There are quite a few titles in the Batman: Noir series by now:
The Black Mirror
The Killing Joke
The Long Halloween
The Dark Knight Returns
Hush
Is anyone here buying these titles, and why? Now to be honest, I haven't personally seen any Batman: Noir book yet, so maybe I would fall in love with the concept when I 'd see it, but right now I can't really see what the point of these books is (for us as readers).
For formats like the Absolute editions and Artist Editions (expensive as hell, btw) I can see the purpose for collectors and readers, but as I understand it, the Noir books are simply stark black and white renditions of particular titles. Books like Sin City took advantage of that concept, but I don't really see it doing anything to stories like The Long Halloween and The Dark Knight Returns; the coloring in DKR was wonderful, so I would think that taking them away wouldn't do the book any good, although the story would remain brilliant...
Lee!