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Reddit mentions of Batman, Vol. 4: Zero Year - Secret City
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| Color | Black |
| Height | 10.13 Inches |
| Length | 6.59 Inches |
| Number of items | 1 |
| Release date | October 2014 |
| Weight | 0.68784225744 Pounds |
| Width | 0.28 Inches |
First off Cool cat. Nice collection. Its a great starting batch.
Next, id day all that was mentioned.
I'd like to add
The court of owls which I didn't see there. Volume one and two are
Here
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B008J2GAKU/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1418977102&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX110_SY165_QL70
And here
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00BLVSRFC/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?qid=1418977102&sr=8-2&pi=AC_SX110_SY165_QL70
Post death of the family which you have (great book), is batman zero year. Volume one of that
Here
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1401249337/ref=tmm_pap_title_0?ie=UTF8&sr=&qid=
Volume two hardcover only. Pb comes out In may.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1401248853/ref=tmm_hrd_title_0?ie=UTF8&sr=&qid=
Volume 1
Volume 2
Volume 3
Volume 4
Volume 5
Volume 6
As for Batman, I would recommend The Court of Owls and its sequel, The City of Owls
If you enjoyed Batman Year One, the writer behind the previously mentioned stories did his own take on the Batman origin called Zero Year that draws a lot of inspiration from Year One. It's also a two-parter. First is Secret City and it's followed by Dark City
If you want more stuff in a similar style to Year One, the same writer has probably the most famous Batman story of all time. It's called Dark Knight Returns
Finally, another essential Batman story would have to be The Long Halloween It has a sequel called Dark Victory and it has its moments but it's eerily similar to the first one and isn't nearly as good.
Personally, I would stray away from events. I'm sure some are alright but most of them just pale in comparison to what the rest of the industry has to offer.
If you have any other questions, feel free to ask.
Batman by Snyder & Capullo is generally the most acclaimed Bat-book at the moment.
Manapul and Buccellato were incredible on The Flash. Their run goes through Volume 5. The new team starts with Volume 6, but I can't speak to quality.
Morrison's Action Comics was the best Superman title for a while. After that, we'll skip Volume 4 because it's bad and contributes nothing to anything. Volume 5 starts Greg Pak's run, which runs into the Doomed crossover.
Peter Parker returns after a short absence (where Doc Ock inhabited his body,) and goes almost immediately into the huge Spider-Verse crossover.
As far as I know, and I hope I'm right because that's how I'm buying them, the graphic novels (Court of Owls, City of Owls, Death of the Family, and Zero-Year - Secret City) are mostly complete. There are three issues that come between Death of the Family and Zero Year - Secret City that are not included in either. To be honest, I don't know how much they contribute to any story arc because I have had some trouble finding them online. I'm waiting until I can get back home from college to try to find them in store. Amazon tells you which issues are included in each graphic novel in the description of the product.
Court of Owls
The City of Owls
Death of the Family
Zero Year - Secret City
Additionally, click here for the complete list of the issues published in the New 52 Batman so you know what is not included in the graphic novels. I hope this helps!
Edit: After looking at some other threads in this sub I found this site. You can buy a digital copy of each issue individually in case they are not included in the graphic novel volumes.
Have you read any of the New 52 stuff? Scott Snyder does some early days stuff in the main book and some guest writers contributed one-shot episodes chronicling Bruce's various travels/trainings (edit: before he returned to Gotham and became Batman).
EDIT: Most, if not all, of that background stuff occurs in the "Zero Year" arc which can be purchased as volumes 4 and 5 of the new series. Here is the Amazon link to volume 4.
New 52 Batman Trade Reading Order
So, one thing to understand about Batman and comics is that there are different publication eras. From the characters inception in 1939 to early 1986, the character was part of what is known as the pre-crisis era. This version of Batman is most commonly characterised like the Adam West version of the character, with other eras being characterised differently.
A DC wide event happened called Crisis on Infinite Earths, which rebooted the DC timeline, and so Frank Miller wrote Year One, which told the origin story of this new version of Batman. It is still to this day one of the best Batman stories ever told. In continuation of this timeline, a following story called Year Two was penned. This wasn't as greatly received, and so was not really collected all that well until very recently. Most modern readers probably haven't read Year Two, or even Year Three for that matter. Year Three was another later edition, telling the post-crisis introduction of Dick Grayson into Bruce's life, and their time as Batman and Robin. It again was not really collected until recently making up part of the second Caped Crusader collection.
These stories were all a continuation of one another, but from the time of them being written, something happened, which altered the way fans looked at the series', and as a result also changed how DC represented it's post-crisis timeline. Jeph Loeb wrote a similar series taking place in Batman's second year, called The Long Halloween, which was again a masterpiece, and still one of the best Batman comics written to this day. It also had a follow up, set in Batman's third year called Dark Victory, which also showed the introduction of Dick Grayson and the beginnings of the Dynamic Duo. Fans and comic writers loved these two stories by Loeb so much that DC quitely did their best to erase Year Two and Three from the canon, in favour of canonising Long Halloween and Dark Victory (see DC not collecting either Years Two or Three until recently, and DC letting Loeb later write Hush, which was canon, and also canonised the events of Long Halloween within).
So, why have Years Two and Three ben collected recently if DC wanted the audience to forget it? That again has to do with how DC structures it's in comic universe. DC didn't want to confuse audiences on the post-crisis timeline while the post-crisis timeline was still the current DC timeline, but the post-crisis timeline is no longer, so they can collect older stories now without much confusion. In 2011, an event called Flashpoint happened, which DC chose as a time to once again reboot their universe, leading to what is known now as the New 52 series, or post-Flashpoint timeline. So, this is again a new and different version of Batman, so his origin from Year One no longer exists, as that was a different Batman. Batman writer Scott Snyder got to create his own version of this new Batman's origin called Zero Year, told in two parts, Secret City and Dark City. Something important to know is that Zero Year is not set before Year One, as the two origins are from completely differnt timelines, it's just that DC uses "Batman: Year ___" as a title for name and brand recognition.
I hope this above information helps, let me know if you have any questions, though while I'm at it, I also saw you had another post with a similar topic, discussing this as a reading order:
> Zero year>Year One>Court of owls new 52 v1>Year 2>Death in the family>Year 3>A Lonely Place of Dying
I hope I can clarify. In the New 52, it is best to read in volume order (1 to 10), despite volumes 4 and 5 being Zero Year, they are told in Flashback, and you don't need to read them first. For New 52, I'd recommend reading this order (you don't have to read all, go arc by arc, and see if you find it fun):
Court of Owls, City of Owls, Death of the Family, Zero Year - Secret City, Zero Year - Dark City, Graveyard Shift, Endgame, Superheavy, Bloom, Epilogue.
For the Post-crisis timeline on the other hand:
You could read Year One -> Year Two -> Year Three, but the latter two are not the best. I would instead suggest Year One -> Long Halloween -> Dark Victory. This introduces Dick Grayson as Robin. I see you have A Death in the Family (different to volume 3 of the New 52) and A Lonely PLace of Dying listed, but they are different Robins. A Death in the Family involves the second Robin, Jason Todd, so it wouldn't make sense to read that before Year Three/Dark Victory, which introduces the first Robin. A Lonely PLace of Dying introduces Tim Drake, the third Robin, and it would be after Year Three, but like, way after. If you really wanted the right order for introducing the core Bat-cast, it would be more similar to:
Batman Year One -> Long Halloween -> Dark Victory -> Batgirl/Robin: Year One -> Batman: Second Chances -> Batman: The Killing Joke -> Batman: A Death in the Family/A Lonely Place of Dying (these are actually collected together in modern collections of these comics). Then after that in the 90's, there were these really big sagas like Knightfall and No Man's Land, they are a lot to get through, and there's already a lot here. And to remind you, this timeline does not really cross over with or interact with the New 52 timeline.
I hope this all helps! Let me know if you have any further questions.
Trade waiting is pretty much always cheaper. Is this the trade you bought? Because this one has six issues in it, not four, and one is an annual.
Glad someone else posted this - it's ridiculous. And I think, unfortunately, that it's just the beginning. I know prices are going to go up, and I know "Really? You can't afford an extra $1?" Obviously, yes, I can.
It's just hard to swallow $5 for a single issue (which is chock-full of ads) as a standard. I know there are extra pages - it just still feels odd that the major publishers can jump a full dollar without batting an eye. And the trades are retailing for about $18. That's $3.6 an issue. And if you can get it for the Amazon price (with Prime) it's $10.75. That's just over $2 an issue. In a nice book, with no ads.
DC is pushing me to trade-wait for everything. And maybe those prices are high because people are already trade-waiting. And I don't think DC is trying to rip anyone off, it just seems odd to go from $4 to $5 just like that.
So in Scott Snyder's final issue or story, or the next big event, is it going to be $6 per issue? And we'll just all pay without question?
EDIT: While we can all probably afford another $1 to spend on comics it makes other books MUCH more appealing. Makes me more likely to drop Batman and check out books elsewhere that are going for $2.99 or $3.50.
If you don't want to have to spend the money on all ten volumes, I highly recommend volume 4 and volume 5. These two volumes collect the 12 issues of Zero Year, Scott Snyder's updated origin for Batman. Fco Plascensia's Colors are absolutely beautiful, and the story will have you flipping pages back forth, having your mindblown with all the different connections. The best part is that this story happens before the rest of snyder's run, so you can always go back to read the rest when you have the money.
Check these out:
Theese ones: Part 1 & Part 2
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I'm currently collecting this series of Batman
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Batman-Volume-Secret-Comics-Paperback/dp/1401249337/ref=pd_sim_b_3?ie=UTF8&refRID=1H7K95MF9ZTC9C6YQ3G1
Out of curiosity what other Batman series do you recommend? Other than Earth One, as I'm definitely picking that one up.
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Part 2