BATMAN : YEAR ONE

The best Batman story ever told, Batman: Year One defined the Batman for a new generation. This parallel story follows Jim Gordon as he arrives in Gotham from Chicago and Bruce Wayne as he returns from many years of training abroad. Both find that Gotham is a dying city overwhelmed by corruption from top to bottom. Through Gordon's eyes we see Gotham as it appears to the man on the street. Through Bruce Wayne we see the city from a distance as one might look to solving a complex puzzle. Both men want to save the city, but each follows a different path. It's Year One that shows how these two paths came to meet and an indelible partnership formed.Miller takes a brilliant turn towards the end of Year One. He allows Gordon to see Bruce Wayne's unmasked and it's quite clear that the game is up, that Batman's days are over. But Gordon offers plausible denial, stating he really can't see anything without his glasses. Rather than making Gordon a sap who couldn't connect the dots between Wayne and Batman, Miller has Gordon choose to ignore the truth in order to help save his city.In many ways it is difficult to compare Year One against The Dark Knight Returns. There are aspects of each story that outweigh the other. Ultimately, Year One is the best tale. Perhaps it's not as grand as TDKR, but no other book before or since has quite captured the realism, the grit and the humanity of Gordon and Batman so perfectly. The colors are almost muddy, as if Gotham were constantly enveloped in a haze. The city, like the panels, is a murky place. This book is just the beginning, but it could not start any other way.
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