Catwoman

Catwoman of East End Omnibus collects the Brubaker/Cooke era that turns Selina Kyle into a street-level protector with noir texture and moral ambiguity. Instead of treating Catwoman only as Batman's thief-romance counterpart, the run gives her a neighborhood, a supporting cast and a reason to stay in costume that belongs to East End. It is one of the clearest Catwoman shelves for readers who want crime fiction, character reinvention and Gotham seen from below.

Chip Zdarsky's Batman run for the 2020s opens with Failsafe — an arc that redefines what Batman fears most. Bruce programmed a failsafe robot designed to stop him if he ever crossed the line. Now it's active, and it's unstoppable. The backup Zur-En-Arrh personality takes over, adding layers of dissociation and paranoia to the narrative. Jorge Jiménez delivers exceptional, kinetic art that makes every action sequence feel genuinely urgent. A bold, psychologically rich opening to a defining modern Batman era.

Catwoman: The New 52 Omnibus Vol. 1 follows Selina Kyle in a modern Gotham where theft, desire and survival are constantly tangled. The run leans into Catwoman as a risky, impulsive lead rather than a simple Batman satellite, using heists, criminal pressure and personal fallout to define her space. For collectors, it is the New 52 Catwoman anchor: the place to track Selina's solo identity through that line's tone and continuity.

The conclusion of Tom King's 85-issue Batman run: the failed wedding arc collapses the Batman-Catwoman relationship at its most vulnerable point. Cold Days puts Bruce Wayne on a jury debating Mister Freeze's guilt. Knightmares traps Batman in an alternate reality. City of Bane brings Thomas Wayne as an alternate Batman into collision with the original. Jorge Jiménez, Mikel Janín and Tony Daniel provide spectacular art. The emotional endpoint of the most literary Batman run in decades.

Tom King's acclaimed Batman run reimagines the Dark Knight as a figure defined by trauma rather than triumph. The opening arc, I Am Gotham, introduces two new heroes who force Bruce to question whether Batman is truly necessary. I Am Suicide takes the Bat-family into Santa Prisca for a Suicide Squad-style operation. I Am Bane is one of the most brutal confrontations in modern Batman history. War of Jokes and Riddles reimagines Gotham's most notorious criminals in a Golden Age-era conflict. Art by David Finch and Mikel Janín.