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Batman: Year 100 & Other Tales Deluxe Edition
Batman: Year 100 & Other Tales Deluxe Edition | Paul Pope
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Prepare to see the Dark Knight as you've never seen him before! Batman, a forgotten icon from the past, is wanted for murder in the future. In the year 2039, a federal agent has been murdered in Gotham. Now a contingent of Washington's best spooks are hot on the suspect's trail. Amid the chaos, GCPD's Detective Gordon, grandson of the former commissioner, launches his own investigation and discovers that the man they are chasing is a man who shouldn't exist at all. It's a dark dystopian world devoid of privacy, filled with government conspiracies, psychic police, holographic caller ID and absolutely no room for "secret identities." A sci-fi future where everything is known by everyone, yet there is one bizarre anomaly...The Batman! Visionary writer-artist PAUL POPE (HEAVY LIQIUD), with JOSÉ VILLARRUBIA (SWEET TOOTH), brings his unique style to Gotham City and beyond! BATMAN: YEAR 100 AND OTHER TALES includes such stories as "Batman of Berlin," "Broken Nose," and "Teenage Sidekick," along with the Eisner Award-winning four-issue miniseries BATMAN: YEAR 100 #1-4. ll.
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Robotswithpersonality
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Wow, that turned out to be exactly what I wanted. I admit I wasn't sure where it was going at first, but regardless of how derivative 'sci fi dystopian future' might sound, there was something so grounded about this version. I think the art style played a large role in that. It was warm and gritty as opposed to cold and slick. There's a surveillance state and telepaths on the wrong side, but there's also the legacy of The Bat 1/?

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The chronicles extras in the back of this deluxe edition were a pretty good desert. I got more of a kick out of the WWII era fighting fascists version of Batman than the fighting thugs and chastising Robin versions, could have done without the casual homophobic slur in that story too 🫤.
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TieDyeDude
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Pope is a unique and exciting artist and spins a mean yarn. This near future story aims to examine the evolution and legacy of Batman, while offering a sort of peak behind the curtain, possible explanations for some of his famous tricks, but maintaining the veil of secrecy.

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Love Paul Pope's aesthetic so hard.

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