The story takes a look at Bruce Wayne’s relationship with Jim Gordon Batman starts out trying to prove he doesn’t need help to save the city. Zero Year represents the first major challenge he must overcome to save his city, threatened by his first major villain. As with “Secret City” the purples and oranges bring to mind a sunset that prepares us for the long dark night of Batman’s career. The way he handles these cases characterize him as a fledging detective bent on repairing the city that madmen are trying to destroy.Ĭapullo draws Batman as no one ever has, adding light colors that reminisce of his lighter years while also retaining the dark content that comes with a story of deception and murder. Death, who adds a bit of horror to the story. Batman is introduced multitasking his investigations of the Riddler and a string of grisly murders perpetrated by a new villain, Dr. “Dark City” opens in the still dark Gotham City with Batman on the run from the police, who do little to stop the Riddler from taking over and making things harder for the Dark Knight both physically and mentally. The story continues from the events of volume four, which ended with the Riddler triggering a citywide blackout in Gotham. Vibrant art and an action-adventure plot come together to show us Batman’s full origin in the New 52. The creative team of DC’s comic series Batman has done it again with volume five: “Zero Year – Dark City,” written by Scott Snyder, penciled by Greg Capullo, and inked by Danny Miki. David Kane ’15 / Emertainment Monthly Staff Writer
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