Batman Earth One

Product Description Series: Batman (Book 1)
Batman is not a hero. He is just a man. Fallible, vulnerable, and angry. In a Gotham City where friend and foe are indistinguishable, Bruce Wayne's path toward becoming the Dark Knight is riddled with more obstacles than ever before. Focused on punishing his parents’ true killers, and the corrupt police that allowed them to go free, Bruce Wayne's thirst for vengeance fuels his mad crusade and no one, not even Alfred, can stop him.

In the tradition of the #1 New York Times bestselling Superman: Earth One, writer Geoff Johns and artist Gary Frank re-imagine a new mythology for the Dark Knight, where the familiar is no longer the expected in this long-awaited original graphic novel from DC Comics.

About the Author
Geoff Johns is Chief Creative Officer of DC Entertainment. He has written highly acclaimed stories starring Superman, Green Lantern, The Flash, Teen Titans and The Justice Society of America. He is the author of the New York Times bestselling graphic novels GREEN LANTERN: RAGE OF THE RED LANTERNS, GREEN LANTERN: SINESTRO CORPS WAR, JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA: THY KINGDOM COME and SUPERMAN: BRAINIAC, and is the author of DC Comics' biggest, most recent events, BLACKEST NIGHT and BRIGHTEST DAY. Johns has also written episodes of the TV series Smallville and Robot Chicken.

Customer Reviews
Great standalone Batman story for newcomers By T. H. Reynolds (USA)
This is a standalone, hardcover graphic novel. If you've seen the Nolan Batman films, and want to try him out in comic form, this is a great place to start. It's a re-imagining of the story, so you don't have to worry about the decades of continuity in the new comics hitting the shelves each week. This Batman isn't a perfect crimefighter yet. He's not a great detective. He's an angry, righteous young man who wants to make his city better and bring justice to his parents' killer.

For longtime Batman readers, you may have some issues. This is yet another re-imagining of the origin. Jim Gordon and Harvey Bullock have both been overhauled pretty heavily. The same can be said for Alfred. If you're in the big middle of DC's New 52, you can probably just stick with that and be happy with what Morrison and Snyder are doing. For me, I like the idea of being able to pick up an original Batman book every year or two that I can read and know all of the storylines that led up to it.

Batman: Earth One... Awesome By Aaron Remy (Lopez Island)
This book was not quite as intriguing to me as the Court of Owls, ( which is GREAT ! ) but I loved the story line. It's nice to finally have a first hand account of Bruce Wayne as a child. His parents, and their murder. You get to take a closer look at HOW Batman becomes Batman.

This is a look at how an in-experienced Batman, learns to become the unstoppable dark knight we all know him to be. The book was too short for me, though it's probably a standard length. OR maybe it's just that I enjoyed it so much, I just wanted it to keep going. I think if you like Batman, you'll love this modern approach to the story line, and you'll definitely be waiting ( like me ) for Batman: Earth TWO.

A somewhat new and fun take on Batman By Fudd
This was an entertaining take on the Batman mythology we all know so well. The art is great and story is different enough from the traditional that if feels new, even though I have read a million Batman origin stories.

By Far My Favorite Batman Comic By Book Sake (Orlando, FL United States)
This is by far my favorite Batman comic I have ever read. It does what it says, it shows Batman in a new way. It shows a little more back story, which I always look for, and fail to find in many Batman comics.

I like the variety and differences in how the characters are from the way that they are usually portrayed. It makes me see Batman as more of a regular person, more humane, more relatable. Batman isn't perfect, he's not "super", and that's how he should be thought as. Imperfect. They also made Alfred a freaking bad ass, so obviously it's a great comic. I'm definitely reading the next in this series. It's on the top of my wish list.