From legendary comics writer Dan Jurgens and superstar Batman artist Mike Perkins comes a pulp-influenced noir take on the caped crusader set in his debut year, 1939. It s 1939, fascism is on the rise, and Batman is in his early days, labeled by those in Gotham as the vigilante . At the center of a series of crimes, Batman comes to the conclusion that their prime suspect in each case were deceased. With the Caped Crusader s only ally being Detective James Gordon of the Gotham City Police Department, both detectives must uncover who these 'reanimated criminals' are and how to stop them.