{"product_id":"batman-vol-1-the-court-of-owls-the-new-52-isbn-9781401235420","title":"Batman Vol. 1: The Court of Owls (The New 52)","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe reader will experience the story from Batman’s viewpoint on pages 108-117.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter  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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBatman has heard tales of Gotham City’s Court of Owls: that the members of this powerful cabal are the true rulers of Gotham. The Dark Knight dismissed the stories as rumors and old wives’ tales. Gotham was \u003ci\u003ehis \u003c\/i\u003ecity. Until now. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA brutal assassin is sinking his razor-sharp talons into the city’s best and brightest, as well as its most dangerous and deadly. If the dark legends are true, his masters are more powerful predators than the Batman could ever imagine. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis now-classic graphic novel from the #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling creative team of Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo is not just fantastic jumping-on point for any new reader, but one of the great Batman stories ever told. With every year that passes, this masterpiece  becomes more entrenched into this medium’s pantheon of the greatest  stories ever told.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCollects issues #1-7 of \u003ci\u003eBatman.\u003c\/i\u003e“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.” —\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “This is one of the best comics of the week.”  —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “[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.” —\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Scott Snyder, already the company's greatest asset over the last four weeks, spins a stack of plates immediately…. Too often Batman comics focus heavily on the hero persona … Snyder sets up equal amounts of conflict for both Wayne's public and private personas.” —\u003ci\u003eTime Out Chicago\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “A stunning debut…. Snyder knows these characters, sets up an intriguing mystery, and delivers some action that Capullo realizes stunningly. This is definitely in the top rank of the revamp. —\u003ci\u003eThe Onion\/\u003c\/i\u003eAV Club\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Hits all the right notes. I enjoyed the living hell out of this.” —i\u003ci\u003eo9\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Bruce Wayne is a badass. The end.” —IGN \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “There's enough here, kept at a high enough level to make it interesting and viable across media and digestible enough for even the most novice DC Universe reader…. Score one for DC and score one for Snyder and Capullo in finding a new fan.”—Comic Book ResourcesScott Snyder is the bestselling and award-winning writer of \u003ci\u003eBatman, American Vampire\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSwamp Thing\u003c\/i\u003e as well as the short story collection \u003ci\u003eVoodoo Heart.  \u003c\/i\u003eHe teaches writing at Sarah Lawrence College, NYU and Columbia University. He lives on Long Island with his wife, Jeanie, and his sons Jack and Emmett.  He is a dedicated and un-ironic fan of Elvis Presley.","brand":"DC Comics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302606360805,"sku":"NP9781401235420","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781401235420.jpg?v=1767722242","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/batman-vol-1-the-court-of-owls-the-new-52-isbn-9781401235420","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}