The first comic dedicated exclusively to The Dark Knight! This 1940 issue pitted the Dynamic Duo against classic menaces including Professor Hugo Strange. Plus, the first appearances of The Joker and Catwoman (referred to as "the Cat")! Also includes a 2-page retelling of Batman's origin.

Originally published in single magazine form in Detective Comics and Batman.

THE DARK KNIGHT'S FIRST YEAR IN AN ALL-NEW DELUXE EDITION From master storyteller Frank Miller (Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Sin City) comes the most incredible Batman story of all...and the inspiration for the forthcoming movie Batman Begins Lieutenant James Gordon takes up a new post in the crime-ridden and corrupt city of Gotham, while billionaire Bruce Wayne returns to the scene of his parents' deaths, intent on avenging their memory. Each faces trials and challenges of their own, only for their lives to become irrevocably and potentially tragically intertwined...This all-new, deluxe edition features new introductions by Miller and Mazzuchelli, pencils, promotional and unseen art, script pages and much more

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The Wrath comes to Gotham, his target„Commissioner Jim Gordon.

Taken from the Golden Age of comics, these stories feature early appearances by Catwoman, the Joker, and the Penguin.

Close Before Striking part 1! Things get weird when Batman comes face to face with Matches Malone? But isn't Matches just an alias of Batman?

No Man's Land part 11 and "Mosaic" part 1! Black Mask has gone over the edge and altered his M.O. Now leading a cult of self-mutilated crazies and trying to take over the city, Batman and Batgirl are all that stand in his way. Continued in DETECTIVE COMICS (1937-2011) #732.

Part 1 of the thriller "As the Crow Flies!" Gotham City's underworld is thrown into turmoil as its crime-lords slip into a rabid, murderous frenzy. Is it coincidence--or part of an elaborate and sinister power play?

Knightsend part 1! Bruce Wayne turns to his old foe, Lady Shiva, for help in retraining. Meanwhile, moving in on an arms dealer, Batman discovers that the perpetrator might actually be an old and deadly enemy of the Order of St. Dumas. Continued in BATMAN: SHADOW OF THE BAT #29.