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Batman 3D
An All New Graphic Novel by John Byrne.
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First published January 1, 1991
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John Byrne
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John Lindley Byrne is a British-born Canadian-American author and artist of comic books. Since the mid-1970s, Byrne has worked on nearly every major American superhero.
Byrne's better-known work has been on Marvel Comics' X-Men and Fantastic Four and the 1986 relaunch of DC Comics’ Superman franchise. Coming into the comics profession exclusively as a penciler, Byrne began co-plotting the X-Men comics during his tenure on them, and launched his writing career in earnest with Fantastic Four (where he also started inking his own pencils). During the 1990s he produced a number of creator-owned works, including Next Men and Danger Unlimited. He also wrote the first issues of Mike Mignola's Hellboy series and produced a number of Star Trek comics for IDW Publishing.
There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name
John Lindley Byrne is a British-born Canadian-American author and artist of comic books. Since the mid-1970s, Byrne has worked on nearly every major American superhero.
Byrne's better-known work has been on Marvel Comics' X-Men and Fantastic Four and the 1986 relaunch of DC Comics’ Superman franchise. Coming into the comics profession exclusively as a penciler, Byrne began co-plotting the X-Men comics during his tenure on them, and launched his writing career in earnest with Fantastic Four (where he also started inking his own pencils). During the 1990s he produced a number of creator-owned works, including Next Men and Danger Unlimited. He also wrote the first issues of Mike Mignola's Hellboy series and produced a number of Star Trek comics for IDW Publishing.
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December 21, 2022
A very nice experience. Two stories from two different eras and a brilliant pin-up gallery. The 3D effect exceeded my expectation and the panels showed (with the attached red & blue 3D glasses, NOT the ones used in the cinemas) a surprising amount of layers. Was it worth the little difficulties I faced while trying to read without having to damage the attached pair of 3D glasses?
January 4, 2020
Nice pictures! Good 3-D effects; I liked to watch them multiple times! Just a little too difficult to read.
December 30, 2022
+13pp "Robot Robbers" from Batman #42-> put to 3D in '53
December 9, 2019
Two stories - a classic reprint from 1947 and a new story, plus a gallery of batman characters, all in 3D. I didn't enjoy the new story. It was long and sort of pointless. In "Ego Trip," Batman has to figure out which villain - Joker, Riddler, or Two-Face - has killed Hardiman Twine, but as the title suggests, it's all about an ego trip. The villains prance around spouting bad Bond villain monologues, and Batman follows behind, stating the obvious. The "revelation" at the end was a letdown. But "Robot Robbers" from 1947 was fun. Evil scientists break out some "experts in crime". They want the convicts to return to their lives of crime, but use the scientists' remote-controlled robots instead, and it's up to Batman and Robin to stop them. It was a fun old-school comic. In between the stories is a series of drawings by various artists, of Batman and his foes (plus Superman), all in 3D. The drawings throughout were really cool. The 3D effects really made the images pop, sort of like looking into a series of black & white shadow boxes. The book comes with a pair of 3D glasses, styled after Batman's mask.
January 6, 2017
This paperback Batman 3D book consists of two stories - the modern Ego Trip and the 1950s Robot Robbers - with a few pages of artwork in between. Being as they are printed in anaglyph 3D, the artwork appears black & white through the green & red glasses, so feels rather dated compared to normal modern colour comic books.
Ego Trip is rather long-winded at 53 pages. The artwork is fine, but I found the plot quite tiresome, although it did make good use of the 3D aspect. Robot Robbers is much shorter and very 1950s in style. It must've seemed great at the time, but we've moved on a bit since those days, and Robin always irritates me anyway.
The 3D artwork is very well done throughout, especially the Catwoman picture on p59 and the Ra's Al Ghul on p63. Alas, whilst reading the stories, the novelty of the 3D soon wore off when I found it difficult to read, yet easier without the glasses. All very humdrum. 3/5
Ego Trip is rather long-winded at 53 pages. The artwork is fine, but I found the plot quite tiresome, although it did make good use of the 3D aspect. Robot Robbers is much shorter and very 1950s in style. It must've seemed great at the time, but we've moved on a bit since those days, and Robin always irritates me anyway.
The 3D artwork is very well done throughout, especially the Catwoman picture on p59 and the Ra's Al Ghul on p63. Alas, whilst reading the stories, the novelty of the 3D soon wore off when I found it difficult to read, yet easier without the glasses. All very humdrum. 3/5
December 13, 2014
Yet another find at the bargain bins of one of the comic shops I frequent--I had no idea it existed. The story is a well drawn, engaging piece of fluff featuring a number of the Dark Knight Detective's more iconic adversaries. There is a second story and a gallery section after the main story by John Byrne. The 3-D effects are constructed fairly well but suffer a bit due to the aging paper slightly changing the red/blue images resulting in a noticeable "phantom image" effect on a number of pages. Overall a fun read.
March 27, 2023
Mediocre. La historia de Byrne no es nada del otro jueves y los efectos 3D, al menos en la edición de ECC de 2023, son bastante deficientes y solo sirven para dejarse las córneas. Solo para completistas del personaje o el autor.
March 28, 2020
Coyer Rereadathon
Classic Batman action story with many of his popular rogues in a 3-D format.
October 5, 2022
Se ve de aquella manera. Ideal como curiosidad y para quedarse sin ojos.
March 6, 2014
Byrne don't get no respect these days. We'd all love it if he was capable of giving us those great thin-lined dip pen drawings like he did in his early X-Men days, rather than the thick-lined marker work he does today. However, there are plenty of people who aren't as thin as they were in the 80s out there, so keep your disappointments in perspective.
He's done it all. Cap, Hulk, Superman, Batman, Avengers, X-Men, Alpha Flight, Star Trek, and his own independent stuff. It all looked great, and most of his writing was okay as well.
This particular book was done around his height in popularity. An interesting project, because I don't recall the big companies doing much with 3D back then. There was Ray Zone, of course, but those were usually reprints or B-list characters. I liked it because the effect was part of the story. I think it holds up.
He's done it all. Cap, Hulk, Superman, Batman, Avengers, X-Men, Alpha Flight, Star Trek, and his own independent stuff. It all looked great, and most of his writing was okay as well.
This particular book was done around his height in popularity. An interesting project, because I don't recall the big companies doing much with 3D back then. There was Ray Zone, of course, but those were usually reprints or B-list characters. I liked it because the effect was part of the story. I think it holds up.
March 2, 2013
This 3-D book includes an original story 'Ego Trip' by John Byrne, a reprint of a 1947 Batman story 'Robot Robbers' and 11 Batman pin-ups, everything is in black-and-white.
I liked the drawing style of the first story, the plot was good too. The second story was not to my taste, I prefer post-Crisis Batman.
I liked the drawing style of the first story, the plot was good too. The second story was not to my taste, I prefer post-Crisis Batman.
September 1, 2012
Worth reading, but make sure you have some rad and blue 3-D glasses when you do.
September 11, 2018
L'unica cosa divertente è la lettura con gli occhialini 3D (e ho detto tutto).
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