Either way, it’s a short and sweet look at what Zero Year has in store for us as we are then taken even further back in time to 3 months before that. Batman is in his very young career in the opening scene and has either not established his full suit yet or he has simply not been able to keep up the maintenance.

Gotham City is a wasteland and it looks great, reminds me a lot of The Last of Us. Presumably this means 6 years before the events of Death of the Family. #21 starts by letting the readers know when this took place- 6 years ago. View Book Batman Volume 4: Zero Year – Secret City Review Batman #21: Zero Year – Secret City Part One Review Key Information Book Name Zero Year – Secret City Book Series Batman, New 52 Edition Reviewed Collected Edition (TP) Year Published 2014 Originally Published 2013 Writer(s) Scott Snyder, James Tynion IV Artist(s) Greg Capullo, Danny Miki, Rafael Albuquerque Pages 176 Issues 4 Where to Buy Amazon Previous Death of the Family Chronology Next Zero Year – Dark City Zero Year – Secret City includes ‘Secret City’ and the start of ‘Dark City’.īatman: Volume 4: Zero Year – Secret City trade paperback (the book under review) collects Batman #21-#24 and Batman Zero Year Director’s Cut #1. Inside the Zero Year storyline are three arcs, ‘Secret City’, ‘Dark City’ and ‘Savage City’. Think of Zero Year as the New 52‘s version of ‘ Year One‘ and you’ll be fine. Secret City is the retelling of Bruce Wayne and Batman’s crime fighting beginnings, intended to be treated as a ‘fresh’ story. Zero Year was a crossover storyline which re tells various characters beginnings (Batgirl has a Zero Year issue in ‘ Wanted‘) and Secret City is the first. Batman Volume 4: Zero Year – Secret City can be a confusing considering how it follows Volume 1 – Court of Owls, Volume 2 – City of Owls and Volume 3 – Death of the Family in the trade paperback numbering.

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