Is Batman: Death of the Family comic?

Death of the Family is a Bat-family crossover arc which deals with the reappaearance of The Joker in Gotham City and his quest to get revenge on all of the members individually and then finally as a whole or rather the ‘family’. It is a play on words to the 1988 storyline ‘Death of the Family’ where Jason Todd was famously killed by the Joker although the story is nothing alike. The main plot belongs to Batman with the other characters having tie-ins.

Click here to see the New 52 Batman reading order

Read the Scott Snyder reading order.

Death of the Family Arc

Death of the Family was the second Bat family crossover storyline in the New 52! in the Bat-Family series of books and concern the Batman, Batgirl, Batman & Robin, Suicide Squad, Catwoman, Detective Comics, Nightwing, Teen Titans and Red Hood and the Outlaws spanning 23 issues in total. Originally starting in October 2012 and ending in February 2013. If you’re just getting into comic books or missed the original run then this page will help you find which reading order may be best for your convenience and budget. There’s more than one way to read Death of the Family and we’ve got a few options for you.

Full Death of the Family Reading Order

Contents

  • 1 Full Death of the Family Reading Order
    • 1.1 Joker: Death of the Family
    • 1.2 Collected Editions

The full, chronological reading order for Death of the Family is as follows:

  • Batman #13
  • Batgirl #13
  • Catwoman #13
  • Batman #14
  • Batgirl #14
  • Catwoman #14
  • Suicide Squad #14
  • Batman #15
  • Detective Comics #15
  • Batgirl #15
  • Suicide Squad #15
  • Batman and Robin #15
  • Nightwing #15
  • Red Hood and the Outlaws #15
  • Teen Titans #15
  • Batman #16
  • Detective Comics #16
  • Batgirl #16
  • Batman and Robin #16
  • Nightwing #16
  • Red Hood and the Outlaws #16
  • Teen Titans #16
  • Batman #17

To get complete them you can get all the issues separately which may be annoying and costly or you can get the collected editions to make it so much easier and convenient while saving money. However, what that means is to read it on the order above you’ll have to stop, start and swap over the books to do it.

Out of 23 issues Batman has 5, Batgirl has 4, Catwoman has 2, Suicide Squad has 2, Detective Comics has 2, Batman and Robin has 2, Nightwing has 2, Red Hood and the Outlaws has 2 and Teen Titans also has 2.

An issue may cost you around $2 each if you can find them so you’re looking at spending at least $40.

Joker: Death of the Family

First of all, the most convenient way to get Death of the Family is to buy the Joker: Death of the Family collected edition which has: Catwoman #13-14, Batgirl #13-16, Suicide Squad #14-15, Batman and Robin #15-16, Nightwing #15-16, Detective Comics #15-16, Red Hood and the Outlaws #15-16, and Teen Titans #15-16. Please not that this is missing the Batman issues so you’ll need those either individually are as part of the collected edition mentioned below.This isn’t a strict reading order as each character/team has their own section but it is the easiest, most convenient and cheapest way to do it.

You can probably get these in the region of $20-$25.

Sale

Is Batman: Death of the Family comic?

Batman: Death of the Family is a cross-over event in the Batman universe, a 23-issue story arc published in 2012-2013 including the titles Batman, Batgirl, Batman and Robin, Catwoman, Detective Comics, Nightwing, Red Hood, and the Outlaws, Suicide Squad, and Teen Titans. The event takes place during the Scott Snyder/Greg Capullo run.

The story deals with the Joker’s return to Gotham with a plan to get revenge on all the people Batman has come to rely on over the years, and then destroy the family. The title is, obviously, a reference to the classic story arc A Death in the Family, published in 1988.

What to read before Batman: Death of the Family?

There is no reading requirement before going into the Batman: Death of the Family event. At best, Detective Comics #1, collected in Detective Comics: Faces of Death can serve as a prelude, but completely unnecessary to understand the story as everything you need to know will be mentioned in the main storyline.

All there is to know is that the Joker cut his face off then vanished for a long time – a piece of information mentioned in the story. The main story takes place in Batman.

Death of The Family Reading Order

Death of The Family Reading Order by Collected Editions:

You can have all the Batman: Death of the Family story-arc with two collected editions. You’ll find the main event in the Batman collected edition. All the tie-ins have been collected in The Joker: Death of the Family. You’ll just have to alternate between those two books to read the story in order.

  • Batman Vol. 3: Death of the Family
    Collects Batman #13-17.
  • The Joker: Death of the Family
    Collects the tie-in Catwoman 13-14, Batgirl 13-16, Suicide Squad 14-15, Batman and Robin 15-16, Nightwing 15-16, Detective Comics 15-16, Red Hood and The Outlaws 15-16, and Teen Titans 15-16.

Is Batman: Death of the Family comic?

You can also find all the issues in every collected edition by titles:

  • Batman Vol. 3: Death of the Family
    Collects Batman #13-17.
  • Batgirl Vol. 3: Death of the Family
    Collects Batgirl #14-19, Batgirl Annual #1 And Batman #17.
  • Nightwing Vol. 3: Death of the Family
    Collects Nightwing #13-18 And Batman #17.
  • Red Hood and the Outlaws Vol. 3: Death of the Family
    Collects Issues #0, 14-18, Batman (2011-) #17 and Teen Titans (2011-) #16.
  • Catwoman Vol. 3: Death of the Family
    Collects Catwoman #0, 13-18 and A Story From Young Romance #1.
  • Batman: Detective Comics Vol. 3: Emperor Penguin
    Collects Batman: Detective Comics #13-18.
  • Suicide Squad Vol. 3: Death is for Suckers
    Collects Suicide Squad Issues #14-19.
  • Teen Titans Vol. 3: Death of the Family
    Collects Teen Titans #14-20.
  • Batman and Robin, Vol. 3: Death of the Family
    Collects Batman And Robin #15-17, Batman And Robin Annual #1 and Batman #17.

Is Batman: Death of the Family comic?

Batman: Death of The Family Reading Order: Issue by issue

  • Batman #13
  • Batgirl #13
  • Catwoman #13
  • Batman #14
  • Batgirl #14
  • Catwoman #14
  • Suicide Squad #14
  • Batman #15
  • Detective Comics #15

Is Batman: Death of the Family comic?

  • Batgirl #15
  • Suicide Squad #15
  • Batman and Robin #15
  • Nightwing #15
  • Red Hood and the Outlaws #15
  • Teen Titans #15
  • Batman #16
  • Detective Comics #16
  • Batgirl #16
  • Batman and Robin #16
  • Nightwing #16
  • Red Hood and the Outlaws #16
  • Teen Titans #16
  • Batman #17

Aftermath

  • Red Hood and the Outlaws #17 & #18

Is Batman: Death of the Family comic?

After Batman: Death of the Family?

Batman: Endgame (see reading order) is a six-issue comic book story arc described by Scott Snyder as the concluding chapter of his Joker story, and is essentially a sequel to the events of Batman: Death of the Family.

Is Batman: Death in the Family good comic?

Batman: Death in the Family is a pivotal story arc that has influenced Batman stories decades after it was published, including Batman: Hush and Batman: Under the Red Hood. It is a must have for any Batman graphic novel collection, and I highly recommend it!

Is Batman Death in family canon?

34 years after comic book fans helped the Joker kill a Robin, Batman stories (and comics as a whole) have come full circle in accepting A Death in the Family as important canon while rejecting the cycle of narrative pessimism that it unintentionally created.

What universe is Batman: Death in the Family?

Batman: Death in the Family goes a step further by also folding in existing and new, original content from writer Judd Winick's comic / animated adaptation Batman: Under the Red Hood to revisit that story from an all-new perspective. And it's not the only DC Universe Animated Original movie it pulls from.

Do I have to read anything before Batman: Death in the Family?

There is no reading requirement before going into the Batman: Death of the Family event. At best, Detective Comics #1, collected in Detective Comics: Faces of Death can serve as a prelude, but completely unnecessary to understand the story as everything you need to know will be mentioned in the main storyline.