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Loading... Batman: No Man's Land (2000)by Greg Rucka
   None No current Talk conversations about this book.   ) Tom_Wright | Oct 11, 2023 |  ) BookstoogeLT | Dec 10, 2016 | I really love the way the author portrays Batman in this - it feels real to me, like this is how Batman was always supposed to be. And although a lot of my friends dislike this version of Barbara Gordon, I really like her a lot in this. This is one of the rare books I own that I would (and do) read over and over again, it's really just THAT good. (  ) cybercarotte | Nov 23, 2016 | ) Chris_El | Mar 19, 2015 | The story is simple. A giant (at least for a city unprepared for it) 7.6 earthquake hits Gotham City. Totally destroying big parts of it, letting out the loonies, etc. And instead of using hundreds of millions of dollars to rebuild it, the federal government de-United States' it and makes it into a No Man's Land. Batman and his band of merry vigilantes have to figure out how to maneuver in the new terrain of NML (both physically and mentally). I was bummed that there was very little Renee Montoya in this novel compared to the comics. But when I started re-reading the Trade Paperbacks I realized that while being a sort of novelization of the comics, it also has a slightly different story in it. This and the TPBs are like complimentary parts of the whole sorta (though I still wish there had been more Renee). All in all a good novel, based on one of the very great Batman story lines that's been done in the previous twenty years. (  ) DanieXJ | Oct 22, 2014 | no reviews | add a review
All hope abandon, ye who enter here. Gotham City: a dark, twisted reflection of urban America. Overcrowded, overbuilt, and overshadowed by a continuous air of menace, this gothic nightmare is a breeding ground for the depraved, the indifferent, and the criminally insane. It's also the object of one man's obsession. Forever scarred as a child from witnessing the brutal murder of his parents, Bruce Wayne has dedicated his life to protecting this city from its many predators, taking a form to inspire hope in the innocent...and fear in the guilty. He is the masked vigilante known as the Batman. With Police Commissioner James Gordon, these two men have always fought to preserve law and order, side-by-side, struggling against a pervasive and relentless criminal element, working together to hold the line. Until now. Leveled by a massive earthquake that has left thousands dead and millions more wounded, Gotham City has been completely cut off from outside aid, transformed into a lawless battleground -- a No Man's Land -- where the survivors are turning against one another, and where the city's protectors are torn by a crisis that may consume them all. Gotham now teeters at the edge of the abyss...and Batman is missing. Critically acclaimed author Greg Rucka brings his talents to DC Comics' most complex and darkly compelling cast of characters. Powerfully written, this epic saga reintroduces and redefines the Batman mythos for the millennium. No library descriptions found. 
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