For Friday: Miller, Batman: Year One, Chapters Three and Four



Groups A and B should answer TWO of the following (in other words, if you didn’t answer the questions last time, do these ones!)

Q1: At the end of the Chapter Three, Gordon thinks to himself, “He’s a criminal. I’m a cop. It’s that simple. But—.” What makes him add that “but”? How has Chapter Three changed his ideas about Batman? Why is Batman less criminal, and why is he less just in his actions?

Q2:  Throughout the comic, Batman’s plans never quite come off, even though he’s obviously spent a lot of time planning them. What seems to be the problem with being a superhero for him? What does even he conclude that he needs to make his career more successful?

Q3: The Gotham media mistakes Selina (Catwoman) for Batman’s assistant, which pisses her off. But according to the comic, why does Selina become a costumed vigilante? What might this suggest about the nature of superheroes, and why there are so many of them in comic books?

Q4: Why might it be significant that Batman’s most successful mission in the comic is when he isn’t wearing his costume at all? Why doesn’t he wear his costume (or change in a convenient phone booth) to save Gordon’s son?


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