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Batman: Curse of the White Knight by Sean Murphy

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littlesmaug's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Somehow better than the first? I was left absolutely REELING and very grateful I bought the Harley Quinn follow-up. These Black Label books are wild.

michielsaey's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

doubleberger's review against another edition

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adventurous dark tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

Pretty fun and interesting when its not grossly overt copaganda. Bruce's arc is kinda all over the place but somewhat compelling; its nice to see his foundations challenged by certain revelations. But, then they backpedal on those revelations for another twist and its so. Ugh. Telltale & Matt Reeves did the Wayne's Dark Secrets way better because they actually committed to them: Telltale went all in with it and Reeves made it more morally gray. Here its just, they did a bad no they didnt it was actually someone else. Azrael is kinda epic tho ngl he has a flaming sword with a full on crucifix on the hilt.

ricardom's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

robinlukasreads's review against another edition

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adventurous dark tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

jblago's review against another edition

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5.0

This is a great second part to an already strong story. The art is immaculate. The pacing is decent and the story feels so full of depth without becoming overbearing.
After the sort of “out of the box” nature of the social commentary in the first part, I was a bit skeptical about how Batman could even continue. But Sean Murphy is leagues ahead of me and seemingly everyone else. With a purposeful while still complex plot, he dives head first into that exact question. Can Batman continue and if yes, how?
This book has a ton of fun callbacks to other stories which sharp eyed fans of the caped Crusader can certainly comb for like I definitely did. And the action feels gritty without crossing into full grim dark territory. It also resurrects a favorite side character of mine in Azrael and rewrites his backstory to fit this “murphyverse”
I loved this as a continuation of a new favorite storyline and it seems to be not even done yet which may be the most exciting part.