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Loading... Batman: No Man's Land (Batman)by Greg RuckaSeries: Batman, Batman: No Man's Land (novelization of 1-5)
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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. This is the only Batman novel I have read and I really enjoyed it. Gothem City has been written off by the U.S. government and left to the villians. What a clever concept, and great writing style. (  ) qarae | Nov 4, 2008 |  This book was shared at the JHS Readers' Cafe Spring 2007 by Tierney.  ReadersCafeTWolves | Aug 13, 2007 | An extremely well-written epic saga of what happens in Gotham after a cataclysmic earthquake levels the city, it is declared non grata by Congress, and forcibly separated from the country, becoming "No Man's Land". Rucka was confined to the story as originally presented in the comic books, and turned in a remarkable effort, expanding and deepening the events of that storyline. The story centers around Batman's efforts to keep the criminal element from taking over when all trappings of civilization have vanished, and the events that take him to the realization that he cannot do it alone. Many moving moments here, not the least of which is the final climax, in which a fairly major character is killed. Fascinating in its delving into the hidden psyches of all its players, especially the Batman. ( ) burnit99 | Feb 17, 2007 | I had not read No Man's Land in comics when I read this, and was very impressed. At times a highly emotional story Rucka has performed admirably. A decent novelist in his own right, he has produced a Batman novel that is sometimes horrifying in its own right. It is also fairly lengthy for a hero novel, being closer to 500 pages, than 400, because of the epic it is covering, and not large print and lots of spacing, either. Really good. http://superprose.blogspot.com/2006/1... (  ) bluetyson | Nov 28, 2006 |  no reviews | add a review
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DC shook up Gotham--literally--in its 1999 Batman plot arc: a 7.6 earthquake rocked Gotham City, wreaking enough destruction to bring the broken, crime-ridden, runt kid-brother of Metropolis and New York to its knees. In the story line's most indulgent liberty, those fat cats in Washington decide to write off Gotham, à la Escape from New York, blowing up the connecting bridges, mining the surrounding waterways, and signing into law the Federal Declaration of No Man's Land, which makes it a crime to even set foot in the city. The usual suspects from Arkham Asylum, Two-Face and the Penguin, the Riddler and Dr. Freeze, Poison Ivy and Mr. Zsasz, file out to begin running the show, strong-arming and manipulating the block-by-block turf battles that envelop the now-ultraviolent city. A conflicted Batman shows up fashionably late, only to find that these lunatics are the least of his worries: Lex Luthor, Superman's archfoe, has nefarious designs on Gotham too. Could this possibly get any better? Sure, No Man's Land is derivative fiction, but the appeal of Rucka--and, of course, Batman--can make this one worth the read. --Paul Hughes
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