All-Star Batman 1: My Own Worst Enemy - Hardcover

Snyder, Scott

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1401269788 ISBN 13: 9781401269784

Publisher: Dc Comics, 2017

Synopsis

From the #1 New York Times best-selling author of BATMAN, Scott Snyder, comes his newest Dark Knight project as a part of DC Universe Rebirth, ALL-STAR BATMAN VOL. 1: MY OWN WORST ENEMY! 
 
Snyder is one of the most critically acclaimed authors in the comics world, with titles that include the genre-defining BATMAN VOL. 1: THE COURT OF OWLS, as well as BATMAN: BLACK MIRROR and AMERICAN VAMPIRE. But this time, he teams with Eisner Award-winning illustrator and comics legend John Romita Jr. (Avengers, THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS: THE LAST CRUSADE) and critically acclaimed artist Declan Shalvey (Moon Knight)!
 
In this new graphic novel, Batman finds himself trying to help old friend Harvey Dent...now known as the villainous Two-Face! The Dark Knight accompanies his foe on a cross-country trip to fix his scarred face and hopefully end the Two-Face identity forever. But when the former Gotham City D.A. sets a plan into motion to free himself, the road gets bumpy and every assassin, bounty hunter and ordinary citizen with something to hide comes out in force with one goal: kill Batman! Handcuffed together on the road to Bat-hell, this is Batman and Two-Face as you’ve never seen them before!
 
Following the success of COURT OF OWLS, DEATH OF THE FAMILY and ENDGAME, ALL-STAR BATMAN VOL. 1: MY OWN WORST ENEMY is the industry-shaking graphic novel for the Dark Knight, with one of the biggest creative pairings in DC Comics history sharing their take on one of the greatest heroes ever in ALL-STAR BATMAN VOL. 1! Collects issues #1-5.

About this title

About the Author

Scott Snyder is a #1 New York Times best-selling writer and one of the most critically acclaimed scribes in all of comics. His works include ALL-STAR BATMAN, BATMAN: ETERNAL, SUPERMAN UNCHAINED, AMERICAN VAMPIRE and SWAMP THING. He has also been published in Zoetrope, Tin House, One-Story, Epoch, Small Spiral Notebook, and other journals, and has a short story collection, Voodoo Heart, which was published by Dial Press. He teaches at Columbia University and Sarah Lawrence University and lives in New York with his wife, Jeanie, and his son, Jack Presley.

Review

"A damn fun—and beautiful—ride."—PASTE MAGAZINE

"This comic is  awesome. There was always an element of bombastic spectacle to balance the strong horror elements in BATMAN, but ALL-STAR BATMAN sees Snyder doubling down on explosive, dynamic action, brought to the page with incredible energy by penciler John Romita Jr., inker Danny Miki, and colorist Dean White."—A.V. CLUB/THE ONION

"Snyder and Romita have produced a riveting first issue and given us, here, at the so-called end of times, the Batman we so desperately need."--POPMATTERS

"An energetic set-up aimed right at the thematic allure that Two-Face has had over the decades."--io9

“Romita's pages deliver a nonstop stream of superhero carnage.”—IGN

“Entertaining. Art is eye-pleasing and easy to read.”—Nerdist

“...there’s a gritty gutsiness to [ALL-STAR BATMAN].”—Newsarama

Edition details

• Publisher: Dc Comics
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1401269788
• ISBN 13: 9781401269784
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 160
• Illustrator: Romita John Jr., Miki Danny, Shalvey Declan