| 1. 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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| 2. Gotham Central Vol. 3: Unresolved Targets (Batman) | 
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By: Greg Rucka, Ed Brubaker
Publisher: DC Comics
April 26, 2006
This is exactly how I see Gotham City in my mind. Grimey, gritty, dirty, whatever word you would like to use. They all apply. Rucka & Brubaker write two different stories each compelling and important and there are only a couple of scenes involving super heroes. The Joker story is creepy and the Mad Hatter tale is weird and smarmy, just like him. My only complaint is that the cast is so big... more
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| 3. Sleeper Season Two |
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By: Ed Brubaker
Publisher: WildStorm
October 06, 2009
Ed Brubaker, the talent who brought readers "The Death of Captain America" and breathed new life into characters like Dare Devil and Iron Fist, in //Sleeper: Season Two// continues and concludes this superb noir tale of espionage. Readers who missed Season One will quickly come up to speed and doubtless enjoy this dark tale, perfectly suited to Brubaker's gifts for moral ambiguity and hard-boiled... more
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| 4. Sleeper: Season One | 
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By: Ed Brubaker
Publisher: WildStorm
June 23, 2009
Holy hell, was that good. This is gritty, comedic, gruesome work. Holden Carver is a double agent asked to do the most terrible acts while still believing he's doing good for god and country.His former beloved believes him a criminal. His handler is in a coma. His "boss" thinks there's a spy in their ranks. And did I mention, these are all people with powers of some sort? So, every moment for Holden... more
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| 5. Gotham Central Vol. 4: The Quick and the Dead (Batman) |
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By: Greg Rucka
Publisher: DC Comics
November 01, 2006
Take any cop show and try and find an episode that was to bland to be aired on TV so they put it in as an extra in a box set and labeled it "never before seen episode" and you have Gotham Central. I've been reading graphic novels for 30 years and I received this book as a gift. I thought the concept was a great idea and I couldn't wait to open it up. I was incredibly disappointed. I kept reading, hoping... more
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| 6. Gotham Central, Book 3: On the Freak Beat | |
By: Greg Rucka, Ed Brubaker
Publisher: DC Comics
June 15, 2010
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| 7. 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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| 8. Criminal (Deluxe Edition) |
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By: Ed Brubaker
Publisher: Marvel Comics
November 18, 2009
This book is what it would be like if Hollywood suddenly began producing crime comics instead of movies. Ed Brubaker is a mastermind when it comes to writing crime comics. There are 3 narratives here that are all interconnected. The whole of this story is much greater than the sum of its parts. Can't wait for Deluxe Edition 2. ... more
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| 9. Daredevil by Brian Michael Bendis & Alex Maleev Omnibus, Vol. 2 |
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By: Brian Michael Bendis
Publisher: Marvel Comics
January 20, 2010
This is an amazing story arc that is extremely well-written and Bendis does not take any cheap shortcuts to resolve the storyline. It's as realistic an approach to superhero writing as you are likley to find in the medium... more
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| 10. Powers: The Definitive Collection, Vol. 3 |
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By: Brian Michael Bendis
Publisher: Marvel Comics
December 23, 2009
Man.. i read this every night after work. Anytime i had to sit to use the bathroom. and any time i had it with me and had a spare moment. This SERIES is a must read. I thought that this omnibus was excellent. Only gripe i have is that some texts get caught in the middle edge and your stretching the page to read it. no biggie though.
I love it. if you buy it, you will love it. ... more
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