AuburnComics
06-16-2008, 01:36 PM
This Batman title has been reviewed many times since it was originally printed. Nathan of AuburnComics.com, being the Batman guy, may even try to shoot me for taking this review but I just finished this Elseworlds title and I needed to do some sharing.
I first heard about this book through an iFanboy episode but when I mentioned it to a friend a month or two ago I found out he already had the HC copy. I should have known. Anyhow it took me some time to get to reading it. But, as I prepare to ship some stuff Nathan left in Auburn to him in New York it was my last shot without buying my own copy.
Like I have already mentioned, this Batman graphic novel is an Elseworlds Production. It’s also our first Elseworlds title to review on Auburn Comics. I have read several Elseworlds titles and I have really enjoyed the concept. In case you’ve never heard of Elseworlds or just as a reminder here is DC’s description from the first page.
In Elseworlds, heros are taken from their usual settings and put into strange times and places - some that have existed, and others that can’t, couldn’t or shouldn’t exist. The result is stories that make characters who are as familiar as yesterday seem as fresh as tomorrow.
Batman: Nine Lives is narrated by and follows P.I. Richard ‘Dick’ Grayson in this classic P.I. mystery story. It tells the tale of Selina Kyle’s mysterious death and the ensuing investigation by Grayson, Batman, and the police. It has a great cast of characters including the Joker, Oswald Cobblepot and others and is very well written. It comes in the form of 9 chapters which each progress the single storyline.
I would have to say that if you only read one Elseworlds title in your life it should not be this title; it should be Superman: Red Son. But, if you’re going to read two then make this the second one. I’ve also read another similar style Batman Elseworlds title, Gotham Noir, that you might want to check out. It follows Commissioner Gorden through a dark, brutal Gotham City.
I first heard about this book through an iFanboy episode but when I mentioned it to a friend a month or two ago I found out he already had the HC copy. I should have known. Anyhow it took me some time to get to reading it. But, as I prepare to ship some stuff Nathan left in Auburn to him in New York it was my last shot without buying my own copy.
Like I have already mentioned, this Batman graphic novel is an Elseworlds Production. It’s also our first Elseworlds title to review on Auburn Comics. I have read several Elseworlds titles and I have really enjoyed the concept. In case you’ve never heard of Elseworlds or just as a reminder here is DC’s description from the first page.
In Elseworlds, heros are taken from their usual settings and put into strange times and places - some that have existed, and others that can’t, couldn’t or shouldn’t exist. The result is stories that make characters who are as familiar as yesterday seem as fresh as tomorrow.
Batman: Nine Lives is narrated by and follows P.I. Richard ‘Dick’ Grayson in this classic P.I. mystery story. It tells the tale of Selina Kyle’s mysterious death and the ensuing investigation by Grayson, Batman, and the police. It has a great cast of characters including the Joker, Oswald Cobblepot and others and is very well written. It comes in the form of 9 chapters which each progress the single storyline.
I would have to say that if you only read one Elseworlds title in your life it should not be this title; it should be Superman: Red Son. But, if you’re going to read two then make this the second one. I’ve also read another similar style Batman Elseworlds title, Gotham Noir, that you might want to check out. It follows Commissioner Gorden through a dark, brutal Gotham City.