Batman Year One Review

In 1986, DC Comics decided their heroes needed a re-haul. One of the results of this re-haul was the graphic novel Batman Year One. Written by Frank Miller and illustrated by David Mazzucchelli with Richmond Lewis, the novel takes us back to the beginning. We find Bruce Wayne returning to Gotham and struggling to become the Batman. He has many false starts and mishaps, but in the end, he gets his groove on and kicks some major butt. Batman Year One also brings us a deeper side of Jim Gordon, just coming into Gotham as a lieutenant. We really see a darker side of Gordon in this novel and I have to say, I like it. Batman Year One accomplished its goal in spades by going back to the beginning and revisiting how these men became the heroes we know them as. The story becomes fresh and puts a new perspective on the story we all know and love.