Overview of Batman: Year One Book

For comic book fans in general and Dark Knight fans in particular, this book is a treat. Frank Miller's writing and inking by David Mazzucchelli in 1986 created this masterpiece about the origin of Batman. Miller had been writing a lot about The Dark Knight and in this story he kept to the theme going into the back story of Batman and how he came to be. The book became a bestseller and is still in print. The book created a fresh vision of Batman. Batman returns from his tours abroad learning martial arts. He is sucked into a world of crime upon his return. He is inspired to take up the Bat as his symbol against crime fighting when he sees a bat settle against a statue of his father on his estate. Frank Gordon is also on a transfer from Chi-cago. He is appalled by how bad the situation is in Gordon City. Most of the police force is corrupt and crime is rampant. Frank Gordon also vows to fight crime within and without the police force. Harvey Dent is an upright District Attorney. Batman first collaborates with him to bring the crimi-nals to book. This story details how Frank Gordon and Batman become close associates. This edition has a new introduction by Frank Miller and an illustrated afterword by David Mazzucchelli. There are additions of developmental material and sketches which could be of im-mense interest to the fans. About the author: Frank Miller was born in Maryland in 1957. He struggled hard to write for some small comic books published till he got a toehold into DC Comics. He worked on several small projects till he became of the most sought after major writer of several DC Comic starts like Batman, Superman, Green Lantern and the rest. He is the creator of Elektra, a comic book heroine. He combines the best of western comic book style and Japanese manga. He created a combination of the two to cre-ate sparse yet evocative writing. Frank Miller enjoys an undisputed status as a great writer of comic books among the fans.

• Book Type :

Comics & Mangas

• Book Binding :

Paperback

• Language :

English

• Number of Pages :

144 pages

• ISBN - 10 :

0290204895

• Batman: Year One Published On :

10 Jan 2007

• Resource:

Comics & Mangas Books for Students, Teachers, Graudates, Professionals and all others

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