Year 3 is different: it was published between A Death in the Family and A Lonely Place of Dying, and has a frame story set during that time, with Batman dealing with the emotional fallout of the death of Jason Todd (Robin II) at the hands of the Joker. 1, respectively, they had nothing to do with what preceded or followed them- they were sort of miniseries within an ongoing series. 1 and issues #575-78 of Detective Comics vol. Even though they originally appeared in issues #404-07 of Batman vol. Year One and Year Two were both interruptions to the ongoing narrative of Batman. When you read it, though, it's easy to see why. This is because Batman: Year 3, unlike Batman: Year One, Batman: Year Two, or indeed spin-offs like Batgirl: Year One and Two-Face and Scarecrow: Year One, has never been collected. When I did my big readthrough of all of Batman's "Year One" stories (and related tales), there was perhaps one very notable omission: Batman: Year 3 by Marv Wolfman, Pat Broderick, and John Beatty, which was originally published in issues #436-39 of Batman vol.
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