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Batman: Year One Deluxe Edition
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 741.5973
EAN: 9781401206901
ISBN: 1401206905
Label: DC Comics
Manufacturer: DC Comics
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 144
Publication Date: May 01, 2005
Publisher: DC Comics
Release Date: May 01, 2005
Studio: DC Comics
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Editorial Review:
The classic story by Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli is released in an all-new deluxe hardcover edition! A young Bruce Wayne spent his adolescence and early adulthood traveling the world so he could hone his body and mind into the perfect fighting and investigative machine. But now as he returns to Gotham City, he must find a way to focus his passion and bring justice to his city. Retracing Batmans first attempts to fight injustice as a costumed vigilante, we watch as he chooses the guise of a giant bat, creates an early bond with a young Lieutenant James Gordon, inadvertently plays a role in the birth of Catwoman, and helps to bring down a corrupt political system that infests Gotham. This edition includes new introductions by Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli, development art with commentary by Mazzucchelli, script pages, thumbnails, promotional art, samples and a look at Richmond Lewiss groundbreaking color.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Greatest Batman Origin Ever
While I do not own this Hardcover edition (and thus cannot speak for it's quality, or lack thereof), I do own a reprint of this story.
In all honesty, I can't imagine a better origin for one of my favorite comic book characters.
Not only was it darker and more serious than the 1940's origin, it did an excellent job brining the character into the modern world (the 1980's anyway). An excellent revamp for this classic hero.
Rating:  - Best of the Dark Knight...4 1/2 stars
I bought this book around the time Batman Begins was in theaters, and I found the movie borrowed quite a bit of material from "Year One." This is a pretty solid title, and I'm not a DC fan. Most of the reviews I've read are devoid of complaints about "Year One," but there are a few, at least in my view.
I didn't care for the way Catwoman is drawn, and I had a big problem with the laws of physics being violated in the final panels. However, the biggest gripe I have is the panel in which ... Read More
Rating: - Frank Millar's best Batman!
If you'd ask me, this one tops all other Batman stories I've read so far. Of course there's the excellent `The Long Halloween' which is no less than amazing, but it lacks something - it's too much to the style.
This story portrays Batman first year, or, even more to the point - a very specific part of his first year in the costume, and how he came to be The Batman. And it does this beautifully through the eyes of Commissioner Gordon, who just came to Gotham, and then only through our hero's ... Read More
Rating:  - Style over substance...
Frank Miller continues his "one trick pony "act by giving us more style over substance nonsense. If you go to every film that Hollywood releases cause its new, then this is for you. Enjoy!
Rating: - Very good, very solid re-telling of the Batman's beginnings
For the casual comics fan (of which I am one) this is a great introduction to Batman. Miller's re-telling creates solid characters out of Bruce Wayne and Gordon and introduces us to the dark world of crime that Batman is out to combat on a nightly basis.
I wasn't terribly fond of the introduction of Catwoman - I much prefer the introduction of super-criminals that the movie "Batman Begins" presented, but that is neither her nor there.
Bottomline - this is solid escapist entertainment. ... Read More
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