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| 80% Recommended by our customers. Publisher: DC Comics Catalog: Book Release date: 1997-05-01 Media: Paperback Number of pages: 224 Ean: 9781563893421 Book Isbn: 1563893428  Tip: compare prices with similar booksAuthor:
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Written on October 30, 2008 Summary: Changing the face of Batman My english teacher made us read this book for my English Composition class. In order to prepare us us for it he went over some of the history of batman and how the character evolved over time. Many people these days think of batman as the character from the Tim Burton or Christopher Nolan movies. It is important to realize that those would most likely not have happened had Frank Miller not taken the batman character and rewritten him as the dark knight. If you have seen the batman movie made in the sixties you would understand how much of a joke he was to people. Frank Miller turned batman back into the serious superhero that he was meant to be. As for the comic itself, it is by far one of the best. It is very well drawn and colored to reflect the batman's title of the Dark Knight. There are times when the story has holes however and things are unclear or not fully explained. The best part of the comic is the tone. Frank Miller did an excellent job portraying the feeling of darkness and fear that batman begins to represent. I definitely recommend this to people that enjoy comics or anyone that likes batman.  Written on October 28, 2008 Summary: I wasted $11 on this? This is a reminder that if enough people are told something's great & revolutionary, the masses will believe it. This was a flat, extremely flawed, unfocused mess that somehow resulted in a revived Batman that ended up way better than this crap. Everything the bad reviews say is true. This is the most over-rated comic collection EVER. For some reason, every so often, people mistake dark & gritty with depressing & dull which is what this is. The characters themselves reflect that temperment. Batman, Two-Face & The Joker were lifeless, subverted shells of themselves with no personality to speak of. The female Robin has so many things wrong with her that it's laughable. There's no explanation of why someone carried on the mantle of Robin & not Batman, how or why she became the icon and worse yet, unlike Dick & Tim, she doesn't seem to be of any use at all. Add in the fact that Wayne accepted her help in the flimsiest of ways & you've got a real headscratcher. The main battles facing Batman weren't any better. The mutants as another reviewer said were completely incomprehensible. I didn't understand their slang at all. His final battle with The Joker was far from epic or satisfactory & how anyone could take Superman seriously after his weak & gutless stance here is beyond me. Other frustrating things included conversations being stopped for others then started then stopped again and things going down with no explanation why or how.  Written on October 24, 2008 Summary: Fantastic One of the best graphic novels ever written. I've read it several times over the last 10 years. Written on October 22, 2008 Summary: The Dark Knight Stuns! Starting off with anarchy approaching Gotham, Batman as an older man finds himself pulled back into vigilante activities with a variety of mean, ugly threats to be dealt with. The art & the writing in this are excellent & this is a really gripping read. This is recommended even if you aren't a big graphic novel fan, as the action pulls you in and the story is very compelling. A great read. Written on October 16, 2008 Summary: If you call yourself a fan... Frank Miller's story of Batman coming out of retirement gave more of an insight into the play by play thinking behind Batman's actions than I thought was possible. Bruce Wayne is a living thinking creature of absolute self surety. This novel makes you wish Frank Miller had put in his two cents on every Batman adventure before. He knows how Batman thinks better than anyone else. |
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| Catalog | Book | Book | Book | Book | Book | Book |
| Release date | 1997-05-01 | 1995-04-01 | 2007-01-10 | 2008-03-19 | 1999-11-01 | 2004-01-01 |
| Media | Paperback | Paperback | Paperback | Hardcover | Paperback | Paperback |
| Number of pages | 224 | 416 | 144 | 64 | 368 | 256 |
| Ean | 9781563893421 | 9780930289232 | 9781401207526 | 9781401216672 | 9781563894695 | 9781563899294 |
| Book Isbn | 1563893428 | 0930289234 | 1401207529 | 1401216676 | 1563894696 | 1563899299 |
| Reading level | - | - | - | - | Young Adult | - |
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