Batman & Spider-Man (New Age Dawning) [Comic]

J. M. Dematteis (Author), Graham Nolan (Illustrator), Karl Kesel (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1997

Batman & Spider-Man graphic novel

Product Details

• Comic: 47 pages
• Publisher: Dc Comics (October 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1563893088
• ISBN-13: 978-1563893087
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 6.3 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #557,362 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, J. M. DeMatteis was a professional musician and rock music journalist before entering the comic book field.

Although he's written almost all of the major DC and Marvel icons--including memorable runs on Spider-Man and Justice League--DeMatteis's greatest greatest acclaim has come for sophisticated original graphic novels like Seekers Into The Mystery, Blood: A Tale, The Last One, and Mercy. The autobiographical Brooklyn Dreams was picked by the ALA as one of the Ten Best Graphic Novels and Booklist, in a starred review, called it "as graphically distinguished and creatively novelistic a graphic novel as has ever been...a classic of the form." The groundbreaking Moonshadow was chosen (along with Brooklyn Dreams, Blood and other DeMatteis works) for inclusion in Gene Kanenberg, Jr's 2008 book 500 Essential Graphic Novels. "While Sandman may be the best known fantasy comic," he wrote, "Moonshadow is arguably the finest."

More recently DeMatteis has had great success with the acclaimed children's fantasy Abadazad --which Entertainment Weekly, giving the series an A grade, hailed as "...one of those very rare fantasy works that can enchant preteen kids and 40-year old fanboys..." and Publisher's Weekly, in a starred review, called "an appealing blend of Spirited Away and The Wizard of Oz." Abadazad began life as a CrossGen comic book before morphing into a three-book series, a unique blend of prose, illustration and sequential art, published by Disney's Hyperion Books For Children.

His success in the comic book medium has led DeMatteis to work in both television (writing live action and animation) and movies (creating screenplays for Fox, Disney Feature Animation, directors Carlo Carlei and Chris Columbus and producer Dean Devlin, among others).

DeMatteis's latest work includes the fantasy novel Imaginalis, published in July, 2010 by HarperCollins, and a variety of television and comic book projects.

DeMatteis and his family live in upstate New York. His blogs can be found here at Amazon.com and at www.jmdematteis.com.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Nice read, November 26, 2011

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This is a nice read. Spiderman and Batman working together makes this story interesting. I think the story could have been longer.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant!, February 7, 2008

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Although this graphic novel is short, fans of both DC or Marvel will enjoy it. Whether you like DC or Marvel, both or one over the other, this is a good choice for you. Spiderman and Batman team up to hear that Kingpin is taking his almost dead wife to Ra's Al Ghul for he heard that only Ghul can save her from death. But Batman knows there's more to it.

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4.0 out of 5 stars My only complaint- too short!, August 15, 2005

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Batman and Spiderman team up to take on villains Kingpin and Ras Al Ghul. I believe that Dematteis does a superb job with all four characters. Spider-man is a wise-cracking but compassionate man who has an overwhelming sense of responsibility. Batman is a dark, menacing figure with no super-powers. Perhaps the only reason he teams up with Spiderman well is because he identifies with Spidey's strong sense of responsibility. Kingpin is a scheming, criminal mastermind, which lends itself to a good plot twist near the end of the story. Ras Al Ghul is a self-proclaimed visionary and savior who believes the path to salvation involves rebuilding the world after nearly wiping out its population.
The Demon plans once again to upset the balance of the earth. He approaches Wilson Fisk, believing that the Kingpin can finally help him realize his ideal. However, betrayal is very likely with these two. What will happen when they team up?
The story and dialogue are very well done. My only complaint is that I wish it was longer.