This comic book
was written using two perspectives — that of Bruce Wayne from the time his
parents were killed at the age of six to the time he returned to Gotham City
at a ripe age of twenty-five, after patiently readying himself to fight crimes
in their God-forsaken city. Then there's that of Lieutenant James Gordon, a
police officer under the tutelage of the city's Police Commissioner, who
somehow found his way to become Batman's new friend towards the end.
It maintained
Batman's original story as created by Bob Kane and Bill Finger in 1939 and yet
they improved on it, gave it depth, complexity and a wider context. Details
were added especially in Bruce's struggles to become Batman, thereby giving the
story more credibility.
The comic book
is divided into four chapters: I. How I Came To Be; II. Declaration of War;
III. Black Dawn; IV. Friend In Need. Somewhere in between is also Catwoman's
story standing at the sidelines. And towards the end, the creators explained
how it was all done, with Frank Miller writing the script, David Mazzuchelli
doing the illustrations and Richmond Lewis doing the colors and painting. Simply awesome!