My Batman Chronological Timeline - Geek History Lesson 

I think it´s quite interesting that you put A Death in the Family and The Killing joke in the same year. What a damn sad year for Batman.

I love the idea Bruce is currently 45 because in TDKR he is 55 and he's been retired for like 10 years. So it fits.

This is amazing. It is now my official timeline! DC should pay you for using this!

I'd love to see more of these timelines. it would make reading comics a bit easier. knowIng where to start. sometimes there's so much out there i don't know where to start.

His timeline would suggest that Batman would have been born in 1972 and became batman in 1997. Neat

It’s clear that Ashley (the female voice) has made her own timeline. Has she made a video because I would love to see her take and see how it compares to his timeline.

selina lookin good for 45

Terrific Batman timeline. Would love to see one of Spider-Man, aka PLEASE DO SPIDER-MAN!!!!!

This is brilliant! This should be THE timeline of mainstream continuity. Not only do I want the same events to happen in the same years as you, but I also want them in those spots for the same reasons

I like this timeline but Flashpoint de-aged Batman by 10 years so all the events can still happen like you say but while he is technically 45, his body is 35.

This timeline was OUTSTANDING. Thank you for the break down. I've been a batman fan since I was a kid 70s . I haven't read comics since the 80s, but still remained a batman fan thru animated series/movies, Batman big screen movies and thru youtube guys like yourself. I have always wondered his age when he started as Batman and wen he met the Robins. Your break down is excellent!!! Thank you for this again ,well done👍🏽 You just got a new subscriber.

In my head canon I always like to have Bruce Wayne as young as realistically possible when he starts as batman

My Timeline: Year 0 - 1: Batman: Year One (Batman (25 years old), Catwoman & James Gordon origin) Year 1: Batman: The Man Who Laughs (Batman meets Joker for the first time) Batman Year 2 - 3: Batman: The Long Halloween (Harvey Dent becomes TwoFace) Year 4 - 5: Batman: Dark Victory (Dick Grayson becomes Robin at age 13 in Year 5) Year 6: Robin: Year One Year 7: BatGirl: Year One (BatGirl origin and she’s 16 while Robin is 15) Year 8 - 9: Crisis On Infinite Earths Batman #408 - 411 (Dick Grayson gets fired and becomes NightWing at age 16, Jason Todd becomes Robin in year 9 at age 14 after 6 months of training starting year 8 and he beats up TwoFace for killing his father) Year 10: Batman: Son Of A Diplomat (Jason throws a rapist off a rooftop) Batman: The Killing Joke (Joker paralyzes Barbara Gordon at age 19 turning her into Oracle) Batman: Death In The Family (Jason Todd death at 15) Batman: A Lonely Place Of Dying (Tim Drake becomes Robin at 13) Year 11 - 13: Infinite Crisis Batman: KnightFall (Bane breaks Batman’s back, Azreal becomes Batman before getting beat by him when he recovered and getting replaced by 21 year old Dick Grayson for a bit) Batman Year 14: Batman: Hush Batman: Under The Red Hood (Jason comes back to get his revenge at age 18 as red hood Batman And Son (Damien Wayne gets introduced and becomes Robin at age 8) Year 15: Final Crisis (Batman’s Death) Year 16: Batman: Battle For The Cowl (Dick Grayson and Damien Wayne become the new Batman And Robin) Batman And Robin (Dick Grayson gives up the mantle after Bruce Wayne returned)

Love this video, all of the research you did was accurate and spot on. Love when creators really dive into the story and offer more than a base-level explantion. Although, i'd have to respectfully disagree with not inculding Zero Year, as I feel it has a lot of good hightlights and character moments.

"Dick. Gets. Fired." *AD starts* "AT BURGER KING!"

This is why I like how Judge Dredd handles continuity: The stories started in 1977, 45 years ago... and everything has happened in realtime ever since. No retcons, no reboots, no time compression. Dredd is 45 years older than when he started and that's that :)

More of these would be great. I'm a new reader and these are a great starting point.

I cannot recall just how many times I’ve revisited this video, hahah. I love this video

To everyone who is looking for the full version/Ashley's timeline it's on Spotify as Geek History Lesson episode 175.

I really want to see them do a Dc Reboot that’s perfectly combines the best of every story into a solid timeline of events Year one to Beyond Needs to start with superman then Batman second then Wonder Woman All their year one adventures into a massive super series that then move into Justice league Then the adventures continue till we get to the “beyond” era Batman beyond, Justice League beyond

This was GREAT. Please do Superman, Wonder Woman, Green Lanterns (All earth ones), Spider-Man, and X-Men. These would also be great to read as a written timeline to be vizualized

I always enjoy Jason and Ashley you both are fantastic! Miss you Jason on DC Access!

Great timeline!! I really enjoyed listening to your thought process.

if you include endgame bruce will be 45 at the end but with a body of a 30ish batman

Great video! It puts a lot of Batman's story into perspective.

I need more of these timelines for all the main justice league and avengers members. this is so good and helpful

One problem with this timeline which is the same one I had... Long Halloween, the majority of it, has to take place during Year Three. Why? Well, the comic begins in June and it isn't until the end of the first issue that it's Halloween. In the beginning, Gordon is already Captain and the Roman already has his Catwoman-produced scratch marks. which means it has to at least begin toward the end of Year One. Carmine doesn't get the scratches til about November but even if we retconned that date to take place a little earlier, it just doesn't work as we soon learn that his nephew's wedding is in June and, as I said, the comic ends on Halloween after a montage of events throughout several months between June and October. Had the comic began in October without the montage, we could have handwaved the date of when Selina scratches the Roman... but that's not the case. That monthly montage doesn't work as part of Year One as far as I can tell since Catwoman is already active. The only way I see it working IS: * You ignore the date from Year One where she scratches the Roman and place it in October, a few weeks earlier from the November 2nd date given. * Next, you have to IGNORE Selina's mention in TLH that the wedding in Issue 1 is taking place in June and that it's only shortly after she scratches Carmine Falcone; also in October * After that, the following montage of several months' worth of time needs to be condensed down into about a week to two weeks worth of time so that the first Holiday killing still takes place on Halloween or right around Halloween, thus making the story begin Halloween of Year One * Chapter 2 of TLH, Thanksgiving, would then be Thanksgiving of Year One * Chapter 3, Christmas, of TLH, which prominently features Joker means it happens JUST after Man Who Laughs which definitely happens in Year One and is Joker's first appearance. We know it's Christmas time because Year One ends with Joker attacking Gotham. I guess it's possible that Long Halloween is only Joker's second appearance and that he busts out of Gotham nearly right away, making him attack Gotham twice during Year One's Christmas. The only other issue that presents itself is that if the beginning of TLH starts in October, you still have the issue that the batsignal is being used which doesn't show up until Man Who Laughs.... The only consolation I can give is that if Two-Face emerges in Year Three... then that means Batman worked with Harvey Dent for TWO years before Two-Face emerges. I know, it's not as clean and cute as the other way. That also means that Robin doesn't start until the TAIL end of Year Three which is kind of wonky and basically means his first REAL year is Year Four. But I think that's the only way it technically works out given the dates. The only OTHER option is to ignore ALL the dates given in Year One which is rather awkward. Push the entire book into just January to June of Year One, then Long Halloween's beginning, set in June, and the montage that follows it takes place throughout the entire rest of the year up to October. Then you get the last page/epilogue of Year One with the mention of the Joker, then Man Who Laughs and Chapter 3 of TLH in December of Year One? That's a LOT to ignore and a wonky way to treat Batman: Year One though just to get TLH to fit into Year Two.

Imagine DC uses this as a blueprint and makes live-action versions of all this from start till finish, based on all these stories but still a bit original and create a cinematic universe

this was awesome 👌 I loved it!

I absolutely love your timeline. It sounds as close to perfect as I can imagine. Although, I am curious why you didn't include the Tower of Babel story. I'm going to assume you included it when you mentioned the JLA stuff but it was a pretty big event within the JLA so why it wasn't specifically mentioned is a mystery to me. Aside from that, perfect. Well done.

Fantastic conversation to listen to! It reallt helps me visualize how they could make the new DCU Batman work with all the Robins

This was awesome and very well thought​ out.

I stumbled upon this and I love it! I now think the reason the silver age is so whacky is because they are from the perspective of young Dick Grayson, who is just having fun as Robin with his surrogate father and his invincible uncle who tells the dad jokes.

How did I miss this video until now? A while back, on a bored whim, I tried making notes for how I'd make a Batman TV show, though I stopped at about 9 seasons. I had Knightfall show up a bit earlier but Two-Face, Long Halloween, Superman, JLA, those were spot on. Worth mentioning I included Tower Of Babel right before Killing Joke, Funeral For A Friend and Death In The Family. I kinda felt bad for it too, especially because I wanted a good chunk of Broken Bat before Knightfall.

I don't know why but the idea of him training from the age of 8 to the age of 26 and then becoming batman ANDDD being born in 1932 makes sense for the mark of zorro

I approve of your timeline on Bats, as it is very well thought out. Can't wait to see how you do with Supes and Wondy.

Y’all should look into “the batman chronology project”. crazy dude. it’s so detailed. the behind the scenes obviously took soooo much research. whatever age of comics you wanna read. modern age, new 52, rebirth era etc. i feel like i’ve had such a well rounded education of batman comics from the modern age reading order.

Just found this RU-vid channel a fee Days ago and I liked the Batman Timeline video so much that I endend it with Bruce becoming Batman again and Damiab becoming his Robin.

Please do more really enjoyed this.

Would love to see this as an actual reading list

It's interesting to think about a Batman timeline, even if when comes to Batman (or any other superhero) continuity, I've always perferred to fully embrace "comicbook time" and take the Grant Morrison approach - it all happened (even the stuff that the contradicts the other stuff!) over a very vague number of years.

I really needed something like this to make some sense of the timeline, even if its just one person's interpretation

This video is awesome!!! Can you do one of these for the Flash or Spider-man?

Great timeline especially to adding Tim drake aka robin in your timeline

Others are doing it, I am going to do it too. My Batman timeline: Year 1: Bruce is 25 years old and his training is over. He starts his career with small time criminals. Year 2: The Joker appears for the first time. War of Jokes and Riddles. Year 3: The GCPD start trusting the Batman. Year 4: Batman learns of other heroes. He, also, arrests Catwoman for the first time. Year 5: Batman and Talia Al Ghoul meet. Damien is conceived. Dick Grayson becomes Robin at 13 years of age. Year 6: The Justice League is formed. Darkseid is defeated for the first time. Year 7: Barbara Gordon becomes Batgirl. She is 16 years old. Year 8: Dick Grayson joins the Teen Titans. Tim Drake becomes Robin at 12. Year 9: Bane breaks Bruce's back. Azrael becomes Batman for a while. Near the end of the same year, Bruce becomes Batman again. Year 10: Damien is brought to the Wayne Manor. He was artificially grown up and is trained by Batman. Year 11: Crisis on Infinite Earths. In the same year, Jason Todd becomes Robin. He is 13 years old. Year 12: Killing Joke and Death in the Family happen within 4 months. Dick Grayson becomes Nightwing and leaves for Blüdhaven. Year 13: Damien becomes Robin and Tim Drake is taken in to be trained. JLI is formed. Year 14: Flashpoint. The timeline is reset to 5 years before current events. Nobody remembers. Back to year 9: Batman is defeated by Bane. The story remains the same. Year 10: Damien is brought to the Wayne Manor and becomes Robin. Jason Todd is brought in and begins training. Year 11: Killing Joke and Death in the Family happen. Tim Drake becomes Robin. Year 12: A new Multiversal Crisis happens. Jason Todd wakes up and is taken in by The League of Shadows. Year 13: Under the Hood story. A few months later, Jason joins Batman's allies. Year 14: Final Crisis, Blackest Night and Battle for the Cowl. Months later, Batman returns. Year 15: Court of Owls and Death of the Family happen. Year 16: The Teen Titans become the Titans. Batman: Endgame. Year 17: Batman and Catwoman marry each other. Months later, Helena Wayne is born. Tim Drake becomes Red Robin. Year 18: Dark Knights: Metal. Batman realizes he is getting older. Dick Grayson and Barbara Gordon marry each other. Year 19: Alfred Pennyworth dies of old age. Mister Freeze stops his criminal activities and changes his life. Year 20: Bruce Grayson is born. Bruce Wayne meets Thomas Wayne's Batman. They defeat Reverse Flash with the help of Barry Allen. Year 21: Bruce stops being Batman. Dick Grayson becomes Batman at 29. Bruce starts having more time with Selena and Helena. Year 1 of Dick's time as Batman (22): Damien becomes the second Nightwing. Years 2-10 (23-31): Older heroes retire and their sidekicks take their place. A Justice League is formed. Many of Bruce's enemies have tragic endings. Year 3 (24): Helena Wayne begins training under Bruce and Dick, to become Robin. The next years are like Bruce's time as Batman, but for Dick. Amanda Waller begins her project for future the Batman. Year 21 for Dick's Batman: Dick retires and Batman Beyond begins.

Loved that video Jawiin, i would like to see the same for Superman, Flash and Wonder Woman and the same treatment for Marvel characters like Iron Man, Spiderman and Captain America.

I need this to be written down somewhere

This is amazing do more

MORE TIMELINES PLZ!!

I like these timelines gives a reading list that feels like it's progressing instead of refreshing to phase one because the new writers want a clear plate. Should do some more for other characters both DC and MARVEL's

EXCELLENT!

Brilliant video.

This is amazing

i would love to see her timeline or your timeline for other heroes

I don't know if many people are aware of this but when Barbara Gordon first debut as Batgirl in the comics during the Silver Age, she was 25 years old fighting crime while Dick Grayson (as Robin) was still in high school before he went to Hudson University.

Can you guys do a history lesson on The Runaways, Black Panther, Storm, and Professor X

You can also do the JLA origin fighting the white martians, which features a pre-ring Hal Jordan

I would like to see a Flash timeline video

The fact that Death in the Family and The Killing joke makes sense, due to the fact that in the Killing joke movie we see an image of a bloodied beat up jason on the batcomputer

Trinity has to take place in year 3 after dark victory. Dick Grayson is in the story. Love this list by the way! Thank you!

Keep up the character time lines for all the characters. Flash timeline?

You guys had me when you included Matt Wagner’s Trinity in Year Two. 👏

I think that the first half of zero year, we're he takes on the red hood gang, pairs really well with year one

I kind of disagree with a few of your suggestions on the Batman timeline but good job continuity is an important thing in comics really need to follow it

I just finished reading the Three Jokers and Batman's Grave, and I really enjoyed them! Where do you think those stories fall into the timeline?

Because of the current continuity, I like to think Tim originally wanted be the next Robin but instead decided not to out respect for Bruces' loss and Jasons' death. I like to think Year One and Zero Year have been merged in Rebirth; Zero Year happens first, then Batman faces the antagonists of Year One, and goes through a few personal changes kind of like he does in the original story. Other than that, our timelines sound pretty similar. I'd probably also say Dick and Barbara are nearer the same age. In the present continuity in my headcanon, Bruce is in his late 30s/Early 40s.

Would you do a Spider-Man Timeline, Flash Timeline, Green Arrow Timeline Or Superman Timeline

My batman timeline part 3 bane break all of the villans in arkham as his army during this barbara decided to become oracle and form the birds of prey While batman try to find where bane is then he find him but bane break batman Back then batman tell arzael that he is the New batman and reveal the project is called knightfall

Do a Spider-Man chronological timeline!

Long halloween takes place over year 2 and 3? Its specifically states dates

no considero haber leido batman lo suficiente para mi linea del tiempo personal pero mierda que ganas tengo de hacer eso. la verdad es que mesclaria eventos de los comics con algunas peliculas y las series animadas y la serie arkham, me encantaria.

It would be nice to see a reading order Meaning sometimes you mention events without the books the occur in

25 to 45 years is my Ideal Time period for batman

This is a really solid timeline. Obviously the future of Batman is very uncertain with all the alternate timelines, wether it be TDKR or Titans Tomorrow, but I’d say the most loved and respected by fans is Batman Beyond. After Bruce is 45 in your timeline, I’d say his story follows that of the DCAU’s Batman beyond pretty closely.

Jason / Ashley. Great Video - Big Fan. I have a Question: Is there anything either of you would add or remove from DC's [25] Essential Graphic Novels 2017 for those just getting started in DC comics?

Is there a full episode of this out there ?

Timmy says he’s 13 in A Lonely Place of Dying

Cool exercise. I think DC might not wasn't to acknowledge Bruce as a 45 year old man, but then again they did seem to have allowed characters to age up in recent years. I like the idea of Bruce taking Dick Grayson in as almost a cousin/brother. He didn't ever seem to have a father-son relationship with him, so this makes more sense. The time discontinuities of various crises let's DC wiggle around some age differences, but overall this actually holds up pretty well.

Welp I like this way more than when the NEW52 said all the Robins and Batman's continuity happened in 5years. Then Rebirth says the Dr.Manhattan took like 5years from the superheros or something.

i like to think ever batman story takes place in its own timeline mostly because of how contradictory the dc time line is

Can you do a Superman reading order

Can you make a reading order for your timeline? Or can anyone put the order of comics or novels he was referring please? I’m new to the Batman comics and I’m currently reading Year One. Thanks.

Nice...Kinda like the same with my Head Cannon^^

Cant wait to hear how close this is to mine working on something

What about the storyline 'The Cult'?

Do Superman!

Wow this reminds me of Morrison on Fatman on Batman talking about Bruce Wayne's life

I find it funny that from Batman's perspective year 2 would fly by extremely quickly but the last three months would be more eventful than the entire year. xD

THE VILLIN IS CALLED LOCK UP

Wait, quick question. You included Identity Crisis twice: in Year 8 and Year 16

When did Dick Grayson leave the mantle of Robin to become Nightwing?

3:37 what story is The Joker’s and The Riddler’s first appearances covered in?

I feel like Tim should be a little older than 19, probably around 21-22. Other than that, fantastic timeline!

Can't fault this video. Trinity is year 17 right?

This is brilliant. My timeline is very similar

i need the timeline physically drawn out in front of me lmao

Is it bad that I sometimes wish batman was a story secluded from the rest of the DC universe?

can someone link Ashley's headcanon timeline video? or its not available?

What really annoyed me was Futures End. Whatever the year, you have to add Fifty to get to Batman Beyond. That was the rule Bruce Timm and Alan Burnett made to explain the jump in technology. Then they wrote Futures End. They changed it to 35 years to keep everyone younger and still relevant. Even though they're still in their 50's and 60's. Then when they reintroduce Damien as The new Head of the Demon. He looks like he's 30. No! That doesn't work!

Any list?