My comic book adventure started with a trade paperback. All New X-Men Vol. 1: Yesterday’s X-Men knocked my socks off and I’ve steeped myself in the medium ever since. Between Steff and I, we’ve amassed a mix of individual comics, trade paperbacks of the hard and soft cover variety, as well as a few giant omnibuses. Personally, I prefer the trade paperback format because it compiles a series of issues in a format that lends itself to a nice chunk of reading time. They sit comfortably on a bookshelf. I also like the fact that they’re readily available at most mainstream bookstores and are generally cheaper than buying individual issues. However, as I’ve come to realize, this format also has its drawbacks.
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Batman – Detective Comics Vol. 1: Faces of Death
The next stop on my Batman adventure is Batman – Detective Comics Vol. 1: The Face of Death. As an outsider looking into the comic book scene, I never understood why the same character needed different comic lines. Well, after reading the first issues of both mainline Batman and Detective Comics Batman, I decided to continue with both, as they told very different stories with a different narrative approach. It also didn’t hurt that the events of Detective Comics issue #1 directly tie into other comics that I’ve already read. Looking to flesh out that story, I dive into another Batman adventure.
In Third Person 