Batman: The Ultimate Guide to the Dark Knight
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Author: DK PublishingEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2005-02-28
ISBN: 0756611210
Number of pages: 144
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Publisher: DK CHILDREN
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Book Review: A good starting point for new Bat fans.
Summary: 3 Stars
As pointed out above, this is not a critical analysis of Batman, but a reasonable primer on the modern comicbooks featuring the character and his supporting cast. Very little account of the creation of Batman is given and virtually no mention of the various writers and artists who have developed his fiction is made. Unlike some other books in this series (the volume on the X-Men for example), no page-space is given to television or film adaptations of Batman. The standard of illustrations is generally high, Scott Beatty's text is clear and nicely written and the book is largely free of the weird annotations that blight other DK books (their Star Wars Visual Guides especially).
Les Daniels' "Complete History" remains the definitive book on Batman as whole. Those seeking a perspective on the character as a pop culture brand would be well served by Chip Kidd's "Batman Collected", and he and Paul Dini collaborated on "Batman: Animated", possibly the best art book about a single cartoon series ever printed, and certainly the best account of the greatest non-comics Batman ever.
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