How many Tales of the Batman books are there?

In 2009, DC Comics began publishing a series of trade paperbacks under the banner heading, ‘Tales of the Batman’. The books were standalone titles which focused on stories from key creators.  

Each volume of Tales of the Batman contained a collection of stories from a specific creator, including Gene Colan, Marv Wolfman, and Archie Goodwin. The stories were taken from across the decades and showcase the different incarnations of the Batman over the years.

If you are collecting the Tales of the Batman books, or you are considering collecting them, then you will need a list of all the titles that have been published to date – and that’s where this post can come in handy. Below is a list of all the graphic novels in the Tales of the Batman collection, to help you find the titles you are after.

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A list of Tales of the Batman graphic novels

To date, DC has published fourteen volumes in the Tales of the Batman series. The books include:

• Tales of the Batman: J.H. Williams III – Batman #526, #550, #667 – #669, Batman Annual #21, Legends of the Dark Knight #86 – #88, #192 – #196, Chase #7 – #8, Detective Comics #821
• Tales of the Batman: Gene Colan Vol 1 – Batman #340, #343 – #345 and #348 – #351 and Detective Comics #510, #512, #517, #528 and #529
• Tales of the Batman: Gene Colan Vol 2 – Batman #373, Detective Comics #530 – #538 and #540 – #544 and World’s Finest Comics #297 and #299
• Tales of the Batman: Alan Brennert – Detective Comics #500, Brave and the Bold #178, 181, 182, 197, Secret Origins #50, Christmas With the Superheroes Special #2, Batman: Holy Terror and Gotham Knights #10
• Tales of the Batman: Len Wein – Detective Comics #408, #444 – #448, #466, #478 – #479, #500, #514, Batman #307 – #310, #312 – #319, #321 – #324, #326 – #327, World’s Finest Comics #207, DC Retroactive Batman – The 70s, Untold Legends of the Batman #1 – #3, Batman Black and White #5
• Tales of the Batman: Don Newton – Batman #305 – #306, Detective Comics #480 and 483 – #492 and The Brave and Bold #153 – #165
• Tales of the Batman: Archie Goodwin – Detective Comics #437, #438 and #440 – #443, Detective Comics Annual #3, Showcase ’95 #11, Batman Black and White #1 and #4, Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #132 – #136, and Batman: Night Cries
• Tales of the Batman: Gerry Conway Vol 1 – Detective Comics #463, #464, #497 – #499, #501 – #504, The Brave and the Bold #158, #161, #171 – #174, Batman #295, #305, #306, Batman Family #17, Man-Bat #1 and World’s Finest Comics #250 and #269
• Tales of the Batman: Gerry Conway Vol 2 – Batman #337 – #346, #348, Detective Comics #505 –#513, and World’s Finest Comics #270
• Tales of the Batman: Gerry Conway Vol 3 – Batman #349 – #359 and Detective Comics #515 – #526
• Tales of the Batman: Carmine Infantino – Detective Comics #327 – #347, #349, #351 – #371, #500, Batman #166 – #175, #181, #183 – #184, #188 – #192, Brave and the Bold #172, #183, #190 and #194, and DC Comics Presents: Batman #1
• Tales of the Batman: Steve Englehart – Detective Comics #439 and #469 – #476, Batman #311, Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #109 – #111, Legends of the DC Universe #26 – #27, Batman: Dark Detective #1 – #6, and Batman Chronicles #19
• Tales of the Batman: Marv Wolfman Vol 1 – Batman #328 – #335 and #436 – #439, Detective Comics #408, The Brave and the Bold #167, World’s Finest Comics #288, The New Teen Titans #37, and Batman and the Outsiders #5
• Tales of the Batman: Tim Sale – Showcase ‘94 #3 – #4, Legends of the Dark Knight #32 – #34, Shadow of the Bat #7 – #9, Solo #1 and Batman Black and White

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Thank you for stopping by I’ll Get Drive-Thru to read this post about the books in the Tales of the Batman collection – I hope it has proved useful. For more DC-related content, be sure to check out the recommended reads below.

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