Batman: Year One
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Sep 16, 2026
SteveHOST
I think that's what I was hoping Absolute Superman would have more of, and we've talked about that, the, with the progression of his powers and him struggling and, and trying to find his footing instead of it being pretty quickly finding his way.
SteveHOST
So it, it-- That's r- I think the origin story, something like Batman: Year One or other stories that really are become these, these classics because you see their origins and because you see them struggle, and they're not these, these superheroes who know every-- who have every answer.
SteveHOST
They're still trying to figure it out.
SteveHOST
I think there's some relatability in that, um, re- realizing or kind of having these epiphanies of what you should or shouldn't be doing or how to make your way.
Eddie EdwardsHOST
They were doing...
Eddie EdwardsHOST
When Batman Begins came out, they were like, we'll have Batman Year One.
Eddie EdwardsHOST
Make sure we've got enough of them in the comic book shops.
Eddie EdwardsHOST
It was weird that the publishers of that book didn't go...
Henry San MiguelHOST
Right, and now, a few years later, how do you see, do you still see the Adam West Batman the same, or have you changed your mind about it?
Michael UslanGUEST
I think now, today, because we have the dark and serious Batman movies and Arkham Asylum games and the brilliant animated Batman series with animated movies like Batman Mask of the Phantasm and the new, very adult Batman Year One cartoon, that it's important to have aspects of Batman that will continue to bring in and introduce young kids to Batman.
Michael UslanGUEST
And I think there are several things that help do that.
Michael UslanGUEST
Originally, all we had was Batman meets Scooby-Doo cartoons.
Dave WheelerGUEST
Like, David Mazzucchelli's another one that is amazing with that.
Dave WheelerGUEST
Like, you look at his stuff on Daredevil or Batman Year One.
Dave WheelerGUEST
Like, his use of...
Dave WheelerGUEST
Yeah, we have that comic somewhere.
JoshHOST
I can't remember the year.
JoshHOST
But we talked about it when I, when, when we covered, um, uh, Batman Year One a couple years ago.
ScottHOST
Mm-hmm.
ScottHOST
Mm-hmm.
Scott VanderpluHOST
So it just looks like it's popping out.
Scott VanderpluHOST
And Chabon has added these colored backgrounds to the pages, which we haven't seen since Dark Knight.
Scott VanderpluHOST
I'm sorry, since Dark Knight.
Scott VanderpluHOST
Since David Matsikelli's Batman Year One.
Scott VanderpluHOST
So we've got those and layouts and the
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breakdowns.
BJ BoydSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
But here's some good stuff for people who maybe like particularly the well-known superheroes and would like to see some of the seminal comics that I think help really capture who they are.
BJ BoydSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
For Batman, I would recommend Batman Year One by John Byrne and then followed by The Man Who Laughs.
BJ BoydSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I'm blanking on who wrote that.
BJ BoydSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And then The Long Halloween by Jeff Loeb really kind of gives you the first two or three years of Batman's career and sort of the modern definition.
Paul BrownHOST
Much like Batman Begins
Scott McArthurHOST
... kind of close to that, based on the Batman: Year One comic-
Paul BrownHOST
Yeah
Scott McArthurHOST
... where you can see Michael Keaton wasn't even that much older looking in this.
James HollowayHOST
We're not to the consistency and continuity stuff.
James HollowayHOST
We're not to the grim crime fighter of Batman: Year One and the yuppie Superman of the Man of Steel with, like, the long form soap opera of the New Mutants.
James HollowayHOST
In fact, the sort of soap opera X-Men starts kind of around the end of the period that I'm talking about, or even in the period that I'm talking about.
James HollowayHOST
This is a transitional period from the Silver Age to the Modern Age, and it's often called the Bronze Age.
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His vertical audience appeal is anchored by these award-winning novels that depict him at different stages of his adult life.
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Batman Year One, Batman The Long Halloween, Batman The Killing Joke, The Dark Knight Returns, just being a handful of them.
Savannah CannonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
A consumer can
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start young with Batwheels, Adam West, Batman.
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