman spies on Oracle's actions, Jason Bard is blinded, debut of the Ravens]
--Birds of Prey #6
ROAD TO NO MAN'S LAND

--Azrael: Agent of the Bat #47-49

--Batman: Shadow of the Bat #80

--Batman #560

--Detective Comics #727 

--Batman #561

--Detective Comics #728

--Batman: Shadow of the Bat #81-82

--JLA #28-31 ("CRISIS TIMES FIVE")
--Hourman #1
--DC One Million 80-Page Giant #1
ROAD TO NO MAN'S LAND Continued...

--Batman #562

--Detective Comics #729

--Batman: No Man's Land Secret Files and Origins #1

--Batman: No Man's Land #0, Part 1

--No Man's Land begins; Batman won't return to Gotham until next Bat-Year (r in NML #1)
--JLA: Superpower
HYPER-TENSION

--Superboy Vol. 3 #60

--Superboy Vol. 3 #65

--Superman: The Man of Steel #86
--Adventures of Superman #565-566
--Action Comics #753
--Superman: The Man of Tomorrow #13 
--Adventures of Superman #567
--Superman: King of the World #1


YEAR SIXTEEN (April 2004 to March 2005)


--Stephanie Brown gives birth, baby is adopted
--NML has been in effect for 93 days (May 4), Batman returns to Gotham on May 12 (r in NML #1)
NO MAN'S LAND Part 1

--Batman: No Man's Land #1

--Batman: Shadow of the Bat #83

--Batman: No Man's Land #0, Part 2

--Batman #563

--Detective Comics #730

--Azrael: Agent of the Bat #50-51

--Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #116

--Batman: Shadow of the Bat #84

--Batman #564

--Detective Comics #731

--Azrael: Agent of the Bat #52

NO MAN'S LAND Part 2

--Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #117

--Batman: Shadow of the Bat #85-86

--The Batman Chronicles #17, Part 1

--The Batman Chronicles #17, Part 3

--The Batman Chronicles #16, Part 2

--Batman #565

--Detective Comics #732

--Azrael: Agent of the Bat #53

--Anarky Vol. 2, #1

--Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #118

--Batman #566

--Detective Comics #733

--JLA #32

--Azrael: Agent of the Bat #54-55 

--Young Justice in No Man's Land #1  

--Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #119

--Batman: Shadow of the Bat #87

NO MAN'S LAND Part 3

--Batman #567

--Detective Comics #734

--Nightwing Vol. 2 #34

--Robin #67

--Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #120

--Robin #68-70

--Azrael: Agent of the Bat #56-57

--The Batman Chronicles #17, Part 2

--Batman: Shadow of the Bat #88

--Batman #568

--Detective Comics #735

--Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #121

--Catwoman #72-74

--Batman: Shadow of the Bat #89

--Batman #569

--The L.A.W. (Living Assault Weapons) #1-5
--a temporarily returned Flash Barry Allen helps Flash Wally West and Dark Flash defeat Cobalt Blue Flash and Reverse Flash, afterward Dark Flash (from an alternate reality) and Wally temporarily trade places (r in JLA #33)
--JLA #33
DAY OF JUDGEMENT

--Day of Judgement #1

--Batman: Day of Judgement #1

--Day of Judgement #2-5 / fb from DCU Legacies #9

--JLA #35

JLAPE

--JLA Annual #3

--Batman Annual #23

--Martian Manhunter Annual #2

--JLA: Primeval
--JLA #34
--JLA #36-41 ("WORLD WAR III")
--JLA Showcase 80-Page Giant #1, Part 1
--JLA: Earth 2
NO MAN'S LAND Part 4

--Detective Comics #736

--Azrael: Agent of the Bat #58

--Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #122

--Batman: Shadow of the Bat #90

--Batman: Harley Quinn

--Batman #570

--Detective Comics #737

--Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #123

--Batman: Shadow of the Bat #91

--Batman #571

--Detective Comics #738

--Nightwing Vol. 2, #35-36

--The Batman Chronicles #18

--Nightwing Vol. 2, #37

--Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #124

--Batman: Shadow of the Bat #92

--Batman #572

--Detective Comics #739

--Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #125

--Nightwing Vol. 2, #38-39

--Robin #71-73

--Azrael: Agent of the Bat #59

--Catwoman #75

--Batman: Shadow of the Bat #93

NO MAN'S LAND Part 5

--Azrael: Agent of the Bat #60

--Batman #573

--Catwoman #76-77

--Detective Comics #740

--Braniac-13 attacks Metropolis
--Superman Y2K #1
NO MAN'S LAND Part 6

--Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #126

--Batman #574

--Azrael: Agent of the Bat #61

--Detective Comics #741

--Batman: Shadow of the Bat #94

--Azrael: Agent of the Bat #62

--Detective Comics #742
--Jeremy Samuels is released from prison (fb from Batman #582)
--Stars & S.T.R.I.P.E. #8 
--Batman begins training Cassie Cain (fb from Batgirl #1)
--Robin Vol. 2 #74
--The Batman Chronicles #20
--Batman/Joker: Switch #1
--debut of Holman Hunt (fb from fb from Joker's Asylum: Two-Face #1)
THE SEARCH FOR LOIS

--Superman Vol. 2 #157

--The Adventures of Superman #579

--Superman: The Man of Steel #101

--Action Comics #766

--Batman fights Lucky Hand Triads (fb from 'tec #743) [overlaps with "Search for Lois"]
--Batman: Gotham Knights #1
--Batman #575
--Savant debuts (fb from Birds of Prey #58)
--Batgirl #1
--Batman fights Colombian Mob (fb from 'tec #743)
--Batman: Turning Points #5
--debuts of Orca and Camille Baden-Smyth (fb from Batman #579)
--Batman: Gotham Knights #2
--Batman fights Odessa Mob (fb from 'tec #743)
--Batman #576-577
--Batman fights Sicilian Mob (fb from 'tec #743)
--Second Feature from Batman: Gotham Knights #4 (B&W)
--Hugo Strange captures Catwoman (fb from Gotham Knights #8)
--Detective Comics #743-746 ("EVOLUTION") [overlaps with next 3 items on list]
--Green Lantern Vol. 3 #125
--Batman: Gotham Knights #3-4 ("SAMSARA")
--Commissioner Gordon is briefly demoted and replaced by Chief Inspector Vane, Batman fights the substitute Batmen, Dr. Hurt's hypnosis causes Batman to forget (r in Batman #674 / Azrael: Death's Dark Knight #1-3 / Azrael Vol. 2 #1)
--Batman: Gotham City Secret Files & Origins #1, Parts 1-2
--Catwoman #79
--Batman: Gotham City Secret Files & Origins #1, Part 3  
--Contessa Erica Del Portenza and Lex Luthor divorce
SINS OF YOUTH

--Young Justice: Sins of Youth #1

--Superboy Vol. 3 #74

--Sins of Youth: JLA, Jr. #1

--Young Justice Secret Files & Origins #1

--Sins of Youth: Batboy and Robin #1

--Young Justice: Sins of Youth #2

--JLA: Seven Caskets
--Batman: Gotham Knights #5
--Azrael: Agent of the Bat #64-65
--Batman #578
--Batman: 80-Page Giant #3, Chapter 4-Chapter 7
--Detective Comics #747
--Batman: Gotham Knights #6-7
--Batman #579-581 ("ORCA")
--Detective Comics #748-749 ("URBAN RENEWAL")
--Batman #581, Epilogue Part 1 [Batman sets up Camille Baden-Smyth]
--The Batman Chronicles #22
--Adventures of Superman #581 [Lex Luthor enters Presidential race one month before election]
--Green Lantern: Circle of Fire #1-2
--Batman: Gotham Knights #8-11 ("TRANSFERENCE")
--Hugo Strange and Joker begin slow poisoning and mental torture of Jeremiah Arkham (fbs from 'tec #864-865)
--Superman & Bugs Bunny #1-4 --Second Feature from Batman: Gotham Knights #11 (B&W)
--JLA 80-Page Giant #3 
--JLA: A League of One
--JLA: Heaven's Ladder
--JLA: Gods & Monsters
--Catwoman Vol. 2 #83-84
PLANET DC

--Batman Annual #24

--JLA Annual #4

--Batgirl Annual #1

TOWER OF BABEL

--JLA Secret Files & Origins #3, Part 1

--JLA #43-46

--JLA Secret Files & Origins #3, Part 2

--Diana and Clark argue, both feel betrayed by Batman's secret intel gathering (fb from JL of A v. 2 #0)
--Batman #581, Epilogue Part 2 [Camille Baden-Smyth goes to prison]
--Nightwing Vol. 2 #47
--Detective Comics #750
EMPEROR JOKER

--Superman: Emperor Joker #1

--Superman Vol. 2 #161

--Adventures of Superman #583

--Superman: The Man of Steel #105

--Action Comics #770

--Jeremy Samuels quits Wayne Enterprises (fb from Batman #582)
--Superman Vol. 2 #162
--Azrael: Agent of the Bat #65-67
--Azrael: Agent of the Bat #70-71 ("PROPHET")
--Batman #582-584
--Detective Comics #751-752 ("A WALK IN THE PARK")
--Batman #585
--Azrael: Agent of the Bat #72-75 ("LOSSES")
--Action Comics #773 [Talia becomes head of LexCorp]
--Superman Vol. 2 #164 [Lex Luthor elected President of United States, Pete Ross VP]
--Azrael: Agent of the Bat #76
--Batman: Gotham Knights #12
--Batman #586
--Detective Comics #753
--Batman/Scarface: A Psychodrama 
--Batman: The Ankh #1-2
--Wonder Woman Vol. 2 #164-167 ("GODS OF GOTHAM")
--Batman/Huntress: Cry For Blood #1-2
--Batman/Huntress: Cry For Blood # 3, Part 1
--Second Feature from Batman: Gotham Knights #13 (B&W)
--Arkham Asylum: Living Hell #1
--Batman: Gotham Knights #15
--Arkham Asylum: Living Hell #2-6 
--Second Feature from Batman: Gotham Knights #17 (B&W)
--Detective Comics #787
OFFICER DOWN

--Batman #587

--Robin #86

--Birds of Prey #27

--Catwoman Vol. 2 #90

--Nightwing Vol. 2 #53

--Detective Comics #754

--Batman: Gotham Knights #13

--Batman/Huntress: Cry For Blood #3, Part 2
--Batgirl #3-6
--Batman starts making training video (r in Batgirl #7)
--JLA #47-54
--Superman Vol. 2 #165
--Batgirl #7
--Batgirl #9
--Lex Luthor's Presidential Inauguration
--Superman: Lex 2000 #1, Part 2
JUSTICE LEAGUES

--Justice Leagues: JL? #1

--Justice Leagues: Justice League of Atlantis #1

--Justice Leagues: Justice Leauge of Arkham #1

--Justice Leagues: JLA #1

--Batman: Room Full of Strangers
--Detective Comics #755
--Batman: Gotham Knights #14
--Superman Vol. 2 #168
--Detective Comics #756
--Bruce and Clark attend wedding of Harrison Gray (fb from B&S: World's Finest #10, Part 2)
--Batman 80 Page Giant 2010 #1, Part 3
--Batman/Huntress: Cry For Blood #3, Epilogue
--Batman/Huntress: Cry For Blood #4-6 
--Superboy Vol. 3 #85
--Batman: Death Mask #1-4
--Robin #84
--Robin #87-88


YEAR SEVENTEEN (April 2005 to March 2006)

--Harley Quinn #6
--Detective Comics #757
--Robin #92-94
--JLA/Haven: Arrival [debut of Competalians, creation of Haven in California]
--Batman #588-590 ("CLOSE BEFORE STRIKING")
--Batman: Absolution
--Batgirl #14-15
--Green Lantern Vol. 3 #134-136 ("WHILE ROME BURNED")
--Second Feature from Batman: Gotham Knights #16 (B&W)
--Batman: Gotham Knights #16-19
--Batgirl #17
--The Spectre Vol. 4 #2-4 ("REDEEMING THE DEMON")
--Batman #591-592 ("SHOT THROUGH THE HEART")
--Catwoman Vol. 2 #94
--Detective Comics #758-760 ("UNKNOWING")
--Second Feature from 'tec #759-760 [Slam Bradley searches for missing Catwoman]
--Green Arrow Vol. 2 #1-10 ("QUIVER")
--JLA/Haven: Anathema
--Commissioner Akins has 1st meeting with Batman (fb from 'tec #758)
--Detective Comics #761, Part 1 [Sasha Bordeaux training days 1-10]
--Second Feature from Detective Comics #758 [Sasha training day 10]
--Detective Comics #761, Part 2 [Sasha training days 11-17]
 --JLA: Black Baptism #1-4 [overlaps with Sasha training days 11-13]
--Batman: Orpheus Rising #1-5  [overlaps with Sasha training days 14-17]
--Detective Comics #761, Part 3 [Sasha training days 23-30]
--Detective Comics #762
--Second Feature from Detective Comics #761-762
--JLA: Gatekeeper #1-3
--JLA Classified: Cold Steel #1-2
OUR WORLDS AT WAR

--Batman: Our Worlds at War #1

--JLA: Our Worlds at War #1

--Nightwing: Our Worlds at War #1

--Batman #593-594

--World's Finest: Our Worlds at War #1

--Superman/Batman #64
--Superman/Batman #68-71 ("OUR WORLDS AT WAR" Conclusion)
--Harley Quinn #9-12 ("QUINTESSENCE")
--Harley & Ivy: Love on the Lam
--Batman: Gotham Knights #20-21 ("RETRIBUTION")
--Batman #595
--Batman trains Batgirl, Spoiler, and Sasha separately (r in Batman #595)
--Two-Face tortures Holman Hunt (fb from Joker's Asylum: Two-Face #1)
--JLA #55-58 ("TERROR INCOGNITA")
--Nightwing: The Target 
--Green Lantern—Legacy: The Last Will and Testament of Hal Jordan
JOKER: LAST LAUGH

--Joker: Last Laugh Secret Files #1

--Joker: Last Laugh #1

--Detective Comics #763

--Joker: Last Laugh #2

--Batman: Gotham Knights #22

--Joker: Last Laugh #3-5

--Robin #95
--Action Comics #784

--JLA #59

--Wonder Woman Vol. 2, #174-175

--Joker: Last Laugh #6

--Batman #596

--Detective Comics #764
--Batman: Gotham Knights #23
--a depressed Bruce purchases a handgun (fb from Gotham Knights #24)
--Batman #597
--Detective Comics #765
--JSA #31
--Batman: Gotham Knights #24
--JLA #61
--Batgirl #22-23
--The Power Comany: Sapphire #1
--Batman #598
BRUCE WAYNE: MURDERER?

--Batman: The 10-Cent Adventure #1

--Detective Comics #766

--Batgirl #24

--Nightwing Vol. 2 #65

--Batman: Gotham Knights #25

--Birds of Prey #39

--Robin #98

--Batman #599

--Detective Comics #767

--Nightwing Vol. 2 #66

--Batman: Gotham Knights #26

--Robin #99

--Birds of Prey #40

BRUCE WAYNE: FUGITIVE Part One

--Batman #600

--Birds of Prey #41 

--Robin #100
--Batgirl #25 [Batgirl defeats Lady Shiva]
--Second Feature from Batman: Gotham Knights #28 (B&W)
--Second Feature from Detective Comics #770-772 ("JOSIE MAC")
--Second Feature from Batman: Gotham Knights #31 (B&W)
--Batman apprehends Joker, stops nuclear device from exploding (fb from S/B #32)
--Batman keeps nuclear device in Batcave (fb from Superman/Batman #33)