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After relaunching the Man of Steel via the similarly titled miniseries in 1986, John Byrne and his fellow Superman collaborators had three ongoing comic series to adapt to the new status quo. Superman, Adventures of Superman, and Action Comics were all interconnected and starred the same Clark Kent, alongside his more marketable alter ego...

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I have mentioned before that I have never been the biggest Batman fan, in terms of comics. My entry into the medium was through Marvel, and from there, I have mostly looked for more independent and substantive voices rather than works from the big publishers. Nowadays, I am getting into Post-Crisis DC comics, and that, of course, comes with stories of the World’s Greatest Detective and Most Popular Superhero...

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One of modern pop culture’s largest icons, Superman is better known as a composite of his appearances than for any single specific depiction of the hero. Similar to his peers, Batman and Spider-Man, the typical fan may approach The Man of Steel from comics, movies, television, or basically any other artistic avenue, without any single one being integral over another...

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Batman is one of those characters in pop culture that has become larger than any single piece of media to which they are tied. While Bruce Wayne and his alter ego are quintessential comic book superheroes, the hero and his Gotham City setting are perhaps more well known through television shows and movies. However, ask any comic book fan for either the best place to start or the most lauded stories from the World’s Greatest Detective, and one reliable response is given time and again, artist David Mazzucchelli and writer Frank Miller’s Batman: Year One.