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Review Of Frank Miller's Batman Year
Frank Miller's main goal in writing Batman Year one, was to reexamine the characters origin story. As a result, he created a comic book that reflected the world we lived in, and offer a critique and on the mental and social impacts of our society

Miller creates a familiar world in the imaginary place of Gotham. Gotham has always represented New York, but in Batman Year one the similarities are more obvious. The police department is filled with corruption, and there are numerous gangs on the streets. Miller wanted to show a world that mirrored 80s New York city. This allowed for readers to sympathies with the characters, because they had more common struggles

Mental impact: James Gordon is one of the two narrators in the story, but it is mostly

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