FREE TALES OF THE BATMAN ALAN BRENNERT PDF Alan Brennert | 200 pages | 26 Jul 2016 | DC Comics | 9781401263492 | English | United States Tales of the Batman: Alan Brennert - Comics by comiXology Back in the s Alan Brennert was a positive rarity as a TV dramatist who occasionally slummed it in comics, never realising he was, in fact, a pioneer. Perhaps writing for television and knowing his dialogue and situations Tales of the Batman Alan Brennert be acted out provided Brennert with an inherent advantage, and he also had the editorial advantage of being able to age the characters in something approximating real time. Hawk and Dove, teenagers in the late s are in their late twenties when he teams them with Batman inand ageing is integral to a story exploring the loss of idealism and innocence. Given his opportunity, he produced several. The most touching of these alternates spotlights the slightly older Batman of what was then categorised as Earth 2, telling the story of how this Batman met, romanced and married Catwoman. It employs the gimmicks of Tales of the Batman Alan Brennert stories with a knowing wink, but allied with a greater realism. Brennert peppers his Tales of the Batman Alan Brennert with guest stars, being fond of Justice Society of America members, but these are smoothly incorporated with purposes beyond nostalgia. When these stories were originally published they exuded sophistication compared to most monthly fodder, but the extra care Brennert took to convince is now far more common, and some elements have dated. Brennert was very true Tales of the Batman Alan Brennert the black or white character of the Creeper, and this leads to some predictive scenes of the hectoring TV commentators now prevalent, but the villain he and Batman face occupies far more space and is now better forgotten. And this is a fine selection of artist, all good storytellers and all distinctive. Release date: UPC: Contains adult content? Does this pass the Bechdel test? Positive minority portrayal? Categories: AnthologySuperhero. Tales of the Batman: Alan Brennert Creators:. Alan Brennert. Dick Giordano. Jim Aparo. Joe Staton. Norm Breyfogle. Review by Ian Keogh Back in the s Alan Brennert was a positive rarity as a TV dramatist who occasionally slummed it in comics, never realising he was, in fact, a pioneer. Other books in this series. Tales of the Batman: Archie Goodwin. Tales of the Batman: J. Williams III. Tales of the Batman: Carmine Infantino. TALES OF THE BATMAN: ALAN BRENNERT | DC Posted By Dan Greenfield on May 30, 2 comments. Click here to check out the piece. You might dig it. DC has just released Tales of the Batman: Alan Brennerta hardcover that collects Tales of the Batman Alan Brennert excellent stories. It came out Tales of the Batman Alan Brennert comics shops last week and is now available at general online retailers. I highly recommend it. This seminal pun intended graphic novel introduced the child who would become Damian Wayne. A kind of sequel to The Killing Joke that offers brief hope for the soul of the Jokerinevitably crushed under the weight of madness. I loved this arc. To read more about it, click here. Click here. Author: Tales of the Batman Alan Brennert Greenfield. So, here we go. As always, your comments are welcome below or in whichever social-media thread you found this. Rarely does a retelling of an origin add to the power of the original, as this one did. I cried when I read this when I was 9 years old. The story that returned the Joker to his homicidal roots. Actually there is hope; you just have to know where to look. The highlight of a superb run by Englehart, Rogers and Austin. Batman: Son of the Demonby Mike W. Barr, Jerry Bingham. Violent, unsettling, brilliant. Share this: Click to email this to a friend Opens in new window Click to share on Facebook Opens in new window Click to share on Twitter Opens in new window. Like this: Like Loading Philip Gipson May 31, Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Search for:. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. Tales of the Batman: Alan Brennert by Alan Brennert Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Want to Read saving…. Want to Read Currently Reading Read. Other editions. Enlarge cover. Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Open Preview See a Problem? Details if other :. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. Preview — Tales of the Batman by Alan Brennert. Jim Aparo Illustrations. Penning Tales of the Batman Alan Brennert a handful of comic tales over two decades, writer Alan Brennert was never a prolific contributor to the DC Universe. But to fans familiar with those iconic tales, Brennert ranks among the all-time greatest Batman authors. Primarily a writer of television and literary fiction, he wrote only nine stories for DC Comics, but all were instant classics. Get A Copy. Hardcoverpages. More Details Tales of The Batman. Other Editions 2. Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought Tales of the Batman Alan Brennert this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about Tales of the BatmanTales of the Batman Alan Brennert sign up. Lists with This Book. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 4. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Start your review of Tales of the Batman: Alan Brennert. Jun 18, Dan Schwent rated it it was amazing Shelves: comics I was not quite five Tales of the Batman Alan Brennert my mom bought me a comic featuring Batman and an adult Robin. It wasn't until this year that I was able to identify it as The Brave and the Boldwritten by none other than Alan Brennert. When I found out Alan Brennert wrote a comic that is one of my earliest memories, I decided to see keep an eye out for this. Fortunately, my wife got it for me for Father's Day. While there's a Christmas story featuring Deadman and Supergirl and an issue of Secret Origins featuring Black Canary saying goodbye to her mother, most of the stories feature Batman. Tales of the Batman Alan Brennert thread continues throughout. The tales make heavy use of parallel worlds. Batman and Robin travel to another Earth to stop that Bruce Wayne's parents from being murdered. The Earth-2 Batman finds love in the arms of Catwoman. Another Batman lives in a world ruled by a Puritanical regime. Even the stories not featuring parallel universes have the heroes showing that they're quite human underneath. The art is also great. For a guy with only nine DC comics to his name, Alan Brennert sure knows his way around a utility belt. I only wish he had more output in comics over the years. No one makes Batman seem more human than Alan Brennert. Aug 03, Martin rated it it was amazing Shelves: reviewedshort-stories. Though this is billed as a Batman book, it should be noted that, of the nine stories collected here, one is a Christmas story featuring Deadman, and another is of Black Canary's secret origin. DC Comics included these presumably because Alan Brennert only ever wrote these nine stories for them, and that they just might as well include them. I'm glad they did. The Deadman story is a gem and Black Canary's secret origin goes a long way to making sense of DC's convoluted post- Crisis continuity in g Though this is billed as a Batman book, it should be noted that, of the nine stories collected here, one is a Christmas story featuring Deadman, and another is of Black Canary's secret origin. The Deadman story Tales of the Batman Alan Brennert a gem and Black Canary's secret origin goes a long way to making sense of DC's convoluted post- Crisis continuity in general, and Black Canary's own streamlined origin. The Batman stories are also all very good, but the star attraction here is the excellent Batman: Holy Terrora one-shot Elseworlds tale. A great book overall, a real pleasure to read, with a nice introduction by the writer, who talks about each of the nine stories in Tales of the Batman Alan Brennert collection. There's always a chance he'll write more of these stories, right? May 04, Anthony rated it it was amazing Shelves: graphic-novelssuper-heroes. Some of my all-time favorite Batman stories collected in one place, plus two I'd never read before. Alan Brennert writes some of the most psychologically complex Batman tales, delving into what makes the Bat and his friends "tick" in interesting ways that drive the action. The former Tales of the Batman Alan Brennert digs into how to live up to a legend you didn't create, how to deal with grief, and how it feels to interact with family who didn't know you existed. That latter story is an exploration of fear and how we overcome it. Brennert wrote this story something like 30 years ago, and it still resonates and reflects the world around us. We've come so far in some ways, and haven't changed at all in others. I had never read Brennert's "Holy Terror" Elseworlds story, and I found it enjoyable especially in the world-building. Aug 24, Acton Northrop rated it really liked it Shelves: comics. Perfect little nuggets of DC lore, you can definitely see why Busiek said there'd be no Astro City without these tales of the inner lives and loves of superhumans.