Batman: The Black Mirror Author: SCOTT SNYDER JOCK FRANCESCO FRANCAVILLA | Language: English | ISBN:
B009POHHQM | Format: EPUB
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A NEW YORK TIMES #1 Bestseller and Amazon Best Book of 2011
In "The Black Mirror," a series of brutal murders pushes Batman's detective skills to the limit and forces him to confront one of Gotham City's oldest evils. Helpless and trapped in the deadly Mirror House, Batman must fight for his life against one of Gotham City's oldest and most powerful evils!
Then, in a second story called "Hungry City," the corpse of a killer whale shows up on the floor of one of Gotham City's foremost banks. The event begins a strange and deadly mystery that will bring Batman face-to-face with the new, terrifying faces of organized crime in Gotham.
- File Size: 128087 KB
- Print Length: 304 pages
- Publisher: DC Comics (December 4, 2012)
- Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
- Language: English
- ASIN: B009POHHQM
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- Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #219,249 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
Being particularly jaded with sexy vampires and blushing maidens pondering whether to accept to accept the gift of eternal beauty and immortality I was not that familiar with Scott Snyder's American Vampire so when I learned that he would be taking over Detective Comics I was not that hyped about it....what I was excited about was Jock coming over with him, I begin a huge fan of his work in Hellblazer and the Losers, so I decided to give it a shot...and what I found was some of the best Batman stories I have read in quite awhile. While I love Grant Morrison, his work tends to be rather overwhelming at times; here was a perfectly accessible series (in comic book terms at least) magnificently written by Snyder, and beautifully drawn by Jock and Francavilla. Their art styles might be quite different, but since they got to draw completely different stories (Jock focuses on the Dick Grayson Batman and Francavilla on James Gordon) it works like a great collaboration which is helped by focusing on each artist's strength, plus Francavilla's style is reminiscent of Dave Mazzucchelli's Batman Year One, which is always a plus for me in a Batman story.
This collected edition covers Detective Comics 871-881 and the 3 mayor arcs that Snyder set up to during his run, based the premise that Gotham city somehow corrupts all its inhabitants and heroes. It is a rather striking concept which sets up the city itself as an actual character (similar to Will Eisners' The Spirit).
I won't comment much on the storylines in case you didn't get to read the original single issues, but I will say the read rather nicely as a single unified story (especially the James Gordon backups).
Scott Snyder is an amazing writer and his grasp of the Batman lore and mythos is pretty cool. I am a Batman fan. He is without question my favorite superhero. I especially like to read Batman when he is written well and the mythos of the character are seen as assets to the narrative as opposed to a liability. Given the long history of the character and his supporting cast, there are only a handful of writers who have been able to develop the core of who the character is. Snyder does no compromise that in his work. The Batman in Black Mirror is his adopted son and protege Richard 'Dick' Grayson who was the first Robin the Boy Wonder and later Nightwing.Nightwing: Year One (Batman) Grayson replaced the original Batman Bruce Wayne when he "died" Batman R.I.P.and this story takes place after Bruce makes his return from the "dead". Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne This story should be on the top five lists of Batman tales. It is just that good. I think Scott Snyder will go down as one of the best Batman writers ever. The story is awesome and stunning. I highly recommend you pick this up especially if you are fan of Batman. You can read this as stand alone tale but if you want some background on Dick Grayson's tenure as Batman check out
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