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| Title |
Batman: Year
One |
| Format |
TPB |
| Binding |
hardcover |
| Date |
1988
(collection), 1986-7 (issues |
|
Writer(s) |
Frank Miller |
|
Artist(s) |
David
Mazzucchelli |
| Collects |
Batman 404-407 |
| Storyline |
James
Gordon arrived in Gotham City from Chicago for his new job on the police
force. Bruce Wayne returned to his home after 18 years abroad. Gordon
didn't fit in well with the corruption that was running rampant in the
police force. Wayne began checking out the night-life, following up on the
vow he made to his parents. His first time out was disastrous - he was
stabbed, shot, and picked up by the police (though he escaped). While
thinking of his father, Bruce received an omen - a bat flew through a
window in his house. Gordon ended a hostage situation before it turned
ugly, gaining the attention of the media and the adoration of the people.
Batman made his first appearance; Gordon briefed the force on the
sightings of this new vigilante. Batman began taking on the corrupted
higher-ups of Gotham society. Gordon believed that the Batman was actually
Assistant District Attorney Harvey Dent. He and his partner, Sarah Essen,
witnessed the Batman first hand and chased him into an abandoned apartment
complex. With the building on the condemned list, it was ordered
immediately destroyed. After five explosions, a SWAT team entered. Batman
used an ultrasonic device to attracted thousands of bats to his location;
the creatures provided him with enough cover to escape. Gordon continued
to grow closer to his partner as his marriage continued to falter. Selina
Kyle quit the life of prostitution and began robbing in a cat outfit.
Batman and Dent, who'd been working together for a while, took down a
major drug dealer, the dealer implicated a policeman - Flass. Gordon
admitted to his wife that he'd been having an affair with his partner.
Barbara gave birth to James Gordon, Jr. Police Commissioner Loeb ordered a
hit on Gordon's family - Jim was able to save his wife, the Batman rescued
his newborn son. Flass squealed on the commissioner during his testimony. |
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