- Hardcover: 224 pages
- Publisher: Time Warner Publishing (Hc) (Oct 27 1995)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 044651912X
- ISBN-13: 978-0446519120
- Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 14.5 x 1 cm
- Shipping Weight: 431 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #789,514 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Product Description
From Publishers Weekly
Crime novelist Vachss presents a Batman novel in which Bruce Wayne must come to grips with a shocking revelation about his own past.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From Booklist
Vachss has curled toes and raised eyebrows for years with his New York City avenger Burke. Don't think for a minute that just because he's penned a novel based on a comic-book hero that he's abandoned his passionate stand against child abuse. Weary of fighting exotic criminals, Batman has reached a crossroads. As wealthy philanthropist Bruce Wayne, traveling with a beautiful young social worker and child advocate, he begins to realize a change must occur in his life. But what? Alfred, his faithful servant, provides the answer. He reveals to Batman the secret of his parents' death. They weren't the victims of random crime, they were murdered with intent. Wayne's mother was also a crime fighter. She discovered a worldwide network of child pornographers, pedophiles, and pimps and left behind her findings with instructions to Alfred to turn them over to her son when the time was right. Batman targets child sex tourism promoted by a Southeast Asian country and, posing as a pedophile, makes the right contacts and soon finds himself battling the government. To document the real-life horror of this situation, a nonfiction article is included, and the publisher promises tons of publicity as well as a comic-book adaptation of the novel by Neal Barrett, Jr. (Pink Vodka Blues). Public libraries should prepare for heavy demand. Wes Lukowsky
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1.0 out of 5 stars
WORST BATMAN BOOK EVER!,
By West Romero (California) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Batman: The Ultimate Evil (Hardcover)
I got halfway through this book and had to put it back in my bookshelf. All this guy writes about is adults molesting children, which doesn't interest me at all! It was incredibly boring, and talked about stuff that just bored me to the point where i was falling asleep, while i was trying to read it. Like when batman was at the prison and it scanned every little thing in there, i just didn't know what was going on anymore. I even started skipping ahead to see if it got more interesting....but it didn't. If you're looking for a book that'll put you to sleep, this is it!
5.0 out of 5 stars
Batman: Ultimate Evil,
By A Customer
This review is from: Batman: Ultimate Evil (Audio Cassette)
It is a good book for any Batman fan. The book is awesome. I liked how batman went out of the normal rescue, like saving people, stopping a crime. It is way different from any other book I have read. It is about abuse, Child Abuse. It is my favorite BATMAN book of all time.
1.0 out of 5 stars
Simplistic and clichéd,
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This review is from: Batman: Ultimate Evil (Audio Cassette)
If there's a hero that deserves to be praised, that is Batman. There's a lot that has been said about his persona, alter-ego, symbolism, etc.; that's why, being such a deep and grown up character, it is a shame that he has to stand this simplistic, boring and obvious story. That the story is about child pornography? Yes, it is, but the way it is treated is so absurd that it's almost the Reader's Digest version of the problem. It's not exactly the same, but in Batman's Night Cries (a much much better story) the problem of child molestation is presented in a much more mature and interesting form, and dealt with in a form we suppose Batman would. Mr. Vachs has never been that good so not much can be expected, but this story is a waste of money, and, worst of all, a waste of an incredibly interesting character.
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