false 105720 4 Visionary writer/artist <b>Paul Pope</b> presents a futuristic mystery of epic proportions set in a dark, dystopian world devoid of privacy and filled with government conspiracies, psychic police, holographic caller ID and absolutely no room for "secret identities." <P>In Gotham City, 2039, a federal agent is murdered and a contingent of Washington's top agents is hot on the suspect's trail. The <b>Batman</b>, a forgotten icon from the past, is wanted for the murder. Amid the chaos Gotham City Police Detective Gordon, grandson of the former commissioner, discovers that the man they are chasing shouldn't exist at all. 4065 17 1 2007 Batman: Year One Hundred total:333|5:51|4:126|3:98|2:42|1:16| 333 1153 416 38 4 0 false false Fri Jul 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 13 13:24:08 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 18 13:59:37 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Jul 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 04 20:36:24 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 11 13:37:08 -0700 2009
However, there are a few problems with execution: the art is largely blurry and purposely misshapen, plot devices and characters are used without any ex...more...]]> 4 2 false false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 02 08:56:57 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 02 08:57:44 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Sat Jan 10 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 10 19:20:52 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 10 19:30:33 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Apr 28 08:51:19 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 28 08:58:47 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1 0 false false Fri Apr 18 09:13:48 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 18 09:15:06 -0700 2008
And now here are the things about the execution that did not work for me personally this is not an indictment of the book I'm just saying:

Making Batman and his costume and his accoutrement more realistic is not interesting to me. The magic and sus...more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu Mar 27 09:57:31 -0700 2008 Wed Mar 26 14:17:13 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 27 09:19:49 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Jul 05 08:13:08 -0700 2007 Sat Jul 07 17:27:51 -0700 2007 ...more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri Jul 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 21 20:19:34 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 31 18:51:33 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 30 17:00:09 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 30 17:47:35 -0800 2008
I did enjoy the little references here and there, like the existence of pictorial evidence of Batman starting from 1939. A good conspiracy story,...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Aug 03 16:03:44 -0700 2007 Sat Aug 04 13:32:29 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Mar 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat May 09 18:03:42 -0700 2009 Sat May 09 18:03:57 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Apr 20 20:15:04 -0700 2007 Fri Apr 20 20:20:57 -0700 2007 It was released last year, and I've wanted to read it....Now I have...
and I want more...
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