Batman: Year One - The Deluxe Edition

([November] 2017)

Introduction (Table of Contents: 1)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Denny O'Neil (credited as Dennis O'Neil)

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Reprints

• from Batman: Year One (DC, 1988 series) ([June] 1988)

A Shadow Fell Across Me... (Table of Contents: 2)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script

Frank Miller (credited)

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Reprints

• from Batman: Year One (DC, 1988 series) ([June] 1988)

The Crime Blotter (Table of Contents: 3)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

? [as Slam Bradley]

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Reprints

• from Batman: Year One Deluxe Edition (DC, 2005 series) ([June] 2005)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Batman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

David Mazzucchelli (credited)

Inks

David Mazzucchelli (credited)

Colors

Richmond Lewis (credited)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Bruce Wayne; Thomas Wayne (death); Martha Wayne (death)

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #404 [Direct] (February 1987)

Chapter One: Who I Am How I Came to Be (Table of Contents: 5)

Batman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Miller (credited)

Pencils

David Mazzucchelli (credited)

Inks

David Mazzucchelli (credited)

Colors

Richmond Lewis (credited)

Letters

Todd Klein (credited)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Bruce Wayne [Batman] (does not appear in costume); Alfred Pennyworth; Lt. James Gordon; Lieutenant Flass; Commissioner Gill Loeb; Selina Kyle [Catwoman] (does not appear in costume); Holly; Thomas Wayne (death, flashback); Martha Wayne (death, flashback)

Synopsis

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.

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #404 (February 1987)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Batman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

David Mazzucchelli (credited)

Inks

David Mazzucchelli (credited)

Colors

Richmond Lewis (credited)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #405 [Direct] (March 1987)

Chapter Two: War Is Declared (Table of Contents: 7)

Batman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Miller (credited)

Pencils

David Mazzucchelli (credited)

Inks

David Mazzucchelli (credited)

Colors

Richmond Lewis (credited)

Letters

Todd Klein (credited)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Lieutenant James Gordon; Detective Sarah Essen (1st appearance); Commissioner Gill Loeb; Barbara Gordon (James' pregnant wife); Detective Flass; Harvey Dent (assistant district attorney)

Synopsis

Bruce dons his new guise as Batman and begins to clean up Gotham. When he starts to harass the corrupt officials of the city, the police are commanded to take him down.

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #405 (March 1987)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Batman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

David Mazzucchelli (credited)

Inks

David Mazzucchelli (credited)

Colors

Richmond Lewis (credited)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #406 [Direct] (April 1987)

Chapter Three: Black Dawn (Table of Contents: 9)

Batman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Miller (credited)

Pencils

David Mazzucchelli (credited)

Inks

David Mazzucchelli (credited)

Colors

Richmond Lewis (credited)

Letters

Todd Klein (credited)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Lieutenant James Gordon; Detective Sarah Essen; Catwoman [Selina Kyle] (1st in Modern Age costume); Holly; Commissioner Gill Loeb; Barbara Gordon (James' pregnant wife)

Synopsis

The police have Batman cornered and are intent on taking him in and it will take all of his training and cunning to escape from their grasp.

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #406 (April 1987)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

Batman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

David Mazzucchelli (credited)

Inks

David Mazzucchelli (credited)

Colors

Richmond Lewis (credited)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Lieutenant James Gordon

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #407 [Direct] (May 1987)

Chapter Four: Friend in Need (Table of Contents: 11)

Batman / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Miller (credited)

Pencils

David Mazzucchelli (credited)

Inks

David Mazzucchelli (credited)

Colors

Richmond Lewis (credited)

Letters

Todd Klein (credited)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Alfred Pennyworth; Catwoman [Selina Kyle]; Lieutenant James Gordon; Detective Sarah Essen; Holly; The Roman (villain); Harvey Dent (assistant district attorney); Jefferson Skeevers; Detective Flass; Commissioner Gill Loeb; Barbara Gordon (James' pregnant wife)

Synopsis

Batman takes on the upper echelons of organized crime and becomes allies with Gordon. The Gordons have a baby boy.

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #407 (May 1987)

Aferword(s) (Table of Contents: 12)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 38 pages (report information)

Script

David Mazzucchelli (credited)

Pencils

David Mazzucchelli (credited)

Inks

David Mazzucchelli (credited)

Colors

Richmond Lewis; Anthony Tollin; ?

Letters

typeset

Reprints

• from Amazing Heroes (Fantagraphics, 1981 series) #102
• from Who's Who: Update '87 (DC, 1987 series) #2 (September 1987)
• from Batman: Year One Deluxe Edition (DC, 2005 series) ([June] 2005)

Indexer Notes

Most of the material in this section previously appeared in Batman: Year One Deluxe Edition (DC, 2005 series), but it has been entirely reformatted for this edition, and additional material has been included.