Batman (Year 100)

Batman (Year 100)
File:BatmanYear100.jpg Cover to trade paperback. Art by Paul Pope
Publication information
Publisher	DC Comics
Schedule	Monthly
Format	Limited series
Publication date	February - May 2006
Number of issues	4
Main character(s)	Batman
Creative team
Writer(s)	Paul Pope
Artist(s)	Paul Pope
Colorist(s)	José Villarrubia
Collected editions
Batman: Year One Hundred	ISBN 1-4012-1192-5

Batman: Year 100 is a four-issue American comic book mini-series starring Batman, published in 2006 by DC Comics. It was written and illustrated by Paul Pope and colored by José Villarrubia.

Publication

The four issue series ran from February to May 2006.

Plot

In the year 2039, Gotham City is very nearly a police state, its citizens subject to unwarranted search and seizure. The Gotham Police clash almost daily with Federal agents, who are pursuing the legendary "Batman". Captain Gordon, the grandson of the original Commissioner Gordon, is also trying to find Batman, and find out what he knows about the murder of a Federal agent.

Collected editions

In 2007, the four issues were collected and published as a trade paperback edition (1401211925). The trade paperback also includes Pope's "The Berlin Batman", which was originally published in The Batman Chronicles #11. The story features a version of Batman that lived in the German Weimar Republic on the eve of World War II. Editor Lynda Barry wished to include an excerpt from Batman: Year 100 in The Best American Comics 2008 but was denied permission by DC Comics for unstated reasons.

Awards

In 2007, the series won two Eisner Awards for "Best Limited Series" and "Best Writer/Artist".

See also

• List of Elseworlds publications

External links

• The Dark Knight Returns: The dark prince of comix takes Batman 30 years into the future., Wired, February 2006