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tawfek's review
5.0
Here i am at long last reading batman from a very good starting point , i tried to search a little this time to know where exactly i can start batman and don't feel like i am in over my head.
The atmosphere of this story is very tense, which is really hard to do and make your reader feel that way.
we see young bruce wayne returning to gotham, was it from training?
he checks out the city, checking his enemy and gets into a fight where the person he tried to save stabs him !
in the end of the issue bruce gets the idea of becoming a bat to strike fear into his enemies.
we also see james gordon arrive to gotham for the first time, he gets there by train to check his enemy up close, he is expecting a baby and hoping it doesn't come, cause gotham is not a place to raise a family, talk about tension everywhere.
I am really excited to move on with my batman reading project, probably into next year as well.
i just hope all the projects i left half done doesn't spoil my plans for batman.
The atmosphere of this story is very tense, which is really hard to do and make your reader feel that way.
we see young bruce wayne returning to gotham, was it from training?
he checks out the city, checking his enemy and gets into a fight where the person he tried to save stabs him !
in the end of the issue bruce gets the idea of becoming a bat to strike fear into his enemies.
we also see james gordon arrive to gotham for the first time, he gets there by train to check his enemy up close, he is expecting a baby and hoping it doesn't come, cause gotham is not a place to raise a family, talk about tension everywhere.
I am really excited to move on with my batman reading project, probably into next year as well.
i just hope all the projects i left half done doesn't spoil my plans for batman.
octavia_cade's review
dark
tense
fast-paced
3.5
I'm reading the Year One graphic novel, which collects four sequential comics, and this is the best of them.
The comic follows Jim Gordon's arrival in Gotham, alongside Bruce Wayne's return to that city and his taking on the role of Batman. In one sense the stories are the same - they certainly reflect each other - but that reflection is one of opposites. Gordon has a family, is not very well-off, and is constrained to working within the law while being surrounded by cops who are entirely corrupt. Wayne is alone, enormously wealthy, and works outside the law while being surrounded by law-makers who are also entirely corrupt. It's a very well-structured set-up, and although I'm honestly pretty indifferent to the art, that structure is what's giving this the highest rating of the four.
The comic follows Jim Gordon's arrival in Gotham, alongside Bruce Wayne's return to that city and his taking on the role of Batman. In one sense the stories are the same - they certainly reflect each other - but that reflection is one of opposites. Gordon has a family, is not very well-off, and is constrained to working within the law while being surrounded by cops who are entirely corrupt. Wayne is alone, enormously wealthy, and works outside the law while being surrounded by law-makers who are also entirely corrupt. It's a very well-structured set-up, and although I'm honestly pretty indifferent to the art, that structure is what's giving this the highest rating of the four.
bruinrocks's review
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
A great start to Batman. Dives into how he becomes the Batman, this first chapter is quick and enjoyable.
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