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otter272's review
3.0
The conclusion of the main story was anticlimactic. I felt like the prison story was more engaging. Even the third story about the cyborg that teams up with Catwoman and Poison Ivy was more interesting. I like Tim Fox as the new Batman but this final chapter of The Next Batman didn’t do it for me. I will say this though, my copy had a variant cover done by Jim Lee so the cover art is nothing short of flawless.
spencerkp's review
3.0
Better than the last issue, but the Next Batman books have been consistently the most underwhelming, disappointing books in Future States. The actual Batman stories just aren’t that interesting and wrap up so quickly, there’s almost no real consequences or sense of danger or urgency. This one ends arguably the most abrupt in an extremely unsatisfying way. There’s pages of an almost dialogue-free car chase me then a quick resolution to all of that and then it just...ends. It’s so anticlimactic and disappointing. I guess if anything I know to stay away if DC keeps the character and wrote around. This title should have been the standout one, what a shame.
The Batgirls story gave me the excitement I wanted from the Batman story and the Gotham City Sirens story gave me the entertainment value I wanted. I figured the ending of the GCS story last issue, but I love seeing Ivy and Selina interact in anything I can get. Seeing the different Batgirls interact is also something I’ve needed for a while and the backdrop of an Arkham riot only further proved that a series of all of them together would be fun, action-packed and entertaining as it should be. At least I enjoyed reading this entire thing more than the last one, but it’s truly something when the two back-up stories are better than the main story.
The Batgirls story gave me the excitement I wanted from the Batman story and the Gotham City Sirens story gave me the entertainment value I wanted. I figured the ending of the GCS story last issue, but I love seeing Ivy and Selina interact in anything I can get. Seeing the different Batgirls interact is also something I’ve needed for a while and the backdrop of an Arkham riot only further proved that a series of all of them together would be fun, action-packed and entertaining as it should be. At least I enjoyed reading this entire thing more than the last one, but it’s truly something when the two back-up stories are better than the main story.
captwinghead's review
4.0
As always, the Next Batman remains the strongest of the Future State titles, in my opinion. It's a very solid story, it didn't feel cut short the way a lot of the others have and the characterization was strong. The themes were clear throughout and I'm sad it appears to have ended here.
The Batgirls story, once again, felt off in terms of the characterization and writing. The speech from our mystery prisoner was a little odd in that it didn't feel right coming from that character. Cass and Steph didn't sound like themselves either which, once again, leads to my strange feeling that it was meant to be Jason Todd in Steph's position instead. Anyway, I like Cass and Steph working together, as OOC as they seemed.
The Batgirls story, once again, felt off in terms of the characterization and writing. The speech from our mystery prisoner was a little odd in that it didn't feel right coming from that character. Cass and Steph didn't sound like themselves either which, once again, leads to my strange feeling that it was meant to be Jason Todd in Steph's position instead. Anyway, I like Cass and Steph working together, as OOC as they seemed.
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