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Year Zero by Rob Reid Narrated by John Hodgman Publishing information: Audible ISBN: 9780345534415 Standalone Copy: Out of pocket Reviewer: Tyson Audible Amazon Synopsis: "An alien advance party was suddenly nosing around my planet. Worse, they were lawyering up. . . . In the hilarious tradition of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Rob Reid takes you on a headlong journey through the outer reaches of the universe—and the inner workings of our absurdly dysfunctional music industry. Low-level entertainment lawyer Nick Carter thinks it’s a prank, not an alien encounter, when a redheaded mullah and a curvaceous nun show up at his office. But Frampton and Carly are highly advanced (if bumbling) extraterrestrials. And boy, do they have news. The entire cosmos, they tell him, has been hopelessly hooked on humanity’s music ever since “Year Zero” (1977 to us), when American pop songs first reached alien ears. This addiction has driven a vast intergalactic society to commit the biggest ...

Batman: Year Zero: Dark City by Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo Publishing Information: Paperback; 240 pgs Publisher: DC Comics; 15 Oct 2014 ISBN: 9781401248857 Series: Volume 5 Copy: Out of pocket Reviewer: Tyson Amazon Synopsis: "Before the Batcave and Robin, The Joker and the Batmobile, there was ZERO YEAR. The Riddler has plunged Gotham City into darkness. How will a young Dark Knight bring his beloved hometown from the brink of chaos and madness and back into the light? This final ZERO YEAR volume collects BATMAN #25-27 and 29-33." The final edition of the Year Zero series and Bruce Wayne's first forays as the Dark Knight has the "World's Greatest Detective" being hunted by Commissioner Loeb and the Gotham City PD, While he is looking for the person behind a string of violent murders all while the city is experiencing a blackout due to a super storm approaching the city. Oh, and then there is Edward Nygma, also known as the Riddler making an appearance. T...

Batman: Vol 4: Zero Year: Secret City by Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo Publishing Information: Paperback; 176 pgs Publisher: DC Comics; 7 May 2014 ISBN: 9781401245085 Series: Vol. 3 Copy: Out of pocket Reviewer: Tyson Amazon Synopsis: "The New 52 origin of The Dark Knight delves into Bruce Wayne’s past with the Red Hood Gang and his run-ins with aspiring District Attorney Harvey Dent! You won’t want to miss the moment that Bruce becomes Batman! Collecting: Batman 21-24" This volume of Batman deals with the events taking place in the New 52 and once again deals with the events that lead up to Bruce Wayne donning the cowl. While Snyder does a great job of telling the story and Capullo proves himself a more than capable artist, there is only so many times you can go about Batman's beginnings and with all of the recent reboots in the cinema and the various goings on in the comic book world, this one doesn't really set itself apart. There are a few positives captured withi...