batman vol 4 zero year secret city scott snyder

There are echoes with Nolan’s Dark Knight movie trilogy, but with shades of Fight Club and Gone in Sixty Seconds added in the back-up stories focused on Bruce’s overseas training stops. Their fight against the new vigilante are relentless and bloody (Bruce is really put through the ringer, here). Volume 4 pretty much re-creates the background portion of Alan Moore’s The Killing Joke, but from Batman’s perspective, and with a little more focus on the wider actions of the Red Hood gang.

If you haven’t been reading the New 52 Batman, then I’d strongly recommend you start – either here or at the beginning of Snyder’s run. Other stories and collections have touched up this period of Bruce’s development from spoiled rich kid to crime-fighting genius, but none have done it this well.

In Zero Year, Snyder et al, have created a very good, more extensive and explanatory take on the origins of Gotham’s Dark Knight. I’ve always had a soft-spot for origin stories, as I’m sure many fans do. How will a young Dark Knight bring his beloved hometown from the brink of chaos and madness and back into the light?Ĭollects: Batman #21-24 (Vol.4) #25-27, 29-33 (Vol.5) The Riddler has plunged Gotham City into darkness. The New 52 origin of The Dark Knight delves into Bruce Wayne’s past with the Red Hood Gang and his run-ins with aspiring District Attorney Harvey Dent!īefore the Batcave and Robin, The Joker and the Batmobile, there was ZERO YEAR. Writer: Scott Snyder | Art: Greg Capullo, Danny Miki, FCO Pascencia, Rafael Albuquerque

Batman vol 4 zero year secret city scott snyder