The Batman: Year One

Today on Variant, we break down Frank Miller's iconic story, Batman: Year One, just in time for the young Bruce Wayne to don the cape and cowl on the big screen in THE BATMAN!
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[@kingshadow8782]

Okay

[@kingshadow8782]

Well done!

[@Fighting-Slayer]

Nice

[@MavvyMaloneTV]

Year one and The Long Halloween are my two favorite Batman comics of all time. Mask of the Phantasm is my favorite Batman film. Hopefully, The Batman will be my favorite live action flick🤞🏾🤞🏾

[@iambilly1134]

Definitely gonna be one of the best Batman movies and dc films

[@ezra_west]

Hopefully 🤞

[@Fighting-Slayer]

True

[@rillest75]

It's got my bird twitching in excitement!

[@L7Fx]

I seriously don’t get why people think this movie is as amazing as they make it out to be. it’s OK. not bad but not amazing. 7/10

[@thesilentone3251]

@@L7Fx do you love marvel

[@vincentfranklin17]

Batman: Year One, and The Dark Knight Returns, made me a fan of the character for life.

[@james-nf5ck]

Is year one and the dark knight return connected?

[@vincentfranklin17]

@@james-nf5ck no. They are not connected.

[@arbon2x4]

@@vincentfranklin17 they're connected, all of Frank Miller's Batman story is connected(TDKR, Year One, DK2, All Star Batman and Robin and The Master Race). Year One is the only canon of DC continuity.

[@louisekenway3455]

@@arbon2x4 but what really is the canon origin,Year One or Zero Year?

[@arbon2x4]

@@louisekenway3455 zero year was new 52

[@robinsonsonic]

I love that Batman: Year One is just as much Jim Gordon's story as it is Bruce's. It's (currently) my #2 DCAU movie behind Batman Dark Knight Returns Part One, and I'm constantly rehashing that list to swap it to #1. I haven't had the chance to read the comic, but I should make time for it because it sounds 1:1 with the movie, so I know I'd love it just as much as the movie.

[@juliandesa7472]

Mask of the phantasm?😭 Btw year one and dark knight returns isn’t DCAU, it’s DCAMU

[@robinsonsonic]

@Julian Desa I recently watched Phatasm for the first time and enjoyed it, but not nearly as much as Year One or DKR. Also, I just use DCAU as a catch-all term for the DC Animated movies. With how many times the universe has been reset, I couldn't be bothered with which time line goes where or what movies are apart of what, lol.

[@juliandesa7472]

@@robinsonsonic yeah I get that

[@ernestocaro9802]

The movie is an 100% accurate version of the comic

[@ernestocaro9802]

The movie is an 100% accurate version of the comic

[@SkywardSpork]

I'm cautiously optimistic for the Matt Reeves Batman film but Robert Pattinson is such an incredible actor, so I know I'm going to love the character he creates in those shoes. P.S. Watch the Lighthouse, Willam Defoe and Robert Pattinson are incredible in that film.

[@usernamesmeannothing]

Seeing Willem Dafoe in that and No Way Home makes me want him as the Joker at some point in this trilogy. Specifically the third film, who better to end it on?

[@riannlim991]

@@usernamesmeannothing who said this was a trilogy

[@dankwave5428]

@@riannlim991 iirc they announced it early on in the production of the movie but its been a while since ive read the article so take that with a grain of salt

[@ForeverDakota1]

@@usernamesmeannothing bruh willam defoe not the joker he shouldn’t play the joker. the joker and green goblin two different type of characters

[@htf3596]

@@ForeverDakota1 he would be a good joker we know there not the same

[@quentinfogger5755]

Since you already have done the history of the Riddler, can you do history of the Penguin Since they're both going to be the main Villains of the Matt Reeves Batman movie? Is this Batman movie going to be exciting and worth watching also this isn't the first Batman movie to be called "The Batman"?

[@brandonscott5544]

Right base off around the Batman 2022 movie coming round 😄

[@darrensucksatgames]

All the live action ones have a sub title and the first one was just Batman I think so it’s technically the first “The Batman”

[@kcollier2192]

I remember reading Year One when it first came out- it's a great story and a must read for anyone that truly enjoys comics.

[@jvvayne555]

One of the greatest Batman graphic novels/stories.

[@quentinfogger5755]

Speaking of Alfred Pennyworth, how long till you do history of him since he is one of the most important characters from the Batman comics?

[@treWavey_30]

I just recently watched the movie for the first time because i didnt know much about the comic, but i have to say the movie was pretty good and i love that we got to see jims story as with bruce's beginning.

[@HermannTheGreat]

The writing, the artistry, a must read for any batman comic fan. This story, long-halloween, and Batman White Knight with a mention of Court of Owls are the best of batman imo. Just wish they made more like this.

[@omariwalker1006]

I always thought of Year One as James Gordon story, with Batman as a secondary character.

[@beezarkdrawings7414]

One of my favorite Batman comics along with The Dark Knight Returns and Scott Snyder's Court of Owls.

[@DrewFilms05]

Pretty sure that by saying he's practically blind without his glasses, Gordon was saying he couldn't recognize Bruce's face, so there's no secret to keep.

[@unluckydreamer]

Batman Year One Batman The Long Halloween Batman Dark Victory (my fav) What an amazing trilogy

[@neil6349]

What the third one is about ?

[@faiaazfardin1596]

@@neil6349 sequel to long halloween & dick makes his debut.

[@TheGoldenEmperor]

I don’t know why but I just cracked up when I read “Yes Father, I shall become a bat”

[@Dom_510]

Batman Year One is my favorite comic of all time and I absolutely can’t wait to see The Batman. It’s gonna be a masterpiece!

[@sabilyvein9299]

I think this pandemic has taught people the importance of multiple streams of income, unfortunately having a job doesn't mean security rather having different investments is the real deal.

[@lilianmacarthur5465]

The economic hardship, recession, unemployment and loss of jobs caused by covid 19 pandemic is enough to push people into financial ventures..

[@suzanne7285]

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[@josephmassaro]

Arguably one of the greatest Batman stories.

[@ddddddddddddd6679]

So I was reading year one recently for the first time and overall thought it was alright. Pretty action packed which I really enjoyed. However, there was something that stuck out to me. When you first see Bruce he is coming home to Gotham after spending years training abroad. This implies that he had already decided he wanted to become a crime fighter. I wish we could have seen this in the comic just cause I would have liked to see the actual moment he decides he wants to fight crime, rather than seeing him after he had finished preparing for it

[@aleeshasanchez4654]

Can you do a history on the female DC tarantula ??

[@mascojmusic]

Hey Arris can you guys do some videos talking about Usagi Yojimbo from the TMNT universe???

[@jinx_23]

Batman is the best Superhero of all time: 1) Best Comics ✅ 2) Best Movies✅ 3) Best Animated Series✅ 4) Best Animated Movies✅ 5) Best Memes ✅

[@SkywardSpork]

Spiderman is pretty competitive with the best memes categories.

[@Comicbroe405]

Damn.. I actually agree with everything.

[@creepypasta6758]

If moon knight got him self movies Animated series and animated movie he would top batman no if ands or buts

[@yoursubconscious]

Seeing it March 5 here in Thailand. The release date here is March 3rd, but "my" cinema seats were already booked. FYI, if you ever visit Bangkok, make sure to put "go to a VIP movie at Central Rama 9" on your list. If you wanna go super big, go to "Gaysorn" (near Central World). You will feel like Bruce Wayne, promise.

[@joshuabrock3883]

Could you do a history of gambit he is my favorite superhero

[@FrostTheHobidon]

This story was perfectly had a Fateful animated movie

[@donjoel6754]

Good to meet a fellow fan of batman year one. My English teacher showed me the comic once as a surprise to the students. Good memories.

[@mcurran6505]

"Ladies. Gentlemen. You have eaten well. You've eaten Gotham's wealth. It's spirit. Your feast is nearly over. From this moment on, none of you are safe." - Batman: Year One (1987), written by Frank Miller and illustrated by David Mazzucchelli.

[@quentinfogger5755]

Can you do history of the Justice Society of America and the Seven Soldiers of Victory?

[@savagedarksider5934]

Batman Year-One, All-Star Batman and the boy wonder, the dark knight returns, dark knight strike against, the master race, And Superman: Year-One are in the same continuity.

[@quentinfogger5755]

So Carmine Falcone is the first Villain Batman fought against before the Joker. Are you going to do history of him?

[@ankurdesai8370]

Well, not the first villian batman fights, well kinda 1]when we use the term villians its generally talking about super villians or extreme criminals like joker scarecrow, riddler, bane etc or people with actually super powers[ aka villians of other heroes] 2] the thing with falcone is that he is suppose to be just the typical mob boss. those generic city crime controller/ mob boss who the hero fights before the any of his villians show up or are created. 3]we have seen it with all street level heroes, there is a generic crime boss that the hero opposes cause they don't even fight the mob boss, just put a wrench in the operations and once the villians the hero fights show up the mob boss disappears in the background, become a C list character if lucky used for really small storylines. 4] Falcone is always used like that, just here is a generic crime boss batman fights and is quickly forgotten about once other villians show up. so he doesn't have much of a history 5]even in the nolan flims which tried to make a realistic batman and used only 4 of batman's rougues gallery, he wasn't given much, has a scene where he explains the power of fear to bruce in one of the flashbacks, then once bruce starts as batman the first thing he does is arrest falcone and then scarecrow uses his fear toxin on him and locks him in arkham for being crazy and we never see him again in batman begins or future films. 6] the only storylines where falcone gets any character or a history or is even depicted as a serious problem are Batman year one and batman the long halloween, and he ends up dead by the end of long halloween! 7] he is just the generic mob boss batman must oppose before any of his villians turn up, as they usually come in after he starts chasing criminals off the street, a sort of escalation in crime. 8] only exception to this is kingpin from marvel an antagonist to daredevil and spiderman who is a serious threat and has been the main antagonist and a big problem to all marvel street level heroes who operate in or near newyork. Not just a generic forgotten mob boss.

[@ericfigueroa82]

You should cover the "Before the batman" book before the movie comes out

[@jordachejordan90]

I didn't realize how closely Batman Begins followed Yr. 1.

[@savagehiro1720]

Where my Variant Family at?🤜🏾🤛🏾

[@brucelau2023]

Definitely Batman year One and Batman the long Halloween is just truly exciting and very great to read before the Batman movie I am optimistic about this movie because Robert Patterson is a phenomenal actor, Zoë Kravitz is an absolute amazing actress and I think this movie is going to be amazing , thank the Lord it’s not connected to anything

[@brodymargela1629]

Never thought I would see a young batman in a cinematic movie Couldn't be more excited

[@divyanshusrivastav3706]

@warwik Xio but it was more Bruce Wayne and less Batman in detective sense which was year one comics.

[@ezzekieldirks8542]

@@divyanshusrivastav3706 Do you think that they are gonna rebuild the Wayne Manor? Cause i really want to see him in his mansion. I don't want to see him keep living in the Wayne tower

[@kaisa8204]

@@ezzekieldirks8542 Personally I think the Batcave will be established at the end of the second movie as Gotham is rebuilding itself I think Batman will start the construction of the cave/Manor to help with his Bruce Wayne alter Ego it would be a good way to incorporate his growth throughout this trilogy

[@quentinfogger5755]

So when are you going to do history of DC Despero since he is one of the biggest Justice League Villians from the Comics?

[@isgnrk]

Just finished reading The Long Halloween. It’s so sad how Harvey becomes two face…

[@skymanxd6366]

Today I didn’t even know there was a Batman year one but I just randomly searched it

[@millionairesburner24]

10:49 this panel made this nd the movie my top 3 Batman comics

[@Channel-lj1zx]

Friday???? I got tickets for a Wednesday showing 😎

[@BrewBlaster]

What do you think of the video version of "Year One"?

[@quentinfogger5755]

Can you do history of the Elementals, Cyclone and Sandman along with Kurt Conners the Lizard, Rhino, Kraven the Hunter, Chameleon, Scorpion and the Human Fly along with Morbius, Alistair Smythe the Ultimate Spider Slayer and Loxias_Crown AKA Hunger?

[@massimopetrangelo8692]

Awesome video on Batman Year One! I hope you review Dark Victory since you already did The Long Halloween! I’m so hyped for The Batman! 🙌🦇

[@davidcatlett4052]

Yep. The director of The Batman has said his movie is basically Batman: Year Two.

[@joeclarke7982]

How could you forget the ALL TIME CLASSIC comic Batman: Year 2, featuring the iconic villian The Reaper in his red jumpsuit.....oh ya thats right we all tried to forget about it

[@mitchelltravers4797]

I love how it retained exactly to the Batman year one animation movie. It really ties in to what the Batman movie will give. And how the Riddler is the first villain and is not the Joker

[@thirdplanet4471]

I recommend the movie adaption as well

[@usernamesmeannothing]

After watching Robert Pattinson in The Lighthouse along with Willem Dafoe makes me want his Batman to fight Willem Dafoe as the Joker. This is the chance to see him as the Clown Prince of Crime. I think they should, if they consider Joker at all of course, save him for the final movie in the trilogy. Of course this is all speculation and I honestly think that Joker is a tad (just a tad) overdone. (Probably the Arkham series doing that honestly.) However, I think it'd be cool.

[@kevinc.cucumber3697]

Willem Dafoe is way too old to be the Joker

[@kevinc.cucumber3697]

I want them to treat Joker like Hannibal Lecter from Silence of the Lambs. Batman is trying to catch criminals and fix gotham but gotham is increasingly getting worse and worse. In order to fix the city and defeat the villains he has to understand how they think so he goes to arkham asylum and look to Joker for advice. Joker agrees to help batman but in the same time he is playing with his head making batman question his own morals and choices. He’s a beloved character but im sick of seeing him as the main villain.

[@kaptainriflebeard5980]

In my head now after watching this, the Robert Pattinson Batman movie will now be called Batman Year Two

[@WarTheory]

I hope the new Batman flick is good... The fact it took them 11 to 12 blows incapacitate someone doesn’t look too good

[@danieldsouza6330]

Can u do a house of M Breakdown( explain)

[@chidieberenwadike4165]

9:52 Wtf is Mickey Mouse doing here? 😂

[@faintcaribou9768]

Carnage gets his own series can you review it pls

[@sandmaker47]

Could've mentioned the year one animated movie.

[@ajeshnilata1540]

Robert Pattinson is my favorite Batman now Also can you guys do a history of the penguin

[@christianallen611]

You guys should do a break down of my favorite Batman story, the Long Halloween

[@nikaoharbour6962]

i appreciate batman begins more now

[@re11o]

They did a great job with this movie too💯

[@smellybuttbread]

This was my first comic book I ever bought! So excited that you're covering it!

[@Fighting-Slayer]

For sure gonna see as soon as it comes out

[@DrewFilms05]

"Before we get to see the live action take on Friday" Me, already having tickets to the early Imax premiere on Tuesday: *smiles and sips drink slowly*

[@lucastoro6224]

I love the way you read through comics like this. Thank you!

[@aavillagomez]

Best Batman comic ever. No doubt.

[@kingshadow8782]

Hi

[@savagehiro1720]

King Shadow 🤴

[@jokotri2186]

I read it, it kinda average to me. I don't get the hype for it, it had a lot and a lot of monologues. Most overated comic

[@TheSpeedMason]

Dang, sorry to hear that you didn't enjoyed it. Personally I really liked it, the long monologues provide insight and exposition to what Bruce Wayne and Batman thinks about certain situations. Not to mention a lot of comics does this, like Ultimate Spider-Man.

[@greyworld6242]

Damn the animated movie adapted this very well.

[@kalebhendrickson7672]

I can't wait for this next Batman movie

[@stephenwhite3187]

GREAT STORY I LOVE YEAR ONES EVERY HERO NEEDS ONE

[@ComfortsSpecter]

Incredible Art Near Immaculate Vibe It’s just an Wonderful Work showcasing My Favorite Genre of Batman Starting Batman Is just so Dynamic and Beautiful Humanistic

[@thenationaltimelyactionhou9328]

I love your channel Aris, and I love this book! But I can't believe it's taken you so long to review Year One!

[@BlamoStramo]

Batman: Earth One seems to be a lot closer to what The Batman is doing

[@carlosrvra]

In the animated version, Gordon and the guys with the baby, who are IN VEHICLES, are followed by Bruce, ON FOOT. The bicycle makes a little more sense, though I do wish Batman just jacked one of the shot guys' car or something.

[@noiisserpmii]

If u never seen the animated movie of Year 1 it perfectly replicates the novel. Especially crashing the party of elite & saving gordons baby

[@mrmysterious8124]

Can you look at the Origins of The Brain from Teen Titans\Doom Patrol🧠🤖

[@darkservantofheaven]

call me a cynic, but Ive seen so much Batman in movies, Im honestly not excited for this. which is a shame, because it looks like something I should be interested in, but the early years were done already in Batman Begins, plus after 9 Batman movies, Im kind of burned out. plus it looks like its another chapter in the Dark Knight Saga (which Im not enamored with any more)....sigh I cant wait 4 Blade 2023... we havent seen BLade since 2004, so I am way more excited 4 that

[@Biggyxay123]

Can you do a Superman vs Majin buu 🤩🤩

[@pedrogandolfi3991]

One of the best comics I ever read, from the beautiful artwork to the incredible story and characters. The only comics I can think that are better are Watchmen and The Dark Knight Returns, being my other favorite two comics.

[@Chaosic]

Good review,glad you also went to the comics after year one,I saw the DC animated adaption of year one which was average to me.

[@rudra7615]

way to make Batman and Joker as contrasting as possible...Batman, the perfect sculpture of good and Joker the disfigured grostque vessel for evil

[@mostafafarweez3161]

It is an epic classic indeed and also should se it's amazing animated movie :)

[@filhanislamictv8712]

The Animation was awesome

[@Nobodyimportant111]

Hey Variant! It's awesome to see another awesome video from this great channel!

[@quintencrook6068]

Can we not call Frank Miller "great"? Like, the dude has gone full on crazy town in the last few years, and is very Islamaphobic.

[@DownWithYogaPants]

Emo Batman, sure why not? Useless actor not even worth mentioning. The only good actor's to have donned the cape was Keaton, Bale and Affleck.

[@omariwalker1006]

I just watched the animated adaptation of this recently. So Good!!

[@donaldclay9535]

Gordon has a Son? What About His Daugther Batgirl?

[@txmoney]

To date there has not been a great Batman film. Although some are better than others, the best portrayal and story on film is yet to come…if ever. Frank Miller’s Year One is the best story.

[@Quikjl]

Dark knight returns and Batman year one are must reads..

[@ernestocaro9802]

My favourite Batman comic, is not as dark or psychological as others but is probably the most realistic one, and that's my favourite type of Batman.

[@mattmanjgigs1229]

This is the first Batman movie I’m not excited for one bit

[@LonelyLoserDon]

Thank you for all of the hard work that you put into your amazing videos! God bless.

[@dannyagbese2043]

finally a comic i actually owned when i was younger😁

[@hoshiryu]

Wait so the Movie is Batman who has only been Batman for 2 Years? Cool just like Arkham Origins

[@JoeChard]

something i don’t understand is that batman year one and the dark knight returns are in the same continuity, however when i search up when each are set year one is set in 1989 but the dark knight returns is somehow set in 1986?

[@dailynewsgrind6116]

0:30 Frank Miller? Nice. I love frank miller's writting. And art? He draws too right?

[@amvsdaily8944]

i must say if it take batman year 1 inspiration i think they cant make movie that horable i mean year 1 was AWSOME so movie might awsome too

[@quentinfogger5755]

What do you think is the best thing about this comic book event and who do you think is the best character?

[@joshuagraham2843]

i relised batman year one isn’t about batman it’s about commisioner gordon he’s the main character in this story he narrates about how gotham corrupted and met batman first time when they were young

[@yeahboi4266]

If you ever get find this comment I was wondering if the celestials ever fought Galactus

[@stevengalloway8052]

🤔 Is it natural for me to think that Batman Year One is the prequel to Batman The Long Halloween? 😏