Batman Year One

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  jandals042

  Sep 05, 2021

  The art elevates this insanely.

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  Gavan

  Mar 06, 2022

  Peak fiction

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  myconius

  Sep 16, 2020

  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 racter. not a good choice, if you ask me. Miller also really doesn't utilize Alfred or his charms. this is a shame, because there lies a great dynamic, and character for Bruce to play off of. Miller going too heavy with his grimdark version of Batman. "CAN'T HAVE NO FUN! THAT WOULDN'T BE EDGY!" i also really wish that Frank Miller hadn't turned Selina into a dominatrix. it's very degrading to her character. other than those points, the art is absolutely magnificent! it has a pulpy gritty Noir feel, that's the right blend of realism and cartoonish. the colors are also spectacular. if you can, get the old Deluxe Edition. the fairly recent release had the colors muddied. more

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  shzammm

  Sep 10, 2021

  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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  Mike Jay

  Oct 05, 2023

  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 makes me wish it was it's own thing entirely, free of the cape crusader's tropes and character limitations. A story, which may be simple in the big picture, but so intricate in how it's told. Beautiful, poetic and philosophical, yet gritty, raw and cold. A true perfect storm of opposite fronts clashing gloriously across this 4-issue page turner. It sets itself up with an amazing introduction to Gotham for James and Bruce, who both enter Gotham the way they'll see it for the rest of their lives - the former via road, in the belly of the beast, the inside man - the latter from the sky, outside looking in, carefully observing, distant. It's fair to expect a similar level of storytelling throughout the book, and it absolutely does not disappoint. It's one of the very few times in Frank's career where he actually treats these characters as people. And it felt so natural, it's anyone's guess why it's such an anomaly among his works. And what's so intriguing about it til this day, is that with such a real, grounded depiction of Bruce Wayne, it really leaves you unknowing if this interpretation of the character could really become the legendary, noble Batman we've all come to know and love, or will this hideous, sickening world produce something more akin to what we've seen in DKR and DK2? It really tests your para-social relationship with the character, your empathy. Do you want to see Bruce become this nightmarish Milleresque monster tormented for your amusement, or an Adam West-like, quippy detective you can befriend and root for? A brilliant character study. Just read the flippin' thing, it's a one-evening affair and it's one you'll remember for long. Even if, like me, your bread and butter is more lighthearted superhero action. If for nothing else, at least get it for that beautiful, strangely vaudevillian, red-black cover. What a strong image to haunt the reading of this book, hot darn! more

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  Apr 13, 2021
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