Bruce Wayne/Batman Appreciation 2023.

[bat39]

Batman: Year One. To me, the best Batman comic book of all time.

I dunno whether it's the absolute best Batman story of all time or not (though its definitely a contender) but I would go as far as to call it the foundational text of the contemporary Batman mythos and franchise.

Almost everything that has come afterward has been inspired either tonally, or conceptually, or straight-up plot-wise, by Year One in some measure.

Year One is the reason why Batman in the dark grey and black suit with the plain black bat is now the dominant look of the character. It's the reason why Gotham is more often than not depicted as an urban hellscape drowning in organized crime and corruption. Its the reason why we think of Jim Gordon today as not just the Commissioner who needs to pick up the Batphone to solve weird jewel thefts but rather as a crusader and Batman's partner in his own right. It might be the reason why the idea of Batman as a 'vigilante' at odds (if not outright at war with) the cops is such a popular idea. Or why Batman working solo became the 'default' setting of the character in most adaptations and indeed in many of the comics themselves.

[Batman Begins 2005]

I dunno whether it's the absolute best Batman story of all time or not (though its definitely a contender) but I would go as far as to call it the foundational text of the contemporary Batman mythos and franchise.

Almost everything that has come afterward has been inspired either tonally, or conceptually, or straight-up plot-wise, by Year One in some measure.

Year One is the reason why Batman in the dark grey and black suit with the plain black bat is now the dominant look of the character. It's the reason why Gotham is more often than not depicted as an urban hellscape drowning in organized crime and corruption. Its the reason why we think of Jim Gordon today as not just the Commissioner who needs to pick up the Batphone to solve weird jewel thefts but rather as a crusader and Batman's partner in his own right. It might be the reason why the idea of Batman as a 'vigilante' at odds (if not outright at war with) the cops is such a popular idea. Or why Batman working solo became the 'default' setting of the character in most adaptations and indeed in many of the comics themselves.

All of this. Cheers.

[Batman Begins 2005]

One of my favourite Batman panels ever.

[Frontier]

One of my favourite Batman panels ever.

Pretty great Batman intro .

[Matt Rat]

One of the original plans for 5G was for Bruce to make a deal with The Joker...kill Bane and avenge Alfred, and you're free

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/how-...s-chapter-one/

[Frontier]

One of the original plans for 5G was for Bruce to make a deal with The Joker...kill Bane and avenge Alfred, and you're free

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/how-...s-chapter-one/

Yeah, that doesn't sound OOC at all .

[Mantis-Ray]

Fucking Didio man

[Batman Begins 2005]

Pretty great Batman intro .

Really is. Love it.

One of the original plans for 5G was for Bruce to make a deal with The Joker...kill Bane and avenge Alfred, and you're free

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/how-...s-chapter-one/

Bloody hell. Dodged a bullet there.

[signalman112]

1974 Jigsaw Puzzle.

BatmanPenguinPuzzle.jpg

[Batman Begins 2005]

Yeah, that doesn't sound OOC at all .

Character assassination. I mean, WTF?

[Matt Rat]

Bruce, feeling guilty that Joker killed Bane, would then globe-trot and shut down all of Batman Inc before settling in England

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/bruc...chapter-eight/

[Frontier]

Bruce, feeling guilty that Joker killed Bane, would then globe-trot and shut down all of Batman Inc before settling in England

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/bruc...chapter-eight/

Yeah, not a good look Bruce.

[Odd Rödney]

1974 Jigsaw Puzzle.

BatmanPenguinPuzzle.jpg

That is AMAZING!

One of my favourite Batman panels ever.

Wow, that's powerful. What issue is that from?

[Batman Begins 2005]

That is AMAZING!



Wow, that's powerful. What issue is that from?

Batman #125, I believe.

[signalman112]

Jim Starlin splash page from BATMAN FAMILY #17.

BatmanFamily17JimStarlin.jpg