Batman Vol. 1: The Court of Owls (The New 52)

The reader will experience the story directly from Batman’s dizzying viewpoint on pages 108–117! Prepare to physically turn the book as the Dark Knight loses his grip on reality.

After a series of brutal murders rocks Gotham City, Batman begins to realize that these crimes go far deeper than appearances suggest. As the Caped Crusader unravels this deadly mystery, he discovers a conspiracy stretching back to his own youth—and further back into the very origins of the city he has sworn to protect.

Batman has always heard whispered folktales of Gotham City’s Court of Owls: a powerful cabal of elite citizens rumored to be the true, shadow rulers of Gotham. The Dark Knight dismissed the stories as rumors and old wives’ tales. Gotham was his city. Until now.

A brutal assassin known as a Talon is sinking his razor-sharp claws into the city’s best and brightest, as well as its most dangerous. If the dark legends are true, his hidden masters are far more powerful predators than the Batman could ever imagine.

Collects issues #1–7 of Batman. This modern masterpiece from the #1 New York Times bestselling creative team of Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo is the ultimate jumping-on point for new readers and stands firmly as one of the greatest Batman stories ever told!