Batman Year One
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| Writer | Frank Miller |
| Artist | David Mazzucchelli |
A new edition of one of the most important and critically acclaimed Batman adventures ever, written by Frank Miller, author of THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS!
In 1986, Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli produced this groundbreaking reinterpretation of the origin of Batman--who he is and how he came to be.
Written shortly after THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS, Miller's dystopian fable of Batman's final days, YEAR ONE set the stage for a new vision of a legendary character.
This edition includes the complete graphic novel, a new introduction by writer Frank Miller and a new illustrated afterword by artist David Ma
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The art elevates this insanely.
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one Batman story i can never get tired of re-reading. very well written (though not entirely perfect) there's a few glaring things i wasn't thrilled about. this is still a fantastic story, and worthy of being called essential reading. all the scenes with Gordon facing the corruption withing the GCPD are very well written. Det. Flass is probably one of the best antagonist characters that Miller has ever come up with. there aren't nearly enough scenes with Bruce Wayne/Batman to be honest. though when he finally does appear he's great! though Miller's Batman takes himself a little too seriously. Miller did his best to try to kill of the last remaining remnants of fun of the Bronze age Batman to usher in the Modern age version of the cha more
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Batman definitive origin, "Year One" sets the whole scenario that would later be beautifully explored in "The Long Halloween" and "Dark Victory". It's a good comic with a nice script and a wonderful visual art. A must-read for anyone into comics.
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The impact early Frank Miller had on Batman media and the world of graphic novels is palpable decades later still, even to the most uninitiated. Many deem his incarnation of the character to be the definitive one - tired, gritty, restless and uncompromising, looming over Gotham not as a slick, vigilant shadow, but a bulky, growling rook, ready to crash down any time. People have almost come to expect this cold despondency and nihilism from other authors' works, but because I grew up religiously revering the Schumacher films, I don't personally feel much of a connection with Miller's Batman. ...With the exception of Batman: Year One. A book so perfectly complete, so satisfyingly whole and competent, so sharply written and terse, it almost more
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