Before the Batman: An Original Movie Novel (The Batman Movie)

Random House

Feb 2022 · Sold by Random House Books for Young Readers

About this ebook

Before The Batman™: An Original Movie Novel—An exciting new story inspired by the all-new motion picture The Batman!

Warner Bros.’s The Batman now in theaters, bringing with it all the adventure and action of one of the most popular Super Heroes in the world. We all know that billionaire Bruce Wayne is secretly Gotham City’s vigilante detective and protector, The Batman—but what road led him there? Find out in Before The Batman: An Original Movie Novel, which includes an exciting original story of Bruce Wayne's early adventures on his way to becoming The Batman!

Ratings and reviews

Terrible and boring. Im actually really lookng forward to the new movie, and I thought this would be a good introduction to this series and universe, but its just really cliched and badly written. I mean, technically speaking, the writing is sound, but its prose is uninteresting, like something Id expect from an 8 year old writing their first Batman story. If an 8 year old did write this, then Id be impressed, but I assume whoever wrote this was probably an adult. Of course, I cant be sure. There is no writer listed, just a publishing company. That points to the book being written by committee. Meaning their is no artistic vision in this, just a couple of staff writers who were given a quota. This books tells me nothing about these characters or their universe other than just that they exist and there will be a movie. Tonally it doesnt even feel the same as the film trailers. ...and before anyone says, "Its for kids!" yeah, well so are the comics, and those can actually be great.

Excellent book, gives so much more information on the upcoming movie. A shame I couldn't read it since it's not available in my country.

Great, families...go see a movie teaching wh!te children that they are "privileged" (Really? Like who? The wh!te producers/writers/authors/etc.?) and that Batman is an emo nut who needs the patient wisdom of burglar Catwoman and funky police chief Jim Gordon to get him to stop whupping human trash. PS Pattinson is no Bruce Wayne.

About the author

Established in July 2013 in a merger between Penguin and Random House, Penguin Random House, with nearly 250 independent imprints and brands on five continents, more than 15,000 new titles published each year, and close to 800 million print, audio, and eBooks sold annually, is the world’s leading trade book publisher. Like its predecessor companies, Penguin Random House is committed to publishing adult and children’s fiction and nonfiction print editions and is a pioneer in digital publishing. Its publishing lists include more than 60 Nobel Prize laureates and hundreds of the world’s most widely read authors.