With 2014 being The Dark Knight's 75th birthday, now seems as good a time as any to cast our eyes back through the DC Comics archive to unearth some of the best Batman stories ever told. Whenever people talk about great Batman stories, the following titles inevitably come up: Year One; The Dark Knight Returns; The Long Halloween; The Killing Joke; Hush. This list is not about these comics. They've (rightfully) been worshipped enough, adored by all and sundry as the classics they are. Instead, this list is about the stories that we believe are almost as good, but have been lost in the shuffle somewhat. Given that The Caped Crusader has been in continual publication for these 75 years, there is a truly enormous amount of material to sift through. Batman appears in so many different comics every single month that it is difficult enough to produce a Top Ten list for a single year, never mind one covering his whole history. Therefore, the forthcoming list is not an exhaustive one. These are simply ten stories that we feel deserve a bit more recognition, for someone to celebrate them. You know, give them a bit of love. They deserve it. These are the stories that mightn't be the most well-known but are more than worth tracking down and reading. These are 10 of the most underrated Batman comics ever.
