Reviews

Batman Beyond, Volume 5: The Final Joke by Marco Santucci, Norm Rapmund, Andrew Dalhouse, Val Staples, Dan Jurgens, Cully Hammer, Evan Shaner, Jordie Bellaire, Brett Booth

krakow54's review

adventurous funny mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

tmarso's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective tense

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Amazing comic. Great action and story. Felt like a cartoon happened.

gothamshire's review

4.0

Better than the last few volumes for sure, though I'm not a fan of them revamping Dick's future self. Would've been nice to see Jason too after so much mention of him, too. Joker was properly menacing, although it made me eyeroll that he didn't know who "Bruce" was - as if he's ever cared, especially in recent years.

stevequinn's review

2.0

I mean, why even make a new book if all you’re going to do is bring back all the characters from the regular Batman comics? The new Batman, possibly the most boring human being of all time.

destiel74's review

adventurous medium-paced

3.75

It's a little messy but it was good to see Terry fighting the Joker again.

19lindsey89's review

3.0

I'm not sure it was worth bringing the Joker back just for this. I'm also not sure how much of the history applies. It seemed odd that the events from "The Killing Joke" were barely mentioned, especially when the Joker went for Barbara first. All of the focus was on the death of Jason Todd because there's a new Robin.

I also feel like Bruce's character is being butchered. He's become very two-dimensional and everyone goes out of their way to vilify him.

Also, did I miss something? Did Terry and Dana have the breakup conversation? Last I remember, Dana saw him kissing Melanie. Terry's love life is a mess, but I'm not sure it's all his own fault. It all feels very contrived.

bukluvr's review

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

3.0

wolverinefactor's review

4.0

The art change in the final issue is jilting and that’s because it’s so much better than the issues before it.

Was solid until how things turn out.

What I loved about Beyond is how different it was from OG Batman but these last 2 volumes have really gone back to Batman 101 and that’s not what beyond fans want. I mean it’s still good but it’s not crazy good.

Curious where we go from here

noveladdiction's review

4.0

The Batman Beyond comics have come so far... they're considerably better than they used to be. Still, I don't think this volume lives up to some of the others in this series.

Still a good read, though.