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Summary: The definitive origin of Batman
Review: Frank Miller and David Mazzuchelli have outdone themselves with one of the greatest (if not THE greatest) Batman stories ever told! Ladies and gentlemen, if you have only seen the Batman movies and found them unsatisfying and if you want to learn the one, true story of Gotham's protector, then do yourself a favor and buy this exceptional work of art! Sleek, powerful, frightening, and liberating, BATMAN:YEAR ONE is must reading for Batman and comic book fans alike!
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Summary: simply, a masterpiece!
Review: Although I didn't appreciate Mazzuchelli's art as a youngster, I now acknowledge his work on Batman:Year One as probably the best and most complete comic art that i've seen. Mazzuchelli's perfectly understated art accentuates the brooding tension that lies just below the surface of Miller's hard-boiled plot. This book is really, really great cinema, and I'd compare the impressionistic tone of mazzuchelli's voice in this work to filmaker Terrence Malick's, although the book itself resembles the film noir style on a superficial level. Of course, Frank Miller deserves a lot of credit as I'm sure that he had a lot of input towards the construction of the art. Lynn Varley, too, for the beautifully warm application of color.
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Summary: It totally sucked. I'd give it 0 stars if I could.
Review: A friend suggested this book to me. I have always been a great fan of DC comics, especially Batman. This account of the Dark Knight's earliest adventures completely disappointed me. Even the binding of the book was bad. The pages ripped out of the book at such a rapid rate that I could barely read it in order. But even that didn't matter. The story was so terrible that it was the same even if I read it backwards. The art was so bad, I didn't even know whether it was comic book art or a collection of picassos(no offense to expressionist art). I expected more from this creative team. but now I will never read any Batman story again. Frankly, I would rather watch an infomercial
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Summary: The Beginning Of A Legend
Review: You know, it is sometimes hard to catagorize comic books as works of literature. But Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli pulled it off with "Batman: Year One." How can I put it? This IS Batman. Who he is and how he came to be. But Miller also explores the early career of a Lietenant James Gordon. And like I stated earlier, it is concocted in such a way that it rivals with many novels that I have read. There are no corny lines or stereotypical cliches here. There is only solid story telling, incredible art, and touching characterization. And there is no sign of Joel Schumacher anywhere.
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Summary: Excellent. True Batman fans must own this.
Review: Batman's character is truly defined in this story. He was an exceptional fighter, but as a rookie he wasn't quite flawless. Hey, even someone as cool as Batman can get impatient and make mistakes. This story also revolves around Commissioner Gordon before he became comissioner... back when he was a cop. Both Batman and Gordon are bad-a**, crime-fighting rookies who become legendary heros. Read!
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Summary: This is THE Batman
Review: Batman: Year One tells the tale of Batman's first year he took on the cowl. Very lifelike urban feel unlike the experience we get from current Batman comics. Watch Batman as he makes mistakes, take on a corrupt system and begin his friendship with Jim Gordon. See the partial origin of Catwoman which you will never see nor hear mention of it again, thanks to Zero Hour. It's got a great tale and action but we don't get to see Batman do much detective work here.
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Summary: The Definitive Batman
Review: For those who have never delved into the world of comic books this is a great place to start. If you always thought that comic books were too childish, read this and think of it as the new mythology of modern civilization. Modern mythology, like Star Wars and Batman, will be included with all of the great Greek and Roman Myths someday and this is the starting point of one of the oldest and arguably the most interesting character ever to grace the pages of a comic book. You have seen the movies with a big budget but no character development, and the old, cheesy TV episodes, but to see who Batman is truly meant to be read this book!
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Summary: This Batman at his best
Review: This is by far the greatest story ever written for such an icon character. Frank Miller's retelling of Batman's first year as a crimefighter is one for the ages. Using the writing techniques that won him such high acclaim during his run on "Daredevil", he brought forth Batman as a human being who is capable of mistakes and as with all fallable beings, one who must depend on the help of others in his time of need.
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Summary: Miller's BEST. A timeless classic, unlike DKR....
Review: This is Frank Miller's best work in mainstream comics, far better than Dark Knight Returns! For one thing, the David Mazzuchelli art is better than Miller's own fractured, flawed work. For another, playing inside the "real" DC Universe kept Miller's writing flaws in check. He tends to get off topic in his special projects, either getting lost on tangents or sacrificing the quality of his work to make some obscure political point (something that reduced a potentially excellent Elektra: Assassin to the level of trash and made Dark Knight Strikes Again an embarrassment for DC Comics, if you ask the right people).Here, Miller plays by "the rules", and returns to the greatness he showed when he similarly "played by the rules" on Daredevil. It's amazing how the Comics Code, for all it's faults, seemed to bring out the absolute best in it's fiercest critics, like Miller and Alan Moore.
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Summary: Batman As You've Never Seen Him Before--A Rookie...
Review: Following up on his 1986 renovation of the Batman myth with "The Dark Knight Returns", Frank Miller teamed with David Mazzucchelli to produce "Batman: Year One", a novel retelling of how Bruce Wayne came to don tights to fight crime. Miller's Gotham City is a corrupt and festering cesspool, much as he would later depict in his Sin City series. Two good men come to town to clean things up: Bruce Wayne and Jim Gordon, a new detective on the Gotham police force fresh from his role in cleaning up another police department. Wayne himself has returned to his hometown after a long absence, during which he trained himself to become a vigilante. Wayne's first foray into crimefighting nearly ends in disaster, but leads him ultimately to adopt the Batman motif to frighten criminals. Gordon becomes his unlikely ally as he strives to clean up Gotham's police department. The writing remains more mature and gritty than the typical comic book fare of the time. Batman is not the invincible denizen of the dark we've come to know and love, but an awkward guy in a goofy costume who seems always to be within an inch of death. Gordon is no paragon of virtue either; the main subplot deals with his affair with another cop while his wife waits to give birth to his son. The result is a gripping, gritty, and ultimately redeeming tale which once again reinvents the familiar figure of the Batman.
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