Batman 0 (DC, 1994)

Written by Doug Moench, with art by Mike Manley and Joe Rubinstein. Cover by Manley.

Looking back on his life, Bruce Wayne remembers how his parents' violent deaths at the hands of a two-bit gunman drove him to become the Dark Knight of Gotham City, and hints of a never-before revealed dark episode in Batman's early career are exposed, offering new insights into the character of the World's Greatest Detective.