A Land of Contrasts Art Man Feb 1989 Vol 19 No 4
| "Batman: No Human being's Land" | |||
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 Encompass of Batman: No Man's Country #1 (March 1999). | |||
| Publisher | DC Comics | ||
| Publication date | January – December 1999 | ||
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| Main character(s) | Batman Nightwing Robin Oracle Batgirl Huntress | ||
| Creative squad | |||
| Writer(due south) | Hashemite kingdom of jordan B. Gorfinkel Greg Rucka Chuck Dixon Scott Beatty Paul Dini Bob Gale Devin Grand. Grayson Kelley Puckett Larry Hama Bronwyn Carlton | ||
| Penciller(s) | Greg Land Andy Kuhn Yvel Guichet Alex Maleev Dale Eaglesham Frank Teran Phil Winslade Damion Scott Dan Jurgens Mike Deodato Tom Morgan Mat Broome Sergio Cariello | ||
| Inker(south) | Drew Geraci Chris Ivy Aaron Sowd Wayne Faucher Sean Parsons Frank Teran Phil Winslade Sal Buscema John Floyd Bill Sienkiewicz Sean Parsons David Roach Mark Pennington Rob Hunter | ||
| Book One | ISBN i-56389-564-1 | ||
| Volume Two | ISBN 1563895994 | ||
| Volume Three | ISBN 1563896346 | ||
| Volume 4 | ISBN 1563896982 | ||
| Volume Five | ISBN 1563897091 | ||
"Batman: No Human's Country" is an American comic volume crossover storyline that ran for almost all of 1999 through the Batman comic book titles published by DC Comics. The story compages for "No Human'southward Land" and the outline of all the Batman continuity titles for 1999 were written past cartoonist Jordan B. Gorfinkel.
The lead-up story began with the Calamity story arc, which described a major earthquake hit Gotham Metropolis. This was followed by the storylines Aftershock and and so Road to No Human being's Land, which resulted in the U.S. government officially evacuating Gotham and and then abandoning and isolating those who chose to remain in the city. "No Human being'south Land" covered, in detail, a menstruation in the lives of the residents of the city, explaining all events from the fourth dimension of isolation, until its time of re-opening and the beginning of rebuilding.
Publication history [edit]
The chief storyline ran through the monthly Batman titles Detective Comics, Batman, Batman: Shadow of the Bat, and Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight with other spin-offs serving as tie-ins. In all, "No Man'due south Land" encompassed eighty regular monthly bug, four specials, and the Batman: Harley Quinn graphic novel.
The storyline is divided into several arcs. A part of the story would proceed from one Batman title and and then to the next Batman title that would come the following week, much like the same format that was being used in the Superman comics at that time. Unlike the Superman comics, where a creative team is maintained for one monthly title, the same creative team is maintained for the duration of the story arc.
The core storyline was originally collected as trade paperbacks in five volumes. However, because of the large number of issues that were devoted to "No Man's Land", only 40 of them fabricated it into the original collections. DC has since released a new collection of "No Man'south State" volumes that includes bug previously uncollected.
A novelization of the story line was too written by Greg Rucka and released in hardcover in January 2000.
Plot [edit]
Gotham City suffers the results of a magnitude vii.6 earthquake in the Cataclysm storyline. In response, the Us government evacuates almost of the civilian population, then declares Gotham a "no human'due south land", destroys all bridges leading to the island, and sets up a military machine blockade to prevent people from inbound or exiting. Gangs and diverse supervillains Batman had battled over the years swiftly carve up the city. The city'south police'southward commissioner, James Gordon, and several members of his section, who dub their gang the Blue Boys stay behind to protect civilians. Oracle and Huntress also end up on the inside. Bruce Wayne leaves the city to foyer the government to proceed aid to Gotham, but fails. Gordon and his men wait for Batman's return, but he disappears for months, leading the police to believe that he has abandoned Gotham. A bitterly disappointed Gordon denounces Batman and refuses to even speak his name. Huntress attempts to proceed order, fashioning a Batgirl costume. She before long discovers that criminals fear her more as Batgirl than they exercise as Huntress and succeeds in belongings territory of her ain.[1]
As Penguin continues his trading functioning, Joker takes command of an expanse of Gotham City and dubs it "Jokerville." Commissioner Gordon and three law officers enter the Street Demonz territory to deface their logo with the Lo Boyz logo, only to be caught leaving past three Street Demonz members.[2]
Before the Street Demonz tin impale Commissioner Gordon and the police officers with him, they are saved by SWAT Lieutenant William "Billy" Pettit. On Day 98, Oracle chronicles the gang war between the Street Demonz and the Lo Boyz. Batman returns and rescues Alfred Pennyworth from some thugs. 1 of them falls into the river and sets off some mines. On Day 102, the Bluish Boys managed to accept over the Street Demonz' territory. Batman finds Huntress operating equally Batgirl and allows her to continue to apply the costume.[iii]
Batman and Alfred brand a makeshift Batcave to serve as part of their territory. Then he takes over Ventriloquist's territory and drives him and Scarface away later on briefly holding him captive. So he tells Rhinoceros and the rest of Ventriloquist'south gang that they piece of work for him now.[4]
When Huntress fails to hold off Two-Confront and his army of men and loses Batman'due south territory, she abandons the Batgirl costume.[5]
Batman and the police work separately to reclaim Gotham, piece past piece, by battling and subduing the gang leaders and then marking the reclaimed territory with graffiti. Still, a schism erupts betwixt Gordon and Lt. Pettit, whose militaristic, accept-no-prisoners methods shock and outrage Gordon; the Blue Boys later pause into two separate factions, with most of Pettit's officers siding with him to form the Strong Men.
Poison Ivy takes upward residence in Robinson Park, and Batman — after helping her defeat Clayface'south attempts to command the park and thus Gotham's fresh fruit supply — allows her to remain there every bit long as she cares for diverse orphans who had retreated to the park, too every bit distributing food to the rest of the city.[6] Victor Zsasz claimed a territory in Gotham Urban center as he contends with Leslie Thompkins.[7] Mr. Freeze did the same thing where he even competed confronting Gearhead, whose armless and legless body was beingness carried around past the thuggish Tommy Mangles.[eight] Superman briefly visits the metropolis to restore some degree of guild, but quickly realizes that the urban center's electric current state of chaos and 'might-makes-right' requires a greater effort than the 'quick-ready' he had been expecting and departs. He later returns as Clark Kent to visit Batman and propose locals on how to improve their burgeoning agriculture.[9]
A simultaneous story in JLA reveals that the Justice League keeps an eye on Gotham during this time past preventing various villains from claiming the territory for themselves. Robin's father, Jack, discovers that his son is in Gotham, and believing Tim entered the urban center for some sort of dare, petitions the government for a search and rescue for Tim, which inadvertently attracts media attention and further public support for the metropolis'due south revival.
Gordon briefly allies himself with Two-Confront to repossess vital territory, just Two-Face up betrays the alliance to claim a greater amount of land for himself. 2-Face likewise hires David Cain to kill Gordon, simply his mute girl Cassandra, who has become one of Oracle's agents, thwarts Cain. Cassandra after becomes the second Batgirl to help clean up No Human'due south Land. Later, Two-Confront kidnaps Gordon and puts him on trial for breaking the brotherhood. Police officer Renee Montoya reaches out to Two-Face'south Harvey Dent persona, whose defense leads to Gordon's acquittal. While cross-examining himself, Dent concludes that Two-Face had essentially blackmailed Gordon into the alliance; hence, any agreement between them is null and void.
Through the efforts of Lucius Fox, Batman succeeds in getting the attention of Lex Luthor, who arrives in Gotham with plans to completely rebuild the city. Attempts by the Joker to disrupt construction are thwarted by Blight, who has been hired by Luthor in exchange for his own private state. Bane, who has been causing trouble in No Man's Land before, is looking to get revenge on Batman, who convinces him to leave and claim his payment before Luthor reneges on their deal.
Bowing to intense pressure from the people and the media, the authorities reverses the No Man'south Land gild and allows Gotham to rejoin the United States. Gordon and his surviving officers are promoted. On Christmas Solar day, Joker attacks Pettit's chemical compound. Pettit is killed and the Huntress barely survives a boxing with the Joker'southward men.
The Joker later kidnaps all of Gotham's babies, hiding them in the police station. When Sarah Essen Gordon stumbles upon the scene, the Joker shoots her in the head as she scrambles to grab a baby he dropped. Incredibly, the Joker finds no sense of humour in Sarah'due south death and stoically surrenders to the police. Batman convinces a grief-stricken Gordon to refrain from killing the Joker, in order to testify that their metropolis tin can still maintain its morale. When the Joker, who in the course of the Mail-Crunch narrative has harmed Gordon'south entire family unit, mockingly asks Gordon if he has a son, Gordon shoots the Joker through the kneecap instead; the Joker laments that he may never walk once again, but then laughs hysterically upon realizing that he did the same matter to Gordon's girl Barbara. Gordon and so breaks downwards as Batman comforts him.[ten]
Luthor'southward philanthropy is revealed to exist a cover for his true intentions: to destroy the deeds to much of the property in Gotham and merits information technology for himself under false names. Lucius Fox, acting on a tip, discovers copies of the original documents and notifies Luthor. Luthor, feigning ignorance, attempts to impale Flim-flam, only Batman intervenes and reveals that he is the one who anonymously tipped the Wayne Enterprises' CEO. He tells Luthor that Gotham is not for sale and warns him to leave while he even so can.
Gordon, in mourning, is tending to the garden at his flat when Batman comes to visit. Gordon vents about the many frustrations of working with Batman, who had at showtime disappeared and left Gordon to fight alone. To regain his trust, Batman removes his cowl, merely to find Gordon has turned away, insisting that he put the mask back on.
The story ends with the citizens of Gotham ringing in the New year and fireworks exploded, while Gordon says his last goodbyes to his wife. Batman, placing roses at his parents' grave, prepares to spend some other yr equally Gotham City'southward protector.
Bug [edit]
The story ran through the post-obit problems:
- Azrael: Agent of the Bat #50-61
- Batman #563-574
- Batman: Harley Quinn (graphic novel)
- The Batman Chronicles #16-18
- Batman: Day of Judgment (also part of Day of Judgment)
- Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #116-126
- Batman: No Homo'southward State #one-0
- Batman: No Human being's State Clandestine Files and Origins #i
- Batman: Shadow of the Bat #83-94
- Catwoman #72-77
- Detective Comics #730-741
- Nightwing #35-39
- Robin #67-73
- Young Justice in No Man'southward State #1
New Gotham [edit]
Two of the storylines immediately following "No Man's Country" were collected as trade paperbacks with the subtitles New Gotham ane and New Gotham two, respectively, playing up the fact that they were set in the rebuilt Gotham City following "No Homo's State". These were Batman: Evolution from Detective Comics #743-750 and Batman: Officeholder Down, collecting the story from Batman #587, Robin #86, Birds of Prey #27, Catwoman #ninety, Nightwing #53, Detective Comics #754, and Gotham Knights #13.
Collected editions [edit]
Of the 80 issues under the "No Man'south Land" banner, twoscore were collected into trade paperbacks:
Batman [edit]
- Volume One (ISBN 1563895641)
- Batman: No Man's Land #1
- Batman #563-564
- Batman: Shadow of the Bat #83-84
- Detective Comics #730-731
- Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #116
- Volume Two (ISBN 1563895994)
- Batman: Legends of the Nighttime Knight #117, #119
- Batman: Shadow of the Bat #85-87
- Batman #565
- Detective Comics #732-733
- The Batman Chronicles #16
- Volume Three (ISBN 1563896346)
- Batman #566-569
- Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #120-121
- Batman: Shadow of the Bat #88
- Detective Comics #734-735
- The Batman Chronicles #17
- Book Four (ISBN 1563896982)
- Batman #570-572
- The Batman Chronicles #eighteen
- Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #125
- Batman: Shadow of the Bat #92-93
- Detective Comics #736, #738-739
- Book Five (ISBN 1563897091)
- Batman: No Man's State #0
- Batman #573-574
- Batman: Legends of the Nighttime Knight #126
- Batman: Shadow of the Bat #94
- Detective Comics #740-741
Supporting bandage [edit]
- Nightwing: A Darker Shade of Justice (ISBN 978-1563897030)
- Nightwing #30-39, Nightwing Hush-hush Files & Origins #one
Modern "complete" editions [edit]
In Dec 2011, DC started re-issuing the storyline in "complete" editions that will collect all of the comics involved.
- Batman: No Man's Land Volume 1 (ISBN 1401232280)
- Batman: No Homo'due south Country #1
- Batman: Shadow of the Bat #83-86
- Batman #563-566
- Detective Comics #730-733
- Azrael: Agent of the Bat #51-55
- Batman: Legends of the Nighttime Knight #116-118
- Batman Chronicles #16
- Batman: No Man'southward Land Book 2 (ISBN 1401233805)
- Batman: Legends of the Night Knight #119-121
- Batman: Shadow of the Bat #87-88
- Batman #567-568
- Detective Comics #734-735
- Young Justice in No Man's Land #one
- Robin #67
- Azrael: Agent of the Bat #56-57
- Batman Chronicles #17
- Nightwing #35-37
- Catwoman #72-74
- role of Batman: No Homo's Land Gallery #1 (10 of the 32 pinups)
- Batman: No Man'south Land Book 3 (ISBN 1401234569)
- Batman #569-571
- Detective Comics #736-738
- Azrael: Agent of the Bat #58
- Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #122-124
- Batman: Shadow of the Bat #89-92
- Robin #68-72
- Batman: No Man's Land Hole-and-corner Files and Origins #ane
- role of Batman: No Man'southward State Gallery #1 (12 of the 32 pinups)
- Batman: No Man'due south Land Volume four (ISBN 1401235646)
- Batman #572-574
- Detective Comics #739-741
- Azrael: Amanuensis of the Bat #59-61
- Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #125-126
- Batman: Shadow of the Bat #93-94
- Robin #73
- Batman Chronicles #18
- Catwoman #75-77
- Nightwing #38-39
- Batman: No Homo's Land #0.
- part of Batman: No Human's Country Gallery #1 (iv of the 32 pinups)
Autobus editions [edit]
DC released the first volume of a No Man'southward Country passenger vehicle in January 2022. At the fourth dimension of the release, release dates for further omnibus volumes however had to be published, although a 2d book is appear on the final folio of the outset. Volume 1 collects all the comics previously nerveless in Volumes 1 and 2 of the 2011 "complete" editions, and additionally the Batman: Harley Quinn i-shot every bit well every bit JLA #32.
- Batman: No Man's Country Motorcoach Vol. 1 (ISBN 1779513224)
- Batman: No Man's Country #1
- Batman: Shadow of the Bat #83-88
- Batman #563-568
- Detective Comics #730-735
- Azrael: Agent of the Bat #51-57
- Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #116-121
- Batman Chronicles #sixteen-17
- Young Justice In No Homo'southward Land #one
- Robin #67
- JLA #32
- Nightwing #35-37
- Batman: Harley Quinn #1
- Catwoman #72-74
- part of Batman: No Human'southward State Gallery #1 (x of the 32 pinups)
- Batman: No Man's Country Omnibus Vol. ii (ISBN 1779517149)
- announced for August 2022, detailed contents t.b.c.
In other media [edit]
Boob tube [edit]
- In the mid 2000s, an animated Boob tube show based on the "No Man's Land" storyline was put in development by producer James Tucker. Character designer Coran Stone worked on the project and made designs, only the project was ultimately scrapped for being "too dark", which led to Warner Bros. Blitheness and Cartoon Network focusing on Batman: The Brave and the Assuming instead.[11]
- In the late 2000s, Tucker made another attempt to adapt the "No Human'southward Land" storyline into a Television set series. Some artwork was made, but the project was also cancelled for having a dark premise similar the previous attempt.[12]
- The fourth and fifth season of the alive-action series Gotham adapted some plot elements of the "No Homo's State" storyline. In add-on, the season four finale was named after the comic.[13] Jeremiah Valeska allied himself with Ra'southward al Ghul and the League of Shadows earlier planting generator bombs at Gotham City's bridges. When Barbara Kean forced Bruce Wayne into stabbing Ra's, the bombs exploded. While almost of Gotham'south citizens were evacuated by gunkhole, Bruce stayed behind to help James Gordon, Harvey Bullock, Lucius Fox, and the remaining members of the GCPD. As a effect of the governor declaring Gotham a "no human'south land", the GCPD and diverse criminal gangs claimed territories across the city. Nyssa al Ghul bearded Delta Strength equally a relief group to infiltrate Gotham and destroy it in retaliation for what happened to Ra's. Notwithstanding, Gotham'southward remaining citizens and the U.S. military thwarted her plans. While she escaped, Gotham began restoration efforts.
- In the season one finale of the animated series Harley Quinn, the Joker detonates a tower in an attempt to kill the titular character, setting off an 8.vi convulsion that devastates Gotham in the process.[14] In the aftermath, the President of the United States isolated Gotham from the rest of the country and surviving villains Bane, the Riddler, Ii-Face up, Penguin, and Mr. Freeze formed the Injustice League to take over and divide the ruins amongst themselves while Harley Quinn and her crew gloat in the resulting chaos. Later learning of the Injustice League however, Harley makes it her mission to take them down. Penguin is killed by Harley, Riddler is captured and used to power Harley's hideout, and Mr. Freeze sacrifices his life to save his married woman, Nora Fries. These losses force Bane and Two-Face to work together to maintain control. While he is recuperating after beingness injured during the earthquake, Batman has Commissioner Gordon piece of work with Batgirl to take dorsum Gotham. Eventually, Gordon is able to defeat and incarcerate Two-Face while Harley and Poisonous substance Ivy seemingly impale Bane, leading to the Injustice League's dissolution. Afterwards, the President task Gordon with killing Harley before he tin permit Gotham to rejoin the U.S. Post-obit a battle betwixt Gotham'southward citizens and an ground forces of Parademons led by Harley, which leaves virtually of the city in ruins again, the latter realizes she went too far and surrenders, letting Gordon win. Following this, Gotham slowly returns to normal.
- Elements of No Human's Land are used in the 3rd Flavour of Titans when later on Jonathan Crane aka Scarecrow infects Gotham's h2o supply with his Anti-Fear Toxin the military isolates Gotham, the metropolis falls into chaos soon after.
Films [edit]
The second human action of the 2012 live-action film The Nighttime Knight Rises is inspired by "No Man'due south State", which depicts Gotham City existence cut off from the remainder of the earth and placed nether criminal control due to the efforts of the League of Shadows, led by Bane and Talia al Ghul.[xv]
Video games [edit]
- Elements of "No Homo's Land" are too used in the video game Batman: Arkham Urban center, such every bit an ongoing turf war between members of Batman'due south rogues gallery after beingness closed off from the rest of culture by a heavily enforced quarantine (although in this case only a single commune of Gotham City has been closed off). Also, an earthquake is said to have taken identify earlier the game's events, leading to the collapse and flooding of the "Amusement Mile" section of the penal colony. Information technology is implied that this may take been caused by Ra'southward al Ghul's digging through the old, dilapidated sections of East Gotham in order to find his old "Wonder City" project and its Lazarus Pit located in the 'Onetime Gotham' ruins below Arkham City.
- In Batman: Arkham Knight, much of Gotham is evacuated after a bomb threat by Scarecrow and separated from the mainland, similar to the comic, although the supervillains are loosely working together, in contrast to Arkham Metropolis.
- In the get-go game of the inFamous superhero video game series, elements of Batman: No Man's Country are used in the game's plot. After a catastrophic disaster called "The Blast" and the resulting plague outbreak, Empire City is cut off from the rest of the state by a military enforced quarantine, keeping anyone from inbound or leaving and practically abandoning the metropolis and all inside it. Due to the lack of exterior intervention, a severely diminished police force presence and the current postal service apocalyptic state of the metropolis, society within the city begins to collapse into anarchy. Superhuman Conduit gang leaders take over the 3 districts before starting a massive gang war with each other for full control of the metropolis. Marking their territories with posters with their gang insignia's on them similar to the symbol tagging done by Batman and his enemies. The master character Cole McGrath, a bicycle messenger turned superhuman by The Blast, is forced to fight through and reclaim the urban center districts from the gangs in guild to find the Ray Sphere. The device that was responsible for the Blast which gave him his powers and besides uncover the conspiracy behind the Boom and the Quarantine.
Prose novel and audiobook [edit]
Cover of the hardcover by Greg Rucka. Fine art past Joe DeVito.
In 2000, DC Comics published a novelization of "No Man's Land" written past Greg Rucka. The story features many of the same characters every bit the comic book arc. It too describes other members of the GCPD. The book omits the characters of Azrael and Superman, who were nowadays throughout in the comics.
There is also a shorter inferior novel written past Alan Grant.
GraphicAudio produced an audiobook of the novelization which spans ii volumes and features a full cast, music and sound effects. The first office was released in October and the second role in November 2011.
References [edit]
- ^ Batman: No Man's Land #i. DC Comics.
- ^ Batman: Shadow of the Bat #83. DC Comics.
- ^ Batman #563. DC Comics.
- ^ Detective Comics #730. DC Comics.
- ^ Legends of the Dark Knight #120. DC Comics.
- ^ Batman: Shadow of the Bat #88. DC Comics.
- ^ The Batman Chronicles #xviii. DC Comics.
- ^ Robin (vol. 4) #69. DC Comics.
- ^ Batman #566. DC Comics.
- ^ Detective Comics #741. DC Comics.
- ^ "Backstage - Rejected/Unproduced Serial & Film Pitches". Worldsfinestonline.com. n.d. Archived from the original on Dec 17, 2016.
An animated series based on the acclaimed Batman comic storyline "No Man's State" has been a pop premise, with multiple attempted made. The piece of artwork above, by character designer Coran Rock, is one of the more notable attempts. Stone said he was selected by producer James Tucker to practise the grapheme designs for a "No Man'south Land"-based cartoon, but the projection was ultimate scrapped since it was considered "too night."
- ^ "Backstage - Rejected/Unproduced Series & Picture show Pitches". Worldsfinestonline.com. due north.d. Archived from the original on December 17, 2016.
A 2nd try to create an animated serial based on the "No Man'southward Country" comics was attempted, this time with a CG-animation bent to information technology. Also stalled for the nighttime premise, James Tucker would have been producer for this mid/belatedly 2000s series. The pattern artwork higher up does not have an artist listed.
- ^ Ridgeley, Charlie (March 8, 2018). "'Gotham' Star Confirms 'No Human's Land' and 'Long Halloween' Arcs This Season (Sectional)". ComicBook.com . Retrieved March 8, 2018.
- ^ CBR Interviews (Feb 25, 2020). "DC Daily Reveals Harley Quinn'due south Mr. Freeze, Catwoman Actors for Flavor two". Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved Feb 25, 2020.
- ^ Faraci, Devin (July nineteen, 2012). "The Other Batman Story That Influenced THE DARK KNIGHT RISES". Birth.Movies.Death. Retrieved October eleven, 2019.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman:_No_Man%27s_Land
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