Reviews

Batman: War Games, Act 1: Outbreak by Troy Nixey, Jimmy Palmiotti, Paul Gulacy, Andersen Gabrych, Ed Brubaker, Devin Grayson, Ramón F. Bachs, A.J. Lieberman, Lorenzo Ruggiero, Sean Phillips, Francis Portela, Raúl Fernández, Bill Willingham, Al Barrionuevo, Giuseppe Camuncoli, Brad Walker, Dylan Horrocks, Kinsun, Nathan Massengill, Andy Owens, Pete Woods, Mike Lilly

libra17's review

5.0

The War Games arc is another thing that's been on my to-read shelf for about 8 years, and I'm finally reading it. Considering its mixed reviews, this story is a lot better than I feared it would be. The batclan deals with a gang war started when someone started shooting at a major meeting of all the heads of criminal organizations in Gotham. For most of the book, the bats - who have been taken off guard by this - are scrambling to do damage control as violent reprisals and powergrabs become par for the course.

This is a nice break from all the supernaturally themed batbooks I've been reading recently. How much more crime related do you get than a book about a gang war? I'm looking forward to reading the rest of the series!

strikingthirteen's review

3.0

All the crime families of Gotham are at war and so is the Bat Family in a sense. Stephanie has been fired from being Robin, Tim quit, and Nightwing and Tarantula have a hard line to walk with Batman's plans. It's a chaotic mess and how it all a truly begins just shows how fragmented the Bat Family is too. It's hard to say right now since there are two other volumes to follow but in the wake of the final three issues in this volume, I am curious.

jamesthegill's review

4.0

I just like the option to hide this review because of spoilers, when Spoiler is the driving force behind this whole story arc.

sookieskipper's review

3.0

Penguin sums up pretty well: "War is business. And business is very good."

Gotham is in the brink of a gang war when several characters introspect their lives and influence Batman has had on their lives over the years.

An interesting character study with fractures seen in Bat family with the choices they have made.

The material was a little hard for me to follow having not read much about Onyx and Orpheus. It doesn't matter in the long run as their agenda gets reinforced quite early in this volume.