Del Rey, a division of Random House, is releasing Batman: Dead White on July 25, 2006. Retail for the 320 page book will be $6.99.
I couldn't find any plot information. The writer, John Shirley is known as the godfather of cyberpunk, and has received the World Horror and the Bram Stoker Awards. Sounds like he writes in a lot of diverse fields, but mostly in a horror type genre.
This should really appeal to you guys who like the darker street crime busting Batman.
this looks pretty kool DK, i think i just might chech out this bat-novel. speaking of which, have there been other batman novels in the past? i know that no man's land was a novel aside from comics but what else? whatever happened to that batman casefiles thing? seeing this just reminded me of that. has anyone ever checked that out? i think i might grab that as well as the concept behind it was intriguing.
-bdgB)
Oh, there've been a bunch. Let's see which ones I have lying around here...
-The Further Adventures of Batman, Vol. 1 & 2: Each volume of this series was released after the two Burton films. They feature short stories by a variety of writers, including some who work in comics. The quality varies, but overall they're pretty good. Worth picking up.
-To Stalk a Specter: Batman has to deal with a high-profile assassin who has a target in Gotham.
-Captured By the Engines: Batman deals with mechanical murderers stalking Gotham's streets. This one is notable because it was written by Joe Lansdale, who has done lots of notable work in comics.
-The Batman Murders: Murder victims turn up dressed in imitation Batman costumes. Premise is similar to the comic storyline "The Many Deaths of the Batman," but progresses quite differently from there.
-The Stone King: This was the first of a series of novels that featured the characters from the JLA. I still remember this one pretty well, having read it only a couple of years ago. It was a decent read, but nothing earth-shattering. It was written by one who knows the Dark Knight very well, the great Alan Grant.
-The Rise of Sin Tzu: A tie-in to the video game. It was co-written by Devin Grayson, who readers of Nightwing had come to loathe over the past 4 years. I admit I bought this, but still haven't read it.
-The Ultimate Evil: This features Batman dealing with those who exploit children. There are come moments when Batman seems to act very out of character, and it had some "revelations" about Martha Wayne that were very unpopular, but it's a good read overall. It was adapted into a prestige format comic a few years later.
And then, there are the movie adaptations and the aforementioned Knightfall and NML novels. I can't recommend Rucka's NML novel highly enough, by the way. I think it's far and away the best superhero novel I've ever read. There was also a series of novels set in the BTAS universe in the early '90s, but I've never been able to find any of them. In the late '90s, three bargain-priced hardcover books were released: Tales of the Batman, Adventures of the Batman, and Legends of the Batman. These were anthologies, reprinting some of the stories from the "Further Adventures of Batman" books, along with some new material. Such luminaries as Denny O'Neil contributed. Again, the quality varies, but overall, these are pretty good reads. In addition, there have been great big piles of paperback books aimed at young readers, but I'm not even gonna try to list all those.
BigDaddy Gotham wrote:
this looks pretty kool DK, i think i just might chech out this bat-novel. speaking of which, have there been other batman novels in the past? i know that no man's land was a novel aside from comics but what else? whatever happened to that batman casefiles thing? seeing this just reminded me of that. has anyone ever checked that out? i think i might grab that as well as the concept behind it was intriguing.
-bdgB)
I've thumbed through it in the bookstore, and it's pretty interesting. It's written by longtime Batman writer Doug Moench, and it's basically Batman relating how he used his detective skills to solve various crimes. Very much in line with a CSI: Batman approach. I had been waiting to buy it until the paperback was released. It's out now, and your question reminded me that I still haven't bought it! I'll have to do something about that this week.
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