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albertico66's review against another edition
2.0
Beautiful art by Francis Manapul... but the story felt lacking in direction.
quetzelish's review against another edition
4.0
This volume of detective comics is beautifully drawn and layed out. From a visual standpoint, the artists really played with the conventional panels and made a well crafted and vibrantly colored story. That being said, the actual story is fairly bare bones and simple. Batman Detective comics thrives when an author layers stories between the gcpd and batman and unfortunately the synergy between the two didn't work. Bullock wasn't developed as much as he should've been and batman is mostly just running around in another drugs are bad story. While it is fun to read, it doesn't offer too much new other than the beautiful artwork. That being said it is definitely worth a read.
earlapvaldez's review against another edition
3.0
Batman dealing with drugs is a really really good thing. But this seems... felt... off.
tmaluck's review against another edition
3.0
Kind of a boilerplate Batman story, but GOODNESS that art is gorgeous.
antsneversleep's review against another edition
3.0
Lovely art but the storytelling felt discombobulated, at one point I stopped to double-check I hadn't skipped or missed a volume. Overall, I'm not disappointed to have read it, but think it's the weakest of the Detective Comics series.
PS Drugs are bad, especially drugs named after ancient Greeks.
PS Drugs are bad, especially drugs named after ancient Greeks.
birdmanseven's review against another edition
3.0
The art carries this a long way. The story is fine, but never quite settles.
trisa_slyne's review against another edition
4.0
The last comic threw me off as it was a prequel to the rest of the collection. Otherwise it was enjoyable.
olivia_piepmeier's review
2.0
This is the only volume I've read and likely will read. I think the original issues came out about 3 years ago and I recall seeing them in the comic shop and feeling struck by the lovely covers and art. A couple months ago we found this volume at the used book store and picked it up on a whim.
It's readable without having read the other volumes but there are hints at things that happened previously that I had no idea about. I haven't read any regular Batman titles in awhile so I'm not sure how much more "detective" this is than the others, but his investigation skills are obviously a focus. This is a plus for me as I think this is a characteristic that often gets overlooked in some versions of him.
I read this just after reading Ms. Marvel so it was painfully obvious how much more cohesive Ms. Marvel is, in a way mirroring the Marvel Cinematic Universe and DC movies in terms of quality. This was a quick read and I bought it used, so little of my time and money were spent on this. It didn't convince me to read more Batman titles but I appreciated his detective-ness and the art was nice for so much crime and violence.
It's readable without having read the other volumes but there are hints at things that happened previously that I had no idea about. I haven't read any regular Batman titles in awhile so I'm not sure how much more "detective" this is than the others, but his investigation skills are obviously a focus. This is a plus for me as I think this is a characteristic that often gets overlooked in some versions of him.
I read this just after reading Ms. Marvel so it was painfully obvious how much more cohesive Ms. Marvel is, in a way mirroring the Marvel Cinematic Universe and DC movies in terms of quality. This was a quick read and I bought it used, so little of my time and money were spent on this. It didn't convince me to read more Batman titles but I appreciated his detective-ness and the art was nice for so much crime and violence.
depreydeprey's review against another edition
3.0
A well told Batman/new drug in Gotham story. Great artwork and the drop off from John Layman's writing isn't too steep. Solid book
susurrus's review
3.0
The art is amazing! AMAZING! AND there's a literal squid in this, plus Harvey Bullock's soft, cat-owning sides comes out a little. It is nice getting the Bullock-Batman dynamic a bit as we are so used to the Gordon-Batman one. I also like the overarching Batman-as-dad theme throughout. There's still a lot of grief from Damian, which is brought up throughout, but there are also just parts about parenting and kids and family. Batman's reaction to those things is more emotional because of what recently happened.
However, Batman fights drugs and gangs is tired and although the drug of choice is much more comic-booky than say, meth, it's still just Batman fights drugs and gangs.
However, Batman fights drugs and gangs is tired and although the drug of choice is much more comic-booky than say, meth, it's still just Batman fights drugs and gangs.