This title rotated in creative teams and time placement, but several stories directly relate to the events of Year One, especially the first arc "Batman: Shaman". Gotham needs a symbol that will strike fear in the hearts of bad men and Bruce Wayne will give up everything to be that symbol. After witnessing Batman in action, Selina is inspired to don a costume of her own and begin a life of crime. By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions.

Batman uses a signal device to attract a swarm of bats from the Batcave as his only route to escape. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. In 2005, Christopher Nolan began his series with the reboot film Batman Begins, which draws inspiration from "Year One" and other stories.In 1989, Longmeadow Press published "The Complete Frank Miller Batman" ( ISBN 068140969X), collecting Year One, Wanted: Santa Claus - Dead or Alive!

The story's depiction of Gotham and darker, realistic, mature and more grittier tone and direction, compared to other contemporary Batman comics at the time, has also been acclaimed. The artwork by Mazzucchelli--from the Milton Caniff school by way of Alex Toth (-Zorro-) and Doug Wildey (-Jonny Quest-)--may be the best BATMAN has ever had. Major characters like Commissioner Loeb, Detective Flass and Carmine 'The Roman' Falcone are featured prominently in Batman Begins.

Skeevers is drugged with rat poison in an assassination attempt so that he remains silent about the ties between the GCPD and the mafia, although Skeevers ultimately survives. Examples of this include Batman underestimating his opponents, getting shot by police, and his costume being too big. From what I had read this was a good place to start for someone just getting into comics/graphic novels. This new edition includes artist David Mazzucchelli's original pencil pages, sketches and script pages from Frank Miller, along with other bonus materials. In 1988, DC finally gave the approval to publish Year One as a graphic novel in trade paperback ( ISBN 0930289331) and hardcover ( ISBN 0930289323), containing 96 pages.