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    the early 1960s; indeed, some said he was the best ever. When he was a beginner at DC's chief competitor, Marvel Comics, he had re-created a minor character called Daredevil and produced a series that was at once faithful to established continuity, daz- alingly innovative and immensely pop- ular. At DC, he had done an extended graphic novel titled RONIN, which incorporated Japanese and European influences into a personal vision of a horrifying future and, more recently, he had collaborated with Lynn Varley and Klaus Janson to produce the phe- nomenal BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS, which portrayed an aging Batman driven out of retire- ment by a society running amok and his own inner needs. Having done Batman’s omega, Miller was willing and anxious to do Batman's alpha. But he chose to abandon his role as artist; he wanted to function as writer only. His collaborator of choice was David Mazzucchelli, Mazzucchelli, though only a few years into the field, had already acquired a reputation as one of comics’ extraordinary talents. He had an absolute command of com- position, a powerful sense of visual drama and an unerring eye for the telling details that bring a scene to life. Miller and Mazzucchelli comple- mented each other perfectly. With the help of colorist Richmond Lewis, her- self a gifted artist, and letterer Todd Klein, they produced the definitive version of one of popular culture's enduring stories. Originally published in four parts, BATMAN: YEAR ONE is presented here as the organic whole that Frank Miller and David Mazzuechelli mean it to be—a graphic novel that combines a familiar urban myth with an unmistakably modern sensibility and brilliant storytelling —Denny O' Ne March 1988 7 CAN'T REMEMBER IE MY FIRST ENCOUNTER, WITH BATMAN WAS THROUGH z TELEVISION jf oR RINT; Bur MY CHILD - Hood MEMORIES NEATLY INCORPORATE LIKE THAT ONE COMIC IN WHICH BATHIAN AND ROBIN EXAMINE THEIR. ENEMYS ERLISES BY MOVING TO 7HE| SIDE OF THE TV 1M ORDER 72 SEE HIS FACE FROM A DIFFERENT ANGLE. 7AM ALSO OF THE OPINION THAT THE ADAM WEST TV SHOW 1S AN EXTREMELY FAITHFLL TRANSLATION OF A COMIC BOOK NTO LIVE 1M ANY CASE, (966, WHEN 1 WAS 6 YEARS OLD (awece| 110 oF SIKEE; REMINISCENT THE ADDRES OF De comics AT THE TIME | DELI YEAR.ENE.), BATMAN, (NCLUDING MY FIRST PAGE OF PANEL. CONTINUITY. "WEALTHY. pM REDDY: Burret s ‘Must wave Rbiseuise, TUE CAPED CRUSADIER PICK UP A BATIAN COMIC FROM THE EARLY 1960s AND READ IT OUT LOUD. YOULL SEE WHAT / MEAN. YOUNG AGE, | MADE A FATEFUL DECISION. "ania My BATARANG CHANGE INTO ANOTHER 4 Prise SHALL Become] ‘A comic 609K | Tile WERD CREATURE "DARKNESS FROM MOMOTARD 70__ | [THIS ARCHETYPE POPULAR] [THAT'S WHY SUPEENAN 15 MOSES, LITERATURE 1S | |THROLEHOUT THE WORLD -| | A PERFECT EXPRESSION RICH WITH ADOPTED OB- | | MUST RESONATE WITH OUR] | OF CHILDHOOD DESIRES, PHANS WHO, DISCOVERING) | EARLIEST FEARS AND = ¥ ZOING TO| THEIR, OWN HIDDEN FANTASIES. STAND FOR SPECIALNESS, GROW TO BECOME HEROES, 1M DALY LIFE, HES POWERLESS, INEFFECTUAL. ——S BUT IN SECRET, HE HAS | [ASA Boy, ( ASSUMED THAT| | BATMAN'S ORIGIN, THOUGH, THE ABILITY TO ACT, TO | | HEROES (5UPER OR NOT) | | HAS ALWAYS HINGED ON EFFECT CHANGE, 70 SET | | WERE "GOOD GUYS" BECAISE| | CIRCLUMSTANCE : NO THINGS RIGHT. THEY WERE Good GUYS —|| MURDER, NO BATMAN. SX THAT IS, INHERENTLY WoTnERy GOOD FOLKS, (THIS CORE TENET HAS BEEN| CHarceneeb, BUT Never 704 Kilouredse OVERTURNED) DESPITE HISTORICAL | | HERE'S WHAT FRANK TOLD) eo ce 7 IVE ‘Es (MAZING IN 1986+ iaecen he sere | HMMD EROS 606] [alent an THE IDEA OF VENGEANCE| |X" He's clearlya man with 1 | Batman is hero who wishes DS A HEROIC IDEAL a mission but its not oneot | [7 he didn’ hove teexist { vengeance. Bruce is not after ‘personal revenge...1He's much| bigger than that} he's much more noble Chan that. He wants the world to be a better| place, where a young Bruce Wayne would not bea ‘In away he's out WELLDN'T A HERO” EMBODY MORE THAN THAT? Tile DYYINAKIC FIRST, LET'S REMEMBER. || HERE'S HOW ( SEE IT: THaT SUPERHERO comics || WHEN BRUCE WAYNE WAS WERE INVENTED FoR A Eb, HIS PAMPERED, CHILDREN — BOYS, Reauty.| | IDYLLIC LIFE WAS SHAT- TERED TO PIECES, BECUSE OF THEIR SIMPLICITY, SUPERHEROES ARE EASY PREY FOR REVISIONISTS. Tyne ro eam our PATROL, Dicken as WERTHAM MABE THE FUNDAMENTAL MISTARE OF EXAMINING THESE COMICS WITH AN ADULT SENSIBILITY AND WTROLT WIMOR, WM 1954, BR. FREDERIC WERTHAM SAW /N BATMAN | AND ROBIN'S RELATIONSHIP A CODED METAPHOR Far. HOMOSEXUALITY. (FE THERE'S A ‘NO GIRLS ALLOWED" Sin ON THEIR, Wout BE TWELVE VARS | | BATCAVE/ CLUBHOUSE, 17's OLD, BECAUSE BATMAN IS | | BECALISE GIRLS ARE ICKY, STILL A LITTLE Boy STUCK | FZ INA MAN'S Body. UT MAKES PERFECT SENSE] THAT HIS BEST FRIEND SINCE THEN, HE'S BEEN TRYING TO PUT IT BACK TOGETHER. TWAT'S WHY CATIJOMAN IS DANGEROUS ~ SHE REPRE- SENTS A MATURITY THE BovS AREN'T READY FOR HORN TOO MUCH "REALITY" INTO THE FANTASY REALM OF THE SUPERHERO. —— a (tub 77 Siu 66F A LOT OF MILEAGE FRON TH DYMAAAIC.) EVER SINCE STAN LEE INTRODUCED ANXIETY INTO SUPERHEROES — (AULT--ALL AULT! IF YY L HAD PED HIM NI COULD e/ Burt f-- AND NOW CLE BEN-- DEAD... FRANK WROTE THE DARK KMIGHT (Wi A FORTISSIMO, OPERATIC MODE. BUT HE RECOBN/ZED THAT] MY STRENGTHS AS AN ARTIST WERE MORE ATTUNED TO THE MUNDANE, = NO, EARLIER, SINCE HARVEY KURTZMAN FIRST] TRAINED A SATIRIC EYE ON| THEM IN MAD ~ SO WITH YEAR ONE, WE SOUGHT TO CRAFT A CREDIBLE BATMAN, GROUNDED IN A WeRLIs WE RECOGNIZE. E oa] BUT, DID WE 60 TOO FAR? = THE QUESTION, "WHAT WOULD SUPERHEROES BE LIKE IN THE Real wots?" HAS BEDEVILED SUCCEED- ING GENERATIONS OF COMICS CREATORS. [NCE A DEPICTION VEERS TOWARD REALISM, EACH NEW DETAIL RELEASES A TORRENT OF QUESTIONS THAT EXPOSES THE ABSURDITY AT THE HEART CF THE GENRE. % THE MORE "REALISTIC SUPERHEROES BECOME, THE LESS BELIEVABLE THEY ARE, SUPERHEROES ARE REAL WHEN THEY2E DRAWN IN INK. MAgeUccHEte? 2005 Shrewd and cunning. A powerful fighter. Cee ee enero en mee ieee bie/ot,cotimet ‘eine oma ‘More roughs, actual size. sists semen moe The bruises are starting to form and ty sping \s fused OF course when Wilige s ine Fee! ys good-bye to ‘to leave. Di e guys, 4 | make hisw | late waitir And he still girlfriend % | rake his wie Tite watting for Rane ee re res ewer Final ink artwork, cetual size (facing page), and the some page in color from the newsprint vefsion. Comics printed on newspaper hd an available palette of only about sixty colors, which Richmond utilized brilliantly en roy Sa Seed eu a of Batman in which Year z oppesie)

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