The massive gaps between releases really killed the momentum of Earth One. They’re pretty quick reads, and having to wait two years between comics that take maybe an hour to get through makes it hard to stay excited. The art is good, but I’d rather have less meticulously detailed art and a steadier release schedule.
Batman Earth One is easily my favorite Earth One retelling by far. I loved how Geoff Johns wrote Gotham City like a living monster that corrupted everything inside of it. Also how Batman and Jim Gordon are the first people to dare stand against it
I couldn´t agree more. I have read many stories by Geoff Johns and Batman Earth One is really one of his best works. It surpasses easily infinite crisis, blackest night, even flashpoint or three jokers.
My favorite is how it really focuses on Bruce being a Arkham, and how he either has fallen to the curse that has plagued his family for generations, or has broken and stood against it.
@@ProjektTaku Bruce Wayne being an Arkham is such a good idea, it adds one more thing that Bruce has to overcome; the supposed "curse" of his family, even Martha Wayne (Arkham) was not mentally well, will he overcome it? Or will he fall? Considering he's wearing a bat suit and fighting crime in the Streets, you could argue he's already insane, but yet he's still a good guy even after it all.
@@CalvinNoire its a fantastic dilemma. The Wayne family lore has been constantly expanded upon, with a supposed "dark history", but we don't get to seem much into Martha nor her family, and its actually extremely heartwarming watching Bruce try to connect with his mentally unwell grandfather, even if it just turns out to be Clayface.
Gary Frank’s art is the best thing on this book for me he has such a cinematic style. I don’t know if they added this in anything else but I wouldn’t mind DC bringing back Bruce being not just a Wayne but an Arkham I thought that was super interesting
Honestly out of all "Earth One" stories I enjoyed Batman the most, all three volumes. Miles better than Superman Earth One. Not masterpiece like Morrison's run but still pretty good imo.
I really like the idea of a green and inexperienced batman. It makes him more human and knowing he will grow into a badass only makes it much more satisfying
The problem is most likely that the new 52 made the earth one books redundant because they were being released at the same time. Think about it, would you choose the ( then) in continuity series with the all the hype behind it, or the separate series with no ties to anything at the time? It worked with ultimate Spider-Man because that was an ongoing series that came out regularly and immediately revealed that it was part of something bigger. Plus, now with the Black Label line, Earth One seems even more unnecessary Unless they just fold earth one into that Branding
That was actually the All-Star imprint at the time but when you really think about it new 52 be its answer to the ultimate universe, it has its good points but it's incredibly flawed and was long put out of its misery
I’ll be honest Earth one Batman wasn’t one of my favorites but I did find the concept alone intriguing enough to keep reading. Also it was a fresh breath of air to have Kill Croc be on the side of good for a change and be an actual solid dude.
Recently got volume three and had to reread the first two because I forgot what happened in them. I did enjoy all three for this humanized batman but volume 2 is my favorite for its use of the Riddler. The way that he is done, you can tell he isn't much of a fair gamesman, even when Batman solves his riddle. We may not get a volume four but dang, you can't end a book with Joker and just leave it. Something about that Joker page just seems extreme and that he would change this batman forever.
Thing is unless they’re very meticulous in who they choose to write the books Modern DC doesn’t exactly have a great track record for being dark without being gratuitous
I enjoyed reading this series as I consider that Alfred was one of my favorite character as he was very different than previous incarnations as he was given a military background in which he used toward Bruce.
I bought the 3 in 1 book only 2 months ago and honestly I loved it. Didn't like the catwoman suit but still the artstyle and storytelling was fresh and grounded. So I personally loved it.
Volume 1 is among my favorte modern Batman stories and it's probably my favorite reinvention of the character altogether. Seeing how 2022's 'The Batman' takes a lot of cues and inspiration from this particular version of the character made extremely happy, as we finally got the chance to see an interpretation of Batman based on something that wasn't 'Year One', 'The Dark Knight Returns', 'The Killing Joke' or 'The Long Halloween' on its entirely.
im starting to see how much of an influence earth one might actually end up having on the upcoming batman film, in a few weeks guess we'll find out if that was the right direction to go lol
I love that this Batman is much more talkative to Gordon than normal, it really shows that he’s not as confident as normal and he’s still a little more awkward, and doesn’t do that disappearing thing
I love when they play with it with batman disappearing behind gordon, only for him to say "over here", a he climbs through a window. Shows that he's actually just a guy.
While I don't like vol 3 (I think Johns tried to do way too much in one book) I think Batman Earth One still one the best reinventions of Batman story. Besides the development of Jim Gordon and Harvey Bullock dynamic, I specially like how flawed Batman is in these stories. Considering how Batman nowadays is basically a Gary Stu, who knows everthing and pull deus ex-machinas from his belt, it's good to see a version of him who is not the best, who makes mistakes but never to the point of being a fool, learning from his failures and becoming stronger and better hero.
@Connor I don't think so. Mary Sue is to refer to a person who has no flaws and is perfect and able to solve problem with no difficults, and that's how DC have being portraying Batman in the recent years.
One aspect I'm surprised you didn't delve on much is Harvey Bullock. He was one of the most interesting characters in the book that he starts out as a well-meaning but smug celebrity detective who is introduced to the horrors of Gotham and goes on a downward spiral into alcoholism. It's a shame they don't really do much with his character by Vol. 3. Also, that Outsiders tease at the end reminded me a lot of how Beware the Batman set up the Outsiders by the end, but with no season 2 to really expand on that premise.
When you bring up all these different characters like Barbara and even Celina being inspired by Batman and almost reminds me of Crazy Steve's Adventures by Frank Miller but done right
Despite volume 3 not being as refined as the first two, Earth One is one of my favorite Batman runs. I loved reading Bruce’s growth from a newbie vigilante who can barely manage against average thugs to the master detective and crime fighter we know and love as well as his relationship with Alfred. As far as “early-day Batman” stories go, I prefer it over Year One.
Gary Frank's artwork is just...*chef's kiss*. First time I had seen his work was "Superman: Secret Origin". The man's line work, and expressions are top-notch.
Originally Earth-One was the main DC universe until Crisis on infinite earths and also was the home to the silver age incarnations of various DC characters such as Superman (Kal-El), Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern (Hal Jordan), The Flash (Barry Allen), Hawkman (Katar Hol), The Atom (Ray Palmer), the Justice League of America, the Teen Titans, the Doom Patrol, etc. After the crisis it would merge with Earth-Two (Home to the Justice Society of America & the Golden Age incarnation of various DC Characters), Earth-Four (Home to Charlton Cómics characters such as Captain Atom, Blue Beetle, Peacemaker, The Question, etc), Earth-S (Home to the Captain Marvel and the Marvel Family) and Earth-X (Home to the Freedom Fighters) to create New Earth.
In actuality batman's training is completely incomplete because he had his combat experience from his legal guardian/adopted father Alfred pennyworth only instead of travelling the world as he's used to complete his own vigilante hero training like in the original comics back in those days.
I’m glad this series is getting some love I think it’s one of the best modern batman stories and it’s one of the main reasons I’m so hyped about the batman as it seems to be taking a lot of from this great series
I do admit if the Earth one series got made into an animated movie universe and had Batman earth one got made into an animated movie series i could see Roger craig smith for Batman Kelsey grammer and Jennifer hale for Thomas and martha wayne as well as having Alfred molina for the penguin and John Rhys-Davies for Alfred and JB blanc for James Gordon after his role in persona 4
Oh I love the idea of a animated movie universe based on the Earth One graphic novels! Then that'll mean we can have character that hadn't got an E1 book yet and even make a version that works in the E1 inspired animated universe like the Flash.
Earth one Batman was so cool to me cause I am always a sucker of seeing batman struggle on his first day as Batman and even so much that techs of his break down seeing he clearly has a lot of improvement. I know we have many adaptations of Batman like that but earth one Batman stood out to me as an actual real life batman struggling to actually getting progress.
I think that the biggest problem was that it was only graphic novels, not a monthly title. had it been a monthly title, we would have had more investment in the universe because we would have more of it in general.
I wanna read this now! This actually sounds quite interesting and I love that Batman is more vulnerable from the sounds of it. I do love Batman, but I hate how he has been portrayed as the one who cannot mess up, so this sounds refreshing. And I like hearing this version of Killer Croc.
I need to buy more "Earth One" comics! I like the "imperfect" Batman angle as more realistic. It also makes Alfred a more competent mentor and father figure to him.
I dunno why, but I like that they made Killer Croc and Catwoman, who're normally evil, actually side with Batman. It's something different that's interesting to see play out in a comic and it's odd that they don't really do stuff like that these days (unless they have Harley Quinn/the Suicide Squad involved, but they're not full-on heroes either)
Catwoman is never evil. I don’t know what friggin comics you’ve been reading but she is almost always depicted as an Anti-Hero who whilst being a thief is also an ally and romantic interest of Batman. It’s only Killer Croc they turned into a good guy.
I think even though Earth One itself never realized it’s full potential due to muddling delays and Johns schedule . It’s interesting how other adaptations were taking elements it introduces and tries to expand on delve into it . Beware the Batman, Gotham, Batman Telltale, The Batman movie and arguably Joker and Batman v Superman took some elements from Earth One so it at least has that going for it at the very least
I feel you could’ve stood to be more critical toward the 3rd volume. I understand if your opinion isn’t that it was bad or noticeably worse than the other two, but I think the fact that the entire plot is predicated on an incredibly obvious twist, several overused tropes, and underdeveloped reveals is a major reason the series became the overall disappointment with potential that it is. The ending kind of retroactively impacts the other volumes by poorly dragging out the Dent storyline beyond volume 2, and having everything lead up to this Batman universe becoming very similar with in-canon Batman, despite the initial concept’s appeal being that it’s supposed to be different. If it all just winds up the same with slight differences here and there, than the story loses significance as its own thing
I think while the reveals were kinda weird, I still enjoyed them. The dent thing was kind of hilarious. It went from the reader thinking Harvey would become two-face, to the reader thinking Jessica would become two-face, to the characters thinking Jessica's two-face, to the audience and characters thinking harvey's alive and two-face, to the audience and batman finding out Jessica was in fact two-face. I think its still decently different enjoy to be unique. Killer croc is a major part of this, plus clayface.
I would love to see this universe expanded. If it was stretched to at least 5 volumes with the expansion of the development of the outsiders included... that would be a fantastic story.
I'm pretty sure it'll get continued through another series of books (whether or not it's Batman and the Outsiders: Earth One or a World's Finest/Trinity/Justice League: Earth One title.) We just need to be patient for it.
So I don’t think anything went wrong outside of delays on the artistic side? I think the Frank Art is very much worth it, but yeah I get what you mean, especially with time lapse between volumes 2 and 3. We can also ignore the Catwoman costume (it goes away by the end of the third volume). I wanna say Johns had said that he had 6 volumes in mind for this series, but that maybe hoping for too much. Still a lot of room to explore and those two are still collaborating even now right? Seems within the cards if they do deem it. I think for me, the thing that makes this work, is that it presents a Batman built from the ground up. All of the pluralities that are added on to Batman which allow him to measure up to other heroes, are taken away, and all you really have left is the Human, the Man if you will. It overall represents a more complete journey for the character, and sometimes felt more satisfying to read than a lot of the modern “Because He’s Batman” interpretations. I love BatGod, but I also love Batman who is fallible, who makes mistakes, who isn’t perfect all the time, thats what I love about this series. Ultimately for me, Batman doesn’t need to be the ultimate fighter or detective, he just needs to try to be those things or work towards it, that’s what made this story compelling and worth reading. I also would love if you made a video on Three Jokers like this, I know that’s probably more maligned, but I think What Went Wrong applies there more than here overall, even if I still like that story. Thank you for being a positive voice in the comics community, you’re videos are some of the best content on the medium on the internet!
If you want a more humor focused overview of the series, I highly suggest you watch ComicPop's series on the Batman: Earth One series. Or their other Earth One books. Actually, just watch all their stuff.
Babylonian Cowboy 1 month ago (edited) I’m shocked that more people aren’t talking about how the Pattinson Batman movie is HEAVILY influenced by Earth One. My favorite part of the series was Bullock. What happened to him at the end of the first book is one of the most depressing things I’ve ever read in a comic book.
It’s funny cause I saw in an interview with Geoff Johns with him saying that Earth One Batman would have had “more than 3 volumes” change of plans I guess sadly I really wish they’d put out more of these I don’t even know if they’ll even put out a 4th vol. for Earth One Superman and I really want that one I miss the this series so much
GREAT job as usual Owen.Well done.A couple days ago my neighbor and I were discussing Superman/Batman about how O.P.ed,unrelatable,make no mistakes,have no character growth/arc these 2 are.And here;s a video/comic series addressing those very issues.Didn't know about or buy these comics(haven't been to a comicshop since 2007)Gary's artwork is GREAT in this series,consistently. If I can get the whole series for a reasonable price will buy it.I still think Superman is too O.Ped,unrelatable,etc,etc,..he's basically a god. Looking down at us from Mount Olympus,makes no mistakes,has no character flaws-BORING.And Superman/Batman are 2 of my favorite heroes.In Man of Steel Supes struggled to fly,then flew-people in the audience CHEERED.So did I.Man of Steel gets a lot of hate,but I thought it was a GREAT film.The best Superman movie to date,does anyone remember SUPERMAN RETURNS??? Neither do I,forgetable movie. SEMPER-FI.
Interesting that Killer Croc and Clayface made their debuts before the Joker. Given the obvious inspiration The Batman film took from Earth One. Perhaps Clayface could make a semi-realistic onscreen debut, after all.
After having finally watched the full video, I agree about your point when it comes how Jessica arc was executed, and also about the outsiders. As for the future of the series, Johns stated that he want to do more volumes of Batman: Earth One, and he wants to work the Joker in this universe. Now when will that happen is another story.
I don’t understand the attraction to a realistic Batman. He’s not real. He’s a superhero. Making him real takes all of that away. It takes away everything that’s special about him. I hate this book because they make him a superhero but forget the hero. He’s just a man. Why do we care to see that? The very first scene Batmans tech fails, he misses a jump, and falls into trash cans like a clown. Those are words that should never be said about batman. This is BATMAN remember. Not a cosplayer. If we like the human vulnerable guy who can’t do anything then let’s just go watch a movie about cops. Because that’s all they’re making batman now. A man in a bulletproof suit. Wow very cool. I grew up as a kid loving batman because of who he was and how he was written. He has peak mental and physical conditioning, master chemist, biologist, linguist, psychologist, escape artist, acting skills, worlds greatest detective, knows every fighting style, one of the smartest people in DC, master tactician, strategist, weapon user, driver, engineer, acrobat and more. That is awesome. That’s Batman
The fact that he is man that isn’t perfect and isn’t super is what makes Batman great. I love realistic Batman, it shows that he is just a man who is willing to do the right thing. As an adult I prefer more realistic down to earth hero’s, not a fan of magic and powers
I haven’t read volume 3 yet but I absolutely love the first two volumes, especially volume 2. Volume 2 is one of my favorite Batman comics of all time and is a great riddler story.
Batman Earth One wasn't bad, and I like how they touched on Alfred being a "Butler". I think the New 52 stuff that came out after was even better especially Court of Owls, City of Owls, Death of the Family, etc.
I'm still holding out hope that Geoff Johns and Gary Frank will make volume 4! I really want to see their interpretations of the Joker and Robin! I really won't mind if it's the final volume in the series I just really want to read it!
I love this story because it shows that this Batman is super flawed it has made so many mistakes but he's learned from them and I love that he's not perfect yet that's what I love about the dark Knight trilogy with Christian Bale Batman I love that he's not perfect and he makes mistakes but he learns from I can see this be the next DC animated movie
@@thomaskilroy4573 in my eyes he still the best live-action Batman to date he understood character more than anybody that's how I feel I've let nobody cannot top Christian Bale's portrayal of Batman but I can't wait to see what Robert Pattinson can bring to the table I think he might surprise everybody
@@2jebeal “Understood the character more than anybody”?! You must be fucking joking. Just because he has the best movies does not mean he understood the character. He didn’t. He was always far too over the top, his Bruce Wayne seemed like he was either looking for attention or trying to hide something and doing a bad job of it. I like Bale, don’t get me wrong. But it just feels like, apart from Batman Begins, he is always one of the least interesting parts of the movie. Bale is okay in his films, it just feels like he’s playing a different character. Or at least he’s playing a Bruce Wayne that is TRYING to be Batman and ‘Public Bruce’, not a Wayne that IS Batman. The voice is ridiculous, but even taking that out of the equation, he’s still too over the top. He’s always pulling weird faces and keeping his mouth open. His mouth is literally open 90% of the time he’s in the suit. He never comes across as that intelligent or cunning either. There are far too many times where he is fooled or duped by the villains and is just made to look stupid. And the public persona of Bruce Wayne is meant to be deceptive, but it isn’t supposed to be annoying. Bale’s Bruce doesn’t seem to take anything seriously. Bruce’s public persona is cocky, but it is still supposed to be likable. With Bale, if someone told you he was Batman, you wouldn’t be that surprised. You’d know that he seemed off. His Batman also always seemed like he wasn’t naturally threatening and was trying too hard to be intimidating. Again, there is nothing wrong with the writing of Bale’s Wayne/Batman. The problem is just how he played it. Apart from Begins, which is probably his best performance in the role, I don’t see Batman in those films. I see an actor playing a character based on Batman. The notes are all there, but something is off. Batman is supposed to be the true persona. Batman is who he really is. Bruce Wayne is the mask. In the Nolan films. It is completely the wrong way round. Nolan’s whole idea of Bruce Wayne being the true identity becomes painfully clear in The Dark Knight Rises. One of the biggest complaints about that film was that “Batman” was only shown for about 20 minutes altogether. And the reason is because Nolan doesn’t believe he is telling the story of Batman, he believes he is telling the story of Bruce Wayne (which he has said himself in multiple interviews). This is about Bruce Wayne’s struggle. When Bruce Wayne finally gets over his massive existential crisis he stops being Batman. Bale’s Bruce used Batman as a means to an end. A way to help him figure out who he is. Once he figured that out, did what he was set out to accomplish, he didn’t need Batman anymore, he could just be himself again. Are you fucking kidding me?!?! Batman isn’t a fucking job! It’s who he is! You can’t just retire from that! And yes I know that in Batman Begins Rachel talks about how Bruce Wayne is the mask and Batman is who he really is. But Rachel’s an idiot. And that dialogue only exists to clarify to fans that Batman is who he really is when nothing else in the movies show it and it’s obviously a fucking lie. That’s why his performance as Batman feels so much like a performance. It’s unnatural. It’s not who he truly is. And that is NOT the result of a team of people who understand the character.
I just read all three volumes back to back in one day, and I enjoyed them. I think they are all pretty unique and fun comics with some problems, specifically the third volume trying to do wayyy too much toward the end. I think if this series was more consistent with releasing in a timely manner it would be a lot better. If they planned it to have one earth one book per series every year, I think that would’ve been way better. I’m almost a decade, from 2012-2021 we got THREE Batman volumes in this series. That’s kinda crazy when you think about it. Still, I enjoyed this interpretation of Batman, and it’s also crazy how much Pattinson’s Batman takes influence from these comics.
No spoilers for Superman: Earth One, but it is truly bizarre that that series featured the same twist as Batman (if you’ve read it, you know what I’m talking about). Though I think it worked a lot better in Superman.
The first two volumes of this series were great, a fun take on the character and the world of Gotham. From subtle changes like Alfred and Bullock, to how Gordon and Batman's relationship grew. Annnnnd then volume 3 happened, and I don't know what the hell that was.
I'm not gonna lie, the first two volumes of Earth One are some of my favorite batman stories. Volume 3 meanwhile has some great moments but feels very rushed
I love Batman earth one series. I just felt like Geoff Jones and Gary franks just rushed the story of volume three. so they could work on their own series called Geiger for image comics. We didn’t even get into other versions of characters like poison ivy, mister freeze, or scarecrow. I was hoping for a spin-off series of the outsiders. I would love to bring back the earth one series.
Great video thanks also Batgirl could have had a page to show how Barbara improves her skillset, and a panel of female crime fighter stopping bank robbery on MSNBC, as for the Outsiders Black lightning and Katana should have been recruited, felt rushed in parts liked what they did to Killer Croc, also liked the use of the Jaguar XJS as the first Batmobile.
I have to say I liked the idea of killer croc being one of Batman's allies. I think its a unique take on the character. Can't say I find much else interesting though. I wonder how many of the similarities between this film and the reeves film were intentional. Reeves offered his own explanation about rich people having hidden subway tunnels when discussing why he modified the Batcave but there are other aesthetic elements that feel pretty similar to Earth One.
I now want to see your review of the other Earth One takes on characters: -Superman -Wonder Woman -Green Lantern -Teen Titans (that one is a unique take)
I love earth one.Like it tried its best to fix dc universe and it did the impossible.when my friend heard about it he asked me if I was high.But I actually liked this version of superman and he wasnt as Op which was great
I preferred the Telltale games, Beware the Batman cartoon, or the recent Imposter mini-series. But I thought it was a decent young Batman story. I think 3 jokers should've been used here.
The massive gaps between releases really killed the momentum of Earth One. They’re pretty quick reads, and having to wait two years between comics that take maybe an hour to get through makes it hard to stay excited. The art is good, but I’d rather have less meticulously detailed art and a steadier release schedule.
Like if they were thiccer and more like mini novels or even a miniseries ala Injustice I;d understand it
I think a biyearly schedule would've really helped.
I don’t it’s really the art that’s slowing it down. I’m pretty sure, it’s Geoff Johns lol
Yeah, I bought the complete collection and being able to read it all at once is great but I’d have gone mad waiting years for releases
Every two years could have easily worked but there was three years between vol 1 and 2 and 6 fucking years between 2 and 3
Honestly, regardless of the overall quality of this series over time, it's cool to see how much of it inspired Reeves' work on The Batman.
I cannot believe you've avoided mentioning Catwoman's horrible design.
I think that's a given and the equivalent of beating a dead horse
It feels like they where trying to parody the Silver Age costume but failed
@@dallasgrey4247 yeah...
That's nitpicking.
What? Your the one who has a problem buddy. I see nothing wrong with it. What were you looking for?
Batman Earth One is easily my favorite Earth One retelling by far. I loved how Geoff Johns wrote Gotham City like a living monster that corrupted everything inside of it. Also how Batman and Jim Gordon are the first people to dare stand against it
I couldn´t agree more. I have read many stories by Geoff Johns and Batman Earth One is really one of his best works. It surpasses easily infinite crisis, blackest night, even flashpoint or three jokers.
My favorite is how it really focuses on Bruce being a Arkham, and how he either has fallen to the curse that has plagued his family for generations, or has broken and stood against it.
@@ProjektTaku Bruce Wayne being an Arkham is such a good idea, it adds one more thing that Bruce has to overcome; the supposed "curse" of his family, even Martha Wayne (Arkham) was not mentally well, will he overcome it? Or will he fall? Considering he's wearing a bat suit and fighting crime in the Streets, you could argue he's already insane, but yet he's still a good guy even after it all.
@@CalvinNoire its a fantastic dilemma. The Wayne family lore has been constantly expanded upon, with a supposed "dark history", but we don't get to seem much into Martha nor her family, and its actually extremely heartwarming watching Bruce try to connect with his mentally unwell grandfather, even if it just turns out to be Clayface.
You can definitely tell this majorly impacted Matt Reves' THE BATMAN!
especially the opening
@@thejackdisneyshow4380 I am vengeance
Gary Frank’s art is the best thing on this book for me he has such a cinematic style. I don’t know if they added this in anything else but I wouldn’t mind DC bringing back Bruce being not just a Wayne but an Arkham I thought that was super interesting
Honestly out of all "Earth One" stories I enjoyed Batman the most, all three volumes. Miles better than Superman Earth One. Not masterpiece like Morrison's run but still pretty good imo.
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Have you read Green Lantern? I really enjoy it so far. Waiting for Volume 3 to come out.
While I certainly enjoyed Batman Earth One, I definitely enjoyed Superman Earth One much more.
Gotta go team: Superman!
That version was awesome.
I LOVED the JMS earth one Superman. It’s like a version of man of steel that kept the spirit of the comics.
I really like the idea of a green and inexperienced batman. It makes him more human and knowing he will grow into a badass only makes it much more satisfying
The problem is most likely that the new 52 made the earth one books redundant because they were being released at the same time. Think about it, would you choose the ( then) in continuity series with the all the hype behind it, or the separate series with no ties to anything at the time? It worked with ultimate Spider-Man because that was an ongoing series that came out regularly and immediately revealed that it was part of something bigger.
Plus, now with the Black Label line, Earth One seems even more unnecessary Unless they just fold earth one into that Branding
Earth One in itself is it's own brand. Most BL stories are solo ones but Earth One label is about stories IN that universe.
@@Comicbroe405 I know that. I’m just saying that BL is extremely popular, just incorporating Earth one would increase its profile.
@@Dhampir101980 Hmm... Could be.
Some of the New 52 Batman stuff is the best ever. Court of Owls, City of Owls, Death of the Family, Endgame, etc
I heard they pulled Black Label and aren't doing any more mature stories like that.
I would definitely love to see more videos discussing Earth One in the future. Because this feels like DC’s response to Marvel’s Ultimate Universe.
That was actually the All-Star imprint at the time but when you really think about it new 52 be its answer to the ultimate universe, it has its good points but it's incredibly flawed and was long put out of its misery
I vote Superman Earth One next.
@@nicwinsteadart5330 All-Star was the first attempt but failed so they made Earth 1 next.
I’ll be honest Earth one Batman wasn’t one of my favorites but I did find the concept alone intriguing enough to keep reading. Also it was a fresh breath of air to have Kill Croc be on the side of good for a change and be an actual solid dude.
Agreed. It was a nice re-imaging of Bruce/Batman. I enjoyed it!
Recently got volume three and had to reread the first two because I forgot what happened in them. I did enjoy all three for this humanized batman but volume 2 is my favorite for its use of the Riddler. The way that he is done, you can tell he isn't much of a fair gamesman, even when Batman solves his riddle. We may not get a volume four but dang, you can't end a book with Joker and just leave it. Something about that Joker page just seems extreme and that he would change this batman forever.
for some reason i really love how batman and croc are bros in this series
I loved Batman Earth One! I wish they brought this darker approach to more mainstream canon comics.
Thing is unless they’re very meticulous in who they choose to write the books Modern DC doesn’t exactly have a great track record for being dark without being gratuitous
I enjoyed reading this series as I consider that Alfred was one of my favorite character as he was very different than previous incarnations as he was given a military background in which he used toward Bruce.
I never get tired of hearing about Batman: Earth One cause it sounds really cool and has great art. Great video Owen!
Thanks a ton!
I bought the 3 in 1 book only 2 months ago and honestly I loved it. Didn't like the catwoman suit but still the artstyle and storytelling was fresh and grounded. So I personally loved it.
Volume 1 is among my favorte modern Batman stories and it's probably my favorite reinvention of the character altogether. Seeing how 2022's 'The Batman' takes a lot of cues and inspiration from this particular version of the character made extremely happy, as we finally got the chance to see an interpretation of Batman based on something that wasn't 'Year One', 'The Dark Knight Returns', 'The Killing Joke' or 'The Long Halloween' on its entirely.
im starting to see how much of an influence earth one might actually end up having on the upcoming batman film, in a few weeks guess we'll find out if that was the right direction to go lol
I think having it based on Earth One was good.
Matt Reeves' 2022 The Batman has a lot or Earth One's DNA in it. It's definitely a series with its own merits.
I love that this Batman is much more talkative to Gordon than normal, it really shows that he’s not as confident as normal and he’s still a little more awkward, and doesn’t do that disappearing thing
I love when they play with it with batman disappearing behind gordon, only for him to say "over here", a he climbs through a window. Shows that he's actually just a guy.
While I don't like vol 3 (I think Johns tried to do way too much in one book) I think Batman Earth One still one the best reinventions of Batman story. Besides the development of Jim Gordon and Harvey Bullock dynamic, I specially like how flawed Batman is in these stories. Considering how Batman nowadays is basically a Gary Stu, who knows everthing and pull deus ex-machinas from his belt, it's good to see a version of him who is not the best, who makes mistakes but never to the point of being a fool, learning from his failures and becoming stronger and better hero.
@Connor I don't think so. Mary Sue is to refer to a person who has no flaws and is perfect and able to solve problem with no difficults, and that's how DC have being portraying Batman in the recent years.
@@alexandrefrauches132 it's Gary stu actually
@@oofyeet5935 Oh right! I didn't knew that. I shall correct! Thanks!
@Connor Also: Mary Sue was always meant when a fan writer puts themselves into the book
@@Lukecash2 That's just a self insert character.
One aspect I'm surprised you didn't delve on much is Harvey Bullock. He was one of the most interesting characters in the book that he starts out as a well-meaning but smug celebrity detective who is introduced to the horrors of Gotham and goes on a downward spiral into alcoholism. It's a shame they don't really do much with his character by Vol. 3.
Also, that Outsiders tease at the end reminded me a lot of how Beware the Batman set up the Outsiders by the end, but with no season 2 to really expand on that premise.
When you bring up all these different characters like Barbara and even Celina being inspired by Batman and almost reminds me of Crazy Steve's Adventures by Frank Miller but done right
Despite volume 3 not being as refined as the first two, Earth One is one of my favorite Batman runs. I loved reading Bruce’s growth from a newbie vigilante who can barely manage against average thugs to the master detective and crime fighter we know and love as well as his relationship with Alfred. As far as “early-day Batman” stories go, I prefer it over Year One.
Gary Frank's artwork is just...*chef's kiss*. First time I had seen his work was "Superman: Secret Origin". The man's line work, and expressions are top-notch.
It’s cool to see how elemements from this run have bleed into Matt Reeves The Batman, Intentional or not.
Originally Earth-One was the main DC universe until Crisis on infinite earths and also was the home to the silver age incarnations of various DC characters such as Superman (Kal-El), Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern (Hal Jordan), The Flash (Barry Allen), Hawkman (Katar Hol), The Atom (Ray Palmer), the Justice League of America, the Teen Titans, the Doom Patrol, etc. After the crisis it would merge with Earth-Two (Home to the Justice Society of America & the Golden Age incarnation of various DC Characters), Earth-Four (Home to Charlton Cómics characters such as Captain Atom, Blue Beetle, Peacemaker, The Question, etc), Earth-S (Home to the Captain Marvel and the Marvel Family) and Earth-X (Home to the Freedom Fighters) to create New Earth.
In actuality batman's training is completely incomplete because he had his combat experience from his legal guardian/adopted father Alfred pennyworth only instead of travelling the world as he's used to complete his own vigilante hero training like in the original comics back in those days.
I’m glad this series is getting some love I think it’s one of the best modern batman stories and it’s one of the main reasons I’m so hyped about the batman as it seems to be taking a lot of from this great series
I do admit if the Earth one series got made into an animated movie universe and had Batman earth one got made into an animated movie series i could see Roger craig smith for Batman Kelsey grammer and Jennifer hale for Thomas and martha wayne as well as having Alfred molina for the penguin and John Rhys-Davies for Alfred and JB blanc for James Gordon after his role in persona 4
Oh I love the idea of a animated movie universe based on the Earth One graphic novels! Then that'll mean we can have character that hadn't got an E1 book yet and even make a version that works in the E1 inspired animated universe like the Flash.
Earth One is definitely one of the best alternate takes on Batman. Wish we could get some more of it.
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I think Batman earth one was the true inspiration behind the batman 2022 movie
I always liked the earth one comics wish they would of put a little bit more focus on it
I recently binged through all of Batman Earth One. It was awesome. But then I got sad when I saw the massive gap of volumes.
Earth one Batman was so cool to me cause I am always a sucker of seeing batman struggle on his first day as Batman and even so much that techs of his break down seeing he clearly has a lot of improvement. I know we have many adaptations of Batman like that but earth one Batman stood out to me as an actual real life batman struggling to actually getting progress.
I think that the biggest problem was that it was only graphic novels, not a monthly title. had it been a monthly title, we would have had more investment in the universe because we would have more of it in general.
Maybe they should've had given some heroes and villains monthly's to carry on while some have graphic novels, like a E1 Flash monthly.
I wanna read this now! This actually sounds quite interesting and I love that Batman is more vulnerable from the sounds of it. I do love Batman, but I hate how he has been portrayed as the one who cannot mess up, so this sounds refreshing.
And I like hearing this version of Killer Croc.
I need to buy more "Earth One" comics! I like the "imperfect" Batman angle as more realistic. It also makes Alfred a more competent mentor and father figure to him.
Good review, I'm curious to see your take on Green Lantern Earth one
I read the Complete Collection paperback and absolutely loved it. One of my fav comic books of all time
The Batman (2022) movie, sounds like it’s using a lot of elements from this Earth One story🤭🤭.
I dunno why, but I like that they made Killer Croc and Catwoman, who're normally evil, actually side with Batman. It's something different that's interesting to see play out in a comic and it's odd that they don't really do stuff like that these days (unless they have Harley Quinn/the Suicide Squad involved, but they're not full-on heroes either)
Catwoman is never evil. I don’t know what friggin comics you’ve been reading but she is almost always depicted as an Anti-Hero who whilst being a thief is also an ally and romantic interest of Batman. It’s only Killer Croc they turned into a good guy.
I think even though Earth One itself never realized it’s full potential due to muddling delays and Johns schedule . It’s interesting how other adaptations were taking elements it introduces and tries to expand on delve into it . Beware the Batman, Gotham, Batman Telltale, The Batman movie and arguably Joker and Batman v Superman took some elements from Earth One so it at least has that going for it at the very least
I feel you could’ve stood to be more critical toward the 3rd volume. I understand if your opinion isn’t that it was bad or noticeably worse than the other two, but I think the fact that the entire plot is predicated on an incredibly obvious twist, several overused tropes, and underdeveloped reveals is a major reason the series became the overall disappointment with potential that it is. The ending kind of retroactively impacts the other volumes by poorly dragging out the Dent storyline beyond volume 2, and having everything lead up to this Batman universe becoming very similar with in-canon Batman, despite the initial concept’s appeal being that it’s supposed to be different. If it all just winds up the same with slight differences here and there, than the story loses significance as its own thing
I think while the reveals were kinda weird, I still enjoyed them. The dent thing was kind of hilarious. It went from the reader thinking Harvey would become two-face, to the reader thinking Jessica would become two-face, to the characters thinking Jessica's two-face, to the audience and characters thinking harvey's alive and two-face, to the audience and batman finding out Jessica was in fact two-face.
I think its still decently different enjoy to be unique. Killer croc is a major part of this, plus clayface.
Well, I do really like Gary Frank’s artwork.
All these volumes plus three jokers are like some of my favorite batman stories ever and still hoping for more batman from johns someday!
I would love to see this universe expanded. If it was stretched to at least 5 volumes with the expansion of the development of the outsiders included... that would be a fantastic story.
Batman earth one feels like a prequel to the Batman by matt reeves
I absolutely loved Batman: Earth One and I wish it continued
True it's so made well
I'm pretty sure it'll get continued through another series of books (whether or not it's Batman and the Outsiders: Earth One or a World's Finest/Trinity/Justice League: Earth One title.) We just need to be patient for it.
So I don’t think anything went wrong outside of delays on the artistic side?
I think the Frank Art is very much worth it, but yeah I get what you mean, especially with time lapse between volumes 2 and 3. We can also ignore the Catwoman costume (it goes away by the end of the third volume).
I wanna say Johns had said that he had 6 volumes in mind for this series, but that maybe hoping for too much. Still a lot of room to explore and those two are still collaborating even now right? Seems within the cards if they do deem it.
I think for me, the thing that makes this work, is that it presents a Batman built from the ground up. All of the pluralities that are added on to Batman which allow him to measure up to other heroes, are taken away, and all you really have left is the Human, the Man if you will. It overall represents a more complete journey for the character, and sometimes felt more satisfying to read than a lot of the modern “Because He’s Batman” interpretations. I love BatGod, but I also love Batman who is fallible, who makes mistakes, who isn’t perfect all the time, thats what I love about this series.
Ultimately for me, Batman doesn’t need to be the ultimate fighter or detective, he just needs to try to be those things or work towards it, that’s what made this story compelling and worth reading.
I also would love if you made a video on Three Jokers like this, I know that’s probably more maligned, but I think What Went Wrong applies there more than here overall, even if I still like that story.
Thank you for being a positive voice in the comics community, you’re videos are some of the best content on the medium on the internet!
The Batman movie with Rob Pattinson also took inspiration from earth one
If you want a more humor focused overview of the series, I highly suggest you watch ComicPop's series on the Batman: Earth One series. Or their other Earth One books. Actually, just watch all their stuff.
Definitely, I love their videos!
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I’m shocked that more people aren’t talking about how the Pattinson Batman movie is HEAVILY influenced by Earth One.
My favorite part of the series was Bullock. What happened to him at the end of the first book is one of the most depressing things I’ve ever read in a comic book.
This was a good video, one where Owen Likes Comics becomes fully formed (You said that a lot lol)
It’s funny cause I saw in an interview with Geoff Johns with him saying that Earth One Batman would have had “more than 3 volumes” change of plans I guess sadly I really wish they’d put out more of these I don’t even know if they’ll even put out a 4th vol. for Earth One Superman and I really want that one I miss the this series so much
Earth one Batman felt so real and whole
GREAT job as usual Owen.Well done.A couple days ago my neighbor and I were discussing Superman/Batman about how O.P.ed,unrelatable,make no mistakes,have no character growth/arc these 2 are.And here;s a video/comic series addressing those very issues.Didn't know about or buy these comics(haven't been to a comicshop since 2007)Gary's artwork is GREAT in this series,consistently. If I can get the whole series for a reasonable price will buy it.I still think Superman is too O.Ped,unrelatable,etc,etc,..he's basically a god. Looking down at us from Mount Olympus,makes no mistakes,has no character flaws-BORING.And Superman/Batman are 2 of my favorite heroes.In Man of Steel Supes struggled to fly,then flew-people in the audience CHEERED.So did I.Man of Steel gets a lot of hate,but I thought it was a GREAT film.The best Superman movie to date,does anyone remember SUPERMAN RETURNS??? Neither do I,forgetable movie. SEMPER-FI.
I truly love batman earth one volume 1!
What about the rest (assuming you've read them)?
@@Comicbroe405 I haven't gotten around around them so I'm I'm sure
@@docskywalker51riftstudios58 Oh cool then.
Interesting that Killer Croc and Clayface made their debuts before the Joker. Given the obvious inspiration The Batman film took from Earth One. Perhaps Clayface could make a semi-realistic onscreen debut, after all.
Volumes 1 and 2 are definitely 2 of my all time favorite Batman comics.
After having finally watched the full video, I agree about your point when it comes how Jessica arc was executed, and also about the outsiders. As for the future of the series, Johns stated that he want to do more volumes of Batman: Earth One, and he wants to work the Joker in this universe. Now when will that happen is another story.
I don’t understand the attraction to a realistic Batman. He’s not real. He’s a superhero. Making him real takes all of that away. It takes away everything that’s special about him. I hate this book because they make him a superhero but forget the hero. He’s just a man. Why do we care to see that? The very first scene Batmans tech fails, he misses a jump, and falls into trash cans like a clown. Those are words that should never be said about batman. This is BATMAN remember. Not a cosplayer. If we like the human vulnerable guy who can’t do anything then let’s just go watch a movie about cops. Because that’s all they’re making batman now. A man in a bulletproof suit. Wow very cool. I grew up as a kid loving batman because of who he was and how he was written. He has peak mental and physical conditioning, master chemist, biologist, linguist, psychologist, escape artist, acting skills, worlds greatest detective, knows every fighting style, one of the smartest people in DC, master tactician, strategist, weapon user, driver, engineer, acrobat and more. That is awesome. That’s Batman
The fact that he is man that isn’t perfect and isn’t super is what makes Batman great. I love realistic Batman, it shows that he is just a man who is willing to do the right thing. As an adult I prefer more realistic down to earth hero’s, not a fan of magic and powers
@ To each their own. I don’t like watching a hero that struggles to be one
My favorite part about this Batman is that he is not a Batman that does everything perfectly but he is also pretty flawed
Finally someone talking about comics instead of just the stupid movies like mcu
I haven’t read volume 3 yet but I absolutely love the first two volumes, especially volume 2. Volume 2 is one of my favorite Batman comics of all time and is a great riddler story.
Sadly volume 3 is not that good.
The artwork in that book is way too good. When so many bad artists get by with junk why bother being so good.
Batman Earth One wasn't bad, and I like how they touched on Alfred being a "Butler". I think the New 52 stuff that came out after was even better especially Court of Owls, City of Owls, Death of the Family, etc.
I'm still holding out hope that Geoff Johns and Gary Frank will make volume 4! I really want to see their interpretations of the Joker and Robin! I really won't mind if it's the final volume in the series I just really want to read it!
I'm glad Batman earth one got adapted into the new batman flim. the movie did it well
I love the Earth One’s, more than anything else DC has done. My favorite is Green Lantern.
I love this story because it shows that this Batman is super flawed it has made so many mistakes but he's learned from them and I love that he's not perfect yet that's what I love about the dark Knight trilogy with Christian Bale Batman I love that he's not perfect and he makes mistakes but he learns from I can see this be the next DC animated movie
Bale’s a pretty mediocre Batman for such a great couple of films like Batman Begins and The Dark Knight.
@@thomaskilroy4573 in my eyes he still the best live-action Batman to date he understood character more than anybody that's how I feel I've let nobody cannot top Christian Bale's portrayal of Batman but I can't wait to see what Robert Pattinson can bring to the table I think he might surprise everybody
@@2jebeal “Understood the character more than anybody”?! You must be fucking joking. Just because he has the best movies does not mean he understood the character. He didn’t. He was always far too over the top, his Bruce Wayne seemed like he was either looking for attention or trying to hide something and doing a bad job of it. I like Bale, don’t get me wrong. But it just feels like, apart from Batman Begins, he is always one of the least interesting parts of the movie. Bale is okay in his films, it just feels like he’s playing a different character. Or at least he’s playing a Bruce Wayne that is TRYING to be Batman and ‘Public Bruce’, not a Wayne that IS Batman. The voice is ridiculous, but even taking that out of the equation, he’s still too over the top. He’s always pulling weird faces and keeping his mouth open. His mouth is literally open 90% of the time he’s in the suit. He never comes across as that intelligent or cunning either. There are far too many times where he is fooled or duped by the villains and is just made to look stupid. And the public persona of Bruce Wayne is meant to be deceptive, but it isn’t supposed to be annoying. Bale’s Bruce doesn’t seem to take anything seriously. Bruce’s public persona is cocky, but it is still supposed to be likable. With Bale, if someone told you he was Batman, you wouldn’t be that surprised. You’d know that he seemed off. His Batman also always seemed like he wasn’t naturally threatening and was trying too hard to be intimidating. Again, there is nothing wrong with the writing of Bale’s Wayne/Batman. The problem is just how he played it. Apart from Begins, which is probably his best performance in the role, I don’t see Batman in those films. I see an actor playing a character based on Batman. The notes are all there, but something is off. Batman is supposed to be the true persona. Batman is who he really is. Bruce Wayne is the mask. In the Nolan films. It is completely the wrong way round. Nolan’s whole idea of Bruce Wayne being the true identity becomes painfully clear in The Dark Knight Rises. One of the biggest complaints about that film was that “Batman” was only shown for about 20 minutes altogether. And the reason is because Nolan doesn’t believe he is telling the story of Batman, he believes he is telling the story of Bruce Wayne (which he has said himself in multiple interviews). This is about Bruce Wayne’s struggle. When Bruce Wayne finally gets over his massive existential crisis he stops being Batman. Bale’s Bruce used Batman as a means to an end. A way to help him figure out who he is. Once he figured that out, did what he was set out to accomplish, he didn’t need Batman anymore, he could just be himself again. Are you fucking kidding me?!?! Batman isn’t a fucking job! It’s who he is! You can’t just retire from that! And yes I know that in Batman Begins Rachel talks about how Bruce Wayne is the mask and Batman is who he really is. But Rachel’s an idiot. And that dialogue only exists to clarify to fans that Batman is who he really is when nothing else in the movies show it and it’s obviously a fucking lie. That’s why his performance as Batman feels so much like a performance. It’s unnatural. It’s not who he truly is. And that is NOT the result of a team of people who understand the character.
@@thomaskilroy4573 Beautiful comment.
I just read all three volumes back to back in one day, and I enjoyed them. I think they are all pretty unique and fun comics with some problems, specifically the third volume trying to do wayyy too much toward the end. I think if this series was more consistent with releasing in a timely manner it would be a lot better. If they planned it to have one earth one book per series every year, I think that would’ve been way better. I’m almost a decade, from 2012-2021 we got THREE Batman volumes in this series. That’s kinda crazy when you think about it. Still, I enjoyed this interpretation of Batman, and it’s also crazy how much Pattinson’s Batman takes influence from these comics.
This comic is great and I just read it yesterday
Who would say Stewie Griffin had a comic youtube channel
This comment is going to keep me up at night.
I Can't Help but Feel that Some of the Batman: Earth One Stories will be Incorporated in the Upcoming ''The Batman'' Movie!!!
Batman being friends with Killer Croc makes me so happy 😊
alfred a fuckin badass in earth one
I really enjoyed Batman Earth One and was so sad when the ending came.
No spoilers for Superman: Earth One, but it is truly bizarre that that series featured the same twist as Batman (if you’ve read it, you know what I’m talking about). Though I think it worked a lot better in Superman.
Honestly earth 1 is some of my favorite Batman storys
The artwork is cool; and I like seeing Killer Croc get to be more than a mosnter.
I actually loved it. An nice self contained story for a new comer.
penguin became the mayor? Jigsaw riddler? and a more hardcore alfred? this world sounds a lot like gotham
The first two volumes of this series were great, a fun take on the character and the world of Gotham. From subtle changes like Alfred and Bullock, to how Gordon and Batman's relationship grew. Annnnnd then volume 3 happened, and I don't know what the hell that was.
The Batman movie that just came out in 2022 definitely uses a lot of this story
I'm not gonna lie, the first two volumes of Earth One are some of my favorite batman stories. Volume 3 meanwhile has some great moments but feels very rushed
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Great information as always. Thank you.
I love Batman earth one series. I just felt like Geoff Jones and Gary franks just rushed the story of volume three. so they could work on their own series called Geiger for image comics. We didn’t even get into other versions of characters like poison ivy, mister freeze, or scarecrow. I was hoping for a spin-off series of the outsiders. I would love to bring back the earth one series.
Matt Reeves says that Batman year one was a big inspiration for the new Batman film, but I think it takes more from earth one
I genuinely love Batman earth one and hope it’ll keep going one day
Great video thanks also Batgirl could have had a page to show how Barbara improves her skillset, and a panel of female crime fighter stopping bank robbery on MSNBC, as for the Outsiders Black lightning and Katana should have been recruited, felt rushed in parts liked what they did to Killer Croc, also liked the use of the Jaguar XJS as the first Batmobile.
Great video.
I have to say I liked the idea of killer croc being one of Batman's allies. I think its a unique take on the character. Can't say I find much else interesting though. I wonder how many of the similarities between this film and the reeves film were intentional. Reeves offered his own explanation about rich people having hidden subway tunnels when discussing why he modified the Batcave but there are other aesthetic elements that feel pretty similar to Earth One.
I now want to see your review of the other Earth One takes on characters:
-Superman
-Wonder Woman
-Green Lantern
-Teen Titans (that one is a unique take)
I love earth one.Like it tried its best to fix dc universe and it did the impossible.when my friend heard about it he asked me if I was high.But I actually liked this version of superman and he wasnt as Op which was great
I preferred the Telltale games, Beware the Batman cartoon, or the recent Imposter mini-series. But I thought it was a decent young Batman story. I think 3 jokers should've been used here.
The Earth One line always felt like fan fiction that tried to mimic Marvel's Ultimate line edginess.