Miller, Frank

Ten years after his retirement, a troubled Batman returns to the streets, evening the score with criminals in an increasingly violent manner, which brings trouble from the police and a gang called the Mutants and a conflict with Superman.

An expanded view of the origins of the Batman, following Bruce Wayne from his return to Gotham after a twelve-year absence through his transformation into the Caped Crusader. Plus, James Gordan moves to Gotham, joins the Gotham Police Department, and learning what it takes to survive there, and then learns that he has an ally against all the crime and corruption in the masked vigilante Batman.

Collects issues #404 through #407 of "Batman" comics which tell the story of the Caped Crusader's origins. Includes developmental material such as sketches and sample script pages.

"It is ten years after an aging Batman has retired and Gotham City has sunk into decadence and lawlessness. Now as his city needs him most, the Dark Knight returns in a blaze of glory. Joined by Carrie Kelly, a teenage female Robin, Batman takes to the streets to end the threat of the mutant gangs that have overrun the city. And after facing off against his two greatest enemies, the Joker and Two-Face for the final time, Batman finds himself in mortal combat with his former ally, Superman, in a battle that only one of them will survive"--Provided by publisher.

Things go terribly wrong at the circus as Bruce Wayne and gal pal Vicki Vale witness a young boy orphaned, and Dick Grayson has nowhere to go and no one to turn to but Bruce Wayne.

Batman returns to crime fighting after a 10-year retirement.

An expanded view of the origins of the Batman, following Bruce Wayne from his return to Gotham after a twelve-year absence through his transformation into the Caped Crusader. Plus, James Gordan moves to Gotham, joins the Gotham Police Department, and learning what it takes to survive there, and then learns that he has an ally against all the crime and corruption in the masked vigilante Batman.