Reviews

Batman in the Eighties by Alfredo Alcalá, Klaus Janson, Doug Moench, Barbara J. Randall, Mike DeCarlo, Gerry Conway, Rodin Rodriguez, Alan Brennert, George Pérez, Romeo Tanghal, Len Wein, Trevor Von Eeden, Marv Wolfman, Robert Greenberger, Dick Giordano, Alan Davis, Don Newton, Jim Aparo, Walt Simonson, Michael Golden, Gene Colan, Paul Neary, Mike W. Barr

mjthomas43's review

1.0

A bunch a really bad stories from 1980 to 1987. I thought it would be useful to get some more background understanding of the development of the Batman characters but for the most part this was a disappointment. The only interesting part was the character called the Wrath, Batman's evil "twin". An interesting thought experiment, turning the Batman origin story into something that results in an evil Batman-type character but other than the idea, the story is not really that impressive.

birdmanseven's review

3.0

There were a few interesting moments, but all in all this was a weird mix of issues. It was confusing to read as a unit because there was no connecting theme and the selected issues weren't even in chronological order. It kept switching Robins on me. Not a great collection, but it made me want to read a cohesive trade from this era.

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strikingthirteen's review

4.0

I liked the later issues the best and the one thing that may have helped me out a bit, I'm still a little new to the comics, is having the stories in order. It was great though!