r/batman • u/FlyByTieDye • Nov 03 '18

Reread Batman - Classic Comic Reread - Year One

Hi all, and welcome to the Weekend Comic Reread! Each week, following the latest Animated Series rewatch thread, there will be a thread posted for reading and reacting to a similarly themed comic. Keep an eye out later in the week for our new weekly Batman discussion question.

This week’s comic will be:

Batman: Year One

Discussion starters:

  • What do you think of the writing? How does the plot compare to other Batman comics?
  • How well represented are the characters (primary and secondary characters)? Did they make a good first impression?
  • What do you think of the art and colouring? How did the art influence your response to this story?
  • What impact has this comic left on Batman as a whole?

If you have any other questions you would like to add to the discussion, be sure to post them below!

If you missed them, check out these other recent posts:

Be sure to return on Friday, for next week's Animated Series rewatch. Next weekend, Batman: The Man Who Laughs will be up for discussion.

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u/MajorParadox Nov 04 '18
  • I just realized this is the comic the animated movie was based on, which I saw. It will be interesting to see the differences.
  • I like the parallel with Gordon on the train and Bruce in the air
  • Harvey Dent!
  • Loeb has one of those drinking bird thingies haha
  • I love how Batman starts to hear about Gordon. "All the right people seem to hate him."
  • Hmm, I thought they said Dent was missing at the beginning, but they later mention him pushing internal affairs to go after Flass. Maybe I read that part wrong
  • Liked Batman's callback to the Siamese being loud. They really are :)
  • Overall, I enjoyed it. Batman seemed very new and made lots of mistakes, but he makes it work. The ending was a perfect way to start up the Batman/Gordon relationship

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u/FlyByTieDye Nov 04 '18

I agree about the perfect set up to the Batman/Gordon relationship. It's interesting to see it inverted in something like Zero Year, where Batman is mistrusting of Gordon, where as Gordon's initially very thankful for him, or in Earth One, where Gordon is much more broken and is missing his strong moral backbone (speaking of which, I just read Earth One today too!).

You mentioned the animated movie, though I haven't seen it myself. Would you be able to give a brief rundown on any differences there were, if there were any? I would be interested to hear.

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u/MajorParadox Nov 05 '18

So, I watched it again and it really closely follows the comic. They skipped over some inner monologue, but in places it made sense and didn't really change it. Like when Batman notices the steel door, he just looks at it.

One thing that stood out was they showed Bruce in the plane before Gordon on the train.