Batman: Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader?

by Neil Gaiman, ANDY KUBERT, VARIOUS

Overview

Best-selling author Neil Gaiman (The Sandman) joins a murderer's row of talented artists in lending his unique touch to the Batman mythos for this Deluxe Edition hardcover! Spotlighting the story "Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader?" from Batman #685 and Detective Comics #852, Gaiman joins artist Andy Kubert and inker Scott Williams for a story that shines a new light on the Batman mythos. Batman: Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader? also collects Gaiman stories from Secret Origins #36, Secret Origins Special #1, and Batman Black And White #2. This collection is not to be missed!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781401243609
Publisher:	DC Comics
Publication date:	02/19/2013
Sold by:	DC Comics
Format:	eBook
Pages:	128
Sales rank:	503,890
File size:	65 MB
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About the Author

Neil Gaiman is the New York Times best-selling author of the Newbery Medal-winning The Graveyard Book and Coraline, the basis for the hit movie. His other books include Anansi Boys, Neverwhere, American Gods and Stardust (winner of the American Library Association's Alex Award as one of 2000's top novels for young adults) and the short story collections M Is for Magic and Smoke and Mirrors. He is also the author of The Wolves in the Walls and The Day I Traded My Dad for Two Goldfish, both written for children. Among his many awards are the Eisner, the Hugo, the Nebula, the World Fantasy and the Bram Stoker. Originally from England, he now lives in the United States.

Hometown:

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date of Birth:

November 10, 1960

Place of Birth:

Portchester, England

Education:

Attended Ardingly College Junior School, 1970-74, and Whitgift School, 1974-77

Website:

http://www.neilgaiman.com

Editorial Reviews

In Batman: Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader? author Neil Gaiman has the ghost of the titular superhero attending his own funeral where he is dutifully eulogized by an array of friends and foes. Through these clever recollections, Batman transforms from a mere man to a deified icon whose doomed existence is necessary to bring balance to the world. It is a loving ode to Batman’s many incarnations and to the meaning of the superhero in modern mythology, concepts that artist Andy Kubert extends through careful use of perspective and attention to iconic detail.

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