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Batman: Snow Paperback – March 28, 2007

by Dan Curtis Johnson (Author), J. H. Williams (Author), Seth Fisher (Author)
4.1 4.1 out of 5 stars 33 ratings
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When a family tragedy, coupled with the creation of an untested technological development, forges the obsession of a super-villain, a young Batman must assemble a strike force against a frosty foe, Mr. Freeze. Original.
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  1. Print length
    125 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Dc Comics
  4. Publication date
    March 28, 2007
  5. Dimensions
    6.5 x 0.19 x 10.19 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    1401212654
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1401212650
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Early in his career (before Robin), while the Caped Crusader assembles a pack of talented civilians to help in his nascent fight against crime, a laboratory mishap produces Mr. Freeze, the first of Batman's superpowered foes. This story is a bit more engaging than the standard Batman tale, and its most compelling element is the artwork of Seth Fisher, whose brightly lit, cartoonish-yet-detailed style deviates from the noirish approach most commonly taken with the character. Fisher, who died last year at 33, had only a handful of mainstream comics to his credit, every one of them a gem. Flagg, Gordon
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Product details

  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Dc Comics; First Edition (March 28, 2007)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 125 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1401212654
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1401212650
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 6.9 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.5 x 0.19 x 10.19 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.1 4.1 out of 5 stars 33 ratings

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4.1 out of 5 stars
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Peppercorn
5.0 out of 5 stars The, chillingly frigidly,cold receptiors origin of Mr Freeze revealed!
Reviewed in the United States on April 9, 2010
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Batman Snow is a stirring story that tells the origin of Mr.Freeze batman's most deadly foe, which is more in line with his counterpart from BATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES.Writer Dan Curtis Johnson and artist Seth Fisher deliver a concise and believable story of a family tragedy that has coupled with the creation of technological development that went terribly wrong. The two stories of course completely intertwined together of Batman's fighting crime for about a year and a half, and him wearing tired and thin at it. He decides to recruit help in the form of a team of a variety of experencied people in it which goes all terribly wrong for him when they encounter more than they bargained for. Mr Freeze forced by circumstances he believes are not his fault turns to revenge on all who caused the mishap in his life. Of course Batman's team fail miserably under Freeze's onslaught and Batman has to once more fight the good fight alone. A compelling story of 2 men at each other with their agendas and tragedies to deal with in their own way. This story was not the Schwarzenegger version of the cruel cryogenetist scientist but instead a story of a man who because of his tragic circumstances took the road he believed to be the right one but wasn't because in instead it was like raging blizzard in which is wrong of course. I thoroughly enjoyed this book to read and I understood why Freeze is repeatedly mentioned as the most sympathetically tragic of Batman's villains in which the is in a story that has two plots,in it one is of course Freeze's origin and the other is of course the formation of batman's new team.Even though the two stories seem totally unrelated, to each other they nonetheless absolutely effortlessly converge together at the end for a final showdown between each other as enemies that will continue in future storyarcs of development!
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Nuker
4.0 out of 5 stars Batman's little social experiment.
Reviewed in the United States on November 9, 2008
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This book was surprisingly enjoyable. I wasn't exactly sure what to expect from this story because the idea of the Dark Knight Detective forming his own team sounded a bit disconnected from the usual Batman characterization. Luckily though, the drama unfolded as each team member's character dynamics started to propel the story and plot forward. Unlike other superhero team books this one was firmly grounded in reality because the recruits were not super powered themselves but ordinary people with extraordinary talents. The imagery of Batman presiding over a hodge podge of professional criminal justice seekers at once seemed a bit hokey but deliciously entertaining in a sort of "Charlie's Angels" kind of way.
The device used did lend some introspection into the motivations of a young Batman and how he realized that waging a war on crime has to become a team effort if success is desired. The art of course is unconventional for a Batman story but does have a great silver age throwback feel to it. The art is great because it is not your typical comic or Batman art. It's light, fun, rich, and well lit. Seth Fisher did not deliver as much surrealistic imagery as he was known for in this story but he did still include his mind boggling Geoff Darrow type detailing in rendering Gotham landscape and architecture. It's still a great leap ahead of what you currently find in many current Batman titles.
But again, the unconventional story and art do not take away anything from the Batman conceits or conventions but rather give a nice interpretation that I think adds a bit more depth and dimension to the already very large Batman tapestry. Highly recommended.
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Christopher Gwyn
5.0 out of 5 stars Batman As Mission Impossible's Mr. Phelps
Reviewed in the United States on December 17, 2007
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This story contains a good version of the origin of Mr.Freeze and an interesting attempt by Batman to put together a civilian team of helpers for his war on crime. After being badly injured, Batman/Bruce Wayne realizes he needs some help(this story is pre-Robin), so he goes about recruiting his own kind of Mission Impossible type team.Each member has a certain attribute to contribute, i.e. a communications expert, a psychiatrist, a former FBI agent, an ex-com with underworld connections and an ex-special forces guy to provide muscle and special ops if needed. They get mixed up with some gangsters who are in the process of trying to get their hands on a top-secret Government weapons sysyem that deals with an ultra freezing ray. At the same time the rays inventor, Dr. Victor Fries' wife has become terminally ill and the good doctor is distraut. He removes his wife from the hospital and takes her to the lab in an attempt to cure her. Needless to say everything goes wrong and the weapons reactor explodes and MR. FREEZE is born. His wife is killed and the efects of the weapon drive Fries insane. He has an ongoing delusional relationship with his dead wife and goes on a rampage against those he feels are responsible for her death. Batman, his team, the police, the mob and Mr. Freeze all intersect in an exciting conclusion.Batman learns valuable lessons about endangering others in his "war".
This book contains great art and a brighter than the norm color scheme featuring varying shades of pastels and blues. The writing is excellent and poignant. The thing I especially liked is the artists depiction of Batman as more of a regularly proportioned man.Athletic, but not like some kind of steroid abusing muscle bound goon. 5 stars.
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Eoin O' Reilly
4.0 out of 5 stars Good Early Career Batman
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 12, 2022
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Snow retells the origin story of Mr. Freeze in a way that formally modernised one of Batman's campier villains, presumably as a response to the positive fan reaction to the Heart of Ice episode of Batman: The Animated Series. This story largely follows TAS' cues and makes Freeze a sympathetic and more tragic figure rather than simply a crook with a gimmick. The book arguably doesn't quite capture the same atmosphere as Heart of Ice and isn't quite as effective, but it's well worth a read, especially for fans of early career Batman stories and Mr. Freeze.
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CrankMonkey
4.0 out of 5 stars Much better than I was expecting!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 17, 2013
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I enjoyed this book. I understand some of the criticism around the art style and plot but personally I liked the artwork - some of it is excellent and the concept of Batman trying to work with a team in his early days was interesting and sits well within his early development. Recommended.
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