| "Year Two" | |
|---|---|
 Cover of the 2002 re-issue of the collected edition, Batman: Year Two - Fear the Reaper. | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| Publication date | June – September 1987 |
| Genre | |
| Title(s) | Detective Comics #575–578 |
| Main character(s) | Batman Reaper Leslie Thompkins Joe Chill |
| Creative team | |
| Writer(s) | Mike W. Barr |
| Penciller(s) | Alan Davis Todd McFarlane |
| Inker(s) | Paul Neary Alfredo Alcala Todd McFarlane |
| Letterer(s) | Richard Starkings Agustin Mas John Costanza Todd Klein |
| Colorist(s) | Adrienne Roy |
| Editor(s) | Dennis O'Neil |
"Year Two" is the title of an American four-part, 1987 comics story arc featuring Batman, written by Mike W. Barr and illustrated by Alan Davis, Paul Neary, Alfredo Alcala, Mark Farmer, and Todd McFarlane.[1] It originally appeared in the American comic book Detective Comics #575–578, published by DC Comics.
The story was initially a treatment by Barr titled "Batman: 1980", but it was released as "Batman: Year Two" to coincide with the release of Frank Miller's "Batman: Year One". A similar "Batman: Year Three" would later be released.
This story was collected as a trade paperback in 1990. In 2002, DC Comics published a second printing of the trade paperback, this time with the addition of the 1991 one-shot sequel Batman: Full Circle included, with the new edition retitled as Batman: Year Two – Fear The Reaper (ISBN 1-5638-9967-1). Elements of the story were incorporated into the 1993 film Batman: Mask of the Phantasm, including the concept of a masked vigilante waging war on criminals and having a personal connection to Bruce Wayne.
- ^ Manning, Matthew K.; Dolan, Hannah, ed. (2010). "1980s". DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle. Dorling Kindersley. p. 229. ISBN 978-0-7566-6742-9.
In 'Year Two', a four-part sequel [to "Batman: Year One"] set in Batman's second year as a crime fighter, writer Mike W. Barr and artists Alan Davis and Todd McFarlane challenged the Caped Crusader with the threat of the Reaper.
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