His run opened up with the six-part story Dead Reckoning which really should have earned classic status. Brubaker’s hard-boiled style of writing along with his affinity for crime fiction fit Batman and his world perfectly and as great as his run on Batman was I feel that these stories are even better. Both stories saw different artists and revolved around mysteries and really focused on the detective aspect of Batman. This is a shame because though his run on the title was short these were some of the best issues of the decade.Īll total Brubaker’s run was 9 issues and consisted of two story arcs. Luckily DC corrected this and put out a two-volume trade that collected the stories in Batman however his Detective work remains out of print. For a long time, his work on both Batman and Detective Comics was left uncollected and seemingly forgotten about. That’s fair as that series was easily one of the best books of the 2000s but I feel like his work on Batman proper gets overlooked. Most fans would say that his signature work for DC was his collaboration with Greg Rucka and Michael Lark on Gotham Central. Ed Brubaker is one of the most celebrated writers in comics.
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