Ra's Al Ghul always seemed to be a Batman villain with a lot of potential. This collection was not the definitive, ultimate Ra's Al Ghul tale I thought it might be. I think that story may still yet to have been written. The Neal Adams art is beautiful and just about worth the cover price alone. However, Neal's art only graces the pages of three of the stories collected here. In fact, Ra's Al Ghul himself fails to show up in two entire stories and makes only a cameo appearance in a third. Not what I... more info
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This is a great book if anyone wants to get the first Story of Ra's al Ghul. A batman Must read.
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I'm working my way through what IGN calls the Top 25 Batman Graphic Novels, and they had this listed as #19. Batman was a very different character when these issues were originally written. Corny dialogue and very flippant in an action-movie sort of way. The shadows are a little less dark for this Batman. Get this to complete your collection, but you may not find yourself re-reading it.
The Beginning Of The Modern Era Batman:
While most of the material was originally published during the early 1970s, none of it appears outdated or lacklustre; a testimony to Dennis O'Neil & Neal Adams' vision of comic book storytelling. This trade paperback edition also includes stories that first appeared in 1978, 1979 & 1980. These later tales lack the intensity and drama of Al Ghul's earlier appearances but they still overpower the nonsensical sagas of Bruce Wayne: Murderer & Batman: War Games. There is no doubt that The Joker... more info
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