In time for the 30th anniversary of the blockbuster movie Batman, DC reprints the official comics adaptation in hardcover for the first time. Written by Dennis O'Neil, the dean of Batman writers, with lush artwork by Jerry Ordway, this story faithfully brings to comics the story from the Academy Award-winning 1989 movie! Collects BATMAN: MOVIE SPECIAL #1, plus high-quality scans of each page of original art presented in black and white to accompany the final colored pages.

"Originally published in single magazine form in Batman: the official comic adaptation of the Warner Bros. motion picture"--Copyright page.

"Relive [a great moment] in cinematic history with this ... adaptation of director Tim Burton's ... Batman, the 1989 film that redefined what comic book movies could be. This softcover version of the adaptation crafted by comics legends Dennis O'Neil and Jerry Ordway ... captures the moody atmosphere of Burton's film and the gothic architecture of the late production designer Anton Furst in ... graphic novel form that fans can 'rewatch' again and again"--

Continuing the adventures of the Dark Knight from Tim Burton's classic movie Batman, Batman '89 pulls on a number of threads left dangling by that film while continuing in the tradition of DC's very successful Batman '66 series. In 1989 moviegoers were amazed at the new vision of the Dark Knight brought to the screen by filmmaker Tim Burton, starring Michael Keaton as Batman and Jack Nicholson as The Joker. Now, in the tradition of DC's very successful Batman '66 series, Batman '89 is set in a truly gothic Gotham City and features colorful villains including The Joker, Two-Face, and many more. Collects the first 12 chapters of the Batman '89 digital comics series.

For use in schools and libraries only. Chronicles the events that led to Bruce Wayne's becoming Batman and his first year fighting crime.