Batman Earth One Volume 1 Review

This is a spoiler free review.

There had been countless adaptations of Batman's origin story that it already imprinted itself  inside the hearts of many people. We all know how the rich kid, son of Gotham, Bruce Wayne decided on wearing a bat suit and pursuing a lot of criminals that proliferated the Gotham's streets. We are all familiar on the tragedy on Crime Alley. That's why every time a new book, featuring how the Batman mythos started will always be in the brink of the "seen that" "done that" area of the public eye.

But Batman Earth One Volume One is a different story.

One of my cousin suggested me to read this comic book because he said he was mesmerized by it. So I take this book on the comic book shop and read it as soon as I bought it. And oh my, it's an awesome book.

It is a refreshing take of every aspect surrounding the too familiar story. Geoff Johns' comic book writing is strange. It's the panels that communicate most of the times with the readers. The art is also pretty great. I have read a lot of Batman books but the drama between the lines in this book is too good. The best parts of the book are the conversations between Bruce and Alfred. There is an unexplainable bond between them in this book. Yeah I know, Alfred will always be Bruce's guardian in any comic book universe, but this version features a deeper father and son connection between them. Oh, and I forgot to tell you that this version of Alfred is not that gentle butler we all commonly know. This Alfred is a badass Korean War Veteran.

Harvey Bullock is the one of the few sane man in Gotham's corrupt system you will root for. Most of the times it's Commissioner Gordon that is full of principles in the police part of Gotham, but in this book, Harvey is the star of the police force. He is the hope that there are still people in Gotham who believe in goodness.

All in all, it is a good book and will left you in amazement after closing it. Although you only get few glimpses of many characters, they all feel whole to you. There are a lot of building blocks of a new Batman series in this book and I suggest everyone who doesn't know the origin of Batman to read this book.