Are there any other Year One stories like Batman: Year One?
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Are there any other Year One stories like Batman: Year One?
There's nothing like Batman: Year One.
But there are some other good year one stories.
[QUOTE=TheDragonKing;4489943]Are there any other Year One stories like Batman: Year One?[/QUOTE]
Here are a few on top of my head:
- Robin: Year One
- Batgirl: Year One
- Batwoman: Elegy
- Shazam New52
- Green Lantern: Secret origins
- Superman: Secret origin
- Swamp Thing by Len Wein
There is also a Justice league Year One as well
Here is a list.
[URL="https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Year_One"]https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Year_One[/URL]
[QUOTE=Aahz;4495912]Here is a list.
[URL="https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Year_One"]https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Year_One[/URL][/QUOTE]
Nice. But some heroes don't have a "year one" but a "secret origins" story.
Besides those under the "Year One" banner, some pretty neat origin stories that I can recommend are:
Superman: Man of Steel by John Byrne
Wonder Woman by George Perez, especially the first volume
Both of these were released after the reboot DC comics did in the 80s, so they are similar to what Batman Year One was, a new origin for the new continuity. The biggest difference was that, while Year One is self contained, Byrne and Perez continued writing and drawing the Superman and Wonder Woman titles respectively. Still, you can just read Man of Steel and the first volume of Perez run and end up with a complete storyarc
Two modern versions of origins stories that I liked were Green Lantern Secret Origins and Green Arrow Year One
Adding to the above
Catwoman Year One
Huntress Year One
Two-Face/Scarecrow Year One
The most recent and still ongoing is Superman Year One
Nothing that's on par with Batman: Year One, I'm afraid.
[QUOTE=jb681131;4496071]Nice. But some heroes don't have a "year one" but a "secret origins" story.[/QUOTE]But it was asked for Year One Stories, and Secret Origins are usually much shorter than Year One Stories, and are often more of a summary then an actual story.
There were also a slew of YEAR ONE annuals that came out in the mid to late 90's for all the characters that were being published by DC at the time. Most of them were run-of-the-mill but some were interesting.
There's a Green Arrow: Year One story by Diggle & Jock that is one of the all-time greats.
Black Lightning: Year One is also pretty fun, mostly for the Cully Hamner art.