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ponch22's review
2.0
Got this free from Amazon (or something) about a year ago. It sat on my Kindle until one night when I was all caught up on Twitter and Facebook and had nothing to do on my phone and I wasn't tired yet so I grabbed my Kindle and read it.
It's less a graphic novel and more a single issue of a comic book. The reading method on the Kindle was kind of impressive and kind of annoying. I think I'd much rather this genre in a physical copy than anything digital.
The story is somewhat interesting. As part of the New 52 series, things can change apparently. Issue #1 opens with a one page captioned "The End" as all of Gotham in flames with Bruce/Batman tied to a broken bat signal. Someone has bested our hero and taken everything away from him.
Back in the "present" a new recruit is in Gotham hand-chosen by Commissioner Gordon to take over his old job as night lieutenant. Meanwhile, Gordon and Batman are battling Professor Pyg and the two separate in their chase. Gordon corners one henchmen and orders him to drop his weapon. Henchman says he's not holding anything so Gordon shoots. The bullet ends up causing an explosion in a subway station, two trains collide, dozens (if not hundreds) are dead, and by the end of the issue, Gordon is arrested.
The first page is intriguing—who caused Gotham to burn and will this New 52 series actually destroy everything we know and love? But I'm not a comic book reader; I can't go get a new issue every week. I'll just go read the Wikipedia article about this story line instead.
It's less a graphic novel and more a single issue of a comic book. The reading method on the Kindle was kind of impressive and kind of annoying. I think I'd much rather this genre in a physical copy than anything digital.
The story is somewhat interesting. As part of the New 52 series, things can change apparently. Issue #1 opens with a one page captioned "The End" as all of Gotham in flames with Bruce/Batman tied to a broken bat signal. Someone has bested our hero and taken everything away from him.
Back in the "present" a new recruit is in Gotham hand-chosen by Commissioner Gordon to take over his old job as night lieutenant. Meanwhile, Gordon and Batman are battling Professor Pyg and the two separate in their chase. Gordon corners one henchmen and orders him to drop his weapon. Henchman says he's not holding anything so Gordon shoots. The bullet ends up causing an explosion in a subway station, two trains collide, dozens (if not hundreds) are dead, and by the end of the issue, Gordon is arrested.
The first page is intriguing—who caused Gotham to burn and will this New 52 series actually destroy everything we know and love? But I'm not a comic book reader; I can't go get a new issue every week. I'll just go read the Wikipedia article about this story line instead.
tmwebb3's review against another edition
3.0
Felt like the Morrison run on Batman, which is good. But probably not something I would continue on.
ericbuscemi's review against another edition
4.0
A smart move on DC's part to give this away for Batman Day, the celebration of Batman's 75th anniversary. It's an easily accessible, well drawn first issue that ends on quite a cliffhanger . I'm intrigued enough to consider reading on.
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Gordon being arrested for firing at an unarmed man.kbelcher1992's review against another edition
3.0
Overall enjoyed it. Being new to comics there is a lot that is happening so that is somewhat overwhelming but overall pretty good.
seasquidley's review against another edition
3.0
Not a bad comic book in general, but I think giving it three stars is more due to my aversion to DC's style than anything else.
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