| 1. Gotham Central Vol. 3: Unresolved Targets (Batman) | 
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By: Greg Rucka, Ed Brubaker
Publisher: DC Comics
April 26, 2006
I'm really enjoying Gotham Central, but I wanted to warn purchasers that the paperpack volumes are differently numbered but largely duplicative of the new hardcover editions. For example, the two storylines in this paperback volume are the same two storylines included in Volume 2 of the Gotham Central hardcover edition. (The hardcover edition includes issues from before and in between those storylines... more
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| 2. Gotham Central Vol. 2: Jokers and Madmen HC | 
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By: Ed Brubaker, Greg Rucka
Publisher: DC Comics
September 15, 2009
Starting in 2003, the multiple-Eisner award winning "Gotham Central" series followed two separate shifts of police officers working in the present-day Major Crimes Unit of the Gotham City Police Department. In the GCPD's struggle against crime and terror, Batman looms as both competitor and savior. This second DC hardcover collects issues #11-22 of the series. Most stories were a collaboration between... more
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| 3. Gotham Central Book One: In the Line of Duty | 
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By: Ed Brubaker, Greg Rucka
Publisher: DC Comics
September 16, 2008
I've always liked crime stories in comic form and Gotham Central is one of the best. Like Brian Michael Bendis' POWERS it shows the police officers lives on the job and sometimes off as they try and deal with protecting and serving in a world filled with superheroes and villains.
The stories in this volume play out very episodically. Each issue contained an entire arc and while re-reading... more
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| 4. Gotham Central Vol. 2: Half a Life (Batman) |
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By: Greg Rucka
Publisher: DC Comics
June 01, 2005
NOTE: This is the only one of the five-part "Gotham Central" comics I've read.
A tale that brings a touch of social modernism/drama to the world to comics in perhaps the only way it could be (while remaining tasteful). GCPD Detective Renee Montoya - while formerly a tertiary, behind the scenes character - is the forefront of this story that brings to light one old and one new secret in... more
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| 5. Batman: Mad Love and Other Stories |
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By: Paul Dini
Publisher: DC Comics
May 26, 2009
This is one of the best Batman graphic novels and should please all comic book aficionados. Mad Love is an excellent,fun yet semi-tragic tale and if you are a fan of Harley this is about as good as it gets. Paul Dini writes a good story and knows how to pull the reader into imagining the underworld of the tale without spelling it out. For lovers of illustration it is one to view with pleasure as... more
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| 6. Batman: The Cat and the Bat | 
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By: Fabian Nicieza
Publisher: DC Comics
December 08, 2009
My title is basically all you need to know about this book. Comic book veterans Fabian Nicieza and Kevin Maguire turn in a fun (if slightly padded) chase between Batgirl and Catwoman that seems designed to include as much cheesecake as they can get away with.
The infamous orgy scene (parental complaints made the papers) comes about half-way through. Maguire manage to draw the whole... more
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| 7. Batman: Officer Down (New Gotham 2) |
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By: Greg Rucka
Publisher: DC Comics
August 01, 2001
Unlike some people, I have no problem with crossovers per se. With the right talent, a work of epic length, scope, and quality can be produced and released in a relatively short period of time, which would not have been possible with the use of just one creative team. On the surface, the melding of a large group of writers and artists sounds like a recipe for failure, hence the saying "Too many cooks..."... more
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| 8. Incognito |
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By: Ed Brubaker
Publisher: Marvel Comics
November 25, 2009
This trade paperback collects the excellent 2009 Ed Brubaker/Sean Phillips six issue "Incognito" series inspired by 1930s American pulp comics. Main character Zach Overkill is a former super-powered villain now stuck in a banal office job in the Witness Protection Program and forced to take drugs that inhibit his powers. His former boss The Black Death is an escaped convict who runs a criminal empire... more
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| 9. Batman and Son | 
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By: Grant Morrison
Publisher: DC Comics
July 22, 2008
Alright, so I picked up this volume of Batman due to the fact that it was written by Grant Morrison, and I was a big fan of his JLA run in the late 90's. It was one of the best incarnations of the League to date, and his portrayal of Batman in that series was very good.
So, when I heard he was going to be taking over the Batman title, I was pretty excited! I figured "Hey, he did such... more
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| 10. Batman: Battle for the Cowl |
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By: Tony Daniel, Fabian Nicieza
Publisher: DC Comics
November 24, 2009
This book is ok for an in between while we await DC's revival of Bruce Wayne. If suspense and nail-biting from page to page is what you are looking for, then save your money and time for Grant Morrison's revival of the infamous Dark Knight! Battle for the Cowl gets a 3 star. Here is a link for info on the Return of Bruce [...]:_The_Return_of_Bruce_Wayne and as always you can pre-order when available... more
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