After an exhausting, yet awesome Free Comic Book Day/5th Anniversary celebration at Third Eye Comics on Saturday, my man Steve Anderson has somehow found the energy to go through this week’s most anticipated new releases:
THE ROAD TO BATMAN: ZERO YEAR begins
Snyder & Capullo have pretty much proven over the last two years that they are THE Batman creative team of the 21st century — as they’ve delivered some of the best BATMAN stories since the days of FRANK MILLER.
A play off on the now-classic BATMAN: YEAR ONE, YEAR ZERO will use the NEW 52 to tell a storyline that takes place 5-6 years in the past.
While details are sketchy on what this one will entail, it’s a very formative look at the development of not just Bruce into Batman, but also the world that surrounds him, and some of his most notorious foes.
Now, in this week’s BATMAN #20, we see a special lead-in chapter set in the present day, featuring a strange visitor coming to Gotham when tragedy delivers one of the most exciting team-ups the NEW 52 has seen yet. This issue is a perfect jumping on point for one of the best comics on the stands right now. Seriously, BATMAN continues to be an impressive read, and we cannot get enough. More
