Batman Earth One

comic strip

Author Name: Jeff Jones

For the first time in a long time, we see Batman's eyes. This may seem like a minor detail, but it's not. Jones and Frank know that the true appeal of Batman lies within. Now they'll let us take a fresh, exciting look at the inside and the outside..." - Brad Meltzer, New York Times bestselling author of Identity Crisis. "After successfully reimagining the Man of Steel in Superman: Secret Beginning, Jeff Jones and Gary Frank unleashed their talents with Bruce Wayne, proving once again that, with the right guidance, the Batman mythos is infinitely malleable. Alfred as a former Royal Marine. Penguin as a truly frightening, sadistic foe. "Amazing!" - David Goyer, co-writer of "Batman Begins," "The Dark Knight Rises," and "Man of Steel." A Dark Knight for a new generation. You only think you know his story. Batman isn't a hero. He's just a man. An angry man, neither infallible nor invincible. In Gotham City, where friend is hard to tell from foe, Bruce Wayne's path to becoming the Dark Knight is more fraught than ever. In his quest to exact retribution against the real killers of his parents, and the corrupt police who let them escape, Bruce Wayne's ruthless drive for revenge fuels his madcap crusade. No one, not even Alfred himself, can stop him. Following in the footsteps of "Superman: Earth One," the #1 New York Times bestselling series, writer Jeff Jones and illustrator Gary Frank reimagine new beginnings for the Dark Knight mythos, where the familiar is no longer the expected in this unique, long-awaited graphic novel from DC Comics.