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Batman Vol. 5: Zero Year - Dark City (The New 52)
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See moreBefore the Batcave and Robin, the Joker and the Batmobile... there was Zero Year. The Riddler has plunged Gotham City into darkness. How will a young Dark Knight bring his beloved hometown from the brink of chaos and madness and back into the light?
Before the Batcave and Robin, the Joker and the Batmobile ... there was ZERO YEAR
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The second of three graphic novels in New York Times #1 best-selling creators Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo's epic Zero Year storyline.
Before the Batcave and Robin, the Joker and the Batmobile ... there was Zero Year.
The Riddler has plunged Gotham City into darkness. How will a young Dark Knight bring his beloved hometown from the brink of chaos and madness and back into the light?
From the critically acclaimed, New York Times #1 best-selling creative team of Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo, Batman Vol. 5: Zero Year - Dark City is the concluding volume to Batman's origin story, as you've never seen it before.
Collects Batman #25-27 and 29-33.
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Critics have praised this volume as a masterful return to Batman's roots, highlighting Snyder and Capullo's confident storytelling and the vivid portrayal of Gotham as a character. It has been called one of the best comics of the year and a compelling new origin story for the Dark Knight, appreciated for both its epic scope and its strong focus on Bruce Wayne's journey.
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781401253356
Publisher: DC Comics
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 05 May 2015
Country: United States
Imprint: DC Comics
Contributors:
- Illustrated by Greg Capullo
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 10.0mm
Width: 169.0mm
Height: 258.0mm
Weight: 435g
Pages: 256
About the Author
Scott Snyder is one of comics' best young writers. His current works include BATMAN, SUPERMAN UNCHAINED, AMERICAN VAMPIRE and SWAMP THING. He has also been published in Zoetrope, Tin House, One-Story, Epoch, Small Spiral Notebook, and other journals, and has a short story collection, Voodoo Heart, which was published by Dial Press. He teaches at Columbia University and Sarah Lawrence University and lives in New York with his wife, Jeanie, and his son, Jack Presley.
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