Batman: Year One Deluxe Edition

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Batman: Year One Deluxe Edition

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:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
• Genious comic.
  This is an absolutely fantastic comic book. I wasn't even a huge fan of Batman when my friend recommended I buy this book but it hooked me. The deluxe edition is a nice piece in itself, hard cover and quality printing.
• 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.
  
• 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 Bruce Wayne... more info
• 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 eyes. So... more info

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