Batman: the Court of Owls Volume 1

#1 New York Times Bestseller! Following his ground-breaking,critically acclaimed run on Detective Comics, writer Scott Snyder(American Vampire) alongside artist Greg Capullo (Spawn) begins anew era of The Dark Knight with the relaunch of Batman as a part of DC Comics- The New 52!After a series of brutal murders rocks Gotham City, Batman begins to realizethat, perhaps, these crimes go far deeper than appearances suggest.As the CapedCrusader begins to unravel this deadly mystery, he discovers a conspiracy goingback to his youth and 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 and corruption? Or is Bruce Wayne losing his grip on sanityand falling prey to the pressures of his war on crime? Collects issues #1-7 of Batman.