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    <body><![CDATA[Okay... I guess I don't like Frank Miller much.  <em>Batman: Year One</em> has less of the fascistic feeling that I got from the movies <em>Sin City</em> and <em>The 300</em>, but I found it sketchily put together and not well characterized.  I think that Nolan's <em>Batman Begins</em> film effort actually did a better job covering th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34119161">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm not a big fan of superhero origin stories, so I avoided reading <em>Batman: Year One</em> for awhile, but I'm really glad I finally picked it up and gave it a try. This four-issue series totally blew me away. It got to the heart of everything I've always loved about Batman, while giving equal time to Com...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10108490">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Pretty well written and drawn the story itself seems kind of rushed though.  The end just seemed to come rather abruptly and Catwoman's presence seemed rather pointless. Miller's take on Catwoman was interesting but she didn't really seem to have much to do with the story. <br/><br/>Also this real...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/26333773">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[ok… this one I love, I was angry went it was over and I had to go back to my crappy book… and batman kick the shit out of some dude who tried to kill a kitty!!! I love it!!! I love it I say!!]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[<strong>2009#20</strong><br/><br/>Luar biasa! Tafsiran memukau Frank Miller atas tahun pertama Batman. Edisi ini semakin istimewa karena dilengkapi skets-skets, petikan naskah, dan semacam kata penutup berformat komik dari sang ilustrator, David Mazzucchelli. Pertama kali liat karya Mazzucchelli di <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/26799837.">novel grafis an...</a><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51368897">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this slim volume in an hour or so, because I've long heard good things about this take on Batman's origins and earliest days, and I heard it was a source of inspiration for Christopher Nolan's Batman films, for which my appreciation has only grown after seeing them both again recently. <br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42410214">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[this was pretty good. it's definitely a throwback to the classic DC comic era, and the art really reflects that. the story is pretty good overall. this is how everything started with Batman, so he's still learning how to be the ultimate Bad Dude vigilante that he becomes. what i love about Miller's ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49476304">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Frank Miller's telling of Batman's origins does a great job of laying the foundation for the recent phenomenal Batman films by Christopher Nolan, most notably <em>Batman Begins</em>, but also <em>The Dark Knight</em> to an extent. For that, I give it an enormous amount of credit. Miller's influence is all over <em>Batman...</em><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44969862">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The best of its genre. <br/><br/>I usually don't care about artwork that much, but this was superb. <br/>Christopher Nolan said that he drew much inspiration for Batman Begins from Batman: Year One, and it shows. <br/>It always bothered me when Batman was just presented as a guy that had unexpla...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49778283">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This should be the story of the beginnings of the Dark Knight in Gotham. But the whole line of how Bruce Wayne comes to town and becomes a hero is not nearly as good as it could be. <br/>The hero of this book is, in fact, Commissioner Gordon (this time serial detective transferred to Gotham). It's ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79175040">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The best of Frank Miller's Batman works, the main reason being its extensive humanity.  Rather than present a hard-boiled world that requires an almost heartless moralizer in a cape, Miller chooses to tell the origin of Batman primarily through Jim Gordon's eyes.  Gordon here is a fragile man, worry...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47039137">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a Batman origin story that would go on to influence both Tim Burton (Batman) and Christopher Nolan (Batman Begins). The story itself, is gritty and has an almost noir style that foreshadows what Frank Miller would later attempt with Sin City.<br/><br/>Fans of Batman will love this book. It...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50377759">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[It's alright.  like people say, Batman jumps into things pretty fast.  I had the same problem with the X-men movie.  As soon as Wolverine comes to the house, Professor X is like &quot;Over there, that's Cyclops.  And this is Storm.  I am Professor X.&quot;  And Wolverine is just like &quot;Oh good, ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57922328">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[what can i say? i may be an indie comics blogger, but in my heart i'm a total sucker for badass superhero comics.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[At 13 in 1987, I thought this was one of the coolest books I had ever read.  I didn't know that Frank Miller was actually ruining comic books.  I just thought the story rocked.<br/><br/>If Batman can have a new Year One, why can't I have one too?  Argott: Year One.  I think in my new origin I'll r...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44924073">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a very good graphic novel.  It tells the story of Bruce Wayne becoming Batman, using his worst fear to his advantage and coming across some interesting characters (i.e Catwoman) along the way.  Frank Miller writes a great novel that makes you really understand the struggles that Batman went ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59567210">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I fully appreciate that this book, along with <em>The Dark Knight Returns</em>, helped revolutionize the focus of Batman.  Unfortunately, I don't think it stands the test of time; it falls short in complexity or depth when considered alone outside of the period it was written, which I think says a lot about ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/28788956">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[If you read many lists or ask many comics fans, it seems that the general concensus is that <em>The Dark Knight Returns</em> is the best Batman graphic novel of all time. While I definitley appreciate <em>Dark Knight</em>, I'm not sure I've ever found it anywhere as compelling as <em>Year One</em>. As a matter of personal tas...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/27973006">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I've always thought, for a general audience, Frank Miller has gotten far too much credit for Sin City and 300, where he really deserves mounds of praise for his work with Batman in the 80s and Daredevil, earlier on.  I mean <em>The Dark Knight Returns</em> is groundbreaking, intelligent stuff.  It doesn't qu...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21513430">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I am not sure when I originally read this but I re-read it this month.  It still blows me away how well Frank Miller is at telling a Batman story.  He makes Batman seem life like and believable.  And Miller's Batman is not invulnerable.  Even though it is year one and you know Bruce Wayne is going t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/20973590">more...</a>]]></body>
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