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Absolute Batman: Year One HC #1 (2017) · The Collector

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Absolute Batman: Year One HC (2017)
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DC Comics#1

Absolute Batman: Year One HC

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Absolute Batman: Year One HC #1

Chapter One: Who I Am How I Came to Be / Chapter Two: War Is Declared / Chapter Three: Black Dawn / Chapter Four: Friend in Need

Publisher: DC Comics
Cover date: January 2017
On sale: Nov 2, 2016
Pages: 136

Key issue

1st appearance of Gillian B. Loeb
1st appearance of Holly Robinson
Origin of Bruce Wayne
Death of Martha Wayne
Death of Thomas Wayne
1st appearance of Sarah Essen

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Main editionMain
Printing not stated
ISBN 9781401243791
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Credits

Writer: Frank Miller
Penciller: David Mazzucchelli
Inker: David Mazzucchelli
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Sources

Grand Comics Database issue 1642841

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Bruce and Gordon both arrive in Gotham on missions that are sure to put their paths on a collision course. Gordon joins the GCPD which is rife with corruption and he is taught a savage lesson when he tries to buck this new system. Bruce tries out his years of training in a simple street brawl that does not go as planned. Wounded and searching for inspiration, Bruce finds it as a bat flies through the window.

Richmond Lewis

Letterer

Todd Klein

Cover

David Mazzucchelli

Cover colors

Richmond Lewis

Others

Denny O'Neil, Jeb Woodard, Scott Nybakken

Characters

Gillian B. Loeb· 1st appearance
Holly Robinson· 1st appearance
Sarah Essen· 1st appearance
Bruce Wayne· Origin
Martha Wayne· Death
Thomas Wayne· Death
Alfred Pennyworth
Barbara Gordon
Barbara Kean Gordon
Batman
Catwoman
Commissioner Gill Loeb
Commissioner James Gordon
Detective Flass
Detective Sarah Essen
Harvey Dent· Cameo
Holly
Jefferson Skeevers
Joe Chill
Lieutenant James Gordon
Selina Kyle
The Roman

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