Year by Bat-Year

I like what Grant Morrison does. I like how he thinks. I like how efficiently he does things. Most of all I like that he's put everything back into play. Everything. Pre-Crisis, Post-Crisis, even some Elseworlds (Non-Continuity) efforts are now part of continuity (Although, he certainly keeps things reasonable).

Anyway, I subscribe to this. And specifically, I've looked over the back-issues, listed, listed, re-listed and listed again everything in order. And I've determined that a suitable timeline for Batman, and in fact, the entire DC Universe, equals about 1 year for every 5 years real-time.

(Added: This seems to work with Batwoman's origins, too. The covers of Batwoman's origin story in Detective Comics recently show "Twenty Years Ago", "Seven Years Ago", "Four Years Ago". 20 Years Ago places her tragic childhood events at a few years before Bruce even graduates high-school. 7 Years Ago was when she had to leave West Point, met up with Renee Montoya (This is right about when Montoya was introduced in the comics as well, as a beat cop during Tim Drake's early days, pre-Knightfall.) and 4 Years Ago places her decision to "join the Batman mission" in and around No Man's Land, although it was another year or so before she first "appeared" on the scene. (We learned in the final issue that she spent that next year or so training world-wide with some of the best martial arts experts her father could find.) This mean's Rucka's timeline syncs up with Morrison's.)

Year One: (1935-1939) Joker's Satire Years
Big Event: THE MAN WHO LAUGHS
(Runner Up: BATMAN: YEAR ONE, CATWOMAN: YEAR ONE, DARK MOON RISING)
* Joker, Catwoman, Harvey Dent, Gordon, Hugo Strange, Boss Maroni, Carmine Falcone, Julie Madison

Year Two: (1940-1944) Joker's Satire Years
Big Event: THE LONG HALLOWEEN
* Riddler, Poison Ivy, Scarecrow, Mad Hatter, Two-Face

Year Three: (1945-1949) Joker's Satire Years
Big Event: DARK VICTORY
(Runners Up: ROBIN: YEAR ONE, COMMISSIONER GORDON WALKS A BEAT)
* Dick Grayson, Mister Freeze, Cavalier, Penguin, Clayface, Vicki Vale

Year Four: (1950-1954) Joker's Camp Years
Big Event: THE BATMAN AND ROBIN OF ENGLAND
(Runners Up: THE MAN BEHIND THE RED HOOD, THE BATMEN OF ALL NATIONS)
* Knight & Squire, Deadshot, Wingman, Killer Moth, Firefly

Year Five: (1955-1959) Joker's Camp Years
Big Event: THE CLUB OF HEROES
(Runners Up: BATWOMAN, THE MAN WHO ENDED BATMAN'S CAREER)
* Kathy Kane, Ace, Lew Moxon, John Mayhew, Professor Milo, Zur En Arrh, Bat-Mite

Year Six: (1960-1964) Joker's Camp Years
Big Event: JUSTICE LEAGUE: YEAR ONE
(Runners Up: ROBIN DIES AT DAWN)
* Justice League, Bette Kane, Clayface II, Polka-Dot Man, Catman, Dr. Hurt

Year Seven: (1965-1969) Joker's Camp Years
Big Event: THE INSIDE STORY OF THE OUTSIDER
(Runners Up: CRISIS ON EARTH-1, CRISIS ON EARTH-2)
* Blockbuster, Cluemaster, Outsider, Gaggy

Year Eight: (1970-1974) Joker's New Homicidal
Big Event: THE DEMON'S QUEST
(Runners Up: BATGIRL: YEAR ONE, THE JOKER'S FIVE-WAY REVENGE)
* Barbara Gordon, Brave and the Bold, Jason Bard, Man-Bat, Ten-Eyed Man, Reaper, Spook, Lupus, League of Assassins, Arkham Asylum

Year Nine: (1975-1979) Joker's New Homicidal
Big Event: THE LAUGHING FISH
(Runners Up: THERE IS NO HOPE IN CRIME ALLEY)
* Leslie Thompkins, Black Spider, Thorne, Phosphorus, Silver St. Cloud, Clayface III, Lucius Fox

Year Ten: (1980-1984) Joker's New Homicidal
Big Event: JUST ANOTHER KID ON CRIME ALLEY
(Runners Up: NIGHTWING: YEAR ONE, BATMAN AND THE OUTSIDERS)
* Jason Todd, Julia Pennyworth, Mayor Hill, Killer Croc, Outsiders, Nocturna, The Wrath

Year Eleven: (1985-1989) Joker's Ringmaster from Hell
Big Event: THE KILLING JOKE, A DEATH IN THE FAMILY
(Runners Up: A LONELY PLACE OF DYING, CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS)
* Tim Drake, Black Mask, Ventriloquist, Deacon Blackfire

Year Twelve: (1990-1994) Modern Joker
Big Event: KNIGHTFALL, KNIGHTQUEST, KNIGHTSEND
(Runners Up: RITE OF PASSAGE)
* Bane, Azrael, Huntress, Renee Montoya, Zsasz

Year Thirteen: (1995-1999) Modern Joker
Big Event: NO MAN'S LAND
(Runners Up: PRODIGAL, ZERO HOUR)
* Stephanie Brown, Harley Quinn, Cassandra Cain, Crispus Allen

Year Fourteen: (2000-2004) Modern Joker
Big Event: HUSH, UNDER THE HOOD
(Runners Up: OFFICER DOWN, HALF A LIFE, INFINITE CRISIS
* Hush, Tarantula, Jason as Red Hood II

Year Fifteen: (The "Missing" Year)
Big Event: DARK KNIGHT DOWN
* Kate Kane, Ten-Eyed Tribe of the Ghost Quarter

Year Sixteen: (2005-2009) Joker's Clown at Midnight
Big Event: The Morrison Run! (Bruce)
(Runners Up: FINAL CRISIS, FACE THE FACE)
* Damian Wayne, Club of Villains, Black Glove,

Year Seventeen: (2010-2014) Joker's Clown at Midnight
Big Event: The Morrison Run! (Grayson)
(Runners Up: BLACKEST NIGHT)
* Circus of Crime, Black Mask II, Alice, British Rogues, Council of Spiders

(And for the record, that'd make Bruce Wayne 37-38, Dick Grayson 24, Jason Todd 19-20, Tim Drake 18, Stephanie Brown 18, Cassandra Cain 18, Kate Kane 30, Alfred Pennyworth 60 and Damian Wayne 10.)