All Star Batman

Batman is a kidnapping jerk. Free Robin!

Check out this great rundown of the Batman All-Star comic books.

I like a lot of Frank Miller’s work. The Dark Knight Returns is probably one of the best comic book epics out there. Sin City is an amazing story, and I enjoyed 300. He brings a type of political and social realism to his stories that many other writers don’t have. However, when he’s bad, he’s really bad.

Due to the huge success that Marvel had with the Ultimate Continuity line, DC decided to create its own line called All-Star. Each character that is presented in the line is a revamped character from the original DC universe. The biggest difference between the All-Star line and Marvel’s Ultimate line is that each DC All-Star book is set in its own universe and has no relation to the other All-Star books. The Ultimate line is all in one shared universe.

Frank Miller was given All Star Batman and Robin the Boy Wonder. Many people hoped the comic book was going to be good; hell Jim Lee does the artwork. Lee is by far one of the best artists out there. However, Miller got goofy with the story, making Batman a complete asshole. Most people see this book as a joke. And it surprises me that Frank Miller could screw this up, because he’s been given free reign over this book.

Note: While I’ve stated that All-Star Batman isn’t set in the normal continuity. Miller has said that his comic books are connected to The Dark Knight Returns and Batman/Spawn crossover.

I’ve been disappointed with this book for a while, but Superman All-Star is pretty good though. He's the f'ing Bat, boy!