Batman: The Court of Owls Saga (DC Essential Edition): Issues 1-11

Scott Snyder

Sep 2018 · DC Comics

About this ebook

Hidden for years, the mysterious Court of Owls surface in Gotham City--what must Batman to defeat them and what deadly connection to they have to his past? Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo's masterpiece epic is collected in its entirey in trade paperback for the first time ever! After a series of brutal murders rocks Gotham City, Batman begins to realize that perhaps these crimes go far deeper than appearances suggest. As the Caped Crusader begins to unravel this deadly mystery, he discovers a conspiracy going back to his youth and beyond to the origins of the city he's sworn to protect. Could the Court of Owls, once thought to be nothing more than an urban legend, be behind the crime and corruption? Or is Bruce Wayne losing his grip on sanity and falling prey to the pressures of his war on crime? Considered one of the greatest stories in the Dark Knight's historic lore, BATMAN: THE COURT OF OWLS SAGA is an epic tale told by two of comics' finest storytellers. Collects issues #1-11 of BATMAN, as well as bonus material including sketches, scripts, design concepts and variant covers.

Ratings and reviews

The reason for this 3 star rating is NOT because of the story; in that aspect, the story "BATMAN: THE COURT OF OWLS SAGA" is a 5 star rating! I purchased this as a ebook/ecomic & some of the pages were UPSIDE DOWN & SIDEWAYS when it shouldn't be. It was frustrating & hard to read so I had to end up having to screenshot the messed up pages before going on. That's my ONLY complaint, which has NOTHING to do with the story!

While the idea of a secret society of powerful Gotham families bending the city from the shadows (or with powerful assassins) makes for a thrilling Batman page turner; I... don't know about this version of Bruce/Batman (for me). Bruce is either in love with the city and/or trying to live up to his parents ambitions for what the city could be (IDK). But whatever he's doing here, it's certainly not about protecting/helping the people of Gotham. Also, Batman is umm... superhuman or something in this book. For instance, he's stabbed a LOT, falls from a 747 and uses a grappling hook to basically crash into a building to save his life, fights off some weird drug hallucination, gets stabbed some more, and is still able to take on an army of Talons (plus a super Talon) all in what seems like a week or so. WTH! I realize this is a fictional character, but geez... isn't he also supposed to be... human. IDK, it was a fun read, but for me it doesn't hold a candle to 'The Long Halloween'.

The court of owls story is great for first time readers. Its great for first time readers because you don't have to know anything about the comics or the character. Its also a great first read because im starting to read comics this was amazing for me and if your starting to read comics i definitely recommend the court of owls story.