I woke up one morning and had a dream... Could I own every single issue of Detective Comics, Batman and all of the other subtitles in the Gotham universe?
Insane? Stupid? Inspired?
This can only end in obsession and financial chaos.

The Stupidity of the Quest in Numbers

If I give the impression that I have loads of Batman books piled high in longboxes, I assure you I really haven't. So as of this May 2011 morning, the current numbers are as follows

Batman (1940): 219 of 710 = 31%
Annuals (inc 1million+ Issue 0): 1 of 30 = 3%

Detective Comics : 171 of 876 = 19.5%
Annuals (inc 1million+ Issue 0): 1 of 14 = 7%

Shadow of the Bat: 94 of 94 = 100%
Annuals (inc 1million+ Issue 0): 6 of 7 = 86%

Legends of the Dark Knight: 175 of 214 =82%
Annuals (inc Issue 0): 2 of 8 = 25%

Batman Chronicles : 23 of 23 = 100%
Batman Confidential: 7 of 54 = 13%
Batman: Gotham Knights: 3 of 74 = 4%
Batman Inc : 5 of 6 = 83%
Batman and Robin: 16 of 23 = 69.5%

Azrael volume 1: 29 of 100 = 29%
Annuals (inc 1million): 0 of 4 = 0%
Azrael volume 2: 1 of 18 = 5.5%
Batgirl (2000): 2 of 73 = 2.5%
Annual: 0 of 1 = 0%
Birds of Prey: 2 of 127 = 1.5%
Catwoman volume1: 3 of 94 = 3%
Annuals (inc 1million+ Issue 0): 0 of 6 = 0%
Nightwing: 31 of 153 = 20%
Annuals (inc 1million+ Issue 0): 0 of 16 = 0%
Robin Mini Series 13 of 15 = 87%
Robin (ongoing): 9 of 183 = 5%
Annuals (inc 1million+ Issue 0): 1 of 9 = 11%

The next time I do this will be one years time!