Anamnesis
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Rewatching (and largely enjoying) the 90's Batman cartoon on The Hub had inspired me to try some of the comics/graphic novels. I suppose I should've started with Miller's Year One since Jeph Loeb's story picks up where Miller left off, but A.) TLH can stand on its own, and B.) my library didn't have Year One 
. Anyway, I loved it. I was completely taken in by the mystery and felt the outcome was surprising. Loeb strikes a nice balance between Batman the detective and Batman the fighter. It's not all fight scenes and explosions 
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My main complaints: I'm not sure I buy the revelation that
. I also think the presence of certain characters felt shoehorned in (namely Poison Ivy). Ultimately there was more I liked than disliked. It's more intelligent and well-written than, say, anything found in Joel Schumacher's Batman movies.
. Anyway, I loved it. I was completely taken in by the mystery and felt the outcome was surprising. Loeb strikes a nice balance between Batman the detective and Batman the fighter. It's not all fight scenes and explosions .My main complaints: I'm not sure I buy the revelation that
Gilda Dent was the Holiday Killer
