Another masterpiece from Virgin Megastore!
I visited their one and only store in Kuwait .. the MEGA store as they call it .. although I strongly disagree that that average-size store can be called a MEGA store, but of course I’m not gonna write a whole topic about their store size.
What I’m gona talk about today is their new DC/Batman masterpiece ..!
The Batman Vault: A Museum-in-a-Book Featuring Rare Collectibles from the Batcave !
A massive book/magazine .. that is mainly about BATMAN .. but you won’t see in this book the story of Batman .. Instead you will learn and read about the history of Batman’s Comic.. from old comics, to the first appearance of Batman in Detective Comics .. You will find everything in this book ..
And if you’re a Batman Fan .. you will learn all about the ART of Batman, and how they came up with his costume. Robin, his sidekick has his share in the book. The most interesting thing in the book was that they explained why Robin became Night-wing and the reason for changing his custom from Red/Yellow to Black/Blue. These types of books can be useful if you want to understand the legacy of Batman and most importantly if you read all of Batman’s Comics and you still didn’t understand the story line, then this is the perfect book for you . You will enjoy every page of this book, I did.
We need more of these types of books, which explain a character’s story. Because when you read comics.. sometimes you can’t just understand from what we see or even read .. the idea or the main point of the comic is usually implied and for a rich character like Batman, you need to know everything about the character to understand why did he do that or we didn’t Batman kill the Joker .. although the clown killed the second Robin .. there are other important questions every Batman fan must know and this book will answer all of those questions.
An Amazing book .. if you’re a Batman fan this is a MUST-BUY item!
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Mad Reds – 2010
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I’ve only recently gotten into Batman this year, and this was one of the first graphic novels I read to introduce me to the fandom. Strange choice I know.
Yet after finishing, I had quickly determined that Grant Morrison was to be my favorite B-man writer. So far, especially with the new ongoing B&R series, this remains to be true.
What suprised me most about this book was how intense both the art and ‘story’ are. It really does feel like you’re stepping into madness, and the art does this work’s disconnected feel much justice.
Plunge into this story with an open mind, without strict expectations, and you will undoubtedly be entertained in one way or another.