With Valentine’s day right around the corner, whether you’re with someone or not, this book upholds a valuable lesson that many take for granted and can help instill meaning in an otherwise “fake” holiday.

Starring strong women characters that embody so much of what the feminist ideal is; for this series to survive when the core audience of comic books are primarily young males is no small feat.

Set in 1925 Paris, a lame character creation from 1968 proved to be a perfect vessel for the book’s social commentary

The existence of the DC comics universe as well as so many other super heroes pretty much exist because of the popularity of these three characters.

Because of their inability to work together, they were not able to save a life. Now, every year they meet and work to improve their group dynamics.

“He’d seen the ways of the world but even though he thought they were shallow, and trivial, and fleeting it still hurt to leave them.”

Batman is dead. Robin is now Batman and Batman’s evil son is now Robin. Everything is new again.

Libertarian views or not, there are unlawful things happening here that Batman has decided falls directly in line with his views on what fighting for the greater good means.

The series focuses on the major events of Commissioner Gordon’s and Batman’s relationship. The moments when their relationship took a turn for the better, or worse.

Do the secrets we keep, shape us into who and what we are?