Good old noir murder myatery

Some of DC's best collaborative works have come out of Elseworlds. Nine Lives is one of these. Batman virtually returns to his era of origin, the snappy hard-boiled 30s/40s, home of the gangster and noir genre. It's no wonder that he fits so seamlessly into the gritty, seedy world.Selina "The Cat Woman" Kyle, owner of the Kit Kat club, has been found dead in mysterious circumstances. Turns out she has quite a long line of conquests and "supporters" all of whom have their own secrets. Dick Grayso...

If you like noir, if you like Dick Grayson being a total bad ass, if you like as many villains as possible in one story, then you will love this! Dick Grayson is trying to solve the murder of Selina Kyle he is also one of the suspects of her murder, along with Bruce and literally every gotham criminal ever and Gordon is 300% done with everyone's bullshit. Such an interesting and different take on these characters, the artwork works perfectly with the story. Definitely worth reading, especially i...

Longer than most Elseworlds, but it pays off with a carefully developed film-noir style tale.

Batman: Nine Lives is an Elseworlds graphic novel published by DC Comics in 2002, written by Dean Motter with art by Michael Lark.Set in 1940s, Gotham City is rife with organized crime. Rather than being a superhero story, it more closely resembles a detective comic book from the same era, before the idea of superheroes had been introduced. Though Batman still exists, members of his rogues' gallery appear as normal criminals rather than mutated, disfigured or technologically enhanced charactersT...

Batman was Noir. Dean Motter's lessons with Mister X and Terminal City applied to the caped crusader. Basically Batman cyphered through Maltese Falcon, Casablanca, etc.Gotham is a corrupt city. It's not a story too far removed from regular lore--but it's all style here. Michael Lark make's this book look GREAT.

One of the best elseworlds stories I've read. It captured that Crime Noir feel very well and I love how the different characters were adapted to fit the narrative here. Really good read!

I thought this book was great and I never wanted to put it down. The book took place in Gotham city and was about an investigation of the missing Selina Kyle. The main characters were: The joker, Batman, The penguin, Selina kyle, and dick Grayson. The book was from the narrators perspective and followed dick Grayson and batman mostly because they were trying to find out what happened to Selina Kyle. In my opinion, I think the book could've been longer and more in depth with details, but as I rea...

This book is genius!!! SO FREAKING GOOD!!! The artwork and aesthetic is stunning and the story...wow...so amazing!!! Let's start from the beginning. This particular Batman tale was published under the DC Imprint called "Elseworlds". Basically, any story published under the Elseworlds imprint told a story outside of the established continuity. The Marvel counterpart for this is the "What If" series.In this particular tale, Dean Motter and Michael Lark revamp the world of Batman in a noir style mu...

Very good pulp noir style Batman story. nice art and writing . Good enjoyable read. Recommended

Fanboys and girls of Gotham Central will love this, too. This is an Elseworlds Batman crime story. Selina Kyle is murdered and a lot of familiar characters (nine) come into play. Story is set in the 1940s, I guess, which suits Lark’s crime noir art. Bruce Wayne is the only character with a double identity. The Joker, Penguin, etc. are all nicknames for familiar characters from Batman lore that refer to personality traits rather than alter ego’s. Gives the story a more realistic feel.

Three and a half, more like. What do you know, there are good Batman comics other than Year 100. Beggars belief, it does.

The story doesn't explore or put a spin on anything. The noir theme doesn't really do much to the characters either. It's just a standard action comic. Pretty alright.

The Batman-saga - with its gritty urban crime scenes, shadowy streets and numerous gangsters – always had that film-noir vibe in it. With “Batman: Nine Lives”, DC Comics finally goes all the way, featuring a down-on-his-luck private eye in 1940’s Gotham City.Nearly all of the well known Batman characters have been slightly altered to fit this Dashiell Hammett-esque world: the Joker is now a Richard Widmark-type poker-player, racketeer Oswald Cobblepot/Penguin looks a lot like Sydney Greenstreet....

Imagine something that looks and feels just like you would it expect it to. Whether a pair of sneakers, or perhaps a watch of some high caliber and no matter how well it matches the platonic ideal you might have of it, something just bugs you about it. No matter how many times its shaken or inspected from every angle, you’re still not able to deduce its authenticity. It has the veneer to a t but something just feels off.Call it a hunch or whatever, this is exactly how I felt about Batman: Nine L...

Batman: Nine Lives is a one-shot set in the Elseworld i.e a world which is not part of the normal DC continuity. Elseworld stories can occur anywhere from ancient/ medieval settings to futuristic worlds to any kind of parallel universe, and are usually quick affairs. While the idea might be annoying to some, Batman: Nine Lives turns out otherwise.What makes Batman: Nine Lives captivating is that the whole story - an entertaining murder mystery - is told in film noir (or is it comic n

A Batman Elseworlds by two of my widest read and favored creators that DELIVERED.The horizontal format is crucial.My canyon-wide acquisitions appetite requires me to wait for such rarities to drop to single digits but if you've got the bills just buy it- like I would've back in 2016.

"My parents were murdered for money. Despite their wealth, the thug got a lousy hundred bucks and a pearl necklace. Money doesn't save us - not our lives, not our souls." -- Bruce Wayne, on page 70This is one of those 'alternate reality' stories in the Batman universe . . . except it contains entirely too little of our titular character. Much like a tough Warner Brothers b&w crime-drama flick from the 1930's or 40's - the kind starring Humphrey Bogart or James Cagney, with a number of character

A very peculiar but intriguing Batman Elseworlds tale that reimagines the Batman mythos as a crime noir movie, stripping the characters of most of their more comic book-ish conceits and changing relationships around more than usual. (Catwoman, for instance, is a night club owner, the Joker a card shark with anger management issues, and Mr. Freeze is a cold-blooded hitman.) Also odd is that the comic doesn't really focus on Batman at all, spending most of its time following around Dick Grayson, r...

Batman: Nine Lives presents an interesting context that I believe definitely matches the tone and atmosphere of Gotham City and the Batman detective story. Dick Grayson's narratorial voice comes across as engaging and keeps the tone of the story mysterious and interesting and the tone of the story consistently steady, not too fast and not too slow. This character and narrator is the primary strength of the story because the style is what makes this story interesting and sets it apart from other