Editing Batman: Year One (section)

==Continuity==
Before [[The New 52]] in 2011, ''Batman: Year One'' existed in the mainstream DC continuity, and in the same continuity as the other storylines in Miller's "Dark Knight Universe", consisting of ''[[The Dark Knight Returns]]'', its sequels ''[[The Dark Knight Strikes Again]]'', ''[[The Dark Knight III: The Master Race]]'', ''The Dark Knight Returns: The Last Crusade'', ''[[Spawn/Batman]]'', and ''[[All Star Batman and Robin the Boy Wonder]]''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Sanderson |first=Peter |url=http://comics.ign.com/articles/685/685820p1.html |title=''Comics in Context #119: All-Star Bats'' on IGN |publisher=Comics.ign.com |date=2006-02-06 |access-date=2011-01-04| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101213055056/http://comics.ign.com/articles/685/685820p1.html| archive-date= 13 December 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref> Following The New 52 reboot, ''[[Batman: Zero Year]]'' replaced ''Year One'' as the official origin for Batman and ''Year One'' was relegated to the continuity of the other Frank Miller storylines.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dccomics.com/blog/2013/03/11/the-associated-press-announces-batman-zero-year|title=THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Announces BATMAN: ZERO YEAR|date=11 March 2013|website=dccomics.com|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151022223622/http://www.dccomics.com/blog/2013/03/11/the-associated-press-announces-batman-zero-year|archive-date=22 October 2015}}</ref> However, following the [[DC Rebirth]] initiative, elements of "Year One" were gradually returned to the mainstream DC continuity.

After ''[[Crisis on Infinite Earths]]'', DC [[Reboot (fiction)|rebooted]] many of its titles. ''Year One'' was followed by ''[[Batman: Year Two]]'', but the 1994 ''[[Zero Hour: Crisis in Time]]'' crossover erased ''Year Two'' from continuity. In another continuity re-arrangement, ''Catwoman: Year One'' (''Catwoman Annual'' #2, 1995) posited that Selina Kyle had not actually been a prostitute, but, rather, a thief posing as one in order to commit crimes.

Launched in 1989, following the success of the film ''[[Batman (1989 film)|Batman]]'', the title ''[[Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight]]'' examines crime-fighting exploits primarily, not exclusively, from the first four to five years of Batman's career. This title rotated in creative teams and time placement, but several stories directly relate to the events of ''Year One'', especially the first arc "Batman: Shaman". In 1996 and 1999, [[Jeph Loeb]] and [[Tim Sale (artist)|Tim Sale]] created ''[[Batman: The Long Halloween]]'' and ''[[Batman: Dark Victory]]'', two 13-issue maxiseries that recount Batman's early years as a crime-fighter following the events of Miller's original story and retold the origins of [[Two-Face]] and [[Dick Grayson]]. The ''Year One'' story was continued in the 2005 graphic novel ''[[Batman: The Man Who Laughs]]'', following up on Gordon informing Batman about the Joker, and thus recounting their first official encounter. Two other stories, ''[[Batman and the Monster Men]]'' and ''[[Batman and the Mad Monk]]'' tie into the same time period of Batman's career, filling in the gap between Year One and the Man Who Laughs. The comics ''[[Robin: Year One]]'' and ''[[Batgirl: Year One]]'' describe his sidekicks' origin stories.