O'Neil, who had been asked to edit several issues of Batman, was friends with Miller and was able to learn of the story. Unfortunately, the villains get evidence that Gordon has had an affair – and they seek to use this against him. His creator-owned crime saga Sin City first hit the page in 1991, and then the silver screen in 2005, with Miller on board as co-director with Robert Rodriguez. The second half of the fourth season of the Batman-based television series Gotham is inspired by Batman: Year One. Mazzucchelli's art was noted as a standout by many, praising the minimalistic, noir-influenced and realistic art-work.

Phantasm was a Batman story with Year One elements, while Batman Begins was a Year One story with added features". not only kicked off the series of Batman films based on his redefinition, but a craze for such material that has thrown dozens of such heroes into multiple film franchise heaven. Miller re-defined the presentation of comic book characters and heroic fiction with his grand-daddy of graphic novels, “The Dark Knight. Wolfman's plans for the DC Universe after Crisis on Infinite Earths included relaunching every DC comic with a new first issue. In 2005, Christopher Nolan began his series with the reboot film Batman Begins, which draws inspiration from "Year One" and other stories.

It features the voices of Benjamin McKenzie as Bruce Wayne/Batman, Bryan Cranston as James "Jim" Gordon, Eliza Dushku as Selina Kyle/Catwoman, Katee Sackhoff as Sarah Essen, Grey DeLisle as Barbara Gordon, Jon Polito as Commissioner Loeb, Alex Rocco as Carmine 'The Roman' Falcone, and Jeff Bennett as Alfred Pennyworth. The studio rejected the idea as they wanted a sequel, not a prequel, though Schumacher was able to include very brief events in Batman's past. Dust Jackets are not guaranteed and when still present, they will have various degrees of tear and damage. Gordon tries to focus on purging corruption from the Gotham City Police Department after witnessing his partner, Detective Arnold Flass, abuse his power as a cop.

Batman uses a signal device to attract a swarm of bats from the Batcave as his only route to escape. We would argue about it, and I'd say, "Batman wouldn't do that, he wouldn't torture anybody" and so on. He also reassured Miller that he and Mazzucchelli "weren't going to lose anything" by serializing it. Batman: Year One” is a graphic novel by Frank Miller (from 1987), depicting the origin story of the Dark Knight.The books also contains lots of extras in the back, including a 4-page comic by Mazzuchelli about Batman.