First Look: BATMAN: EARTH ONE Volume 2

Gary Frank's art is great.

I don't enjoy Geoff John's portrayal of mainstream Batman all that much but I thought Earth One Vol 1 was good enough for me to check out this one.

And the story was unoriginal and meh.

Most fans don't hate it because he is more realistic (which he is not), Nolan's Batman was more realistic than this and people loved those movies. Fans don't like because 1) the reason he became Batman was solely because he wanted to catch the killer of his parents (he didn't even help a man when he was getting robbed), 2) He clearly implied that Bruce was insane, 3) Batman is not the hero of the book, Alfred, Gordon, Harvey are the real heroes of the book. 4) This is a story about a crazy teenager who is dressed in a Batsuit.

Gary Frank is an amazing artist. That makes me sad though, because I read Vol.1 and I will not be picking up anymore Bat-books written by Johns.

Thumbs up to this!

"We"?

This art is really great

No,we hate it cause it sucks.

Glad to see Johns pathetic attempt at writing Batman is back again. Even more happy to see he's still using the old choke-em-wit-mah-cape maneuver. I look forward to seeing how this sells.

1. The Superman Earth Ones were orders of magnitude better than this imo.

2. That isn't why I dislike it. I'm so sick and tired of this fabricated "batgod" nonsense. I'm not taking a jab at you its just that that grinds my gears. I dislike it because it was a less effective Kickass in a Batman costume. I realize that it was an else world but this was the single worst comic I've ever read since I started reading comics. IMO of course. There wasn't a single thing good about this aside from the art.

If you want real realism then I dare you to go jump a rooftop. See what real realistic gets you.

@allstarsuperman: its not that he isn't batgod (batgod doesn't exist) its that he can even jump across a rooftop successfully. If you want realistic batman look at Nolan series. This Batman is just incompetent.

@ultrastarkiller: Don't be surprised if we see them in future Earth One books. Once they've done Wonder Woman, the Trinity will be complete and then they can branch out.

Geoff Johns is writing once again.

No thanks.

Why can't Johns do a Green Lantern Earth 1 or Flash Earth 1. You know characters he wants to succeed.

I can't wait. Curious on all the hate, Batman Earth 1 was like Batman Year One in a way he thought he was ready but was in over his head. I am not saying they are equal but share some connections.

I've been waiting for this!

I hate it when Johns writes Batman.

@risingbean: I agree! I would love to see a Green Arrow or Green Lantern earth one! (Maybe a Hard Travling Heroes e1?!) The Flash would be rad as well too! (The Brave & The Bold e1?!!)

The best thing about Volume 1 was Alfred. Alfred was a BOSS and saved Bruce on several occasions.

Hated Volume 1 but for some reason I need to read Volume 2

So a non- mainstream book doesn't needlessly replicate mainstream character qualities? Wow, the sky is falling........

Stop tagging Patrat please. I want no part of this.

I've read most of the New 52, some of Pre-52, most of Pre-Marvel Now and Current Marvel Now, and all of the Ultimate Books (this line actually got me into comics). I have also just recently branched out into IDW and Valiant.

If you don't mind me asking how much have you read?

This. Batman is the only comic character that fans demand realism out of, for some reason.

Rofl ^

I will read Year One. I've been reading comics for a year in a half, so I'm a relatively new reader. Don't worry it's on my radar.

It is not more realistic than Nolan's version because a guy with the gear and training that the version of Earth one has, would have died.

Doesn't look before he jumps. Got it. Point proven, he's a straight up idiot.

Except I already said the concept of Batman is an unrealistic one.

Besides, I was just noting that he's not even Batman, let alone Batgod. I put emphasis on the 'man' because you put emphasis on the 'god', and 'm-a-n' are the letters that 'g-o-d' replaces. Just trying to keep it aesthetically consistent.

@dagmar_merrill: I'll give them both a shot. I've liked both Superman stories and the Batman one as well. (Even if this Batman was a bit green.) Earth One is 3 for 3 with me so far.

I'm hoping for them to expand and do some Flash and GL as well as Green Arrow. Biggest issue is I think they are only putting out two trades a year.

@micah: No, not like this. He was still pretty impressive, and rather competent.

I can't believe you've read this, but not Year One. -_-

FYI, there is an edit in my last comment. Sorry. Lol.

No. He jumped and didn't realize the distance. He didn't trip on his untied shoelace that Alfred told him to tie. He wasn't a straight up idiot.

Okay, you're a man right? I'd like to see you jump rooftops and take on 3 or more armed guys. Really.

Well I never read Year One, but didn't mainstream Batman struggle in his first years as well?

Which makes me laugh because that's clearly not Batman. No extensive training and no skill? Complete with gadgets that don't work!? Does that describe the Dark Knight?

See this:

We aren't upset because he isn't BatGOD, we're upset because he's not even BatMAN.

And if Johns was really trying to create an ultra-realistic Batman story, he wouldn't put friggin' Killer Croc in it. That sh!t isn't possible in reality at all.

The artwork looks great.

@risingbean: Will you be checking out earth 1 wonder woman and teen titans?

I think this version is more realistic than Nolan's. I believe this one doesn't have any intense or ninja training like Nolans version or is as technical a fighter. He's probably improved in Volume 2 but in Volume 1 he had to improvise alot to overcome the odds and his gadgets needed alot of improvement.

I wish DC pushed the imprint more. I like it.

I'm tired of cape suffocation, but I'm looking forward to this.

This is a not canon and completely different universe, so this doesn't even matter. Thats like comparing Green Goblin with Ultimate Green Goblin, 2 completely different characters.

I don't dislike Earth 1 Batman because it doesn't show Batgod. I dislike it because the story is lacking and Batman in my personal opinion shouldn't ever be a fool without a clue. Same reason I dislike Kevin Smiths Batman stuff.

Batman isn't a realistic concept to begin with. That's my problem with Johns and his twisted view of the Caped Crusader.

And others have still made it work to an extent. Nolan's Batman is just as much, if not more realistic than this, and that Batman would absolutely wreck this one. Y'know, the "Batman" that clumsily fell of a rooftop?

YUSSSSS!!!!! looks awesome

Keep in mind this is a more realistic less trained version of Batman.

The other comments are depressing me.

Jesus, Johns. Even in just the sketched versions of some preview pages? Shameless. The biggest jobber in all of comics (who Bats has beaten mercilessly more times than I care to count) is absolutely stomping Batman, and the only thing Bats can do is cover Croc's face with his cape? C'mon.

*smh*

THIS!!!!

True, this is a more realistic Batman. And I can see how that puts some people off, but I enjoy this version of Batman that doesn't necessarily have all the training the mainstream version has and is not invincible LOL.

THIS LOOKS AWESOME. Unlike the Superman Earth Ones, Batmans was actually very enjoyable.

Yup. I hate how people hate this Batman just because he isn't BatGOD.