Batman Volume 1: The Court of Owls by Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo

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Snyder, Scott and Greg Capullo. Batman Volume 1: The Court of Owls. New York: DC Comics, 2012. Print. ISBN-13: 9781401235413. Hardcover. Cost: $24.99.

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Annotation:
Gotham is Batman's city to know as only he ever could. But, The Court of Owls is about to teach him that there is something older in Gotham City than the Batman.

Booktalk:
“The Court of Owls has sentenced you to die.”

Spoken of as a nursery rhyme within Gotham City, the Court of Owls is rumored to be a group of powerful figures running the city from the shadows without anyone knowing of their influence. When Bruce Wayne is sentenced to die by the Court, his alter ego the Batman must investigate whether the myth is real and who is scheduled to die next. However, his investigation sets the Court’s assassin The Talon upon the Dark Knight himself, ensnaring him in a trap he may never escape.

See Batman as never before in Batman Volume 1: The Court of Owls, reimagined for the 21^st Century with the whole bat-family. In a battle of bats against owls, masters of shadows both, who really knows Gotham City best; the fearsome protector, or mysterious puppet-masters?