Batman: The Complete History
by Les Daniels
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Author: Les DanielsEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2004-06
ISBN: 0811842320
Number of pages: 208
Publisher: Chronicle Books
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Book Review: Batman: The Complete History. An interesting read.
Summary: 4 Stars
I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. As a Batman fan, I found it very interesting reading about the history of my favourite superhero - from the way he was created, through various evolutions over the years, and how he (and his comics in general) have developed into the modern style that I am most familiar with.
There are plenty of pictures which are great, and help to illustrate the changes that batman has gone through.
A few slight criticisms though: First, the amount of book dedicated to each era of batman seems disproportionate. As expected, there is a great deal dedicated to his origins and early days, and quite a bit on the campy batman of the 1960s TV show, however there seems to be far less focussing on the way he evolved into the modern batman, and his modern appearances. Specifically, the movies of Tim Burton and Joel Schumacher receive little more than a passing mention, when they could have been fleshed out much more to explain the Dark Knight's successes onscreen.
Also, be aware that this book was written in 1999, and as such is almost a decade out of date in terms of Batman's recent appearances - the most obvious that I would have liked to hear about was the new imagining of batman for Batman Begins etc. However, this is not a fault of the book, but merely of time - but it is best to keep in mind that it is no longer a 'complete' history of Batman.
All in all though, an excellent book for the Batman fan, or anyone with an interest in superheroes or the comic book industry.
Summary of Batman: The Complete History
The super-powered trilogy that captured the world's greatest superhero triumvirate of all time is now available in paperback. Relive the adventures of Krypton's favorite son inside and outside the comic book world in Superman: The Complete History. Uncover the Caped Crusader's mysterious real-world origin and his evolution into a hugely successful TV and movie franchise in Batman: The Complete History. Follow the Amazon Princess as she evolves from curiosity to feminist icon in the Eisner Award winning Wonder Woman: The Complete History. Each book is filled with enough archival comic book art, photographs, and in-depth history to satisfy the most demanding fan-and is now priced to appeal to the most casual reader.Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, and all related characters, names, and indicia are trademarks of DC Comics 2004.
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