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While the Dark Knight’s most popular adventures have been in comic, film, and television form, visuals are not a requirement for a good Batman story. There have been several prose novels of both adaptations and original stories. If you’d like to see another side of the Dark Knight (in this case, the visions of your own imagination), check out one of these prose works.Batman: The Ultimate Evil by Andrew Vachss (1995): Vachss is a well-known crime novelist whose works often focus on child abuse and neglect. In this novel, Vachss addresses these same issues using the imposing figure of Batman as a stand-in for his own original creations. However, he has also crafted a story befitting of darker Batman portrayals like that in Batman Begins and The Dark Knight. In a circular instance of comic book logic, a graphic-novel adaptation of this story was also written.Batman: No Man’s Land by Greg Rucka (2000): Greg Rucka was one of the creators behind the No Man’s Land crossover that hit most of the Batman comic book titles during 1999. This novel compresses the story into a single volume novel, and provides a look at the perspectives of the human characters who share Gotham City with the Dark Knight.Batman: Dead White by John Shirley (2006): This novel is set in the same continuity as Batman Begins, but takes place after the events of the movie. In the novel, a new racist villain known as White Eyes tries to orchestrate a takeover of Gotham City, followed by the world. Batman is all that stands in the way of the villain and his army’s advanced weaponry. Shirley has also written works set in the Predator franchise, as well as his own original works.Batman: Inferno by Alex Irvine (2006): This novel was also a tie-in with Batman Begins, although it also features the Joker, who wasn’t introduced until the sequel, The Dark Knight. In this book, Batman tackles a new arsonist and original character known as Enfer, who has burned down Arkham Asylum and unleashed the Joker and other notorious criminals on the city.Batman: Fear Itself by Michael Reaves and Steven-Elliot Altman (2007): The third Batman Begins tie-in novel, Fear Itself features Batman’s battle against a new drug threat on the streets of Gotham. The Caped Crusader must determine who’s behind the threat and how they’re doing it, since all of his major villains are currently behind bars.Enemies & Allies by Kevin J. Anderson (2009): Set during the 1950s, this novel describes Batman and Superman’s first meeting. After their initial introductions, the two must quickly band together in order to defeat the threat presented by a powerful villain named Lex Luthor.