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geekwayne's review against another edition
4.0
'Batman: Detective Comics, Vol. 5: A Lonely Place of Living' by James Tynion IV is a series of three stories with some interconnection. The theme seems to be how alone you can be, even on a team as amazing as this one.
Tim Drake has been missing and presumed dead. In this volume's main story, we find out what happened in a storyline that spans back and forth through time. Spoiler finds herself intrigued by an idea from Anarky that would build a new type of city underground. Meanwhile, Clayface deals with the monster that he is while trying to find a cure that would return him to being Basil Carlo all the time.
I really enjoyed all three of these stories. This Batman series has a bunch of diverse characters and they are all treated really well. I like the writing that James Tynion IV has done on this series, and I'll be sad to see him go. The art was consistently pretty good too.
I received a review copy of this graphic novel from DC Entertainment and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.
Tim Drake has been missing and presumed dead. In this volume's main story, we find out what happened in a storyline that spans back and forth through time. Spoiler finds herself intrigued by an idea from Anarky that would build a new type of city underground. Meanwhile, Clayface deals with the monster that he is while trying to find a cure that would return him to being Basil Carlo all the time.
I really enjoyed all three of these stories. This Batman series has a bunch of diverse characters and they are all treated really well. I like the writing that James Tynion IV has done on this series, and I'll be sad to see him go. The art was consistently pretty good too.
I received a review copy of this graphic novel from DC Entertainment and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.
unladylike's review against another edition
3.0
2.5 stars, elevated to 3 because the art is consistently good and it's still a better series than most.
I found this to be the weakest in this run of Detective Comics thus far. The majority of the book reveals where Tim Drake has been imprisoned on some other plane of reality. He has conversations with "Mr. Oz" that feel like a forced means of exposition, and then Oz steps out of the room for a while or something (or Tim hacked into the computer system using old Kryptonian coding theory, which is the mulligan he always pulls to turn the tables in basically every story he's a part of, but Oz might as well have just left the keys in the door while going to take a leak). In rapid succession, Tim puts out a distress call, hears a response from someone in another room of the prison that just says "Hey, it's Batman! Unlock corridor H!", and Tim just believes him even though he doesn't sound like Bruce Wayne, and also doesn't follow specific directions well, which is uncharacteristic, and instead just tells the computer to unlock EVERYTHING. Of course none of those things were good ideas, but I can sympathize with young Master Tim for panicking and reacting in good faith after being pulled out of his universe for some time without any indication of why or how.
The storyline about this 20-year-older, murderous and fatalistic Tim Drake who wears the mantle of Batman after Bruce Wayne died sucks. It feels like the same illogical plot points that I've seen too many times before.
At the end of this volume, like in the end of the previous volume, we get an issue focusing on Steph/Spoiler, before Tim escaped back to his reality. This had great potential, especially since Leslie Thompkins (sp?) and Harper Row are there working to build an underground community-based, egalitarian/anarchist utopia. But instead of getting to learn more about THAT, we're given the same trite bullshit from Anarky that we get every time he shows his damn pretty mug in that hideous gold mask. He named himself Anarky but he ALWAYS just gives anarchism a bad name and proves to be a self-serving, egotistical blah blah blah.
I found this to be the weakest in this run of Detective Comics thus far. The majority of the book reveals where Tim Drake has been imprisoned on some other plane of reality. He has conversations with "Mr. Oz" that feel like a forced means of exposition, and then Oz steps out of the room for a while or something (or Tim hacked into the computer system using old Kryptonian coding theory, which is the mulligan he always pulls to turn the tables in basically every story he's a part of, but Oz might as well have just left the keys in the door while going to take a leak). In rapid succession, Tim puts out a distress call, hears a response from someone in another room of the prison that just says "Hey, it's Batman! Unlock corridor H!", and Tim just believes him even though he doesn't sound like Bruce Wayne, and also doesn't follow specific directions well, which is uncharacteristic, and instead just tells the computer to unlock EVERYTHING. Of course none of those things were good ideas, but I can sympathize with young Master Tim for panicking and reacting in good faith after being pulled out of his universe for some time without any indication of why or how.
The storyline about this 20-year-older, murderous and fatalistic Tim Drake who wears the mantle of Batman after Bruce Wayne died sucks. It feels like the same illogical plot points that I've seen too many times before.
At the end of this volume, like in the end of the previous volume, we get an issue focusing on Steph/Spoiler, before Tim escaped back to his reality. This had great potential, especially since Leslie Thompkins (sp?) and Harper Row are there working to build an underground community-based, egalitarian/anarchist utopia. But instead of getting to learn more about THAT, we're given the same trite bullshit from Anarky that we get every time he shows his damn pretty mug in that hideous gold mask. He named himself Anarky but he ALWAYS just gives anarchism a bad name and proves to be a self-serving, egotistical blah blah blah.
daileyxplanet's review against another edition
4.0
I will admit, I am a massive fan of Dark Future stories, so this was really my jam. I'm not as far along on Superman to know if this book spoiled who Mr. Oz is or not.
The Clay face story in the annual was great, except it seemed a little rushed at the end.
The Clay face story in the annual was great, except it seemed a little rushed at the end.
oopshidaisy's review
adventurous
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
thebaronrob's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
aabaileyauthor's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
mysterious
reflective
fast-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
4.25
cryptidtinkerer's review against another edition
adventurous
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
jenniferlynnkrohn's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.25
sodope's review against another edition
4.0
**Warning: this text may contain spoilers** A lonely place of living: Tim Drake finally discovers where he is, he is with Mr Oz (aka Jor-El) and he needs to escape. But there's a time lapse disturb and he finds that in the future he'll take Batman's cowl, this future Tim will try to kill Batman and Batwoman, the Batfam needs to stop him.
Anarchy: This two issue story takes place before the "A lonely place of living" arc, and it tells us the situation Spoiler is having, being reckless and stuff.
Rating: 3.5/5
Anarchy: This two issue story takes place before the "A lonely place of living" arc, and it tells us the situation Spoiler is having, being reckless and stuff.
Rating: 3.5/5