Batman By Azzarello & Risso Deluxe Edition

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From the award-winning team behind 100 BULLETS--Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso--this deluxe edition hardcover includes tales from a variety of Batman projects. The centerpiece of the book, a six-issue run of BATMAN called Broken City, presents a profound examination of the Dark Knight Detective and the grim metropolis that he protects. While hunting the murderer of a small boy's parents, Batman is caught up in his own investigation and ruminations, only to fall prey to a deadly new pair of killers who have been stalking him. Collects BATMAN #620-625, FLASHPOINT- BATMAN - KNIGHT OF VENGEANCE #1-3 and stories from WEDNESDAY COMICS #1-12 and BATMAN- GOTHAM KNIGHTS #8.From the award-winning team behind 100 BULLETS--Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso--this deluxe edition hardcover includes tales from a variety of Batman projects. The centerpiece of the book, a six-issue run of BATMAN called Broken City, presents a profound examination of the Dark Knight Detective and the grim metropolis that he protects. While hunting the murderer of a small boy's parents, Batman is caught up in his own investigation and ruminations, only to fall prey to a deadly new pair of killers who have been stalking him. Collects BATMAN #620-625, FLASHPOINT- BATMAN - KNIGHT OF VENGEANCE #1-3 and stories from WEDNESDAY COMICS #1-12 and BATMAN- GOTHAM KNIGHTS #8.
Brian Azzarello has been writing comics professionally since the mid-1990s. He is the author of JOHNNY DOUBLE, BATMAN- BROKEN CITY and the Harvey and Eisner award-winning 100BULLETS, all created in collaboration with artist Eduardo Risso. The New York Times best-selling author's other work for DC includes the titles HELLBLAZER and LOVELESS (both with Marcelo Frusin), SUPERMAN- FOR TOMORROW (with Jim Lee), JOKER and LUTHOR (both with Lee Bermejo), SGT. ROCK- BETWEEN HELL AND A HARD PLACE (with Joe Kubert), Filthy Rich (with Victor Santos), and most recently the all-new ongoing series WONDER WOMAN (with Cliff Chiang) and DARK KNIGHT III- THE MASTER RACE with Frank Miller. He also wrote the Richard Corben-illustrated graphic novels Cage and Banner for Marvel Comics. Azzarello lives in Chicago with his wife, artist Jill Thompson, and tweets only when he has something to say.