Batman: War Games was a major Batman family crossover story arc which ran from 2004-2005 comprising of issues from Detective Comics, Legends of the Dark Knight, Nightwing, Batman: Gotham Knights, Robin, Batgirl, Catwoman, Batman, and Gotham Central.
War Games is a story of a major gang conflict in Gotham City orchestrated by “accident” by Stephanie Brown. The following issues then deals with the conflict and aftermath following the turf war as the Batman family come together to resolve the events.
War Games has 37 issues in total in the following order, the newest collected edition contains War Drums, Act 1 and Act 2 in War Games Book 1 and Act 3, Act 4 and War Crimes in Book 2.
War Games Reading order
War Drums:
- Detective Comics #790-796
- Robin (vol. 4) #126-128
- Batgirl (vol. 1) #53
- Solo #10
Act One – Outbreak:
- Prelude: Batman: The 12 Cent Adventure #1
- Part 1: Detective Comics #797
- Part 2: Legends of the Dark Knight #182
- Part 3: Nightwing #96
- Part 4: Gotham Knights #56
- Part 5: Robin (vol. 4) #129
- Part 6: Batgirl (vol. 1) #55
- Part 7: Catwoman (vol. 3) #34
- Part 8: Batman #631
Act Two – Tides:
- Part 1: Detective Comics #798
- Part 2: Legends of the Dark Knight #183
- Part 3: Nightwing #97
- Part 4: Gotham Knights #57
- Part 5: Robin (vol. 4) #130
- Part 6: Batgirl (vol. 1) #56
- Part 7: Catwoman (vol. 3) #35
- Part 8: Batman #632
Act Three – Endgame:
- Part 1: Detective Comics #799
- Part 2: Legends of the Dark Knight #184
- Part 3: Nightwing #98
- Part 4: Robin (vol. 4) #131
- Part 5: Gotham Knights #58
- Part 6: Batgirl (vol. 1) #57
- Part 7: Catwoman (vol. 3) #36
- Part 8: Batman #633
- Epilogue: Detective Comics #800
- Epilogue: Batman #634
War Crimes:
- Batman Villains Secret Files and Origins 2005
- Batman Allies Secret Files and Origins 2005
- Detective Comics #809
- Batman #643
- Detective Comics #810
- Batman #644
