DC Comics</br></br>Product Description</br></br><b>#1 <i>New York Times</i> Bestseller</b><br><br><b>The reader will experience the story from Batman??s viewpoint on pages 108-117.</b><br><br>Following his ground-breaking?? critically acclaimed run on <i>Detective Comics</i>?? writer Scott Snyder (<"erican Vampire</i>) alongside artist Greg Capullo (<i>Spawn</i>)?begins a new era of The Dark Knight as with the relaunch of?<i>Batman</i>?? as?a part of DC Comics?The New 52!?<br> ?<br> After  a series of brutal murders rocks Gotham City?? Batman begins to realize  that perhaps these crimes go far deeper than appearances suggest. As the  Caped Crusader begins to unravel this 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 legend?? be behind the crime and corruption?  Or is Bruce Wayne losing his grip on sanity and falling prey to the  pressures of his war on crime? <br><br>Collects issues #1-7 of?<i>Batman.</i><p>?</p><br><br><br><i>From the Hardcover edition.</i></br></br>Amazon.com Review</br></br><div class="">    <p>     Q&A with <strong>Scott Snyder</strong><strong> and Greg Capullo</strong></p>    <p>     <strong>Q: What is it like working on a huge initiative like <em>The New 52</em>?</strong></p>    <p>     <strong>Scott Snyder</strong>: For me it was exciting because we were given the opportunity to work on characters we love with no restrictions. So if the best story meant making changes to a character's history there was flexibility to do so. With an imitative this big seeing how many new readers came to the table to read comics after having lapsed or never having read one at all was a real thrill.</p>    <p>     <strong>Q: What would you say defines the characters you are working on</strong>?</p>    <p>     <strong>SS:</strong> For Batman what defines him is his relentless determination which is both his most heroic quality and his most pathological. For Swamp Thing I'd say what defines him is his inability to give up his humanity even when he's at his most monstrous.</p>    <p>     <strong>Q: What stories or creators inspire you most when working on your character? </strong></p>    <p>     <strong>SS:</strong> For Batman I have my favorites: <em>Dark Knight Returns</em> and <em>Year One</em> but it's hard to only pick a couple because he's a character who grew up alongside me where the kinds of stories that were being told about him were becoming more sophisticated and complex right as I was coming of age. And now the fun thing is that I have a five-year-old son and I get to fall in love with some of the tamer versions of Batman all over again.</p>    <p>     <strong>Q: Do you keep up with any of the other New 52 books? Which ones and why?</strong></p>    <p>     <strong>SS:</strong> My favorite of <em>The New 52</em> would have to be <em>Animal Man</em> by Jeff Lemire who is also one of my closest friends. And I'm really excited to be a part of everything happening in Gotham between <em>Batgirl Batman and Robin Nightwing</em> and all the great books in our neighborhood. I particularly like <em>All-Star Western</em> for its interesting mix of old west and gothic horror.</p>    <p>     <strong>Q: Has social media and increased direct interaction with DC Comics' fans changed your writing/drawing approach at all in regards to <em>The New 52</em>?</strong></p>    <p>     <strong>SS:</strong> It hasn't changed my writing approach; it has made me appreciate how much the fans love these characters. I always knew it but seeing the responses online through Twitter and Facebook is overwhelming and inspirational. It's like being at a con all the time. I brought my wife to her first con last year and when I asked her what she thought she said--and I was nervous to hear her response--that she was really moved by how passionate the fans were about these characters and I feel the same way.</p>    <p>     <strong>Q: When it comes to writing Batman?? are you distinguishing this version from the previous one? Is your approach to the character different than the pre-New 52 Batman?</strong></p>    <p>     <strong>SS:</strong> No?? my version of Batman is as different as the version that came before?? just like every version is?? because the truth is?? the only way to write a character as iconic as Batman is to accept that you're going to have to make him your own?? almost as if you were writing fan fiction and no one is ever going to read it. If I started thinking of all the amazing versions of the character that have come before?? I would be paralyze