Comic Picks – Week of 14/10/2015

Batman Year 100 HC
Paul Pope (w), (a)
DC Comics

Liz says: Dark, action-packed and as trippy as you’d expect, Paul Pope’s Batman Year 100 is set in a dystopian future (one hundred years after the debut appearance of Batman in Detective Comics #27 in 1939). Gotham City is in a police state and under heavy government surveillance. When a federal agent is murdered, the long-forgotten, almost mythological crime-fighter known as Batman has reappeared and is wanted for murder. But who is under the cowl?

A fast-paced, edgy story that keeps you guessing, and with Paul Pope’s brushwork at it’s gritty best, what more could you ask for? The deluxe hardcover edition contains the original four-issue mini-series and other previously unreleased tales such as ‘Batman of Berlin’, ‘Broken Nose’ and ‘Teenage Sidekick’. Grab it now and be glad you did.