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Batman: Detective Comics, Volume 7: Anarky by Benjamin Percy, Brian Buccellato, Francis Manapul
kirkreads's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
earlapvaldez's review
4.0
If you ask me, I think the strongest point of this story arc is the fact that it leans on a principle... the weakness is the part where it doesn't.
tmaluck's review
4.0
Sometimes, Detective Comics gets so good it rivals the main Batman series.
In the New 52, I believe this has been the case from Volume 4 onwards, and with Manapul at the wheel, this trend shows no signs of stopping.
In the New 52, I believe this has been the case from Volume 4 onwards, and with Manapul at the wheel, this trend shows no signs of stopping.
jmanchester0's review
3.0
It's been a while since I've read Detective Comics, so I was excited to get back into them.
And it's fascinating that the current villain is Anarky!
But wait - is that Dick Grayson torturing someone? I know he's a spy now, but WTF? I guess I'll get more when I read Grayson.
The first story in the book was a standalone. And an interesting one. It went kind of fast - I was expecting it go longer. And Dick was, well, the biggest takeaway from this Batman story was this isn't your father's Dick Grayson.
While the art was fitting for the first story, I liked the art in the second even better. I thought the two-page spreads were especially well done. This was an interesting story. With Anarky and a little bit of background to the Mad Hatter.
This was followed up by Detective Comics: Endgame #1, which works okay as a one-shot, but it was annoying to find out that this played out in a larger story in other comics. Why would you put one piece of a story in a collections like this? Is this supposed to be like one of those action figure sets where each individual figure has a piece of an additional figure and you have to buy several of them to get the entire additional figure?
And then they did the same thing with Detective Comics: Futures End #1. I thought this was good as a standalone story, too. But I was frustrated to find out that there is a whole epic multi-part story of which this is only one small part.
As a whole, I liked reading it. But sticking 2 partial stories in here was a bit of a let-down.
Thanks to NetGalley and DC Comics for a copy in return for an honest review.
And it's fascinating that the current villain is Anarky!
But wait - is that Dick Grayson torturing someone? I know he's a spy now, but WTF? I guess I'll get more when I read Grayson.
The first story in the book was a standalone. And an interesting one. It went kind of fast - I was expecting it go longer. And Dick was, well, the biggest takeaway from this Batman story was this isn't your father's Dick Grayson.
While the art was fitting for the first story, I liked the art in the second even better. I thought the two-page spreads were especially well done. This was an interesting story. With Anarky and a little bit of background to the Mad Hatter.
This was followed up by Detective Comics: Endgame #1, which works okay as a one-shot, but it was annoying to find out that this played out in a larger story in other comics. Why would you put one piece of a story in a collections like this? Is this supposed to be like one of those action figure sets where each individual figure has a piece of an additional figure and you have to buy several of them to get the entire additional figure?
And then they did the same thing with Detective Comics: Futures End #1. I thought this was good as a standalone story, too. But I was frustrated to find out that there is a whole epic multi-part story of which this is only one small part.
As a whole, I liked reading it. But sticking 2 partial stories in here was a bit of a let-down.
Thanks to NetGalley and DC Comics for a copy in return for an honest review.
vulcanzaddy's review
adventurous
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
depreydeprey's review
4.0
This had a chance to be an all time great Batman story. There is a cliff hanger at the end of issue 37 that had the explored it would have taken the best of Law & Order's "ripped from the headlines" style of storytelling and also examined the idea of vigilante justice in the cell phone camera era. It is a real missed opportunity that I wish DC had been brave enough to pursue.
As a grown up who reads comics I want to know what it means to be a violent vigilante in the modern, police brutality era we now live in. I want to know what it would mean for a hero to be caught on a cell phone camera over the body of an innocent victim. It was all right there and and instead we swerved back towards a traditional bad guy/Gotham cult leader story. A very good one mind you but still this could have been so much more that I can't help but be disappointed.
As a grown up who reads comics I want to know what it means to be a violent vigilante in the modern, police brutality era we now live in. I want to know what it would mean for a hero to be caught on a cell phone camera over the body of an innocent victim. It was all right there and and instead we swerved back towards a traditional bad guy/Gotham cult leader story. A very good one mind you but still this could have been so much more that I can't help but be disappointed.
susurrus's review
3.0
2.5 stars.
The first story is the best and I was hoping it would take up the majority of this trade. Unfortunately, it is all figured out and wrapped up within 2 issues. The villain was there the whole time and it takes Batman about 2 seconds to take him down. The art was very bold and I loved it.
The Anarky story was okay. I liked that Mad Hatter actually had a part to play, but it was very predictable, and Batman should have figured it out much sooner than he did.
The last two issues just seemed tacked on and had nothing to do with the rest of the trade. I enjoyed the Riddler/Calendar Man story; it was amusing. The other, I had no interest in whatsoever.
The first story is the best and I was hoping it would take up the majority of this trade. Unfortunately, it is all figured out and wrapped up within 2 issues. The villain was there the whole time and it takes Batman about 2 seconds to take him down. The art was very bold and I loved it.
The Anarky story was okay. I liked that Mad Hatter actually had a part to play, but it was very predictable, and Batman should have figured it out much sooner than he did.
The last two issues just seemed tacked on and had nothing to do with the rest of the trade. I enjoyed the Riddler/Calendar Man story; it was amusing. The other, I had no interest in whatsoever.
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