Books like Year One: Batman/Ra's al Ghul

This short graphic novel entertains the possibility of Ra's al ghul returning from the dead but it's more of a focus on the life of this villain as well as the history Batman had with the arch nemesis. There's some good information about Ra's al ghul's path towards achieving immortality and his rationale for wanting to destroy most of humanity (he basically wants to return to when the Earth wasn't polluted). Even though dead Ra's al ghul puts Batman in a position in which nobody can die and the “dead” return as violent zombies and the only way to stop it all is apparently only if Batman brings the villain back. Very nice artwork. They take advantage of Batman working the shadows which is one of his great strengths yet not always properly utilized in some of the other graphic novel tales. Story by Devin Grayson and artwork by a number of people (Paul Gulacy, Jimmy Palmiotti and Laurie Kronenberg). ARTWORK PRESENTATION: B plus to A minus; CHARACTER/DIALOGUE: B to B plus; STORY/PLOTTING: B; ACTION: B to B plus; WHEN READ: early July 2012; OVERALL GRADE: B to B plus. (view spoiler)[ SPOILERS: nice touch with Batman icon cell phone; unlike other tales Batman uses the shadows to his advantage; the undead gave me mixed feelings. Why do the dead always have to come back as violent zombies? I am unclear why this is called “Year One” unless that title means the early years of Batman's life? No idea. I think the ending had a clever enough twist and some of the reviewers are demanding too much from the ending. But again, the zombies drops the story grade. Overused! (hide spoiler)]