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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 741.5973
EAN: 9781401201333
ISBN: 1401201334
Label: DC Comics
Manufacturer: DC Comics
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 144
Publication Date: July 01, 2004
Publisher: DC Comics
Release Date: July 01, 2004
Sales Rank: 278987
Studio: DC Comics
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
From Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso, the creative team behind the smash-hit, award-winning crime thriller 100 Bullets, comes a new take on Batman, putting their own distinct, hard-edged spin on a classic mythos. A girl is found dead in a Gotham landfill, and as Batman delves into the case, he reflects on the dark city he has made his home. He knows - or thinks he knows - who the killer is, but when the devastating truth is revealed, the Dark Knight might not even know himself anymore! With Risso's artwork giving Batman a rarely seen and distinctly European flavour, this story sets out to make the Dark Knight that little bit darker!
Average Rating: 
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Where is Angel Lupo? That is the question that Batman keeps asking, unfortunately for all of the wrong reasons, in this retro flavored detective yarn. This story is so richly drenched in 1940s noir, and also in a constant rain that so evocatively recalls that genre, that I was half expecting Sam Spade to appear at any moment wearing a trenchcoat. All that was missing were the taste of cheap whiskey and the smell of stale cigars. Batman's wry internal monologue is also reminiscent of that period and ... Read More
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I don't care much for 100 Bullets, but this is one tough, hard-core noir-noir (I meanly deathly black) Batman story. You want one tough opening line? Try this one: You get a page of Gotham's dark, industrial sky line (more like water line; you're seeing it from the harbor as if you're standing on a pier of boating in). Then you get this line: "Now, lonely hearts and Sunday School teachers like to say that rain is the tears of God. . . . This rain? If it comes from Him, it's not His tears." And you ... Read More
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Batman is investigating a crime involving two men and a woman, and it is giving him a few problems. With the usual bunch of crazy super villains lurking in the background, the focus of this story is on unravelling the relationships between the people involved, to work out whodunnit. A noir type of dark, shadowy crime story.
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I'm impressed with this Batman tale because it is a terrific murder mystery. It reminds me of some of my favourite hardboiled detective novels like The Chill, by Ross MacDonald, or even The Long Goodbye by Chandler--wherein it may not necessarily be the solution to the crime that makes the story great, but the journey getting there. Dirty secrets get uncovered as Batman pursues Angel Lupo, prime suspect in the murder of his sister, as well as the double homicide of a married couple simply in the wrong ... Read More
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I view Batman as the darkest of the DC heroes - a man who can be hurt, who deals in the grime and filth of humanity and whose mission is to help not just the innocent, but the not-as-guilty. It's Batman and Daredevil who are the greatest triumphs for human stories in the line.
Broken City, written by Brian Azzerello reaches to those roots of the man behind the mask. He's no friend of the establishment in this book because establishments are cesspools for corruption whether criminal or city. ... Read More
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