The now-legendary BATMAN VOL 1- THE COURT OF OWLS graphic novel is presented here in DC's Noir format- without color & featuring the incredible pencils of illustrator Greg Capullo & inkwork of Jonathan Glapion! After a series of brutal murders rocks Gotham City Batman begins to realize that perhaps these crimes go far deeper than appearances suggest As the Caped Crusader begins to unravel this deadly mystery he discovers a conspiracy going back to his youth & beyond to the origins of the city he's sworn to protect Could the Court of Owls once thought to be nothing more than an urban legend be behind the crime & corruption? Or is Bruce Wayne losing his grip on sanity & falling prey to the pressures of his war on crime? Collects issues 1-7 of BATMAN as well as bonus material for the Absolute edition!