History ComicBook / BatmanEarthOne

** BUT Batman still acts as a symbol of hope to Gotham and can cause effective change, while Gordon has his hope restored and begins to train Batman in detective work. Slowly and steadily, Bruce resembles the older and more typical Batman more and more.

** Killer Croc applies to this, in the sense that he doesnt have a three-digit killing record like his original self. This version is basically just a normal human whos been put under extreme circumstances and sought out isolation rather than lashing out with murder.

* BadassBeard: Alfred Pennyworth. No, really.

'''''Batman: Earth One''''' is a 2012 graphic novel from DC written by Creator/GeoffJohns and illustrated by Gary Frank. The second installment of DC's ''ComicBook/EarthOne'' line after ''ComicBook/SupermanEarthOne'', it aims to update the story of the Dark Knight for a new generation. The book has been critically acclaimed so far, although Bat-purists are likely to... well, go batty.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: The entire point of the retelling, which makes subtle but still far-reaching changes to the established Batman mythos. Batman is ''not'' a near-perfect crimefighter, but what you'd expect from a man who's dedicated himself to revenge: a physically skilled but otherwise unremarkable vigilante who knows next to nothing about actual detective and research work.
** Killer Croc is not a cannibalistic psychopath, but rather a disfigured, misunderstood human being who fled into the sewers to escape the prejudice of society. Despite his appearance, he is ''not'' an animal, he's still a perfectly sane man who has emotions and a conscience like everyone else.
** Oswald Cobblepot is not a supervillain in this interpretation, but the corrupt mayor of Gotham. He's still just as evil, but does not use the Penguin identty.

* TheAlcoholic: [[spoiler:Harvey Bullock, at the end of the first book.]]

'''''Batman: Earth One''''' is a 2012 graphic novel from DC written by Creator/GeoffJohns and illustrated by Gary Frank. The second installment of DC's [[UltimateUniverse "Earth One"]] line after ''ComicBook/SupermanEarthOne'', it aims to update the story of the Dark Knight for a new generation. The book has been critically acclaimed so far, although Bat-purists are likely to... well, go batty.

* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Killer Croc tells Batman he suffers from ichthyosis; which is actually a real illness that does cause scaly skin, but in reality is nowhere near as severe as Killer Croc, and even if it were possible, it's extremely unlikely he would survive to adulthood, as serious bacterial infections will constantly seep into the cracks between the cracked skin.

* DeathBySecretIdentity: [[spoiler:Oswald Cobblepot]] discovers Batman's identity right before he gets killed.

* GenderFlip: [[spoiler:Two-Face. ''Jessica'' Dent, not Harvey, is the one who becomes TwoFaced and crazy.]]

** The lady who stitched up Batman in volume 2 is [[spoiler: Selina Kyle -- and she didn't actually live in that apartment, she was ''ransacking'' it when Batman fell there]].

** The girl who stitched up Batman in volume 2 is [[spoiler: Selina Kyle -- and she didn't actually live in that apartment, she was ''ransacking'' it when Batman fell there]].

-->"''Who'' is Batman? [[spoiler:What a ''riddle''.]]"
-->"''Meow''"

** The girl who stitched up Batman in volume 2 is [[spoiler: Selina Kyle]].

'''''Batman: Earth One''''' is a 2012 graphic novel from DC written by Creator/GeoffJohns and illustrated by Creator/GaryFrank. The second installment of DC's [[UltimateUniverse "Earth One"]] line after ''ComicBook/SupermanEarthOne'', it aims to update the story of the Dark Knight for a new generation. The book has been critically acclaimed so far, although Bat-purists are likely to... well, go batty.

* GoodCopBadCop: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted.]]

* BigBad: Mayor Oswald Cobblepot for volume one.

* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler: Oswald Cobblepot]] is shot and killed by [[spoiler: Alfred]] at the end of the first volume.
* DeathBySecretIdentity: Same as above, [[spoiler:Oswald Cobblepot]] discovers Batman's identity right before he gets killed.

* AdaptationalVillainy: Gordon gets hit by this, though reluctantly, and he rejects it by the end. While usually depicted as a resolutely incorruptible police officer, here he has a history of taking payoffs from the mob purely out of fear for his family.
* AdaptationalWimp: The Earth One version of Batman more or less learned everything he knows about fighting from Alfred, having never travelled around the world mastering different forms of martial arts like his mainstream counterpart. It shows when he has trouble fighting off a group of cops, and when he gets caught off guard by the Penguin.

* AdultFear: The Birthday Boy, [[spoiler:who kidnaps young girls, is implied to cut their throats and then keep their corpses rotting in Arkham Asylum's basement]].