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Batman: Resurrection

By: John Jackson Miller
Narrated by: Will Damron
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 After The Joker’s death, Batman and Gotham City face a mysterious new threat in this direct sequel to Tim Burton’s iconic Batman.

The Joker is dead, but not forgotten. Gotham City is saved, but it is still not safe. By night, its new symbol of hope, Batman, continues his fight to protect the innocent and the powerless. By day, his alter ego, Bruce Wayne, wonders whether there may someday be a future beyond skulking the city’s rooftops or the cavernous halls of his stately manor alongside the ever-dutiful Alfred Pennyworth.

But even after death, the Clown Prince of Crime’s imprint can be seen in more than just the pavement. Remnants from The Joker’s gang are leading wannabes fascinated by his bizarre mystique on a campaign of arson that threatens the city—even as it serves greedy opportunists, including millionaire Max Shreck. And survivors of exposure to The Joker’s chemical weapon Smylex continue to crowd Gotham City’s main hospital.

To quell the chaos, Batman needs more than his cape and his well-stocked Utility Belt. Bruce Wayne is forced into action, prompting a partnership with a charismatic scientist to help solve the health crisis. But as he works in both the shadows and the light, Bruce finds himself drawn deeper into Gotham City’s turmoil than ever before, fueling his obsession to save the city—an obsession that has already driven a wedge between him and Vicki Vale. The loyal Alfred, who had hoped Bruce’s efforts as Batman could help him find closure, finds the opposite happening. Nightmares begin to prompt Bruce to ask new questions about the climactic events in the cathedral, and investigations by Commissioner Gordon and reporter Alexander Knox into the arsons only amplify his concerns.

Having told the people of Gotham City that they’d earned a rest from crime, Batman finds the forces of evil growing ever more organized—and orchestrated—by a sinister hand behind the scenes. The World’s Greatest Detective must solve the greatest mystery of all: Could The Joker have somehow survived? And could he still have the last laugh against the people of Gotham City? Adventure Fantasy Genre Fiction Movie, TV & Video Game Tie-Ins Science Fiction Superhero

Critic Reviews

“Did you ever wonder WHAT IF Tim Burton and Michael Keaton had created a trilogy? Wonder no longer! Her is the missing Part 2 of 3! Diving deep into the imaginations of director Tim Burton and screenwriter Sam Hamm, John Jackson Miller provides the missing link between 1989’s Batman and 1992’s Batman: Returns in this new novel.”—Michael Uslan, executive producer of Batman and Batman Returns
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A great story brilliantly read. Highly recommended. Definitely deserves the great reviews. Batman doing what he does best!

A worthy continuation to the movie

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I'm so glad penguin decided to do this. Outstanding story and voice over work. This is a must for any Batman fan and should over time stand up with the great Batman stories.

Fantastic sequel to 1989 Batman

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the story we wish we had many years ago. it's a very good story that continues off from the original batman story.

Amazing!!!!!

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this book was the true sequel to batman 89. its the culmination of someone who understands how to write a story and characters and deep love for the burtonverse lore. the only sad part is knowing this will never be adapted into a film

the true batman sequel

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A good concept on face value, sequelising Tim Burton's Batman 1989. Except there is more effort to explain away popular faults with that film's divergence from the comic book character than there is willingly living in the world that was established.

Characters lack a specific voice. If not for the narrators attempt at making them sound different, it would be difficult to discern who is speaking at any given time. Even with the Characters we already know, they all seem interchangeable line by line. Alfred says 'I totally forgot' at one point. Alfred.

Batman's utility belt becomes a shortcut to solving problems until it is so lazy that the latest device used isnt even named or expanded on. And then the use lessens, almost as though the author even grew tired of what they were doing there like I did.

And that phenomenon happens a bit. Stories are told in dialogue that wouldve been more interesting as events in the book than some of the long setup chapters were. The attempts at twists fall flat when they are brutally obvious long before a slowly executed reveal.

Overall it was a concept I really wanted to like but the execution felt like fanfiction, pandering to complaints more than serving it's own audience. Some nice ideas are included but the ambition to realise this as a piece in the lore is lacking and it is contentedly inconsequential in the universe. The characters become uninteresting because they all blend into one and all talk too much.

I had every intention of giving the sequel a chance but I decided against this more and more as the book wore on and wore out it's welcome. Disappointing.

A nice idea uninspiringly executed and happily inconsequential.

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