"If you have to start somewhere, then this is the best place, not just because it tells batman's origin but in my mind it is the best Batman book you can get."
"Regarded by most as the greatest batman novel. My second favorite. It is a classic story about Batman coming out of retirement in his fifties. This is the darkest bat book around."
"This is Joker at his best. One of the darkest bat novels. Batgirl gets paralised, Gordan gets tortured, and Batman laughs with the Joker. Plus the origin of the Clown Prince of Crime."
"Leave your brain outside. This is not a great piece of writing or art but it is wall to wall action as Batman has to fight everyone from Arkham because Bain has released them all."