A New York Times Bestseller! At the turn of the century, three prominent families shaped the construction of modern-day Gotham City. Now, a madman with three hundred pounds of explosives and a centuries-old grudge is threatening to bring it all crashing down. Beginning with the simultaneous destruction of some of Gotham's oldest bridges, the mysterious villain is targeting the holdings and legacies of Gotham's most notable families-including the Waynes. To uncover the truth behind the villainous Architect and his link to the city's violent past, Batman unites with Robin, Red Robin and Batman, Inc.'s Hong Kong operative, the Black Bat. But can they stop their new foe's plans before it's too late? The future of Gotham started with an explosion, and it could end the very same wayâ?¦ The critically acclaimed scribe of Batman Scott Snyder teams with hot young writer Kyle Higgins (Nightwing) and Ryan Parrot for a mystery that stretches back to the earliest days of Gotham, with art by the all-star team of Trevor McCarthy, Dustin Nguyen, Graham Nolan and Derec Donov… (más)
Contained within the covers of this collection is the tale of Gotham City. And what a dark tale it is—filled with betrayal, murderer, and corruption. Dick Grayson's Batman teams up with Robin, Red Robin, and the Black Bat to take on a villain out of a steam-punk novel, as he targets the founding families (and their associated structures) of Gotham City. ( )
Good solid story that both expanded and deepened the "history" of Gotham but also did so without running roughshod over established character continuities or personalities.
Very well done collection of stories and far better than many of the past few years, in my opinion. ( )
This is sorta for Batman like The Kents is for Superman. We get to see the background of the building of Gotham City. Of course, we also get to meet the Architect of the city, and that works out less well (things explode, a lot of things).
I liked this TPB a lot. It had two distinct stories, aht past one, and the present one, and both were done really well and fit really well together as well.
I also really liked the art for the most part. There was only one niggling thing that got on my nerves a bit, all the guys in the 'Batman Family' pretty much looked the same, or where drawn the same. It made it hard to decipher Bruce from Richard from Tim or any other guy. FO course, the masks helped, and at least the black haired females looked different. Still, even with that problem, overall a good TPB. ( )
A New York Times Bestseller! At the turn of the century, three prominent families shaped the construction of modern-day Gotham City. Now, a madman with three hundred pounds of explosives and a centuries-old grudge is threatening to bring it all crashing down. Beginning with the simultaneous destruction of some of Gotham's oldest bridges, the mysterious villain is targeting the holdings and legacies of Gotham's most notable families-including the Waynes. To uncover the truth behind the villainous Architect and his link to the city's violent past, Batman unites with Robin, Red Robin and Batman, Inc.'s Hong Kong operative, the Black Bat. But can they stop their new foe's plans before it's too late? The future of Gotham started with an explosion, and it could end the very same wayâ?¦ The critically acclaimed scribe of Batman Scott Snyder teams with hot young writer Kyle Higgins (Nightwing) and Ryan Parrot for a mystery that stretches back to the earliest days of Gotham, with art by the all-star team of Trevor McCarthy, Dustin Nguyen, Graham Nolan and Derec Donov
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