Batman: Night of the Owls Author: Various | Language: English | ISBN:
1401237738 | Format: EPUB
Batman: Night of the Owls Description
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Batman’s newest and spookiest villain, the Court of Owls, is back and on the hunt in this collection from various Batman titles. The Talons, assassins from the Court of Owls, have emerged from their cold, death-like slumber and are simultaneously targeting Gotham’s elite citizens and leaders all over the city, and it’s going to take the whole Batfamily to defeat them. On a single night, Batman, Robin, Batgirl, Nightwing, and others answer the call to protect Gotham and battle Talons citywide. By design, the multiple story lines jostle for attention and the introduction of new characters can be disorienting, but each entry adds some much-needed backstory to the enigmatic and powerful Court of Owls. A wide range of artists have a hand in this collection, but the standout is Capullo’s gritty and cinematic depiction of fight scenes and set pieces alike. Readers loyal to a particular Batman brand might prefer a single-series collection, but those seeking out anything Gotham-related will devour the rich history of the city and its hidden, lurking menace. --Sarah Hunter
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PRAISE FOR DC COMICS
—THE NEW 52 BATMAN TITLES:
"A+. The hero's got personality (and is unafraid to release a quip as sharp as a Batarang), a horde of supervillains, gumption to spare and a whole host of high-tech gadgetry to suitably impress longtime fans and those new to the Dark Knight."
—USA Today "[Writer Scott Snyder] pulls from the oldest aspects of the Batman myth, combines it with sinister-comic elements from the series' best period, and gives the whole thing terrific forward-spin by setting up an honest-to-gosh mystery for Batman to solve."
—Entertainment Weekly "Brilliant.... This is a modernization of Silver Age optimism replacing camp with today's dialogue expectations of introspection and smart wit.... Pure comic gold."
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- Series: Batman
- Hardcover: 368 pages
- Publisher: DC Comics; First Edition edition (February 19, 2013)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1401237738
- ISBN-13: 978-1401237738
- Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 6.9 x 0.9 inches
- Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
If you are reading this article, you probably read Scott Snyder's Batman Vol. 1: The Court of Owls (The New 52) by now. If you haven't, leave this page now and read that book beforehand as recommended ASAP, then come back, because this opening paragraph has spoilers if you haven't yet. If you have read it, then you are caught up and I'm sure you're dying to see what comes next in Snyder's grand scheme of things for Batman and his fight with the Court of Owls, which ended on a cliffhanger in BATMAN #7. Batman is severely hurt and slowly recovering with his discovery of the Court and its Talon assassin, as well finding out the secret of the Talons past and weaknesses. But the Court knows Batman is weak and it means the best time to strike the heart of Gotham while they can, so they send all of their Talon warriors to kill all of Gotham's major figure heads in one fell swoop in one night.
This where the beginning of BATMAN: NIGHT OF THE OWLS story begins, which has Bruce Wayne is getting home and starting to recover from days of torture in the Courts maze, the Talons break into Bruce's home and Alfred puts a distress call to all members of the Bat-family in BATMAN #8 to come to Gotham and help quell the invasion, which carries over in the various tie-ins collected here.
To start with, this event is collected in order of time. The event takes place in certain times in one night, with a clock timer on opening pages of each issue to show the time frame for each member gets attacked. The collection is running order as follows:
ALL STAR WESTERN #9 (takes place in 1880's.
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