Batman: Year One Deluxe Edition (Batman (1940-2011))

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He left the core elements, such as the murder of Bruce's parents, intact, but reduced them to brief flashbacks. I watched the animated movie first but now I'm going to be reading the comics first before watching the movies, I enjoyed the book of year one more than the movie.

Gordon tries to focus on purging corruption from the Gotham City Police Department after witnessing his partner, Detective Arnold Flass, abuse his power as a cop. In 1989, Longmeadow Press published "The Complete Frank Miller Batman" ( ISBN 068140969X), collecting Year One, Wanted: Santa Claus - Dead or Alive! Near fine/very good condition, slight over all wear to book and dustjacket, small scratches to front of dustjacket, top edge of dustjacket spine faded. Major characters like Commissioner Loeb, Detective Flass and Carmine 'The Roman' Falcone are featured prominently in Batman Begins. Essen, however, chooses to leave Gotham upon learning he is going to be the father of Barbara's child.It shows Batman learning to be Batman, taking down street-level thugs and crime bosses, fighting the corruption in the GCPD.

In accordance with Wolfman's plans, [2] O'Neil initially saw "Year One" as the start of the second volume of Batman and expected the first part to be its first issue. El cómic es uno de los mejores de Batman, narrando a un joven e inexperto Batman que se tiene que apañar con sus dotes detectivescos. Skeevers is drugged with rat poison in an assassination attempt so that he remains silent about the ties between the GCPD and the mafia, although Skeevers ultimately survives. It’s a great comic for anyone who knows the character of Batman, and really wants to get to know the character better.

Yet this graphic novel is also a fascinating and emotional adventure, and I thoroughly recommend it to adult fans of Batman. Skeevers gets bailed with the help of a hired lawyer but is attacked by Batman shortly after, who convinces him to testify against Flass.

Unfortunately, the villains get evidence that Gordon has had an affair – and they seek to use this against him. It’s one of the best Batman stories, with no previous knowledge required, and art which sets the tone and will immerse you. Two other stories, Batman and the Monster Men and Batman and the Mad Monk tie into the same time period of Batman's career, filling in the gap between Year One and the Man Who Laughs.

Batman Begins and its sequel The Dark Knight are set during the same timespan and adopt several elements directly from the graphic novel. Whereas the Gordon storyline is a bit slower, and shows him having time to think about all the implications of his actions both at work and at home. The story's depiction of Gotham and darker, realistic, mature and more grittier tone and direction, compared to other contemporary Batman comics at the time, has also been acclaimed.