Batman (2011): Zero Year - Dark City

Scott Snyder

Oct 2014 · Batman (2011) Vol 5 · DC

About this ebook

Before the Batcave and Robin, the Joker and the Batmobile ... there was ZERO YEAR. The Riddler has plunged Gotham City into darkness. How will a young Dark Knight bring his beloved hometown from the brink of chaos and madness and back into the light? From the critically acclaimed, New York Times #1 best-selling creative team of Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo, BATMAN VOL. 5: ZERO YEAR--DARK CITY is the concluding volume to Batman's origin story, as you've never seen it before. Collects Batman #25-27, 29-33.

Ratings and reviews

The "New 52" run of Batman comics is what turned me into a comics fanatic. What Scott Snyder did starting with Batman#1 to the end of his run was nothing short of genius. His stories, along with with Greg Capullo's outstanding art, were some of the best Batman comics ever made. I started reading with just the general Batman knowledge most have and I was hooked. One day at work (corporate office) my boss made fun of me for reading a comic at work. I told him that I would have agreed with him (comics are dumb) but after reading this, no way. I challenged him to read one and see if he wasn't interested. He's been reading comics now since that day. In case you haven't noticed yet.... Highly recommend! 🤪

This takes on a more light-toned side of Batman comics, which is a strange direction from writer Scott Snyder. However, he makes it work wonderfully and the overall story and tone does not feel out of place at all with the rest of the series. This book makes The Riddler even cooler.

What a book!! I love it!! Though I don't like so many retcons and reboots of Batman's origin story!! I mean, I love this arc, but the way different writers change something in Batman's origin, it is kind of awkward. Anyways, I love this arc!! Thanks!!

About the author

Scott Snyder is one of comics' best young writers. His current works include BATMAN, SUPERMAN UNCHAINED, AMERICAN VAMPIRE and SWAMP THING. He has also been published in Zoetrope, Tin House, One-Story, Epoch, Small Spiral Notebook, and other journals, and has a short story collection, Voodoo Heart, which was published by Dial Press. He teaches at Columbia University and Sarah Lawrence University and lives in New York with his wife, Jeanie, and his son, Jack Presley.