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Particularize About Books Batman, Volume 5: Zero Year: Dark City (Batman (2011) #5)
| Title | : | Batman, Volume 5: Zero Year: Dark City (Batman (2011) #5) |
| Author | : | Scott Snyder |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 240 pages |
| Published | : | October 15th 2014 by DC Comics (first published October 7th 2014) |
| Categories | : | Sequential Art. Comics. Graphic Novels. Dc Comics. Batman. Superheroes. Comic Book. Graphic Novels Comics |
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The Riddler never has been better!This collected edition features #25-27, 29-33 from the comic book “Batman”.
Creative Team:
Writers: Scott Snyder & James Tynion IV
Illustrators: Greg Capullo & Andy Clarke
WHAT HAPPENED WITH ISSUE #28?
First of all, if you care to read the explanation of what comic book issues are collected in this edition, you may found odd that issue #28 is missing, but as I already explained in the review of previous volume, you will find that issue #28 in the Volume #6 Graveyard Shift that collects several stand-alone stories published along the run of the title.
WHERE DID I READ THIS BEFORE?
I honestly think that this is Scott Snyder’s strongest storyline (so far, and considering as something “apart” of the first part told in the previous volume) in his tenure of Batman title.
Of course, I can’t be blind that besides his solid start with the introduction of The Court of the Owls (as new villains to the Batman’s rogue gallery), the rest of his take on the run has been variations of previous concepts developed by other people. Death in the Family is based on The Man Who Laughs where it’s even mentioned those events; the first part of Zero Year known as Secret City is based on Year: One and now this second part known as Dark City is based on No Man’s Land.
Don’t take me wrong, I am not saying that he copied the stories, no, his own takes on the stories have a solid original contribution, BUT I can’t avoid to think that he got a strong inspiration from those previous published storylines.
My feeling (and it’s that, a feeling, not like I read about it somewhere) is that it’s most likely that Scott Snyder did his superb jobo n The Black Mirror and...
...Bam! Crash! Kapow! He was appointed as the new writer of Batman in DC Comics that since is its most best-selling character is certainly a HUGE responsibility and demanding. I figured that he must had the idea for The Court of the Owls, so he wasn’t nervous about taking the job, and the storyline become very popular, so the responsibility and demanding got bigger and he was out of fresh ideas (totally fresh from the start) so he consulted the lore of the character and he got inspired to do his own versions of the mentioned storylines. I am not reproaching anything (well, his take on The Joker was too soft for my taste and/or expectations due the selected title) since definitely with the long journey of Zero Year showed that he was able to keep up the demanding job of being the writer of Batman.
WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS CITY?
Bruce Wayne has become The Batman just few weeks ago but now there are too many things in scenario.
Gotham City is suffering a major blackout with a super-storm coming.
The citizens are suffering not only due the power shortage but also of robberies and mugging.
GCPD Commisioner Loeb is fully focused orchestrating a massive manhunt down on The Batman.
Lucius Fox is keeping some secrets even from Bruce Wayne.
Lieutenant Jim Gordon is trying to figure out what to think about this “Batman” and his real intentions, and his own past will be intersected with the one of Bruce Wayne and that fateful night.
A brand-new version of classic villain “Doctor Death” is leaving a grotesque trail of bodies around Gotham City.
And of course, there is…
…The Riddler.
WHO IS THE RIDDLER?
In this Volume #5 Zero Year – Dark City, Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo continue their tale about the origin before the origin of The Batman.
Between the writing of Snyder and the illustrations of Capullo, this is easily their masterpiece in the run (so far).
The “first appearance” of The Riddler in Gotham City is told for a new generation of readers and this enigmatic character never has been better.
Edward Nygma is “fired” as the questionable strategic consultant of Wayne Enterprises and since ironically nobody knows who he is, I mean, nobody knows that he exists, Nygma set up his masterpiece plan to make sure that EVERYBODY in Gotham City will know who is The Riddler for the rest of their lives.
Bruce Wayne is just beginning to be The Batman, and while he already faced (pun intended) the masqueraded Red Hood Gang, he will realize soon enough that his real baptism of fire will be against The Riddler, who will test him in body and mind far beyond what Bruce Wayne thought possible and victory is uncertain.
Zero Year – Dark City is a must-read by any Batman fan but also for fans of The Riddler.
Itemize Books Conducive To Batman, Volume 5: Zero Year: Dark City (Batman (2011) #5)
| Original Title: | Batman, Volume 5: Zero Year – Dark City |
| ISBN: | 1401248853 (ISBN13: 9781401248857) |
| Edition Language: | English URL http://www.dccomics.com/graphic-novels/batman-vol-5-zero-year-%E2%80%93-dark-city |
| Series: | Batman (2011) #5, DC Universe Events #77, Batman (2011) (Single Issues) #25-27, 29-33 , more |
| Characters: | Julie Madison, James Gordon, Lucius Fox, Doctor Death, Gillian B. Loeb, Edward Nigma, Pamela Isley, Harvey Bullock, Bruce Wayne |
Rating About Books Batman, Volume 5: Zero Year: Dark City (Batman (2011) #5)
Ratings: 4.17 From 6665 Users | 476 ReviewsColumn About Books Batman, Volume 5: Zero Year: Dark City (Batman (2011) #5)
final rating: 4 stars ▪ i didn't connect with this as much as the first one for some reason. ▪ my main issue is that i didn't think the Riddler was a compelling villain . sure, he did a lot of shit. he was always one step ahead of Batman. however, i just didn't buy all the things he's done as well as his reasons for doing them. he is insane, clearly, but you get what i mean right? there wasn't enough substance to what he was trying to do. ▪ there were just a lot of what the fuck moments. howGreat end to the Zero year story!
Rebekah wrote: "Fantastic review as usual, Jayson :-)"Thank you very much, Rebekah!
Now this was the Zero Year collection I was looking for. Granted, its just the second part of the collected story-line, this collected graphic novel has a more robust page count than its predecessor.Secret City was the set-up and this was the pay-off, a revitalized Riddler that brought Gotham to its knees. I've always thought the Riddler was a joke character. Why was he designed to give clues for every heist he made? This Riddler had a little of that but he won't go easy on you as Batman found
Batman goes motocross! That's right. Batman. On a friggin dirt bike. Trying to save Gotham from The Riddler. And he also fights a lion. This volume was a lot of fun but unfortunately it's the last good volume of the series.
Zero Year had its share of downs. The first three issues (Secret City) challenged Snyder and co. to set up important pieces before they go in motion for the next installments, often favoring emotionally-nuanced characterizations than action-oriented sequences to tell the story, which eventually paid off when Dark City's issues #24 and #25 rolled around because these two are definitely the best of the series for me because all that build-up I witnessed on the first three arcs was realized in
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