Batman #405
dc • 1987
- Series
- Batman
- Issue
- 405
- Publisher
- DC
- Cover date
- Mar 1, 1987
- Story title
- War Is Declared
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Batman #405, published in March 1987, serves as the second installment of the seminal 'Batman: Year One' storyline written by Frank Miller with art by David Mazzucchelli. This narrative was commissioned to modernize the origin of the Dark Knight following the DC Universe-wide continuity reboot initiated by Crisis on Infinite Earths, grounding Bruce Wayne's early struggles in a gritty, realistic depiction of Gotham City's systemic corruption.
The aesthetic direction by David Mazzucchelli, complemented by Richmond Lewis’s muted color palette, departed significantly from the vibrant, high-adventure superhero art common at the time. By emphasizing noir-inspired shadows and a tactile, grounded atmosphere, the creative team crafted a definitive psychological study of Batman’s nascent crime-fighting career, a tone that has heavily influenced the visual and narrative direction of the character across film and literature in the decades since.
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