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. A novelization of the story line was also written by greg rucka and released as. But as batman begins to realize that he is fighting a fight he cant win, he collapses into a state of despair from which he may never recover. The base of this story could easily happen, and it is interesting to see how the hereos, gotham p. The book collects a lot of stories and all in order so it makes sense, unlike the new 52 books. While the efforts to deal with the disaster and battle the many criminals and evil villains who have taken over gotham are interesting, far too much of the narrative of this book deals with secondary characters rather than batman.
Batman no man s land vol 1 new edition new books in politics. Originally published in single magazine form as young justice. Starting with the prequel books cataclysm and road to no mans land, gotham city is subjected to a brutal natural disaster. Gotham has been all but destroyed by a massive earthquake, anarchy stalks the streets, chaos rules and the dark knight s deadliest villains hold sway. Besides atticus kodiak, greg ruckas other popular works include two series jad bell, and queen and country, a standalone novel titled a fistful of rain, a comic tiein titled batman. Learn how the huntress became the new batgirl and what happened to batman after the cataclysm in a surprising extralength oneshot.
Though the no man s land storyline was originally published as a yearlong comic book event crossing over all the batman books, it actually works better as a novel written by a single author. Greg rucka wrote some of no man s land s best comic book chapters, and he succeeds in making this a great novel in its own right. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. After gotham city s bridges were blown up, three months passed with no sign of the dark knight.
The scope of this book is sprawling and epic as it follows each respective member of the batfamily in his or her mission to help batman reclaim gotham from the physical and moral wreckage that has taken. Following a powerful earthquake gotham city is plunged into anarchy and violence. Thus, officially, gotham city ceases to exist and nml no man s land is born. Batman no mans land pb 2001 bantam books novel by greg. Having been devastated by an earthquake, the city is in. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read batman. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. No mans land audiobook online download, free audio. No mans land ebook written by greg rucka, chuck dixon, dennis oneil, kelley puckett, scott beatty, john ostrander. No mans land, two video game tiein novels perfect dark. If you thought it couldnt get any worse in no man s land, then think again bane is back. If you are still wondering how to get free pdf epub of book batman.
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