History ComicBook / BatmanYearOne

* HeroStoleMyBike

* HellBentForLeather: Two words--dominatrix Catwoman. The fact that such appeared in a Creator/FrankMiller comic isn't surprising.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: While Batman and Jim Gordon are the mains, Assistant D.A. Harvey Dent makes a few appearances here and there, and is mentioned to have been (trying) to combat Gotham's corruption long before either of them.

* TheBeard: Bruce hires one to pull an alibit on Gordon. The easiest five grand she ever made.

* SpotlightStealingSquad: Though a well loved series, one common complaint is that the book feels more like "Gordon: Year One" than "Batman: Year One". Indeed, his story makes up the bulk of the comic, and he certainly steals the show. That said, his story is hardly bad by any means.

* SuperHeroOrigin: The point of the story is to show off the origins of Batman, [[BadassNormal Gordon]], and Catwoman, although the last was quickly retconned.
** It was eventually re-retconned back though.

* YourCheatingHeart: Gordon cheats on his wife Barbara with his partner, Det. Sarah Essen. Both know it's wrong, so Sarah requests a transfer to another city when Gordon ends the affair, and Jim eventually confesses to Barbara, vowing to work on their relationship. Also, Commissioner Loeb tries to blackmail Jim into "playing nice" by showing him pictures of the affair and later calling Barbara to tell on him. (By then, Jim has confessed, and Barbara quickly blows them off. This results in Loeb taking more ''drastic'' measures.).

-->--'''Bruce Wayne'''

'''"Batman: Year One"''' is a four-issue story arc, by Creator/FrankMiller and David Mazzucchelli, of the regular ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' title (issues 404 through 407), published in 1987 by Creator/DCComics.

* PantyShot: Not shown to the audience, but during Gordon's visit to Bruce Wayne, Bruce sat crossing his legs while in his robes, prompting Barbara to avert her eyes.

* WouldHitAGirl: Bruce shows no hesitance in laying punches on Selena when she attacks him.

* ComicBookFantasyCasting: In the extras, it's shown that Dave Mazucchelli based Bruce Wayne's appearance from actor Creator/GregoryPeck. This is a nod to the casting that Creator/OrsonWelles had intended for a possible ''Batman'' adaptation that never came into fruition.

** Creator/OrsonWelles planning a Batman movie is an Main/{{Urban Legend|s}} that Creator/MarkMillar started in 2003, 17 years after ''Batman: Year One'' came out.[[https://www.cbr.com/comic-book-urban-legends-revealed-103/]]

* TwoLinesNoWaiting: The series details not only Bruce Wayne's becoming Batman, but HonestCop Jim Gordon becoming TheCommissionerGordon.

After the launch of ''ComicBook/DCRebirth'', ''Zero Year'' initially remained in canon as the de facto origin story, However, [[BroadStrokes at least parts of]] ''Year One'' would be made canon once again. Over time, ''Year One'' was referred to more and more, and now it seems that ''Zero Year'' is referred to in broad strokes and ''Year One'' is the canon origin.

''Batman: Year One'' is a four-issue story arc, by Creator/FrankMiller and David Mazzucchelli, of the regular ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' title (issues 404 through 407), published in 1987 by Creator/DCComics.

As of 2016, while ''Zero Year'' remains in canon as the current de facto origin story, [[BroadStrokes at least parts of]] ''Year One'' have been restored into the main continuity as well after ''ComicBook/DCRebirth'', with the two-part story "Rooftops" flashing directly back to an event from ''Year One" when Bruce encountered Selina Kyle.

** FiveBadBand: Each of them have TheDragon (Flass for Loeb, Johnny Vitti for Falcone) with Branden rounding out as TheBrute.

** Commissioner Loeb also has a habit of answering his own rhetorical questions and reinforcing his own statements, yes he does.[[note]]This is a CreatorThumbprint of Miller's, used by Virgo in ''ComicBook/{{Ronin}}'' and UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan in ''ComicBook/TheDarkKnightReturns''.[[/note]]

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''Batman: Year One'' is unique in the following: It was deemed the official origin story for Batman ComicBook/PostCrisis, and remained canon despite other {{Cosmic Retcon}}s until the Comicbook/{{New 52}}, where it would eventually be replaced by Creator/ScottSnyder and Greg Capullo's ''[[ComicBook/BatmanZeroYear Zero Year]]''. It is also canon to the "Dark Knight Universe", an AlternateContinuity comprised of Miller's other ''Batman'' stories, including ''ComicBook/AllStarBatmanAndRobinTheBoyWonder'', ''[[ComicBook/BatmanTheDarkKnightReturns The Dark Knight Returns]]'', ''ComicBook/TheDarkKnightStrikesAgain'', and ''ComicBook/DarkKnightIIITheMasterRace''.

''Batman: Year One'' is unique in the following: It was deemed the official origin story for Batman ComicBook/PostCrisis, and remained canon despite other {{Cosmic Retcon}}s until the Comicbook/{{New 52}}, where it would eventually be replaced by Creator/ScottSnyder and Greg Capullo's ''[[ComicBook/BatmanZeroYear Zero Year]]''. It is also canon to the "Dark Knight Universe", an AlternateContinuity comprised of Miller's other ''Batman'' stories, including ''ComicBook/AllStarBatmanAndRobinTheBoyWonder'', ''[[ComicBook/BatmanTheDarkKnightReturns The Dark Knight Returns]]'',''ComicBook/TheDarkKnightStrikesAgain'', and ''ComicBook/DarkKnightIIITheMasterRace''.

''Batman: Year One'' is unique in the following: It was deemed the official origin story for Batman ComicBook/PostCrisis, and remained canon despite other {{Cosmic Retcon}}s until the Comicbook/{{New 52}}, where it would eventually be replaced by Creator/ScottSnyder and Greg Capullo's ''[[ComicBook/BatmanZeroYear Zero Year]]''. It is also canon to the "Dark Knight Universe", an AlternateContinuity comprised of Miller's other ''Batman'' stories, including ''ComicBook/AllStarBatmanAndRobinTheBoyWonder'', ''[[ComicBook/BatmanTheDarkKnightReturns The Dark Knight Returns]]'',''ComicBook/TheDarkKnightStrikesAgain'', ''ComicBook/DarkKnightIIITheMasterRace''.

''Batman: Year One'' is unique in the following: It was deemed the official origin story for Batman ComicBook/PostCrisis, and remained canon despite other {{Cosmic Retcon}}s until the Comicbook/{{New 52}}, where it would eventually be replaced by Creator/ScottSnyder and Greg Capullo's ''[[ComicBook/BatmanZeroYear Zero Year]]''. It is also canon to the "Dark Knight Universe", an AlternateContinuity comprised of Miller's other ''Batman'' stories, including ''ComicBook/AllStarBatmanAndRobinTheBoyWonder'', ''[[ComicBook/BatmanTheDarkKnightReturns The Dark Knight Returns]]'', and ''ComicBook/TheDarkKnightStrikesAgain''.

* JerkassFacade: Bruce Wayne. Though in the animated film, Sarah Essen believes (correctly) that Bruce is [[ClarkKenting acting like that]] to throw away suspicions of him being Batman.

* CollectorOfTheStrange: Much to Catwoman's chagrin, Commissioner Loeb has a $40,000 collection of... pop memorabilia.

** But it teaches him that he needs to instill fear into the hearts of criminals, who are a cowardly and superstitious lot...
*** And then his first foray as Batman - stopping a trio of burglars - he nearly screws that up as well (one very nearly fell to his death). Then again, this is an origin story: He has to start learning how to ''be'' The Batman...
*** It culminates in his saving an old lady from an oncoming truck. This leads him to get trapped in an abandoned building where he only narrowly manages to escape. After that Batman decides it's time to stop screwing up.