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Right, basically some of these rely on pre New-52 continuity until stated otherwise. All volumes referred to below will be New 52 unless otherwise stated. That being said...
11-7 years ago: The Zero Year storyline by Scott Snyder currently running throughout the Batman title had a series of backups detailing Bruce's training (in current continuity). This is covered in Batman Vol 4.
Also see Batman and Robin Vol 1 which I believe covers Bruce's Ninja training, though only in flashbacks.
6 Years Ago: You're in luck for this one. The current, in continuity take on Batman's first year is being told in the current Batman title. It's a 12 part story called Zero Year, dealing with Bruce crafting the persona, meeting the Red Hood, Riddler etc. It's in progress at the moment and well worth a look. The volume referred to above is the first part, and the entire storyline has great art by Greg Capullo.
6 Years Ago: Batman's first encounter with the Justice League is found, naturally enough in Justice League Vol 1.
However, Superman and Batman's first encounter was detailed in, again naturally enough, Batman/Superman Vol 1
Dick Grayson's time as Robin can be found in the zero issue of Nightwing.
4 Years Ago: Batgirl's zero issue.
3 Years ago: I'm actually kind of week on this one in current continuity. Jason's death and return are here.
2 Years Ago: Read Tim Drake's new, bad origin in Teen Titans #0 or the most recent issue of Secret Origin, I think it was #3. They both tell roughly the same story. That story is bad.
1 year ago: Going to have to go out of continuity, as I'm nearly sure the founding of Batman Inc. is only covered in the pre New-52, as part of Grant Morissons Bat saga. The first volume is here, but you really need to look up everything else that preceded it, see below. This also goes for dead Batman being replaced by Dick Grayson, which is recounted in Batman and Robin, first series, Vol 1.
The origin of Damien, however, is handily recounted in Batman and Robin #0. This is in New 52 continuity.
Now: Woo! Nearly there. Breathe. So the Court of Owls story basically starts in Batman #1 pretty much, and can be found here.
Batgirl's return to superheroics can be found here, in Batgirl Vol 1. Barbara is still only just reacclimating to life as Batgirl as the series begins.
Joker removes his face in, maybe one panel or so in Detective Comics #1.. Spoiler, issue's shit. Get Snyder Batman instead.
Joker returns, sans face in Batman Vol 3, Death of The Family.. That link contains only the main story told in Batman, but it tied into several Bat-Titles as well. The HC contains these, though the quality varies a bit, IMO.
Tim forms the Teen Titans in Teen Titans Vol 1.
Again, not sure, but I think the Anti-Fear stuff was in Dark Knight.
Happy Reading!
NANANANANANANANA BAT-EDIT: I am by no means a Batman authority, I read nearly all of these, but feel free to correct or append if you are more knowledgeable. Bonus sassy batman
Yeah the main story is really good but the tie-in one is mediocre. Here's the Joker: Death of the Family I'm talking about: http://www.amazon.com/Joker-Death-Family-New-52/dp/140124646X/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&sr=&qid=
Here are the Amazon links for both: Batman Vol. 3: Death of the Family, The Joker: Death of the Family. As DementiaPrime said, you only need the first one to get the full plot, but the second one adds some tie-ins to the story by other authors and sometimes focused on other characters.
New 52 Batman Trade Reading Order
I guess it is my job to be the one to recommend Batwoman: Elegy and Batwoman New 52 Vols. 1-4.
Also Catwoman Vol 6: Keeper of the Castle (and Vol 7 when that gets released, as its the second part of Valentine's incredible run). If you plan on reading Batman Eternal it might spoil some stuff for you, but please love yourself and read this incredible run.
While we're sticking to Batfamily, Batgirl Vol 1-5 ("The Darkest Reflection" and up, since you're starting from the beginning of New 52). You can skip 3, as its Death Of The Family and you're probably going to end up buying the collected version which features every batfam member's tie-ins.
OP, this is the version you want. It is what was published under the "Batman" line in the New 52 by Scott Snyder. It is the main storyline, and it tells a complete story.
You do not need this version to understand the full story. Yes, it contains more issues, but that's due to a marketing push by DC, where they believed if they published more stories attached to the main Batman title (i.e. Nightwing, Batgirl, Red Hood/Teen Titans, Harley, Catwoman, etc. so not under the "Batman" title), they could make more sales, but they aren't all necessarily good or needed to understand the main body of work.
I hope this clears things up, as I saw a variety of comments in this thread.
Couldn't he also get the DotF tpb and the joker dotf books to cover everything in the arc?
Trust me, this is how I wish people would have told me how to start.
To an outsider, comic books are difficult to delve into. There's so many series and you don't know how they fit into the overall timeline and you know you can't just jump into the middle. I get it :P
Let me go a step further and help you out. I'm going to link the "trade paperbacks" of each of these story arcs I listed. These are thicker books that combine the issues together, so you don't have to track down each issue individually.
Then with the Death of the Family storyline, you can go of it two ways.
You can stick to only Batman's involvement. So you'd collect these comics:
Or you could get really deep into Joker.
DC released a book that not only collected Detective Comics #1 and Batman #13-#17, but collected Joker's appearances in Nightwing, Robin, Suicide Squad, Batgirl and the rest of the whole damn family.
The book puts all the comics in reading order and trust me, Joker is much more maniacal in the total story than the small amount of Batman comics. The things he does to Harley...Nightwing...ROBIN?! So good. But you wouldn't know unless you read it.
So I recommend this. It's not for everyone, but it's a comprehensive tale that deserves to be read in entirety.
It's probably more-so a companion piece to the Death of the Family (Batman #13-#17) book, so if you consider going this route then I would still recommend reading the Batman-only arc first.
Hope I helped more than confused!
There are a number of different batman new 52 titles. The one titled "Batman" is just a general Batman title and is the main story.
"Batman Detective Comics" embraces more of the detective side of Batman as he solves cases.
"Batman and..." has Batman teaming up with someone to take down different bad guys with a partner.
The other Bat family titles are just individual characters. While sometimes Batman will be featured in those stories, he is not the prominent figure there.
As for Death of the Family, just reading the "Batman" title will give you the full story. The tie ins are nice but you don't really need them to get the full story. Mostly it's just one or two issues alluding to what's happening. If you want you can get [Death of the Family] (http://www.amazon.com/The-Joker-Death-Family-New/dp/140124646X/) which will give you all the tie ins. Personally, I didn't get it and didn't find it necessary.
The best Batman title is the one you're reading, "Batman". The quality however, is very good on all of them, so I would recommend all three I mentioned above.
Is this what you're looking for?
http://www.amazon.com/Joker-Death-Family-New-52/dp/140124646X/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1419747291&sr=1-3&keywords=batman+death+of+the+family
Is it this one ? https://www.amazon.com/Joker-Death-Family-New-52/dp/140124646X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1518210185&sr=8-1&keywords=joker+death+of+the+family
The entire Death of the Family run is amazing. I loved every single issue of it.
Going along with that,
Batman and Robin New 52 run was GLORIOUS!!
Part 2 of B&R
Part 3 of B&R. I loved this arc because of who Robin is and it just gives me all the feeeelssssss