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Batman: No Man’s Land                                                Comics Lot
Features an amazing lenticular cover with painted cover art by Alex Ross.  Awesome!!

Learn how the Huntress became the new Batgirl and what happened to Batman after the Cataclysm in a surprising extra-length one-shot! After Gotham City’s bridges were blown up, three months passed with no sign of the Dark Knight. With Gotham carved up into sectors by warring villains, Oracle provides running commentary on a city well on the way from bad to worse; But does the Batman-like figure that has been spotted signal the return of Gotham’s defender, or is someone else wearing the mantle of the Bat? Revealed here for the first time are the Huntress’s transformation into Batgirl; a globe-spanning journey that seemed to be Batman’s escape from a tragic reality; an unexpected player’s role in prompting Bruce Wayne’s return to Gotham; and more.

Batman: No Man’s Land (1999) contains:

Batman: No Man’s Land (1999) Issue #0
“No Man’s Land: Ground Zero”
Writers: Jordan B Gorfinkel & Greg Rucka
Artist: Greg Land
Inker: Drew Geraci
Colorist: Rob Schwager
Letterer: Willie Schubert
Editors: Frank Berrios, Joseph Phillip Illidge, & Dennis O’Neil
Cover by: Glen Orbik

Bruce Wayne is having trouble coming to grips with the No Man’s Land syndrome. He goes to Monaco to play up his playboy reputation, but finds little satisfaction in how things are preceding. He hates playing the role of Bruce Wayne.

The Huntress meanwhile tries to maintain law and order in the impoverished Gotham streets. The locals do not fear her in the same way that they fear Batman however. To compensate for this, the Huntress tries out a new tactic. She dons a new costume and assumes the guise of Batgirl!

Bruce eventually returns and realizes that he can no longer sit idly by and do nothing. He patrols the streets of Gotham and finds the new Batgirl. He immediately recognizes her as the Huntress, but there is little to criticize her – a new adversary has entered the mix, Ferak.

Ferak is a living plant woman, possibly one of Poison Ivy’s creations (as Batman surmises). Batman decides to let Huntress take lead on this to see how well she fares. He’s concerned that she may go over the line, in which case, Batman is ready to stop her. The Huntress calms Ferak down, realizing that she is just a confused creature. She leads her to Robinson Park where she can be with other plants. Batman is impressed. No longer concerned about the Huntress’ motives, Batman swings off to save Gotham.

First Printing
Publisher: DC Comics
Publication Date: 1999
Format: FC, 64 pages, Comic, 10″ x 6.5″
UPC: 070992309559
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Batman No Man’s Land (1999) Issue #1
“No Man’s Land: No Law and a New Order, Part One: Values”
Writer: Bob Gale
Artist: Alex Maleev
Inker: Wayne Faucher
Colorist: Digital Chameleon
Letterer: Willie Schubert
Editors: Jordan B Gorfinkel, Joseph Phillip Illidge, & Scott Peterson
Cover by: Alex Ross

Following the declaration by the US Government, Gotham City has become No Man’s Land. Signs which used to welcome visitors to the city, now declare that hell has come to the city, and are flanked by signs declaring the area off limits and no longer part of the United States. Outside the city limits, a group of soldiers are patrolling and debating the legality of the declaration, when a supply truck with aid from the Red Cross drives up. The soldiers tell its driver, a priest that he cannot enter the area and don’t even allow him to throw food over the wall. No Man’s Land is off limits to everything and everyone.

In another area, outside the wall, a helicopter pilot advertises tours over the Gotham perimeter. A cameraman bribes the pilot to bring him in close to Gotham, despite the no-fly zone which had been declared. The cameraman brought a box of food, and planned to drop it and film people fighting over it, but after dropping the box, they are chased away by a government helicopter. The story follows three people who found some of the food dropped. A young boy, Ramon, finds a sandwich, but before he can eat it, it is stolen from him. Ramon manages to shoot the thief in the back with a spiked tennis ball with his name on it. He is stopped by a pair of police officers. While standing in front of a wall which has been spray painted “GCPD”, they tell him that this area is under the Blue Boys protection. A young girl found a pack of cookies from the drop, which are promptly stolen from her. The thief, however, runs into part of Scarface’s gang. He is brought to Scarface and the Ventriloquist, and when he doesn’t willingly give away his cookies, is shot by Scarface, who is the leader because he has the bullets. A young boy found the final piece of food, an apple. He quickly trades it to a man for beans and soup, who trades it to The Penguin’s henchmen for a flashlight. The Penguin, who is living in opulence since the declaration of No Man’s Land, holds an auction for the apple. Though he gets offers of gas and women, he sells it for a diamond, but takes a bite out of it first, claiming he always gets his 10%.

According to Barbara Gordon, it is day 93 of No Man’s Land and “Gotham is still dead.” She couldn’t leave when the evacuation was ordered, but she stayed safe because her building, built by Wayne Enterprises, had been quake-proof. As Oracle, she has kept herself apprised of the goings-on outside in Gotham. By setting up a ring of informants and promising help to others, she has kept herself informed and fed through the three months. She knows that when Jeremiah Arkham left the city, he released all of the prisoners from the asylum, and since then they have divided the city amongst their gangs, tagging their territories like animals. She is putting together a map of all of the territories, and although there are a few friendly areas, like Tricorner where the GCPD have secured, most of Gotham is controlled by warring gangs. The people join the gangs when they have nowhere else to go or nothing to do. She realizes that Gotham needs Batman, but no one, not even Robin or Nightwing have heard from him in three months.

In Tricorner, the GCPD save a family from some thugs. While some of them wonder aloud to each other why they stayed, others are creating make-shift weaponry to use, since they are low on bullets. Officer Wilson calls Commissioner Gordon to the roof and shows him a make-shift Bat-Signal that he made. Gordon destroys it, telling him that the Bat would not be coming and has abandoned them all. His wife, Sarah Essen explains that Gordon tried to get a job outside when No Man’s Land was declared, but had been laughed at because he couldn’t keep his city safe without the help of a vigilante. She warns the officers to not speak about Batman around him anymore.

Elsewhere, a pair of teens are in the city alone at night. They are planning on stealing some boxes that one of them found earlier. They stop, however, when they see an image of a bat tagged on a wall. Unseen to them, the figure of someone in a bat costume hides in the shadows.

Features an amazing lenticular cover with painted cover art by Alex Ross!  Awesome!!

First Printing
Publisher: DC Comics
Publication Date: 1999
Format: FC, 42 pages, Comic, 10″ x 6.5″
UPC: 761941217574
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Comics lot contains: Batman No Man’s Land (1999) Issues #0 & 1.  DC Comics.

Comics are bagged & boarded and will be carefully / securely packaged then shipped via USPS Priority Mail to ensure that it arrives to you perfectly and quickly.

Collectible Entertainment note: Comics 0,1 are in Very Fine condition.  Beautiful!  Please See Scans!!  A must have for any serious Batman and/or Alex Ross collector / enthusiast.  A fun & entertaining read.  Highly Recommended.

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