Damon Lindelof

I enjoyed this a lot more than I thought I would! I liked it a lot more than Year One, though that one was still good. I loved all the different art, the styles were so drastically different between each issue! The first issue’s art done by Jeff Lemire had some really interesting art choices that played around with the traditional “comic panel” form, which I enjoyed. That story certainly showed me a different side of Alfred I hadn’t seen before. The second story was a really neat look into how thoroughly Batman thinks out his plans and possible encounters. I also really enjoyed the story with Two Face as it delved more into how tragic Batman’s rogue gallery is and how Batman grows to understand them but still must continue to stop them, sometimes even saving them from themselves. Of course the Joker also has a prominent role in a couple of the stories, but being able to see Harvey Dent was nice. The story with Robin where they stop a crime before it happens was also really good. I loved how it showed off yet another side of Batman in wanting to instill fear as a deterrent and in wanting to actually help criminals turn their lives around because he truly understands what it’s like to come from a place of darkness.… (meer)

The Old West.. where a lone cowboy leads an uprising against a terror from beyond our world. 1873. New Mexico Territory. A stranger with no memory of his past stumbles into the hard desert town of Absolution. The only hint to his history is a mysterious shackle that encircles one wrist. What he discovers is that the people of Absolution don't welcome strangers, and nobody makes a move on its streets unless ordered to do so by the iron-fisted Colonel Dolarhyde (Ford). It's a town that lives in fear. But Absolution is about to experience fear it can scarcely comprehend as the desolate city is attacked by marauders from the sky. Screaming down with breathtaking velocity and blinding lights to abduct the helpless one by one, these monsters challenge everything the residents have ever known. Now, the stranger they rejected is their only hope for salvation. As this gunslinger slowly starts to remember who he is and where he's been, he realizes he holds a secret that could give the town a fighting chance against the alien force. With the help of the elusive traveler Ella (Olivia Wilde), he pulls together a posse comprised of former opponents-townsfolk, Dolarhyde and his boys, outlaws and Apache warriors-all in danger of annihilation. United against a common enemy, they will prepare for an epic showdown for survival.

—Universal Pictures… (meer)