City of Bane is an extended story during Tom King’s Batman run as a loose tie in to Year of the Villain. Bane takes over Gotham City, which is nothing new, but the ending leads to a major defining moment which shapes Batman/Bruce Wayne and the extended Bat-family’s stories way beyond Tom King. It also brings in a Flashpoint character which is a part of a greater story. No spoilers here.
City of Bane was Tom King’s final run before James Tynion IV took over.
City of Bane does not tie into anything else and no other character gets a tie in.
In terms of a reading order it is self contained and easy to follow. Let’s get into it.
City of Bane Trade Reading Order
Contents
City of Bane Complete Collection
There is only one trade you need to get and that’s City of Bane, but it doesn’t contain ALL of the issues (this will be detailed below) It was collected after the original Part 1 and Part 2 trades. It contains Batman issues #75-85 and Annual #4 which is 12 issues.
- King, Tom (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 344 Pages - 12/15/2020 (Publication Date) - DC Comics (Publisher)
The issues missing from the trade which are in the reading order are:
- Batman: Secret Files #2
- Detective Comics Annual #3
- Batman: Pennyworth R.I.P. #1
City of Bane Issue by Issue Reading Order
- Batman #75
- Batman: Secret Files #2
- Batman #76
- Batman #77
- Batman #78
- Batman #79
- Batman #80
- Batman #81
- Batman Annual #4
- Batman #82
- Batman #83
- Batman #84
- Batman #85
- Detective Comics Annual #3
- Batman: Pennyworth R.I.P. #1
City of Bane Reading Order FAQs
Aside from Detective Comics Annual #3, City of Bane stayed with the Batman series.
Batman #75 was released July 17th, 2019.
Batman: Pennyworth R.I.P. #1 was released February 12th, 2020.
City of Bane was the running story for 210 days or 30 weeks.
The collected edition has 12 but the full reading order has 15 issues.
King leaves Batman after City of Bane, replaced with James Tynion IV who’s opening story was Their Dark Designs. In terms of events, the Joker War comes next.
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