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The Batman Chronicles (1995)
The Batman Chronicles (1995-2001) #19
A Year One tale! Mere days after Bruce Wayne assumed his role as the Dark Knight, the hero suffers the difficulties of juggling two lives. The sacrifices it entails cut deep when stopping a crime wave in Gotham costs him a chance at love.
40 pages, Kindle Edition
First published November 24, 1999
About the author
Steve Englehart
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Steve Englehart went to Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut. After a stint in the Army, he moved to New York and began to write for Marvel Comics. That led to long runs on Captain America, The Hulk, The Avengers, Dr. Strange, and a dozen other titles. Midway through that period he moved to California (where he remains), and met and married his wife Terry.
He was finally hired away from Marvel by DC Comics, to be their lead writer and revamp their core characters (Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Flash, and Green Lantern). He did, but he also wrote a solo Batman series (immediately dubbed the "definitive" version) that later became Warner Brothers' first Batman film (the good one).
After that he left comics for a time, traveled in Europe for a year, wrote a novel (The Point Man™), and came back to design video games for Atari (E.T., Garfield). But he still liked comics, so he created Coyote™, which within its first year was rated one of America's ten best series. Other projects he owned (Scorpio Rose™, The Djinn™) were mixed with company series (Green Lantern [with Joe Staton], Silver Surfer, Fantastic Four). Meanwhile, he continued his game design for Activision, Electronic Arts, Sega, and Brøderbund.
And once he and Terry had their two sons, Alex and Eric, he naturally told them stories. Rustle's Christmas Adventure was first devised for them. He went on to add a run of mid-grade books to his bibliography, including the DNAgers™ adventure series, and Countdown to Flight, a biography of the Wright brothers selected by NASA as the basis for their school curriculum on the invention of the airplane.
In 1992 Steve was asked to co-create a comics pantheon called the Ultraverse. One of his contributions, The Night Man, became not only a successful comics series, but also a television show. That led to more Hollywood work, including animated series such as Street Fighter, GI Joe, and Team Atlantis for Disney.
Steve Englehart went to Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut. After a stint in the Army, he moved to New York and began to write for Marvel Comics. That led to long runs on Captain America, The Hulk, The Avengers, Dr. Strange, and a dozen other titles. Midway through that period he moved to California (where he remains), and met and married his wife Terry.
He was finally hired away from Marvel by DC Comics, to be their lead writer and revamp their core characters (Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Flash, and Green Lantern). He did, but he also wrote a solo Batman series (immediately dubbed the "definitive" version) that later became Warner Brothers' first Batman film (the good one).
After that he left comics for a time, traveled in Europe for a year, wrote a novel (The Point Man™), and came back to design video games for Atari (E.T., Garfield). But he still liked comics, so he created Coyote™, which within its first year was rated one of America's ten best series. Other projects he owned (Scorpio Rose™, The Djinn™) were mixed with company series (Green Lantern [with Joe Staton], Silver Surfer, Fantastic Four). Meanwhile, he continued his game design for Activision, Electronic Arts, Sega, and Brøderbund.
And once he and Terry had their two sons, Alex and Eric, he naturally told them stories. Rustle's Christmas Adventure was first devised for them. He went on to add a run of mid-grade books to his bibliography, including the DNAgers™ adventure series, and Countdown to Flight, a biography of the Wright brothers selected by NASA as the basis for their school curriculum on the invention of the airplane.
In 1992 Steve was asked to co-create a comics pantheon called the Ultraverse. One of his contributions, The Night Man, became not only a successful comics series, but also a television show. That led to more Hollywood work, including animated series such as Street Fighter, GI Joe, and Team Atlantis for Disney.
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July 5, 2017
This volume is mediocre without a joining theme between stories. At least that was I perceived when reading the comic book.
I like the first stories, telling the first week as Batman. A rare story with Batman's character growing, and I could say one of a character driven story. Such a strong first story. I found some other Chronicles don't have so memorable first story.
The second story is about Huntress. As usual, her story involved children, and we see Huntress' POV. The weakest story on his chronicles.
The third story has a criminal as POV. The plot twist at the end of the story is pretty damn good. the story with best storytelling skill among the three.
I am tempted to give it a 4 star for this chronicles. (sigh) If only the middle story is stronger.
I like the first stories, telling the first week as Batman. A rare story with Batman's character growing, and I could say one of a character driven story. Such a strong first story. I found some other Chronicles don't have so memorable first story.
The second story is about Huntress. As usual, her story involved children, and we see Huntress' POV. The weakest story on his chronicles.
The third story has a criminal as POV. The plot twist at the end of the story is pretty damn good. the story with best storytelling skill among the three.
I am tempted to give it a 4 star for this chronicles. (sigh) If only the middle story is stronger.
September 17, 2025
I read 'Got a Date With an Angel' only, since I'm trying to read The Batman in chronological order. It was a solid story and went nicely with Year One.
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