“ No Man's Land ” is a story arc crossover in Batman comics released by DC Comics in 1999.
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| Publisher | DC Comics |
| Format | Crossover |
| Periodicity | Weekly |
| Publication dates | March 1999 - November 1999 |
| Number of issues | Azrael # 50-61 Batman # 563-574 Batman: Harley Quinn Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight # 116-126 Batman: No Man's Land # 0-1 Batman: No Man's Land Secret Files & Origins # 1 Batman: day of judgment Batman: Shadow of the Bat # 83-94 The Batman Chronicles # 16-18 Catwoman # 72-77 Detective Comics # 730-741 Nightwing # 35-39 Robin # 67-73 Young Justice In No Man's Land # 1 |
| Characters | Batman , Nightwing , Robin , Oracle , Batgirl , Huntress |
| Creators | |
| Screenwriters | Jordan B. Gorfinkel Greg Racke Chuck Dixon Scott Botti Paul Dini Bob gale Devin C. Grayson Kelly packt Larry Hama Bronwyn Carleton |
| Pencil | Greg Land Andy kun Yvell Guiche Alex Maleev Dale Eagleham Frank Tiran Phil Winsdale Damion scott Dan Jurgens Mike Deodato Tom Morgan Iet Broome Sergio Carello |
| Ink | Drew Geracy Chris Ivy Aaron Soude Wayne Focher Sean Parsons Frank Tiran Phil Winsdale Sal bushema John Floyd Bill Senkevich David roach Mark pannington Rob hunter |
The events of the Cataclysm Arch, which describes the strongest earthquake that struck Gotham City, lead to the current situation at the beginning of the plot. Also, the plot is preceded by the arches “Aftershock” and “Road to No Man's Land” , in which the US government decides to evacuate the inhabitants of the city, and those who decide to stay in the city, isolate and leave to their own devices. “Nobody’s Land” describes in detail the period in the life of city residents from the beginning of isolation to the restoration of the status quo of the city and the beginning of the reconstruction of the entire Gotham infrastructure.
Content
Publication History
The main storyline went through Batman's personalized series: Detective Comics , Batman , Batman: Shadow of the Bat and Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight with numerous spin-offs in the rest of the series. In total, Nobody’s Land has 80 regular monthly comic book releases, 4 special issues, and the graphic novel Batman: Harley Quinn , which introduced Harley Quinn to the DC universe .
The crossover is divided into several plot arches. Part of the story came out in one episode, and then continued in another, coming out next week, similar to the way Superman comics were released in that period. In contrast to this scheme, the author’s team here remained until the end of the event, and did not change every month after the end of the plot.
The main storyline was collected in five volumes of collector's editions. However, due to the large number of issues, only 40 of them were included in this publication. The author of the book adaptation of the plot was also Greg Racke . She was released in January 2000.
DC is still planning a full edition of the Nobody’s Land collection, which will include issues that were not previously included in the volumes.
Story
Editions
The crossover consisted of the following issues:
- Azrael # 50-61
- Batman # 563-574
- Batman: Harley Quinn (graphic novel)
- The Batman Chronicles # 16-18
- Batman: Day of Judgment (part of the Day of Judgment crossover)
- Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight # 116-126
- Batman: No Man's Land # 0-1
- Batman: No Man's Land Secret Files and Origins # 1
- Batman: Shadow of the Bat # 83-94
- Catwoman # 72-77
- Detective Comics # 730-741
- Nightwing # 35-39
- Robin # 67-73
- Young Justice in No Man's Land # 1
Some stories also occurred in Gotham during this period, but were not officially indicated by the No Man's Land crossover:
- Hitman # 37-38
- JLA # 32
New Gotham
Consequences
Collector's Editions
Of the 80 issues that were part of the crossover, 40 were reissued in collector's format:
Batman
- Volume 1 ( ISBN 1563895641 )
- Batman: No Man's Land # 1
- Batman # 563-564
- Batman: Shadow of the Bat # 83-84
- Detective Comics # 730-731
- Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight # 116
- Volume 2 ( ISBN 1563895994 )
- Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight # 117, # 119
- Batman: Shadow of the Bat # 85-87
- Batman # 565
- Detective Comics # 732-733
- The Batman Chronicles # 16
- Volume 3 ( ISBN 1563896346 )
- Batman # 566-569
- Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight # 120-121
- Batman: Shadow of the Bat # 88
- Detective Comics # 734-735
- Volume 4 ( ISBN 1563896982 )
- Batman # 571-572
- The Batman Chronicles # 18
- Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight # 125
- Batman: Shadow of the Bat # 92-93
- Detective Comics # 736, # 738-739
- Volume 5 ( ISBN 1563897091 )
- Batman: No Man's Land # 0
- Batman # 573-574
- Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight # 126
- Batman: Shadow of the Bat # 94
- Detective Comics # 740-741
Other characters
- Nightwing: A Darker Shade of Justice ( ISBN 978-1563897030 )
- Nightwing # 30-39, Nightwing Secret Files & Origins # 1
Modern “Complete” Editions
In December 2011, DC began re-releasing collectible volumes in full format, which includes all issues.
- Batman: No Man's Land Volume 1 ( ISBN 1401232280 )
- Batman: No Man's Land # 1
- Batman: Shadow of the Bat # 83-86
- Batman # 563-566
- Detective Comics # 730-733
- Azrael: Agent of the Bat # 51-55
- Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight # 116-118
- Batman Chronicles # 16
- Batman: No Man's Land Volume 2 ( ISBN 1401233805 )
- Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight # 119-121
- Batman: Shadow of the Bat # 87-88
- Batman # 567-568
- Detective Comics # 734-735
- Young Justice in No Man's Land # 1
- Robin # 67
- Azrael: Agent of the Bat # 56
- Batman Chronicles # 17
- Nightwing # 35-37
- Catwoman # 72-74
- Batman: No Man's Land Volume 3 ( ISBN 1401234569 )
- Batman # 569-571
- Detective Comics # 736-738
- Azrael: Agent of the Bat # 58
- Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight # 122-124
- Batman: Shadow of the Bat # 89-92
- Robin # 68-72
- Batman: No Man's Land Secret Files # 1
- Batman: No Man's Land Volume 4 ( ISBN 1401235646 )
- Batman # 572-574
- Detective Comics # 739-741
- Azrael: Agent of the Bat # 59-61
- Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight # 125-126
- Batman: Shadow of the Bat # 93-94
- Robin # 73
- Batman Chronicles # 18
- Catwoman # 75-77
- Nightwing # 38-39
- Batman: No Man's Land # 0.