Unlike most superheroes, he does not possess any superpowers he makes use of intellect, detective skills, science and technology, wealth, physical prowess, martial arts skills, an indomitable will, fear, and intimidation in his continuous war on crime.īatman became a very popular character soon after his introduction and gained his own comic book title, Batman, in 1940. He fights an assortment of villains such as the Joker, the Penguin, the Riddler, Two-Face, Ra's al Ghul, Scarecrow, Poison Ivy, and Catwoman, among others. Batman operates in the fictional American Gotham City, assisted by various supporting characters including his crime-fighting partner, Robin, his butler Alfred Pennyworth, the police commissioner Jim Gordon, and occasionally the heroine Batgirl. Wayne trains himself both physically and intellectually and dons a bat-themed costume in order to fight crime. Having witnessed the murder of his parents as a child, he swore revenge on criminals, an oath tempered with the greater ideal of justice. In the original version of the story and the vast majority of retellings, Batman's secret identity is Bruce Wayne, an American millionaire (later billionaire) playboy, industrialist, and philanthropist. Originally referred to as "The Bat-Man" and still referred to at times as "The Batman", he is additionally known as "The Caped Crusader", "The Dark Knight", and "The World's Greatest Detective," among other titles. The character first appeared in Detective Comics #27 (May 1939), and since then has appeared primarily in publications by DC Comics. If you buy from the links, I get a little commission that helps me get more books to feature.Ī | Amazon.ca | .uk | | | | Amazon.es | .jp | Amazon.cn | Batman is a fictional character, a comic book superhero created by artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger. The Art of Rocksteady's Batman: Arkham Asylum, Arkham City & Arkham Knight is available at Amazon ( US | CA | UK | DE | FR | IT | ES | JP | CN) and Book Depository This book was borrowed from Basheer Graphic Books for review purposes. It's a good book that should appeal to the fans despite the downsides. Anyway it's a small proportion of game stills compared to art, just that some of those stills are blown to double pages. And finally some might prefer less game stills and more art. They only used game stills (three) for Mr Arkham Knight himself and one piece of concept art. Art from Arkham Knight felt restricted even though there are over hundred pages of content because the book's holding back on the spoilers, the bad guys. Would have been good even more enemies, even the miscellaneous ones could be shown. Not all the enemy characters are included. Arkham City's coverage only has 55 pages while the other two games were given over hundreds of pages each. Overall, it's an insightful read and helps you understand more about the world. There's also a one page writeup on the programming aspect of the game. There are creators of the game talking about the design of the game, the characters and the production. There's quite a good amount of commentary and interviews to go with the art. Somehow, the game just makes the world feels more real, just like how the games also let you experience what it's like to be running around in the Arkham universe, or as they call it the Arkhamverse in the book. It visually departs from the usual comic style art associated with DC comics. There are things like 3D renders of Arkham Asylum, paintings of streets in Arkham City, props and many more. The artworks are reproduced big and look great. There are over hundreds of artworks, the concept art that comes in form of sketches, character designs, digital paintings, environment layouts and 3D stills from the game. Now we have an artbook that goes behind the scenes to show you what it took to create the games. When I first played Arkham Asylum, I was taken in by the details of the design of the environment and the overall mood. The book covers all the three Arkham games namely Arkham Asylum, Arkham City, and Arkham Knight. This hardcover book comes in at 304 pages. Here's the ultimate artbook companion to the Arkham games and it's well worth the wait.
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