Dark Moon Rising: Batman and the Monster Men #1-6 (of 6) Complete

is an American comic book limited series written and drawn by Matt Wagner with colors by Dave Stewart, published by DC Comics and starring Batman. It, along with its sequel , are set in between the events of and . It is the first part of Matt Wagner's two-part series, which are expanded and modernized versions of early Batman stories. I'll try to post the Batman stories based on timeline or chronological sequence found in the continuity started by , Frank Miller's outstanding, extraordinary reboot of the character's origins and history as part of DC Comics' post-Crisis (referring, of course, to the landmark multi-title, publisher-wide crossover event of 1985 wherein DC Comics streamlined its existing comics universes, ) relaunch of its ongoing comic book titles. I have already re-posted here at Avaxhome, the link of which can be found below.

Batman and the Monster Men is developed from an early Hugo Strange story from Batman #1. In Wagner's version, this is Batman's first encounter with Strange. The story depicts a young, optimistic Batman shortly after the events of Batman: Year One. Julie Madison, historically Bruce Wayne's love interest in early comics, is reintroduced in this series. Madison had not been seen as a regular supporting cast member since 1941, in Detective Comics #49. Batman and the Monster Men also gives a retroactive role to Sal Maroni, a character closely tied to the character Two-Face, as a crime-boss funding Hugo Strange's experiments on Arkham Asylum patients. This story is intended to depict the first time Hugo Strange is involved in creating violent giants out of human patients. --

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