I'm really hoping they pull from the Joker in Scott Snyder's current run in the Batman comics. He is incredibly fucked up in that.

If you get the chance, I highly recommend buying/torrenting/whatever the paperback titled "Joker" that compiles all the Bat family and puts his appearances in order. The shit he does to Harley Quinn is just...awful.
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Edit - Batman Comics Explanation

Okay, this is something I wish someone would have done for me when I started reading the New 52 Batman. Now I want to pass that along, so people can read this amazing story about Joker with ease and understanding.

> A few years ago, DC Comics scrapped all of their running comic books and started every anew. Every superhero or villain started from square one, all at the same time. This was only a few years ago.

Currently in DC's New 52 company-wide series, there are numerous Batman titles: Batman Comics, Detective Comics, and the Bat Family comics (Nightwing, Batgirl, Batman & Robin, Red Hood, Red Robin). Each Bat Family member has their own comic book series.
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> All of these titles take place in the same universe. So while Batman is doing something in Detective Comics, he's also doing something in Batman Comics. Same Batman, different day.

Well, in the very first issue of Detective Comics, Joker appears in this New 52 Batman universe. This is where this Joker story-arc I'm talking about begins.

As Batman and Detective Comics move forward in their tales of Batman, Joker appears in numerous issues of each, along with the Bat Family comics. So while Batman is battling Joker in Detective Comics and Batman Comics, Nightwing is also fighting him in Nightwing. Same with Bat Girl and the rest.

The story arc is called "Death of the Family." You can read Death of the Family exclusively in Batman Comics (Batman Issues #13-#17), or you can buy a book called "Joker" that orders and compiles all of the appearances and of Joker in the Bat Series. So you'll get the Batman Comics issues, and also Batgirl, Suicide Squad, Nightwing, etc. The whole story arc ends in Batman Comics with the title "The Punchline."

This is how I suggest you read the story. Joker is fucked up, but he's really fucked up in the whole series. You get the full effect when you read it as a whole.

Amazon Joker Book - http://www.amazon.com/The-Joker-Death-Family-New/dp/1401242359

http://www.amazon.com/The-Joker-Death-Family-New/dp/1401242359

The issues taking part in DotF are:

Batman#13-17

Batgirl#13-16

Catwoman#13-14

Suicide Squad#14-15

Detective/Teen Titans/RHATO/Nightwing/Batman&Robin#15-16

All in all though yes that should be all you need (The Joker HC), there might even be a few extra issues because, for example, the last page of a certain issue had something to do with the Joker.

EDIT: Just to be certain, this is what you are talking about right?

Just a small PSA: if you want to get the collected Death of the Family book, there are two different ones:

• Batman: Death of the family (as seen here)
  
  
• The Joker: Death of the family (as seen here
  
  The second one contains only the tie-ins, so if you get that one you won't understand a thing.

This is what you're talking about, right? It only has a few collections from each character, Batman, Nightwing, Suicide Squad, Catwoman, etc. I think there is a box set of all 3 volumes though.

Haha, believe me there are better people on this sub who could answer, I've only been reading consistently since the NEW52 started, before that I would grab a trade every couple of months and was out of the loop for the most part, I kept up by reading wiki pages though (www.dc.wikia.com is a great resource)



In terms of crossovers, there isn't much that's missed outside of the main Batman run (Snyder's run) as it's pretty self contained, the tie in issues were just little bits of extra that you could read to see what was happening in other books at the time, they're nice to read, but not necessary, there were 2 hardcovers that contained the tie ins for Court of Owls and Death of the Family


Batman: Night of the Owls has all the tie ins, but not the main story




Joker: Death of the Family has all the tie ins but again, none of the main story



The first few issues of Nightwing, I believe 1 to 8, could be considered part of the Court of Owls event, but again, it isn't necessary



The only thing you need to read for Snyder's Batman events are just the main Batman run, everything else is "supplementary" as they add on, rather than provide important details to the story



Endgame is happening now as you know, and the tie ins are just events happening on the side while Endgame goes on, but the tie ins are coming out this month (March), there are 4 titles that tie in (Arkham Manor, Batgirl, Detective Comics and Gotham Academy)


Again to re-iterate, if you've been reading Snyder's run completely, then you haven't lost anything, everything else just adds on



Hopefully this helps!

It appears they are doing that with New 52. The first runs have been collected via Batman Vol. 1: Court of Owls (Batman #1-7), Batman: Night of Owls, (Batman #8-9 + assorted Bat family titles) and Batman Vol. 2: City of Owls (Batman #8-12 + Annual #1).

Batman #13-17 will be collected in Batman Vol 3: Death of the Family and its accompanying stories in Joker: Death of the Family.

That would be The Joker: Death of the Family

The tie in issues for Death of the Family are collected in Joker: Death of the Family The quality is a little hit and miss, but the tie ins for Batman and Robin and Nightwing were particularly good. I also enjoyed the Red Hood and Teen Titans ones, though I have heard many disagreements.

You can just read Batman and not the others. It is essentially stuff like someone may get captured in their own book and in the Batman book you see Batman learning they were captured and see them captured. So it doesn't really add anything to the Batman story, but if you like that character then worth picking it up. You may also want to look into the trades since DC collects all the cross over titles in a single trade now like this one.

Also why wouldn't you recommend a death in the family? just curious!

also if this helps, this is the one i read at school (i'm also looking to buy the books of amazon but don't know which ones to get or if they come in bundles)

https://www.amazon.com/Batman-Vol-Family-Comics-Paperback/dp/1401246028/ref=sr_1_8?keywords=batman+owl+saga&qid=1573600464&sr=8-8

And this is the one at home I had a flick through

https://www.amazon.com/Joker-Death-Family-New-52/dp/1401242359/ref=sr_1_12?keywords=batman+owl+saga&qid=1573600464&sr=8-12

Also I wanted to get Endgame, but there's also a Joker and a Batman one, do I get both? Are they the same story but different sides?
Sorry I'm really confused about the Joker vs Batman versions

There is, yeah. It's called The Joker: Death of the Family.

For the most part, each title is all the main characters doing they're own thing. I think Nightwing and Batman and Robin titles are the only ones that really have a big crossover storyline with Batman's Night of Owls storyline. Everybody else is just involved for like one issue and its not a big deal.

As for Death of the Family, I believe there is one large volume coming out that contains issues from all overlapping titles.

Here's the link to that one: http://www.amazon.com/The-Joker-Death-Family-New/dp/1401242359/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1373690359&sr=8-1&keywords=Death+of+the+Family

Batman: Night of the Owls (The New 52)
https://www.amazon.com/Batman-Night-Owls-New-52/dp/1401242529

The Joker: Death of the Family (The New 52)
https://www.amazon.com/Joker-Death-Family-New-52/dp/1401242359

The Joker: Endgame (The New 52)
https://www.amazon.com/Joker-Endgame-Scott-Snyder/dp/1401261655/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1494954777&sr=1-2&keywords=batman+endgame

Nope. Generally tie-ins don't need to be read. The golden rule for tie ins is not to read anything that isn't written by the main author. Death of the Family does have a special Joker edition that collects all the tie ins and tells the story more from Joker's perspecitive. The Catwoman tie ins were horribly unfun. Batgirl and Batman and Robin were definitely worth a read to me.

That reading order site should help out for chronological help. Also you can probably get all these books on loan from your local library without paying a dime.

I think he means Death of the Family? https://www.amazon.com/Joker-Death-Family-New-52/dp/1401242359/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

Yup that contains the full story arc for Batman there are tie ins for Nightwing Batgirl etc but they aren't necessary.

Death in The Family was a cross over that covered all of the Bat Family books.

Just make sure it has a volume number next to it that will contain the complete story.

Where as something like The Joker will only contain the tie in issues for the other characters.

21 I believe is the start of the run titled Zero Year, so they are the same thing. I'd start with 1 so you're not jumping into it in the middle. Here are some links for you.

1-6

7-12

supplemental material for the above

13-17

supplemental material for 13-17

The supplemental material isn't required to get what's going on (I'm not really worrying about it, I've only read 1-12 to this point and am waiting for 13-17 to come out in one volume), but it does help give you a greater understanding of the full story, from what I've heard.

edit: not sure why ppl are downvoting? If there's any inaccuracy in this please comment by all means.