Editing Batman: Year One (section)

===Popularity===
DC's post-''Crisis on Infinite Earths'' revamp was a major success, raising sales 22% in the first year, and DC beat Marvel in [[direct market]] sales for the first time in August and September 1987.<ref name="Slugfest157">{{cite book |last=Tucker |first=Reed |date=October 2017 |title=Slugfest |location=[[New York City]] |publisher=[[Da Capo Press]] |page=157 |isbn=978-0306825477 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hoyYDgAAQBAJ |access-date=2020-12-07 |archive-date=2024-03-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240308084652/https://books.google.com/books?id=hoyYDgAAQBAJ |url-status=live }}</ref> The four "Year One" issues were no exception to this. Two years before the relaunch, ''Batman'' had all-time low sales of 75,000 copies per month; "Year One" sold an average of 193,000 copies an issue, numbers not seen since the early 1970s. Despite this, it did not outsell other books like ''[[Uncanny X-Men]]'', and the collected edition sold well but never matched the sales of ''The Dark Knight Returns''.<ref name="nerd"/> The story, with the noir-inspired narrative and ultra-violent tone, quickly caught the attention of readers.<ref name="ComicsVerseReview"/> The ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' wrote that "Year One" offered an interesting and entertaining update to the origin of Batman.<ref name="YearOne2007">{{cite book |last1=Miller |first1=Frank |last2=Mazzucchelli |first2=Dave |title=Batman: Year One |date=January 10, 2007 |publisher=[[DC Comics]] |isbn=978-0290204890 |edition=Paperback}}</ref>