Batman : the Court of Owls saga

Format:

Book

Title:

Batman : the Court of Owls saga

Other title(s):

Court of Owls saga

Author:

Snyder, Scott author

ISBN:

9781401284336

Publication:

Burbank, CA : DC Comics, [2018]

Physical Description:

1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm

Series title(s):

DC essential edition.

General Note:

Collects Batman #1-11 along with a generous amount of bonus material.

Contents:

Introduction / Scott Snyder -- Chapter one: Knife trick -- Chapter two: Trust fall -- Chapter three: The thirteenth hour -- Chapter four: Face the court, part one -- Chapter five: Face the court, part two -- Chapter six: Beneath the glass -- Chapter seven: The talons strike -- Chapter eight: Attack on Wayne Manor -- Chapter nine: Night of the owls -- Chapter ten: Assault on the court -- Chapter eleven: My brother's keeper -- Batman the court of owls additional stories. The Call / written by Scott Snyder & James Tynion IV, art by Rafael Albuquerque, color by Nathan Fairbairn -- The fall of the house of Wayne, written by Scott Snyder & James Tynion IV, art by Rafael Albuquerque, color by Dave McCaig -- Batman #1 variant cover / Ethan Van Sciver & Tomeu Morey -- Batman #2 variant cover / Jim Lee, Scott Williams & Alex Sinclair -- Batman #3 variant cover / Ivan Reis, Joe Prado & Rod Reis -- Batman #4 variant cover / Mike Choi -- Batman #5 variant cover / Chris Burnham & Nathan Fairbairn -- Batman #6 variant cover / Gary Frank & FCO Plascencia -- Batman #7 variant cover / Dustin Nguyen -- Batman #8 variant cover / Jason Fabok & Peter Steigerwald -- Batman #9 variant cover / Dale Keown & FCO Plascencia -- Batman #10 variant cover / Rafael Albuquerque -- Batman #11 variant cover / Andy Clarke & Tomeu Morey -- Batman the court of owls sketches and character designs / Greg Capullo -- Inside Batman #1 / script by Scott Snyder, pencils by Greg Capullo -- Bios.

Summary:

Personal Subject:

Batman (Fictitious character)-Comic books, strips, etc.

Batman (Fictitious character) (OCoLC)fst00828807

Subject(s):

Superheroes -- Comic books, strips, etc.

Vigilantes -- Comic books, strips, etc.

Genre:

superhero comics.

Comics (Graphic works)

Graphic novels.

Comic books, strips, etc.

Superhero comic books, strips, etc.

Added Author:

Capullo, Greg

Glapion, Jonathan

Tynion, James, IV,

Albuquerque, Rafael, 1981-

Holds:

Available:*

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Summary

Hidden for years, a secret organization known as the Court of Owls suddenly surfaces in Gotham City. But why? As Batman begins to unravel the deadly mystery, he discovers a conspiracy going back to his youth and beyond to the origins of the city he's sworn to protect. Could the Court of Owls, once thought to be nothing more than an urban myth, be behind the never-ending crime and corruption in Gotham? Or is Bruce Wayne losing his grip on sanity and falling prey to the pressures of being Batman?

From writer Scott Snyder ( Dark Nights: Metal ) and artist Greg Capullo comes a brooding tale of shadow societies and long-forgotten family secrets. Collects Batman #1-11 along with a generous amount of bonus material, including a brand new cover illustrated by Greg Capullo!

The DC Essential Edition series highlights the best standalone stories the medium has to offer, featuring comics' greatest characters. Batman: The Court of Owls Saga is a seminal, groundbreaking tale for Batman that transcends the printed page. For new readers and longtime fans, this is a definitive entry point to the DC Universe's vast library. Start with the Essentials.

Author Notes

Scott Snyder is a #1 New York Times best-selling writer and one of the most critically acclaimed scribes in all of comics. His works include Batman, All-Star Batman, Batman: Eternal, Superman Unchained, American Vampire, and Swamp Thing . He has also been published in Zoetrope, Tin House, One Story, Epoch, Small Spiral Notebook, and other journals, and has a short story collection, Voodoo Heart , which was published by Dial Press. He teaches at Columbia University and Sarah Lawrence University and lives in New York with his wife, Jeanie, and his son, Jack Presley.

Greg Capullo is a self-taught Illustrator and the current artist on the best-selling and highly acclaimed Batman series for DC Comics. Prior to that, he was best known for his 80 issue run on Image Comics' Spawn , created by Todd McFarlane. Other popular comics work includes Marvel Comics' X-Force and Quasar (as well as a slew of one-shot titles). He is also the creator of The Creech , a Sci-Fi/Horror comic published by Image Comics. Greg has provided art for Blizzard Entertainment's World of Warcraft , contributed lead character designs for the award-winning HBO animated Spawn series, was the cover artist for many popular musical groups including Korn and Disturbed, and worked behind the scenes on many projects ranging from toy design to video games for TME.