Batman: Year Two

Batman: Year Two is an American four-part, 1987 comics story arc featuring Batman, written by Mike W. Barr and illustrated by Alan Davis, Paul Neary, Alfredo Alcala, Mark Farmer, and Todd McFarlane. It originally appeared in the American comic book Detective Comics #575–578, published by DC Comics. The story was initially a treatment by Barr titled "Batman: 1980", but it was released as Batman: Year Two to coincide with the release of Frank Miller's Batman: Year One. A similar Batman: Year Three would later be released. This story was collected as a trade paperback in 1990. In 2002, DC Comics published a second printing of the trade paperback, this time with the addition of the 1991 one-shot sequel Batman: Full Circle included, with the new edition retitled as Batman: Year Two – Fear The Reaper (ISBN 1-56389-967-1). Elements of the story were incorporated into the 1993 film Batman: Mask of the Phantasm, including the concept of a masked vigilante waging war on criminals and having a personal connection to Bruce Wayne. The book was rereleased, along with Batman: Year One, in one volume in 2024.