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Batman: No Man's Land | 
 enlarge | Author: Greg Rucka
Publisher: Pocket Star
Category: Book
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Rating:  33 reviews
Sales Rank: 290716
Media: Mass Market Paperback
Pages: 480
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 4.2 x 1.2
ISBN: 0671774557
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780671774554
ASIN: 0671774557
Publication Date: February 27, 2001
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GOTHAM CITY: a dark, twisted re?ection of urban America. Overcrowded, overbuilt, and overshadowed by a continuous air of menace, this gothic nightmare is a breeding ground for the depraved, the indifferent, and the criminally insane. It's also the object of one man's obsession. Witness to the brutal murder of his parents, Bruce Wayne has dedicated his life to protecting this city, taking a form to inspire hope in the innocent...and fear in the guilty. He is the masked vigilante known as the Batman. Now the battlefield has changed. Leveled by a massive earthquake that left thousands dead and millions more wounded, Gotham City has been transformed into a lawless wilderness -- a No Man's Land -- where the survivors are turning against one another, and where the city's protectors are torn by a crisis that may consume them all.
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 No Man's Land March 10, 2008
N. J. Lucas
I was a bit sceptical about how good a novelisation of an epic comic event could be, but I was pleasantly surprised. I bought this mostly out of curiosity to see how well batman went in a different medium, but I found it to be a very enjoyable book. By switching from comic to novel, there seems to be a bit more depth than what is usually found in most comics - and there are much deeper insights into the characters. To be fair, it's no great work of literature, but it's different and I'd easily rank it among some of my favourite books.
Rucka gets the settign and the characters just right - I particularly liked the scenes describing batman "playing" the Bruce Wayne persona. And I found myself reading with a huge grin at the end of part two. The book also has an emotional side, and the interactions particularly between Oracle and her father are well done.
If you like batman and want to try something different from a comic book, give this a go, you might enjoy the change like I did.
 Greg Rucka Deliver's a Great Adaption!!! December 24, 2007
James S. Moberly
Greg Rucka's adapted novelization of the No Man's Land comic book story arch is by far the best. Whether your a Batman fan or not, you'll still have quite a ride on a trip through a lawless Gotham city that's been hurt by an earthquake. This story works for anybody because Batman actually isn't the center of attention this time around which means you'll be bouncing back and forth evenly between most of the main characters good and bad in Batman's world. Greg adapted it nicely so that you'll know what everybody's trying to do in a city where it's become survival of the fittest. The concept is similar to Escape From New York in which the man cuts off the state from the rest of the world so it's a game of divided loyalties and so forth. Get It!!!
A great Batman story! December 21, 2007
Erik Slader (Jacksonville, Fl)
I am a fan of the Batman, but was not too familiar with this story line until I read this book, and it was excellent! I just could not put the book down. It had some awesome characterization. Do yourself a favor and read it.
Best Comic Book Novel Thus Far. September 14, 2007
Kenneth Chu (North Jersery)
This is by far the best Comic Book Novelzation that I have read thus far. This book isn't about Batman as much as it is about the supporting characters of the franchise. There is no one character that takes the spotlight in the No Man's Land but Commissoner Gordon defintely has largest slice of the pie. The opening monologues by Oracle are written from a great view of the character which combines her history as Batgirl into them. The relationship between Gordon and Batman goes to a another level. Two-Face as a warlord is simply brillaint, and the political games between the warning factions in Gotham City will have any conspiracy fan sitting on their rear end reading this book.
Super Reader August 7, 2007
Blue Tyson
I had not read No Man's Land in comics when I read this, and was very impressed. At times a highly emotional story Rucka has performed admirably. A decent novelist in his own right, he has produced a Batman novel that is sometimes horrifying in its own right. It is also fairly lengthy for a hero novel, being closer to 500 pages, than 400, because of the epic it is covering, and not large print and lots of spacing, either.
Really good.
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