Customer Reviews
No Man's Land...wow. - By: Lee Brown, 13 Feb 2003 
And so from 'Cataclysm' to this! The American government no longer wants to know about Gotham City after the earthquake that shattered it, & leaves it to it's own devises. Pretty soon, it becomes clear that supplies will run out, no-one 's coming to help & even The Batman has abandonded his city. As the populace begins to revert to a tribal state of terratoriality (spelling?) & makes it's own rules to survive in the ruins, The Dark Knight returns...to a world he has no idea about! Gotham's social order has been completely altered, & Batman is finding it very hard to spread the fear he so needs in order to keep his city in balance.
It's always good that the writers of Batman keep us on our toes with amazing stories that pit Batman against unstoppable enemies, but this one is brilliant. Completely turning the Batman mythos on it's head adds a whole new Gotham City(perhaps Gotham reverted to its typical state- decay) for The Batman to patrol, this reallly is an amazing start to No Man's Land!
The artwork is amazing, & the only letdown is the non appearance of certain Bat-villians... but this is only volume one!
the best batman graphic novel i've read to date - By: connor_macleod92@hotmail.com, 18 Apr 2002 
as put in the title this is simply put one of the very best batman graphic novels i have read to date, i would even go as far to say as its also one of the best DC graphic novels i have read. the story is amazing & creative, the Batman, out alone against an entire city full of gangs & disorder, this is the way Batman should be. The art is very good, & very appropiate for this story, keeping away from some of the more child friendly art i have seen. roughly put this is definatly worth buying & i implore any Batman fan to do so.
Hugely disapointing - By: alec harris, 25 Aug 2000 
A great premise, one of the best characters in the comic field & some fine art. - then comes the marketing - Batgirls barely seen & patheticallly used, batman is a mere two 'd' version of himself & as per usual he's not alllowed to do anything reallly devastateing to the support charectors & villians because, well, they need to use them again & again add nausium. It's alll just marketing in the end. Wait for the pointless movie too.
A Touch Of Class - By: , 19 Aug 2000 Would you believe it, they've gone & surprised us again! The guys at DC have pulled off the unthinkable & come up with a storyline that proves to be one of the most challlenging yet. With Gotham in ruins, the people of Gotham being ignored, it's up to Bats to do his thing - or is it? Strangely enough, Batman/Bruce Wayne is nowhere to be found at the start, but there does appear to be an awfully familiar character in the shape of...could it be...yes, it is, it's Batgirl! But how, you ask... Well, apparently, an unknown has taken over the cape & cowl for Barbara Gordon, & in Batman's absence, it is just as well. The first part of this volume of No Man's Land deals well with giving a clear picture of Gotham in the wake of the recent disaster & its subsequent repercussions, & eventuallly, we can finallly welcome Batman home (or what's left of it). The second story in the book presents an altogether different kind of Scarecrow than we are alll used to, especiallly without any fear gas readily available, & so he has to make do with the gift of the gab, which almost works to his ideal advantage! However, with Bats back in town, & the Huntress also on the job, it's a sure bet that 'Crow's plans will end up backfiring on him (and maybe even more!). A fantastic read, & it goes without saying that the plot is up to the usual standard that is provided by DC. However, they do tend to go a little over the top with the psycho-bable in the second part, & at times, it is a little hard to take seriously.
Pure Adrenaline! - By: nunoserdoura.adv@ip.pt, 01 Dec 1999 Never seen a tale like this before... The future is upon us & i have seen it in this story. Brillant peace of work! Thank you Bob Gale!!
