Paperback, 144 pages

English language

Published Jan. 10, 2007 by DC Comics.

ISBN:
978-1-4012-0752-6
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3 stars (2 reviews)

A new edition of one of the most important and critically acclaimed Batman adventures ever, written by Frank Miller, author of The Dark Knight Returns!

In 1986, Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli produced this groundbreaking reinterpretation of the origin of Batman—who he is and how he came to be.

12 editions

Frank Miller is garbage.

1 star

This book is boring, and the issues it brings up? It doesn't even address them. It's strange because this is one of those books (or collections) that is held up as being part of 'the best' of Batman.

It makes me wonder if anyone could even conceive of an interesting Batman, if that's the case.

Like, here are some issues brought up:

  1. Adultery and figuring out how to deal with emotions and relationships. It's not really addressed. Only handled as a "This was going to be a secret, but I had to tell my wife because someone threatened to out my cheating." Vague mentions of the marriage counsellor. The other half -- dealing with it -- isn't even done at all; it's just the typical Men Writing Men Who Think of All Attractive Women As Objects of Sexual Desire (and not quite as people). Even by the mid-1980s, this ... …

Subjects

  • Superheroes
  • Comics
  • Graphic Novels
  • Fantasy