"Year Three" is a comic book

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 storyline published in the United States

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 by DC Comics

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, which explores Batman

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's third year as a crimefighter. It was written by Marv Wolfman

Marv Wolfman

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 and pencilled by Pat Broderick

Pat Broderick

Pat Broderick is an American comic book artist known for his work on the Micronauts. Broderick also pencilled the four-part Batman: Year Three storyline, written by Marv Wolfman, which detailed the first meeting of Batman and Tim Drake.-Early career :Fresh from high school in Tampa, Florida,...

 and originally appeared in Batman #436-439 (Aug - Sept 1989), which were published semi-monthly and featured covers by George Pérez

George Pérez

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.

The plot involved the origin of the first Robin

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 and his initial interactions with Batman. It also includes sequences set in the (when it was originally published contemporary) 1989 Batman continuity, a period in which Batman recovers from the recent death of the second Robin (Jason Todd

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), Dick Grayson

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 (the original Robin) returns to Gotham City

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 after a long absence and Boss Zucco

Tony Zucco

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 (the individual responsible for the death of Grayson's parents) is paroled. Additionally, the storyline features the first appearance of Tim Drake

Tim Drake

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, who would later became the third Robin.

The story is a sequel

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 of sorts to the previous "Batman: Year One

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" and "Batman: Year Two

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" storylines (which were all edited by Dennis O'Neil

Dennis O'Neil

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, but produced by different creative teams) and is the last in the sequence. Unlike its predecessors Batman: Year Three has never been collected in trade paperback form.