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adventurous
dark
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Ableism, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Medical trauma, and Murder
Moderate: Car accident, Grief, Blood, and Mental illness
Minor: Alcohol, Suicide attempt, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, and Police brutality
Ableism/medical trauma - Sofia is in a wheelchair/brace due to a fall from a tall building and is called a cripple on more than one occassion. SPOILER **it is revealed that she did not need the wheelchair or brace at the end of the book** Death/murder - the plot centers around a serial killer who hangs people. Also Dick grayson's parents are murdered. Death of a parent - both Dick and Bruce jave murdered parents, Dicks are murdered during the plot of this book. Also Falcone died in The Long Halloween and his death is a driving force for his children in Dark Victory. Fire injury/car accident - the Joker does a drive by at Maroni's restaurant and the car catches on fire/kills his goons inside. Violence/blood - typical for modern Batman comics Grief - a driving force for Dick, Bruce, Gordon, and several police officers. Alcohol - in frame but not mentioned or relavant to the plot Confinememt - Catwoman wakes up in a casket that is being sent to the incinerator. SPOILER **batman saves her** Forced instutionalization - rogues are sent to Arkahm Police brutality - a brief mention of a cop that uses excessive force and the DA suggests that Batman uses excessive force on rogues. Suicide attempt - Alberto Falcone holds a gun to his head for one frame because the voices he hears tell him to SPOILER **the voices are calander man** Mental Illness - Alberto Falcone says he hears the voice of his dead father. SPOILER **this voice is calander man with a speaker system**littlecat's review
dark
mysterious
- Strong character development? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
1.5
Art & Panneling: The panneling is okay, easy enough to read but not wowing. The art is a very Mixed bag. I think it starts on a good foot, the art itself is a bit skewy but stylilist enough to look good and has some nice classic noir-y compositions, and then it goes down hill, by the time Robin arrives most art looks out right bad.
There are some stand out moments, like the way the flashback style shown in the beginning coming back to parallel Bruce and Dick.
Character design: nothing much to say, i like the inhuman/fantasylike design of the Joker and Poison Ivy. I do not like the sexist, way some of them are drawn.
Story & Characters: The story is unnessary complicated told but thats not as important as what the story is, a "pro-cop", ableist shit.
All the cops we suppose to care for are corrupt, of course that doesnt mean they deserve to be killed or tortured but the way it is presented is weird. There is also the smaller bit which how the defense attornity is presented, how her trying to do her job is seen as "antagonistic", the fact that the murder suspect did not get the death sentence and instead is sentenced to a mental institution is seen as a failure of justice. (and not cause Gothams mental health system is broken)
There is no reason for the ableist twist, i ean there never is, but she could call the hit, she is a mafia boss there is no reason for her to "lie about being disabled".
Catwoman and the attornys plot were underused and tied to man they were romanticly connected and that was boring. Catwomans story could be interesting! I want to see her emotional journey of self discovery and family!
Robin is underused to but in a different way. From the get go this Batman was not that much my thing, the I work alone grimedarkness is boring for me, there is Alfred who is as snarky and careing as always, and there is that good side where Selina Kyle literally drags her chair over to Bruce, and I just wish that the story went somewhere with that,
I think the plot idea real life crime vs superhero villians could be interesting, but it felt like there was too much going on for that.
There are some stand out moments, like the way the flashback style shown in the beginning coming back to parallel Bruce and Dick.
Character design: nothing much to say, i like the inhuman/fantasylike design of the Joker and Poison Ivy. I do not like the sexist, way some of them are drawn.
Story & Characters: The story is unnessary complicated told but thats not as important as what the story is, a "pro-cop", ableist shit.
All the cops we suppose to care for are corrupt, of course that doesnt mean they deserve to be killed or tortured but the way it is presented is weird. There is also the smaller bit which how the defense attornity is presented, how her trying to do her job is seen as "antagonistic", the fact that the murder suspect did not get the death sentence and instead is sentenced to a mental institution is seen as a failure of justice. (and not cause Gothams mental health system is broken)
There is no reason for the ableist twist, i ean there never is, but she could call the hit, she is a mafia boss there is no reason for her to "lie about being disabled".
Catwoman and the attornys plot were underused and tied to man they were romanticly connected and that was boring. Catwomans story could be interesting! I want to see her emotional journey of self discovery and family!
Robin is underused to but in a different way. From the get go this Batman was not that much my thing, the I work alone grimedarkness is boring for me, there is Alfred who is as snarky and careing as always, and there is that good side where Selina Kyle literally drags her chair over to Bruce, and I just wish that the story went somewhere with that,
I think the plot idea real life crime vs superhero villians could be interesting, but it felt like there was too much going on for that.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism
Moderate: Blood, Death of parent, Death, Mental illness, and Police brutality
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