Batman: White Knight Presents: Year One

Batman White Knight: Presents: Year One is an American comic book published by DC Comics under its Black Label imprint. The ten issue limited series was written and illustrated by Sean Murphy who also did Batman: White Knight and Batman: Curse of the White Knight. It serves as a prequel to the two previous works and is the fifth installment in the Murphyverse.

Th story takes place twenty years before the events of Batman: White Knight, it tells of Bruce's early days as Batman

Plot
Present: Shortly after the events of Batman: Curse of the White Knight, Bruce Wayne is on his way to Stonegate Penitentiary when he asks Harvey Bullock and the accompanying police officer if he can be quickly brought to the gravesite on Wayne Manor for a moment. Once there he passes the graves of both his parents and Alfred before kneeling down at one, Bruce then becomes emotional as he puts his hand on it and sadly mentions the name Selina.

20 Years Earlier: The story then flashes back twenty years, where a 25 year old Bruce returns to Gotham after spending five years abroad. He returns to Wayne Manor where he is reunited with his butler Alfred Pennyworth and tells of his plans for his one man war on crime, although Alfred is concerned about this, he nonetheless supports him on his intentions. At the same time, James Gordon moves to Gotham City with his wife, Sarah and their daughter, Barbara after being transferred from New York City. He meets with GCPD Commissioner Gillian B. Loeb who partners him with Detective Arnold Flass who abuses his position by beating up teenagers who loiter about.

That night Bruce goes on a mission to Gotham's red-light district in disguise. However he is reluctantly drawn into a brawl whilst defeating 14 year old prostitute, Holly Robinson from her abusive pimp. Whilst fending off several prostitutes

Present: The grave Bruce visits is revealed to be Selina's. It is also revealed that the deaths of Selina and their unborn were the reasons Bruce became more brutal in his crime fighting.

Characters

 * Bruce Wayne/Batman - The 25 year old heir to the vast Wayne fortune who recently returned to Gotham after spending five years abroad studying martial arts, man hunting and criminal science. When he was 10 years old his parents, Thomas and Martha were shot by a mugger in front of him. This lead him to swear to avenge their deaths by spending the rest of his life raging war on crime, when he was 20, he traveled the world to train his body and mind to peak condition.
 * Selina Kyle/Catwoman - A prostitute who leads a double life as a cat burglar and someone from Bruce's childhood who becomes his lover. She and Bruce both first meet when they were children, when he and his
 * James Gordon - A police captain who was transformer to Gotham from New York City.
 * Alfred Pennyworth - The loyal butler to the Wayne family and Bruce's legal guardian since the murder of his parents.
 * Commissioner Gillian B. Loeb - The corrupt commissioner of the Gotham City Police Department who is in the pocket of Falcone.
 * Chief Miles O' Hara -
 * Harvey Dent -
 * Carmine Falcone - The most powerful mafia don in Gotham City who is known as "The Roman" and one of two main antagonists of the series. He is shown to have most of Gotham City Council, including Commissioner Loeb in his pocket.
 * Rupert Thorne - A powerful mafia boss in Gotham City and one of two main antagonists of the series.
 * Maria Kyle - Selina's selfish and abusive alcoholic mother.
 * Holly Robinson -
 * Jack Napier -
 * Sarah Gordon - The wife of James Gordon and the mother of Barbara, who later grows up to become Batgirl.