Read some of the earliest Gotham City stories from current Batman
mastermind James Tynion IV, as deadly assassin Calvin Rose seeks
redemption--and his freedom from the Court of Owls!
As a young performer with Haly's Circus, young Calvin Rose was secretly
being raised to be a master assassin--a killing machine called a Talon.
The Talons have always served the mysterious Court of Owls, a group of
wealthy individuals who will stop at nothing to maintain their grip on
power in Gotham City. When Rose defects from the Talon's ranks, he is
marked for death and spends the next few years using all his training to
hide from his former masters.
After years on the run, Rose finally returns to Gotham City following
the horrors of The Night of Owls. He'll set off to investigate what
remains of the Court of Owls, but will he be able to gain his freedom at
long last?
This collection includes some of the earliest Gotham City tales from
current Batman mastermind James Tynion IV, and his The Joker
collaborator Guillem March--springing forward from Scott Snyder and Greg
Capullo's instant-classic Batman story, The Court of Owls!
Collects Talon #0-17.