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While Batman: Year One wasn’t his first work, nor did he write it, it was one of the artist’s most impactful, and elements of it can still be seen in his work on Asterios Polyp.
Coming out of the batch of annuals in 1995 where everyone got a “Year One” one-shot, Batman: Shadow of the Bat Annual #3 gives us a look at what turned Pamela Isley into the villainous Poison Ivy.
Batman Year One has a streamlined quality to it that can make it seem small in scale – especially when compared to the prestige-length format of The Dark Knight Returns – despite the extent of ...
For almost 40 years, Year One has been the definitive origin story for Batman, serving as a grimy, grounded foundation for the likes of Tim Burton, Christopher Nolan, Zack Snyder, and Matt Reeves ...
Overall, Batman and Robin: Year One is a solid read. While there is a little bit of an issue with tone at points, the story does a good job of offering a fresh take on the early dynamic of, well ...
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Batman didn’t feel right without a Robin, so DC gave him a new one. Looking at the early days of Jason, it’s easy to see that DC was basically just copy/pasting everything from Dick Grayson ...
The Joker: Year One fills in some of the big gaps in Joker's origin story. Here are three big ways this story changes the Clown Prince of Crime forever.
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Batman & Robin Year One tells the story of the first year of crime fighting between the Dynamic Duo. I gave the first issue a 9.5/10, and you can check out my review here.
As it stands, the best version of Year One is a book that was published over 20 years ago. In 1989 Longmeadow Press issued a leatherbound hardcover called The Complete Frank Miller Batman.