Batman: Year Three: The Deluxe Edition

Illustrated by Pat Broderick
Hardcover
$19.99 US
On sale Aug 12, 2025 | 112 Pages | 9781799502432

The story of Batman’s third year as Gotham’s protector is collected in a standalone volume for the first time, in this Deluxe Edition hardcover of a DC classic!

Following the game-changing success of “Batman: Year One” and the influential “Batman: Year Two,” DC released “Batman: Year Three” in 1989, from the accomplished creative team of writer Marv Wolfman and artist Pat Broderick.

This story details the origin of the first Robin, Dick Grayson, like never before, through a unique framing device that finds the Dark Knight is reeling from the death of Jason Todd—the second Robin. In “Batman: Year Three,” fans learn how the famed Batman and Robin partnership began, and return to Dick Grayson’s early, tragic days as part of the family circus troupe the Flying Graysons.

Plus, “Batman: Year Three” includes the pivotal first appearance of Tim Drake—who would soon become DC’s third Robin! and a brand-new introduction by the story's associate editor Dan Rapler, and a brand-new afterword by Broderick.

This volume collects Batman #436-439.
In a career that has spanned nearly 30 years, Marv Wolfman has helped shape the heroic careers of DC Comics' Green Lantern, Blackhawk, and the original Teen Titans, as well as Marvel Comics' Fantastic Four, Spider-Man, and Nova. In addition to co-creating The New Teen Titans and the universe-shattering Crisis on Infinite Earths with George Pérez, Wolfman was instrumental in the revamp of Superman after Crisis, the development of The New Teen Titans spin-off series Vigilante, Deathstroke the Terminator, and Team Titans, and created such characters as Blade for Marvel, along with Night Force and the retooled Dial "H" For Hero for DC. In addition to his numerous comic book credits, Wolfman has also written several novels and worked in series television and animation, including the Superman cartoon of the late 1980s and currently the hit Teen Titans show on Cartoon Network. View titles by Marv Wolfman

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The story of Batman’s third year as Gotham’s protector is collected in a standalone volume for the first time, in this Deluxe Edition hardcover of a DC classic!

Following the game-changing success of “Batman: Year One” and the influential “Batman: Year Two,” DC released “Batman: Year Three” in 1989, from the accomplished creative team of writer Marv Wolfman and artist Pat Broderick.

This story details the origin of the first Robin, Dick Grayson, like never before, through a unique framing device that finds the Dark Knight is reeling from the death of Jason Todd—the second Robin. In “Batman: Year Three,” fans learn how the famed Batman and Robin partnership began, and return to Dick Grayson’s early, tragic days as part of the family circus troupe the Flying Graysons.

Plus, “Batman: Year Three” includes the pivotal first appearance of Tim Drake—who would soon become DC’s third Robin! and a brand-new introduction by the story's associate editor Dan Rapler, and a brand-new afterword by Broderick.

This volume collects Batman #436-439.

Author

In a career that has spanned nearly 30 years, Marv Wolfman has helped shape the heroic careers of DC Comics' Green Lantern, Blackhawk, and the original Teen Titans, as well as Marvel Comics' Fantastic Four, Spider-Man, and Nova. In addition to co-creating The New Teen Titans and the universe-shattering Crisis on Infinite Earths with George Pérez, Wolfman was instrumental in the revamp of Superman after Crisis, the development of The New Teen Titans spin-off series Vigilante, Deathstroke the Terminator, and Team Titans, and created such characters as Blade for Marvel, along with Night Force and the retooled Dial "H" For Hero for DC. In addition to his numerous comic book credits, Wolfman has also written several novels and worked in series television and animation, including the Superman cartoon of the late 1980s and currently the hit Teen Titans show on Cartoon Network. View titles by Marv Wolfman

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