Great Ra's AL Ghul Plots

[Seraku]

ok so I've read Tower of Babel, Evolution, Ressurection, Death/Maidens, Legacy and Demon Laughs, any other major plots I might enjoy with Ra's in em?

[brundlefly]

Sure. To name a few:

Batman #400 "Resurrection Night"

Birth of the Demon TPB

Tales of the Demon TPB

Son of the Demon TPB

Bane of the Demon TPB

Also, Batman/Ra's al Ghul: Year One, while not as good as the above stories, has some great art from Paul Gulacy and works as kind of a followup to Death and the Maidens. It's much better than "Resurrection of Ra's al Ghul," at least, so worth a look.

Ra's has also had some good appearances in non-Batman books, like Superman and Legion, though I don't recall the exact issue numbers offhand.

[jgiannantoni05]

Ressurection, Death/Maidens

These were poor IMHO. Sad that these are things people first see on the shelf at the comic store when it comes to Ra's

I'd check out Batman #400, Birth of the Demon (origin), and Son of the Demon.

I would not bother with Ra's Year One. Pretty poor.

Instead of the Tales of the Demon tpb, I'd purchase Batman Animated Series Vol 3 and watch "The Demon's Quest" which is a superior telling of Batman's first encounter with Ra's. Superior to the comic version IMHO (even for a kid's show), O'Neil outdid his earlier story.
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[foxley]

Batman Annual #8. It's not collected anywhere (as far as I know) but is a brilliant Ra's story and well worth reading if you can find a copy.

[nepenthes]

Son Of The Demon

[earl]

Look into Matt Wagner's Trinity mini-series, which is written as the first time that Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman worked together. The main villain in that one is Ra's Al Ghul.


I wish DC would reprint that Birth of the Demon. DC should put that one, Bride of the Demon and Son of the Demon into one trade paperback.

[JerryvonKramer]

"Son of the Demon" can be found in the "Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told" TPB from 1989.

It's reprinted in full.

EDIT: Well, mine does. But be careful though because I think mine is the UK edition with a cover by Jerry Bingham. The one with the Walter Simonson cover does not include Son of the Demon.

[Damiean Dark]

LOVE tower of babel! the REAL batman paranoid and obsessive but heroic the panels where he is studying each membes weaknesses is classic i especially loved his studying of Green lantern.

[Damiean Dark]

LOVE tower of babel! the REAL batman paranoid and obsessive but heroic the panels where he is studying each membes weaknesses is classic i especially of Green lantern.