- Script
- ? [as Slam Bradley]
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Reprints
- Pencils
- David Mazzucchelli (credited)
- Inks
- David Mazzucchelli (credited)
- Colors
- Richmond Lewis (credited)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Bruce Wayne; Thomas Wayne (death); Martha Wayne (death)
- Reprints
- 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
- Pencils
- David Mazzucchelli (credited)
- Inks
- David Mazzucchelli (credited)
- Colors
- Richmond Lewis (credited)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]
- Reprints
- 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
- Pencils
- David Mazzucchelli (credited)
- Inks
- David Mazzucchelli (credited)
- Colors
- Richmond Lewis (credited)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]
- Reprints
- 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
- Pencils
- David Mazzucchelli (credited)
- Inks
- David Mazzucchelli (credited)
- Colors
- Richmond Lewis (credited)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Lieutenant James Gordon
- Reprints
- 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
- Script
- David Mazzucchelli (credited)
- Pencils
- David Mazzucchelli (credited)
- Inks
- David Mazzucchelli (credited)
- Colors
- Richmond Lewis; Anthony Tollin; ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Reprints
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.