The Complete 'Court of Owls' and 'Night of the Owls' Batman Cross Over Event
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Included Files:
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~ All-Star Western #09 - #12
~ Batgirl #09
~ Batman #01 - #12 + #00
~ Batman & Robin #09
~ Batman Annual #01
~ Batman: The Dark Knight #09
~ Batwing #09
~ Birds of Prey #09
~ Catwoman #09
~ Detective Comics #09
~ Justice League #08
~ Nightwing #01 - #09
~ Red Hood & The Outlaws #09
The Reading Order:
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First there's 'Court of Owls' which is a prelude to the cross over event 'Night of the Owls'. Night of the
Owls is tricky in that it splits the story up in hours, so the more adverturous amongst you might want to
read the event in complete chronological order by jumping between books. If that is something you fancy,
or if that sounds like too much hassle, whatever, I've included two Reading Orders. A simple one with the
books in a "close as possible" line up, and a more complex one that jumps between books, following the
action in time chronological order.
The files for 'Night of the Owls' are sorted as listed in the Simple reading order, you'll have to do the
issue jumping, if you choose to do so, yourself. I have tried to make it as easy as possible for you
without cutting up the book's files.
01 Court of Owls (Prelude)
01 - Batman #01 - #06
02 - Nightwing #01 - #06 (Optional)
03 - Justice League #08 (Optional)
02a Night of the Owls (Simple Reading Order)
01 - Nightwing #07
02 - Batman #07
03 - Batman #08
04 - Red Hood & the Outlaws #08
05 - Batwing #09
06 - Nightwing #08
07 - Batman & Robin #09
08 - Batgirl #09
09 - Batman #09
10 - Red Hood & the Outlaws #09
11 - Nightwing #09 (You may enjoy it more if you read it back-to-back with #08)
12 - Detective Comics #09
13 - Batman: The Dark Knight #09
14 - Birds of Prey #09
15 - Batman Annual #01
16 - Catwoman #09
02b Night of the Owls (Complicated Reading Order)
So the coding goes: 'Reading Order' - 'File Name Number (i.e. Same as Simple
Order's Number)' - 'Time in Book' - 'Book Title + Number'
01 - 01 - N/A - Nightwing #07
02 - 02 - N/A - Batman #07
03 - 05 - 1630 - Batwing #09
04 - 16 - 1724 - Catwoman #09
05 - 05 - 1802 - Batwing #09
06 - 08 - 1807 - Batgirl #09
07 - 03 - 1901 - Batman #08
08 - 16 - 1904 - Catwoman #09
09 - 08 - 1904 - Batgirl #09
10 - 03 - 1932 - Batman #08
11 - 07 - 1938 - Batman & Robin #09
12 - 05 - 1940 - Batwing #09
13 - 06 - 1940 - Nightwing #08
14 - 04 - 1940 - Red Hood & The Outlaws #08
15 - 09 - 1951 - Batman #09
16 - 10 - 2018 - Red Hood & The Outlaws #09
17 - 14 - 2020 - Birds of Prey #09
18 - 11 - 2022 - Nightwing #09
19 - 12 - 2026 - Detective Comics #09
20 - 09 - 2036 - Batman #09
21 - 12 - 2051 - Detective Comics #09
22 - 10 - 2053 - Red Hood & The Outlaws #09
23 - 14 - 2103 - Birds of Prey #09
24 - 12 - 2149 - Detective Comics #09
25 - 13 - 2255 - Batman: The Dark Knight #09
26 - 09 - 2302 - Batman #09
27 - 13 - 0000 - Batman: The Dark Knight #09
28 - 15 - 0002 - Batman Annual #01
29 - 16 - 0203 - Catwoman #09
03 Court of Owls Finale (Prologue)
01 - Batman #10
02 - Batman #11
04 The War of Lords and Owls (Optional)
01 - All-Star Western #09
02 - All-Star Western #10
03 - All-Star Western #11
04 - All-Star Western #12
05 Bridge to DotF (Optional)
01 - Batman #12
02 - Batman #00
Lastly, I've also thrown in Batman #12 and the Batman #00 zero issue so that anyone planning on reading this
and then going straight into the 'Death of the Family' cross over afterwards can do just that.