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Title: Batman: The Ultimate Guide to the Dark Knight by Scott Beatty ISBN: 0-7894-7865-X Publisher: DK Publishing Inc Pub. Date: 01 September, 2001 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (19 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: You Call Yerself a Batman Fan?
Comment: Then you need this book. A wonderful overview of the current Batman mythos, blending past Batman history with the continuity that runs throughout all of the character's modern comic book stories. Scott Beatty has assembled a Bat-Fan's dream here, balancing facts with fancy and always providing another nugget of interest to draw your eye to every corner of every page. Much of the book is art that first appeared in the comics themselves (but well chosen) and there is also some very welcome new art detailing Bat-vehicles, Bat-gadgets, and yes, that Bat-Mecca itself, the Batcave. If only it were real...
This Ultimate Guide is, though, and you should visit it often.
Rating: 5
Summary: Even if you're not a kid
Comment: While Scott Beatty's Batman: The Ultimate Guide to the Dark Knight is advertised as a children's book, its content and the writer's sophisticated prose will please the young and mature. Beatty has an intimate knowledge and understanding of the Bat universe, yet he brings readers a new, delightful vision of the villains and heroes populating Gotham. The art was well-chosen, and the book's layout is accessible. Not a better writer for this project could have been chosen. Finally, DC got it right, and you should too: Buy this book!
Rating: 5
Summary: A Celebration of the Modern-Day Caped Crusader
Comment: This book is a blast to read. I wished this book had come out sooner when I was just finding my way around the modern Batman comics. Nevertheless, better late than never.
A word of caution. If you are looking for the DEFINITIVE guide to everything Batman, I wouldn't recommend this book to you. Les Daniels' book on Batman is by far the most comprehensive treatment on the whole history of the Batman from his pre-conception in the 1930s up till the recent stuff (including his incarnations outside the comicbook - TV, toys, cinema, etc.). Also, if you're interested in analyzing Batman as a pop-culture icon, you should check out Will Brookner's "Batman Unmasked" book. Finally, if you're interested in reading a one-volume collection of the definitive Batman - I'd recommend Frank Miller's "Dark Knight Returns" and/or "Year One" along with the "The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told".
What then is this book by Scott Beatty about? It's about the modern day Batman. THIS Batman is as different from the classic Bob Kane/Bill Finger creation as the Tim Burton movies are from the Adam West TV show. For your information, THIS Batman is the one from Frank Miller's "Year One" (1986) and it includes the later revisions by Dennis O'Neil and Chuck Dixon up to today. In other words, this is the Batman of "Knightfall", "Contagion", "Cataclysm" and "No Man's Land". And in my opinion, this is the most exciting and rich version of the Batman since his conception in 1939. This book is not so much a guide but more a celebration of this modern-day Dark Knight of the comicbooks.
The book is neatly divided into sections. The first section is about Batman/Bruce Wayne and Gotham City. The second section covers his allies and loves (Alfred, Gordon, Nightwing, Oracle, Robin II, Robin III, etc.). The third section focuses on the many colorful villains in the Bat-mythos. Finally, there's also a foreword by Chuck Dixon, the man who, under the editorial-eye of Dennis O'Neil, pretty much shaped the direction of the Bat-books throughout the 1990s. Note: Dixon also teamed up with the author Scott Beatty on some other great works like the recent "Robin: Year One" and "Batgirl: Year One".
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Title: Superman: The Ultimate Guide by Scott Beatty ISBN: 0789488531 Publisher: DK Publishing Inc Pub. Date: 01 July, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
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Title: JLA:The Ultimate Guide to the Justice League of America by Scott Beatty, Roger Stewart ISBN: 0789488930 Publisher: DK Publishing Inc Pub. Date: 01 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
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Title: Spider-Man: The Ultimate Guide by Tom Defalco, Stan Lee, Tom De Falco ISBN: 078947946X Publisher: DK Publishing Inc Pub. Date: 01 September, 2001 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
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Title: X-Men Updated Edition: The Ultimate Guide by Peter Sanderson ISBN: 078949258X Publisher: DK Publishing Inc Pub. Date: March, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
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Title: Wonder Woman: The Ultimate Guide to the Amazon Princess by Scott Beatty, Scott Beatty , Roger Stewart ISBN: 078949616X Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Publishing Pub. Date: November, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
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