Books like Batman returns by Craig Shaw Gardner

A classic tale of revenge and obsession against the mighty Moby Dick.

Alan Moore’s graphic narrative follows the Joker’s release from Arkham Asylum, as he targets Gotham’s guardian, Commissioner Jim Gordon, and the Commissioner’s daughter, forcing the city to confront blurred borders between sanity, heroism, and villainy.

Batman confronts the notorious Arkham Asylum in this graphic novel, facing iconic rogues like the Joker and Two‑Face while uncovering the institution’s dark origins and the psychological mystery that haunts its halls.

Batman confronts his deepest fears when supernatural guardian Mr. Winchester returns to Gotham, threatening to turn the city into a cathedral of death.

Grant Morrison’s Batman R.I.P. pits the Dark Knight against the Black Glove’s sinister plot, a mad psychiatrist masquerading as Bruce’s dead father, Jezebel Jet’s capture, and the Joker’s looming threat.

Batman and Catwoman team up to stop the Penguin and the Ventriloquist from waging war on each other.

Someone has broken into Arkham Asylum hunting down all the supervillains locked up there, and Batman's life has just become more complicated because Gotham City's new mayor is the Penguin, and he has declared Batman an outlaw.

In a fresh comic adventure, Batgirl teams up with Batman and Robin to thwart two deadly villains, Mr. Freeze and Poison Ivy, whose schemes threaten Gotham City’s very existence.

An action-packed Batman adventure featuring the Dark Knight battling the Joker in a New York Times bestseller.

Andrew Vachss brings his expertise on abused children to a Batman story that reveals a shocking truth about the hero’s origins.

Batman strikes fear in the hearts of criminals, but there’s a killer stalking Gotham who’s even better at inspiring fright–and his method just might be unbeatable . . . because it’s invisible. Unbeknownst to the general public, a powerful new designer drug has hit the streets of Gotham, courtesy of an evil genius determined to turn the expression “scared to death” into lethal reality. Unlike the Caped Crusader, who petrifies only villains, this mastermind is targeting decent citizens–and he’s come up with the ultimate delivery system. After all, the public can’t refuse something they can’t see, hear, or smell. That’s the beauty of a terror toxin that is undetectable by the human senses. And with all of Gotham’s super-villains incarcerated, Batman must hunt down a mystery madman about whom he knows nothing. Maybe the Dark Knight should be afraid . . . because there’s plenty to fear when you go head-to-head with fear itself.

The Batman, a graphic novel, explores the darker, more serious tone of Gotham City in the 1960s through the lens of art and storytelling by Neal Adams, Dick Giordano, and Irv Novick.

Batman and Batgirl fight off the Joker and Harley Quinn.