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(W) Frank Miller (A/CA) David Mazzucchelli
In 1986 Frank Miller completely rejuvenated the legend of Batman with two stories that served as as the beginning & the end of Batman’s crime fighting career. Batman Year One & Dark Knight Returns.
With DC Comics’ 50th Anniversary came a post-Crisis on Infinite Earths revamp and clean-up of DC’s Super-Hero Universe continuity, that leaves a Batman that no longer carrys a Bat Fly-Swatter or Shark Repellent Bat-Spray…
After 12 years abroad, a mid-twenties Billionaire, Bruce Wayne, returns to take up residence in his deceased parents mansion on the edge of a crime infested Gotham City. After years of self-motivated training Bruce feels prepared to revenge the death of his parents 18 years prior, for his one-man war on crime. He soon finds that his honed skills, physical and mental agility are not enough. What he needs now, is a symbol…
One of the most important and critically acclaimed Batman adventures ever – written by Frank Miller with art by David Mazzucchelli (Daredevil) – returns in a new deluxe edition softcover. Originally published over four issues in the monthly BATMAN series, this mesmerizing story followed the unprecedented success of Miller’s apocalyptic saga THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS to become one of the most popular and influential graphic novels in the history of American comics. By turns brutal, tender, grim and hopeful, Miller and Mazzucchelli’s masterful reimagination of Bruce Wayne’s first year as Gotham City’s champion has electrified generations of readers with its unprecedented fusion of gritty realism and elegance of form.
Now, DC Comics is proud to present a special new hardcover collection of this modern comics classic. Featuring digitally remastered art, introductions by Miller and series editor Dennis O’Neil and an illustrated afterword by Mazzucchelli, BATMAN – YEAR ONE THE DELUXE EDITION also contains more than 40 pages of behind-the-scenes material, including the complete script, promotional art, Richmond Lewis’s colour samples and pencil breakdowns for BATMAN #407 with unseen Mazzucchelli Batman art.
Collects Batman #404–407
Softcover / 144pgs / Full Colour / 15 & up
Also available in Hardcover
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