Batman: Year Two

"Year Two"
Cover of the 2002 re-issue of the collected edition, Batman: Year Two - Fear the Reaper.
PublisherDC Comics
Publication dateJune – 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.

  1. ^ 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. {{cite book}}: |first2= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)