The Federal Government is convinced that rebuilding a town with such a troubled history would be a lost cause (and prohibitively expensive). In the aftermath of a massive earthquake, Gotham City lies in ruins. It was the first volume of a long story arc that I had heard great things about – Batman: No Man’s Land. I distinctly remember purchasing my first trade paperback collection of Batman comics.

Although I loved DC and Marvel characters pretty much throughout my childhood and was a massive fan of superheroes on TV (particularly in the form of Batman: The Animated Series), I didn’t actually start reading comic books until my teenage years. I must confess I started reading comics at a somewhat later age than most.