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geekwayne's review
3.0
'Detective Comics 942' by Steve Orlando and James Tynion IV wraps up Night of the Monster Men storyline with part 6. Even though Nightwing is on the cover and in the issue, I guess he doesn't get credit for being in the story since he's not mentioned on the splash page.
But he is a part of this story and team as he, Batwoman, Spoiler and Orphan attempt to stop the large monster threatening Gotham. Meanwhile, Batman is going straight to the source, a crazy Hugo Strange that thinks he has the drop on Batman. I loved his throne of psychology books. Back at the towers, Nightwing is on to an odd train of thought and makes a risky move to see if he can save the day. Will Gotham stand or fall when it's all done.
This whole event felt long to me. I don't know if it does anything to advance these characters, and I honestly wanted more Hugo Strange. It felt like he had some cameos, then just showed up at the end. The wrap up felt like it brought things together, but this wasn't my favorite Batman storyline.
I received a review copy of this issue from DC Entertainment and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this issue.
But he is a part of this story and team as he, Batwoman, Spoiler and Orphan attempt to stop the large monster threatening Gotham. Meanwhile, Batman is going straight to the source, a crazy Hugo Strange that thinks he has the drop on Batman. I loved his throne of psychology books. Back at the towers, Nightwing is on to an odd train of thought and makes a risky move to see if he can save the day. Will Gotham stand or fall when it's all done.
This whole event felt long to me. I don't know if it does anything to advance these characters, and I honestly wanted more Hugo Strange. It felt like he had some cameos, then just showed up at the end. The wrap up felt like it brought things together, but this wasn't my favorite Batman storyline.
I received a review copy of this issue from DC Entertainment and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this issue.
rashthedoctor's review
3.0
Oh Dear writers , why or more importantly , How? How could you fuck this up !
since launch of DC Rebirth , James Tynion has done arguably the best work amongst all Batman and Bat-family writers , except maybe his mentor Scott Snyder , so It came as a surprise to find out that Steve Orlando will be doing 2 of Detective comics title for the night of monster men , and initially it worked and worked really well .
The 6 part "Night of Monster Men" story arc was full of typical batman moments and some really big scale moments . But a story is sometimes ruined by its ending and that's what happened with this story arc as in the final part of this story arc all things happened anti-climatically as the final monster is beaten by Nightwing in a very confusing manner and Batman cleverly beats Strange without even hitting him .
And while that sounds amazing , it wasn't since what Nightwing did was a philosophical answer to what Batman is and it didn't make anything cooler and mostly didn't even make much of sense . Similarly the whole Batman beating Strange was amazing but re thinking about the incident makes Strange appear really weak villain
Basically it all still turned out to be a good story arc , just not a very good one as it initially looked and frankly it's all due to the absurd ending
since launch of DC Rebirth , James Tynion has done arguably the best work amongst all Batman and Bat-family writers , except maybe his mentor Scott Snyder , so It came as a surprise to find out that Steve Orlando will be doing 2 of Detective comics title for the night of monster men , and initially it worked and worked really well .
The 6 part "Night of Monster Men" story arc was full of typical batman moments and some really big scale moments . But a story is sometimes ruined by its ending and that's what happened with this story arc as in the final part of this story arc all things happened anti-climatically as the final monster is beaten by Nightwing in a very confusing manner and Batman cleverly beats Strange without even hitting him .
And while that sounds amazing , it wasn't since what Nightwing did was a philosophical answer to what Batman is and it didn't make anything cooler and mostly didn't even make much of sense . Similarly the whole Batman beating Strange was amazing but re thinking about the incident makes Strange appear really weak villain
Basically it all still turned out to be a good story arc , just not a very good one as it initially looked and frankly it's all due to the absurd ending
marisacarpico's review
5.0
Damn fine ending. Really like the art. Interesting that its core message–that Batman uses his fears and flaws as weapons essentially–is really something any Batman fan should know. Yet it feels slightly revelatory.
paulweymouth's review
3.0
A bit of an anti-climactic end to the Night of the Monster Men crossover event. I liked the crossover event for the most part, around a 3 rating for the 6 issues total. They were fun but nothing amazing.
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