Here you’ll find all of my comic reviews for the Batman books past and present. I don’t read them in particular order and they are generally reviews on collected trade paperback editions. To see my collection in full see here.
The Batman books have been my favourite due to the blend of action and detective stories and most of my reviews will reflect that. Currently the Batman books which I’ve given maximum marks are, in no particular order:
Under the Red Hood
Death of the Family
The Long Halloween
Year One
Court of Owls
Batman Vs. Robin
Batman: Legacy, Volume 1 is a crossover arc and follows on from Contagion immediately with the same writing team and Legacy references Contagion a lot especially “The Clench” virus. However, Legacy is most notable for delving into who is behind the terrible plague as opposed to the effects of it on Gotham. Legacy, Volume 1 …
Detective Comics Volume 3: League of Shadows is without a doubt an Orphan/Cassandra Cain storyline with everything else being a supportive cast, including Batman, Batwoman, Clayface and Batwing from the Batmen. Although a new mini arc, it is still a continuation of the very first issue of Rebirth Detective Comics. If you like Cassandra Cain …
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Batman: Contagion is a 1996 arc which involves a devastating virus coming to Gotham city and the Bat family scramble to find the cure before it’s too late. The Bat-Family during this time in Batman’s timeline are Batman, Azrael, Nightwing, Robin III, Oracle and Catwoman. It begins a chain of events which ultimately leads to …
Batman: Eye of the Beholder is a 2011 Batman storyline and collected edition written by Tony S. Daniel, along with Eye of the Beholder itself, the collected edition has a shorter story at the end called Pieces which is also written by Daniel. It’s set pre New 52 at the latter end of Bruce Wayne’s …
The second volume of James Tynion’s Rebirth run on Detective Comics continues where Rise of the Batmen finished with Red Robin’s apparent death, the ‘Batmen’ assembled and Jacob Kane firmly locked away by Batman himself. This now leads us to a fresh new arc involving the ‘Victim Syndicate’ – a group of Gothamites who at …
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Grant Morrison’s Batman & Robin: Batman Must Die! brings the conclusion to the (Morrison universe) Batman & Robin trilogy. Having scored Batman Reborn and Batman vs . Robin both a 5 and very much looked forward to this. And I was not disappointed. Batman must die! picks up where the last volume left off whilst …
It’s James Tynion at the helm for the brand new Rebirth Detective Comics run which starts with an explosive storyline involving family ties, team work and great human sacrifice. Working in parallel with Tom King’s Batman solo run Detective Comics brings greater depth of story writing and more character development and in my opinion Detective …
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For those not in the know The Dark Knight saga by Frank Miller is somewhat of a legend, especially the first of the three – The Dark Knight Returns. Now we have the third book, by more or less the same team in the same universe where Bruce Wayne is an old man, there’s no …
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It’s been some time since I read I am Bane and if you’ve read my review of I am Gotham and I am Suicide then you’d know by now that Tom King’s work on Batman Rebirth has not exactly bowled me over. Here, in this review of the fourth collected edition from his run you’ll …
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Following the events of Batman R.I.P. and Final Crisis, Batman is still missing in action. As our caped crusader has failed to return after his disappearance, Gotham is left to defend itself as people are all asking the same question -where is Batman? Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne lets us experience Batman in a …
