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omg okay so Damian is such a good character

Can't miss (his best series) is his first solo, Robin: Son of Batman. It's 13 issues long and delves into his backstory and how he is dealing with his actions.

I also recommend Batman and Robin (2011) for Damian's interactions with his dad (Bruce) and some pretty good writing on Damian.

Batman: Streets of Gotham is less Damian focused but has some nice Dick and Damian interactions

the series that Damian first starred as Robin in, Batman and Robin (2009) has dick as batman and damian as robin, but the first 15 or something issues are written by morrison and include all their racist tropes with how they approach talia. after the first 15 issues or something there's some short plotlines, one of which was written by the same writers of batman and robin 2011 that had some nice interactions with dick and damian

I was going to make a list of like most essential to least essential vs chronological order but I realized that might get overwhelming so here's just the order I recommend starting in. I didn't follow this order -- I started with Robin: Son of Batman -- but it does make a lot of references to Batman and Robin (2011), so if you already know you like his character there's no reason not to start with B&R 2011 (Robin: Son of batman is a great place to start if you are torn on his character though because it's his best). OTOH If you don't like Bruce (Batman) just skip to Robin: Son of Batman

My recommended reading order

Batman and Robin (2011)

Robin: Son of Batman

Batman: Streets of Gotham (okay not really essential, but got some nice stories. Specifically there's 1 arc in it I like for Damian, he doesn't show up a ton)

some issues of Batman and Robin (2009)

Batman and Robin 2011 starts at issue 1 and pretty much explains things to the reader as they go. It was at the beginning of new 52.

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