DC Comics Essentials - Batman: Year One Special Edition #1
"Chapter One: Who I Am How I Came to Be" is a pivotal moment in Batman’s origin, rendered with stark elegance by Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli. As Bruce Wayne begins his transformation and Jim Gordon arrives in Gotham to fight a city steeped in corruption, both men face defining trials that shape their paths. The cover by David Mazzucchelli captures the mood of this dark, formative chapter in a 1.00 USD comic from 2015.
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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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