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15 Years of Coverage (2010-2025)
Batman: Zero Year
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30 on Batman #142 reviewEverybody loves an origin story, right? I just wrote a whole piece about how, after the success of Batman: Year One, DC spent the next twenty or so years trying to recapture that magic. It was only a matter of time before Joker had his turn. Of course, Chip Zdarsky has emphatically stated that "this…
Any casual fan could pick up part one of Zero Year's Secret City or Dark City and grasp that this was a Batman origin, but show them part one of Savage City and watch their head spin! "What the heck happened?!" is what they'd likely say and it's a question that Bruce Wayne is asking as…
Not to cause a scandal or alarm anyone in any way, but I wasn't blown away by the conclusion to "Dark City." Yep, I'm the guy. I'm the guy who is going to be giving this one a "good but not great" review. In fact, now that "Dark City" is over I can say that…
Before we get started, I just want to point out how hilariously different the New 52 Batman #27 cover is from the original Batman #27 from 1945: You could not ask for two things more opposite from one another. Anyway, moving on to the actual review: I could write one of my enormous 2,000+ word…
It's odd to see the Gotham blackout and Riddler take such a backseat, but the idea of Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo reimagining Batman's first supervillain, Doctor Death, has managed to be a rather enjoyable (and disturbing) distraction. At the end of last month's issue, Lucius Fox jabbed a syringe into Bruce's neck and as…
This February's issue of Batman will no longer be the conclusion of Zero Year: Dark City, but a one-shot illustrated by Dustin Nguyen and written by Scott Snyder & James Tynion IV. This issue does not take place in the past of Zero Year or the present of Forever Evil, but will actually jump ahead…
A coherent, beautifully illustrated story about a street-tough woman with sex-appeal who resides in a moral grey zone that allows her to be a smart anti-hero who helps others yet serve her own self interest more often than not as she moonlights as a thief. She slips seamlessly into elegant parties, steals priceless items, she's…
Gotham writhes in darkness as a hurricane roars over the horizon; it is a city in chaos on the brink of even greater disaster. A state of emergency is in effect and the call has been sent out for all law enforcement agencies to offer whatever aid they can muster. One of the brave souls…
After JH Williams III and W. Haden Blackman walked off the title due to editorial differences, DC had to scramble to find suitable replacements. As of last week, solicitations still had issue #25 listed as a continuation of Williams' and Blackman's Batwoman vs. Batman arc and even DC themselves tweeted the very same synopsis yesterday…
Yet another Zero Year tie-in out this week is "One Dark City Night" featuring a young Dick Grayson whose traveling circus just so happens to be performing in Gotham on the very night Riddler pulls the plug on the city's power. The comic opens in spectacular fashion with a group of masked ninjas fighting a…
Six years ago, a marine by the name of John Stewart was sent to Gotham City to help with the evacuation of a few hundred refugees before the arrival of an incoming hurricane. But what already sounded like a difficult task became all the more insurmountable when Stewart and his team discovered that there were…
Wait, this was $3.99? I actually had to flip back through this one to see if there was extra content because it certainly felt like the average $2.99 length and it definitely doesn't have a glossy or embossed cover. It's 28 pages of Batgirl before she was Batgirl and I'll leave it to you to…
Edward Nygma has thrown Gotham into blackness and there are riots in the streets, but still the only thing on the GCPD's mind is the apprehension of the vigilante known as Batman. Batman #25 by Scott Snyder, Greg Capullo, Danny Miki, and FCO Plascencia begins the 2nd part of the Zero Year saga, "Dark City."…
A young hero-in-the-making is the one and only friend of a victim of constant bullying until one day something fantastic happens to the abused boy and he is given extraordinary power. However, unlike our hero, the power corrupts the bullied kid and he and our hero's relationship is forever changed. It's a common tale in…
In this Zero Year tie-in we turn out attention to Jim Gordon and I couldn't be happier to see a story centered around ol' Jimbo. However, this look back to the Year One days features some changes that clash with what we've seen in previous New 52 issues and others that feel so minor and…
Gotham is mentioned maybe a handful of times, but other than that Action Comics #25 has little to do with Zero Year. Is that a bad thing? Not necessarily. While it doesn't add anything important to the Zero Year story in Scott Snyder & Greg Capullo's Batman, it's still a really awesome glimpse at Clark…
Diggle. If that name means anything to you then you're probably going to love every minute spent reading Green Arrow #25. It's a fantastic little glimpse at Ollie's first moments off the island and an even more wonderful introduction of a character who was first seen on the CW series "Arrow." Diggle made a brief…
At 64 pages, this isn't a comic book, it's a novella. And while the $6.99 price might sound high at first, I assure you it's well worth every penny. Issue #24 is an important milestone for the New 52 because it showcases not only the birth of the Batman, but his arch enemy as well…
Visually it's one of the most impressive comics you'll read this month, story-wise Scott Snyder's Zero Year has never opened itself up to more comparison to Frank Miller's Batman: Year One. In fact, if Red Hood One does indeed turn out to be the Clown Prince of Crime one day then Batman #23 will serve…
The score you see for Batman Zero Year: The Director's Cut #1 is the same score from Batman #21. Coming up with a grade for a regular comic book is already bothersome enough so I took the easy route on this special edition. Batman Zero Year: The Director's Cut #1 is a reprint of Batman…
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