Miller directed "Batman Year One" in 1986. For this occasion, the author reuses the mature and creative style he has honed over the Daredevil series in terms of narrative technique. He imagines a "first year" surprisingly realistic and mature for a superhero so far accustomed to the most caustic stories. Looking back, "Year One" made school and even foreshadows the current wave of film adaptations of Christopher Nolan, with their naturalistic bias.
Thus, in "Year One", Batman confronts bandits (and even the police) and normal human beings. The future "Catwoman" made an appearance through the back door and an amazing way (it's a prostitute!). The perception of space-time is accurate and reading flows of extremely smoothly. Miller remains one of the most creative mainstream writers of the decade, he who dusted comics replacing grotesque bubble thoughts with a voice much more mature, much more dense and a more conceptual cutting boards.
In this narrative, the reader follows the simultaneous return of Bruce Wayne in the city of "Gotham City" in parallel with the arrival of the future commissioner Gordon. Subjectively, we enter into the heads of two characters through a voiceover respectively appearing in a white frame when it comes to Batman, and yellow when it comes to Gordon ...
The time has not managed to dethrone this masterpiece, which still remains the reference version of the origins of Batman, where the other hero has already found several ...
Often forgotten, but Miller does not draw this story. This is David Mazzucchelli, which has already imaged the sublime Renaissance Daredevil on one of its scenarios, which takes care of the graphics. Again, the mind is realistic, dark and black like a thriller.
With its large size and its plethora of bonus, this edition signed Urban Comics stands out as the most beautiful setting which became available this essential work of the history of superhero comics since its multiple translations in French ...
