There are certain Top Ten list ideas that I don't write because they'd be incredibly boring for the both of us. Like, If I was gonna write a list of the best Batman stories of all time, you know how that'd go. Year One, Dark Knight Returns, and Court of Owls would be top contenders, Killing Joke and Hush might make it somewhere on there; boring list, right? You've all read all of those (sidenote, if you haven't read those, GO READ THOSE). It'd be more fun to make a list of stories that you are less likely to have read. The ones that are still great, but are less recognized for being so. If you pick up any of these, you're in for a good time.

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10. Officer Down

Okay, I might have an ulterior motive for this pick. Officer Down serves as the unofficial prelude to the incredibly underrated series Gotham Central.

In this one, Commissioner James Gordon is shot three times in the back and left in critical condition. It's up to the GCPD and the extended Bat-Family to track down his attempted killer. God do I love me some early 2000s Bat-Family. Like, Tim Drake-Robin, Cassandra Cain-Batgirl, Azrael thrown in there for some reason? The best.

But this story isn't just great for that, it also shines in its character interaction. Detectives Allen and Montoya show flickers of greatness that would be fully paid off in Gotham Central. Batman's reaction to Gordon's injuries is a wonderfully humanizing moment for the character. And Oracle and Detective Bullock both get some excellent moments to themselves.

It really makes you realize how important Gordon is to the Bat-Universe as a whole.