Batman War Games Book One TPB
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DC Comics

Liz says: This long-out-of-print crossover from a golden period during the mid-noughties epitomizes everything I love about Batman stories. It’s a believable crime tale in which gang violence escalates as a response to a mysterious underworld threat, bringing Gotham to war with itself and forcing Batman to call on the extended Bat-family for help. All clues point in a direction you’d least expect, making for thrilling plot twists and deadly consequences.

Writers include Greg Rucka, Bill Willingham, Devin Grayson, and Ed Brubaker (these were the days, my friends). This first volume contains over five hundred pages of story, crossing over between the great Bat-books of the time: Batman, Detective, Gotham Knights, as well as Robin, Nightwing, Batgirl, and Catwoman. That sounds like a lot of pages, but once you get started, you’ll fly through it and be at the edge of your seat, waiting on the next book.