Absolute Batman: Year One #1
In "Chapter One: Who I Am How I Came to Be," a young Bruce Wayne and a determined Jim Gordon arrive in Gotham, each driven by a personal mission that will soon intersect. Bruce tests his training in a brutal street fight that leaves him wounded, only to find unexpected clarity when a bat bursts through his window. Frank Miller’s gripping narrative, rendered with iconic precision by David Mazzucchelli and colored by Richmond Lewis, captures the raw beginnings of two figures destined to shape the city’s dark legacy—cover by David Mazzucchelli.
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Bruce and Gordon both arrive in Gotham on missions that are sure to put their paths on a collision course. Gordon joins the GCPD which is rife with corruption and he is taught a savage lesson when he tries to buck this new system. Bruce tries out his years of training in a simple street brawl that does not go as planned. Wounded and searching for inspiration, Bruce finds it as a bat flies through the window.
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